Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Lewis Hamilton ’saved’ F1 last season.
Many predicted the sport would be dull following the retirement of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher at the end of the 2006 season.
However, F1 experienced one of its best seasons in recent history during 2007 after a closely fought battle between McLaren’s Hamilton and [...]
March 28, 2008
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Reliability problems for Raikkonen in Sepang
Ferrari’s F2008 may have been the quickest car at Sepang on Friday morning but it was also one of the more unreliable as Kimi Raikkonen once again found himself sitting on the sidelines while the action went on without him.
Shortly after moving to the top of the timesheets, the Finn [...]
March 21, 2008
Categories: F1 . Tags: australian grand prix, barrichello, felipe, ferrari, force, hamilton, india, kimi, massa, raikkonen . Author: mylow . Comments: 1 Comment
Australian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton believes there is more to come from McLaren-Mercedes this weekend in Malaysia.
Hamilton and team-mate Heikki Kovalainen picked up a total of 14 points in Melbourne, with rivals Ferrari scoring just a single point through world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
Having stormed to victory, Hamilton nevertheless claimed to have approached the [...]
March 20, 2008
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Lewis Hamilton has hailed his victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as the best of his career so far.
Starting from pole position, the 23-year-old McLaren-Mercedes driver led the race from start to finish, taking the chequered flag some 5.4 seconds ahead of BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld.
The victory was the fifth in a F1 [...]
March 18, 2008
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Fernando Alonso claims Lewis Hamilton has only himself to blame for the abuse he received at the Circuit de Catalunya earlier this month, because of his criticisms of the Spaniard.
Hamilton said in an interview last month that while the two were together at McLaren, Alonso had shown him “just how not to behave as a [...]
February 27, 2008
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Alonso struggles at rear of field
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British tyro Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the final pre-season test at Barcelona.
With the first grand prix of the season in Australia just 19 days away, Hamilton and his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen were considerably quicker than world champion Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari.
On a dry day, the [...]
February 27, 2008
Categories: F1 . Tags: australia, formula one, force india, ferrari, hamilton, alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Raikkonen, williams, F1 . Author: mylow . Comments: 1 Comment