Guest Swiftie Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 safety car is out. So goin to get interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Here we go safety car gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 circuit looks sicknormal trafic is just passing in flyovers above the track so sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Lewis is going for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Kimi's out, goes from bad to worse for Ferrari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Ferrari out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Bye bye Ferrari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Planet Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Deep wasn't even a big error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 f*ck SAKE HAVE I MISSED AN AMAZING RACE?!?!?!f*ck*ng FLATMATES MAKING THE KITCHEN ALL DIRTY FFS NEED TO REWATCH WHEN ARE THE HIGLIGHTS?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Credit to Alonso, he has been driving the f*ck out of the car this season.Very good race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 What happened??Someone tell me!How is Glock in 4th?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetDreams Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Good RaceEnjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 lol @ that catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Good RaceEnjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Medic Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Was a decent race.Kimi lost his concentration at the end, poor from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephren Taylor Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 amazing atmosphere... I wasnt really into f1 but thats gonna change now.. GOnna try to get to more meets next season.. If i'd have known this GP was going to be so enjoyable, I'd have tried t get tickets for HK and Jap too.. This is probably the 1st time in a loooong loooong time ive been happy to be in SGP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 TV Ratings............2008........................2007Italy >> 3.55m....................2.91m or UnderBelgium >> 3.87m.................3.31m or UnderValencia >> 3m or Under........N/AHungary >> 3.88m.................3.37mGermany >> 3.49m.................3.53m (Europe)Britain >> 4.53m......................3.85mFrance >> 3.35m.....................3.41mCanada >> 3.99m....................4.69mMonaco >> 3.98m.....................3.7mTurkey >> 2.98m or Under......3m or UnderSpain >> 3.51m.......................3.34m or UnderBahrain >> 3.58m......................3.32m or UnderMalaysia >> 1.9m (Re Run)..........3.11m or UnderAustralia >> 3.9m (Re Run)...........3.43m or UnderSingapore 3.8m peaked at 4.5m Pitpass claims the BBC has named its 2009 F1 coverage presenters as Jonathan Legard, Martin Brundle, David Coulthard, Jake Humphrey and Lee McKenzie.Legard has previously commentated for the BBC on Formula 1 on Radio Five Live and has an expert knowledge of the sport. Pairing him with Martin Brundle, who’s won awards for his ‘expert commentator’ role in 12 years with ITV, is an excellent decision.David Coulthard, fresh from his retirement this year, is expected to be based in a studio with Jake Humphrey, to front the show.Pitpass scoffs, “the budget is expected to be even less than ITV is spending - come on, how do you expect them finances garbage like ‘Bonekickers’?” But I think the BBC are sensible to see there is no value in flying their principle presenters around the world, especially on the licence-payers’ coin. Does having Steve Ryder and Mark Blundell struggling to make themselves heard in the pit lane add anything to the ITV show? No.Humphrey’s background covers a range of sports including football, American football, cricket and athletics, with a high-profile slot in the BBC’s coverage of the recent Beijing Olympic games. As none of these sports involve four wheels and an engine I have no idea if he’s any good or not so please do tell me. According to this interview done while he worked on Childrens’ BBC if he had a million pounds he’d spend it on crisps.Lee McKenzie has been fronting Sky Sports’ A1 Grand Prix coverage and is the daughter of Bob McKenzie, the Daily Express journalist. (He who famously promised to run a lap of Silverstone naked if McLaren won a race in 2004.) She is expected to work as a pit lane reporter, a role currently filled by Louise Goodman and Ted Kravitz. McKenzie won Jim Clark Memorial Award for people involved in motor sport.Of the current ITV team only Martin Brundle will joining the BBC’s coverage, and not James Allen, Steve Ryder, Mark Blundell, Ted Kravitz or Louise Goodman. When ITV took over F1 from the BBC in 1997 it kept only Murray Walker and brought in an otherwise all-new team.ITV won a BAFTA for its coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix last year, despite the fact so many fans had complained about them cutting the post-race discussion short ITV had to issue an apology.Finally Alonso will remain with Renault in 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Jake Humprhey??SMH.At least there will be no ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Jake Humprhey??SMH.At least there will be no ads.Hence this..there is no value in flying their principle presenters around the world, especially on the licence-payers’ coin.So does that mean no more pit lane news & updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Allow my SKY+ from when it didnt even record the q's...OH WELL.. Its on a plate for certain man.. Time for him & his team to man up and allow him to take his maiden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Renault's Fernando Alonso took a superb victory in the Japanese Grand Prix as title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa collided in a dramatic race.Hamilton made a poor start, ran off the road at the first corner and was tipped into a spin by Massa on lap two.Both were given penalties for different incidents but Massa recovered to take seventh and cut Hamilton's lead to five points with two races left.Hamilton, his car damaged by Massa, was 12th and out of the points.Massa finished eighth on the road, but was promoted to seventh when Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais was penalised 25 seconds, demoting him to 12th, for a collision with the Brazilian on lap 51.Hamilton is still in a strong position but the Englishman will have to cut out the mistakes that have characterised his season if he is not to lose the championship for the second year in a row."What can I say? it was a bad day, I'll move on to next week [in China]," Hamilton said."I went wide at turn one, it was a mistake, and then Felipe hit me off, I went on the inside and he broke left and hit me pretty hard. I cannot believe it right now and back-to-back wins is a great feeling - it is completely amazingFernando Alonso"I lost one point, which I guess is damage limitation."Massa is not Hamilton's only title rival. