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Subject: The Spanish Grand Prix Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:47 am
The Spanish Grand Prix - presenatation and time table
The Spanish Grand Prix (Gran Premio de Espaņa) is the fourth Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual Formula One championship season.
Catalunya
Race Date: 27 Apr 2008 Number of Laps: 66 Circuit Length: 4.655 km Race Distance: 307.104 km Lap Record: 1:22.680 - F Massa (2007)
CIRCUIT HISTORY
01. 1951 J Fangio - Alfa Romeo 02. 1954 M Hawthorn - Ferrari 03. 1968 G Hill - Lotus Ford 04. 1969 J Stewart - Matra Ford 05. 1970 J Stewart - March Ford 06. 1971 J Stewart - Tyrrell Ford 07. 1972 E Fittipaldi - Lotus Ford 08. 1973 E Fittipaldi - Lotus Ford 09. 1974 N Lauda - Ferrari 10. 1975 J Mass - McLaren Ford 11. 1976 J Hunt - McLaren Ford 12. 1977 M Andretti - Lotus Ford 13. 1978 M Andretti - Lotus Ford 14. 1979 P Depailler - Ligier Ford 15. 1981 G Villeneuve - Ferrari 16. 1986 A Senna - Lotus Renault 17. 1987 N Mansell - Williams Honda 18. 1988 A Prost - McLaren Honda 19. 1989 A Senna - McLaren Honda 20. 1990 A Prost - Ferrari 21. 1991 N Mansell - Williams Renault 22. 1992 N Mansell - Williams Renault 23. 1993 A Prost - Williams Renault 24. 1994 D Hill - Williams Renault 25. 1995 M Schumacher - Benetton Renault 26. 1996 M Schumacher - Ferrari 27. 1997 J Villeneuve - Williams Renault 28. 1998 M Hakkinen - McLaren Mercedes 29. 1999 M Hakkinen - McLaren Mercedes 30. 2000 M Hakkinen - McLaren Mercedes 31. 2001 M Schumacher - Ferrari 32. 2002 M Schumacher - Ferrari 33. 2003 M Schumacher - Ferrari 34. 2004 M Schumacher - Ferrari 35. 2005 K Raikkonen - McLaren Mercedes 36. 2006 F Alonso - Renault 37. 2007 F Massa - Ferrari
TIMETABLE (Local Time)
Fri 25 April 2008 Friday Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30 Friday Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 26 April 2008 Saturday Practice 11:00 - 12:00 Qualifying 14:00
Sun 27 April 2008 Race 14:00
A lap on the Montmelo Circuit
FORZZA FERRARI !!
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:15 am
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was the leader once more in Friday's second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, but for sure this was an unusual session. It started with Robert Kubica setting the pace for BMW Sauber on 1m 23.547s, before Force India's Adrian Sutil went ahead for with 1m 22.548s.
When Giancarlo Fisichella bettered his team mate’s time, with 1m 22.494s, the squad’s co-owner Dr Vijay Mallya saw a Force India one-two. That pertained for some time, until David Coulthard finally shoved his Red Bull to the fore with 1m 22.321s.
Then Nico Rosberg grabbed the limelight for Williams with 1m 22.302s, only to become the tail-ender in a Williams one-two as Kazuki Nakajima aced him with 1m 22.172s. Not to be outdone, Renault got in on that double act. Fernando Alonso posted 1m 22.034s, before Nelson Piquet bettered that with 1m 22.019s.
Finally, Raikkonen slapped on some soft Bridgestones to lap his F2008 in 1m 21.935s to settle the matter.
Piquet stayed second, Alonso third and Nakajima fourth, but Felipe Massa slipped ahead of Rosberg with 1m 22.229s for Ferrari, and so did Mark Webber with 1m 22.238s for Red Bull. Behind Rosberg, Coulthard improved to 1m 22.289s for eighth ahead of Fisichella and Sutil, who did not better their times.
You had to look down to 11th place for Lewis Hamilton, on 1m 22.685s, having spun early in Turn 10. Towards the end it was clear that McLaren were more focused on race running on Friday. They lost their second MP4-23 when Heikki Kovalainen rolled to a halt in Turn Six with a mechanical problem. The Finn’s lap of 1m 23.264s prior to that left him 16th.
Kubica worked down to 1m 22.788s for 12th, ahead of BMW Sauber team mate Nick Heidfeld on 1m 23.130s, then came Jarno Trulli on 1m 23.224s for Toyota, and Jenson Button on 1m 23.263s for Honda.
