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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:01 am
by mlittle
Alonso now 1 second behind Massa; Alonso tries to pass him............can't get it done; next corner, they're approaching Kovalainen.........both around Kovalainen...........Alonso's all over the back of Massa's Ferrari; this is getting great!!
Now on the backstraight, heading for the chicane...........Massa holds off Alonso through the chicane; dragrace now the frontstraight.........Massa holds him off!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:03 am
by mlittle
Massa and Alonso still neck-'n'-neck; both touch, but Alonso passes Massa; Alonso takes the lead!!!
Starting to pull away now, Alonso leads............
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:03 am
by mlittle
Rain's starting to increase now......Alonso leads Massa; can Massa put up a challenge?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:05 am
by mlittle
Top-8 are Alonso, Massa, Webber, Wurz, Coulthard, Kubica, Heidfeld and Kovalainen
3 laps to go.......Alonso still leads
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:06 am
by mlittle
Wurz is coming; he's closing the gap on Webber for a podium spot............
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:07 am
by mlittle
2 laps remaining; it looks like we will make the race distance..........
Massa has faded; Alonso appears to have the win in hand
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:09 am
by mlittle
Some of the teams short-filled on the last round of stops; could they run out of fuel?
Alonso now 8 seconds in front of Massa; Hamilton lining up Fisichella for a pass for 9th
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:13 am
by mlittle
And Alonso wins!!!
First win for the 2-time WDC since Monaco..............
Massa arrives home in 2nd
Webber and Wurz fight it out for third and a spot on the podium...........Webber gets the podium spot, but just barely in front of Wurz, who finishes 4th for Williams
Coulthard 5th, Heidfeld 6th, Kubica 7th and Kovalainen 8th; Hamilton finishes out of the points in 9th......
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:20 am
by gkaytaz
mlittle wrote:And Alonso wins!!!
First win for the 2-time WDC since Monaco..............
Massa arrives home in 2nd
Webber and Wurz fight it out for third and a spot on the podium...........Webber gets the podium spot, but just barely in front of Wurz, who finishes 4th for Williams
Coulthard 5th, Heidfeld 6th, Kubica 7th and Kovalainen 8th; Hamilton finishes out of the points in 9th......
Wow! What a race!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:21 am
by gkaytaz
BTW thanks mlittle
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:22 am
by mlittle
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:24 am
by gkaytaz
Wonder how Schumi himself felt about that...
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:24 am
by mlittle
gkaytaz wrote:BTW thanks mlittle
Thank you, gkaytaz.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:34 am
by gkaytaz
Certainly VERY eventful race...
Congrats to Alonso. He did very well.
Massa: losing at the very last? Disappointing.
Webber and Coulthard: Great job. Both of em.
Wurz: Quite good. He started real slow but managed to pick up speed in time.
Kube and Heidi: They certainly took the opportunity. Could have been better. Then again considering Heidfeld's 6 (SIX!) stops he's still amazingly up there.
Kovalainen: Too big of a gamble. He didn't need that.
Hamilton: Too many mistakes; both driver errors and strategy problems. He drove just about okay.
Raikkonen: He's back to the old days. Nurburgring is perhaps the most hated circuit in his book.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:36 am
by gkaytaz
As for the Driver of the Day: I think Alonso deserves it but DC and Webber are not far behind. I gotta make up my mind before Ed posts the poll.
