2008 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix

[Kitdy]

Vitaliy Petrov is looking quite promising for a future F1 driver.
Maybe a test driver at BMW next year?

Why do you link him with BMW?

[Zytek_Fan]

Why do you link him with BMW?

BMW always snatches up the promising ones from GP2. They did with Glock and Kubica.
And I'm pretty sure a Russian testing for BMW could help out BMW's market in Russia.

[fpv_gtho]

Kubica never raced in GP2, and they had a contract with Glock awhile before he won the title, since he came back from the US IIRC.

[SlickHolden]

Listening to the race last night thank god someone invented Mute!.

The 2 knobs commentating just shit me sideways with Lewis this and Lewis that.
Last night i felt they disrespected Mark Webber to much blaming him for wrecking Lewis Hamilton's race, They just seem to go on and on and on about it and put him down,
My opinion is if the kid is good enough then he could pass. He doesn't need your excuses and please get off his zipper he needs to drive.
I feel For Jenson he was the love child now they couldn't care less about him.

[faksta]

BMW always snatches up the promising ones from GP2. They did with Glock and Kubica.
And I'm pretty sure a Russian testing for BMW could help out BMW's market in Russia.

Could it be even better than now? BMW sells tons of cars in Russia, they're even produced here.

[faksta]

Listening to the race last night thank god someone invented Mute!.

The 2 knobs commentating just shit me sideways with Lewis this and Lewis that.
Last night i felt they disrespected Mark Webber to much blaming him for wrecking Lewis Hamilton's race, They just seem to go on and on and on about it and put him down,
My opinion is if the kid is good enough then he could pass. He doesn't need your excuses and please get off his zipper he needs to drive.
I feel For Jenson he was the love child now they couldn't care less about him.

Not good for them, as Lewis just couldn't drive fast enough to overtake Webber. Don't know what the problem was, but the fact is that he was slower.

[faksta]

from the article:
Instead of starting from pole, Schumacher - riding an 1000 ccm Honda Superbike - decided to join them on the last row, but then made his way up the field to finish third behind fellow Honda racer Bauer and Meklau, who was on a Suzuki. All three competed in the 600+ ccm category

If I understand you quite correct, you say that Schumi was on 600cc? But the part you provided clearly sais that Schumacher rode a 1000cc Honda, and the last phrase sais that all three riders competed in a category where no bikes with engines smaller than 600cc were allowed.
EErr.. Sorry if I understood you wrong, but that's what I've got from the previous posts...

[Sauc3]

If I understand you quite correct, you say that Schumi was on 600cc? But the part you provided clearly sais that Schumacher rode a 1000cc Honda, and the last phrase sais that all three riders competed in a category where no bikes with engines smaller than 600cc were allowed.
EErr.. Sorry if I understood you wrong, but that's what I've got from the previous posts...

Mostly correct.

They competed in a 600+(plus) ccm category, meaning that bikes including and up from 600cc were allowed. Schumacher was racing a 1000cc bike. I'm guessing you just missed the '+' in the original post.

[SlickHolden]

Not good for them, as Lewis just couldn't drive fast enough to overtake Webber. Don't know what the problem was, but the fact is that he was slower.

He seemed a touch off the pace all weekend, At times webber was matching or slightly faster, But to be honest he didn't seem to really attack him for that place so he might not have been in full confidence of his car?.

[faksta]

He seemed a touch off the pace all weekend, At times webber was matching or slightly faster, But to be honest he didn't seem to really attack him for that place so he might not have been in full confidence of his car?.

I guess yes, problems with car, maybe adjustments, as he asked his mechanics to change a wing angle.

[ringle]

Listening to the race last night thank god someone invented Mute!.

The 2 knobs commentating just shit me sideways with Lewis this and Lewis that.
Last night i felt they disrespected Mark Webber to much blaming him for wrecking Lewis Hamilton's race, They just seem to go on and on and on about it and put him down,
My opinion is if the kid is good enough then he could pass. He doesn't need your excuses and please get off his zipper he needs to drive.
I feel For Jenson he was the love child now they couldn't care less about him.

F1 is all about the car. Have Lewis and Jenson swap seats and the commentary would be the exact opposite. Or for that matter put Mark in a Silver Arrow and you would see him win races.

[fpv_gtho]

He seemed a touch off the pace all weekend, At times webber was matching or slightly faster, But to be honest he didn't seem to really attack him for that place so he might not have been in full confidence of his car?.

Both stints Hamilton was behind Webber, he was on the softer tyres which were graining. When theyre behind another car the performance drops significantly from the lost aero anyway. At most circuits, the car behind has to be almost 2 seconds a lap faster to overcome the lost aero and be able to overtake.

[Kitdy]

Rather interestingly, Button lapped faster than Massa, Kubica, and Kovalainen - that Honda has some speed there somehow or he is a wizard.

[fpv_gtho]

I think he just had good track conditions. The Honda isnt a faster car than the BMW, Ferrari and McLaren in any dry conditions. Fastest lap is just that, a lap.

[ringle]

Rather interestingly, Button lapped faster than Massa, Kubica, and Kovalainen - that Honda has some speed there somehow or he is a wizard.

The last lap or two of a race sees very different circumstances for all teams and cars. Most cars are at this point are on their lightest fuel loads all day having only one or two extra laps of fuel in them. Combine this with many cars now driving in clean air, some cars turning down the revs (to preserve engines for the next race) as they have very little chance of improving or losing their position, some cars still racing each other for position, some cars engines on their second race and being able to explore the limits, and an varied assortment of other anomalies all leading to very different lap times.