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Driver of the day ?

Felipe Massa
7
88%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
0
No votes
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Sebastian Vettel
1
13%
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 8

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:05 pm

Ferrari pit crew ready for Massa

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:06 pm

Massa pits and as he exits, he is side by side with Sutil. That was close!

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:09 pm

Massa's car is under investigation for leaving the pits in an unsafe fashion!

Hamilton pits

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:10 pm

If Massa is given a drive through, it could mean that Hamilton could win this race!

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:11 pm

Kubica pits from 3rd

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:12 pm

Raikkonen is pushing and is now just 1.3 seconds behind Kovalainen

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:14 pm

Sutil into the tyre barrier - yellow flags

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:16 pm

The incident involving Massa will be investigated after the race

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:17 pm

Kovalainen and Raikkonen go into the pits together.

Raikkonen moves while the fuel hose was still engaged

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:19 pm

One of the Ferrari pit crew seems to be injured and is being taken to the medical centre

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:20 pm

This has put Raikkonen in 6th place behind Trulli

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:20 pm

Disaster for Ferrari!

Raikkonen suffers an engine failure

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:22 pm

There are 11 laps remaining and Massa would be concerned!

He is 7.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton at this stage

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:24 pm

Order on lap 48: Massa, Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Trulli, Vettel. Glock and Rosberg

Retirements: Alonso, Raikkonen

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Post by Ed » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:27 pm

Massa and Hamilton are setting very similar lap times

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