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Driver of the day ?

Fernando Alonso
9
82%
Robert Kubica
1
9%
Kimi Raikkonen
0
No votes
Nelson Piquet
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Sebastien Bourdais
0
No votes
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Felipe Massa
0
No votes
Mark Webber
1
9%
 
Total votes: 11
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:26 pm

Track temperature is 22 degress and air temperature is a low 16 degrees!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:26 pm

No rain is predicted during the race.
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:29 pm

Formation lap in 1 minute!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:29 pm

Formation lap underway!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:31 pm

All the drivers get away without problems
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:32 pm

Massa is starting on the softer compound hoping to make up a few places!

Drivers are back on the starting grid.
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:33 pm

Lights!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:36 pm

Raikkonen gets a great start and gets ahead of Hamilton but Hamilton attacks back and locks up at the end of the straight.

Nakajima and Coulthard collide and Coulthard retires!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:36 pm

Kubica leads from Alonso!

Kovalainen in second
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:37 pm

Massa was in front of Hamilton and they collide, Hamilton spins and rejoins at the end of the field
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:38 pm

Hamilton pits for fuel and he changes his strategy.
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:40 pm

Drama from the start of this race.

Top 8 on lap 3: Kubica, Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli, Raikkonen, Bourdais, Massa and Piquet
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:42 pm

Kubica leads Alonso by 1.6 seconds. Kovalainen is 1.1 seconds behind.

Raikkonen in 5th is right behind Trulli!
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:44 pm

Hamilton's huge lockup at the start forced him to pit as his front tyres had really bad flat spots.

Raikkonen takes 4th from Trulli
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Post by Ed » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:45 pm

Sutil crashes out of the race
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