2008 F1 Season

[Marco-R34GTT]

Kimi was setting some stelar laps before he came in too....

[salad]

I think he meant Canada, but even that is laughable...Does he not realise that Hamilton would have rejoined the race in 3rd after that pit stop? Kimi and Kubica both passed him in the pits.

But you're forgetting that Louise is Senna reborn, he would've lapped them easily

Edited June 10, 2008 by salad

[benm]

I'm happy for Webber to 'waste' a year of actually finishing all races (even if he doesn't throw it up the inside of some drivers) rather than -another- year of getting caught up in other drivers mess or mechanical failures.

[Duncan]

that would have been a very dangerous drag race out of the pits onto a single lane pit exit.

[Kel]

fark me, poland is rocking right now. this is the biggest thing to hit warsaw since we gave women the power to vote way back in 2006...

does this mean the beers are on you at the next drinks Richard?

[Marco-R34GTT]

Krakow pilsner/Torun lager FTMFW!!!

[m3gtr]

does this mean the beers are on you at the next drinks Richard?

Dude, ive been trying to get a beer outta this bastard for more than a year now. Dont get yer hopes up.

At the risk of sounding rude and insensitive, i present to ye...

Adam's top 10 conclusions from the Canadian GP...

1. Kubica is a title contender - if not this year then the next. He should be approached with caution...not because of his devastatingly good looks which are much akin to the Double Baron that haunts SAU boards the world over, but because he is genuinely quick, incisive and indeed decisive in traffic and can build and demolish leads like not many before him.

2. Oh, and lest we forget, he made teh Pikey, Nick H, cry into his Steiner for three hours that night after the press conference... Martin Brundle's quip about Nick being related to the guys fixing the track surface pre-race only compounded the issue...

3. Lewis Hamilton, at the risk of looking like I'm actually against him which many SAU members will think is impossible no matter what he does, committed a grievous, pathetic and ultimately unwarranted yet memorable pit lane screw up that far eclipses Robert Doornbos at Magny Cours last year when he took the fuel rig with him... Not even the Bagota Bruiser - in all his glory - has Hamstrings "strung" up in this area and that at the same track not even 4 years earlier.

4. Kimi Raikkonen is as much to blame for his "ON TRACK" excursion that ruined Adrian Sutil's race in Monaco as Lewis Hamilton was with his "OFF TRACK" excursion that ruined both his and Raikkonen's races - end of story. ( i know this is going to get a flame but meh, its only my top 10 and you wont always like it! )

5. D.C may or may not have life in the old dog left yet...the Jury is still out on this one but the general consensus was that D.C ( not B.C - he's old but not that old! ) was in the place Mark Webber should rightfully have been.

6. Going on from point 5, Mark Webber does not possess the ability to "muscle" his way through traffic. He has copitulated faster and more often than a sinner infront of Christ and yet, to his credit, brings home the bacon through other means - which include other drivers misfortunes, brilliant strategy onbehalf of the team, spewing in your helmet, copping it up the ass from a brother, a RELIABLE car, a defunct nondescript teammate to belittle and the little thing I call a Webberism...

Whats Webberism? Well, it has to do with a manly chin cleft and a lot of money. 'Nuf said.

7. Canada is an AWESOME track. Any track with shots that come televised with wheels scraping the exit on slow mo and a corner that's named the "WALL OF CHAMPIONS" goes straight into the hall of fame...plus the fact that many drivers, prior to the race, cried and bitched about the surface breaking up only cemented Montreal's place.

Dear oh dear, where's mummy when you need her? Harden the F%$& up is what we all agree on.

8. Mosleygate is the furthest thing that should be from anybodies mind. Not that it changes what the sado-masochistic-asshole got away with but the fact that the racing, the teams and the drivers wont.

Bring on the showdown to 2008... ( You know theres going to be a smashing finale dontcha>? )

9. Nelshino Pique has to lift his game or hes out before the next 4 races. Seriously, this guy was saying he was better than Hamilton a few races ago and where is his ego now?

He is not F1 material. Plain and simple.

10. Filipe Massa is a darkhorse in this race. At the rate with which KR, RK and LH are making progress its no wonder why the Brazilian puller out all the stops to make sure he made an impression from difficult circumstances. The reason why he feels this way ONLY when hes in the firing line remains a mystery but rest assure he is STILL in the firing line due to a certain Pole who may want his seat in the near future...

[m3gtr]

SIF my top ten was teh thread killah!

I accept no responsibility in this matter...

[m3gtr]

A sad day for F1 fans.

Ove Andersson, who we all know spearheaded Toyota during their heyday and then F1 for a few years was killed in a rally.

Ive met him and i have to say he was one of the nicest guys in the paddock. We talked for about 20 minutes on all things F1 and he was genuinely interested in what i thought of Toyotas progress over the past few years and during quali for Suzuka that year...

A real shame.

[Roy]

That year, what 2002?

[ctjet]

yeah i read it too.

damn shame

... god that goatee looks rediculous

[m3gtr]

That year, what 2002?

no 2006. He was there that year too but only in an advisory role apparantly.

Feck arf, Ivan i know it looks shite.

for some drunken reason i cant really remember i was trying to look like alonso but i served myself up some steaming hot fail instead...

Edited June 12, 2008 by m3gtr

[Marco-R34GTT]

for some drunken reason i cant really remember i was trying to look like alonso but i served myself up some steaming hot fail instead...

Yup indeed!

[Kaido_RR]

what a race!

i only got to watch it today, good thing the aus-media doesnt show anything about f1 on the news lol!

[Eug]

should have dressed up as hamilton j/k

[m3gtr]

That would be hard considering hes black!

[Roy]

Oooh, drop your cocks and grab your socks. The next two weeks are going to be interesting with regards to driver market

[m3gtr]

?

[ctjet]

Alonso to the fez and the koob to get a BIG ass pay rise... im guessing

[dezz]

THE Brumby Government has struck a deal for Melbourne to keep the Formula One Grand Prix until 2015.

Under the verbal agreement, expected to be signed off within days, the Government and the international Grand Prix bosses have consented to a five-year extension.

That would see the international race stay at Albert Park until at least 2015.

There had been doubts the race would go on in Melbourne after running at losses of up to $160 million in the past 12 years.

A senior government source last night confirmed the race would remain in Melbourne, saying an announcement was "imminent".

"We haven't signed the deal, but we're going to quite soon," the source said.

The deal is expected to include a move to later race start times -- probably about 5pm -- to attract a wider European television audience.

But it will not be a night race.

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone had told the Sunday Herald Sun he would take Melbourne's race to "India, Russia or Korea" unless it was staged at night.

He wasn't available last night to discuss the deal or his reasons for his backflip on Melbourne retaining the race.

Tourism and Major Events Minister Tim Holding said the race would not start after dark.

"We have ruled out a night Grand Prix and that is not negotiable," he said.

"This is a good event for the state. It's one we want to keep and we'll be working hard to ensure that it does remain here in Melbourne in the years ahead."

The government source said Mr Brumby and Mr Ecclestone had reached a compromise.

"They've come to an agreement," the source said.

Melbourne race organisers this year offered an olive branch to Mr Ecclestone and the FIA by moving the race starting time from 2pm to 3.30pm.

Next year's race will start at 5pm and future events may start at a similar time or even slightly later.

Melbourne's retention of the Australian Grand Prix spoils the party for interstate raiders who wanted to lure it to NSW, Queensland and South Australia.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...230-661,00.html