F1 Grand Prix 2008

No Change For F1…

November 20, 2008

Records were broken in the 2008 F1 season.  Now, for the first time in Grand Prix history, another record is broken.  Moving into 2009, all top teams will see their driver line-ups remain exactly the same as they did in 2008. Ferrari, McLaren, BMW-Sauber and Toyota have all confirmed that they will be keeping their [...]

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Lewis Hamilton Is The F1 World Champion

November 3, 2008

He’s actually the youngest ever world champion and more to the point, is Britain’s world champion – since Damon Hill back in 1996. In what was one of the most fraught and nervous races of the whole season, Hamilton began back in fourth – which would have been enough for him to take the title. [...]

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Felipe Massa – A Cool Character

October 16, 2008

Things are more hot and sweaty in this year’s Grand Prix competition than they have been in a while – not least due to the controversy that Hamilton is causing.  Let’s put it in a little perspective though, he’s the new guy on the block and suddenly very few of the other riders are getting [...]

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No Joy For Hamilton

October 13, 2008

Lewis Hamilton had what looked to be the race in Japan sown up with a fantastic pole position from the qualifiers, but sadly this wasn’t to be. He finished outside the points in 12th place as he didn’t recover from a collision with Felipe Massa in the early stages of the race. Unsurprisingly for the [...]

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An F1 Update

September 25, 2008

I’m sure you’ll have heard by now that Lewis Hamilton’s appeal has failed against his 25 second penalty from the Belgian Grand Prix (surprise surprise). In a not-at-all-shocking twist given that I predicted it, Hamilton has been left in third place, meaning that he’s only a single point up from Massa. This means that there’s [...]

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What Do You Mean, Hamilton Didn’t Win?

September 9, 2008

I don’t know if you saw the Belgian Grand Prix, but it was full of excitement.  That’s not actually true.  It was exciting in the way that F1 normally is.  Which is to say, lots happens at the start, there’s a boring middle where there’s a few changeovers thanks to pitting and then there’s a [...]

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The Top F1 drivers of all time.

March 24, 2008

This top one hundred may raise a few eyebrows; one because Sir Stirling Moss has been named number one and the great Michael Schumacher has been placed outside of the top ten. This is because in he deals with the Ferrari F1 Team, many people claim that he demanded seniority over other drivers. Clearly Michael [...]

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Malaysian Grand Prix 2008

March 21, 2008

Preview: Malaysian Grand Prix Where: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Dates: 21, 22, 23 March 2008 Track: Sepang International Circuit Laps: 56 required Length: 5.543 km Record: 1:34.223 Juan Pablo Montoya (2004) The Malaysian Grand Prix should be extremely interesting due to the heat and humidity making it over 60 degrees in the cockpit – something very [...]

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Australian Grand Prix: Positions

March 15, 2008

Lewis Hamilton, the Great British hopeful who missed out on becoming one of F1′s youngest ever champions by an incredible one point last year has managed to clinch pole position for this year’s Grand Prix in Australia. This is the seventh pole of his F1 career and should provide an excellent start for the young [...]

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