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Post by v/\v on Apr 3, 2008 12:27:59 GMT -5
 Well, i think it is now clearer as to who the key players are in F1 this season, towards to the front we have Ferrari & Mclaren in a straight fight for the season in my view. Behind them BMW look the stronger but there are quite a few snapping at their heels, Renault, Toyota, Williams, Red Bull, Toro Rosso(In Vettel's hands at least). This race won't have rain, it will be a race of atrition if anything else, the cars & drivers will be tested to the maximum and only the right package of speed, reliability and concerntration from the driver will get the job done. In my view, Kimi will be very tough to beat this weekend and is the man to beat, Massa will want to get a win under his belt as well as Kovailainen but you can't forget about Lewis either, between the four it will be whoever gains grid ground that imo will win the race should they stay out of trouble. Down the grid, as long as they keep it on the road, their will be a glut of cars battling for points positions on Sunday. Pole: Raikonnen, 2nd: Hamilton, 3rd Kovailainen, 4th:Heidfeld 1st: Raikonnen, 2nd Hamilton, 3rd: Massa, 4th:Kovailainen Results from 2008 Bahrain F1 GP1 Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) 1hr31min06.970 2 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) +3.339 3 Robert Kubica (POL/BMW Sauber) +4.998 4 Nick Heidfeld (GER/BMW Sauber) +8.409 5 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/McLaren) +26.789 6 Jarno Trulli (ITA/Toyota) +41.314 7 Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) +45.473 8 Nico Rosberg (GER/Williams) +55.889 9 Timo Glock (GER/Toyota) +1min09.500 10 Fernando Alonso (ESP/Renault) +1min17.181 11 Rubens Barrichello (BRA/Honda) +1min17.862 12 Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA/Force India) +1 lap 13 Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren) +1 lap 14 Kazuki Nakajima (JPN/Williams) +1 lap 15 Sébastien Bourdais (FRA/Toro Rosso) +1 lap 16 Anthony Davidson (GBR/Super Aguri) +1 lap 17 Takuma Sato (JPN/Super Aguri) +1 lap 18 David Coulthard (GBR/Red Bull) +1 lap 19 Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India) +2 laps OUT Button OUT Vettel OUT Piquet Drivers' points standings1 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) - 19 2 Nick Heidfeld (GER) - 16 3 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) - 14 4 Robert Kubica (POL) - 14 5 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) - 14 6 Felipe Massa (BRA) - 10 7 Jarno Trulli (ITA) - 8 8 Nico Rosberg (GER) - 7 9 Fernando Alonso (ESP) - 6 10 Mark Webber (AUS) - 4 11 Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) - 3 12 Sébastien Bourdais (FRA) - 2 Constructors' points standings1 BMW Sauber - 30 2 Ferrari - 29 3 McLaren - 28 4 Williams - 10 5 Toyota - 8 6 Renault - 6 7 Red Bull - 4 8 Toro Rosso - 2 |
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Post by DC:UK on Apr 3, 2008 12:30:33 GMT -5
Im going for Massa, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Alonso
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Post by Dan on Apr 3, 2008 13:19:02 GMT -5
I absolutely hate this circuit, it's really boring. Raikkonen to win this one I think, although Mclaren have jut as good a chance this week.
What times it start?
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Post by v/\v on Apr 3, 2008 13:21:53 GMT -5
Listings from ITV.com:
Bahrain Grand Prix on ITV
Live qualifying Saturday 5 April 1110-1335 ITV1
Qualifying highlights Sunday 6 April 1015-1120 ITV4
Live race Sunday 6 April 1130-1430 ITV1
Highlights Sunday 6 April 2345-0045 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 7 April 1800-1900 ITV4
Reasonable time of the day at least, but yeah i agree it is a mind sapper to watch tbh.
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Post by The L.F.C Fan on Apr 3, 2008 14:54:37 GMT -5
Podium:
1st: Massa
2nd: Raikonnen
3rd: Hamilton
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Post by v/\v on Apr 4, 2008 12:49:28 GMT -5
Poll to be added on this subject:
Max Mosley.
SOURCE:ITV.COM
Pressure mounts on under-fire Mosley
Friday, 04 April 2008 14:18
FIA president Max Mosley is facing renewed pressure to resign over newspaper allegations about his private life.
Germany’s national motoring body, ADAC, has written to Mosley asking him to “very carefully reconsider his role” in light of the controversy.
And the Dutch motorsport federation, KNAF, has said it will vote for Mosley to stand down at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting of the FIA membership.
On Thursday four of the six major car manufacturers involved in Formula 1 expressed their concern that the scandal risked damaging the sport's image and the FIA's reputation, and urged the governing body to give an official response.
