[Formula 1] Italian Grand Prix : 14 Sep '08
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Venue: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
Laps: 54
Race start: 2000 HRS SINThe temple of speed and the home of the Tifosi (Ferrari fans) is the final European round of this seasons championship. It boasts the highest average speeds, and the atmosphere is simply stunning. Every team brings a special low-drag package to this track, where downforce levels are run at the absolute minimum. Thus, the cars are always twitchy and on the edge, but it is a trade-off for top speed, which can reach 360 km/h.
As expected, power is also a key factor to getting around quickly, engines are heavily stressed, and those drivers who have to run the same engines as they did at Spa will be disadvantaged. A car that is able to ride the chicane kerbs very well is also a very big plus. A one-pit stop strategy is possible, but the top 10 in qualifying will probably go for 2.
Hamilton leads Massa by 2 points after he was demoted after the Belgian Grand Prix, and he will be determined to fight back and improve on his 2nd place from last year. Raikkonen will not make it easy for either driver even though he is 19 points adrift. Look out for surprises from Toro Rosso, Toyota and BMW.
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Heard rumours that Hamilton's gay, is it true?
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He wouldn't be dating women if he were.
FP1 was a wet session that only got wetter still...hence the unusual look to the results:
Italian Grand Prix free practice session 1 times
1. SUTIL Force India 1m32.842s
2. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m33.428s
3. FISICHELLA Force India 1m33.695s
4. GLOCK Toyota 1m36.800s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m36.900s
6. ALONSO Renault 1m36.965s
7. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m37.142s
8. TRULLI Toyota 1m37.214s
9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m37.392s
10. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m37.754s
11. PIQUET Renault 1m38.057s
12. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m38.303s
13. BUTTON Honda 1m39.062s
14. MASSA Ferrari 1m40.233s
15. HEIDFELD BMW No time
16. NAKAJIMA Williams No time
17. KUBICA BMW No time
18. KOVALAINEN McLaren No time
19. WEBBER Red Bull No time
20. HAMILTON McLaren No time
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Originally posted by fatone:
Heard rumours that Hamilton's gay, is it true?
http://www.lewishamiltonsucks.com/Of course it could be edited...
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2k hotel fees nice
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Italian Grand Prix free practice session 2 times
1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m23.861s
2. KUBICA BMW 1m23.931s
3. HEIDFELD BMW 1m23.947s
4. HAMILTON McLaren 1m23.983s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m24.110s
6. MASSA Ferrari 1m24.247s
7. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m24.365s
8. WEBBER Red Bull 1m24.521s
9. SUTIL Force India 1m24.669s
10. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m24.773s
11. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m25.100s
12. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m25.192s
13. FISICHELLA Force India 1m25.204s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m25.296s
15. BUTTON Honda 1m25.309s
16. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m25.330s
17. GLOCK Toyota 1m25.397s
18. ALONSO Renault 1m25.481s
19. TRULLI Toyota 1m25.753s
20. PIQUET Renault 1m26.195s -
Originally posted by youyayu:
2k hotel fees nice
Wrong race, wrong thread.
And Hamster and Sutil were in an unfortunate position in that old photo.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Wrong race, wrong thread.
And Hamster and Sutil were in an unfortunate position in that old photo.
At least they're just holding hands and not you know what.
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Originally posted by 566117:
http://www.lewishamiltonsucks.com/Of course it could be edited...
i support this site!
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Italian Grand Prix free practice session 3 times
1. GLOCK Toyota 1m35.464s
2. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m36.129s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m36.347s
4. TRULLI Toyota 1m36.686s
5. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m36.706s
6. HEIDFELD BMW 1m36.972s
7. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m37.015s
8. MASSA Ferrari 1m37.263s
9. ALONSO Renault 1m37.270s
10. FISICHELLA Force India 1m37.285s
11. SUTIL Force India 1m37.504s
12. KUBICA BMW 1m37.671s
13. WEBBER Red Bull 1m37.778s
14. PIQUET Renault 1m37.833s
15. BUTTON Honda 1m37.882s
16. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m38.689s
17. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m39.319s
18. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m41.164s
19. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m42.683s
20. HAMILTON McLaren 1m46.325s -
Wow Kubica 11th, Raikkonen 14th & Hamilton 15th!
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The home team is on pole! Vettel takes P1 for the first time ever.
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Starting Grid
1. VETTEL Toro Rosso
2. KOVALAINEN McLaren
3. WEBBER Toro Rosso
4. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
5. ROSBERG Williams
6. MASSA Ferrari
7. TRULLI Toyota
8. ALONSO Renault
9. GLOCK Toyota
10. HEIDFELD BMW
11. KUBICA BMW
12. FISICHELLA Force India
13. COULTHARD Red Bull
14. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
15. HAMILTON McLaren
16. BARRICHELLO Honda
17. PIQUET Renault
18. NAKAJIMA Williams
19. BUTTON Honda
20. SUTIL Force India -
whoa... underdogs take the the podium!
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Vettel!!!
what a race!!
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was expecting to see more crashes... hope to see big ones in singapore.
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Originally posted by sand king:
was expecting to see more crashes... hope to see big ones in singapore.
i'm going with my DSLR and my little sony and will try to take pics
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Originally posted by the Bear:
i'm going with my DSLR and my little sony and will try to take pics
i got photographic memory, hahahahha just joking! hahaha, im just bringing my old Nikon F75... hope it doesn't rain. I don't have that elephant condom (plastic thingy for the cam).
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Italian Grand Prix result (53 laps)
1. VETTEL Toro Rosso
2. KOVALAINEN McLaren +12.5s
3. KUBICA BMW +20.4s
4. ALONSO Renault +23.9s
5. HEIDFELD BMW +27.7s
6. MASSA Ferrari +28.8s
7. HAMILTON McLaren +29.0s
8. WEBBER Red Bull +32.0s
9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +39.4s
10. PIQUET Renault +54.4s
11. GLOCK Toyota +58.8s
12. NAKAJIMA Williams +1m02.0s
13. TRULLI Toyota +1m05.9s
14. ROSBERG Williams +1m08.6s
15. BUTTON Honda +1m13.3s
16. COULTHARD Red Bull +1 lap
17. BARRICHELLO Honda +1 lap
18. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap
19. SUTIL Force India +2 laps
R. FISICHELLA Force India +41 laps
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Hamster really deserves an investigation this time for the 3 dangerous moves he made on Glock, Alonso and Webber in wet conditions. They recall a certain Schumacher's chops, which weren't popular either. I wonder if he is testing the reaction after the furore at Spa... anyone who's just tuned in to F1 won't have a good impression of him.
I say that the beautiful driving was done by the top 3, especially Vettel and Kubica - great tyre management from the latter!
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Hamster really deserves an investigation this time for the 3 dangerous moves he made on Glock, Alonso and Webber in wet conditions. They recall a certain Schumacher's chops, which weren't popular either. I wonder if he is testing the reaction after the furore at Spa... anyone who's just tuned in to F1 won't have a good impression of him.
I say that the beautiful driving was done by the top 3, especially Vettel and Kubica - great tyre management from the latter!
amazing how hamilton got penalised at spa
amazing how hamilton didn't get penalised at monza -
webber could have beaten him.