2008 Formula 1 Season

[ManoNegra]

Well the season starts this weekend - technically today since practice is being held early Friday local Australian time. Speed is televising the race ~8pm Pacific so for those of you that care, mark you calendars.
New rules, new drivers, new courses and new team. No more US grand prix though. It's too soon to tell but it seems like Ferrari and McLaren are picking up from where they left off in 2007.

ITV 2008 F1 Preview - 1 of 2 (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/33538)

ITV 2008 F1 Preview - 2 of 2 (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/33539)

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Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix - 1 of 3 (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/33610)

Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix - 2 of 3 (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/33612)

Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix - 3 of 3 (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/33617)

[kouki_s14]

yeah cant wait!

practice is on tonight at 8!

[drift freaq]

mmm 8 P.M. Cheechs Pizza and Formula 1 , Formula 1 Pizza party!!

[ManoNegra]

Damn right although I don't get excited with practice as much as with qualifying and the actual race. Can't wait for that night race in Singapore.

[0100]

Yup can't wait. I hope this season is as good as last.

[muddafakka]

Watching it right now

[0100]

This season is going to be fun with no traction control.

[kouki_s14]

everyone is going off track already, races in the rain will be interesting....

[drift freaq]

this shit is gonna be smoking the pratice laps were all over the place. I can't wait for the 15 minute heats on saturday.

[HyperTek]

ive never been good at that whole ET/PT time thing because i always get mixed up.. for us westcoast people, that means the race will be at 9pm saturday correct?

looks like it will be another Ferrari vs. Mclaren season.

so whos leftover chassis is super aguri using this time? lol it looked old, didnt have as many wings as the other top teams.

[Rnz520]

No if you are westcoast you are at 8, east coast is at 11

[HyperTek]

Ok i knew it was something like that.

dope i will be able to watch this one. usually i miss about 70percent of the season because i have to work.. and its a dead end job too.. grrrrrrrrrr
not worth missing my f1

[ManoNegra]

Ok i knew it was something like that.

dope i will be able to watch this one. usually i miss about 70percent of the season because i have to work.. and its a dead end job too.. grrrrrrrrrr
not worth missing my f1

I always dvr the races even when I watch them since I tend to fall asleep sometimes on the 4am ones.
Lot of sliding going around and judging by all the talk it seems that the track is hard on brakes. There'll be some attrition :boink: :Owned:

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

so whos leftover chassis is super aguri using this time? lol it looked old, didnt have as many wings as the other top teams.

i read that it's an updated honda ra107. they're rumored to be getting the ra108 later this year. that would be bad news for honda.

[ManoNegra]

The issue of smaller/poorer teams using updated 07 spec cars came up last night on the televised practice season. They actually argued that it may be of a benefit to said teams to run a proven design while the big hitters are still sorting out their new packages; grab all the points they can early on.

[Maxstyle]

Many divisions of motorsports look to be good. Even the american Lemans series looks great with Acura having 4 total cars and new body design. Penske porsches gonna be hunted this year. That and this Series gonna make for good times.

[OKR_240SX]

Just watched Q2... Alonzo didn't make Q3 (wow) only the second time in his career he's done that. Me personally I'm a hamilton fan so I really dont care but still has the wow factor

[HyperTek]

dam i missed it.. but practice debrief http://www.speedtv.com/video/popup/1457684586

[pablo180]

Ferrari and McLaren at the front battling for 1 and 2. The interesting bit will be the battle for 3rd. Renault, BMW Sauber, and Williams are gonna be neck and neck.

[kdashy]

I wonder if theres a way to watch this without cable.

[HyperTek]

FTA satalite if you can afford to build a setup
pm me for info

[0100]

Yup FTA ftmfw. MT straight from Thailand.

[ManoNegra]

Qualifying was great (well not that great for a Ferrari fan like myself) will all the slides, off tracks and random failures. Feel bad for Webber having his rear brakes fail on his home race. And Kubica, man, what an awesome pole bid; if it hadn't been for that forray into the green he could have become the first Pole on pole in F1 history.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

forget what happened to kovalainen last year. WTF happened to piquet junior? out qualified by everyone but ant davidson. he's gonna have to do better than that. i hope kovalainen does well tomorrow. and i'm gonna root for super aguri aussi.

[HyperTek]

woo hooo!!! just a few more minutes =p

hope this nascar crap on right now doesnt cut into it..

