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Official Qualifying Classification

Ferrari hit back on Saturday with a front row lock out, Felipe Massa (in pole) qualifying nearly a second faster than Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Raikkonen is 2nd on the grid.

The first and second session were less dramatic this morning than last week. Williams were the only casualities - Nakajima eliminated in Q1 (the Jap is docked 10 grid places already), Rosberg going in Q2. Alonso just survived for the final 10, but Button and Coulthard could only manage 11th and 12th.

It was in the business end of qualifying that Ferrari shone in the Kuala Lumpur sun.

McLaren were simply no match for the reds, and although it is suspected that they are running a different fuel strategy, the sheer ease with which Ferrari set their times suggests the Italians have the upper-hand.

However, that was not the end of the story.

During the end of the session, Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld were on their final flying laps as almost everyone else was coming in slowly. Unfortunately for Heidfeld, he had his lap horribly disrupted by the cruising Hamilton and Kovalainen, and the German had to zig-zag to avoid them.

Following a stewards investigation into the incident, both Kovalainen and Hamilton have been pushed back 5 grid places, and so the McLaren pair are 8th and 9th on the grid, having qualified in 3rd and 4th.

This has pushed 5 drivers up the grid, in the following order: Trulli, Kubica, Heidfeld, Webber and Alonso. The other pilot to make the final session, Timo Glock, is uneffected by the penalty and remains 10th.

*** Please be aware that for the purposes of SupaLiga and Pure Fantasy F1 competition, only the official classification is considered for the qualifying predictions bonus points. Any following penalty, such as those given to McLaren, do not count.

[Salty25]

i can't get on to the website so i don't think i will be in the race as i haven't made any changes or anything

the website just wont load here.

I'm experiencing similiar problem right now, but I had already made my changes.

The deadline was 3am UK time, 4am (0400) Central European time.

[Topper]

The vendetta against McLaren seems to be continuing, both drivers docked 5 places on the grid, the footage I saw live this morning there were red cars and white cars as well impeding the flying laps of two cars why have they not been docked?... Looks like we are in for another engineered championship, that is a great shame I thought they had done all the blood letting last year

[Analoguesat]

i can't get on to the website so i don't think i will be in the race as i haven't made any changes or anything

Your previous settings carry over if you dont make any changes, so you are still in

[Salty25]

Your previous settings carry over if you dont make any changes, so you are still in

Yes wod, your team from Australia is your team until you make any changes, and who knows, not making changes might work out for the better this weekend!

It's hard not to feel aggrieved about the grid docking, I think the rationale behind it was that although quite a few cars were on go-slows, the McLaren pair were on the racing line as Heidfeld was coming, and so only them being there had a negative effect on his flying lap.

At least they are still in the race, and have a good chance at that. 4-5 years ago, it wouldn't have surprised me if they would have been forced to start from the pits.

[Topper]

Not the way I saw it 2 Ferraris 1 BMWs 2 McLarens all on the racing line as they had just completed their flying laps, they are penalising one team for the FIA's stupidity in not imposing a rule that all cars must have left the track within 2 minutes of completing their flying lap instead teams are crawling round to save fuel for the race and are thus mobile chicanes for any driver still doing a flying lap. It needs addressing and fast. The problem is the FIA are too proud to admit they got something wrong

[Salty25]

Totally agree about the FIA stupidity, I think they should set down a requirement in Q3 that all laps must be within 105-8% of the driver's fast time. If nothing else, it is very dangerous.

Here's the incident again (don't expect this to work in a couple of hours, the FOM are hot on Youtube apparently):



There are the two McLarens, Kubica and Webber further behind. Webber and Kubica are clearly off the racing line, while the McLarens remain on it. The onboard cam clearly shows that Heidfeld has to move off the line and that it results in a poor entry to the corner and a poor exit (mounting the curb, in fact).

I think it would have been fair if Kubica and Webber were also docked 1 grid slot, but I'm pretty sure they would have had a case for appeal, and that could have dragged on all day and night.

[Analoguesat]

Yes wod, your team from Australia is your team until you make any changes, and who knows, not making changes might work out for the better this weekend!

Yup it did - wod is now top .

