Formula One: 2008 European Grand Prix

AirWolf

AirWolf

Honorary Master
Joined
Aug 18, 2006
Messages
24,898
Reaction score
1,698
Location
Port Shepstone, KZN, RSA, EARTH
http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/8/8243.html

Valencia is alive with Formula One racing, with tangible excitement that the sport is taking to the bespoke course down by the famed port that has been home to the America's Cup races in recent years. The key word on everyone’s lips has been ‘urban’ rather than ‘street’, reflecting the wide nature of the track which so strongly differentiates it from Monaco.

It boasts 25 corners that snake around the Juan Carlos I Marina, offering fast, wide and sweeping bends and, it is hoped, several potential opportunities for passing. It is 14 metres wide at the minimum.

Official simulations estimate a top speed of more than 300 km/h at the end of the main straight and a lap time in the 1m 37s bracket, with an average speed around 200 km/h. That should put Valencia on a par with a venue such as Bahrain with its average of 214 km/h. By contrast, Monaco’s average is only 151 km/h.

Valencia will be the European Grand Prix’s fifth home since its inception in 1983, the others being Brands Hatch, the Nurburgring, Donington Park and Jerez.

Lewis Hamilton is raring to go and to preserve his world championship points lead after the surprise Ferrari and Felipe Massa handed out in Hungary.

...
Click to expand...

Going to be another interesting race:D.
 
Vettel fastest in the first practise. Followed by massa and hamiltion.
 
Code: 
Aug 22 (Reuters) - Times in Friday's second free practice for 
the European Formula One Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain 
  1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari        1min 39.477secs 
  2. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Renault               1:39.497 
  3. Jenson Button (Britain)      Honda                 1:39.546 
  4. Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Ferrari               1:39.678 
  5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     McLaren               1:39.712 
  6. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)  McLaren               1:39.954 
  7. Timo Glock (Germany)         Toyota                1:39.967 
  8. Robert Kubica (Poland)       BMW Sauber            1:40.149 
  9. Nelson Piquet (Brazil)       Renault               1:40.439 
 10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India - Ferrari 1:40.500 
 11. Mark Webber (Australia)      RedBull - Renault     1:40.585 
 12. Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Williams - Toyota     1:40.607 
 13. David Coulthard (Britain)    RedBull - Renault     1:40.696 
 14. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)      Williams - Toyota     1:40.742 
 15. Jarno Trulli (Italy)         Toyota                1:40.877 
 16. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   Toro Rosso - Ferrari  1:40.982 
 17. Adrian Sutil (Germany)       Force India - Ferrari 1:40.999 
 18. Nick Heidfeld (Germany)      BMW Sauber            1:41.084 
 19. Sebastien Bourdais (France)  Toro Rosso - Ferrari  1:41.246 
 20. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)  Honda                 1:41.377

2nd practise
 
the 3rd free practise session was quite interesting in how close the field was and how the usual suspects seemed to be overshadowed. should be a good quali.
 
nice one felipe. he really is becoming the driver i thought he could be.
 
Yes i think hamilton maing an idiot of him has awoken the beast within, the era of hamilton will have to wait i feel.
 
i actually think it wasn't hamilton that was the key to massa's well being but the fact that he has been allowed to challenge kimi. of course the change martin mentioned in race engineer and the pickup in results since last year tbh has been important.
 
mmm... wonder if we going to have rain in Spain tomorrow? Massa was awful in the rain recently, where was it? Silverstone? Either way it's going to be a fantastic race tomorrow!!!! Rain is the great equalizer in f1 yes?
 
Sandman, do you remember monaco where ferrari messed him up, he was great then.

He had a bad day and i don't believe for one second his car was 100%.
 
Well let's hope Ferrari have learnt from this seasons lessons and there been a few.... for all the teams mind you, it's been a demanding and highly competitive season so far and it's pretty much still wide open for team and drivers..
 
Yes ferrari need to start calling the pit stops better because its hurt them badly this season, but i think alot of people have had some forgettable moments like hammi's pitlane trouble, massa's poor britian race finishing last, kimi's lack of pace throughout the season.

Going to be one hell of a start tomorrow thats for :). Cannot wait
 
And the FIA comes to the rescue of Ferrari once again!!! :mad:

By conveniantly, for Ferrari, deciding to investigate AFTER the race, they have saved Massa a race win! That was unsafe and nasty from Ferrari, that system is just gonna have to go.
 
Well done to Massa :D.

Felipe Massa took a convincing victory in Sunday's European Grand Prix, but remains under investigation for his second pit stop, in which Ferrari seemingly released him into the path of another car.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took second to retain his championship lead, with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica third.
Click to expand...

Hope he doesn't lose first place for that:(.
 
Last edited:
sox63 said:
And the FIA comes to the rescue of Ferrari once again!!! :mad:

By conveniantly, for Ferrari, deciding to investigate AFTER the race, they have saved Massa a race win! That was unsafe and nasty from Ferrari, that system is just gonna have to go.
Click to expand...

It wasnt the system as it merely replaces the lollipop with a light - its not an automated system - they manually push buttons. The Massa incident was bad timing, which has happened before using manual systems - but I agree that it was dangerous. It might result in a belated penalty, but whether it was worthy of Massa losing the race because of it or not is another story. I doubt the decision would have been any different had it been a McLaren or BMW for instance...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X