Official 2008 Formula 1 Racing Thread

[Phistar]

hell yesss! the time has once again come upon us!

Friday March 14 2008 officially kicks off the 2008 season of Formula 1 Racing!!1!!!!1111!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!111111!

this year is gonna be insane! NEW RULES! NEW DRIVERS! NEW TEAMS!

man, i'm super excited!

so here is the official schedule for the entire season!

01	2008 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)	14 - 16 Mar
02	2008 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)	21 - 23 Mar
03	2008 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Bahrain)	04 - 06 Apr
04	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008 (Catalunya)	25 - 27 Apr
05	2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul)	09 - 11 May
06	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008 (Monte Carlo)	22 - 25 May
07	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008 (Montreal)	06 - 08 Jun
08	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2008 (Magny-Cours)	20 - 22 Jun
09	2008 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone)	04 - 06 Jul
10	FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008 (Hockenheim)	18 - 20 Jul
11	FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2008 (Budapest)	01 - 03 Aug
12	2008 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)	22 - 24 Aug
13	2008 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps)	05 - 07 Sep
14	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2008 (Monza)	12 - 14 Sep
15	2008 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore)	26 - 28 Sep
16	2008 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Fuji Speedway)	10 - 12 Oct
17	2008 FORMULA 1 SINOPEC CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)	17 - 19 Oct
18	FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL 2008 (Sao Paulo)	31 Oct - 02 Nov

[Phistar]

i'm hoping and praying that this year that the Super Aguri Honda team will do real good this year!

definitely gotta do better to bring it up a few ranks this year cause they've been slacking the past 2 seasons!

[Phistar]

the very 1st race of the F1 season starts tonight in melbourne, australia at 12am EST

[Phistar]

2008 FIA Formula One World Championship Standings

Grand Prix Date Winning Driver Team Laps Time

Australian 16/03/2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 1:34:50.616
Malaysian 23/03/2008
Bahrain 06/04/2008
Spanish 27/04/2008
Turkish 11/05/2008
Monaco 25/05/2008
Canadian 08/06/2008
French 22/06/2008
British 06/07/2008
German 20/07/2008
Hungarian 03/08/2008
European 24/08/2008
Belgian 07/09/2008
Italian 14/09/2008
Singapore 28/09/2008
Japanese 12/10/2008
Chinese 19/10/2008
Brazilian 02/11/2008

2008 FIA Formula One World Championship Team Standings

Pos Team Points

1 McLaren-Mercedes 14
2 Williams-Toyota 9
3 BMW 8
4 Renault 5
5 STR-Ferrari 2
6 Ferrari 1
7 Toyota 0
8 Super Aguri-Honda 0
9 Red Bull-Renault 0
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
11 Honda 0

2008 FIZ Formula One World Championship Driver Standings

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points

1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 10
2 Nick Heidfeld German BMW 8
3 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 6
4 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4
6 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 3
7 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2
8 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 1
9 Robert Kubica Polish BMW 0
10 Timo Glock German Toyota 0
11 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 0
12 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
13 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 0
14 David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 0
15 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 0
16 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Ferrari 0
17 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 0
18 Jenson Button British Honda 0
19 Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0
20 Sebastian Vettel German STR-Ferrari 0
21 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Ferrari 0
22 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 0


only the first race of the season and both Honda teams/drivers make me sick to my stomach

[nwdave]

Originally Posted by Phister

Honda

If it wasn't for Barrichello being a dumbass Honda would've gotten a point or two.

I'm hoping Honda does well too. Another race in a few days woot. I love being on the west coast, makes for a great Saturday night (yes watching F1 live at 11pm is my idea of a great night).

[Phistar]

Originally Posted by nwdave

If it wasn't for Barrichello being a dumbass Honda would've gotten a point or two.