Ive plummeted down to 8th after a dismal weekend so am heading back down to my more acustomed tail end charlie position

[wod]

yes this is a surprise as i'm never any good at these and my driver button did rather well i thought to get 10th place

[misterminibus]

I just don't like Lewis as the media coverage made me sick of him after 10 mins but it does seem that it's aimed at the silver arrows however this is a big issue and could result in a bad crash so it needs to be altred before it happens rather than later....

Having said that if Lewis can't be ars£d to join the GPDA then clearly he's not fussed about his safety in which case he deserves the penalty...
(will someone please help me down off my soapbox now) lol

[Topper]

(will someone please help me down off my soapbox now) lol

Are you sure those arthritic joints will bend that far in this in this cold weather? or should I call the fire brigade?

[Salty25]

Official Race Classification | Full Story

Ferrari hit back in Kuala Lumpur today, with a Kimi Raikkonen victory, but were it not for some unfortunate tyre changing, McLaren’s day may not have been bad either.

The Reds, with Massa on pole and Kimi beside his colleague, started from the front and never looked back. The Brazilian held 1st place right up until the first round of pit stops.

Raikkonen pitted a lap after Massa, and his in-lap was an astonishing effort – setting best times in sectors 1 and 2 before turning in for changes. As Raikkonen was being serviced, Massa made his way down the long starting straight, but the Finn was released just in time, and beat Massa to the first corner.

Kimi did not relinquish the overall race lead from this point onwards, but Massa did not remain in 2nd. Only 2 laps after losing the race lead to Kimi, Massa span off turn 8 and beached in the gravel. Race over for baby-face.

Hamilton’s race was more eventful right from the start, as he had to make up for the grid penalty handed down to him (and Kovalainen) after qualifying.

Hamilton had a good start, taking advantage of contact between others to slot into 5th. However, he was to experience a long period behind Mark Webber, who was able to slow down the Brit considerably in a good looking Red Bull.

Disaster hit Lewis during his first pit stop. The front right tyre just wouldn’t come off, and Hamilton took 19.9 seconds to leave the garage. To his credit, Lewis fought well to get into 5th by the end, and had he a little more time, he would perhaps have taken 4th from Jarno Trulli.

McLaren team mate Kovalainen, and BMW pilot Robert Kubica, had textbook races – no problems, good lap times, no dramas and duly deserved podium spots, with the Pole finishing in a best ever 2nd. It would be poignant to remember that Kubica was 5th before retirement in Australia, and had he held on to that place, he would now be 2nd in the Championship.

Taking the final points places were Nick Heidfeld (6th), Webber (7th), and Fernando Alonso (8th). Heidfeld and Alonso found themselves in a duel with Coulthard earlier in the race, and when all is said and done, might well feel they had a good day at the office. The Scot, however, won’t with a 9th place.

Drivers’ Championship

Hamilton now leads the title race by 3 points from Raikkonen and Heidfeld. Massa is yet to score a point.

Constructors’ Championship

Massa’s second retirement didn’t do Ferrari any favours, but BMW might now feel even more jammy-dodger’d about Kubica’s Aussie outage – the Germans would be 1 point off McLaren had he not dropped out! As it is, they trail McLaren by 5.

SupaLiga 2008


(Full table available in attachment)

ScotBordersF1’s stay at the top lasted 1 race, as they fell to 8th after a thoroughly disappointing 46pts.

New in top spot is wod’s Team. Very impressive for a new manager, proving that a lack of experience is of no importance at all!

Top scoring this weekend are Honda-Williams with 85. They move up 6 places, as do Slowhand Racing.

Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup > F1 SupaAberdeen are 104th and getting into the top 32 looks like a pipe dreams at the moment, but don’t give up Norm!


NEXT RACE > BAHRAIN GP @ SAKHIR > APRIL 6

[Salty25]

Yup it did - wod is now top .

Ive plummeted down to 8th after a dismal weekend so am heading back down to my more acustomed tail end charlie position

I'm pleased to be doing as well as I am, I suspect that we will be going up and down every race.

Well done wod, bet you don't care about not being able to change the team now!!!

[kleefarr]

A good day for us. Bet it doesn't happen too often though.

[Salty25]

A good day for us. Bet it doesn't happen too often though.

I bet Norm thought exactly the same thing after the first race last year, and look how well he done I think more than any year before, everyone has a chance.

[pazinho]

It's good to be in the podium :-)...so far...
Let's see how long this luck will last!

Good luck to all you guys for the next event!
See you on the finish line!

