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Post by RedArmy20 on Aug 26, 2007 19:07:14 GMT
massa!
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Aug 28, 2007 18:30:01 GMT
Boo! #Wa#  |
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Post by RedArmy20 on Aug 28, 2007 18:44:05 GMT
Boo! #Wa# hahaha, shut up. ferrari is ace! been a ferrari fan since i saw it was red, and i always liked ferrari(car), plus it also had vodafone as its sponsor and so did united  |
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Post by RedDevil'sAdvocate on Aug 28, 2007 19:08:21 GMT
damn that lucky bastard alonso!!!! hope lewis will be watching him in his rear mirror all weekend in monza  |
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Aug 29, 2007 21:40:35 GMT
Boo! #Wa# hahaha, shut up. ferrari is ace! been a ferrari fan since i saw it was red, and i always liked ferrari(car), plus it also had vodafone as its sponsor and so did united ;D Never. Always been a McClaren fan myself. Can't remember why, think it may be down to the fact that i hated Schumacher. McClaren>Ferrari and you know it.  |
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Post by jigglymarina on Aug 30, 2007 20:23:37 GMT
Boo! #Wa# hahaha, shut up. ferrari is ace! been a ferrari fan since i saw it was red, and i always liked ferrari(car), plus it also had vodafone as its sponsor and so did united Me too! :-) Red has definitely always been my colour lol |
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Sept 2, 2007 6:53:23 GMT
Fernando Alonso is optimistic he can win the Italian Grand Prix for the first time next weekend on the back of a strong test for McLaren at Monza.
Ahead of the final day of the extended test on Friday, the championship leading team had set the pace on each of the first three days with Alonso topping two of those.
The race is one of five on the current calendar that the 26-year-old hasn’t yet won and after a qualifying penalty and race-ending engine failure dented his title defence there last year, the Spaniard is determined to break his duck in 2007.
“We spent time testing these on the track this week, and we had some good feedback so I feel positive going into the race,” he said.
“It is a challenge, but it is a special circuit and it is a great feeling to race here.
“Last year did not give me any good memories, but it is a track that I would really like to win at so hopefully we can make that happen in 2007.”
Alonso heads into next weekend five points behind team-mate and title leader Lewis Hamilton after his fortuitous third-place finish in Turkey.
But following Ferrari’s 1-2 in Istanbul, both the drivers and the team itself is facing an increased threat from its Italian rival – something McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh says the team is well aware of.
"Whilst we are arriving in Monza leading both championships, we are more than aware they are both still very open,” he said.
“There are a lot of points to be won over the next six weeks and the determination within McLaren to take as many as possible is massive.
“Monza is very individual in terms of characteristics and with this in mind, the test this week has enabled the successful proving process of a number of key components and we are feeling cautiously optimistic going into this race."
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Sept 7, 2007 15:28:47 GMT
World champion Fernando Alonso set the quickest overall time in Friday practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
The Spaniard shrugged off both a misfire during the morning and his arrival centre stage in the 'Stepneygate' row to set a time of one 22.386 seconds in the afternoon session.
The time was just over eight tenths of a second quicker than that of team-mate, and current championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, who was second quickest in the afternoon.
Giancarlo Fisichella was third quickest for Renault, the Italian hoping for a strong result this weekend in order to try and retain a seat with the team next year.
Fourth place went to BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, ahead of Williams driver Nico Rosberg.
But, after being quickest in the morning session, Ferrari slipped back in the afternoon, with Felipe Massa in sixth place - some 1.33 secs off Alonso's pace.
BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was seventh, ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who fell down from from top spot in the opening session to eighth.
The only notable problem of the afternoon befell Super Aguri's Anthony Davidson, who stopped the session for nine minutes when his car broke down on the side of the track.
He finished at the bottom of the timesheet.
Italian Grand Prix, Friday practice, session two:
01 F. Alonso McLaren 1:22.386 30 laps
02 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:23.209 33 laps
03 G. Fisichella Renault 1:23.584 38 laps
04 R. Kubica BMW 1:23.599 44 laps
05 N. Rosberg Williams 1:23.679 33 laps
06 F. Massa Ferrari 1:23.722 27 laps
07 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:23.821 38 laps
08 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:23.833 12 laps
09 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:23.848 32 laps
10 A. Wurz Williams 1:23.881 32 laps
11 J. Trulli Toyota 1:23.919 39 laps
12 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:23.922 29 laps
13 J. Button Honda 1:24.137 36 laps
14 M. Webber Red Bull 1:24.328 31 laps
15 R. Barrichello Honda 1:24.462 40 laps
16 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:24.605 31 laps
17 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:25.328 27 laps
18 S. Vettel Toro Rosso 1:25.459 36 laps
19 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:25.531 24 laps
20 V. Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1:25.567 26 laps
21 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:25.863 40 laps
22 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:26.021 6 laps
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Post by jigglymarina on Sept 7, 2007 15:38:47 GMT
So far things are looking up for Alonso, but we have the whole weekend ahead of us and everything could turn around. I'm sure the two Ferraris will do much better. BTW, I'm so glad for Kubica! Hope he keeps it up |
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Sept 9, 2007 17:15:33 GMT
Lewis Hamilton's world championship lead was cut to just three points as his McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso won the Italian Grand Prix.
Hamilton finished second, overtaking Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen 11 laps from the end after the Finn passed him thanks to doing one pit stop fewer.
Raikkonen's team-mate Felipe Massa is effectively out of the title battle after retiring after just nine laps.
The Brazilian is 23 points off the lead with a maximum of 40 still available.
Alonso led from the start, and appeared comfortable throughout.