[drift freaq]

Here we go nasty weather outside, Pizza by my side just 5 more minutes and its game on. LOL ok I am a geek, Formula 1 geek!
Plus with the girl in Japan? What else am I going to do. hahhahhahhaha

[chibo]

It's on now on Speed, there are alternatives to watch online though.
http://www.channelsurfing.net/
Scroll down

or
http://www.freeproxysite.com/go.php?id=3928
put in
http://www.itv-f1.com/videohome.aspx

[HyperTek]

man i think DC needs to throw in the towel and just retire.. him and Barichello lol

i been rootin for hamilton since his debut.. but dam kinda borring watchin him right now.. hes all by himself in front lol

[drift freaq]

wow what a race!! This was like the Japanese Grand Prix last year except it was not raining. More attrition and craziness than I have seen on dry pavement in at least 2 years.

[HyperTek]

damm i wanted to see kovalinen overtake alonso.. pretty intense..

well Kimi aint much without his beloved tc hehehe

[drift freaq]

damm i wanted to see kovalinen overtake alonso.. pretty intense..

well Kimi aint much without his beloved tc hehehe

Austin stop hating. :D Kimi did some awesome driving, considering the problems the Ferrari was giving him.
Sebastian Vettel and Sebastian Bourdais did some awesome driving as well. Kovalinen( and drove great I might add) actually did overtake him (Fernando) he just took it right back.
I was actually impressed mister crybaby(Fernando) drove like a Champion.

[Rnz520]

Well its the first race and as usual the field is all mixed up. I expect Ferrari to come back strong if their engines stop blowing up (0/6 finishes for Ferrari engines is just embarrasing). I am mighty surprised by the Williams and the BMW's. I can only pray for a good season :)

[muddafakka]

That was one heck of a way to start the racing season. Very intense race.

[!Zar!]

Hamilton won as expected.

Raikkonen had everything go wrong for him and it started with qualifying. TC had NOTHING to do with his problem.

According to Kovalainen he hit the pit lane speed button while on the main straight while ripping off a visor strip. Thats why he slowed down and Alonso passed.

Barrichello is disqualified for running that red light in the pit lane. So Raikkonen goes up to 8th and picks up a point.

Nakajima gets a -10 position grid penalty for the next race for crashing into Kubica.

Kubica was pulled out of the race for pitting during a safety car on course.

That's all I can remember so far.

But the race sure did mix up what might happen this season.

What a way to open the `08 GP.

Can't wait till the Malaysia GP.

[samvia]

Raikkonen had everything go wrong for him and it started with qualifying. TC had NOTHING to do with his problem.

Yeah he was flying for most of the race, just made a few silly mistakes. Unlike Glock, who actually was flying :D Was a good race, disappointed for DC though. Webber too, there surely can't be anyone in the history of F1 with worse luck than him....

[pablo180]

Yeah he was flying for most of the race, just made a few silly mistakes. Unlike Glock, who actually was flying :D Was a good race, disappointed for DC though. Webber too, there surely can't be anyone in the history of F1 with worse luck than him....

Actually...Kimi had some pretty bad luck with his days at McLaren. Came really close on a couple of occasions to winning the championship...had it not been for the crappy luck he had....this last championship could have been his third or forth title.

[andmattsayd]

over all nott a badd race..
sorta wish kimi couldda been a contender against hamilton.
cant wait for the next race :)

[ManoNegra]

I'm a bit disappointed about Ferrari's poor showing but at the same time excited since it seems like a more par playing field. BMW, Red Bull, Toyota and to a degree Honda have made progress towards challenging Ferrari and McLaren's domination in the recent years.
I think all the changes from last year are doing what they were supposed to: close the gap between teams, give more control to the drivers and make the races more fun to watch for the fans.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

felipe massa looks to have returned to his old sauber self. the toyotas look fast, but i don't think they have the drivers to challenge for best of the rest this year. i think signing timo glock was a bad idea. i think if the rumored move of takuma sato to toyota had happened, they might be able to get more results. (sato has proved himself to be fast, but wild. if he doesn't demolish his car first, he usually goes well) oh well.

[ManoNegra]

But iirc, Sato is a Honda sponsored driver. Wasn't Super Aguri acquired just so that he could have an F1 seat?

