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trish
05-11-08, 07:43 AM
ANyone see Max yet?
trish
05-11-08, 08:04 AM
Crash

Safety Car

Long walk for Fisi
trish
05-11-08, 08:11 AM
Bourdais in 14th. I think he gained when Vettel and Sutil made pit stops.

Out:
Fisichella
Nakajima
trish
05-11-08, 08:35 AM
Kovalainen should pass a few more cars as an early pit put him in the back. His time right now would place him in 6th. So he's pretty fast.
trish
05-11-08, 08:40 AM
Vettel just pit two times.

On track pass for the lead. Hamilton now in first.
Accipiter
05-11-08, 08:42 AM
No way! Hamilton by Massa. He'll never make it last, though. No fuel.
trish
05-11-08, 08:43 AM
Bourdais now in 17th.

Well, forget about that. Sebastien is in the gravel. Another safety car.
Accipiter
05-11-08, 08:46 AM
No safety car, just a local yellow.
trish
05-11-08, 08:57 AM
Well that was a nice bit of excitement. Glock and Kovaleinen on track action.
Insomniac
05-11-08, 10:58 AM
I wonder what McLaren's strategy would've been if Raikkonen got up to 3rd before the first pit stop? Hamilton was flying out there on the lighter fuel. It was pretty cool, but at the end, I think they didn't want to chance a safety car.
cameraman
05-12-08, 08:00 PM
Bourdais now in 17th.

Well, forget about that. Sebastien is in the gravel. Another safety car.

It seems some bit in the rear suspension failed which sent him off.
That and a dead fuel rig made for a wonderful weekend for Toro Rosso:shakehead
opinionated ow
05-12-08, 08:39 PM
that was one of the better races in recent years
oddlycalm
05-13-08, 06:20 PM
The track is what all of them should be. A good strategic race with decent passing. More evidence that getting rid of traction and launch control was brilliant.

oc
Gnam
05-13-08, 06:37 PM
Was Bridgestone really responsible for McLaren's three stops? Seems strange that only one team was pushing the tires to failure, and the solution was to push them harder by going faster.
Insomniac
05-14-08, 02:21 PM
Was Bridgestone really responsible for McLaren's three stops? Seems strange that only one team was pushing the tires to failure, and the solution was to push them harder by going faster.

The tires most likely were, but not Bridgestone. They provided the same two dry compounds to all teams for the race. They have four total dry compounds for the season. McLaren just found that tire combination and number of pit stops was the best strategy for them.
Gnam
05-20-08, 02:04 PM
pressdog chews on F1 Turkey GP.
Finds it doesn't taste like chicken.

more at Istanbul Massa-cre (http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2008/05/notes-taken-dur.html)