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reply posted on 20-7-2008 @ 05:28 PM by internos


Hamilton takes hard-fought win in German Grand Prix




McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton scored the fourth victory of his 2008 season here at Hockenheim on Sunday - and he did it the hard way. For the first 34 laps he ran away and hid from his pursuers, led by Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, but then Timo Glock ran hard into the pit wall after the right-rear suspension of his Toyota appeared to fail, and all hell broke loose.

The safety car was deployed as the shards of debris were cleared, and the moment the pit lane opened there was a rush to refuel for the final stints. In came everyone, apart from Hamilton, BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld and Renault’s Nelson Piquet had just been in when Glock crashed.



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Great performance by Lewis, McLaren is confirmed to be the strongest team on the most techincal circuits, but today the driver played a very important role. Great overtakes in the final part of the race, even though a tactical mistake of the team: Felipe had brakes and tyres issues.
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Fear for Glock, after his Toyota's rear gear suspension failed: a very dangerous incident, that time ago could have been fatal for the driver:


Congrats to Nelsinho Piquet: there were many rumors that he could have been fired, but now the guys in renault will think twice before taking such a decision: he's young, let's give him the time. He didn't started with a McLaren





Constructor's championship standings:

1 Ferrari 105
2 BMW Sauber 89
3 McLaren-Mercedes 86
4 Toyota 25
5 Red Bull-Renault 24
6 Renault 23
7 Williams-Toyota 16
8 Honda 14
9 STR-Ferrari 8
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
11 Super Aguri-Honda 0

Driver's championship standings:

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 54
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 51
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 48
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 41
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 28
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 20
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 18
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 13
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda 11
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 10
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 8
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 8
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 6
15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 6
16 Timo Glock Toyota 5
17 Jenson Button Honda 3
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 2
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 0
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 0
21 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0
22 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 0



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reply posted on 20-7-2008 @ 06:46 PM by ArMaP


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Yes, it was a great race from Lewis Hamilton, without the slightest mistaken and showing the type of aggressive racing in the final laps that he used to show in GP2.

Nelson Piquet Junior finally had a race without problems and with some luck with the safety car period, contrasting with a bad race from Alonso.

Glock's accident was really a good example of the safety of today's Formula 1 cars, he got away with, apparently, just a sore back.



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reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 05:07 AM by internos



FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2008

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Budapest
Race Date: 03 Aug 2008
Number of Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.381 km
Race Distance: 306.663 km
Lap Record: 1:19.071 - M Schumacher (2004)


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Friday practice 1 results:



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reply posted on 2-8-2008 @ 09:14 AM by internos


Hamilton heads McLaren one-two in qualifying


Lewis Hamilton eased to pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix after dominating qualifying along with McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was third fastest.

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica will start the race fourth, ahead of the Toyota of Timo Glock and the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.

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Ferrari F2008 - shark-fin engine cover



As part of their Hungarian aero update, Ferrari have included a heavily-revised engine cover. This full-height shark fin profile (inset) is almost identical to those already introduced by Red Bull, Renault, Toro Rosso and Force India. This revision improves the car's rear-end efficiency and balance, and to enhance its straight-line stability at high speeds. It better manages airflow close to the engine cover, and in particular reduces turbulence generated by spillage from the engine air inlets. This addition could well be used at the season's remaining races, albeit with ongoing revisions. With traction arguably the F2008's weak point at the last round in Hockenheim, even a small improvement in rear downforce should prove beneficial.

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McLaren MP4-23 - nosecone winglets



These horn-like winglets halfway up the MP4-23's nosecone have been introduced by McLaren in Hungary. It's a solution not dissimilar to the 'delta' winglets on the BMW Sauber and one that provides a better quality of airflow to the car's sidepod inlets and rear end. It does this by improving the management of the airflow exiting the front wing. This doesn't directly increase front downforce, but instead improves the aero efficiency and downforce load in the central and rear sections of the car.

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Renault engineer shot himself
A Renault Formula One engineer is believed to have shot himself at the team's headquarters in Oxfordshire.



Police are not treating the death of William Millar as suspicious, after he was found on a path within the Whiteways Research Centre.
The 53-year-old was found with a head wound on Wednesday morning after staff heard a gunshot.
Mr Millar of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, was a research and development engineer.
The apparent suicide came days before the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest this weekend where Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr will take to the track.
Renault issued a tribute to Mr Millar following his death.
"Everyone at the team is deeply shocked to lose such a valued member of staff who had been with the team for 27 years.
"We have a very large site but it happened within the premises on a footpath.
"Known as Bill, he was involved in designing anything that can improve the car."

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reply posted on 3-8-2008 @ 10:11 AM by internos


FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2008
Results


Ferrari failure helps Kovalainen to maiden win




Welcome to the world of winning, the first of many.

