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

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:26 pm
by Ed
No rain is predicted during the race.

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

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:29 pm
by Ed
Formation lap underway!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:31 pm
by Ed
All the drivers get away without problems

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:32 pm
by Ed
Massa is starting on the softer compound hoping to make up a few places!

Drivers are back on the starting grid.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:33 pm
by Ed
Lights!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:36 pm
by Ed
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!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:36 pm
by Ed
Kubica leads from Alonso!

Kovalainen in second

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:37 pm
by Ed
Massa was in front of Hamilton and they collide, Hamilton spins and rejoins at the end of the field

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:38 pm
by Ed
Hamilton pits for fuel and he changes his strategy.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:40 pm
by Ed
Drama from the start of this race.

Top 8 on lap 3: Kubica, Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli, Raikkonen, Bourdais, Massa and Piquet

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:42 pm
by Ed
Kubica leads Alonso by 1.6 seconds. Kovalainen is 1.1 seconds behind.

Raikkonen in 5th is right behind Trulli!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:44 pm
by Ed
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

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:45 pm
by Ed
Sutil crashes out of the race