2008 Formula One Season

[MrMystic]

Truly amazing I'll really keeping my mouth open of this one... Wonderful !!!

BTW Atti, didn't knew you could speek Dutch

 

[Jacco Cornelissen]

Thanks atti for this movie

 

[Gareth Hickling]

WOW WOW WOW! That movie was an epic movie!!!, <--- sry 3 exclamations but it deserved it,
Did anybody else have hairs on the back of there neck standing to attention?
One sure sign of great viewing, and the music......Fantastico

 

[Gareth Hickling]

Ohh I hope Brundle makes the jump to BBC, Im sure he is the only one at ITV who knows his F1 stuff.

Good news no adverts!

 

[Wido Rossen]

Hamilton relaxed, Massa confident at Sepang

Lewis Hamilton is looking very relaxed this weekend, and is confident that McLaren can continue their form from Australia in the heat of Sepang. On Thursday it was relatively cool, but already on Friday the ambient temperature has reached 28 degrees Celsius with humidity to match. ?This is a tough race,? he admits. ?But I haven't done any special preparation for it...

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[Wido Rossen]

Practice One - good and bad for Ferrari

Ferrari set the pace in no uncertain terms in opening practice at Sepang on Friday morning, with Felipe Massa clocking the fastest time of 1m 35.392s and Kimi Raikkonen next up on 1m 36.459s. However, the Finn's car stopped in Turn 12 during the course of the session. Behind the red cars, Nico Rosberg split the McLarens. Heikki Kovalainen lapped his MP4-23 in 1m 36.556s and Lewis Hamilton his in 1m 36.626s, with Rosberg inserting his Williams FW30 between them...

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[Wido Rossen]

Coulthard misses second practice in Malaysia

Red Bull have opted not to run David Coulthard's car in Friday afternoon's practice session at Sepang as a precautionary safety measure while they investigate the cause of his morning accident.The RB4 sustained what the team described as 'substantial peripheral damage' after it appeared to suffer a suspension breakage having run hard over a kerb...

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[Wido Rossen]

Hamilton sets the Friday pace at Sepang

His gear selection problems from this morning rectified, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton grabbed the fastest time of the day from Ferrari with 10 minutes left of this afternoon's Malaysian Grand Prix practice session.Running the softer Bridgestone compound, the Briton lapped his MP4-23 in 1m 35.055s to duck beneath Felipe Massa's 1m 35.206s, which had been the benchmark up to that point. The Brazilian tried hard but was unable to match him thereafter...

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[Wido Rossen]

Friday practice - selected driver quotes

The first day of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend brought the predicted tight battle between McLaren and Ferrari, but also a few surprises, not least Jenson Button fourth fastest for Honda and Giancarlo Fisichella ninth for Force India. All 22 men report back from Sepang (note - times and positions refer to practice two)...

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[Wido Rossen]

Stewards demand Red Bull technical report

Red Bull will supply Malaysian race stewards with a detailed technical report after David Coulthard's accident during Friday morning's practice session at Sepang. Coulthard's RB4 sustained what the team described as 'substantial peripheral damage' after the car suffered a track rod failure.The team decided not to run the Scot in the afternoon session, whilst they investigated the cause of the accident, and were subsequently requested to meet with race stewards to discuss the crash.

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[Wido Rossen]

Friday analysis - who will challenge at Sepang?

Clearly, after the first day of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix, it is going to be close between McLaren and Ferrari for the rest of the weekend. That is an obvious conclusion to a day that saw several teams running light to achieve apparently promising times. Generally, the new surface at Sepang required some rethinking on set-up, but most drivers seemed content with the balance they achieved on Bridgestone's hard and medium tyres...

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[Wido Rossen]

FIA Friday press conference - Malaysia

Team principals: Gerhard Berger (Toro Rosso), Mario Theissen (BMW Sauber), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren Mercedes)

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[Motorsportnews]

Final practice - Heidfeld puts BMW Sauber on top

No wonder Peter Sauber was smiling on Saturday morning. Three of his former drivers headed the timesheets during an unusual final practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld pushed his BMW Sauber to the top spot, lapping in 1m 35.019s to depose former team mates Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in their Ferraris. The Finn posted 1m 35.262s, the Brazilian 1m 35.388s. Right behind them was a string of drivers in the same bracket, right down to Lewis Hamilton in 11th place...

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[Motorsportnews]

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F1 Sepang Qualifying

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Ferrari's Felipe Massa will start from pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix for the second consecutive year, after lapping the Sepang circuit in 1m 35.748s in the final session of qualifying.The fact that the Brazilian was half a second faster than team mate Kimi Raikkonen suggests that he was running less fuel, but either way the two of them seemed happy enough as McLaren's best runner was Heikki Kovalainen in third...

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[Motorsportnews]

Qualifying - selected driver quotes

Ferrari's Felipe Massa on scoring his first pole position of 2008 at Sepang; McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen on edging out team mate Lewis Hamilton to take third on the Malaysian grid; and Giancarlo Fisichella on just missing out on Q2 for Force India. All 22 drivers report back on Saturday's action?

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[Motorsportnews]

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Malaysia

Drivers: 1st Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1m35.748s; 2nd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1m36.230s; 3rd Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren), 1m36.613s.Q: Felipe, a beautiful lap to watch. You were a half second quicker than your team-mate in Q3 but a little bit slower in Q2. Talk us through that.Felipe Massa: I managed to make a fantastic lap in Q3 which is the most important one.

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[Motorsportnews]

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Malaysia

Drivers: 1st Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1m35.748s; 2nd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1m36.230s; 3rd Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren), 1m36.613s.Q: Felipe, a beautiful lap to watch. You were a half second quicker than your team-mate in Q3 but a little bit slower in Q2. Talk us through that.Felipe Massa: I managed to make a fantastic lap in Q3 which is the most important one.

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[Motorsportnews]

Kovalainen, Hamilton to lose five grid places

McLaren drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton will each drop five places on the grid for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix after stewards decided they had blocked rival drivers in the closing stages in qualifying. They will now start the race eighth and ninth respectively.Kovalainen and Hamilton were called before the stewards after suggestions that BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Renault's Fernando Alonso were impeded...

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[Motorsportnews]

Provisional grid - Kovalainen, Hamilton, Nakajima drop

At least three drivers will drop from their original qualifying positions on the grid for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton both lose five places for impeding rival drivers in Q3, while Williams' Kazuki Nakajima starts from the back after his ten-place penalty for a collision with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica at the last round in Australia...

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[Motorsportnews]

Qualifying analysis - red reign or thunderstorm?

Ferrari and McLaren were poised to slug it out in the Malaysian Grand Prix, after the red cars enjoyed a small but significant advantage in qualifying. Then the McLarens were dropped five places for impeding other drivers. Can they fight back, or will it be BMW Sauber, or even Toyota, challenging the world champions?The other big unknown is the weather - and how the drivers will cope without traction control if the potential thunderstorms arrive. We take a team-by-team look at how they line up?

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