F1 2008

[Pete.]

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008 2nd practise session.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.140		40
2	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:15.533	0.393	39
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.572	0.432	42
4	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.869	0.729	37
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.881	0.741	39
6	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:16.296	1.156	34
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:16.310	1.170	27
8	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.351	1.211	45
9	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:16.372	1.232	40
10	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.418	1.278	32
11	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.426	1.286	44
12	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:16.688	1.548	46
13	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:17.094	1.954	39
14	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:17.131	1.991	39
15	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:17.246	2.106	35
16	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.251	2.111	33
17	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:17.379	2.239	28
18	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:17.581	2.441	38
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:18.176	3.036	31
20	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:18.225	3.085	38

[David Morton]

"He had to come. In his place, I would have done exactly the same thing," Lauda added.


Niki Lauda speaking about Mosely attending the race in Monaco. What did you think he was talking about?

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by David Morton

"He had to come. In his place, I would have done exactly the same thing," Lauda added.


Niki Lauda speaking about Mosely attending the race in Monaco. What did you think he was talking about?

Depends on the spelling, better phrasing would have been "he had to attend"

An incident packed race I'll bet the weatherman was busy.

[David Morton]

In my corner certainly busy until about 15:10 local and then it was all over for the weather. I even had time to go and get a drink when both cars went on to dry tyres. NP lost it shortly afterwards but FA set a couple of good laps though failed to get in the points. Too many incidents really. Interestingly Meteo France said the race would be dry all morning and even during the race they came up with a '6 minutes to rain' warning. It was total hogwash and I think they were chasing their own tails a little bit too much.

[Pete.]

Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence from the FIA General Assembly and the federation is waiting nervously to see the reaction to the decision. Mosley won by 103 votes to 55, with seven abstentions and four invalid votes.
Cool! I'll go and get my whips and fishnet stockings back out of the closet.

[Freewheel]

Anthony Hamilton, father of McLaren star Lewis, has crashed a sports car into a children's playground according to the British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph'. Hamilton was driving in a borrowed silver Porsche Carrera GT worth around $600.000. Anthony apologised for the damage he has caused and declared that he was happy nobody got injured.

Source, F1technical.net

[Pete.]

Not a good week for the Hamilton's. Lewis ran a red light with disastrous consequences and has been nominated for the "Prat of the week" award

Good to see DC in the points.

[Pete.]

From granprix.com

Forty years of winning for McLaren

Monday was the 40th anniversary of McLaren's first Grand Prix victory, although Bruce McLaren did win the non-championship Race of Champions prior to his victory at Spa on June 9 1968. Forty years on the team had little to celebrate at the Canadian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton not only crashing out of the race but also being landed with a 10-place grid penalty that will hurt his race in France in two weeks.


Canadian GP - Sunday - Race Results

Canadian Grand Prix Results - 8 June 2008 - 70 Laps
POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	LAPS	TIME/RETIRE
1.	Robert Kubica	Poland	BMW Sauber	70	1h36m24.447
2.	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	BMW Sauber	70	16.495
3.	David Coulthard	Britain	Red Bull-Renault	70	23.352
4.	Timo Glock	Germany	Toyota	70	42.627
5.	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	70	43.934
6.	Jarno Trulli	Italy	Toyota	70	47.775
7.	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	Honda	70	53.597
8.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	54.120
9.	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	McLaren-Mercedes	70	54.433
10.	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Williams-Toyota	70	54.749
11.	Jenson Button	Britain	Honda	70	1m07.540
12.	Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull-Renault	70	1m11.299
13.	Sebastien Bourdais	France	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	1 Lap
R	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy	Force India-Ferrari	51	Spin
R	Kazuki Nakajima	Japan	Williams-Toyota	46	Accident
R	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Renault	44	Spin
R	Nelson Piquet	Brazil	Renault	39	Brakes
R	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	19	Accident
R	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	19	Accident
R	Adrian Sutil	Germany	Force India-Ferrari	13	Gearbox
FASTEST LAP:
	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	14	1:17.387

[Pete.]

Government source says Australian GP deal done

Australian newspapers are reporting that a new deal has been done to keep the Australian GP in Melbourne until 2015. The deal is reportedly a verbal agreement at the moment but it is anticipated that it will be signed off shortly.

[Pete.]

GP deal done. Pete's Bar safe!

Australian newspapers are reporting that a new deal has been done to keep the Australian GP in Melbourne until 2015. The deal is reportedly a verbal agreement at the moment but it is anticipated that it will be signed off shortly.

[Pete.]

Apparently Magny Cours is to upgrade it's facilities and get a total face lift.
Also Rouen has indicated it will make a bid for the French GP.
Either way should make you Happy eh David?

[Freewheel]

Rouen?

As in the public road circuit or a permanent track?

[David Morton]

From Wickepedia:
Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6.542 km (4.065 mile) race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, France.
From its opening in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe's finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands. The circuit (which ran on public roads) had a few medium straights, a cobbled hairpin turn (Nouveau Monde) at the southernmost tip, and a few blind corners through a wooded hillside The appeal was greatly enhanced by the climb from Nouveau Monde at 56 metres to Gresil at 149 metres.
Rouen hosted five Formula One French Grand Prix races, the last one in 1968 resulting in the tragic burning death of Jo Schlesser. The circuit continued to host major Formula 2 events until 1978, after which it was used for various French Championships.
The circuit had a number of different configurations. From its construction in 1950 until 1954 it was 5.1 km (3.169 miles) in length. In 1955 major works increased the circuit's length to 6.542 km (4 miles), its most famous configuration. Construction of a new Autoroute across the circuit saw a new section of track built and the length of the circuit reduced to 5.543 km (3.444 miles). Finally, in 1974 a permanent chicane was built at Six Fréres and this part of the circuit was renamed Des Roches.
The circuit was closed down in 1994 due to economic and safety reasons, since it is very hard to organise a race on public roads if modern safety standards are to be met. In 1999, following the circuit's closure all evidence of area's racing past was demolished, including grandstands, pits, Armco and track signs. The cobbled Nouveau Monde hairpin was also asphalted but it is still possible to drive around on the original circuit configuration.
The name "Les Essarts" comes from a village, which was included into the commune of Grand-Couronne in 1874.

[David Morton]

Rouen Circuit

[Pete.]

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen has been penalized by the French Grand Prix stewards after they decided he had blocked another driver during qualifying. The Finn will drop five places on the grid as a result.

Kovalainen originally qualified sixth, which meant he would have been fifth on the grid due to team mate Lewis Hamilton’s ten-place penalty from Canada. However, he will now start tenth after being deemed to have impeded Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who moves up to sixth as a result.

The revised provisional grid:
1. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari
3. Fernando Alonso, Renault
4. Jarno Trulli, Toyota
5. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber
6. Mark Webber, Red Bull
7. David Coulthard, Red Bull
8. Timo Glock, Toyota
9. Nelson Piquet, Renault
10. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren
11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber
12. Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso
13. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
14. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso
15. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams
16. Jenson Button, Honda
17. Rubens Barrichello, Honda
18. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India
20. Nico Rosberg, Williams

[Frank Catt]

Just going back to the Canada GP pit lane crash for a moment, I want to figure out what would have happened IF H had not crashed int R. We had at least two sets of two cars side by side, very close to each other, with more joining by the second, waitng at a red light about to go green onto a single car width access road to the track. Anyone like to make out the scenario of what happened next ?