Behind Kovalainen, Sebastian Vettel took back the upper hand in the inter-Toro Rosso duel, with 1m 23.661s compared to team mate Sebastien Bourdais’ 1m 23.684s. Timo Glock rounded out the drivers beneath 1m 24s, with 1m 23.883s in the second Toyota, then came the Super Aguris of Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson, on 1m 25.110s and 1m 25.163s respectively.
First practice results:
1.Raikkonen Ferrari 1:20.649 17 2.Massa Ferrari + 0.050 9 3.Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 0.543 20 4.Kubica BMW Sauber + 0.919 20 5.Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes + 1.109 10 6.Alonso Renault + 1.284 18 7.Piquet Renault + 1.287 21 8.Coulthard Red Bull-Renault + 1.469 20 9.Heidfeld BMW Sauber + 1.629 24 10.Button Honda + 1.983 16 11.Glock Toyota + 2.353 21 12.Rosberg Williams-Toyota + 2.354 25 13.Webber Red Bull-Renault + 2.366 14 14.Trulli Toyota + 2.492 15 15.Nakajima Williams-Toyota + 2.504 24 16.Sutil Force India-Ferrari + 2.507 22 17.Fisichella Force India-Ferrari + 2.547 20 18.Barrichello Honda + 2.704 14 19.Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 3.303 15 20.Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 3.433 15 21.Sato Super Aguri-Honda + 3.629 14 22.Davidson Super Aguri-Honda + 4.419 10
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:14 pm
I'm very optimistic now that I know that . I hope he will do the same ...or even better on the qualifications and he will get the Pole Position . If he does that , the race will be much more easy to win for him
pinturicchio Admin
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:17 pm
Let's hope in a front row all red a good start of the race will make it more easy
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:20 pm
I would like to announce the members from Romania , that tommorow at 15:00 , the qualifications will be live on TVR 1 . Don't miss it
FORZZA FERRARI
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:49 am
Quote :
Lap Record: 1:22.680 - F Massa (2007)
Yeeaaaa....Massa has the best lap record so....
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:16 am
Old Fox wrote:
Quote :
Lap Record: 1:22.680 - F Massa (2007)
Yeeaaaa....Massa has the best lap record so....
Yes but in the practice sessions Raikkonen had a better time then Massa , who was the second . Let's hope they'll also finish the race in this order cause they both need points .
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:19 am
yaaa...You said the true
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:04 am
The Spanish Grand Prix 2008 QUALIFICATIONS RESULTS
This is the 3th consecutive pole position for Ferrari , after the one in Malaysia (Raikkonen) and the one in Bahrain (Massa) .
dragos99
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:45 am
Fernando is in first line.. renault has the best startin' system.. it likes a pole
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:38 am
dragos99 wrote:
Fernando is in first line.. renault has the best startin' system.. it likes a pole
From this season the starting control sistem is no longer used..it's every pilot on his own..
Good result for Kimi, not bad for Felipe...tomorrow we can make the double
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:48 am
15 min to go I have a good feeling...let's go Ferrari !!!
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:51 am
5 minutes to go ...I have the same feeling !!!
GO KIMI !!! GO MASSA !!!
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:04 am
I told you Massa will pass by Alonso from the first lap . I knew it . Whoohoo
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:20 am
Great start by our boys!!!!
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:40 am
Thats a hell of a shunt Hieki just took. Even though McMower are my sworn enemy I sure hope he is OK.
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:45 am
jkwaggener wrote:
Thats a hell of a shunt Hieki just took. Even though McMower are my sworn enemy I sure hope he is OK.
McMower Well , I have to say I'm a bit sorry for him ...but I'm glad that this happened to McLaren
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:47 am
Taken off on a backboard, and did you see the damage on the car???? You could see straight through the nose. Bad!
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:48 am
If he werent hurt I might have called them McGrader
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:49 am
jkwaggener wrote:
If he werent hurt I might have called them McGrader
Well ...they are a little bit faster than a grader , but they are definelly not faster than a mower
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:53 am
That safety car destroyed the lead built up by our boys.
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:56 am
Kimi is the first and Massa is the second right now , but there is a pretty big difference between them ...2 seconds and something ...
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:57 am
Yeah, and Kimi has another lap of fuel, with Hamilton another lap after that.
jkwaggener
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:59 am
Kaboom for Fernando................................couldn't happen to a (ahem) nicer guy!
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Subject: Re: The Spanish Grand Prix Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:00 am
If I'm not wrong , Kimi is in front of Hamilton with more than 3 seconds , so at the next pit stop , the team should be really fast cause I'm sure that the McLaren team will be now that they have only one pilot in the race ...