Archive for July, 2008
Posted in July 31st, 2008
McLaren have confirmed that Heikki Kovalainen will stay at the team for the 2009 season. The Finn, who joined McLaren from Renault for 2008, has had an uneven season so far but took pole position at the British Grand Prix.
The engine used in Lewis Hamilton’s car at Hockenheim has been given the all-clear after […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
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Felipe Massa
Ferrari
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Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
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Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
5
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
6
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren-Mercedes
7
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
8
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
9
Fernando Alonso
Renault
10
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
11
Nelsinho Piquet
Renault
12
Nico Rosberg
Williams-Toyota
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Edoardo Mortara
40
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Nico Hülkenberg
39
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Mika Mäki
36
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Renger van der Zande
31
5
Jules Bianchi
29
6
Christian Vietoris
21
7
Yann Clairay
20
8
Jon Lancaster
19
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Franck Mailleux
19
10
Jean-Karl Vernay
18.5
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Posted in July 27th, 2008
Jon Lancaster took his first F3 Euroseries win at the Nurburgring today, ahead of Niall Breen and Jules Bianchi. The British driver, who started from second on the grid, took the lead from Breen at the first corner and held it throughout the 28 lap race.
It was a good race for Hülkenberg’s championship aspirations, with […]
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Posted in July 26th, 2008
Nico Hülkenberg started to get his 2008 championship back on track today with an emphatic win at the Nurburgring after polesitter Christian Vietoris stalled on the grid. ART teammate Jules Bianchi was second, ahead of series returnee Tom Dillmann. Edoardo Mortara, the points leader, retired from the race.
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Nico Hülkenberg
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Jules Bianchi
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Tom Dillmann
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Mika Mäki
5
Renger van der Zande
6
Daniel […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2008
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Christian Vietoris
Mücke Motorsport
1:23.259
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Nico Hülkenberg
ART
1:23.541
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Tom Dillmann
Jo Zeller Racing
1:23.593
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Jules Bianchi
ART
1:23.706
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Mika Mäki
Mücke Motorsport
1:23.784
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James Jakes
ART
1:23.835
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Renger v.d. Zande
Prema Powerteam
1:23.850
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Daniel Ricciardo
SG Formula
1:23.878
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Robert Wickens
Signature
1:23.948
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Jon Lancaster
ART
1:23.951
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Posted in July 24th, 2008
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Edoardo Mortara
40
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Mika Maki
31
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Renger van der Zande
27
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Nico Hulkenberg
26
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Christian Vietoris
20
6
Yann Clairay
19
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Franck Mailleux
19
8
Jean-Karl Vernay
18.5
9
Jules Bianchi
17
10
Koudai Tsukakoshi
16
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Posted in July 24th, 2008
Max Mosley has won his action against the News of the World for invasion of privacy over his infamous ‘Spankgate’ orgy. The High Court in London awarded Mosley £60,000 in damages, rejecting his request for ‘exemplery’ damages.
The Telegraph, meanwhile, asks a rather interesting question about the whole affair - what, exactly, were Mosley’s ‘financial interests’ […]
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Posted in July 23rd, 2008
Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets at Jerez yesterday as F1 testing got underway at the Spanish circuit. The Toro Rosso driver was quickest ahead of McLaren’s Gary Paffett, Ferrari’s Luca Badoer and Williams’s Nico Hülkenberg.
BMW, who were running test driver Christian Klien, halted early after a mechanic received an electric shock after coming into contact […]
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Posted in July 22nd, 2008
After the drama of the rainsoaked Silverstone all eyes were on Lewis Hamilton at Hockenheim to see if he could repeat his spectacular victory -and he did, despite McLaren saddling him with a poor choice of strategy. Anyone who watched Lewis in GP2 will have recognised the inevitability of his charge back to the front […]
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