As a response to the requests from comments below the 2008 Formula 1 Engine Statistics post, here is the overview of the gearbox situation – who will start the next race with a new and who with an old gearbox (O – old, N – new). The 2008 rules require the gearbox last for four [...]
2008
2008 Formula 1 Engine Statistics
Here is the current status of old and new engines (O – old, N – new) for the next race. A little star (*) next to driver means that driver already used up the one penalty free engine change for this season.
I will update this table after every race. Every effort is made to keep [...]
2008
Malaysian F1 GP 2008 – Wolf’s Race Review
After the crazy Australian GP it looked for a while we may have another mad weekend in Malaysia. The rain and storm predictions however did not materialize (yet again ) and so we had an opportunity to see what the form of the teams is under normal conditions (if the usual heat and [...]
2008
2008 Prediction Game Round 2 Results
The round two results are in ! Few very good performers from round 1 missed out on this one, few woke up too late . On the other hand we have several new players joining in – welcome guys ! The winner of the round 2 is stew of F1-ToGo with 20 points. There [...]
2008
Malaysian F1 GP 2008 – Race Result – Raikkonen wins
Dominant Ferarri performance in Malaysia resulted in win for Kimi Raikkonen (and retirement for Felipe Massa). Strong second place went to Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) and third to Heikki Kovalainene (McLaren).
2008 Malaysian F1 GP Result:
1. Raikkonen – Ferrari – 1h31:18.555
2. Kubica – BMW Sauber + 19.570
3. Kovalainen – McLaren +38.450
4. [...]
2008
2008 F1 Prediction Game – Round 2 – Malaysian GP
The second race of the 2008 season is here – the circus moves to Malaysia this weekend. The weather forecasts suggest the weather may not be all sunny during the weekend. This is not going to make the predictions any easier
Few people missed out on round one but with 17 rounds still to [...]
2008
Malaysian F1 GP 2008 – Qualifying – Massa on Pole, McLaren penalized (Update 2)
All sorts of weather predictions (no rain in next 20 minutes, rain within 7 minutes, no rain for another 20 minutes) turned to early minutes of Q1 into a frenzy. All the cars (except Kovalainen and BMW Saubers) went out right away to record some times before the rain. No rain came… Fisichella, Nakajima, Bourdais, [...]
2008
Malaysian F1 GP 2008 – Saturday Practice
The final practice session in Malaysia did not make us any smarter. McLarens seem to have played the same game as they did week ago in Australia. They did not get anywhere near top ten. BMW Sauber show again they are a force to be reckoned with. After pretty quiet session Heidfeld stepped on the [...]
2008
Malaysian F1 GP 2008 – Friday Practice
There were heavy clouds around and above the Sepang track but no rain felt down during the Friday practice. The session 1 was dominated by Felipe Massa (on pole position here last year). The session 2 was all about Ferrari as well until the last few minutes when Lewis Hamilton stole the show.
The reliability problems [...]
2008
2008 Malaysian Formula 1 GP – Wolf’s Race Preview
The F1 news sites and blogs are still full of Australian GP reviews and comments but we are only 2 days from the start of the 10th Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend. It is time for Malaysian GP preview.
The race in Melbourne was unusually hot. In Sepang the drivers can expect the race to be [...]
Prodrive
Toro Rosso for sale – The end of B-teams in Formula ?
Only about a week ago an annoucement finally came from Super Aguri. The unofficial Honda B-team has been acquired by the Magma group. No details have been made public yet but the news emerged that major staff reshuffle and change of the name for the team is planned shortly.
Today Dietrich Mateschitz confirmed what newspapers have [...]
2008
Australian GP – The great F1 experience – But for how much longer ?
As you may have realized from my few previous posts and from the photos I came to Melbourne to see the opening race of the 2008 Formula 1 season. Last few years I went to Sepang, 5 hours shorter trip, but this time I decided to go to Melbourne and see how Aussies do it.
First [...]
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