4 posts tagged “alonso”

What a start to the 2008 formula one season !!  actually the dramas started with Qualifying itself ! Kimi Raikkonen having problems with his car in Qualifying....But he proved that he is a Formula One Champ by his remarkable progress in the race on the One pit-stop strategy.Well things didnt go his way nor Massa's way and both the Ferraris didnt make it to the finish.

 

The day belonged to Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren.Fron the start to the finsh he dominated the race. His team-mate Hekki Kovalienen was'nt that lucky though.A good race for Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg. Well bad day for Ferrari.hoping the Malaysian Grand Prix will be pay back time from Ferrari !

What a way to end the season  ! Interlagos is "the" place to end an F1  season !!!  Seeing Kimi win the champioship in such an expected fashion was just Marvellous !!  He did it Superbly !!  

Well the moment that took the race and the championship from Hamilton was the first corner and the lap on which he slowed down. Also Kimi overtaking Massa on the way out of the Pits was just Spot On !!

 

Well Interlagos is just the right place to end the championship season as we cant expect anything to happen. Congratulating the newly crowned champion Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrarri !!    Go Ferrari !!!!

Wow what a beautiful race and even better to see

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen finish first and second in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix after a dominant performance from Ferrari in Istanbul.

Fernando Alonso was a distant third for McLaren, cutting team mate Lewis Hamilton's championship lead to just five points. Hamilton came home fifth behind BMW's Nick Heidfeld after a late puncture.

Whatever chance Hamilton had of victory - and it was always a slim one given the pace of the Ferraris - disappeared when his MP4-22’s right-front Bridgestone tyre failed on the 43rd lap.

The F2007s of Massa and Raikkonen had run ahead of him all the way (barring the first pit stops), and had just made their last ones (lap 41 for the Finn, lap 42 for the Brazilian) when bad luck struck the Englishman.

He was very fortunate to be able to limp back to the pits for his final set of tyres - the medium (softer) compound for the first time - and resumed fifth. Crucially, however, Alonso had swept by to take third place, with Heidfeld fourth.

The result moves Massa to third place overall again in the driver standings with 69 points, one ahead of Raikkonen, but now Alonso is back within five points of Hamilton, 79 to 84.

Until that moment of drama it was a relatively quiet race, especially since only Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Spyker’s Adrian Sutil retired, on laps nine and 55 respectively.

Massa led throughout, while Raikkonen beat Hamilton off the line and hunted his team mate down just before their second stops, but could not mount a real challenge. Thereafter they toured home, just as Alonso toured round in third well ahead of Heidfeld after initially dropping behind both BMWs at the start.

Raikkonen amused himself by dropping 7.4s back on lap 56 before setting the fastest lap of the race - 1m 27.295s - on lap 57. By the flag he was 2.2s adrift of Massa, with Alonso a further 23.9s behind.

After Heidfeld and Hamilton, another strong drive from Heikki Kovalainen reaped sixth place for Renault. With Hamilton nursing a damaged front wing following his puncture, the Finn could sense fifth, but in the end crossed the line a second adrift of the McLaren. Behind them Nico Rosberg put in a great performance to keep his Williams just ahead of Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber for the final points.

Giancarlo Fisichella was ninth from David Coulthard in the Red Bull and Alex Wurz in the Williams, and behind them Toyota and Honda staged a spirited battle over 12th that fell eventually to a lapped Ralf Schumacher from Jenson Button and Super Aguri’s Anthony Davidson.

Tonio Liuzzi made a brilliant start and drove a stormer to hold off Davidson until the second stops, and by the flag kept Jarno Trulli’s Toyota in his Toro Rosso’s mirrors as he took 15th. Trulli had a miserable afternoon from the start, when he was tipped into a spin at Turn One, dropping him from ninth on the grid to 21st on lap one.

Rubens Barrichello was an unhappy 17th from Takuma Sato’s Super Aguri, with a lacklustre-looking Sebastian Vettel struggling initially to stay ahead of Sutil’s Spyker. He finished ahead of it after his fellow German lost a lot of time during his first pit stop before stopping with three laps to go, but by the flag the only running car behind him was Sakon Yamamoto’s Spyker.

In the constructors’ championship, McLaren retain their lead with148 points to Ferrari’s 137

Sorry I was late in reviewing the race but I Was really busy. But this was the first Canadian Grand Prix with so much in it ! Wow the Safety car was out for so long that even a whole season of racing would not beat it ! But i must say superb,marvellous,mind blowing and all the adjective put together to describe Lewis Hamilton's Driving ! From pole to the race win not a step wrong ! Fantastic driving! But why was Alonso making mistakes at the same corner four times ? Black flags,stop-go penalties,crashing cars and the safety car filled the entire race ! I was really sad to see Ferrari losing in whatever they tried. Well hoping that they bounce back for the US grand prix at least. The thing that caught everyone's attention was Robert Kubica's dangerous high speed crash ! The BMW totally demolished ! But a suprise podium for Alex Wurz realy delighted him ! Also a superb drive from Hiedfeld ! Well hoping to have Ferrari to be Back in action at Indy Speed way !