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica is 12 points off the lead and cannot be ruled out."Twelve points behind the leader with two races to go - anything can happen," Kubica said.Hamilton's problems began at the very start of the race as he got off the line slowly from pole position in his McLaren and then went too far in trying to make amends at the first corner.He left his braking too late trying to prevent Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen taking the lead and, with smoke pouring from his locked tyres, took both of them off the track.The move would earn Hamilton a penalty for forcing another car off the track, but it also demoted him to sixth place, right behind Massa.The Englishman tried to pass the Ferrari into the Turn 10/11 chicane on the second lap and the two cars ended up colliding.Massa left his braking too late trying to fend Hamilton off into the initial right-hand part of the corner.That put him off line on the outside and, trying to retain the place, he dived over the kerbs through the left-handed part and tipped Hamilton into a spin as he rejoined the track.Hamilton had to sit and wait for the entire field to pass before he could rejoin the race, and he immediately called into the pits for new tyres to replace the ones he had badly flat-spotted at the first corner.Massa was given his own penalty for causing that collision, and, once they had taken their drive-through penalties, the two title rivals ended up at the back of the field - with Massa a few seconds ahead.The chaos among the drivers of the leading teams left Kubica in the lead but he lost it to Alonso when the Spaniard made his first pit stop a lap later than the Pole.Alonso said he asked the team to get him out in front of Kubica but doing so meant he had four laps' less fuel than the BMW for the middle stint of the race.The team lost no time in telling Alonso that he had to "sprint like hell" to win the race.The double world champion did exactly that, pulling out a lead of more than 12 seconds in his 25-lap second stint.That put him completely out of Kubica's reach, and the BMW driver was left to fend off Raikkonen.It was one of the Spaniard's greatest races and secured him and Renault an unexpected second win in a row."We were second when we stopped for the first time and I wanted to exit the pits in front of Robert," Alonso said."So they had to put less fuel in. I had to open the gap and the car was perfect and I was able to."It's difficult to believe as the Singapore win was completely unexpected."We had special conditions there with the safety car but today we had nothing and we won again at a circuit which is not good for our [car's] characteristics."I cannot believe it right now and back-to-back wins is a great feeling. It is completely amazing."Raikkonen drove a race that has become typical of him this season - he was anonymous until the final pit stops and then came alive.The world champion rejoined from his final stop just behind Kubica but, although he pressured the BMW hard for the next few laps, the Pole was able to fend him off and eventually build a small cushion for the last few laps.Nelson Piquet finished fourth for Renault, with Toyota's Jarno Trulli, the Toro Rossos of Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel and Massa taking the remaining points positions.Massa, the fastest man on the track in the closing stages of the race, lost ground with a spin while trying to pass Bourdais but recovered to grab eighth from Red Bull's Mark Webber on the penultimate lap.Final result of Japanese Grand Prix:1 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault one hour 30 minutes 21.892 seconds2 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 5.2 seconds behind3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari at 6.4secs4 Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault at 20.570secs5 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota at 23.767secs6 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari at 39.207secs7 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari at 46.200secs8 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault at 50.811secs9 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber at 54.120secs10 Sebastien Bourdais* (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari at 59.000secs11 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota at 1:02.09612 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes at 1:18.900secs13. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda one lap behind14. Jenson Button (GB) Honda at one lap15. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota at 1 lapR Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 22 lapsR Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 16 lapsR Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 8 lapsR Timo Glock (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 6 lapsR David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 0 lapsf*ck*ng hell roll on 3pm.Massa got promoted to 7th :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haze-e Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I meant to watch this live. Set my alarm and everything. Slept through it Lol.3pm is me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swiftie Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I watched this @ some dumb time in the morning and just got peed off coz man could've been doing something better...The start just predicted how the race was meant to go on.. Add that to Massa being a twat.But with all things considered, Lewis kinda showed himself up aswell. Coz all he had to do is just finish ahead of Massa.& once again the FIA (Ferrari Internationale de l'Automobile).... Couldn't just punish Massa without doing some damage to McLaren aswell..ITS JUST SO COINCIDENTAL how it looks like they decided to investigate the start of the race to penalise Lewis only after McLaren launched a stewards enquiry onto what Massa did to Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Highlights are on or the full race so let the discussions begin.As for the Lewis penalty was rather silly, since we've seen racers who are forced off the track go unpunished. HmmmmmOverall smh, at least for Shanghai it will be exciting, 5 points in this.Alsohttp://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/17...ext_month?.htmlLol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 PARIS (Reuters) - Next year's French Formula One Grand Prix could be cancelled after the French Motorsports Federation (FFSA) said on Wednesday it would no longer finance the event."After examining the economic situation, the FFSA renounces to be the financial promoters of a Formula One Grand Prix," the national governing body said in a statement."As a result, and as long as a promoter capable of succeeding the FFSA has not been identified, the French Grand Prix will not be able to feature on the FIA international calendar in 2009," the statement added.The race was due to be held at Magny-Cours on June 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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