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Driver of the day ?

Lewis Hamilton
4
33%
Nick Heidfeld
1
8%
Nico Rosberg
1
8%
Fernando Alonso
2
17%
Kazuki Nakajima (DNF)
0
No votes
Sebastien Bourdais (DNF)
3
25%
Kimi Raikkonen (DNF)
0
No votes
Robert Kubica (R)
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello (DSQ)
1
8%
 
Total votes: 12
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:38 pm

A number of cars have sustained some damage

Massa spun off at the first turn and hit the wall but managed to recover and has pitted and changed his front wing.

A number of retirements: Webber, Davidson, Vettel and Fisichella
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:40 pm

5 retirements now; Button is out also............ :shock: :shock: :shock:


Hamilton leads from Kubica and Kovalainen.......
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:40 pm

Button retires

Race restarts

Order on lap 3: Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Trulli, Barrichello and Raikkonen
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:42 pm

Alonso is in 10th, Massa in 17th
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:42 pm

Raikkonen's living up to his moniker of the Iceman.........started P15, dodged the carbon fibre festival of lap 1 and is now in 8th at the moment; Hamilton still leads
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:43 pm

Hamilton leads Kubica by 2.6 seconds on lap 5
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:45 pm

Hamilton currently has fast lap of the race, a 1:28.513[6]
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:47 pm

Order lap 7: Hamilton, Kubica (+4.3), Kovalainen, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Trulli, Barrichello, Raikkonen
Alonso 10th, Massa 17th

Retirements: Webber, Button, Davidson, Vettel, Fisichella
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:47 pm

Hamilton resets fast lap to 1:28.442[7]

Top-8 at the moment(just passing lap 8]...........
Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Trulli, Barrichello and Raikkonen
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:48 pm

Raikkonen is right behind Barrichello but hasn't been able to pass him for the last couple of laps
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:50 pm

Hamilton is pushing, he now leads by 7.6 seconds
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:53 pm

Sutil retires

6 cars have retired so far

Massa up to 15th after passing Piquet
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:53 pm

Hamilton currently holds fast lap of the race, 1:28.111[lap 9]

Barrichello still holding off Raikkonen for 7th; I was just thinking........isn't is funny that, on the one hand, Barrichello has a Ferrari chasing him.....on the other hand, former Ferrari engineer Ross Brawn now works for Honda...... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:54 pm

.....and again, Hamilton resets fast lap, now 1:28.007[13]
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:55 pm

Order lap 7: Hamilton, Kubica (+9.4), Kovalainen, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Trulli, Barrichello, Raikkonen
Alonso 10th, Massa 15th

Retirements: Sutil, Webber, Button, Davidson, Vettel, Fisichella
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