[HyperTek]

i wish we had tv intros like this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Blrv8HsSyk
i know its fuji tv, and thier intros aint like these anymore..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WqOUvr5kFlo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KGSzX780PVk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8A34Lsz2Wso

[LB.Motoring]

^ OH man, I remember that, I loved that intro!

[HyperTek]

id say this is the best one cuz of the voice
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IXXWjDcHa58

gets you dam excited to watch.. because every generation has their heros.. would would be awesome if you could take each of these guys in thier prime and all battle it out.. but technology would win cuz hte cars are faster

[ManoNegra]

Australian Grand Prix vids added on first post.
Fell asleep last night while watching Friday practice. Gotta take a nap in the afternoon today to make sure I make it through qualifying.

[HyperTek]

qualifying 2night!!

[snatch13]

damn I decided to head to my parents for the night and no speed channel here! I guess I'll have to head back to watch the race tomorrow night.

Lewis is the man. He's gonna do what he should have done last year - win a championship. McLaren is going to take it home this year!

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

i don't want hamilton to win the championship. i feel like i don't like him because everyone else does. haha. once kovalainen can get acclimated to the team, and if ferrari ever figure out their reliability issues, then it'll be a good championship this year. BMW is really showing some speed in malaysia, so you never know if heidfeld might pull one out. not kubica, though. it doesn't seem like he's able to crest the hill of superstar right now.


edit: ferraris on front row (massa on pole), followed by the 2 mclarens (kovalainen then alonso), and then trulli in the toyota and kubica in the bmw. is it just me, or is the toyota fast this year? it's too bad that their drivers suck.

[HyperTek]

here we go..

Both McLaren drivers will be moved five places down the grid for blocking other drivers in Saturday's qualifying session. Both Hamilton and Kovalainen were investigated by the stewards after qualifying after receiving complaints from Heidfeld and Alonso.

As Hamilton and Kovalainen finished their qualifying run they were driving slowly back to the pits. In the meantime other drivers such as Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso were still on their flying laps. The McLaren drivers were punished for not moving aside.

Kovalainen and Hamilton will not start from P8 and P9 respectively.

everything is super with super aguri.. even teh h2o lol
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/94953.jpg

Masa's wife id smash
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/94882.jpg

Kubica reminds me of leisure suit larry lol
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/94879.jpg

if you randomly saw these guys you wouldnt htink they where the best driverrs in teh world lol
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/94890.jpg
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/94873.jpg
some you can see it though because they got big calfs or necks

[HyperTek]

Ferrari worked out their mechanical problems..Kimi won.
Kubica did a good job getting 2nd.

Mclarens setup just wasnt working with this track

Very clean race
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/03/23/raikkonen-fights-back-with-victory-in-malaysia/

[NI_YON_Zenki]

lol. tek, I hope thats what I would look like If I were taken image of in full body, My neck, maybe. but the calfs, man I'm just tall. I gotta hit the heavy clutches more often.

& yes, I concur to the aforementioned statement of a clean race, when the torro Roso flew off at the 2nd turn (I believe) then toyota missing a wing for a complete lap there was great control by others coming through the path, coming out of that turn.

[samvia]

Yeah, Bourdais went off all by himself, Rosberg collected Glock and broke his rear suspension.

Kinda dull this time, oh well. Rain would have made it interesting! Good drives from Kubica, Trulli and Webber though. And all 4 brits finished, must be some sort of record!

[snatch13]

it wasn't dull, it was a clean race. last week was ridiculous, so compared to that it was dull.

Kimi drove amazingly - Massa is proving everyone right that he can't drive without traction control.

Lewis drove well - started off at P9 and if his mechanics wouldn't have fucked up he would have taken 4th, possibly even caught Kovalainen. I mean he made up almost 5.7 seconds in 9 laps - thats ridiculous. Its cool to see Toyota doing well, but Trulli is NOT a better driver than Hamilton, he did however put together a better race.

McLaren FTW! Alonso is a douche and I'm glad he left. They are going to dominate the constructors and take 1 - 2 overall.

[drift freaq]

it wasn't dull, it was a clean race. last week was ridiculous, so compared to that it was dull.

Kimi drove amazingly - Massa is proving everyone right that he can't drive without traction control.

