2008 F1 Season

[n/aTurbo]

dam, bad luck to Coultard.

That whole starting incident was Hamiltons fault once again in my opinion. Went in too hot to get infront of Massa den caused the roll on effect when he locked the brakes.

Im sick of the shit he gets away with in F1.

[Roy]

So can Kubz hold on for another win ? He seems to have the pace and Heikki cant even get near Alonso?

I think Massa will get a Stop-Go in about 5 mins time

[Roy]

Webber is racey and has some pace. If he has enough fuel on board he may be able to jump up into the points...he has pace and clear track

[Roy]

Ok...i concede. The FIA are farked int he head. Lewis just got a drive through for turn 1 ....the FIA are farked in the head and i will be personally driving a car full of fertiliser into their head office foyer!

Alonso is a star and showing his class...has track position on Kuz...and GO Bourdais in the lead

LOL. I take it nobody else is watching this live? Great race so far!

[blackrex]

I'm watching it as well, streaming it on the laptop whilst I have Bathurst on the TV.

Massa deserved that penalty because he had all 4 wheels over the white line, if he had kept 2 wheels inside the whiteline, I don't think that he would have gotten the penalty.

I haven't seen a replay of the turn 1 incident, so I can't comment yet on that decision.

[Roy]

Well Webber is 10th and has no more stops, every car in front of him has one more stop. He is a chance for a 6th!

[Roy]

How is that, Bathurst and F1 finishing within 10seconds of one another!

So happy for Alonso! Loved how Hamo had to unlap himself with a few corners to go

Massa just too much car for Mark

...and surely Bourdais has now doen enough to prove that he is a better option then any of the other GP2 hacks getting around at present!

[sh@un]

wow, couldn't have called that one more wrong. what a shithouse day at the track

bring on China...

[Roy]

Well at least Massa has shown he is going to do just about anything to win the WDC. Will make for an interestin end of season with a few cars able to split them...and the final two tracks are where the Fezz were quicker last year

[blackrex]

Seb B. has been penalised for the contact with Massa, demoting him 25 seconds and out of the points, so Massa now has 2 points and is 5 behind Homo, and Mark gets a point for 8th.

[Roy]

Well, i have typically been pretty open minded with the FIA calls this year and tried to see merit in them...but dont understand why Lewis was given a drive through and dont understand why Bourdais has been penalised. They have lost the plot this year. I watched the 2007 Japanese GP the other night and the last few laps between Kubz and Massa was a cracker. Penalising Lewis and Bourdais is BS! Plain and simple!

[Kaido_RR]

lol love how kimi takes a drink before spraying anyone with his bottle lol!

f**king awesome work by Alonso !!!

Love how Massa really fought this race! he has got nothing to lose and proving his got what it takes

P.s i think the FIA called on Bourdais was wrong but thats racing

[knore]

Ahh how things can work out in mysterious ways

Hamilton deserved penalty because he drove half the field off the track when he didnt need to. He had his line, then moved and pushed everyone.

Bourdais was a little strange, im assuming they are saying he impeded because he would have had a lower corner speed compared to massa since bourdais just came out of the pit.

Either way, the FIA have alot more information than we do. They get all car telemetry, all team information and many camera angles etc

Im loving this!

Alonso starts 14th last race.. Wins it.

Starts 4th this race.. Wins it.

A strong dose of dejavu from last year for lewis would make this the perfect season

Either way, even if lewis wins drivers and ferrari wins constructors it will be a big kick in the face for mclaren and show the weakness of favouring one driver.

only just found out about massa getting another point... lol bring on the lewis lovers/fia haters ... drum roll...

[Roy]

The call on Bourdais is completely wrong. And the Lewis penalty is wrong as well. A driver broke too late and ran wide and forced a few cars to avoid an accident. This has been std issue turn 1 stuff for decades in all classes. They were both racing incidents! But i suppose i can kind of see that Lewis recklessly jammed it in there but there wasnt real contact or race endign stuff so ??

[bnr#@]

Would have been sooooo much better for ferrari to if neither Massa or Lewis was penalised as Lewis flatspoted his tires so bad after that lockup that he had to pit to change them, would have given Massa a nice advantage.

[lingeringsoul]

5 more laps to go for me, but I guess I already know the result.

Seriously awesome drive by Alonzo, I can't believe he did that in a slower car. My new hero.

Too bad Massa had to be silly and cut across the grass, otherwise he would've definitely got more points but still a great drive from him.

Not a bad race to watch, bring on the next one!!!

[ctjet]

im out, no more F1 for me this year

the stewards penalising seb instead of massa sealed it. I was on the verge of leaving after spa but this is enough

this is a side show and nobody respects it anymore.

well done to Alonso, he's proved once again, why most of these idiots dont deserve their seats, especially massa after that pitful performance. you are scum and i hope you burn in hell.

[Mika]

I actually thought Lewis would get penalised for turn 1...but what he did was not worthy of the same penalty as Massa shunting Lewis (which i personally think was a deliberate move by Fag-lipé). Massa should have been given a stop-go for that. I also can't believe Bourdais got penalised...when it was massa that tagged the STR's REAR wheel. Once again he's come out and said he's done nothing wrong in both incidents, whilst Lewis has accepted blame for his turn one mistake, highlighting a point i made earlier in this thread.

I am now totally convinced F1 is crooked. I will continue to watch just to see Lewis win the championship against all odds.

Edited October 12, 2008 by Mika

[Marco-R34GTT]

As far as I'm concern I'm all for Massa... Hamilton swears that "no one will pass me on the outside ever again", so Louise goes beserk and baulks/chopped and cuts off every car he passes (which on MOST occasions, has been proven to be totally unnecissary), however when Louise cops some of his own agressive medicine he jumps up and down like a spoilt child.... Ok, I love the way Hamilton races, I find him a lot like Schumacher, agressive, ruthless and utterly uncomprimising.. I love it.. I just can't understand why he can't just not have a winge when he gets some back.. I was furious when Massa just surrendered to Hamilton like a cheese scoffing Frenchy at Hockenheim this year, but it was fantastic to see him throw it around and prove himself equally as unconmprimising as Louise, face it, Louise would've made that exact same attemped under the same conditions with roles reversed...

Still, being a Ferrari man, I can't agree witht he Bourdais penalty, WTF was he suppose to do??? If he was being lapped I could understand, but it was for position... Massa should've slowed more and gone wider.. Not much can be done now, but I really don't agree with it at all.. It is bollocks... I hope the FIA change their tune in the next few years.. Some of the calls this year have been a downright disgrace, weather they favour Ferrari or not..

[Kaido_RR]

im out, no more F1 for me this year

the stewards penalising seb instead of massa sealed it. I was on the verge of leaving after spa but this is enough

this is a side show and nobody respects it anymore.

well done to Alonso, he's proved once again, why most of these idiots dont deserve their seats, especially massa after that pitful performance. you are scum and i hope you burn in hell.

if Massa doesn't deserve his seat then Hamilton sure doesn't too.

where did Hamilton finish? and more importantly why did Hamilton finish not in the points? Because he f**ked up on turn one. if choice to do turn one differently who knows where we would have been after turn one but i would say their would be a big chance that massa would have still been behind him

Edited October 12, 2008 by [Michael]