Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Monday, June 18, 2007

Formula 1 Diary - US grand prix

McLaren have been right on top with their car's performance and reliability this year and the US grand prix was a testimony to their sheer domination. The first four cars that finished were the one's that started from the same positions on the grid. There were two instances where Alonso challenged Hamilton but couldn't get past due to superb driving by the latter. Turn 1 this year didn't provide too many crashes, only 6 cars retired from the race. McLaren go to France from here with 106 championship points in their kitty and Lewis leads the drivers championship with 58 points with Alonso on 48. With some upgrades expected on the car in France McLaren could emerge stronger.
Felipe Massa had a decent race and help up the challenge from fellow team mate Kimi Raikkonen in the finishing stages. Kimi lost 4 places in the starting lap but fought back agressively to gain all of them back. He was also set the fastest lap of the race at 1m13.117secs which could be signs of the Finn fighting back. Nick Heidfeld was driving well until his car simply gave up on him. Ferrari and Sauber have good cars and are the one's that can challenge McLaren. Surprisingly the Torro Rosso Car of Luizi was the fastest in terms of top speed hitting 335 kmph in the straight section from Turn 13 to Turn1.
1 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1h39:09.065
2 Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +1.518
3 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +12.842
4 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari +15.422
5 Heikki Kovalainen Renault +41.402
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1:06.703
7 Mark Webber Williams F1 +1:07.331
8 Sebastian Vettel BMW Sauber +1:07.783
9 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault +1 lap
10 Alex Wurz Williams F1 +1 lap
11 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri +1 lap
12 Jenson Button Honda Racing +1 lap
Can someone ask the Indianapolis Motoring Speedway authorities to do some publicity and get the stands filled? It's appalling to see stands vacant in the main straight track of the race.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Lewis Hamilton's first GP win

In April I quoted Lewis talk about getting his first GP win sometime this year and I was looking at one after the championship fights were settled. Last week in Montreal Lewis tasted success by clinching the first place for McLaren. It was a flawless drive for Lewis and the opposite for Fernando who kept spinning many times. Lewis Hamilton is already leading the championship points and Ron Dennis should be one happy man. Now if only Fernando Alonso take full advantage of his team and car, McLaren will be one unstoppable force this year. Ah, do I smell constructors championship for McLaren?

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Formula 1 Diary - Malaysian Grand Prix

The second race of the 2007 season kicked off in style. The first corner saw Alonso take the lead and close fight between Hamilton and Massa for about 8 laps till Hamilton established his place in the 2nd position. McLaren's race all the way with a one-two finish which saw Ron Dennis back on the podium for the Constructor's trophy and Alonso and Hamilton take 1 and 2 respectively. The last 10 laps of the race were scary with Kimi Raikkonnen closing in on Hamilton and almost was going to take off the 2nd position.

1 Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1h32.14.930

2 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +17.5 secs

3 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari +18.3 secs

4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +33.7 secs

5 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +36.7 secs

6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault +65.6 secs

7 Jarno Trulli Toyota +70.1 secs

8 Heikki Kovalainen Renault +72.0 secs

9 Alex Wurz Williams F1 +89.9 secs

10 Mark Webber Williams F1 +93.5 secs

11 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing +1 Lap

12 Jenson Button Honda Racing +1 Lap

13 Takuma Sato Super Aguri +1 Lap

14 Scott Speed Toro Rosso +1 Lap

15 Ralf Schumacher Toyota +1 Lap

16 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri +1 Lap

17 Tonio Luizzi Toro Rosso +1 Lap

18 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +1 Lap

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

253mph - Just Watch It!

An amazing video... By the end of it, you will be left with butterflies in your stomach... The background music is amazing... best with headphones...

Monday, March 19, 2007

Formula 1 Diary - Australian Grand Prix

The inaugural race of the year turned out to be closely fought and full of suspenses and surprises. The biggest one being rookie Lewis Hamilton getting a position on the podium in his debut F1 race. It turned out to be a particularly good start for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team as Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton took 2nd and 3rd places respectively. The 1st place was bagged by Kimi Raikkonnen driving his first race for Ferrari.

1) Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1h25m28.770
2) Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +7.242
3) Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +18.595
4) Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +38.763
5) Giancarlo Fisichella Renault +66469
6) Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +66.805
7) Nico Rosberg Williams F1 +1 lap
8) Ralf Schumacher Toyota +1 lap
9) Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 lap
10) Heikki Kovalainen Renault +1 lap
11) Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing +1 lap
12) Takuma Sato Super Aguri +1 lap
13) Mark Webber Williams F1 +1 lap
14) Tonio Luizzi Toro Rosso +1 lap
15) Jenson Button Honda Racing +1 lap
16) Anthony Davidson Super Aguri +2 laps
17) Adrian Sutil Spyker F1 +2 laps