pinguhk

cant wait until the next race.

CWS530

I know I'm way late on this, but I recorded the race and just watched it this morning while working out (crazy week). It was hard to avoid the results all week. Anyway, I was LMAO with the way David Hobbes sarcastically described the obvious "pass" by Massa on Kimi. I love that guy! Watching F-1 w/o him announcing just isn't the same to me. He's like the John Madden of the sport. Pretty dull race otherwise, IMHO. Hopefully Massa will go nuts in front of his home crowd. Brasilians are some of the best fans in the world to get the energy going!

MiamiPhill

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber
2007 Qualifying - 6th, 2007 Race - 6th
"I'm pleased for the fans, but also personally, that we have an exciting finale to the world championship. Plus, I'm curious to see whether the track is still the same as it was in 2007. That was a nice surprise, as the track's surface used to be really bad and very bumpy. It was always being patched up, but it was only when the track was re-asphalted ahead of the 2007 Grand Prix that it really became a good surface. The layout of the Interlagos track is excellent and very demanding on the drivers - not least, of course, as far as our neck muscles are concerned."

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber
2007 Qualifying - 7th, 2007 Race - 5th
"Brazil is traditionally the final race of the season, and Interlagos is a very demanding and interesting circuit. My first race there was in 2002 in Formula Renault, and I've been back with BMW Sauber for the last two years. Interlagos is physically very tiring because we drive the circuit anticlockwise. That's something we're not used to, and we feel it especially in the neck. I'm currently third in the drivers' standings, six points in front of Kimi (Raikkonen), and, of course, it's my aim to defend this position."

Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport director
?The 2008 Formula One season is now going onto the finishing straight. In 2007 the
outcome of the title was only decided in a thrilling final race in Brazil. Perhaps the Formula One fans will also get to enjoy a similarly exciting finale this year. Two drivers still have a chance of becoming world champion in Sao Paulo.

"The Interlagos circuit has many different aspects, and the weather can also be unpredictable. The long, uphill start-finish straight places particularly heavy loads on the engines. This uphill section also makes the start extremely exciting. Another of its characteristic is the altitude of Sao Paulo. The thin air means that the engines generate approximately eight percent lower output than at sea level. We are very much looking forward to the final race of 2008 and are aiming to record another good result to round off the season.?

Willy Rampf, BMW Sauber technical director
"For us, the Brazilian Grand Prix represents the end of a highly successful season, and of course we want to round the year off on a positive note. Interlagos is one of the few circuits - alongside Istanbul Park and Singapore - which we drive anticlockwise. Here, the middle sector is critical, with one corner following the next. The key elements are good traction and car balance. Top speed is important in the first and third sectors, with engine output playing a particularly prominent role on the uphill start-finish straight. This section also offers a good overtaking opportunity, as does the end of the straight in sector one. The track was resurfaced in 2007, which evened out a lot of bumps. In contrast to last year, when we opted for the softest tyre option, this time around we'll be using the medium compounds.?

pinguhk

Ferrari may leave F1 if standard engine approved in 2010 season

If they do then Hamilton will win it all and it would not be the same and very boring too.
So I hope this dose not go ahead

full story
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...027190223.shtml

CWS530

Awwww! They don't like the rules so they're just gonna take their marbles and go home! What a bunch of babies. If the new technical specs favored their development scheme, they'd be cheering. Boo-f*cking hoo! :thumbsdown:

pinguhk

Ferrari know they will loss if it happen
They are just chickens.
This is why I have not suported Ferrari for 2 years now. When I say suport, I mean buying there products and joining there fan club.
Only BMW & of couse Hamilton.
they need a driver like Hamilton to win if they had the same engine

MiamiPhill

BBC Sport

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set the benchmark in first practice for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix where he aims to clinch the 2008 world title.

The Englishman jumped to the top of the timesheets at Interlagos, clocking one minute 12.495 seconds in his McLaren.

But his main title rival, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, stayed in touch, closing the gap to 0.062secs at the halfway point of the session.

Hamilton leads Massa by seven points going into the final race.

Last season, Hamilton had the same points advantage over Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen going into the season finale in Brazil only to see the title slip through his fingers.

His race came unstuck when he lost ground by running wide on the first lap before falling to the back of the field because of a gearbox problem. Though Hamilton recovered to seventh, Raikkonen took the chequered flag to snatch the title by a single point.


WHAT HAMILTON NEEDS TO DO
If Massa wins in Brazil, Hamilton must finish at least fifth to be champion
If Massa is second, Hamilton must finish at least seventh
If Massa is third or lower, Hamilton is champion regardless of his result in Brazil

CWS530

+1. You are totally correct!

BetterMakeWay

Uhmmm no. In fact i would react the same. It's a pity that we already have only one tire manufacturer in a pure competitive sport. Think of it this way: Michelin said they will not even bid for the spot of the sole provider of tires because in their philosophy this is all about competition and always bettering yourself. If there is no competition how can exist real improvement?!?

The same with the engines. If FIA will turn F1 slowly into a mono marque competition that would ruin everything about this pinnacle of motor sport, not to mention history of competition between brands. I say mono marque because we already have only ONE tire provider, only ONE ECU provider and if the engines go monopoly than what's the point of the competition? Also there will clearly be no more show.

F1 cars are already so close to one another that on more than 60 maybe even 70% of the tracks in the calendar it's very very hard to find good overtaking spots (and i'm not talking here Ferrari vs Force India).

Anyway bottom line for me is that if FIA decides to kill F1 in 2010 then i will for sure stop watching. Enough is enough already!

swajames

I think you are dead on and I agree 100%. F1 is nothing if it's not an an engineering showcase where the manufacturers - BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda, Toyota etc - are pitching themselves and their engineering capabilities against each other in an unbelievably competitive environment. Take that away and I'd fully expect the top manufacturers would walk, and I wouldn't blame them if they did. I don't think this will happen, but if it does then it kills F1.