Flavio runs into trouble with the little people.
Mexico prepared to kiss Bernie’s ring!
BMW promise to bounce back.
Bourdais: I can close the gap to Vettel.
Archive for August, 2008
News Update 08/12/2008 - August 12, 2008
F1Weekly Podcast #297 (08-06-2008) - August 5, 2008
Podcast # 297 !
Is Nick Heidfeld getting a bad wrap?
Kimi promises to fix his quali woes.
Will Fernando really go to Honda?
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.
Tale of two drivers: With high hopes and impressive championship winning credentials in German Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Formula 3000, Nick Heidfeld arrived in Formula 1 in 2000 with Peugeot-powered Prost team. Sauber was his next destination in 2001 and three years with the Swiss team yielded only one podium finish. After a fruitless season in 2004 with Jordan he moved to then BMW-powered Williams team for 2005, scoring the only pole position of his career so far at Nurburgring in the European Grand Prix. The man from Monchengladbach was back at Sauber when BMW bought the Hinwil based team from Peter Sauber. In 2007 Heidfeld made two podium appearances and finished fifth in the championship. This season Heidfeld has been on the hot seat and outshined by his Polish teammate Robert Kubica who gave the team their maiden win in Montreal.
Kimi Raikonnen, the Espoo Express, arrived in Formula 1 ahead of schedule with only 23 races under his belt. Rising up to the challenge, he scored a point on his Grand Prix debut in 2001 in land down under. The Ice Man was then picked up by McLaren and scored his first Formula 1 victory in the searing heat at Sepang in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix. He scored a dramatic last lap win over Giancarlo Fisichella in the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka after starting from the back of the grid. In 2007, in his first year with Ferrari he staged another dramatic comeback to overcome a 26 points deficit to win the world title in the final race of the season in Brazil. Low in vocabulary and high on party, Kimi Raikkonen is an amazing racing talent but definitely one with his own agenda.
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F1Weekly Podcast #296 (08-03-2008) - August 3, 2008
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Heikki High: Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix belonged to Ferrari’s Felipe Massa but victory went to Finland’s Heikki Kovalainen in his McLaren, who becomes the 100th. driver to win a Formula 1 race. The Brazilian shot into the lead from the second row at the start and never looked back, till a rare engine failure three laps from the end robbed him of a certain win and lead in the world championship.
The pole-sitting McLaren of Lewis Hamilton suffered a puncture taking last year’s winner out of contention. He fought back to finish fifth and retain his championship lead. German Timo Glock enjoyed ‘oh, what a felling’ as he made his first podium appearance by finishing second in his Toyota.
Kimi Raikkonen, hungry for a win since April’s Spanish Grand Prix, was third and is now only five points behind Hamilton in the championship. Massa is still a serious title contender as he trails his teammate by only three points. In the constructors’ championship Ferrari is 11 points ahead of McLaren.
Round 12 of 18 is the European Grand Prix on the new street circuit in Valencia, Spain, on August 24th.
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Podcast # 296
Heikki gets his first victory!!
A great second place for Timo and Toyota.
Kimi holds on to third place.
Great start for Massa but engine failure did him in.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1h37:27.067
2. Glock Toyota (B) + 11.061
3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) + 16.856
4. Alonso Renault (B) + 21.614
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 23.048
6. Piquet Renault (B) + 32.298
7. Trulli Toyota (B) + 36.449
8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 48.321
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 58.834
10. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 1:07.709
11. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) + 1:10.407
12. Button Honda (B) + 1 lap
13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 1 lap
14. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 1 lap
15. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) + 1 lap
16. Barrichello Honda (B) + 2 laps
17. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 3 laps
18. Massa Ferrari (B) + 3 laps
Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:21.195
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News Update 08/02/2008 - August 2, 2008
Lewis Hamilton takes a career tenth pole!
Heikki alongside for a McLaren front row.
Ferrari and Massa struggling! settle for third with Kimi sixth.
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.376 1:19.473 1:20.899 12
2. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.945 1:19.480 1:21.140 16
3. Massa Ferrari 1:19.578 1:19.068 1:21.191 16
4. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.053 1:19.776 1:21.281 19
5. Glock Toyota 1:19.980 1:19.246 1:21.326 24
6. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:20.006 1:19.546 1:21.516 19
7. Alonso Renault 1:20.229 1:19.816 1:21.698 15
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.073 1:20.046 1:21.732 18
9. Trulli Toyota 1:19.942 1:19.486 1:21.767 20
10. Piquet Renault 1:20.583 1:20.131 1:22.371 19
11. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.157 1:20.144 17
12. Button Honda 1:20.888 1:20.332 15
13. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.505 1:20.502 16
14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.640 1:20.963 16
15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.748 10
16. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.045 7
17. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.085 9
18. Barrichello Honda 1:21.332 8
19. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.670 9
20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.113 10
News Update 08/01/2008 - August 1, 2008
Lewis Hamilton on top in second practice.
Heikki to stay at McLaren through 2009.
Loeb extends his lead in Finland.
Second practice times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:20.554 35
2. Piquet Renault (B) 1:20.748 + 0.194 38
3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:20.760 + 0.206 33
4. Alonso Renault (B) 1:20.928 + 0.374 35
5. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:21.009 + 0.455 35
6. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:21.010 + 0.456 36
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.138 + 0.584 46
8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.363 + 0.809 36
9. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:21.505 + 0.951 42
10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:21.581 + 1.027 34
11. Glock Toyota (B) 1:21.662 + 1.108 39
12. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:21.733 + 1.179 43
13. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:21.837 + 1.283 34
14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:21.902 + 1.348 33
15. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.955 + 1.401 41
16. Button Honda (B) 1:22.150 + 1.596 41
17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.197 + 1.643 36
18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.358 + 1.804 37
19. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:22.448 + 1.894 33
20. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:22.945 + 2.391 5
