Tag: Kimi Raikkonen
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F1: French Grand Prix as it happened
We missed doing our usual live blog this week (much to our disgust) so here instead is a lap-by-lap breakdown of how the French Grand Prix developed – dodgy overtaking, flapping exhaust pipes, super-wide Toyotas and all.
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F1: French Grand Prix report and reaction
A win’s a win and they all count at the end of the season – but Felipe Massa knows very well that his victory in France and his lead in the championship came not through driving dominance but through his team-mate’s mechanical misfortunes.
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F1: Victory for Massa in France
Felipe Massa won the French Grand Prix and moves into the championship lead after a broken exhaust pipe half-way through the race derailed what seemed like a certain Kimi Raikkonen victory.
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F1: Disappointed Hamilton makes best of French qualifying
Lewis Hamilton will start the French Grand Prix from 13th place – the best position available in the face of Ferrari domination and the 10-place penalty imposed for his Canada pitlane error, but still a disappointment to him.
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F1: Hamilton unhappy with 10-place penalty
When it’s time to review the 2008 F1 season, it is possible that Lewis Hamilton’s rear-end shunt of Kimi Raikkonen in the Montreal pit lane will be viewed as the pivotal moment when he threw away the World Championship.
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F1: Hamilton blunder hands Kubica his breakthough
Before the Canadian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton teased his father, asking how he could possibly crash a high-performance car at 30mph. He won’t be asking that again.
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F1: betting round-up – who do the bookies think will win?
Six races into the season. Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton have won two races apiece. Robert Kubica has yet to score his maiden win but says he’s fighting for the title. Which of them are the markets backing to become world champion?
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F1: now Massa joins Hamilton in shunning GPDA
An article in today’s Independent does Lewis Hamilton little credit, suggesting as it does that he won’t support the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association because he rather petulantly doesn’t want to pay the fees.