F1 title race & the constructor championship!!!!

[Baimi]

Pos Driver Team Points
1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 76
2 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 74
3 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 58
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 57
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 49
6 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 43
7 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 26
8 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 23
9 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 19
10 Timo Glock German Toyota 15
11 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 13
12 Sebastian Vettel German STR-Ferrari 13
13 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 11
14 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 9
15 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 8
16 David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 6
17 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 4
18 Jenson Button British Honda 3
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Ferrari 0
20 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Ferrari 0
21 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 0
22 Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0

 

[BlueCat]

look like,it will be between Lewis Hamiliton (McLaren-Mercedes) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) for the title and Ferrari & McLaren-Mercedes for the constructor championship.
but still have quite a number of races left,who know maybe Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) can still catch-up and be the champion.

 

[hungary fighter]

think there r only 5 races left including the 1 in s'pore.....

 

[hungary fighter]

raikkonen vows to fight on until the end.....but the odds r stacked against him......don't think he will b able 2 catch up.......

 

[Baimi]

It is not fair to penalize L. Hamilton. If he is guilty, punish him in the next race. I watched the race, to avoid a collision with Kimi Raikkonen, he was forced to drive through the chicane, that route give him the advantage and he was clearly in front, that's is illegal. The team radio him to let Raikkonen
to have that advantage, he did so. And in next few seconds he overtook Raikkonen by out braking him.
From the pit wall, the team asked the Race control to confirm that they were comfortable that Lewis had allowed Kimi to repass, and they confirmed twice that they believed that the position had been given back in a manner that was ok.
McLaren team will appeal.

 

[hungary fighter]

mcclaren will appeal but i suspect the authority will rule in favour of the earlier decision 2 make the F1 race a closer finish tiz season & more exciting......more revenue too if the championship is decided on the last day of the season.......kind of unfair though......

 

[Baimi]

All the while, Ferrari always get the best treatment.

 

[Baimi]

13 Sep 2008
Record-breaking Vettel puts Toro Rosso on pole at MonzaRed Bull teams nearly locked out the front two rows of the grid for the Italian Grand Prix, as Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest-ever polesitter in appalling weather conditions at Monza on Saturday.

It began to rain heavily with 15 minutes to go before the start of qualifying, and after the McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Q1, 21 year-old Vettel took over in Q2.

That session proved to be Hamilton’s undoing. After an exploratory run on inappropriate standard wet tyres - extreme-wets were the way to go throughout the hour - he just didn’t get his McLaren up to speed and ended it 15th on 1m 39.265s. He was not alone, however. A spin prevented BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica from bettering 1m 36.697s which left him 11th and the first to fall, and behind Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 36.698s) and Red Bull’s David Coulthard (1m 37.284s), Kimi Raikkonen languished 14th on 1m 37.522s for Ferrari.

Vettel made no mistakes in Q3, consistently outrunning his competition, even though corners such as Ascari were so wet that aquaplaning caught out many. The German pushed his STR3 round in 1m 37.555s, and though Kovalainen managed 1m 37.632s, it was not enough.

Behind them, Mark Webber’s final lap for Red Bull jumped him up to third on 1m 38.117s, pushing Red Bull stablemate Sebastien Bourdais down a place to fourth in the second Toro Rosso, on 1m 38.445s. The Frenchman was lucky to get away with a spin exiting Ascari.

Reflecting the highly unusual nature of this grid, Nico Rosberg was fifth for Williams on 1m 38.767s, ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari, in which the Brazilian could not better 1m 38.894s.

The Toyotas of Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock sandwiched Fernando Alonso’s Renault, the Italian lapping in 1m 39.152s, the Spaniard in 1m 39.751s and the German 1m 39.787s. Nick Heidfeld, who spun in Q1, completed the top 10 with 1m 39.906s for BMW Sauber.

Behind Kubica, Fisichella, Coulthard, Raikkonen and Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello was 16th for Honda on 1m 36.510s ahead of Renault’s Nelson Piquet (1m 36.630s), Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1m 36.653s), Honda’s Jenson Button (1m 37.006s) and Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1m 37.417s).

With more rain possible for Sunday, a fantastic race is in prospect as Vettel and co seek to capitalise on their performances, as Kubica, Raikkonen and Hamilton do everything they can to overcome their tribulations

 

[hungary fighter]

we may get a susprise winner in this race......

