2008 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix , Gran Premio de España

[kimi and mika]

He could have a broken leg, quite lucky today, it is a really fast corner. Similar to what happened to Hamilton last year in the ring, this tyre problem.

yep, same thing, but McLaren said it wasn't...

[Arrows_F1]

it was a rather horrible crash of heikki kovalainen (i think because of a damaged brake disk) but fortunately he is well. the race was very ferrari dominating one. hamilton didn't had really a chance to fight for the victory. However there many incidents during the race, which made this race one of the best I've ever seen.

[Mitsuro Sano]

Horrible crash for Heikki !
But hopefully he is well :cheezy: . It's amazing how the nosecone of the McLaren was broken! The impact was huge! The main thing I think after seeing the nosecone of the Macca is that Kovi hurts his legs....... Hopefully it's not the case
What happened for Barrichello? And did he beat Riccardo Patrese's record of 256 GP?

[Arrows_F1]

no he will compete his 256th grand prix in the next race (turkey)
so in monaco he will beat ricardo patrese

[iceman1]

Yeah DC always has a crash with somebody. That makes of a nice prediction question. I also wonder what's going on with Vettel. I know that it's difficult to start from the back of the pack, but Fisichella has done relatively good job so far. Vettel was supposed to be the star of the future, but he isn't really impressive at the moment. :?

I was just reading his comments and it appears that he has been struggling with the car
I think with his performances in Japan & China 2007, people have massively upped their expectation from him. People assumed he would easily out-qualify and out-race his rookie team-mate

[Mitsuro Sano]

no he will compete his 256th grand prix in the next race (turkey)
so in monaco he will beat ricardo patrese

Ok thanks :cheezy:
Because I heard that the Barcelona GP is his 256 GP and some specialist said that this is his 255 GP ( doesn't count the San Marino GP)

Ciao

[klangof1]

And DC strikes back.....

Another acident, now with Glock. Who are the next? :cheezy:

[Arrows_F1]

I'm sorry but there's a mistake in my counting. Barrichello will level Ricardo Patrese in the Monaco Grand Prix. So he will beat Patrese one race later in Canada.

And DC strikes back.....

Another acident, now with Glock. Who are the next? :cheezy:

I think next time DC will be taken out by Takuma Sato :cheezy:

[Mitsuro Sano]

Ok thank you :cheezy:

[sdasports]

Terrible crash for Heikki, pleased he seems okay.

Kimi rocks, another 10 points for the King, that's gd to hear.

Sutil and Glock use DC as a pinball machine this time...whose next?

And Vettel doesn't finish again! When will he finish?

[iceman1]

this is a statistic about how many laps each driver have driven this year (Vettel is doing Good )

1 Nick Heidfeld 237
2 Lewis Hamilton 236
3 Kazuki Nakajima 233
4 Kimi Raikkonen 232
5 Robert Kubica 226
6 Nico Rosberg 211
7 Takuma Sato 207
8 Fernando Alonso 205
9 Rubens Barrichello 204
10 David Coulthard 202
11 Jarno Trulli 198
12 Heikki Kovalainen 192
13 Felipe Massa 182
14 Mark Webber 179
15 Giancarlo Fisichella 176
16 Timo Glock 166
17 Jenson Button 141
18 Nelson Piquet jr. 132
19 Anthony Davidson 119
20 Sebastien Bourdais 118
21 Adrian Sutil 68
22 Sebastian Vettel 39

[williams96]

It was an enjoyable race from the point of view that I was expecting very little entertainment from Spain.

Certainly seemed to take an age to let everyone know whether Heikki was okay or not, for awhile I was concerned that they were keeping it quiet for a reason. Seems the old saying proved right; no news is good news.

Ferrari looked strong all weekend so no surprise in the podium. A shame Alonso retired from his home grand prix and was disappointed that Rosberg's Toyota engine let go.

Webber put in another good drive, is this the first time he's scored points in three consecutive races? DC must be wondering whether he's swapped luck with his team mate. Though I don't think any incidents this race were so bad that the stewards should feel the need to take any action.

[HamiltonF1]

Horrible crash for Heiki but I think he got of well consider the impact of the crash. Beside that it was a good race fun the watch a shame Hamilton couldn't catch up Massa a bit earlier I think it would have been a good fight ^^

[shaunalvin]

YES! Ferrari 1-2! Go Kimi! Go Massa!

[Fergie1]

If anyone hasn't seen the pictures thread, here is a pic from it of Kovy's accident. He is still in the car at this time.