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sleeper 
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 Posted: July 06 2007 at 08:58 |
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First practice times for Silverstone here:
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m21.100s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m21.211s
3. MASSA Ferrari 1m21.285s
4. ALONSO Mclaren 1m21.675s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m22.006s
6. KUBICA BMW 1m22.107s
7. HEIDFELD BMW 1m22.176s
8. WURZ Williams 1m22.216s
9. R SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m22.878s
10. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m22.956s
11. TRULLI Toyota 1m23.030s
12. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m23.037s
13. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m23.099s
14. FISICHELLA Renault 1m23.179s
15. BUTTON Honda 1m23.517s
16. SATO Super Aguri 1m23.548s
17. WEBBER Red Bull 1m23.564s
18. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m23.618s
19. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m23.854s
20. SUTIL Spyker 1m23.954s
21. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m24.154s
22. ALBERS Spyker 1m24.172s
Good start to the weekend for Hamilton on a track thats supposed to suit the Ferraris (in theory).
Also, Coulthard has re-signed to partner Webber at Red Bull next year.
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 06 2007 at 17:51 |
Damn, these races are sneaking up on me.
Well, if Hamilton dosn't win this GP I will laugh so hard.
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Posted: July 08 2007 at 14:50 |
Well.....the British hero falls short.
In fact, I don't think he ever was really in the fight for first. Still, he did get his 9th straight podium to continue his best rookie season ever.
Congrats to Kimi who might be getting the handle of his car finally. Also Kubica on his 4th place finish, and Massa who came from the Pit to 5th.
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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:05 |
Yeah, Hamilton never really had the car to go for the win today, and at last Raikkonen is finally showing his form, took him long enough.  Great Champ Car race from Toronto, Will Power wins another one, but Doornbos runs into Bourdais leaving three points sperating those three drivers.
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:31 |
Indeed. And on a..racing note.
The Tour de France is here. Anyone know whatever happened to FLoyd Landis?
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Posted: July 08 2007 at 20:08 |
Sorry, dont follow cycling, but does anyone know why the Tour de France started in London? 
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Posted: July 08 2007 at 22:20 |
 JJLehto wrote:
The Tour de France is here. Anyone know whatever happened to FLoyd Landis? |
Basically he lost his Tour victory and is now fighting legally to get it back. I don't think anyone knows when any kind of final solution will be reached...
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Posted: July 09 2007 at 00:55 |
Interesting, if im not wrong there are 8 races left this season, i really expect great moments and a memorable season, hope those Top 4 drivers keep the good driving and a hard fight until the end!
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 09 2007 at 01:38 |
Logos wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
The Tour de France is here. Anyone know whatever happened to FLoyd Landis? |
Basically he lost his Tour victory and is now fighting legally to get it back. I don't think anyone knows when any kind of final solution will be reached...
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Yea, well I knew about the legal battle but last I ever heard it was in limbo and then, I never heard of it again. Oh well.
And yea this season has been pretty exciting I thought. And as for 4 drivers fighting for it, looks to me like a certain young man is starting to get a good grip on it.
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Posted: July 20 2007 at 19:01 |
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Its that time of the month again and its the European GP at the Nurburgring (should be German GP, but the ADAC (German motorsport federation) and the Hockenheim ring owners have had a bit of a pissing contest over the rights to the German GP name). Practice times:
1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m33.339s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m33.487s
3. MASSA Ferrari 1m33.590s
4. ALONSO McLaren 1m33.637s
5. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m33.668s
6. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.746s
7. ROSBERG Williams 1m33.845s
8. BUTTON Honda 1m33.880s
9. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.146s
10. KUBICA BMW 1m34.221s
11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m34.235s
12. WURZ Williams 1m34.264s
13. SATO Super Aguri 1m34.357s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m34.411s
15. FISICHELLA Renault 1m34.431s
16. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m34.446s
17. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m34.504s
18. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m34.554s
19. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m35.320s
20. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m35.653s
21. SUTIL Spyker 1m36.527s
22. WINKELHOCK Spyker 1m37.319s
Christjan Albers has been ousted from Spyker as his sponsors have failed to pay up, so Winkelhock is in for at least this race and maybe Hungary as well, probably will be replaced for Spa though.
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 20 2007 at 19:20 |
Winkelhock??
Oh man, I hope he wins 
I'm gunna be crazy and NOT pick Hamilton to win. I'm gunna say...Kubica
This may be the one?