That was how McLaren boss Ron Dennis greeted Heikki Kovalainen as the Finn scored a surprise victory on Sunday in a Hungarian Grand Prix that should really have been Felipe Massa's race.

The Brazilian took his chance with both hands and thrust his Ferrari past the front-row McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Kovalainen at the start, and then dominated proceedings.

Life got easier for him when Hamilton suffered a deflated front left Bridgestone tyre on the 41st lap and dropped back to 10th place, and in truth Kovalainen never looked likely to challenge Massa. But gradually the McLaren moved closer and closer to the red car as the final laps were reeled off. Massa completed the 67th of the 70 in the lead, but then a spectacular engine failure stopped car number two just past the line. As Massa was clambering out, Kovalainen swept past en route to a triumph that made up for all the poor fortune he has had to endure this season as Hamilton's partner.

Full article
Heikki Kovalainen became the 100th winner in Formula One history with the first victory of his career.
Incledible unluck for the poor Felipe



After a great start and a race with no mistakes, he's been betrayed by the engine of his Ferrari which blow just three laps from the finish. This race was well deserved by Felipe, in my opinion.



Unlucky also Hamilton, able to recover many positions after having a flat tyre: it's speculated that his driving style is too aggressive for the tyres on the most technical circuits.

Sebastien Bourdais, Kazuki Nakajima and Rubens Barrichello had problems, with flash fires during re-fuelling.

Congratulations to Timo Glock, great performance after the orrible incident at Hockenheim. Kimi 3° and Alonso 4°.

Driver's championship standings:


Constructor's championship standings:


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reply posted on 3-8-2008 @ 11:33 AM by ArMaP


It would be a deserved win for Massa, if it wasn't for his proverbial bad luck in Hungaroring.

But it was an excellent race for Kovalainen and Glock, even if Massa and Hamilton could have got to the end without any problems they would have been third and fourth.

Toyota had a good day, with second for Glock and seventh for Trulli.

Renault also had a good day, with Alonso 4th and Piquet Jr. 6th.



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reply posted on 22-8-2008 @ 06:32 AM by internos


2008 FORMULA 1 TELEFONICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE



Valencia
Race Date: 24 Aug 2008
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.440 km
Race Distance: 310.080 km
Lap Record: n/a -

Valencia circuit | Official website

Jaime Alguersuari (GTA Motor) on board camera.

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A driver's eye view of Valencia



Situated in the marina area of Valencia, this brand new street course promises to be one of the most exciting additions to the Formula One calendar in recent years. Hemmed in by concrete walls, the 25-turn circuit combines a mix of high and low-speed sections and is wide enough in places to offer genuine overtaking opportunities. Good straight-line speed and stability under braking are therefore paramount, as is good mechanical grip through the mix of low and medium-speed corners. Here Renault describe how they plan to set-up the R28 for the European Grand Prix…

Aerodynamics:
The track layout means that the teams will run with relatively low levels of downforce, similar to those used in Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. This is possible as there are no high-speed corners and good straight-line speed is important down the long back straight. However, it wont be until free practice begins on Friday that the team will be able to finalise aero levels, which can depend on the grip offered by the tarmac.

Brakes:
The circuit is expected to be particularly demanding on the brakes and on a par with somewhere like Bahrain. There are frequent large stops from over 300km/h, such as turns 12 and 17, leading into tight second gear corners which will put high energy though the braking systems. Brake cooling will also need special attention with teams likely to use reasonably large cooling ducts.

General car set-up:
The drivers need a responsive and well-balanced car with good change of direction to deal with the high-speed kinks that are spread around the circuit. But, as always, this needs to be balanced with a supple enough suspension to give good mechanical grip in the low-speed corners. There are a few curbs that the drivers can use, mainly on the corner exits, but until the drivers take to the track it is difficult to predict what impact they will have on car set-up. Good braking stability is also important, especially at the end of the straights, to avoid locking wheels on a track where there is little margin for error.

Tyres:
Bridgestone will bring the soft and super-soft compounds from its 2008 range, just as it did for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The softest compounds from the range will offer good grip on what is likely to be quite a slippery track surface to begin with. However, like any temporary circuit, we can expect the track to begin the weekend very green and gradually evolve, becoming faster with each lap as it rubbers-in. As yet, the teams have no tyre data and so evaluating tyres and assessing the abrasive qualities of the tarmac will be a priority during free practice.

Engine:
The mix of straights, low speed chicanes and hairpins means that the engine will be used in a very stop-start fashion. About 54 percent of the lap is expected to be spent at full throttle, which is below average for the season and so it will not be too severe a test for the engine. The key to a good lap time is therefore not peak power, but good torque to help launch the car out of the slow corners and onto the straights. Getting the car well balanced will therefore be of utmost importance to avoid understeer out of the low-speed corners to allow early application of the throttle.


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[edit on 22/8/2008 by internos]



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