[2008]F1 Season

[rmbt]

What more can a Tiffosi ask for: Ferrari 1-2 @ Baharain, Kimi is leading the WC and Massa is back in hunt for WC.

Start was gr8 for Massa as he took the lead easily despite being on the dirties side of the track and there after he looked unbeatable.

Kimi had his moment when the fellow finn jumped to 3rd, but he pulled off 2 good moves to finish 2nd.

Hamilton had a bad start and to make the matter worse, had a collision with FA. Well, its upto u to decide who is to be blamed for the incident.

Kubica, as i predicted was light on fuel and did his best to finish 3rd.

Looking forward to Barcelona now.

[rahul_4096]

Guys one thing we must not ignore is Fisichella finishing 12th in Force India

This is the range in which he was consistently finishing last year in Renault

I know its too premature to say but optimist inside me is shouting that this car may be comparable to Renault

what u say guys

[Ronticus1002]

Originally Posted by rmbt

Hamilton had a bad start and to make the matter worse, had a collision with FA. Well, its upto u to decide who is to be blamed for the incident.

Well Hamilton's not blaming Alonso, saying it was racing incident and Alonso says Hamilton was 'too eager':

HAMILTON KEEN TO MOVE ON | Sporting Life - F1 News | Bahrain Grand Prix, Max Mosley, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren, Renault, Reports, Results & Standings

So that's the end of that i suppose.
Tho i still think Alonso was too blame there. Unfortunately the only conclusive proof of whether he did brake-test there is in the Renault's telemetry and unless Mclaren make a complaint, the marshal's are not going to scrutinize that so I don't think anything will happen now.

[kunalgupta]

@force india:
i think it was a very good day for force india..giancarlo fisichella had a gr8 day, from postion 21 at start to pos 12,it was simply amazing....also the acceleration of force india car at straights was amazing..it actually took hamilton 3 laps to overtake fisichella..boy ohh boy looks like a bright future for force india and who knows podium may a possibility few years from now...what say puys.......

[vicky.verma]

wow wow wow !!! what a race !!! Ferrari Ferrari BWM BWM ... Massa - mast yaar

Ferrari again showing their dominance with Massa leading the race from start till finish, though the commentators(me too ) were not sure enough whether he'll finish the race till the last lap

Kimi : Great to see the overtaking maneuver on Kubica for second podium finish in a row.

BMWs : They have again shown they are a force to reckon this season and are now leading the constructors standings.

Hamilton : Bad start...bad race...and to add insult to injury a crash, involving Alonso

Force India : Well it took Hamilton 3 laps to overtake Fisichella's Force India...Good finish for Fisichella....and good to see both the cars completing the race...

This season is going to be awesome...

[dipen01]

Sutil is driving from bad to worse.. His laptimes were a sec slower than Fisichella

Liuzzi was definitely a better option

[swagatsinha]

It was nice to see Fisi taking on Hamilton. Hamilton's hand waving when overtaking Fisi tell you a lot about his character, i believe.

[karanmig]

hey puys, me new on this thread..anyways now i am here and hope to stay here long..my intro first
name: karan miglani
and i am a hard core ferrari fan....if ferrari wins the driver doesnt matter for me..and a ferrari 1-2 at bahrain was a grt experience..man the race was awesome and kimi is simply superb..the overtaking of kubica was awesome!
i didnt knew of f1 thread on pg..my ignorance but know i am proud to be a part of this thread as i just love F1..and even my mdi pgpim pi was all on F1..hope the stay here is a smooth drive!!

[mohit1984]

Originally Posted by Ronticus1002

Ferrari were always going to be strong in Bahrain - fastest car in Malaysia, followed by not much testing for any of the competition for the last 2 weeks, on a track where Ferrari were the only ones who winter tested. The only surprise was Kimi's lack of pace - looking at his qualifying pace I'd thought maybe he was carrying extra fuel for the race but it turns out he was ligther than Massa even...just an off-day and off-weekend really for Raikonnen.

BMW's pace was in itself not unexpected but what was surprising was their clear superiority over Mclaren..they have some serious work to do in the next 3 weeks, but looks like the race for 2nd place is well and truly on!

Rest as expected, tho I have to give discredit to Alonso for his incident with Hamilton - that clearly looked like he was brake testing Lewis! I think he deserves a bit of censure there...

I guess Raikko was using the same engine as the one used by him in Sepang..and others were using the new engine..so obviously ferrari engineers must have tweaked the engine parameters bringing down horse power and stuff so that it can last for the whole race. But still quite a surprising race from Mclaren point of view..i expected much better from them..Lewis after the collision was put on 1 stop strategy but gosh he could not even overtake force india car..it took him 3 laps to do that..finished miserable 13th..as for Heikki he did set the fastest lap of the race but all too late...BMW as expected did well in qualifying but failed to repeat the same in the race...but i am quite sure that BMW will surely come with a win this season..they definitely are equivalent to Mclaren this season..Good show by Force India..Great driving by Fisichella...Another flop show by Alonso..guess he surely needs to move to some competitive team like BMW if he wants to achieve podium finishes...I was particularly impressed by Toyota the most..last season was a nightmare for them but they seem to have improved a lot..they are definitely better than Renault, Red Bull and can definitely try to finish fourth overall. We have a long wait now of 3 weeks as the Race Season moves to Europe...I am hoping for a top finish by Raikko with his new ferrari engine that he can opt for in next race..

P.S Just a small trivia for Raikko fans - In Bahrain 2006, Räikkönen suffered electronic problems during Friday practice and a rear suspension breakage during the first qualifying session, which forced him back to 22nd place on the grid. Nevertheless he drove through the field, ending third behind Alonso and Michael Schumacher.

[mohit1984]

Here are the Standings from Fantasy League:


1 welcome_to_the_party peekay2n £100.00m 847
2 kunalrulz KUNAL £98.00m 846
3 Tifosi Rangers Mohit1984 £100.00m 822
4 chicane Vivek Verma £100.00m 776
5 Red Devilz getintoiimb £100.00m 729
6 Hewars Eshwar £100.00m 710
7 Rooney_is_God coolroy £100.00m 709
8 painted red sidharth jain £100.00m 684
9 Tifosi Riders Mohit1984 £100.00m 677
10 indie rocks lehmanbrothershereicome £100.00m 645
11 Trailblazers Inc Dranzer £100.00m 628
12 Hewars_F1 esh.nil £100.00m 595
13 UDT_2007 sid_dharth £97.00m 588
14 GIVE_ME_RED kkj06 £99.00m 570
15 ferrari_champions kusnoor £100.00m 551
16 Prancing_Horse arunk8186 £100.00m 518
17 Sultans ande_ka_funda £99.00m 512
18 Prancing Marauders swagatsinha £100.00m 501
19 theTROJANS theGreenScar £99.00m 404
20 Zippo Akhilesh S £100.00m 389
21 td31 Td31 £99.00m 361
22 BMW_2008 Mohit1984 £100.00m 294
23 asd asd £91.00m 267
24 zoom dumchi £98.00m 100

P.S What a jump by Kunal..last time around he was on 473 odd...this race fetched him close to 400 points peekay2n better watch out buddy...competition is getting stronger now