Posted on August 4th, 2008 by JJ Duque
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was hoping to stretch his lead at the World F1 Drivers Championship standings with a victory at the 2008 Hungarian F1 Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton seemed on course after bagging the pole position during the qualifying stages, but he suffered a tire puncture which kept him out of a podium finish.
Instead, it was Lewis Hamilton’s teammate at McLaren Heikki Kovalainen, who walked away with the first place victory at the 2008 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Heikki Kovalainen got lucky towards the end of the race when Felipe Massa of Ferrari had engine trouble, and failed to finish the race and earn points to close the gap on the World Drivers Championship standings.
Timo Glock of Toyota bagged the second spot on the podium of the 2008 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix while Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari managed to squeak into the 3rd spot at the podium. Fernando Alonso of Renault came in at 4th place, and Lewis Hamilton was able to recover to come in at 5th and still earn a few points to maintain his lead in the World Drivers Championships.
As it stands, Lewis Hamitlon is at the top of the Drivers Championship standings with 62 points, trailed closely by Kimi Raikkonen with 57 points and Felipe Massa with 54 points. Robert Kubica of BMW is at 4th with 49 points.
In the Constructors Championship standings, Ferrari lead with 111 points with McLaren moving up to the second spot with 100 points overtaking BMW Sauber who drop to third with 90 points.
The next F1 race will be at Valencia, Spain, for the 2008 F1 European Grand Prix. It will be the first time that the European F1 Grand Prix will be held at Valencia. Prior to that, the European F1 Grand Prix had been held at the Nurburgring in Germany. Last season’s European Grand Prix winner was Fernando Alonso, driving for McLaren-Mercedes.
Posted on July 7th, 2008 by JJ Duque
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren had a phenomenal race in the recent 2008 British F1 Grand Prix and came out the winner at Silverstone in England. Lewis Hamilton’s victory gives him 10 points to improve his standings in the F1 World Driver’s Championships to 48 points in a three-way tie with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, who also have 48 points.
Nick Heidfeld of BMW-Sauber came in at 2nd place, earning him his third trip to the podium, and his 3rd second place finish this 2008 F1 Season. Rubens Barichello of Honda started at the 16th spot of the grid, but climbed all the way to the third spot to earn him a third place podium finish, his first this season. Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari came in at 4th place, and earned enough points to share a three-way tie for first place in the F1 World Driver’s Championship Standing alongside team mate Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton.
Heavy rains caused a lot of excitement in the race with a lot of slipping and sliding on the race track at Silverstone. However, those that did manage their driving well, such as Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld and Rubens Barichello earned their trip to the podium deservingly.
In the 2008 Constructor’s Championship Standings, Ferrari still lead with 96 points, followed in second place by BMW Sauber with 82 points, and McLaren are at third with 72 points.
The next F1 Grand Prix race is set on July 20, 2008 at the Hockenheim Ring in Germany for the 2008 F1 German Grand Prix. There was no race held at Hockenheim during the 2007 F1 Season since the 2007 German Grand Prix was moved to the Nurburgring, and Bernie Ecclestone had ruled that no country may host two grand prix races in the same season. The last time an F1 race was held at Hockenheim was in 2006, and that time the F1 German Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher.
Lewis Hamilton hopes to continue his success in Germany after winning the British F1 Grand Prix. Of course, a heavy favorite is Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, who holds the lap record at the Hockenheim Ring.
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by JJ Duque
Ferrari have won seven of the last 11 F1 French Grand Prix races, and the odds are favoring Ferrari to gallop away with the win again. Of course, part of that is due to the fact that Lewis Hamilton of McLaren faces a 10-place grid penalty after his accident in the 2008 Canadian F1 Grand Prix in Montreal when he ran into the back of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen in the pit lane.
Meanwhile, current World Championship leader Robert Kubica is not expecting to be as strong as the Ferraris on such a circuit in his BMW. That appears to leave the way for Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen to fight for the victory of the 2008 F1 French Grand Prix, with the Felipe Massa hoping to go one better than his second and third places in his last two races at Magny-Cours.
