F1 World Championship 2008 Thread

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Grand Master

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My dad and I, were talking about the British GP was basicly spanish at the end!

The spainiards are taking over!

Why of course, after failing to conquer England with the 'Armada' back in 1588 they're now trying to control the UK by economic means.

It's all part of the Great Plan™.

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Why din't Kimi do another lap right at the end? He passed the finish line with 10 seconds to spare?

Was little to no point. The performance of the soft tyres drops off after the first lap, so a second lap wouldn't have been any quicker, unless he had made a major mistake on the initial hot lap. Plus the handling of his car was awful. Another lap with him trying to push harder still in such an unstable car would have increased the risks of an accident.

Judging by his problems this weekend, Ferrari would have agreed with him to take no additional risks and ensure a strong points finish, so he likely has a good chunk of fuel too.

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ah nice to see that after this exceptional silverstone-raceweekend things seem to be back to normal again.

massa clearly on the way to his first title-win and heidfeld slow as a dog again beaten by kubica :laugh:

hint of the day: raikkonen 1 lap lighter than felipe massa. :p :D

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It was a pretty good race, got better again once Glock when smashy smashy time. I think all the drivers did pretty good. Kimi way off it again. Sometimes I just think him and Lewis are a like, somedays they are good, then they aren't so good.

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this race was fun to watch. it shows f1 has to copy everything from us-motor-racing like the safetycar periods and the boost-button (they plan to introduce this one soon) to make things interesting.

hamilton was impressive i have to say, if he goes on like that no one can stop him from winning his first championship.

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Fairly exciting race, lots of 2 car battles going on. McLaren say that there are no team orders (other than not to take each other out), but it looked like Heikki was told to move over and let Hamilton pass toward the end. Also why did Massa not hold the inside and make Hamilton do something around 12 laps from the end, he swooped to the outside and just gave the inside to Hamilton and then got pushed wide.

Lots of luck and timing for Piquet to end up 2nd. He drove a good race and earned the points he got.

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