I'm hoping Honda does well too. Another race in a few days woot. I love being on the west coast, makes for a great Saturday night (yes watching F1 live at 11pm is my idea of a great night).

man, 2 honda teams and 4 drivers... they need to do better this weekend... for sure or i'm blowing them up!

yO! i'm giving you some REPs for being a fellow F1 lover homie!

can't wait for the next race

i most of the time spend my saturdays watching the race as well

[Phistar]

currently watching the live practice for race #2 in Kuala Lumpur

qualifying tomorrow night and then race saturday night

[Phistar]

Grand Prix	Date	Winning Driver	Team	Laps	Time
Australian	16/03/2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1:34:50.616
Malaysian	23/03/2008	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	1:31:18.555
Bahrain	06/04/2008
Spanish	27/04/2008
Turkish	11/05/2008
Monaco	25/05/2008
Canadian	08/06/2008
French	22/06/2008
British	06/07/2008
German	20/07/2008
Hungarian	03/08/2008
European	24/08/2008
Belgian	07/09/2008
Italian	14/09/2008
Singapore	28/09/2008
Japanese	12/10/2008
Chinese	19/10/2008
Brazilian	02/11/2008

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren-Mercedes	24
2	BMW	19
3	Ferrari	11
4	Williams-Toyota	9
5	Renault	6
6	Toyota	5
7	Red Bull-Renault	2
8	STR-Ferrari	2
9	Honda	0
10	Force India-Ferrari	0
11	Super Aguri-Honda	0

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	14
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	11
3	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW	11
4	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	10
5	Robert Kubica	Polish	BMW	8
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	6
7	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	6
8	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	5
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	Williams-Toyota	3
10	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull-Renault	2
11	Sebastien Bourdais	French	STR-Ferrari	2
12	David Coulthard	British	Red Bull-Renault	0
13	Jenson Button	British	Honda	0
14	Nelsinho Piquet	Brazilian	Renault	0
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Force India-Ferrari	0
16	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Honda	0
17	Anthony Davidson	British	Super Aguri-Honda	0
18	Takuma Sato	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0
19	Timo Glock	German	Toyota	0
20	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	0
21	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Ferrari	0
22	Sebastian Vettel	German	STR-Ferrari	0

[Phistar]

i am soo damn upset with both honda teams this season...

it's definitely time for some new drivers cause obviously these 4 drivers aren't doing no good this season!

well, let's see how next week's race is gonna turn out in Bahrain

[Phistar]

watching the practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix right now...

late tomorrow night is gonna be qualifying...

and then the race is gonna be sunday morning...

[Phistar]

i must say that since they took away Traction Control on the cars this year...

races this year are definitely better IMO cause it truely tests the drivers' skills in controlling their cars in the turns...

[Mr. Pink]

I am so, so disappointed in Lewis. He screwed the pooch right from the start, literally. Other than that it was a decent race, would've liked to have seen more fights for position, but every race cant be like that.

Oh, and who else thinks Coulthard should have been penalised for that bit with Button? I know Button went kamikaze into that corner, but still he had the space and DC totally turned into him.

[Phistar]

Grand Prix	Date	Winning Driver	Team	Laps	Time
Australian	16/03/2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1:34:50.616
Malaysian	23/03/2008	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	1:31:18.555
Bahrain	06/04/2008	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	1:31:06.970
Spanish	27/04/2008
Turkish	11/05/2008
Monaco	25/05/2008
Canadian	08/06/2008
French	22/06/2008
British	06/07/2008
German	20/07/2008
Hungarian	03/08/2008
European	24/08/2008
Belgian	07/09/2008
Italian	14/09/2008
Singapore	28/09/2008
Japanese	12/10/2008
Chinese	19/10/2008
Brazilian	02/11/2008

Pos	Team	Points
1	BMW	30
2	Ferrari	29
3	McLaren-Mercedes	28
4	Williams-Toyota	10
5	Toyota	8
6	Renault	6
7	Red Bull-Renault	4
8	STR-Ferrari	2
9	Honda	0
10	Force India-Ferrari	0
11	Super Aguri-Honda	0

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	19
2	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	14
4	Robert Kubica	Polish	BMW	14
5	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	14
6	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	10
7	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	8
8	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	7
9	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	6
10	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull-Renault	4
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	Williams-Toyota	3
12	Sebastien Bourdais	French	STR-Ferrari	2

[Phistar]

it's only beginning of the season, but damn, it's a real tight race in team and driver points!

[Mr. Pink]

Its gonna be a tight championship this year. And there are guys like Trulli that are picking up pace and will be getting into the fight here shortly. I cant wait for the Monaco Grand Prix, its gonna be awesome.