It was a boring and predictable race, there was no rain, no minor incidents, no major incidents, no nothing, just smog and dust.
1st place – Lewis Hamilton (94 pts)
2nd place – Felipe Massa (87 pts)
3rd place – Kimi Raikonnen
4th place – Fernando Alonso
Massa is 7 points behind, which means he will need 8 or more [...]
Please note that the Japanese GP will be held at a different time than other GPs so far. For Malaysia, the race will be on Sunday 12.30pm, NOT the usual 8pm. Please be informed.
To find out race start in your own local time, visit Formula1.com and click “Convert to My Local Time” at the race [...]
boston.com’s The Big Picture has compiled a great set of pictures that tells the story of the F1 2008 Singapore GP. Some of the pictures capture the emotional roller coaster that Fernando Alonso went through.
During Qualifying Round 2, Devastation after a fuel pump failure:
After the race, Jubilation, Winner of Singapore GP 2008:
More after the jump.
The [...]
The good folks at PF1 has produced an excellent write-up of “Winners and Losers” for the Singapore GP.
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Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1st
It just goes to show that good things come to those who can do a Basil Fawlty impression. Alonso was the big beneficiary of the Safety Car lottery, but what was quite clear was that [...]
From being the fastest in Practice 2 and Practice 3, to the lowly 15th in Qualifying due to mechanical failure in Round 2 of Qualifying, Fernando Alonso stormed to claim the first ever Singapore GP win in its maiden race!
It’s his first win of the season, and hopefully there’ll be more to come after this! [...]
This article hits the spot with the following conclusions:
What is indisputable, however, is that Hamilton produces more excitement, more drama, and more controversy than any other performer in F1.
Whatever their driver allegiance, a F1 fan cannot claim to be a F1 driver (sic, should’ve been “fan” here) if he did not enjoy the sight [...]
Looks like the Italian GP’s going to be exciting after all, what with the uncertainties and all. Kimi Raikonnen and Lewis Hamilton both will start from 14th and 15th position, while Felipe Massa will start from 6th.
Sebastian Vettel revels in Monza rain and is our youngest ever, first Toro Rosso pole sitter. In fact, it’s [...]
We are going into the Italian GP with uncertainties. McLaren has filed an appeal with FIA’s court of appeal, but it may only be heard after the Italian GP.
This means that even after the race, we still wouldn’t know who’s leading the driver’s championship. Nice going, FIA.
Monza seems like it’s going to be boring ol’ [...]
A good clip (and commentary) of Lewis Hamilton’s Spa manoeuvre that got him penalized and “down-modded” to 3rd.
Although he’s not exactly my favourite driver (okay, I don’t like him), but I personally think he deserved the win. A race is a race, and a win is a win, and IMHO he won it fair and [...]
Race stewards reviewed the footage of the duel between Kimi Raikonnen and Lewis Hamilton, and decided to add 25 seconds to Hamilton’s time, which effectively drops him to third position in the Belgium GP.
New driver’s standings:
Lewis Hamilton (76)
Felipe Massa (74) [-2]
Robert Kubica (58) [-16]
Source: Planet F1: Hamilton stripped of Belgium GP victory