ADAC, Europe’s largest automobile club with a membership of 15m, issued a statement on Friday saying: “In a letter to FIA president Max Mosley, ADAC has distanced itself from events surrounding his person.
“The role of an FIA president who represents more than 100 million motorists worldwide should not be burdened by such an affair.
“Therefore, we ask the president to ‘very carefully reconsider his role within the organisation’.
“In the view of ADAC, the appropriate FIA process should deal with this matter as quickly as possible.
“It is in the interests of the world organisation of motoring clubs to carry out its duties unencumbered by this affair.”
Reacting to Thursday’s developments Mosley called an extraordinary general meeting of the FIA to discuss the fallout from the controversy.
The FIA said the session would be held in Paris at the earliest practicable opportunity to discuss what it called “the widespread publicity following an apparently illegal invasion of the FIA president’s privacy”.
The Dutch motorsport body says it will attend the EGM and vote for Mosley to leave office.
“Because of his high-profile position, this can’t be accepted,” KNAF president Arie Ruitenbeek told the BBC.
“I have not received my invitation yet [to the EGM], but we will go and will vote for him to resign.”
Mosley has apologised for the embarrassment the negative publicity has caused, but has vowed to continue in office and plans to sue the News of the World for breaching his privacy.
He also resolutely denies the tabloid's claim that his alleged sexual activities with prostitutes involved Nazi role-playing.
Should he stay or go?
I say, get him out already.
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Post by DC:UK on Apr 4, 2008 13:17:01 GMT -5
Personally I couldnt give 2  s about his private life, im here to watch the racing not hear about what the rich bastards who organise it get up to. |
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Post by v/\v on Apr 4, 2008 13:35:22 GMT -5
Personally I couldnt give 2 s about his private life, im here to watch the racing not hear about what the rich bastards who organise it get up to. Couldn't agree more, the press are pushing this tho  . |
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Post by The L.F.C Fan on Apr 5, 2008 4:30:36 GMT -5
Lol speaking of F1 I bought Hamilton "My story" Yesterday in home & Bargain for 99p xD should be a okay read
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Post by Dan on Apr 5, 2008 7:07:59 GMT -5
Kubica got Pole, followed by Massa, Hamilton and Raikonnen. Alonso's 10th on the grid.
As for the Hamilton Autobiography, it's page after page of him talking about what he's won.
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Post by The L.F.C Fan on Apr 5, 2008 16:09:40 GMT -5
Yup but I'll read that for 99p xD
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Post by v/\v on Apr 5, 2008 16:55:56 GMT -5
Complete Grid Positions for tomorrow's race
1. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1 min 33.096
2. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:33.123
3. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:33.292
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:33.418
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 1:33.488
6. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:33.737
7. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:33.994
8. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 1:34.015
9. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:35.057
10. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 1:35.115
11. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:32.371
12. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:32.508
13. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 1:32.528
14. Nelsinho Piquet (Brazil) Renault 1:32.790
15. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:32.915
16. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 1:32.943
17. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Renault 1:33.433
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India - Ferrari 1:33.501
19. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:33.562
20. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Ferrari 1:33.845
21. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri - Honda 1:34.140
22. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri - Honda 1:35.725
Depending on the getaway, i think Massa will take this one with Hamilton in second and Kimi third, Kubica fourth and Heikki Kovalainen 5th.
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Post by Dan on Apr 6, 2008 6:53:41 GMT -5
What an awful, awful start for Hamilton. How can you possibly start third, and within the first 2 laps, go down to tenth on the first corner and loose your front wing. Suppose he's got no traffic infront of him now to get a few good lap times in before the cars start pitting.
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Post by v/\v on Apr 6, 2008 6:55:24 GMT -5
I don't think he'll finish anywhere tbh, Alonso could be in trouble, could blame the car but i think he meant to do what he did there.
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Post by The L.F.C Fan on Apr 6, 2008 9:08:38 GMT -5
The top 4 finished like this: 1st. Massa 2nd. Raikkonen 3rd. Kubica 4. Heidfeld (sp) 5. Kovalinen (sp) Hamilton wasnt in the points  Vettel uhh whens Vettel gonna start doing well did you say? Any V360 will probs post the like full standing later but for now yup, there you go |
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Post by v/\v on Apr 6, 2008 9:19:48 GMT -5
 "Just for you"  Results and tables at top of thread now. The guy's (Vettel) in a tough spot atm, he's probably just tired, 20 year old remember, but i think when they hit Europe for a good run of races, you will see Vettel going well. Also remember he is not in the best car around and it is currently just a B team to Red Bull but he will get results later in the year, then next or the year after next he will be in a top team and start getting podiums and race wins and eventually a world title, no doubt. But basically it will pick up soon . |
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