Hopefuly I will have time to prepare some proper video edit of my 2008 Macau GP experience. But before that happens, here are approximately 4 minutes of sounds and sights from garages and Lisboa corner.

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It will take me a while before I manage to go through all my Macau GP photos. But as Macau Grand Prix is all about action I made some quick selection of some action photos from 2008 racing weekend in Macau.

Run run run before the cars return to Lisboa bend

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Here are the race results of the WTTC, Motorcycle Grand Prix and GT Cup races from Macau:

Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup race result:

1. Darryl O’YOUNG - HKG - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup - 31:01.710
2. Danny WATTS - GBR - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup - 31:03.830
3. Keita SAWA - JPN - Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 - 31:10.891
4. Cesar CAMPANICO - POR - Ferrari F360 Challenge - 31:12.353
5. Samson CHAN Kai Yiu - HKG - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup M -31:19.035
6. Nicholas THOMAS - NZL - Porsche 996 GT3 Cup - 31:25.428
7. Eddie YAU Junior - HKG - Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 - 31:26.462
8. Richard MEINS - GBR - Ferrari F360 Challenge - 31:30.183
9. Tunku HAMMAM - MAS - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S - 31:31.060
10. Francis TJIA - NED - Ferrari F360 Challenge - 31:31.713

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2008 Macau Formula 3 race - incident after incident

I just returned from Macau. What a weekend it was ! If someone likes the good old motor racing then Macau GP is definitelly the place to be. Zero glamour and lots of action ! Stay tuned for my Macau GP reviews, photos and videos.

For now the 2008 Windsor Arch Macau GP Formula 3 race result:

1. Keisuke KUNIMOTO - JPN - Tom’s - 41:01.864
2. Edoardo MORTARA - ITA - Signature Plus - 41:03.574
3. Brendon HARTLEY - NZL - Carlin Motorsport - 41:05.870
4. Mika MAKI - FIN - Signature Plus - 41:10.306
5. Renger van der ZANDE - NED - Prema Powerteam - 41:12.140
6. Laurens VANTHOOR - BEL - RC Motorsport - 41:14.839
7. Oliver TURVEY - GBR - Carlin Motorsport - 41:14.998
8. Walter GRUBMULLER - AUT - Hitech Racing - 41:16.559

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Edoardo Mortara looks like the man to beat this weekened in Macau. He was the quickest driver also in the 3rd session in Macau. He ended the final practice 0.117 ahead of Carlo van Dam.

There were several incidents in the final practice. Jaime Alguersuari crashed at the San Francisco Bend badly damaging his car. Another front runner, Carlo van Dam, had his off at the Lisboa but managed to stop the car before hitting the barriers.

Friday qualifying saw a change on the top - Carlo van Dam clocked the fastest time ahead of Sam Bird, Keisuke Kunimoto and the fastest driver in previous three sessions Edoardo Mortara. It was exciting session with Sam Bird on pole and improving in the first sector of his next lap when Kei Cozzolino hit the barriers at the Fishermen’s Bend. The session was red flagged with less than 4 minutes remaining. Only the cars with garages towards the exit of the pitlane had enough time to make one more run after the restart. It looked like Sam Bird may hold on to his pole but then Carlo van Dam grabbed the pole with only seconds remaining. Macau Formula 3 continues tomorrow with Qualifying Race.

You can listen to replay of radio commentary of two Friday’s sessions here (tri-lingual Portuguese, Cantonese and English):

Macau Formula 3 Friday Practice Radio
Macau Formula 3 Friday Qualifying Radio

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Edoardo Mortara fastest in Macau on Thursday

The 55th Macau GP begun on Thursday with the first practice and qualifying sessions. The fastest times in both Formula 3 session went to Italian driver Edoardo Mortara (Signature Plus), the runner up in 2008 Formula 2 Euroseries championship. Carlo van Dam, Roberto Streit and Roger van der Zande were all near the top in both sessions.

Macau is the track where it impossible not to crash and there were of these on Thursday. In the first practice Mika Maki crashed heavily at Fishermen’s Bend, Kazuya Oshima and Walter Grubmuller went off at Maternity Bend.

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We expect some big changes in the look of the Formula 1 cars in 2009 but as the season progresses the cars change even without new rules. Let’s have a look how the 2008 F1 cars looked in Melbourne and compare them with their look in Brazil:

Ferrari - Melbourne

Ferrari - Brazil

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Fernando Alonso returned Renault to the top of the podium

Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton - arguably the class of the 2008 Formula 1 field. Picking these five for my top 5 was the easy part. But how to rank them from 5 to 1 ?

All these five drivers outclassed their team mates, in Alonso’s case brutally. Those two with very equal machinery finished the season almost equal - one with 1 more point, the other one with 1 more win. Those three with less comepetitve cars in hand did not hesitate and took their chances when they came their way. All of them however also lacked the consistency, all of them had their days off or periods of slump. So here is how I rank the top 5 drivers of 2008 Formula 1 season:

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Kimi Raikkonen's last win came way back in April in Spain

The 2008 Formula 1 driver rankings continue with part 3 - ranks 10 to 6. I did not have too difficult time to select the five drivers for this post but giving them their ranks was a bit different story. Here is how I settled it:

10th Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari had bad start to the season in Australia but few races later, after Spanish GP, it looked like Kimi may be the man to beat in 2008. Unfortunately for him, that was the high point of his season. The mid season slump took him out of contention and by the time his form returned all he could do was to support Felipe Massa. He was outqualified by his team mate 12:6 and that says something about the roots of his problems. At the end Raikkonen managed to reclaim the 3rd place in drivers championship but only because the second McLaren driver was nowhere near the top and the BMW Sauber and Kubica lost the plot in the final 2 races. He made my top 10, but only just.

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The only purpose for this post is to mark this little landmark over here - the post number 1,000 on this blog. It took approximately 1 year and 9 months to get here. Thank you all who read this blog regularly and warm welcome to all those who end up here by accident .

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