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German GP: job done

Posted by Maurice Hamilton at 5:51 pm on Sunday July 20, 2008 26 Comments

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: Kimi trouble

Posted by Maurice Hamilton at 3:00 pm on Saturday July 19, 2008 15 Comments

So what’s going on with Kimi Raikkonen? The unofficial word from inside Ferrari is they’re getting a little ‘disappointed’ with the world champion’s inconsistency. Qualifying at Hockenheim was a good example when he could do no better than sixth.

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French GP preview

Posted by Maurice Hamilton at 11:37 am on Friday June 20, 2008 10 Comments
Lewis Hamilton

As paddocks go, this one has as much atmosphere as a supermarket car park on a bank holiday. You know there’s action going on somewhere, but it ain’t here.
Magny-Cours has always been like this. When we first came here in 1991, James Hunt marched in – late as usual

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Monaco preview

Posted by Maurice Hamilton at 5:00 pm on Thursday May 22, 2008 0 Comments
Monaco

Never before has so much attention been paid to a man in a blazer having breakfast.
Max Mosley had slipped into the paddock at an early hour and was among the FIA personnel enjoying coffee and croissants in their hospitality unit.

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