Italian Grand Prix : 14 Sep '08

Kuali Baba SG

Venue: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
Laps: 54
Race start: 2000 HRS SIN

The temple of speed and the home of the Tifosi (Ferrari fans) is the final European round of this seasons championship. It boasts the highest average speeds, and the atmosphere is simply stunning. Every team brings a special low-drag package to this track, where downforce levels are run at the absolute minimum. Thus, the cars are always twitchy and on the edge, but it is a trade-off for top speed, which can reach 360 km/h.

As expected, power is also a key factor to getting around quickly, engines are heavily stressed, and those drivers who have to run the same engines as they did at Spa will be disadvantaged. A car that is able to ride the chicane kerbs very well is also a very big plus. A one-pit stop strategy is possible, but the top 10 in qualifying will probably go for 2.

Hamilton leads Massa by 2 points after he was demoted after the Belgian Grand Prix, and he will be determined to fight back and improve on his 2nd place from last year. Raikkonen will not make it easy for either driver even though he is 19 points adrift. Look out for surprises from Toro Rosso, Toyota and BMW.

fatone SG

Heard rumours that Hamilton's gay, is it true?

Kuali Baba SG

He wouldn't be dating women if he were.

FP1 was a wet session that only got wetter still...hence the unusual look to the results:

Italian Grand Prix free practice session 1 times

1. SUTIL Force India 1m32.842s

2. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m33.428s

3. FISICHELLA Force India 1m33.695s

4. GLOCK Toyota 1m36.800s

5. ROSBERG Williams 1m36.900s

6. ALONSO Renault 1m36.965s

7. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m37.142s

8. TRULLI Toyota 1m37.214s

9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m37.392s

10. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m37.754s

11. PIQUET Renault 1m38.057s

12. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m38.303s

13. BUTTON Honda 1m39.062s

14. MASSA Ferrari 1m40.233s

15. HEIDFELD BMW No time

16. NAKAJIMA Williams No time

17. KUBICA BMW No time

18. KOVALAINEN McLaren No time

19. WEBBER Red Bull No time

20. HAMILTON McLaren No time

566117 SG

Heard rumours that Hamilton's gay, is it true?

Lewisinlove
http://www.lewishamiltonsucks.com/

Of course it could be edited...

youyayu SG

2k hotel fees nice

566117 SG

Italian Grand Prix free practice session 2 times

1. RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m23.861s
2. KUBICA        BMW           1m23.931s
3. HEIDFELD      BMW           1m23.947s
4. HAMILTON     McLaren       1m23.983s
5. ROSBERG       Williams      1m24.110s
6. MASSA         Ferrari       1m24.247s
7. KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m24.365s
8. WEBBER        Red Bull      1m24.521s
9. SUTIL         Force India   1m24.669s
10. VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m24.773s
11. COULTHARD     Red Bull      1m25.100s
12. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m25.192s
13. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m25.204s
14. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m25.296s
15. BUTTON        Honda         1m25.309s
16. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m25.330s
17. GLOCK         Toyota        1m25.397s
18. ALONSO        Renault       1m25.481s
19. TRULLI       Toyota        1m25.753s
20. PIQUET        Renault       1m26.195s

Kuali Baba SG

2k hotel fees nice

Wrong race, wrong thread.

And Hamster and Sutil were in an unfortunate position in that old photo.

fatone SG

Wrong race, wrong thread.

And Hamster and Sutil were in an unfortunate position in that old photo.

At least they're just holding hands and not you know what.

sand king SG

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Of course it could be edited...

i support this site!

Kuali Baba SG

Italian Grand Prix free practice session 3 times

1. GLOCK Toyota 1m35.464s
2. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m36.129s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m36.347s
4. TRULLI Toyota 1m36.686s
5. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m36.706s
6. HEIDFELD BMW 1m36.972s
7. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m37.015s
8. MASSA Ferrari 1m37.263s
9. ALONSO Renault 1m37.270s
10. FISICHELLA Force India 1m37.285s
11. SUTIL Force India 1m37.504s
12. KUBICA BMW 1m37.671s
13. WEBBER Red Bull 1m37.778s
14. PIQUET Renault 1m37.833s
15. BUTTON Honda 1m37.882s
16. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m38.689s
17. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m39.319s
18. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m41.164s
19. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m42.683s
20. HAMILTON McLaren 1m46.325s

566117 SG

Wow Kubica 11th, Raikkonen 14th & Hamilton 15th!

Kuali Baba SG

The home team is on pole! Vettel takes P1 for the first time ever.

Kuali Baba SG

Starting Grid

1. VETTEL Toro Rosso
2. KOVALAINEN McLaren
3. WEBBER Toro Rosso
4. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
5. ROSBERG Williams
6. MASSA Ferrari
7. TRULLI Toyota
8. ALONSO Renault
9. GLOCK Toyota
10. HEIDFELD BMW
11. KUBICA BMW
12. FISICHELLA Force India
13. COULTHARD Red Bull
14. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
15. HAMILTON McLaren
16. BARRICHELLO Honda
17. PIQUET Renault
18. NAKAJIMA Williams
19. BUTTON Honda
20. SUTIL Force India

sand king SG

whoa... underdogs take the the podium!

the Bear SG

Vettel!!!

what a race!!

sand king SG

was expecting to see more crashes... hope to see big ones in singapore.

the Bear SG

was expecting to see more crashes... hope to see big ones in singapore.

i'm going with my DSLR and my little sony and will try to take pics

sand king SG

i'm going with my DSLR and my little sony and will try to take pics

i got photographic memory, hahahahha just joking! hahaha, im just bringing my old Nikon F75... hope it doesn't rain. I don't have that elephant condom (plastic thingy for the cam).

566117 SG

Italian Grand Prix result (53 laps)

1. VETTEL Toro Rosso

2. KOVALAINEN McLaren +12.5s

3. KUBICA BMW +20.4s

4. ALONSO Renault +23.9s

5. HEIDFELD BMW +27.7s

6. MASSA Ferrari +28.8s

7. HAMILTON McLaren +29.0s

8. WEBBER Red Bull +32.0s

9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +39.4s

10. PIQUET Renault +54.4s

11. GLOCK Toyota +58.8s

12. NAKAJIMA Williams +1m02.0s

13. TRULLI Toyota +1m05.9s

14. ROSBERG Williams +1m08.6s

15. BUTTON Honda +1m13.3s

16. COULTHARD Red Bull +1 lap

17. BARRICHELLO Honda +1 lap

18. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap

19. SUTIL Force India +2 laps

R. FISICHELLA Force India +41 laps

Kuali Baba SG

Hamster really deserves an investigation this time for the 3 dangerous moves he made on Glock, Alonso and Webber in wet conditions. They recall a certain Schumacher's chops, which weren't popular either. I wonder if he is testing the reaction after the furore at Spa... anyone who's just tuned in to F1 won't have a good impression of him.

I say that the beautiful driving was done by the top 3, especially Vettel and Kubica - great tyre management from the latter!