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Driver of the day ?

Fernando Alonso
8
67%
Nico Rosberg
2
17%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Timo Glock
1
8%
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Nick Heidfeld
0
No votes
David Coulthard
1
8%
Kazuki Nakajima
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 12

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:00 pm

Formation lap underway!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:02 pm

All the drivers get away cleanly. Fisichella is starting from the pits following his dramas yesterday

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:03 pm

Massa arrives at the starting grid!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:03 pm

Lights! Race start

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:04 pm

Massa gets a good start, Hamilton stays in second and Raikkonen in 3rd

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Order after the first lap: Massa, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Vettel, Glock, Kovalainen and Heidfeld

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:08 pm

Massa leads Hamilton by 1.2 seconds. Raikkonen is a further 3.7 seconds behind!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:09 pm

Kubica and Kovalainen touch without any visible damage

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:10 pm

Trulli in 9th is holding up a long queue of cars!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:12 pm

Massa extends his lead over Hamilton to 2 seconds on lap 4.
Raikkonen is a further 5 seconds behind!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:14 pm

Rosberg is trying his best to pass Trulli with no luck so far

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:16 pm

Rosberg manages to get ahead of Trulli. A bit clumsy as he locks up but makes it stick!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:19 pm

Nakajima passes Trulli and now Alonso is trying!

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:20 pm

Raikkonen sets the fastest lap of the race so far and he is now catching the front two

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:21 pm

Order on lap 9: Massa, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Vettel, Glock, Kovalainen and Heidfeld

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