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[Zensible]

Fisi is really shining in his role as elder driver at Force India.

Unfortunately, poor Sutil might not have a race seat next year if he keeps crashing on the first lap at races. He talked a lot about how being competitive with Fisi this year would open up more opportunities for him next season. It's not looking good for him.

This might open the door for K.Chandok next season, who finished 10th at the Spain GP2 this morning, I think.

[AnniHilat0R]

2008 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Friday Practice One:

Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.323 16 laps
02 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.456 17 laps
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.752 15 laps
04 F. Alonso Renault 1:28.284 16 laps
05 J. Button Honda 1:28.919 12 laps
06 K. Nakajima Williams 1:29.002 19 laps
07 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:29.024 21 laps
08 R. Barrichello Honda 1:29.068 11 laps
09 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:29.082 23 laps
10 T. Glock Toyota 1:29.103 19 laps
11 J. Trulli Toyota 1:29.329 24 laps
12 R. Kubica BMW 1:29.330 7 laps
13 N. Rosberg Williams 1:29.367 20 laps
14 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:29.756 23 laps
15 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:29.811 23 laps
16 M. Webber Red Bull 1:30.088 21 laps
17 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:30.340 13 laps
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:30.388 19 laps
19 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:30.426 21 laps
20 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:30.732 3 laps

[AnniHilat0R]

2008 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Friday Practice Two:

Times
01 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.543 30 laps
02 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.579 31 laps
03 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.682 29 laps
04 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:27.763 24 laps
05 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.954 27 laps
06 R. Kubica BMW 1:28.431 29 laps
07 J. Trulli Toyota 1:28.619 29 laps
08 K. Nakajima Williams 1:28.664 27 laps
09 F. Alonso Renault 1:28.681 26 laps
10 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:28.817 31 laps
11 J. Button Honda 1:28.826 28 laps
12 T. Glock Toyota 1:28.849 26 laps
13 N. Rosberg Williams 1:28.907 29 laps
14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:29.008 35 laps
15 R. Barrichello Honda 1:29.024 22 laps
16 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:29.212 26 laps
17 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:29.462 30 laps
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:29.630 32 laps
19 M. Webber Red Bull 1:29.633 4 laps
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:30.832 9 laps

[AnniHilat0R]

2008 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Saturday Practice Three:

Times
01 M. Webber Red Bull 1:27.030 16 laps
02 F. Alonso Renault 1:27.172 13 laps
03 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:27.193 15 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:27.365 16 laps
05 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.530 13 laps
06 J. Trulli Toyota 1:27.614 15 laps
07 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.658 18 laps
08 T. Glock Toyota 1:27.733 22 laps
09 J. Button Honda 1:27.766 16 laps
10 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:27.781 14 laps
11 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.837 14 laps
12 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.849 13 laps
13 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.899 18 laps
14 R. Barrichello Honda 1:27.946 14 laps
15 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.948 17 laps
16 R. Kubica BMW 1:27.971 16 laps
17 K. Nakajima Williams 1:28.301 14 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:28.573 18 laps
19 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:28.655 19 laps
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:29.131 19 laps



2008 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Qualifying:

Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.617
02 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.808
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.923
04 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.936
05 R. Kubica BMW 1:28.390
06 M. Webber Red Bull 1:28.417
07 F. Alonso Renault 1:28.422
08 J. Trulli Toyota 1:28.836
09 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:28.882
10 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:29.959
11 N. Rosberg Williams 1:27.012
12 R. Barrichello Honda 1:27.219
13 J. Button Honda 1:27.298
14 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.412
15 T. Glock Toyota 1:27.806
16 K. Nakajima Williams 1:27.547
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:27.568
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.568
19 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:27.807
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:28.325

[VJ_MAVRICK]

If i am not wrong, Fisi was penalised 3 slots for taking on the friday practise when the lights were still red. Its bad for Force India but i hope Fisi fights back just as he always does.

[Nikhilb2008]

YIPPEE !!

Massa wins to record a hatrick of wins at the circuit.

Hamilton fights hard for his 2nd place and Kimi takes a lacklustre 3rd place.

But the driver of the day has to be Heikki Kovalainen. what a drive from him !! It was really entertaining to watch him !!

[finneyp]

Great win by Massa & Ferrari!

Mclaren's strategy for Hamilton went horribly wrong, and Ferrari was quick to pounce on the opportunity!

Wished Kimi passed thru Hamilton, but is quite difficult at the top level!

[nitrous]

Its nice to have a full time A1 driver as a commentator.
Alex yoong could fill up a lot of voids we spectators have and talks from the POV of a racing driver in the race. It would be awesome if this continues.

[anachronix]

A good show by Ferrari & Massa, it would have been still great if it was 1-2 Ferrari finish.

[sujaylahiri]

The most glamorous Grand Prix of the season is around the corner. So lets get started with all the predictions and praises and criticisms as we do every time.

The Thursday practice 2 results are already out, and Lewis Hamilton is topping the time-sheets, followed by Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen.
The Official Formula 1 Website

Based on Hamilton's (and McLaren's) performance in the season so far, I think he has a very good chance of clinching this one. Might do a Grand Slam too (qualifying first, race win and fastest lap).
But I'm also quite impressed with Massa especially in the last couple of races, but he has never particularly been strong in Monaco.

And who can forget Kubica's unstoppable pace and BMW's fabulous machine.

We might get to see a few surprises in Monaco as well, like previous years, and I think Trulli (and Toyota) and Webber might be some of them.

Anyway, my race predictions are:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Robert Kubica

[Dippy]

Threads merged. Please post your predictions about the GPs in this thread only

[sujaylahiri]

Wow. An all Ferrari front row with Hamilton in third wasn't what I had expected before. I am actually impressed by Massa's pace although he might be running a bit lighter on fuel than the McLarens.

And did you see Rosberg on that track? He sure was impressive, especially in Q1 and Q2. Don't know what suddenly happened to him in Monte Carlo.

Anyway looking forward to the race tomorrow, I think Ferrari might clinch it this time as well, unless Hamilton manages to run a little bit longer than Massa and Hamilton before the pit stops.

And Force India's Fisichella had a 5 position penalty because of a gearbox change before so he was going to start from the last row anyway, even though he qualified last.

[vid6639]

Kimi raikonnen rear ends Adrian Sutil Force india and denies him 4th place in the monaco grand prix. how sad.

[speedmiester]

Hamilton was on fire and he truly deserved to win.

But my heart goes out to Sutil, not so much for Mallya though.

[adc]

Oh what a heart break, and the first time I cursed Ferrari. Raikonnen was acting a bully after the safety car and one could sense something bad was coming, and good for him that he missed out on the points.

Adrian Sutil the tragic hero in a definitely action packed Monaco F1.