Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 79° GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA
Posted: 14 Sep 2008, 22:25
It was an incredible race today. Was on the edge of my seat from when the Safety Car pulled in until the flag. Fantastic!
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SA werent doing so bad themselves though before funding ran out. STR's funding is a lot more compared to what SA had.Fergie1 wrote:I'm in disbelieve now that a team that joined at the same time as Super Aguri has now won a race not entirely based on luck. Really incredible when you think about it.
and i've been a fan of ferrari since i started follow the formula 1 in 1996 and been a fan of schumi since that year .. ferrari and it history is uncomparble in motorsport and so is schumahcer .. in addition of that i'm a maniac fan to thier production cars and everything that related to ferrari .. and yeah i just bought the ferrari 1947-2007 Encyclopedia from thier site and cost me 212 euro .. but all worth it cuz it's something unique .. and all love to the scuderiasejtur wrote:I like Ferrari because of the passion, the image, the Italians, the history, and alot more things. I like Schumi too because he was such a damn good drive.
by Keith Collantine
Record-breaking Vettel
Sebastian Vettel was in record-smashing form over the weekend as covered in these two articles:
* Sebastian Vettel is youngest F1 winner
* Sebastian Vettel is youngest F1 pole man
That makes Vettel F1’s youngest points scorer, pole sitter and race winner. He’s also the 101st Grand Prix winner.
Five youngest F1 race winners
1. Sebastian Vettel, 21 years, two months and 11 days - 2008 Italian Grand Prix
2. Fernando Alonso, 22 years and 26 days - 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
3. Troy Ruttman, 22 years, two months, 19 days -1952 Indianapolis 500
4. Bruce McLaren, 22 years, three months, 12 days - 1959 United States Grand Prix
5. Lewis Hamilton, 22 years, five months, three days - 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
Alongside Vettel on the podium were Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica - the two other drivers to have scored their first wins this year. The podium is the youngest ever, with the drivers having an average age of 23 years, 11 months and 16 days. They have only 96 Grand Prix starts between them.
It beats the lowest mark set four races ago in Germany. Emphasising the youth of the F1 grid, there Germany podium featured a different trio: Lewis Hamilton, Nelson Piquet Jnr and Felipe Massa, with an average age of 24 years, seven months and one day.
Toro Rosso scored their first ever Grand Prix win in the 49th race started by one of their cars. It was the 209th win for a car powered by a Ferrari engine - but the first time that engine was not in a Ferrari chassis.
Toro Rosso was formed from Minardi in 2006, the Italian team which started 340 Grands Prix without a win, podium or pole position, all of which Toro Rosso achieved for the first time this weekend.
More facts and stats from italy
Robert Kubica were a special helmet to commemorate his first F1 podium, which he scored at Monza two years ago. He repeated that result in this race, finishing third. Kubica spent much of his junior racing career in Italy.
Lewis Hamilton recorded his worst starting position in F1 with 15th.
Nick Heidfeld finished his 24th consecutive race. His finishing streak, which stretches back to the 2007 French Grand Prix, matches the longest ever seen in F1. Michael Schumacher completed 24 races in a row from the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix to the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix. Can Heidfeld break Schumacher’s record at Singapore?
Kimi Raikkonen added another fastest lap to his tally, giving him 34. Seven more will give him as many as Alain Prost, who is second on the list of most fastest laps, behind Michael Schumacher.
There have been six different winners this year. The last time a season saw as many different winners was 2003, when Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard all won races. The 1982 season had the largest number of different winners - 11 (thanks to Roswelite for that stat!)
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Note to Iceman: Site speed is slower than before.
This morning and yesterday. It opened in 5 or 6 sec slower than before. If no one experienced it, then it might be due to my connection.iceman1 wrote:when exactly ?Ali wrote:
Note to Iceman: Site speed is slower than before.
Yeah, I thought it was kinda adequate how he was the first to congratulate Vettel. It's like the official handing over of the record.
No, he's just a tit who thinks he has some smart things to say.. Fire James Allen ITV. Don't hire him, BBC!!megasyxx wrote:vettel isn't even in the poll choices....... great drive from him! the itv commentator always had the comment "toro rosso had minardi dna" is he a mad scientist or something?