“I am looking forward to having a competitive race because I think it is a good track for us,” said Felipe Massa, who along with Lewis Hamilton trails Robert Kubica by four points.
“We were pretty strong on the street circuits as well (Monaco and Montreal), so in terms of performance we were not behind. But I am happy to come back to this kind of circuit because we can be competitive. Usually on this kind of track the race is a little more normal, and if you start in a good position then you have an even bigger chance to finish in a good position. I think it can be good,” continued Felipe Massa.
Although Felipe Massa knows he should have scored more points than the six he won in the 2008 F1 Monaco Grand Prix, and in particular the four he claimed in the 2008 F1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Felipe Massa is simply happy to be in the thick of the title hunt.
Especially after his miserable start to the season as he failed to pick up any points from the first two races.
Felipe Massa added: “I remember after those two races I was pretty much behind in the Championship. I have since recovered a lot of points and I am in a very good position, and now everything is open. Everybody is pretty close. But we still have many races to go and we know that things can change very quick in one race.”
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Posted on March 15th, 2008 by JJ Duque
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LEWIS HAMILTON TAKES POLE POSITION IN 2008 AUSTRALIAN F1 GRAND PRIX!
The qualifying round of the 2008 F1 Australian Grand Prix just passed and Lewis Hamilton has pole position in Melbourne. Where is Kimi Raikkonen? Raikkonen and his Ferrari are parked somewhere way back in 16th position on the starting grid. Kimi Raikkonen only was able to fly three laps for 1 qualifying time. New F1 Car drama. Ferrari technical nightmare, downplayed.
Surprisingly, the other Ferrari driven by Felipe Massa is not even among the top three, but instead sits at fourth place on the starting grid, but at least still 2nd row. Coming in at 2nd spot is Robert Kubica of BMW and 3rd spot is McLaren-Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalanien.
Fernando Alonso, who reunited with Renault where he won two World Championships is now back in 12th spot. It just goes to show, there’s a lot of new things to look forward to.
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Posted on March 4th, 2008 by JJ Duque
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Kimi Raikkonen of Finland has the odds in his favor to win the 2008 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. After all, Kimi Raikkonen is the defending champion of the Australian Grand Prix, having won the race last season. Apart from his past success in Melbourne, let’s not forget that Kimi Raikkonen is also last season’s World Driver’s Champion and that Ferrari is last season’s Constructor’s Champion albeit the controversy of McLaren-Mercedes being stripped off all their points.
Nevertheless, Ferrari is a solid team who will come prepared and ready to race when the 2008 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix kicks off this March 14, with the raceday on March 16.
Fernando Alonso, who drove for Mclaren-Mercedes in the 2007 F1 season, came in second place last year behind Kimi Raikkonen. For the 2008 F1 season, Fernando Alonso hopes to pose a threat to detrhone Kimi Raikkonen, but this time behind the wheel of a Renault, a car that has won Fernando Alonso two Formula One World Driver’s Championships.
Last year’s 3rd podium spot went to Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes, who had a sensational rookie sensation as a contender to win the 2007 World Driver’s Championships had it not been for a disappointing performance in the last race of the 2007 season at the 2007 Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton will still be racing with McLaren-Mercedes with new team mate Heikki Kovalainen, who moved to McLaren-Mercedes after his stint with Renault last season. It looks like Renault and McLaren-Mercedes made a Kovalainen-Alonso trade agreement.
Here is the list of Formula One Teams and Formula One Drivers competing in the 2008 Formula 1 Season:
Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa
BMW Sauber: Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica
Renault: Fernando Alonso and Nelsinho Piquet
Williams: Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima
Red Bull: David Coulthard and Mark Webber
Toyota: Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel
Honda: Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
Super Aguri: Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson
Force India: Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella
McLaren-Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen
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