How much would you pay for an F1 championship point? Cash up front, for the privilege of having it sitting there on your mantelpiece, to impress visitors and so forth. A tenner? A few hundred? How about $28.5 million?
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Tag Archives: mclaren
Sore points?
at 11:34 am on Tuesday November 11, 2008 24 CommentsBrazilian GP: F1.com vid
at 10:42 am on Friday November 7, 2008 65 Comments
Check out the Brazil video on Formula1.com, it’s awesome. And the part where the Ferrari mechanic, after telling Massa’s dad that Felipe hasn’t won the world championship, smashes the huge sign in the garage is classic. You can’t beat a bit of Italian passion. Looky here.
Brazilian GP: in the Glock
at 5:00 pm on Monday November 3, 2008 216 Comments
I don’t usually agree with reprinting verbatim an F1 team’s press release, but considering all the furor surrounding Timo Glock yesterday, I figure it’s best to get this interview with him up as it is…
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Brazilian GP: thrill in Brazil
at 10:14 pm on Sunday November 2, 2008 107 Comments
I’ve been lucky enough to see a few world championship finales but I’ve never before witnessed one like this. After more than 3,400 miles of racing in 18 Grands Prix, it all came down to the last half mile. Quite incredible.
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Brazilian GP: Lewis is king
at 8:06 pm on Sunday November 2, 2008 477 Comments
Lewis Hamilton takes the world championship title. I’m going to allow myself a little ‘hell yeeeeeeah!’ in there. But crikey it was tense wasn’t it? I can’t think how it could have been anymore edge of the seat than it was.
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Brazilian GP: pole shot
at 7:55 pm on Saturday November 1, 2008 120 Comments
Not great, but no disaster. That’s the best way to sum up Lewis Hamilton’s final qualifying session of 2009. On a day when Ferrari and McLaren tried to outdo each other in appearing to remain calm under pressure (’We’re treating this like any other grand prix’. Yeah, right) it was Ferrari who won out.
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