Lewis drove well - started off at P9 and if his mechanics wouldn't have fucked up he would have taken 4th, possibly even caught Kovalainen. I mean he made up almost 5.7 seconds in 9 laps - thats ridiculous. Its cool to see Toyota doing well, but Trulli is NOT a better driver than Hamilton, he did however put together a better race.

McLaren FTW! Alonso is a douche and I'm glad he left. They are going to dominate the constructors and take 1 - 2 overall.

Actually I was glad to see Mclaren get docked 5 spaces on the starting grid for the slow down in qualifying yesterday. It gave other people a chance to show they can drive. Heidfield drove quite well as so did Weber. It was also cool to see the BMW/Saubers running well. Saying Trulli is not a better driver than Hamilton is true and obvious but Trulli does have more experience and however brilliant Hamilton is its not like he does not make his own mistakes. Given that your statement would have been better if you said Trulli is not a faster driver. Though the bigger question to ask is, how would Hamilton do if he was not in the Mclaren? You see when Michael Schmuchar started he was not in one of the fastest cars and teams on the track. Don't get me wrong Hamilton is a great but I feel it would be cooler to see him driving a slower chassis and having to come up through the ranks.

Oh ya and I for one feel that Ferrari could nab the contstructors championship and would have no problem with it. Mclaren has proven themselves less than honorable.

Oh and never discount the Iceman or Massa. Lots of drivers are having problems driving without traction control even your beloved Hamilton. Go back and watch the race again. Unless your just blinded by undying love.:rofl:
Plus I just have a special place in my heart for Ferrari so screw Mclaren. LOL hahahhahhaha

[snatch13]

Ferrari could very well win the constructors - I was just rooting for my team considering they are doing well so far.

"It gave other people a chance to show they can drive"

But at times those drivers held other drivers up, Mark Weber is notorious for doing that - which to give him credit, hes very good at blocking. Thats the way racing goes though. If you want to talk about what if's, I'd like to see that race over again, with Hamilton or even Kovalainen starting 3rd and seeing if they could have kept up with the Ferrari's ridiculous pace.

I'm by no means a Ferrari hater - I just don't like Massa very much - I'm still a Kimi fan even though he left McLaren.

I know you are older and probably have been watching F1 since I was a baby - I'm just stating my opinions/rooting for my team.

[drift freaq]

Ferrari could very well win the constructors - I was just rooting for my team considering they are doing well so far.

"It gave other people a chance to show they can drive"

But at times those drivers held other drivers up, Mark Weber is notorious for doing that - which to give him credit, hes very good at blocking. Thats the way racing goes though. If you want to talk about what if's, I'd like to see that race over again, with Hamilton or even Kovalainen starting 3rd and seeing if they could have kept up with the Ferrari's ridiculous pace.

I'm by no means a Ferrari hater - I just don't like Massa very much - I'm still a Kimi fan even though he left McLaren.

I know you are older and probably have been watching F1 since I was a baby - I'm just stating my opinions/rooting for my team.

Yes but see your arguement about other drivers holding up people does not work in this area. Both Kovelinan and Hamilton held up drivers in qualifying by not pulling out of the racing line before slowing after setting their times. This is a qualifying rule that Weber did not violate so your analogy about Weber blocking has no bearing in this situation.

[snatch13]

I wasn't talking about qualifying. Maybe you should go back and watch the race again. :jerkit:

[HyperTek]

^^ im pretty sure every guy wants to win just as bad.. some of them are just at the limits of what their car/team can take.

THere are a few new rookies this year, that well, got picked up by some of the not so wealthy teams... agreed alot of Hamiltons success is possibly because he got his debut with mclaren, he got a great car/team.

Id personally like to see BMW Sauber come up

Masa did a good job though besides his incident that ruined it for him.

[samvia]

Webber wasn't blocking him or anything of the sort, Hamilton didn't get anything like close enough to try and pass. There's a guy on the UK sxoc forums who works for McLaren, apparently those disc wheel things have been causing a stupid amount of hassle all through winter testing, really tricky to get right when you're under pressure.

Mclaren has proven themselves less than honorable.

I think Ferrari still hold the all-time crown on that one though, they're pretty cosy way up there in Max Moseley's rectum :D

[drift freaq]

I wasn't talking about qualifying. Maybe you should go back and watch the race again. :jerkit:

I watched the race Mr Clueless. The original point I made, which you called out, was the fact that Mclaren got docked 5 spaces in the starting grid. That did not happen because of anything in the race. It happened because of what Kovelinan and Hamilton did in qualifying.