 

[Baimi]

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2008Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 53 1:26:47.494 1 10
2 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +12.5 secs 2 8
3 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +20.4 secs 11 6
4 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 53 +23.9 secs 8 5
5 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +27.7 secs 10 4
6 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +28.8 secs 6 3
7 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 +29.9 secs 15 2
8 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 +32.0 secs 3 1
9 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 +39.4 secs 14
10 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 +54.4 secs 17
11 12 Timo Glock Toyota 53 +58.8 secs 9
12 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 53 +62.0 secs 18
13 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +65.9 secs 7
14 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 +68.6 secs 5
15 16 Jenson Button Honda 53 +73.3 secs 19
16 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 52 +1 Lap 13
17 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 +1 Lap 16
18 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 4
19 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 51 +2 Laps 20
Ret 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 11 Accident 12

 

[Baimi]

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 78
2 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 77
3 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 64
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 57
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 53
6 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 51
7 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 28
8 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 26
9 Sebastian Vettel German STR-Ferrari 23
10 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 20
11 Timo Glock German Toyota 15
12 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 13
13 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 11
14 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 9
15 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 8
16 David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 6
17 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 4
18 Jenson Button British Honda 3
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Ferrari 0
20 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Ferrari 0
21 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 0
22 Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0

 

[Baimi]

Pos Team Points
1 Ferrari 134
2 McLaren-Mercedes 129
3 BMW Sauber 117
4 Toyota 41
5 Renault 41
6 STR-Ferrari 27
7 Red Bull-Renault 26
8 Williams-Toyota 17
9 Honda 14
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
11 Super Aguri-Honda 0

 

[hungary fighter]

a susprise win 2 add more spice & everything nice to the s'pore leg.....

 

[cydonia]

Wonder who will have the best adaptability to the night race, and also to the new circuit. I am rooting for the ferrari, but i hamilton atm is my fav f1 driver lol..

 

[Baimi]

come sg race, i will place my bet all on Hamilton.
Pole position
Fastest lap (so far he did not have this honour)
Race winner
For trio i will try Hamilton, Massa and maybe Vettel or Kubica

 

[Baimi]

Result of yesterday practise session.
Fernando Alonso, 1m 46.725s, P7/1m 45.654s, P1
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 45.518s, P1/1m 45.752s, P2
Felipe Massa, 1m 45.598s, P2/1m 45.793s, P3
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 46.463s, P4/1m 45.797s, P4
Nico Rosberg, 1m 46.710s, P6/1m 46.164s, P5
Robert Kubica, 1m 46.618s, P5/1m 46.384s, P6
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 45.961s, P3/1m 46.580s, P7
Jenson Button, 1m 47.277s, P10/1m 46.901s, P8
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 47.662s, P12/1m 47.013s, P9
Timo Glock, 1m 47.706s, P13/1m 47.046s, P10

Surprise that F. Alonso can go this fast, and disappointment
for K. Raikkonen, S. Vetttel is only 1 race wonder?
Let's see Saturday qualifying session, who will be in pole position.

 

[Baimi]

Felipe Massa looks to be planning a repeat of his Valencia performance after he took a comfortable pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday evening.

The Brazilian upped the ante after McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen had set the fastest times, lapping his F2008 in 1m 44.801s. With Hamilton next on 1m 45.465s ahead of Raikkonen on 1m 45.617s, it is probably safe to assume that Massa is running to a lighter fuel strategy.

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen split the two BMW Saubers on his final run, his 1m 45.873s leaving him between Robert Kubica (1m 45.779s) and Nick Heidfeld (1m 45.964s).

Monza winner Sebastian Vettel was the only Red Bull-backed runner to make the top 10 this time, taking his Toro Rosso to seventh on 1m 46.244s ahead of Toyota’s Timo Glock (1m 46.328s) and the Williams duo of Nico Rosberg (1m 46.611s) and Kazuki Nakajima (a top 10 first timer with 1m 47.547s).

Q2 weeded out Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1m 45.038s), Honda’s Jenson Button (1m 45.133s), Red Bull’s Mark Webber and David Coulthard (1m 45.212s and 1m 45.298s respectively), and the unfortunate Fernando Alonso, whose Renault quit on him with fuel supply problems in Turn 18 during his out lap.

Renault’s Nelson Piquet lost out to Coulthard’s final effort in Q1, the Brazilian’s 1m 46.037s leaving him 16th in the line-up. Sebastien Bourdais didn’t get it together either, failing to push his Toro Rosso beyond 1m 46.389s. Rubens Barrichello’s weekend didn’t get any better for Honda, with 1m 46.583s for 18th.

The two Force Indias were at the back. Adrian Sutil lapped in 1m 46.940s, but Giancarlo Fisichella did nothing to endear himself to his mechanics, who had worked flat out to get him running near the end of the session following his earlier practice shunt, only for him to put his repaired VJM01 off into the barriers in Turn 3.

 

[hungary fighter]

massa looks likely to win the s'pore's leg of the gp race......lewis hamilton will find it difficult 2 overtake him with ferrari's raikkonen coming in third in the grid position.....

 

[BlueCat]

those racers commented that the road's track is narrow,very little area for overtaking and very difficult to do it also.
so the pit-spot and weather will play a very crucial.

 

[The MilkMan]

so far,the safety care being out twice due to some minor accident.
and Ferrari is having a rought time here.
Messa drove off while re-fueling with the hose still attached during the first accident.
now no chance of any points,while Hamilton should widen his lead over Messa by at least 3 points.