Guest haze-e Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 qwrfadggjsa[gjsafhjhjfasohLewis 4th!!!!This race is sick. If he really is only pitting once he is looking very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lewis into 3rd now after Massa pits.Kimi struggling out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haze-e Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Hamilton is actually a very sick driver.Up to second now before the pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lewis behind Vettal by under a second! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Massa (Now 11t) just pits and is running on inters. More rain = f*ckedKovalainen now pits to put on some inters.Lewis flies passed him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lewis swapping tiers to inters, the extremes were f*cked.Massa one up on Lewis. Will he win? Nah I think Vettel has this but can end up with a top 3 finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haze-e Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Great overtake by Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haze-e Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lol at battling with Nakajima.Raikkonen flopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 McClaren should have picked up Vettel when they had the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 No rain screwed Lewis over.Gonna come 8th Webber going QUICK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haze-e Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Well done Vettel.Great great race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lewis now 1 ahead of Massa in the Championship race.Vettel an excellent race, who would've thought a Toro Rosso was going to win a Grand Prix. I just hope he grows at Red Bull next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Toro Rosso's been destroying the Red Bulls recently.Maybe he shoulda stayed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Medic Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 What an amazing race by Vettel. Brilliant. Unlucky for Hamilton it didnt rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 The next race > __________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Imagine if it rains...BOY.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkingthuglife Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 hamiltons proving hes a badboy racer. was unlucky he was in a sh*t place on the grid or he would of beat that yout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 McLaren's attempt to overturn the penalty imposed on Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian grand prix has been rejected. The appeal, which came following the stewards' decision to dock Hamilton 25 seconds and demote him from first place to third after he cut a chicane late in the race at the Spa circuit, was deemed inadmissible by the FIA."Article 152 of the International Sporting Code states that drive-through penalties are not susceptible to appeal," read an FIA statement. "McLaren Mercedes appealed the Steward's decision before the International Court of Appeal in a hearing in Paris on September 22nd. Having heard the explanations of the parties the Court has concluded that the appeal is inadmissible."With four races remaining, the verdict is a significant blow to Hamilton's world title aspirations. The Briton leads the drivers' championship by a point from Ferrari's Felipe Massa, a margin that would have been stretched to seven points had the original result stood. However, Hamilton refused to dwell on the setback, insisting that his focus remains firmly on the challenges that lie ahead in Singapore, Japan, China and Brazil."People will probably expect me to be depressed about today's result, but that isn't me," said Hamilton. "All I want to do now is put this matter behind me and get on with what we drivers do best: racing each other. We're racers, we're naturally competitive and we love to overtake. Overtaking is difficult, and it feels great when you manage to pull off a great passing manoeuvre. If it pleases the spectators and TV viewers, it's better still. So I'm disappointed, yes, but not depressed."Massa was the principal beneficiary of Hamilton's demotion at Spa, the stewards awarding him victory after Hamilton cut a corner while battling against Raikkonen with three laps remaining. Hamilton allowed Raikkonen to reclaim the lead before overtaking the Finn again at the next corner, and in the immediate aftermath of the race McLaren were assured by Charlie Whiting, the FIA race director, that he was satisfied with the Briton's handling of the situation.Two hours later, however - and despite the Briton's claim that the manoeuvre was intended to avoid a collision rather than to gain an unfair advantage - Hamilton was penalised, a decision that was upheld today following lengthy deliberation by a five-man FIA panel."It was long and intense," added Hamilton. "I said what was on my mind because in that position you can be talked down to. I was unfortunately penalised, so it was good to come here and put our point of view. But whatever happens I am not worried. I am now going to focus on my next race and hopefully winning there. At the moment, as I see it, I am one point ahead and that's how I will go into it."The appeal hinged on the contention of Mark Philips QC, the McLaren barrister, that although Hamilton's 25-second punishment was technically a drive-through penalty, he did not actually enter the pits. Had Phillips argued the point successfully, the FIA's ruling that drive-through penalties cannot be appealed would have been avoided.Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren chief executive, said: "We are naturally disappointed with today's verdict, and to have received no ruling on the substance of our appeal. No-one wants to win grands prix in court, but we felt Lewis won the Belgian Grand Prix on track, and in an exciting and impressive manner. Our legal team and witnesses calmly explained this, as well as our belief the appeal should be admissible. It nonetheless decided our appeal was inadmissible, so we will now concentrate on the remaining four races of the 2008 Formula One season." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephren Taylor Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Watching the drama unfold live at the night race this weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I knew this would've happened but still kinda held hope.. The FIA is PRO Ferarri and will always be.BUT ANYWAYS... Its time to see if McLaren can pull it off this season..Last season was so close but yet so far coz of some silly team mistake. Think they have made all the mistakes allowed this season.. :lol:Bring on the night race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Night race is gonna mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 The drivers are living by European timeIts gunna be sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lot To Learn Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Wat time is the race uk time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I knew this would've happened but still kinda held hope.. The FIA is PRO Ferarri and will always be.BUT ANYWAYS... Its time to see if McLaren can pull it off this season..Last season was so close but yet so far coz of some silly team mistake. Think they have made all the mistakes allowed this season.. :lol:Bring on the night race.I can see them doing it, but then who wouldn't be surprised if Lewis won on the last race in Brazil then gets hit by a penalty to make sure Massa steals it.This night race is going to be crazy.Sat 27 September 2008Saturday Practice 12:00 - 13:00Qualifying 15:00Sun 28 September 2008Race 13:00Time-Zone: GMT*Rubs hands* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 More glitzy, more glossy than ever, Singapore shone a thousand lights on the world's most glamorous sport and gave us a unique insight into the eyes of the driver yesterday as Formula One took to the track at night for the first time.Like a twinkling necklace adorning a beautiful woman, the Marina Bay circuit lit up the spectacular centre of Singapore and then came alive as the world's most sophisticated racing cars hurtled through the streets in the middle of a tropical night.Although the track has yet to be tested in wet conditions, two sessions of Friday practice for tomorrow's inaugural Singapore Grand Prix - the first starting at 7pm local time, the second ending at 11pm - proved a resounding triumph for the organisers, for the Italian lighting contractors and for Bernie Ecclestone, the sport's ringmaster, who was much in evidence on an historic evening.The crowds turned out in their thousands to watch as Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa first tiptoed around the twists and turns of an unforgiving track lined by concrete barriers and then, reassured by what they had found, turned up the heat. Soon cars were twitching at full stretch, as if this was a summer's day at Silverstone.An unexpected gift was the light that was shone into the eyes of the driver, which, on a sunlit day, are hidden in shadow behind the visor. In this way the evening unexpectedly broke through that enduring mystery of Formula One, the private world that only the drivers know inside the helmet; a world we have only seen from the outside, when they seem more robots than men.The first time we saw through the visor was via the onboard camera on car No22, the gleaming silver McLaren Mercedes of Hamilton, who took to night driving like a natural, running fastest in the first session and second behind Alonso in the Renault in the second. Set just in front of the steering wheel but looking straight back, the camera picked out Hamilton's still, brown eyes moving from apex to apex, steady and true, as he threw his car this way and that. This was seeing him drive from a new perspective.Among those in the paddock was Damon Hill, the most recent British world champion in Formula One in 1996 and among Hamilton's most ardent admirers. “I saw that,” he said. “It was fascinating to see where he was looking. He looked so calm. I always imagined my expression when I was driving was a look of horror, but he looked pretty relaxed. What was also interesting was that he didn't seem to blink until he went past the start-finish line - it was one blink per lap.”Down on the pitlane, as the drivers came in at the end of their stints, their heads thrown back by the sudden deceleration, the same trick of the light was evident to the naked eye. Here were the boyish features of Massa in the Ferrari, the only man who can stop Hamilton becoming champion this season, then David Coulthard, the old man of the sport who is four races from retirement, in his Red Bull, and then Alonso, a Spanish warrior desperate for a more potent weapon than his lacklustre French car.With a drivers’ briefing to attend at midnight, there was not much time for Hamilton to reflect on his first taste of night driving in a racing machine. There are 23 corners to negotiate, many of them of the awkward slow-speed variety, and Hamilton had his work cut out in the heat. “It’s extremely bumpy, it’s a very physical circuit - more than I expected,” he said. “You need to put a lot of work into the car to get a good lap - I’d say double the energy of Monaco over a single lap.”As for the lights, he had no concerns, like most of his rivals. But the bumps were a worry and they could play a big part in causing errors under pressure in qualifying today and the race tomorrow. Coulthard summed up in his usual no-nonsense way. “It’s like the cobbled streets of Paris and very unforgiving,” the Scot said. “I think there will be a lot of incidents during the race.”There were few notable moments yesterday, although at least four drivers lost control running through the final corner on to the pit straight. Mark Webber, Coulthard’s teammate, earned the unfortunate distinction of being the first man to crash in Singapore when he piled his car into the barriers on only his fifth lap.Weather forecastTodayScattered thunderstorms, 60 per cent chance of rain, high of 29C (84F) and low of 22CTomorrowScattered thunderstorms, 50 per cent chance of rain, high of 30C and low of 23C http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/for...icle4834148.ece Rain, night race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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