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Driver of the day

Lewis Hamilton
5
42%
Felipe Massa
1
8%
Nick Heidfeld
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
3
25%
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
1
8%
Sebastien Bourdais
0
No votes
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
2
17%
 
Total votes: 12
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:13 pm

Hamilton takes half a second from Raikkonen but that is likely due to backmarkers
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:14 pm

Light rain is starting to fall!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:15 pm

Only in a section of the track though
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:16 pm

A slow middle sector from Massa, is he being cautious ?
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:17 pm

Hamilton much closer to Raikkonen now

5 laps remaining
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Post by Snowy » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:18 pm

That was a big bite of the cherry. :shock:
Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button World Champions :)
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:19 pm

Gap down to under a second. Massa in 3rd 6 seconds behind Raikkonen
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:20 pm

Lewis struggles on the last lap and loses time to Raikkonen, gap back up to 2 seconds
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:21 pm

It is raining now!

3 laps to go!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:23 pm

Hamilton takes Raikkonen !!!
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Post by Snowy » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:25 pm

Crickey! :shock:
Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button World Champions :)
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:25 pm

It is all going crazy!

Raikkonen and Hamilton pass each other but Raikkonen ends up spinning and retiring!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:26 pm

Hamilton leads from Massa
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:29 pm

Hamilton wins!

Massa in second

Hiedfeld who opted to pit 2 laps from the end for intermediates finishes on the podium.

Alonso who pitted on the final lap for intermediates managed to recover back to 4th place
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Post by Snowy » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:30 pm

You don't see that every day. Madness :lol:
Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button World Champions :)
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