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  • Pommie#7
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:17 am Reply with quote
This is the Official Forumla1 topic for the year of 2008.

Post news, thoughts, favourites, whatever you feel like aslong as its to do with this type of motorsports.

 
  • putrum6
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:33 pm Reply with quote
I think that Ferrari will win again but this time more clearly because McLaren will be worse and don't think that Renault can win.

 
  • Raul
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:51 pm Reply with quote
Ferrari and Mclaren are the favs but I would keep an eye on Renault... since the double world champion is back Cool

 
  • Pommie#7
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Post Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:04 am Reply with quote
Yer Renault will be stronger theres no doubt, but Heikki Kovalainen will be one to watch i think, his partnered with Lewis Hamilton could well turn out to be a dealdy combination. Kimi will be the favourite to retain the championship, but i cant see him doing it to be honest.

Im hoping Jensen Button can put in a good performance this year after an embarrasing one last season.

 
  • Sparkyjinx
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:04 pm Reply with quote
What's going on in sunny Spain?!

Shocked Surprised




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Racist motorsport fans who hurled abuse at Lewis Hamilton could cost Spain its Grand Prix if they strike again.

A group of Spanish spectators blacked up their faces and wore wigs and T-shirts daubed with 'Hamilton's familly' (sic), before hurling abuse at the Formula One star at the weekend.


Witnesses said the group shouted "black s***" and "f****** blacks" whenever Hamilton made a pitstop at Barcelona's Montmelo circuit, as he tested a new car on Saturday.

Abused: Lewis Hamilton pictured during testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has condemned the behaviour and threatened Spain with punishment if further racism is reported.

An FIA spokesman said: "FIA are surprised and disappointed at the abuse directed at Lewis Hamilton.

"An act of this kind is a clear breach of the principles enshrined in the FIA statutes, and any repetition will result in sanctions."

Test team manager Indy Lull said: "It is not right the way Lewis is being treated."


Hamilton is unpopular in Spain due to his tense relationship with former McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso last year.


Many Spanish fans see Hamilton as the reason Alonso quit the McLaren team early to re-join Renault after a pit-stop incident at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Spain is set to host two Grand Prixes this year - the Spanish race at Circuit de Catalunya in April and the European Grand Prix in Valencia in August.

This latest incident isn't the first time Spanish sports fans have been accused of racial abuse.

In 2004, English football players Shaun Wright-Phillips and Rio Ferdinand were subjected to monkey chants by some Spanish spectators at a friendly in Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium.

FIFA fined the Spanish football association £44,750.

The same year, Spanish football coach Luis Aragones was fined £2,000 by UEFA after he was filmed calling French Arsenal player Thierry Henry "a black s***".

Last year, Aragones successfully appealed the fine.

 
  • conner99
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:14 pm Reply with quote
yeah this does the sport no good and spoils it for the majority of fans who are there to watch the sport . I dont know why nothing was done at the time ....do they not have stewards or something ..they should have been ejected immediately ..

 
  • putrum6
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:17 pm Reply with quote
They were ejected.

 
  • Pommie#7
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:25 pm Reply with quote
Yeh twas a pretty disgraceful act. Dissapointed in it all really.

 
  • putrum6
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:29 pm Reply with quote
Well if you understand spanish and read some webs since last season isn't a surprise to see it, is the same but now is on tv.

 
  • conner99
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:50 pm Reply with quote
good they were ejected then ...would be a shame if this caused the loss of their Grand Prix though .

 
  • Raul
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:43 pm Reply with quote
It's ashaming. It's obvious people hate Hamilton here but this behaviour will only damage Cataluña and Spain in general. There are other better ways to show him he should shut up and leave Alonso alone...
Anyway, I hope those people get punished and those events won't happen again.

 
  • Ron
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:37 pm Reply with quote
After Hamilton was targeted by spectators the FIA put the Spanish motorsport federation on notice that any recurrence would lead to sanctions widely interpreted as a clear warning that Spain could be stripped of it,s two grand prix. Such abuse is a criminal offence under Spanish law I am lead to understand I could be wrong. This is a problem in other sports as well ,it has to be stamped out

Italian lawyers still want to speak to McLaren over last summer,s spy scandel. I think McLaren have payed for this £50 m fine and lost all construction points let,s hope this does not carry on over into this season.

 
  • papa5murf
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:42 pm Reply with quote
What are the odds that Renault will get busted for spying? It wouldn't surprise me if crybaby Alonso has some copies of McLaren and Ferrari shop/R&D manuals laying around somewhere.

 
  • Ron
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:02 pm Reply with quote
I like that papa5smurf Alonso comments "I don,t regret anything from last season I had a difficulties but I am here in 2008 ready to fight again". HE had difficulties.

 
  • putrum6
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:23 am Reply with quote
papa5murf wrote:
What are the odds that Renault will get busted for spying? It wouldn't surprise me if crybaby Alonso has some copies of McLaren and Ferrari shop/R&D manuals laying around somewhere.


I hate Alonso but when McLaren had Alonso's documents why used them? Where is the british fair play? Laughing

 
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:36 am Reply with quote
papa5murf wrote:
What are the odds that Renault will get busted for spying? It wouldn't surprise me if crybaby Alonso has some copies of McLaren and Ferrari shop/R&D manuals laying around somewhere.


Yeah, they are under a table in the cockpit, just next to Hamilton's father

 
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:07 pm Reply with quote
5 Germans will take part in the next season. We're the best Razz Laughing

 
  • Big Jono
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:16 pm Reply with quote
Was thinking of going to the Grand Prix here weekend after next but I just get back from the Gold Coast on that Thursday and tickets are pretty insanely expensive.

Will give it a miss this year.

 
  • Ron
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:23 pm Reply with quote
I'm going to try and get to Silverstone this year because their current contract end's in 2009.Silvrtstone are putting money into new paddocks complex a new business park and hotels. Even so Bernie Ecclestone has not guarantee that a British GP would stay on the calendar which is a bit sad seeing the amount of british drivers.Going to the Formula 3 at Oulton Park Easter weekend a hell of a lot cheaper, and far better to get photo's.

 
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:43 pm Reply with quote
come on hamilton this year

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