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Zensible · 28th April 2008, 06:23

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

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

AnniHilat0R · 9th May 2008, 15:13

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 · 9th May 2008, 21:56

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 · 10th May 2008, 18:43

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 · 10th May 2008, 19:10

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 · 11th May 2008, 19:23

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 · 11th May 2008, 20:49

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 · 11th May 2008, 20:56

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 · 12th May 2008, 01:00

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

sujaylahiri · 24th May 2008, 06:11

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:

Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Raikkonen
Robert Kubica

Dippy · 24th May 2008, 09:52

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

sujaylahiri · 24th May 2008, 23:56

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 · 25th May 2008, 19:38

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

speedmiester · 25th May 2008, 19:50

Hamilton was on fire and he truly deserved to win.

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

adc · 25th May 2008, 19:51

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.

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28th April 2008, 06:23	#2551
Zensible BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chennai/Chicago Posts: 80 Thanked: 0 Times	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.
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9th May 2008, 15:13	#2552
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 287 Thanked: 60 Times	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
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9th May 2008, 21:56	#2553
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 287 Thanked: 60 Times	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
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10th May 2008, 18:43	#2554
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 287 Thanked: 60 Times	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
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10th May 2008, 19:10	#2555
VJ_MAVRICK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,239 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	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.
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11th May 2008, 19:23	#2556
Nikhilb2008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 5,196 Thanked: 10,138 Times	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 !!
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11th May 2008, 20:49	#2557
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,716 Thanked: 319 Times View My Garage	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!
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11th May 2008, 20:56	#2558
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	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.
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12th May 2008, 01:00	#2559
anachronix Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madras Posts: 3,286 Thanked: 1,336 Times View My Garage	A good show by Ferrari & Massa, it would have been still great if it was 1-2 Ferrari finish.
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24th May 2008, 06:11	#2560
sujaylahiri BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North America Posts: 960 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Monaco Grand Prix 2008 thread 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: Lewis Hamilton Kimi Raikkonen Robert Kubica
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24th May 2008, 09:52	#2561
Dippy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,561 Thanked: 2,469 Times	*Threads merged. Please post your predictions about the GPs in this thread only*
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24th May 2008, 23:56	#2562
sujaylahiri BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North America Posts: 960 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	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.
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25th May 2008, 19:38	#2563
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,730 Thanked: 43,480 Times View My Garage	Kimi raikonnen rear ends Adrian Sutil Force india and denies him 4th place in the monaco grand prix. how sad.
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25th May 2008, 19:50	#2564
speedmiester Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 2,387 Thanked: 6,631 Times	Hamilton was on fire and he truly deserved to win. But my heart goes out to Sutil, not so much for Mallya though.
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25th May 2008, 19:51	#2565
adc Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,352 Thanked: 2,289 Times View My Garage	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. Last edited by adc : 25th May 2008 at 19:52.
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