As far as the race goes neither Hamitlon or Kovelinan or Weber did anything wrong. Now how you manage to construe the starting grid lineup with something that happened in the race is beyond me. In fact it defies logic.

Now if you can't read posts properly or do not watch qualifying do not comment on a fact, that you do not know the reason for.
Qualifying affects the starting grid, oh but wait you do not even stop to think about that do you?

[snatch13]

When you said that it gave other people a chance to show they can drive - I assume you meant during the race - not qualifying. Heidfeld and Weber did drive well, I'm not denying that. I didn't say they did anything wrong, I just think Hamilton (and Heidfeld too) at that point (around 10-12 laps into the race) maybe could have had better times if they weren't behind Weber.

What I was trying to say was that I would have liked to see Hamilton/Kovalainen start 3rd/4th - yes I know they got docked 5 places, I watched the qualifying. It sucks, but they obviously screwed up and admitted it.

People like you are the reason this website sucks - no matter how much you know about shit. Don't be a douchebag, maybe you took/read something the wrong way.

[pablo180]

THere are a few new rookies this year, that well, got picked up by some of the not so wealthy teams... agreed alot of Hamiltons success is possibly because he got his debut with mclaren, he got a great car/team.

Id personally like to see BMW Sauber come up


Very true...look at the example that Alonzo is putting forth this season. The guy can drive and win the championship as long as the car is up to par with his ability. Thats what he did a couple years back with Renault and almost proved it again with McLaren last year. This year his car is not as strong and as a result...he's not even close to podium. More and more they are starting to put back the HUMAN element into the equation. This year they took away traction control....next year they are proposing a 50% REDUCTION IN DOWNFORCE that will give the drivers even more to think about. (Mechanical Grip vs. Aerodynamic Grip) I think it will give a better chance for us spectators to differentiate a great driver from a good driver.

I too would like to see BMW Sauber come up in the ranks as well.

[drift freaq]

When you said that it gave other people a chance to show they can drive - I assume you meant during the race - not qualifying. Heidfeld and Weber did drive well, I'm not denying that. I didn't say they did anything wrong, I just think Hamilton (and Heidfeld too) at that point (around 10-12 laps into the race) maybe could have had better times if they weren't behind Weber.

What I was trying to say was that I would have liked to see Hamilton/Kovalainen start 3rd/4th - yes I know they got docked 5 places, I watched the qualifying. It sucks, but they obviously screwed up and admitted it.

People like you are the reason this website sucks - no matter how much you know about shit. Don't be a douchebag, maybe you took/read something the wrong way.

No I know what I read. I am not being a douchebag. Your post came directly after mine . I pointed out in that post that, I was happy to see the setback 5 spaces, of the Mclaren team. Not only for the what they did in qualifying but to liven up the competition. Now your post after that specifically addressed drivers holding people up and then tried to single out Weber as a example someone I had applauded in my post for his driving. Now given that your post came off like a debate of my previous post the response was to me warranted. Excuse me, if you did not mean what you wrote or what your post seemed to construe. I apologize if that was not your intention yet your post did read the way I read it.

[kouki_s14]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EQ8yNWiDfM

ouch

[Maxstyle]

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/calendar/index2008.shtml

Day/month/year

country

track

Ranking




16/03/2008

Australia

Melbourne
1. L.Hamilton
2. N.Heidfeld
3. N.Rosberg



23/03/2008

Malaysia

Sepang
1. K.Raikkonen
2. R.Kubica
3. H.Kovalainen




06/04/2008

Bahrain

Sakhir
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



27/04/2008

Spain

Barcelona
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



11/05/2008

Turkey

Istanbul
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



25/05/2008

Monaco

Monaco
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



08/06/2008

Canada

Montréal
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



22/06/2008

France

Magny-Cours
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



06/07/2008

Great-Britain

Silverstone
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????




20/07/2008

Germany

Hockenheim
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



03/08/2008

Hungary

Hungaroring
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



24/08/2008

Europe

Valencia
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



07/09/2008

Belgium

Spa-Franc.
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



14/09/2008

Italy

Monza
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



28/09/2008

Singapore

Singapore
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



12/10/2008

Japan

Fuji speedway
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



19/10/2008

China

Shanghai
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????