[misterminibus]

This is my Weekend guys, I know for a fact!....

I read it in the tea leaves

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Bahrain Grand Prix timetable:
Friday Practice 1 - 08.00-09.30 GMT / 09.00-10.30 CET / 10.00-11.30 Manama
Friday Practice 2 - 12.00-13.30 GMT / 13.00-14.30 CET / 14.00-15.30 Man
Saturday Practice - 09.00-10.00 GMT / 10.00-11.00 CET / 11.00-12.00 Man
Saturday Qualifying - 12.00 GMT / 13.00 CET / 14.00 Man
Sunday Race - 12.30 GMT / 13.30 CET / 14.30 Man

Horse's History


2007 - Currently in 4th, kleefarr was languishing in 12th after the trip to Bahrian. F1 Aberdeen were slowly building their insurmountable lead, and Linhas (just joined this weekend for this season, hi mate!) fell down 1 to 3rd.

2006 - With the points zero'd out after the two race 'warm-up' competition, which Speedy Devils won, Australia played host to race 3. T_G were top after the race, Speedy Devils were down to 3rd, and pipjacks were 2nd.

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Official Qualifying Classification

A slightly revamped qualifying format blew into the desert qualifying of the Bahrain GP, but it was the man from the Eastern Bloc, Robert Kubica, who really blew the sand in others' faces.

With the duration of each session now in reverse (Q1 is now 20 minutes, Q2 is 15 and Q3 only 10mins), the afternoon started slowly, but by the end of the first round of qualifying, there was a blitz of drivers crossing the line. The big casulty was Red Bull's David Coulthard, who was beaten to 16th by Sebastien Bourdais in the sister Toro Rosso car.

Q2 saw similiar in its conclusion, and Red Bull again were to be cruelly cut away. Mark Webber (11th) was outside of the top 10 by only 9 thousandths of a second, with Jenson Button as the wing clipper this time. Barrichello (12th) and Piquet (14th) also dropped out.

On to the all important final session, and after the first run-outs, Massa was quickest with Hamilton, Kovalainen and Raikkonen in the top 5 (3rd to 5th), but the surprise name with 4 minutes to go was BMW's Polish pilot Robert Kubica.

Raikkonen (4th) and Kovalainen (5th) could not threathen the top 3, and so the showdown was set. Hamilton was first to set his final time - 1st. Next up was Kubica, and to everyone's surprise, he trumped the Brit. Finally, the last man to set a time on Saturday was Massa. Approaching the line shortly after a slow Raikkonen, the Brazilian failed to beat Kubica, but did take 2nd on the grid. Hamilton starts tomorrow from 3rd. The questions around the grid will now focus on just how much fuel the three are carrying into the race.

Jenson Button and Honda are showing signs of progress under Ross Brawn, qualifying in 9th and sharing the fifth row of the grid with two-time champion Fernando Alonso.

Nick Heidfeld could not emulate his team mate's performance. The German is 6th on the grid alongside Jarno Trulli. Nico Rosberg is 8th.

[Salty25]

If anyone is wondering, I'll be posting the race report tomorrow night, bit tired today.

[Salty25]

Official Race Classification | Full Story

Ferrari kick started their season on Sunday, as Felipe Massa took victory in Bahrain, and teammate Kimi Raikkonen was also a comfortable 2nd.

Life was a beach in the desert sand for the reds, with a perfect start off the grid for both Massa and Raikkonen. Massa got off the start far quicker than pole-sitter Kubica, and Kimi jumped up to 2nd thanks to Hamilton’s terrible launch (more on that in a moment).

Shortly afterwards in lap 3, Kimi overtook Kubica for 2nd, and the Ferrari 1-2 was on. All that was left to decide was who would win – Massa or Kimi?

Racing at Ferrari is back, and Kimi pushed Massa throughout the first period of the race. It transpired that it was Massa who was carrying more fuel, and Massa led Kimi after the first pit stops. The battle continued, as the two exchanged fastest laps, and so the second pit stops would dictate the result. Kimi came in first, and in the same lap Massa set a new fastest lap. That was enough for the Brazilian, who came in the very next lap and came out ahead of Raikkonen.

Kubica was never at any risk of losing his 3rd place, and during the early stages of the race was even able to keep Raikkonen insight.

