What on earth were McLaren doing? The Safety Car was out, Lewis Hamilton was leading and the obvious thing to do was bring him in – along with 95 per cent of the field. But McLaren kept him out.
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German GP: job done
at 5:51 pm on Sunday July 20, 2008 26 CommentsGerman GP: Lewis’ win
at 3:48 pm on Sunday July 20, 2008 10 Comments
With a driver of Lewis Hamilton’s calibre at McLaren, Ferrari must be doing their nut trying to figure out what’s going wrong with their red cars. Both of their drivers underperformed today, and at the Brit GP the team themselves underperformed by getting the strategy all wrong.
Brit GP: highlights video
at 4:04 pm on Thursday July 10, 2008 10 Comments
I’ve slightly got the fear that I might get in trouble with Bernie for this, but I’ve got to draw your attention to it anyway.
Over at Formula1.com they produce super high quality and incredibly awesome highlight videos of each F1 grand prix.
Brit GP: Hamilton’s win
at 5:50 pm on Sunday July 6, 2008 35 Comments
There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the quality of Lewis Hamilton’s win. It took a typical British summer’s day – wind, showers, some sun – to give Hamilton the canvas on which to display his abundance of natural talent. The Englishman didn’t put a foot wrong.
Brit GP: surprises
at 7:00 pm on Saturday July 5, 2008 2 Comments
None of this was expected: Heikki Kovalainen on pole for the first time; Mark Webber back on the front row for the first time in four years; Felipe Massa delayed in the pits when the Ferrari mechanics had trouble changing a rear wheel.
Brit GP: pole day
at 2:27 pm on Saturday July 5, 2008 16 Comments
You’ve got to take your hat off to McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen. While everyone else focussed on what Lewis Hamilton was going to do, Heikki kept his focus and got on with the job at hand, which landed him the grandest prize of the day: pole position at the British Grand Prix.
Brit GP: DC steps down
at 6:35 pm on Thursday July 3, 2008 21 Comments
The Thursday press conference is usually something to be got through on the day you arrive at a Grand Prix. Three drivers are selected by the FIA and they must appear on pain of receiving a large fine. Most of them reflect the obligation in their disinterested replies. Today was different; the three Brits appeared.
