British GP 2008

[Iain]

GP2 this morning was wet... very wet. It wasn't raining, but there was a huge amount of standing water on the track.

This could get very interesting

I watched the Porsche Supercup at 11am and that was very wet too. Chaos! Like you say, standing water in a lot of places.

Is this the first wet race with no Traction Control?

[markabilly]

Well, Webber was not running too light....too bad down in 12th
what about the tire change on Kimi as in none????Did not let him catch or pass LH, so?
And now it looks as though Hamilton has scurried off into the distance

[markabilly]

Rubens? Third??

[VkmSpouge]

I love the British weather

Good fun race, plenty of overtaking and incidents. Lewis Hamilton winning extremely well on home soil and Rubens Barrichello taking his first podium since leaving Ferrari.

[F1boat]

That's why, as a Ferrari fan I hoped for dry race. I still hope that there will be no more wet races this season.

[ioan]

I watched the Porsche Supercup at 11am and that was very wet too. Chaos! Like you say, standing water in a lot of places.

Is this the first wet race with no Traction Control?

No, we had one in Monaco too, not so long ago.

[ioan]

That's why, as a Ferrari fan I hoped for dry race. I still hope that there will be no more wet races this season.

We shouldn't hope for dry races as Ferrari fans. Kimi is a proven good wet weather racer and Felipe showed he can keep on the island on the twisty and narrow Monaco roads, even in the wet.

However the day when there is a 80% chance of rain and the strategists go for a dry set-up and the wrong tire changes, there is no hope left whatsoever.

[gravity]

We shouldn't hope for dry races as Ferrari fans.

LH just blitzed everyone in the wet today. As soon as the weather started drying out, KR suddenly caught up to LH. Add some water to the track and nobody could keep up with LH (except RB on extreme weather tyres). Doesn't look good for anyone elses chances in future wet races. Then again, how many races have had weather like today's had!

[jens]

Nakajima again beat Rosberg (both in Q and in the race this time). Both Williams drivers made mistakes in the race, but Nico made them more. No surprise Keke wanted last year Wurz as Rosberg's team-mate for this season to make his son look better!

Quite satisfied with Toyota's result, considering that Jarno has been really struggling this weekend and I didn't expect any points, so 2 sounds quite well, which puts Toyota up to P4 in the WCC. Trulli had gambled on a wet setup (that's why he struggled in quali) and was driving quite well, being as high as 3rd at one moment. Finally Toyota's strategy in the rain was more or less okay. What they could have done differently, is that they should have brought Jarno in a couple of laps earlier for his 1st and 2nd stops, because due to tyre wear he was really struggling and losing time at the end of the stints.
Timo on the other hand - I have to admit he has been truly awful in the wet in F1.

Piquet was driving well... I was wondering during the whole race, when will he bin it. And finally the inevitable happened.