But what of Hamilton? Lewis’ day was a disaster! A nightmare start off the grid left the Brit ending the first lap in 9th, behind Fernando Alonso. And then the talking point of the race occurred in lap 2. Coming out of turn 3, Hamilton ran into the rear right tyre of Alonso, losing his front wing in the process. Conspiracy spiralled – Had Alonso ‘checked’ his enemy? The facts, as McLaren confirmed later, were that Hamilton’s front wing failed through the turn, resulting in the bizarre heightened acceleration exiting the turn. Hamilton would end the race bereft of points, in 13th.

Hamilton’s teammate, Heikki Kovalainen, had a far less eventful race, but coming in 5th will disappoint no one. Nick Heidfeld’s grand prix was also a quiet affair, but a 4th place finish makes BMW’s weekend another massive step forward – can the German outfit now challenge for a win?

The last three points paying positions went to Trulli, Webber, and Rosberg.

And finally, the Button-Coulthard incident! Chasing DC, Button dived into non-existent space into a tight turn, but before Jenson could pull away, he lost the back-end of the car and took a piggyback on Coulthard’s right side. DC, one would imagine, was not amused.

Drivers’ Championship

Raikkonen takes the lead in the Championship, with Heidfeld remaining in 2nd. Hamilton drops to 3rd, level on points with Kubica in 4th.

Constructors’ Championship

BMW sit at the top, with Ferrari a single point away and McLaren one more so.

SupaLiga 2008


(Full table available in attachment)

Team Oily becomes the third team in as many races to lead SupaLiga, up 1 place. The Outcasts make an equal jump to 2nd.

The champions F1 Aberdeen hit back, scoring 100pts to rocket to 3rd, one place above the fallen leaders, Team Wod.

My Dynamo team are now in 5th, booking 90pts in Bahrain. Late entrants Linhas BMW impressed with a start of 86pts

Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup > SupaAberdeen have improved this weekend, they now sit at 71st.


NEXT RACE > SPANISH GP @ CATALUNYA > APRIL 27

[misterminibus]

this is a rubbish game anyway, lets scrap it and start a fresh with a BTCC one shall we?

[Oily]

Wohoh,top spot,go Oily,go Oily!!

Only one problem with being top,there's only one way to go

[madsater]

Satellites.co.uk F1 SupaLiga 2008
Official League Website

You can join Satellites.co.uk’s very own Formula 1 Fantasy League now by signing up at http://www.purefantasyf1.net/en/ or the official league website (link above). And, as ever, it's 100% free to play!

NEW MEMBERS ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME, SO LONG AS YOU HAVE A POST COUNT OF AT LEAST 10 or YOU HAVE BEEN A FORUM MEMBER SINCE BEFORE 01/01/2008.

To join our private satellite.co.uk Fantasy League, F1 SupaLiga, simply register on the site, set-up a team, and then go to 'My Teams' on the left, click on 'Join a league' next to your team name, then on the following page look in the 'Individual private league' drop-down menu for the league's name - Satellites.co.uk F1 SupaLiga 2008, click on the league name, then input the password below:

everyturn

Please identify yourself on this thread so that I know that you're a forum member, and not just a passerby! FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN EJECTION

Since the new F1 season doesn’t start until March, I’d suggest members who join now write down on paper their username and password to avoid forgetting it! Alternatively, if you wish you can PM these details in confidence to myself.

2007 members - you can use your login from last season! Please try to keep the same team name as last season (unless you really want to change it ): And one more thing, the post count rule does not apply to you.

AlexBellisBrown – Spanish Armada
Analoguesat – ScotBordersF1
Chris – Slowhand Racing
dangermouse1977 – The Cunning Stunts
john_graydon – Delights
kleefarr – HondaWilliams
kreacher – Creatures
Lancelot – TSU (The Smeg Ups)
Linhas – Linhas BMW
MattJ – Draconigen
mhku – Patience
Norm – F1 Aberdeen
Oily – Team Oily
RedDevil_UK – Speedy Devils
rolfw – Burnin’ Rubber
Tom34 – Tom34
Topper – Tossers
wolfav – Bangers

I’m breaking my own rule though, because I can My new team name is Auto-Dynamo.

And don’t worry if you don’t want to register quite yet, I will remind everyone again much closer to the time!

Sorry about that... would of pm him if id knew? wont happen again,,,,, when wil i be able to pm people ?

[pazinho]

hehehe
One more week...one more step!

Congrats to Oily!