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[TofuEater]

His first pole, and the same for BMW - well done. :rnr:

[Spork]

Yea, now I think if he can hold onto it for the first lap he should be able to keep it.

he seems to be fairly capable of holding his position, oh well, only time will tell.

Hopefully a good race.

[Zarkov]

Talent wins through..

[Quasikomodo]

Talent wins through..

As I said previously Massa is a good 'un!! So he fucked up in ONE race so far this year, that doesn't make a whole career.

Go Ferrari, BMW are looking very good as well! Its great to have 3 competitive teams in F1 for a change.

[Xt1ncT]

Damn.

Lewis had a shocker. Gutted that Massa won - I used to like Ferrari - well back in the day when Mansell drove for them I did, not anymore following all their dubious tactics etc of recent (Schumacher) years.

Great that BMW are up there, and Williams seem to be doing better these days as well. Williams will always be my number one team, although they've had some poor years recently - mainly because all the manufacturers basicly have their own teams, and Frank didn't want to sell out to BMW.

Hears hoping Lewis can do better next time. SHaping up to be a great chamionship this year.

[Zarkov]

Damn.

Lewis had a shocker. Gutted that Massa won - I used to like Ferrari - well back in the day when Mansell drove for them I did, not anymore following all their dubious tactics etc of recent (Schumacher) years.

Great that BMW are up there, and Williams seem to be doing better these days as well. Williams will always be my number one team, although they've had some poor years recently - mainly because all the manufacturers basicly have their own teams, and Frank didn't want to sell out to BMW.

Hears hoping Lewis can do better next time. SHaping up to be a great chamionship this year.

You probably thought Damon Hill was the man.

[Xt1ncT]

You probably thought Damon Hill was the man.

HAha - he won a Wrld Title didn't he?

ALthough almost by default after Ayrton was killed. WIlliams had by far the best car then - just ask Mansell, Prost, Villeneuve and Hill.

[Zarkov]

A fast car always makes you look good.

[Xt1ncT]

HAha - he won a Wrld Title didn't he?

ALthough almost by default after Ayrton was killed. WIlliams had by far the best car then - just ask Mansell, Prost, Villeneuve and Hill.

A fast car always makes you look good.

Didn't you read what I said?

The guys I mentioned were either nowhere near the best in the field, or were past their best and yet still won in the Williams Renault (I think it was the Renault engine??) - ergo it was more the car than the driver.

[Zarkov]

Didn't you read what I said?

The guys I mentioned were either nowhere near the best in the field, or were past their best and yet still won in the Williams Renault (I think it was the Renault engine??) - ergo it was more the car than the driver.

I was agreeing with you.

Although it stuck in my claw, I mean craw.

[Xt1ncT]

I was agreeing with you.

That's ok then.

'Cos I was right

[Spork]

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[Spork]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=42514

Saw it coming.

[Spork]

http://bilmosk.org/simulcastPlayer.swf

40 second delayed F1!!!!

[Zarkov]

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008
Pos    No    Driver    Team    Q1   Q2   Q3    Laps
1    2    Felipe Massa    Ferrari    1:15.190   1:15.110   1:15.787    20
2    1    Kimi Räikkönen    Ferrari    1:15.717   1:15.404   1:15.815    19
3    22    Lewis Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.582   1:15.322   1:15.839    20
4    23    Heikki Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.295   1:15.389   1:16.165    25
5    4    Robert Kubica    BMW Sauber    1:15.977   1:15.483   1:16.171    18
6    7    Nico Rosberg    Williams-Toyota    1:15.935   1:15.287   1:16.548    24
7    5    Fernando Alonso    Renault    1:16.646   1:15.827   1:16.852    20
8    11    Jarno Trulli    Toyota    1:16.306   1:15.598   1:17.203    21
9    10    Mark Webber    Red Bull-Renault    1:16.074   1:15.745   1:17.343    19
10    9    David Coulthard    Red Bull-Renault    1:16.086   1:15.839   no time    18
11    12    Timo Glock    Toyota    1:16.285   1:15.907      16
12    16    Jenson Button    Honda    1:16.259   1:16.101      13
13    3    Nick Heidfeld    BMW Sauber    1:16.650   1:16.455      14
14    8    Kazuki Nakajima    Williams-Toyota    1:16.756   1:16.479      16
15    17    Rubens Barrichello    Honda    1:16.208   1:16.537      12
16    14    Sebastien Bourdais    STR-Ferrari    1:16.806         9
17    6    Nelsinho Piquet    Renault    1:16.933         8
18    15    Sebastian Vettel    STR-Ferrari    1:16.955         11
19    20    Adrian Sutil    Force India-Ferrari    1:17.225         12
20    21    Giancarlo Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari    1:17.823         8

Go Filipe.

