Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
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ING Renault F1 Team
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Honda Racing F1 Team
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Valencia (ES), 24th August 2008. Following his second-placed finish of the previous day, championship leader Esteban Gutierrez (Josef Kaufmann Racing) prevailed against the other 27 Formula BMW Europe starters in Valencia. (more…)
2008.08.24 It was a disappointing afternoon for the ING Renault F1 Team as Fernando Alonso retired on the opening lap of the European Grand Prix in Valencia, while teammate Nelson Piquet finished in 11th. (more…)
2008.08.24 Ten points for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro in the European Grand Prix thanks to Felipe Massa’s fourth win of the season, the team’s sixth of the year. Kimi Raikkonen had to retire at the start of lap 46 when lying sixth, because of an engine failure on his F2008. (more…)
2008.08.24 Valencia (ES). At the maiden F1 event in Valencia Robert Kubica finished third. It is the eighth podium for the BMW Sauber F1 Team in 2008 and the fifth this season for the Pole. Kubica started the European Grand Prix from third on the grid. Team mate Nick Heidfeld slid from eighth to ninth immediately after the start and did not score in Spain. (more…)
2008.08.24 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finished the European Grand Prix on the new Valencia street circuit in second and fourth positions respectively. After 57 laps (310.080km), Lewis came home 5.6sec behind winner Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Heikki was 39.7sec behind Felipe. Both drivers were on two-stop strategies; Lewis pitted on laps 17 (8.9sec) and 39 (7.1sec) while Heikki came in on laps 20 (9.4sec) and 43 (9.6sec). Vodafone McLaren Mercedes scored 13 points, more than any other team today, and reduced the gap in the Constructors’ Championship behind the leader, Ferrari, from 11 points to eight points; after 12 of 18 races, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes now has 113 points, while Ferrari has 121. Lewis extended his lead in the drivers’ rankings from five to six points; he now leads with 70 points ahead of Felipe (64 points). Heikki improved to fifth with 43 points.
LEWIS HAMILTON
“I can’t complain with second place today. This was a strong weekend for us despite my having a few problems health-wise, but we pulled through. The track was pretty difficult to overtake on, but I maintained the gap - our lap times showed that our overall pace was good, which was encouraging. Heikki and I scored 13 points today, which is very positive for the team, so I’d describe it as a satisfactory weekend for us.”
HEIKKI KOVALAINEN
“My start was good, and I was consequently able to overtake Kimi before the first corner. However, I’m not really happy with how the race went for me after that, because I had grip problems with the prime tyres in the first and second stints - whereas with the option tyres in the last stint I had much better grip and traction. As a result I could close the gap to Robert Kubica a little. At least I scored five points, but a podium would have been much nicer. Having said that, it’s good that the team scored a lot of points with Lewis’s second place and my fourth place.”
RON DENNIS
“We saw another extremely solid Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team performance today, the result of which was a very useful clutch of championship points, but in truth we lost the chance of outright victory yesterday in qualifying. In my view it’s pretty clear that if Lewis had qualified with the same level of fuel as Felipe, he’d probably have been able to control the race from the front. But the nature of the circuit dictated that it was always going to be difficult for him to overtake today - and, that being the case, we opted fairly early on to take the championship-strategic option of settling for second place. Following on from his victory in Hungary, Heikki also drove very strongly and helped bolster our points total in the constructors’ championship. He responded well to the pressure applied by Kimi and thoroughly deserved his fourth place.”
NORBERT HAUG
“I am quite satisfied. Lewis leads the Drivers’ World Championship, six points ahead of Felipe and 13 ahead of Kimi. No other team scored more points than we did today; we reduced the gap in the constructors’ and extended the lead in the drivers’ rankings. Congratulations to Felipe and Ferrari on their strong race and victory. The first grand prix here in Valencia was a great premiere - thank you to the organisers and to Bernie; this grand prix most certainly set an example. The most positive element was that the boxes containing our spare parts were kept closed all weekend - we didn’t need to fit a single replacement part throughout a race weekend that everybody thought might be full of crashes. We will now continue to work hard in order to be well prepared for the final third of the season, which will begin with back-to-back races at Spa and Monza, two particularly challenging circuits that will put maximum stress on the engines.”
Credit: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2008.08.24
European Grand Prix - Race Round-Up
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2008.08.24
Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) has won the twelfth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship from pole position after using a soft – soft – super soft tyre strategy in an exciting firstever European Grand Prix on the streets of Valencia in Spain. (more…)
2008.08.24
Car 10, MARK WEBBER, (Finish Position 12th, Start Position: 14th)
“We just weren’t quick enough. We were hoping for a few safety cars to come out during the race, so ran a one stop strategy, but it didn’t happen. It was a difficult race pace wise and we’ve got a lot of analysis to do.” (more…)
2008.08.24
SUNDAY 24 AUGUST, 2008
The AT&T Williams team secured a championship point today at the European Grand Prix. The city’s Mediterranean backdrop provided blistering conditions for this afternoon’s race which saw Nico Rosberg cross the line in eighth place to collect the team’s first point since Silverstone. (more…)
