2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

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Who will win the 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix ?

Poll ended at 07 Sep 2008, 15:34

Lewis Hamilton
22
25%
Felipe Massa
29
33%
Kimi Räikkönen
27
31%
Robert Kubica
5
6%
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Nick Heidfeld
2
2%
Jarno Trulli
1
1%
Fernando Alonso
1
1%
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Timo Glock
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 87

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by maltafan » 07 Sep 2008, 14:00

Kimi and lewis are to give their version of the incident soon
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Post by Fergie1 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:01

phil1993 wrote:Hamilton: "I very rarely get overtaken. I do the overtaking"
You've completely misquoted that as he said on the outside.
But Lewis never gets overtaken on the outside. Except on Sundays.

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Post by Suntrek » 07 Sep 2008, 14:01

iceman1 wrote:Ron dennis :

"First of all we don't know what the investigation is about. One assumes it was the incident between Kimi and Lewis at the chicane. First of all, Lewis was ahead at the chicane and he got pushed wide. He definitely was in the lead coming out of the chicane, we immediately radioed him to let Kimi past. We let Kimi past and then overtook him again before the line.

Inevitably, we wanted to know whether we had actually, that was deemed to be a correction of that, and we checked with Charlie [Whiting, Race Director], of course Charlie can only give an opinion, he's not the stewards, but he gave an opinion that we had complied properly to the regulations. I would even dispute that there was any fault because we had the corner in the chicane, but even if we didn't have the corner we let Kimi back in the lead."
Nah Ron Dennis never knows was anything is about, he's always an innocent lamb. :oh:
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by TwistedArmco » 07 Sep 2008, 14:01

:Off topic:

If you need a distraction from a GP that both sucked and blew (in terms of result) just take a look at the member list on the main page..
No, I'm not calmer. Just more jaded.

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by maltafan » 07 Sep 2008, 14:01

also, Kimi changed direction twice, so he has to be questioned about it too.
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by shailf1 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:03

shail69 wrote:lewis had been disqualified for gaining an unfair advantage by cutting the chicane.
i was just spooking you guys,

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Post by qwertyman » 07 Sep 2008, 14:03

Great Race
Reminds me of the 2007 European GP in reverse

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Post by maltafan » 07 Sep 2008, 14:03

also, Kimi changed direction twice, so he has to be questioned about it too.
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Post by syncmaster » 07 Sep 2008, 14:04

shail69 wrote:
shail69 wrote:lewis had been disqualified for gaining an unfair advantage by cutting the chicane.
i was just spooking you guys,
Really he has?
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Post by phil1993 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:05

48 members online - most ive ever seen. the record is 176 though - how???

Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen are under investigation by race stewards for their conduct while fighting for the lead in the final stages of the Belgian Grand Prix. The two had contact in the Bus Stop corner which Hamilton was forced to cut, and then again at La Source.

Stay tuned to GPUpdate.net for the latest news from race control as soon as a the stewards' investigation is complete.

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Post by Stoegi » 07 Sep 2008, 14:05

phil1993 wrote:48 members online - most ive ever seen. the record is 176 though - how???
Kubica's crash :wave:

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Ali » 07 Sep 2008, 14:06

Kimi had deserved the race but lottery did the talking. Lewis was much faster in the last stint but I'm not sure whether he could overtake Kimi. Poor Kimi, 23 points behind now. Since he has still mathematical chances, I wonder Ferrari will force him to help Felipe.
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by swca92 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:06

If the FIA hand out penalties for that it will be a complete farce.

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Post by phil1993 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:06

"Kimi pushed me wide there, I was a bit ahead and I was on the outside of turn one," Hamilton said. "I had no room so he basically pushed me to where I would have been on the kerb and hit him, or take the escape road, and I knew I had to let him wide and had another go at him into turn one. He hit me at the apex of the first corner but after that I was gone."
"It was an experience and a half, I could see Kimi ahead and after the second pit stop he was so far ahead and I was wondering how he got such a gap, but I got stuck in traffic. I was pushing hard and he was responding and hoping he would catch traffic, it was just mix and match. I was just praying for it to rain because I knew how to deal with it. So the heavens opened a bit and I saw Kimi back off a lot, brake a lot earlier than he did in turn eight and then I knew the fight was on. I was going into turn 12 and going reasonably wide, but I think it was Rosberg there and I almost hit him, I think Kimi almost did too. Then Kimi spun and I got back past, it was great."

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 07 Sep 2008, 14:07

Stoegi wrote:
phil1993 wrote:48 members online - most ive ever seen. the record is 176 though - how???
Kubica's crash :wave:
:) yeah I uploaded a video and got 100,000 Views

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