02/11/2008

Brazil

Interlagos
1. ?.?????
2. ?.?????
3. ?.?????

[Gnnr]

Just got done watching Friday Practice, that Hamilton hit was hard. The guys on the other side of the wall should have been warned like they where saying during the broadcast....

[kouki_s14]

bmw with pole, wow

[HyperTek]

what time does it come on?
thnks

[arkive43]

its live so like 3am....central btw.....i got it set on dvr....neways....suks hamilton crashed with these new rules can he use a diffrent car? i rember hearing that u have to use the same car u qualify with or the same chassis or something....wait lol ill just watch it, cause i havent seen all of fri. and sat Q.

[drift freaq]

Formula one qualifying last round tonite from 12:30 to 2:00 A.M. Race is broadacast live at 4:00 A.M. West coast and rebroadcast tomorrow morning at 10:30 A.M.

[Gnnr]

its live so like 3am....central btw.....i got it set on dvr....neways....suks hamilton crashed with these new rules can he use a diffrent car? i rember hearing that u have to use the same car u qualify with or the same chassis or something....wait lol ill just watch it, cause i havent seen all of fri. and sat Q.

They can't have a spare car, but are allowed s spare chassis or shell or w/e.

[kouki_s14]

what time does it come on?
thnks

4am cali time

Formula one qualifying last round tonite from 12:30 to 2:00 A.M. Race is broadacast live at 4:00 A.M. West coast and rebroadcast tomorrow morning at 10:30 A.M.

The one on right now is a replay, it was live last night at 4am, I was watching.

[HyperTek]

imma get some sleep then wake up at 4am.. call me crazy but i aint got no other plans tomarrow.. watch teh race, then go back to sleep lol

[kouki_s14]

imma get some sleep then wake up at 4am.. call me crazy but i aint got no other plans tomarrow.. watch teh race, then go back to sleep lol

i tried to stay up til 4, but there was nothing on tv from 3-4 so i fell asleep and woke up at 6 lol.

either way i caught the replay this morning. GO Ferrari!

[HyperTek]

i couldnt sleep cuz i took a nap earlier in the day so i stayed up lol.. i was rooting for kubica.

he is showing the commitment that he seriously wants to win, esp since he worked hard to loose extra weight. He has potential and BMW sauber seems pretty strong.

[kouki_s14]

i couldnt sleep cuz i took a nap earlier in the day so i stayed up lol.. i was rooting for kubica.

he is showing the commitment that he seriously wants to win, esp since he worked hard to loose extra weight. He has potential and BMW sauber seems pretty strong.


BMW is leading the constructor's championship, which is impressive enough.

Kubica could have done better off the start instead of losing the lead right away. Still a good job though.

What the hell was Hamilton doing? Facts shows the Alonso was full throttle out of the turn and Lewis should have been able to avoid him. I'm not even going to talk about his start, that is a rookie mistake, which he is no longer.

[Gnnr]

I'm not even going to talk about his start, that is a rookie mistake, which he is no longer.

Apparently he was in the wrong map:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article3694945.ece
In Malaysia, Hamilton was penalised in qualifying and delayed by a tyre-change snarl-up in the pits. This weekend he looked rattled in the car and strangely subdued out of it. On Friday he had a crash in practice and, having qualified in third place in a rebuilt chassis, faltered again when he selected the wrong engine setting and his car went into “anti-stall” as he sat on the grid.

It seems teams are playing with their maps for their starts to simulate launch control since they no longer have traction control.

How teams dodge traction control ban
Posted By Keith Collantine On March 27, 2008 @ 7:18 am
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/03/27/how-teams-are-dodging-the-traction-control-ban/

The FIA are failing to make teams stick to the traction control ban according to ITV’s Ted Kravitz (http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=42139).

The teams have been using special engine setting maps at the start of the races to simulate launch control and get their cars off the line as quickly as possible - and efforts to stop the practice have failed.

To prevent teams doing this the FIA introduced a new rule that said there must be a 90 second delay between a driver changing the engine map and the new setting be applied to the engine by the software. It was hoped that the teams would not want the cars running with their ‘launch control’ settings for the whole of the first lap and so wouldn’t be able to use them.

However according to Kravitz the teams are still using the ‘launch control’ maps anyway because the start of the race offers such a good opportunity to move up through the field.

