F1 2008

Originally Posted by BigFoot

True.

It's good to see the lack of TC is making things more interesting

Well...as i said when you are aquaplaning TC doesn't help

So you still need good feel for the car but also for the changing track conditions.

Originally Posted by alimac1973

I think Ferrari will be looking at there tactics for the rainy races, I wouldn't want to be in the room back at Marrenello when the big bosses ask for an explanation.

My impression is that the Ferrari, for whatever reason just doesn't work well on the inter's. Except when the track is almost dry and the tyres are fairly worn.
That's why they left the old tyres on at the first stop, in the hope that there would just be a light shower and the track would dry quickly. Kimi would have been on a dry track with slick tyres.

Sadly that didn't happen.

At least this season we're not having a run-away leader, things are just getting interesting now we have a near 4 way tie for the championship.

I remember last year at Monza the Kubica following was very good, god only knows its going to be even louder this year!

Well done Hamilton - a great race and a justly desreved victory

wow what a race, my first GP, so much better than on the telly, the atmosphere in the stands was fantastic, and ive never seen so many people cheering at a ferrari spinning before i was worried that not much would hapen where i was at luffield but it was action all the way, im sure in the dry it would have been a bit different but the wet track made it very tricky for the drivers, kimi and webber both spun right in front of me and there were loads of passes coming out of luffield

shame i cant go next year

Nice pics there fella

Great pics, I was up at Club corner, great spot, enjoyed it so much, as did the missus to my surprise! The support for Hamilton is fantastic, some people in our Grandstand cracked open a bottle of bubbly when he won

Nics pics Jabber

Originally Posted by PC7671

My impression is that the Ferrari, for whatever reason just doesn't work well on the inter's. Except when the track is almost dry and the tyres are fairly worn.

On the other hand the Ferrari works beautifully with the soft dry tyres. Besides, they've had a loooong relationship with Bridgestone and they should know by now how to design the car in order to get the best out of the tyres(dry/wet).

But the seven spins.......well you can't blame the tyres so you can only say that it is set-up related, driver style, lack of talent or all of the above(excluding the brilliant used inters decision).

One thing is for sure: Ferrari will find out the root cause of Massa's/Kimi's spins.
They'll know exactly what was happening. And in the future, in similar circumstances they would defiantly get Massa on extreme wets

the Adrian Newey shark fin appears on the McLaren at Hockenheim:

http://images.gpupdate.net/large/104870.jpg
http://images.gpupdate.net/newsnew/104871.jpg

Originally Posted by PeterWolf

the Adrian Newey shark fin appears on the McLaren at Hockenheim:

http://images.gpupdate.net/large/104870.jpg
http://images.gpupdate.net/newsnew/104871.jpg

And for a fraction the cost of actually paying him.

Hamilton quickest on Day 1 of the Hockenheim Tests:

1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:15.483
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:15.803
3. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 1:16.099
4. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:16.516
5. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:16.522
6. Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 1:16.570
7. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:16.593
8. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 1:16.856
9. David Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:17.361
10. Alexander Wurz, Honda, 1:17.825

"I had never had lice-checking before but went with the flow. I didn't find it particularly erotic"

Max Mosley - FIA President

He is so very important for Formula 1

BBC NEWS | UK | Women deny Mosley 'Nazi theme'

We've got a couple of threads on Mosley Pete, let's stick to those

The F1 thread was already opened......i am a bit lazy today.
BUT he is the president of FIA and the court case is in 2008

Yes ...



you are a bit lazy