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Posted: July 20 2007 at 20:50 |
JJLehto wrote:
Winkelhock??
Oh man, I hope he wins
I'm gunna be crazy and NOT pick Hamilton to win. I'm gunna say...Kubica
This may be the one? |
In that case, I say Hamilton will win.  Besides Nurburgring is supposed to be a track that favoures McLaren, though I think it will be pretty even.
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Posted: July 20 2007 at 20:59 |
Even though this is fairly obvious, I'll say it just for sh*ts and giggles:
Hamilton went from having a shot at the championship, to being the clear frontrunner
in half of his rookie season.
Funny, back when I started watching F1 I was SURE JPM was gunna be the next MS. That didnt pan out and I thought it HAD to be Alonso, I mean no one could touch him. Now Hamilton? Guess I shouldn't be so quick to crown dynasties....
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sleeper
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Posted: July 21 2007 at 06:44 |
JJLehto wrote:
Even though this is fairly obvious, I'll say it just for sh*ts and giggles:
Hamilton went from having a shot at the championship, to being the clear frontrunner
in half of his rookie season.
Funny, back when I started watching F1 I was SURE JPM was gunna be the next MS. That didnt pan out and I thought it HAD to be Alonso, I mean no one could touch him. Now Hamilton? Guess I shouldn't be so quick to crown dynasties....
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Yeah, Alonso seems to have got a handle on the Bridgestones now so I dont think Hamilton is going to have an easy time of it at McLaren from now on (God, I cant believeI'm writting something like that about Alonso and a rookie   )
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Posted: July 21 2007 at 15:22 |
Bit nasty for Hamilton in qualifying. Lost his right front tyre due to a faulty wheel nut wrench and went straight into the tyre wall at a fair speed. It appears that he is ok but he is in hospital for observation. It's not clear that he'll race on Sunday but if he does he will be 10th on the grid as he hadn't put in a fast lap in final qualifying before his crash. 
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 21 2007 at 16:32 |
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Wow, sounds like he is probably gunna be alright though.
This might have a silver lining. If he dosn't race it'll close up the title fight, and if he does he will have a REAL challenge this race.
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Posted: July 21 2007 at 21:38 |
Looks like he'll probably race, but he'll havea real race like Alonso at Magny-Course. Should be interesting. Raikkonen will probably win but I'm not counting out Alonso, who should have been on pole but got sideways at 130mph.
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 13:04 |
Watching the replay, (I spent the night at my friends frat)
I missed the first 17 laps but saw the restart with WINKLEHOCK leading????
Even though it was just for 1 turn.
Couldnt help looking uo the results... Hamilton 9th!??!
Ok, so that brings Alonso RIGHT BACK into the title fight, and Massa jumps ahead of Kimi?  IDK whats going on anymore.
Edited by JJLehto - July 22 2007 at 13:12
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 16:47 |
A really odd race that one. Hamilton gains five places off the grid but then gets tagged and loses a rear tyre. Gets back to the pits and out again but then aquaplanes off. Keeps engine running and gets put back on the track for safety's sake; gets back on the lead lap under the safety car and then makes a daft tyre choice and gets lapped again. Finally finishes ninth; no points but I bet he learnt a lot.
The British press were making fun of him and saying how the balloon has now burst for Hamilton; typical of our lack of support for our sportsmen. The fact that this was the first race of the season where he wasn't on the PODIUM didn't seem to figure. As far as they're concerned the fact that he wasn't on the podium this time means that he's no good. Funnily enough he still finished the race; even after that horrendous crash in practice and he is still LEADING the championship. Not bad for a rookie and I'm sure that he'll be on the podium again before the season is over.
Shame about Raikkonen's car. He really doesn't have much luck; but then I remember the same problems with Keke Rosberg and car reliability. I think that the Finnish style of driving is more aggressive and takes more out of the cars mechanically.
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 21:44 |
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Hell of a race, Winkelhock leading after 4 laps by 20 seconds in the worst car on the grid had me in stitches, quite a debute. Its a shame Button lost it in the lake at turn 1 or we could still have had a britton on the podium, bad tyre call from Lewis, but it was down to a lack of experience, I noticed how he was the fastest man in the race from here on and would probably have won if it wasnt for the cut tyre and rain.
Dull Champ Car race from Edmonten (not often that I say that), just too fast a circuit with no long streights.
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