If I were trying to get around the ban I’d switch from the ‘launch control’ setting to race mode about 60 seconds before the start - I suspect most if not all the teams are doing this. Kravitz suggested this was why we’ve seen so many crashes at the start of races this year, and it might explain Felipe Massa’s unusual spin at the start of the Australian Grand Prix.

Keep an eye on those radio broadcasts and in-car shots at the start of the next race to see if anyone’s fiddling with their engine maps at the end of the formation lap.

Good race for Kubica and BMW leading in constructor's points.

[Gnnr]

Spanish GP this weekend. :)

[HyperTek]

watchin GP2 right now.. then F1!!!

[Sil-Abc]

cant believe im awake watching this haha

[NI_YON_Zenki]

TIME: 5:40 AM on Dish Network. .. .1/3 tracktime/race covered.

McLaren Just took a major wipeout, no word Technical, Windsor thinks it could be a brake malfunction, like Hamilton during pit in bahrain
nor Medical. HEKKI Kovaleinen ~ (sorry on misspell?)

These SL550 Are gorgeous! those Emergency Blinkers are Cabbage!

[HyperTek]

hehe yah the camera man loves the amgs lol..

hopefully Kovalainen will be ok, just soo sudden, no way to avoid those mechanical failures, they are guessing it was the rim. Reminds me of the Senna accident.
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/04/27/overnight-stay-for-kovalainen/

Could be the end for Super Aguri.. that sucks. Their drivers have been pretty good as far as not making the mistakes like others. THey just cant produce any podium standings. I cant imagine that they are not even breaking even on budget.

Vettel has been screwing up.

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Kovalainen's crash was pretty intense he was in that tire wall pretty deep. =[

[kouki_s14]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCkYQay6qwg

dammit lewis

nice to see bmw finally get a win though

[ManoNegra]

Didn't realize the race was on Fox till it was well under way
missed the incident in the pits between Kimi and Lewis
at least I saw history being made, was a matter of time
Robert has been consistently fast for quite some time now

edit:
Hamilton and Rosberg have been penalized 10 grid spots for the next race. woot!

[HyperTek]

damm i havent been online in a while, but race was amazing.. sucks for lewis im a big fan... he was probably more worried about loosing position so he tried to get out as fast as possible without thinking/expecting the stopped cars ahead.

Great race for Kubica and a first for BMW.. damm im surprised.. He could be world champion if he keeps it up!! I was kinda happy to see coultard get 3rd too, wouldnt mind seeing him do better.

Anyone else hate Fox broadcasting the races?? They cut soo much shit out... no prerace interviews or analysis... and they cut the post race interviews *not that i watch em, but im starting to record the races and want it all*.

[just1pepsi]

Yeah I caught about 12 laps, and yeah, fox blows.

[HyperTek]

yah i dont like fox broadcasting them since they cut out stuff,.. but hopefully more people start watching and supporting F1 broadcasting. The announcers had to relate some stuff to Nascar fans, like comparing the power to weight ratio etc lol

[ManoNegra]

At least Fox used the Speed crew (the best imo) this time.
Last year it was painful to watch.

[infinitexsound]

dude.......... im so sad my direct tv is gone............... i heard about the race... bmw sauber p1....I like the BMW team they are sooo sneaky

[HyperTek]

hey what itme is the race coming on? i havent kept up . need to know so i can be up to watch it

[HyperTek]

awesome race today!. Hamilton did good, almost too good i felt like it was staged lol.. Great job for Piquet jr. He finished 2nd , mostly because he only did 1 pit and keep a consistent race.

Hamilton didnt pit under the safety car period, and took a major chance since knowing he would eventually ahve to pit while he was ahead which would give up his spots.. but he did it, and managed to fight back to 1st place .. shit was crazy awesome. I think his best driving this far.

Its a trip though how he keeps pulling a few seconds ahead of everybody at each race. The Mclaren is just that good of a car/setup over everyone else.

[HyperTek]

last weeks race at Spa.. dam last 3 laps where intense!!!
I did stay up to watch it, but i didnt remember seeing that part i was probably too sleepy to pay attention so i just saw the highlights on f1 debrief right now.. damm

Cant believe the officials penalized hamilton for the track cut when Kimi eventually went into the wall anyways later on..

