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Post by Murf » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:01 pm

Jeez, how dramatic was that!!!
Well done Lewis Hamilton :D

Pity Coulthard didnt have a good retirement race though :(
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Post by Cerberus » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:21 pm

My heart rate is still not back to normal...

jeeeez that was close!

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Post by esta » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:26 pm

What a CLOSE one!!!! By the skin of his teeth springs to mind!!! (If thats the right phrase... :dunno:) :lol:
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Post by Cerberus » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:55 pm

The sad thing is that the F1 boards have mow lit up with people
saying that Lewis isn't the champ becuse Glock 'cheated' and
'let' Lewis pass him!

I rewound the last five laps and watched them again and I was
still screaming at the telly even tho I knew the result. :lol:

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Post by Brasco » Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:15 pm

Ha FIA! HA!
Go Lewis!
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Post by Ral » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:37 pm

Congratulations to Lewis (and fans which I am not). Awesome achievement in his second year. I was cheering on Vettel and Glock, a shame Glock could not keep his times lower half a lap longer, but well done to him for as long as he did manage. If Toyota get their act together for next year, surely he will be a challenger as well.

Roll on next year, I hope Kimi gets his mojo back with the help of some practice mileage this winter to get the car to his liking :)

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Post by welsh-dragon » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:47 pm

Well done Lewis and also hats off to Massa for playing his part ....I thought his after-race comments were a testament to the guy considering he'd had it snatched away from him in such dramatic fashion.

And did anyone else enjoy seeing the euphoria on the Ferrari crew's face turn to despair.....tough shit Ferrari...you've got a great driver in Massa but dodgy decisions by the FIA were what stopped this championship being over before today!

'Nuff said....the right guy won the Championship! :D
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Post by Cerberus » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:47 pm

I lost faith in F1 halfway through the season because all of the stupid
decisions. That race was well worth a watch tho, great drama!

I can;t say I'm a Hamilton 'fan'. I dont lke or dislike him but I am
pleased for him and it's a great rags to riches story. I can't help
but feel sorry for Massa tho. How could you not feel for him standing
on top of the podium winner of his home GP and choking back the tears.

I hope he has a good title run again next year.

Raikkonen... wtf was wrong with him this year? He really didn't get
on with that car did he! I agree.. lots of milage for him on the off season
to get a car that he can work with next year. Possibly some 'driving in
the rain' lessons as well. He seemed to have totally lost his wet weather
setting this season!

Did you notic that he actually has the most 'fastest lap' this year? Usually
he was waking up in the last quarter of the race and banging in a stunning
lap! Why wasn't he doing that every lap? Perhaps he has just lost his
hunger?

I'm going to follow F1 next year but to be honest not as avidly or
energetically as this year. I've lost faith. I'll be tuning into the touring
cars more next year I think.

Sorry.. nothing on telly and waffling...

*gets coat*

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Post by DaKyy » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:31 pm

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71944

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 19:31 GMT

Hamilton's actions at the pitlane under investigation by the stewards


Oh dear...
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Post by Yossarian » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:57 pm

What!? That sucks!

Damn you.
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Post by Ral » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:30 pm

DaKyy wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71944

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 19:31 GMT

Hamilton's actions at the pitlane under investigation by the stewards


Oh dear...
grin. Check what's linked to, lesson no. 2 on how to behave safely on the intarweb :P

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Post by Cerberus » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:34 pm

DaKyy wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71944

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 19:31 GMT

Hamilton's actions at the pitlane under investigation by the stewards


Oh dear...
Oh no... flippin stewards.. again!

TerRifICK! ROLL on next season eh!


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Post by aibast » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:35 pm

hamilton deserved that win. As for Räikonen, well, its seems like he started racing when hald the gp was over. Feel bad for Massa, as he haven't made so much bad mistakes as last year. But feel better for Hamilton as he is a new Shumacher in the making :)
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