[Spork]

Go Rosberg tbh.

EDIT: Crazy Dave had a pretty awesome crash during Q2 last night as well. Still got 10th though.

[Xt1ncT]

w00t..!!!

Go Lewis, great victory. First Englishman to win at Monaco since about 1969 or something like that.

[TofuEater]

Go Filipe.

Yeah, top driver that one.

Good to see Webber get fourth.

[Spork]

I feel sorry for Sutil, he was doing really well and his 4th? place would've helped his career and his team out heaps, then bloody Kimi went and ruined it all, not completely blaming Kimi as obviously as he has proven even the best make mistakes.

I watched it live on America's 'Speed' TV, their commentators need to be shot.

[Baffled]

Man that last race sucked for sutil, but it was a great race for hamilton.. thought it was all over when he crashed but then he only lost a couple of places. Was a great race to watch.

In other news...

NAZI PERVERT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE!

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/6/7869.html

After Tuesday’s Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA), the FIA released the following statement:

"During the EGA held in Paris today, the FIA Member Clubs voted on a motion of confidence in the FIA President. The FIA membership voted as follows:

For the motion: 103
Against the motion: 55
Abstentions: seven
Invalid votes: four

"Voting in the EGA was made by secret ballot. Votes were counted in private by the FIA legal department in the presence of four scrutineers, selected by the EGA from a list of Delegates proposed by the Chairman of the meeting (the President of the FIA Senate).

"The entire voting procedure was supervised by an external Huissier de Justice (French state-appointed public witness)."



Oh and its only 2 days til they kick off the next race in Montreal! Go Lewis! But i would like to see Heiki win a race and I hope Sutil can get some better luck this time.

[Zarkov]

NZ voted for him.

[TofuEater]

Hardly surprising. It's not the end of the matter though - if the sponsors want him gone then he won't last past the AGM in September.

[TofuEater]

Spoiler :

A lucky enthusiast has bought themselves a slice of Formula One history after snapping up the Red Bull driven by David Coulthard at the 2007 British Grand Prix on website eBay for €210,050.

A bargain at the price considering that Coulthard has just finished 3rd - well done to him.

It was a day for the drivers i don't rate, though Hamilton taking out Raikonnen created an opportunity for the pack to shine. As much as it chokes in my throat to say it, Massa drove incredibly well and pulled out some amazing moves to finish fifth considering he had three pit stops. His pass of Kovalainen while he was trying to take Barichello was as good as i've seen all season, if not the last few years.

At least i'm able to spot some talent, as i've always thought that Kubrica was the goods and so it's proving. He was very good today and should be traded to Maclaren for Kovalainen immediately. :rnr:

[TofuEater]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10515246
I can't believe they gave Hamilton a 10 place penalty for the pit lane incident. Far out - if he was driving a Ferrari he would have been given the keys to Maranello. What a friggen joke.

[Shasta]

At least i'm able to spot some talent,...Kubrica...Maclaren.... :rnr:

Pity you're not able to spot spelling lol - Kubica, McLaren.

Just winding you up.


Great race, - I'm sure we can dispense with the spoilers now - any F1 fan that hasn't seen it yet and didn't want the race spoiled for them would be stupid to come check out the F1 thread. I'm happy for Kubica, he's always looked like a future star, glad he got his win finally - and is leading the championship! I'd be surprised if this years BMW can be strong enough to let him take the title, but good luck to him anyway. Lewis had a major facepalm moment, although I'm sure Sutil and Force India wet themselves laughing at Kimis slightly ironic misfortune. I agree that while Massa generally = fail unless  he gets a good start from pole, but I also agree that he didn't do a bad job to end up 5th, and the 2 for 1 pass on Kovy/Bar was quite inspired, if not fortunate.