[ManoNegra]

yeah, definitely one of the best recent races
plenty of passing, drama, crashes and controversy
although I'm a Ferrari fan through and through it still sucks what
the marshalls did to Hamilton
hadn't heard about the penalty till I read about today on Auto Weekly

once again a tight fight for the driver's title
also talk of the F1 returning to the US in 2010
and better yet (to me at least) to a possible venue in the west coast.

...and RIP Phil Hill.

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shit monza is raining during practice right now.. dam its gonna be one hell of a race

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dam Vettel set pole.. wow
http://images.gpupdate.net/newsnew/109685.jpg
He looks very happy lol

[0100]

Yeah he is now the youngest to ever take a F1 pole. Very cool. Can't wait for the race.

[ManoNegra]

damn, I'm so pissed
missed the race
thought it was next week..... arghhh!!

[TheWolf]

get it on racing-underground..

[HyperTek]

congrats to vettel, he did a good job, didnt crack under pressure either.

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Alonso potentially going to BMW??
BMW Sauber team boss Mario Theissen says he is ready to wait for Fernando Alonso to make a decision about his future before confirming his team's driver line up for 2009. Ferrari's announcement that Raikkonen has been signed for another two seasons ended months of speculation that Alonso could move to the Italian team next season and now his options beyond Renault lie with either Honda or BMW. Alonso is understood to be free to leave Renault if he wishes, given that the team has not achieved the performance levels required to automatically retain him and while Honda would be a major gamble, the former champion is expected to favour either staying put, or moving to BMW. Two strong drives in Belgium and Italy in the past two round have done nothing to harm Alonso's desireability. "There are several people and and a few teams who have to make a decision, it's not necessarily a joint decision," Theissen told Autosport when asked if he was waiting on Alonso. "We're still evaluating the situation and it is apparent we are the strongest team now which has an open seat for next year, so we'll see what happens." The rumour in the Monza paddock was that the team has already taken its option on Robert Kubica and the Pole is confirmed for 2009.

dam the hell he keeps changing teams..he aint happy with the millions he already makes? lol.. i know i know hes tryin to land on a wining team :keke:

[CityTireOnline.com]

Alonso is gangsta.

[andmattsayd]

congrats to vettel, he did a good job, didnt crack under pressure either.

yes. Vetel did a hell of a job.
amazing
breaking the record being the youngest to take pole
AND
Wining against Alonso, Hamilton, Kimi, Masa
not to bad at all....
:snoop::snoop:

[HyperTek]

GP of Japan, Fuji in a few minutes!!! CHyea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJPimpFlex]

I wish I had TV. Who lives in norcal and wants to let me watch..... :P

[OKR_240SX]

TV is on Speed Channel right now waiting.........

this racing season as been amazing...

[HyperTek]

dammit hamilton!!! everyones been talkin that as long as he finishes above massa he will be ok with teh championship.. well in lap 2 he was dueling with massa and he just got too cocky and pushed himself too hard.. should have just chilled out.. He seems to make mistakes when theres alot of pressure on him near the end of the season.

[OKR_240SX]

dammit hamilton!!! everyones been talkin that as long as he finishes above massa he will be ok with teh championship.. well in lap 2 he was dueling with massa and he just got too cocky and pushed himself too hard.. should have just chilled out.. He seems to make mistakes when theres alot of pressure on him near the end of the season.

Really he was at fault there. Massa went over the corner and spun him. But I still think your right. he should of just chilled out. And I wasn't happy with him at the start when he cut his teammate Kovalainen.

Now Massa is near points... and Hamilton is 3 spots away from points.

[HyperTek]

well im a hamilton and mclaren fan.. it seems tho he cracks under pressure when he gets near the championship title.. Things get risky. Pretty sure hes been hearing alot about finishing above Massa and the ferraris, and he eventually pushed too hard for it in the beginning.

Alonso did a good job. I wanted to see more of the Kubica vs kimi battle. Piquet did a good job staying with them. He has improved alot in the past few races, compared to how he was doing during his debut races with dnfs.

I like Kubica too, he stays consistent with his driving. He doesnt take as many risks as the others, but more strategical.

[HyperTek]

Chinese Grand Prix in a few minutes!! chyea!!

Sounds like Alonso might pull something shady since he said in a few interviews that he would physically help Massa when teh championship.

[HyperTek]

on right now!!

for those that dont have speed, i think you can watch a live stream