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Quite the race. If your name was not Lewis Hamilton, chaos was involved.
Shocking that no Ferrari enigne finished the race- especially Bourdais not getting 4th when his engine expired with 3 to go.
When Kimi WAS running, he was darned fast, and even more brave- what he did in the openeing laps was awesome. I'm confused why Ferrari didn't bring him in during the safety car when the pits re-opened- and I also wonder how the tires factored into that OC when trying to pass Heikki.
Renault/Alonso are not as slow as qualifying, but it sure looks to be a one member team. Just like Fernando wanted....
Big Kudos to BMW and Williams- nice to see them both at the sharp end of the field. Also to STR- although it would have been nice for them to finish.
Smaller Kudos to Honda and Toyota- finding some performance.
Super Aguri? What is going on there???
At least the season has started!
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I might be biassed (being an Aussie), but Mark Webber must be one of the unluckiest drivers in F1 history!
It was a great spectacle though. The lack of traction control certainly kept things interesting.
I thought the race highlight was David Coulthard's interview after his retirement! Very funny!!
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I might be biassed (being an Aussie), but Mark Webber must be one of the unluckiest drivers in F1 history!
It was a great spectacle though. The lack of traction control certainly kept things interesting.
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Definitely more interesting w/o traction control.
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Damo105:
Did you actually attend the GP???
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Lot's of action, but nothing super exciting. I enjoyed today's NASCAR race a lot more.
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03-16-2008, 08:28 PM
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Lot's of action, but nothing super exciting. I enjoyed today's NASCAR race a lot more.
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03-16-2008, 08:43 PM
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Uh oh! Someone trying to 'stir' THAT pot again! Hey Tony having another boring day in So. Cal???
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Not trying to stir anything, just telling it how it is. I'm a big fan of both F1 and NASCAR. IMO, this weeks NASCAR race on the short track was more entertaining that yesterday's Australian GP.
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At Bristol I think they achieve speeds approaching, what, 85 mph??? 
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i went for saturday qualifying. top weekend. after driving 10 hours from sydney to melbourne we found free parking 50mts from gate enty and a seated front row spot on a general admission ticket.
heres a photo of the boys in the giulia before we left on friday night
also i think these are alfas in the historic pre race
in his second stop, hamilton was lucky to pit one lap before the safety car, otherwise raikennen would have effectivly been leading at that stage.
the pace car for the preliminary races was a red alfa brera.
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The SC rules are total crap for the sport and not creating more interest for the spectators.
Webber unlucky? What about Kimi? Now, I'm not really a Kimi fan but come on, pit strategy must have been a dice rolled or something. Had he not had such crappy luck he would probably had a good chance to win it.
Why did they not black flag Barri immediately?
Yes I'm upset, the race was total chaos and it wasn't all unavoidable from a race control perspective. 
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It’s quite strange that almost all teams has suffered problems but McLaren, It seems like the new technical rules doesn’t affect them…
What was doing kovalainen touching the steer buttons near the end of the race, when for him the final position in the race was clear?
For me it is very suspicious that McLaren electronics is the EMS supplier, nowadays is very ease to hide parts of the program and delete it without any trace…
After the affaire of the spying from McLaren to Ferrari, the FIA decision to establish McLaren Electronics as EMS supplier for all the teams is a source of suspicion, and not good for the Sport (more after the discovery of the availability of traction control when a combination of three buttons where push at the same time)
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After the affaire of the spying from McLaren to Ferrari, the FIA decision to establish McLaren Electronics as EMS supplier for all the teams is a source of suspicion, and not good for the Sport (more after the discovery of the availability of traction control when a combination of three buttons where push at the same time)
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On top of that, while it's easy to "blame" McClaren, all they did was win the bid to build the module, and ALL the other teams approved. If not, it would never have had happened.
If Ferrari is having problems, why arent the other teams?
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Oh, no; one race and the McLaren conspiracy theories begin already.
Yes, Kovalainen was pressing some secret 3-button code on the straight, because that's exactly where he'd need some special electronic help. And that "secret code" worked so well that he immediately lost the position he'd just gained. Very suspicious indeed.
At least we aren't still being told that Hamilton is only quick because he copies Alonso's race set-up...
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Consipracy theory
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Perhaps they should just ban all cars apart from Ferrari until 2025 - then it would all be clear and simple for us to understand 
All covered in detail here: Sniff Petrol
And what must the poor chaps in A1GP be thinking - all their engines are Ferrari
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