The double world champion was only a second ahead of Hamilton when the Englishman made his first stop for fuel and tyres on lap 18.
But Alonso did not stop for a further two laps, and was nearly two seconds ahead when he rejoined.
He proceeded to inch away for much of the second part of the race, extending his lead by around 0.3secs most laps.
By the time of their second stops, Alonso was more than six seconds in the lead, and out of Hamilton's reach.
"Sometimes everything seems to go in the right direction and you need to keep the momentum," Alonso said.
"The whole weekend has been good for me.
"But here at Monza [in the past] I have had some problems in the race and missed the win.
"All the wins are special but Monza is one of the circuits where I have never won before and I wanted to achieve that to try to make at least one win in all the circuits.
"All the people here maybe they are Ferrari fans but they are also F1 fans. They love F1 here."
And instead of thinking about beating his team-mate, Hamilton had to focus on beating Raikkonen.
The Finn's Ferrari ran four laps longer than Alonso before his sole pit stop, and Raikkonen kept close enough to the McLarens to pass Hamilton while the Englishman made his second pit stop on lap 40.
But the 22-year-old underlined his abilities as a never-say-die racer by catching the Ferrari and pulling off an audacious overtaking move just two laps later.
"I thought he was too far ahead and I knew I had two laps max before I had the best out of the tyres," he said.
"But I put in two really good laps and I had an opportunity and I really wanted to make sure it stuck."
Raikkonen, who admitted his neck was still sore after his crash in Saturday practice, said: "We just didn't have the speed today. "I couldn't keep my head up under braking. My neck was in not very good shape after yesterday."
Raikkonen's third place means he has slipped to 18 points behind Hamilton, leaving his title hopes hanging by a thread as well.
But McLaren now head on Thursday to a hearing of motorsport's governing body into the spy scandal that has engulfed the sport, and could yet be hit with a points deduction, or even banned from the championship.
Massa had run third early on after losing out in a first-lap battle with Hamilton, who aggressively defended his second place from the Ferrari's advances around the opening lap.
Hamilton was given some breathing space on the second lap when the safety car was deployed following an accident to David Coulthard.
The Scot's Red Bull speared off the track at the 180mph Curva Grande following a rear wing failure.
The race restarted on lap six, and Massa's hopes of repeating his victory in Turkey two weeks ago ended just three laps later when he pulled into the pits with a so-far unspecified mechanical failure at the rear of his car.
Nick Heidfeld was best of the rest in fourth place in his BMW Sauber, ahead of his team-mate Robert Kubica, who grabbed fifth place from Williams's Nico Rosberg with just seven laps to go.
Renault's Heikki Kovalainen was seventh, ahead of Jenson Button's Honda.
The Englishman repeated his season-best result from the French Grand Prix, but his Honda looked more competitive at Monza than it had at Magny-Cours.
The Englishman fought an intense battle with Rosberg in the first part of the race, but had in the end to concede defeat to the faster car.
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Italian Grand Prix result after 53 laps of Monza circuit:
1. Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren-Mercedes 1hr 18min 37.806secs
2. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes +6.062 seconds
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari +27.325
4. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber +56.562
5. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber +1:00.558
6. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota +1:05.810
7. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Renault +1:06.751
8. Jenson Button (GB) Honda +1:12.168
9. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault +1:15.879
10. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda +1:16.958
11. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota +1:17.736
12. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault one lap behind
13. Alexander Wurz (Aut) Williams-Toyota one lap
14. Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda one lap
15. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota one lap
16. Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda one lap
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Toro Rosso-Ferrari one lap
18. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari one lap
19. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Spyker-Ferrari one lap
20. Sakon Yamamoto (Jpn) Spyker-Ferrari one lap
R Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 10 laps completed
R David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault one lap
Fastest lap: Alonso 1:22.871, lap 15.
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Post by kokka78 on Sept 13, 2007 18:20:04 GMT
The FIA has hit McLaren with an unprecedented $100 million fine and docked the team its constructors' championship points for the current season after finding them guilty of spying on rivals Ferrari.
However, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have escaped sanction, meaning that both are free to chase this year's world drivers' title.
The governing body's World Motor Sport Council has also decided that the team's 2008 car will be independently scrutinised, to see whether confidential information the team gathered from Ferrari is used to give any future performance advantage.
McLaren will also be excluded from next year's constructors' championship.
Hamilton leads Alonso by three points in the drivers' standings with just four races - including Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix - remaining.
More to follow...
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First of all i want to say i do not support Ferrari,said that,the question remain.
Why the drivers escaped the fine?i mean they are not driving a real McLaren cos this is a Ferrari's prototype,so this mean they are driving a Ferrari not a McLaren's car.
Fia fined McLaren with 100 million dollars ok they deducted their pints ok,but if Fia found out McLaren was guilty why the hell the drivers still got their points while they driving a Ferrari?
It's like if i decide to say im driving a Kokka's car mean while is a Mercedes...Im cheating,same for the drivers even if they didn't knows anything about it driving that car means cheat.
Sorry but this is a fucking joke
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Adam Sturges
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Form Is Temporary, Class Is Permanent
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Post by Adam Sturges on Sept 13, 2007 19:19:42 GMT
Haha Get in!!!! Mclaren are still alive.
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Post by kokka78 on Sept 16, 2007 15:16:40 GMT
GREAT WIN BY KIMI..... #worship# #dance# #worship#
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Post by jigglymarina on Sept 17, 2007 18:45:56 GMT
Oh, yeah! Kimmi rocks #clap#
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Sept 17, 2007 18:54:52 GMT
GREAT WIN BY KIMI..... #worship# #dance# #worship# #Wa# Boo!!! |
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