2008 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread

[F1boat]

Yep, he isn't trying to steal the headlines with fast laps during practice and qualifying but is unbelievably steady in his racing pace!
He also passed quite a few cars on the track. I'll have to pick him Driver of the race, again!

And do you notice, that he is now 3 points behind the leader, ahead of Lewis, Kubica, Kovy, Massa...

[Bagwan]

Damned finger slipped off the LC button at the start , and the same damned finger slipped off the engine brakes button , just before the wing came off .

Solution obviously is to take off the offending digit , dropping weight ala Bob , but smaller percentage of muscle mass , and move the buttons .

[ioan]

And do you notice, that he is now 3 points behind the leader, ahead of Lewis, Kubica, Kovy, Massa...

Yep, he might not be spectacular but he is fast and steady, and finally has a car that is allowing him to show his strengths.

Damned finger slipped off the LC button at the start , and the same damned finger slipped off the engine brakes button , just before the wing came off .

Expect this to worsen as BMW are getting the better of them.

[Garry Walker]

Great race.
Massa did a perfect weekend.
Kimi wasn`t that good, but 2nd place is good enough.

Hamilton performed just as I want to see McLaren perform every race.

[Eki]

Good for Ferrari, the win is.

Still, I like Kimi's anthem better.

Good choice, veeten, good choice.

[markabilly]

Massa finished, easily first! I think next time you might wait for the laugh until the race ends!

I wonder if that was the result of a certain pit stop strategy pulling in Kimi early and first.......so FM could win easliy??
Perhaps to get a bosst on the confidence of Massa??

But of course, if that is true, then Ferari will clearly come right out and say so?
sure

and RD will also come right out and say what he really did to Freddie

[Phoenix]

I wonder if that was the result of a certain pit stop strategy pulling in Kimi early and first.......so FM could win easliy??
Perhaps to get a bosst on the confidence of Massa??

But of course, if that is true, then Ferari will clearly come right out and say so?
sure

and RD will also come right out and say what he really did to Freddie

Lewis has taken the blame for hitting Fred up the tailpipe.... See autosport.

[ioan]

I wonder if that was the result of a certain pit stop strategy pulling in Kimi early and first.......so FM could win easliy??
Perhaps to get a bosst on the confidence of Massa??

Only that Kimi didn't manage to come close to Felipe the whole week end, not even when it mattered (ie. qualifying and race).

And why would Ferrari risk to have Kimi maybe in a situation to need those points at the end of the season?

I know you like to come up with controversies but this one was pretty clear since the start of the week end. Also Kimi didn't look like a happy man on the podium as he was clearly beaten by the team mate he though he was clearly better than.

[Dave B]

Lewis has taken the blame for hitting Fred up the tailpipe.... See autosport.

I'm only seeing the headline, the rest of the page seems to be blank.

Still, fair play for Hamilton for having the good grace to admit his shortcomings this weekend. He didn't exactly cover himself in glory at any point today.

Edit: the story's also on ITV-F1
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=42256

[Juppe]

Only that Kimi didn't manage to come close to Felipe the whole week end, not even when it mattered (ie. qualifying and race).

And why would Ferrari risk to have Kimi maybe in a situation to need those points at the end of the season?

I know you like to come up with controversies but this one was pretty clear since the start of the week end. Also Kimi didn't look like a happy man on the podium as he was clearly beaten by the team mate he though he was clearly better than.

This picture tells a different story about being happy...

Kimi was the first to admit that he really didn't have the speed to challenge Felipe all weekend, so don't try to think you know what he thought. He said that he had an off weekend and that second was a very good result for him under the circumstances.