Formula1 2008

[Zoid]

You mean as incompetent as Raikonnens driving in Melbourne? And they have been punished for their mistakes...

[LordShiva]

Yeah, in Melbourne Kimi slowed down to 80 km/h in teh middle of teh racing line when cars were still on their hot laps

[Zoid]

No, but he drove ike a ****ing n00b! Trying stupid overtakes and ending up in the gravel... Real world champion driving!

[LordShiva]

Ferrari
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Barrichello

[Zoid]

Ughh, not a good weekend for McLaren...

Kubica
Kovalainen
Massa wtf? It'll be easy for Mclaren to win the constructors championship if he keeps driving like a sack of ****...

[LordShiva]

He needs to learn how to drive without crutches like traction control

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Zoid
Ughh, not a good weekend for McLaren...

I think they should be a bit worried - one thing is the stupid faults by the drivers in Q and the thec mess in tyre change, another is that it was only when Hamilton got the hard tyres he became comepetitive while it seemed not to concern Ferrari wich type they used.

I guess that Trulli started to **** green pigs when he heard that Hamilton started to gain a second per lap in the last stint.

Traction control, or the lack of it, somehow I think that Monaco will be interesting

[Zoid]

Meh, Monaco is one of the least exciting tracks of the bunch, almost zero chance of overtaking...

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by BlackCat
Traction control, or the lack of it, somehow I think that Monaco will be interesting

QFT

[Zoid]

Originally posted by BlackCat


I think they should be a bit worried - one thing is the stupid faults by the drivers in Q and the thec mess in tyre change, another is that it was only when Hamilton got the hard tyres he became comepetitive while it seemed not to concern Ferrari wich type they used.

Yeah, it isn't exactly the first time they ****ed it up in the pits...

[BlackCat]

Except, this time they can't just hit the speeder and count on TC to correct their errors.

[Zoid]

True. You're right, this will be interesting

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Zoid


Yeah, it isn't exactly the first time they ****ed it up in the pits...

I don't blame the crew - it was the crappy german tech that was the problem this time - oh, and bad tactic choices - they have had two WW's and haven't learned a thing .

[One_more_turn]

Raikkonen

Alonso

Alonso is currently the biggest jerk in F1, if not ever. During his short career, he has compiled an impressive list of transgressions that put even Schumacher in shame:

- At the 2003 European Grand Prix, David Coulthard and McLaren managing director Martin Whitmarsh accused Alonso of giving Coulthard a brake test.

- At the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso was involved in an incident in which he brake tested Red Bull Racing test driver Robert Doornbos in the second free practice session. The Stewards decided that Alonso’s actions were “unnecessary, unacceptable and dangerous”, and awarded him a one second time penalty to be applied to his fastest lap time in each of the qualifying sessions.

- After a separate incident from the same race, when Michael Schumacher was asked whether he thought Alonso slowed down on purpose so that Schumacher had to pass him under red flags in practice Schumacher replied, "You said that, I didn't."

- In the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, after stewards ruled Alonso had potentially blocked Felipe Massa in Saturday qualifying and relegated him five places on the starting grid, Alonso stated "I love the sport, love the fans coming here — a lot of them from Spain but I don't consider Formula One like a sport any more".

- During the aftermath of the 2007 European Grand Prix Alonso accused Felipe Massa of trying to hit him off the track when he passed him around the outside of turn 5 in the wet. The two had a row in front of the cameras immediately before the podium proceedings. Alonso later apologized.

- In the qualifying for the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, while both McLarens were in the pits, Alonso delayed the then provisional pole sitter (and his team mate), Lewis Hamilton, for the few seconds necessary to prevent Hamilton from getting another 'hot lap' in. Alonso then went on to claim pole. McLaren boss Ron Dennis later said that the problems were caused by Hamilton initially disobeying an order to allow Alonso to pass earlier in the session. However, Alonso was subsequently given a five-place grid penalty and his McLaren team were docked the 15 constructors' World Championship points they would have earned in the race.

- As result of this investigation, it emerged that other people within McLaren, among them Alonso, were aware of Ferrari's confidential information. This information was commented on to Alonso by McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa who received information from Coughlan. The email contained text suggesting that Alonso was surprised by the data and doubted its authenticity. According to the "spygate" related email exchanges between Alonso and de la Rosa, it was clear that Alonso knew about Ferrari's pit strategies in the Australian Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand Prix. Alonso finished 2nd and 5th respectively in those races. Ron Dennis told FIA about the case during the Hungaroring GP after alleging that Alonso threatened him to report the team to FIA himself if he wasn't given number one status within the McLaren team.

- The last incident didn't involve Alonso himself, but his very indifference showed what a kind person he really is: On February 4, 2008, Lewis Hamilton was racially abused by spectators during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, where he became unpopular because of his rivalry with Spanish former team-mate Fernando Alonso. The FIA have warned the Spanish authorities about the repetition of such behaviour. In reaction to this behaviour, the FIA announced on 13 February 2008 that it will launch a "Race Against Racism" campaign.

[Cort Haus]

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