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Only a couple of days to go until this season starts. Will this one be Lewis Hamilton's? I think if he finds himself in the same position with two races to go it will be!

Winter testing times have been close (although you never really know if the same things are being compared) but obviously it'll be between McLaren and Ferrari for both titles.

Suilverstone tickets are available - 209 for a three day pass.

Should be a good one!!

taking my boys to Silverstone in July


McClaren and Ferrari obv.

From winter testing it appears Hamilton is quickedr than Kovaleinen

Raikkonen the man to beat

Expect big things from Heidfeld, Kubica and Vettel..hopefully mixing it near the front

I'm not sure if Ferrari can have as bad a run as they did at times during last season, which will mean that McLaren will really have to step it up. But hopefully they will!

I bet your boys will love it, especially if your connections can sort you something out too!!

they have!  Poor bugger has been pestered all winter

I dont think kovaleinen will do much at mclaren would love to see lewis win it this year he will be challenging of course but think it will be harder this yr then last with all the probs ferrari had.Anyone see the comments made from somebloke highly regarded in f1 about reversing the grid so the best cars would be at the back.Although this would make the race it self much more interesting (and although its much better than when ms was winning all the time still some races last year were very boring) it would spoil the sport as a wkend how would qualifiying work sometimes i enjoy that more than the race.They're desperate to make it more interesting for people but i don't think this is it.Would love to see them all drive the same car and then see who would win even just for one race.Hope Alonso doesnt make a podium the knob.

and breathe out.

lol

a good start then, never put a throttle wrong

the banning of traction control and driver aids made for much more exciting racing too.

Yeah I got up for it, just like I used to, would never of dreamed of doing that two or three years ago.

The fact they never showed him on the coverage said it all, pretty flawless. I do like the reduction in driver aids, it is going to mean that anything can happen at anytime. It certainly must have had some thing to do with Kimi's overshoot, and if he can make a mistake like that anyone can.

1 down, 17 to go!!

Dont think i can ever remember a race like this  where weather and track conditions didnt affect the race and still so few cars finished

well done the FIA   dont say that often

I can't see Ferrari not winning, despite the head start McClaren have, get it on @ 2.34 its like free money!

Ferrariaments

Free money still available at 1.9

good stuff

I had a little at 2.29 before the weekend after your post


At worst, Ferrari are an even money bet with McLaren, and at Malaysia looked a lot quicker so in practice the right price must be odds on

Good to hear, glad i didn't post my valoooo bet up for Malaysia (Kovalainen @ 32.0) was tradeable though.

Looking forward to Bahrain, should be some decent volume on betfair instead of this 7am lark!

There seems to be a bit of value on the 'will they be classified' market, a few of the lesser teams have some reliable cars but the market doesn't really give them credit, in particular RedBull.

This still has to be a quality bet @ 1.44

1.43 tonight trade it out after tomorrows race :D

Can trade it out now @ 1.36 not bad for 12hrs 'work'

Think i will just keep it though, really can't see how they will be caught.

great race, gotta love a bit of rain, makes Monaco so much more fun

wp Lewis, superb middle section of the race, battered them

v,v ul Sutil, great race and deserved better than that

Yeah it was really gud exciting race well done lewis needed that 1 raikonnens a donk sometimes harsh on sutil

Brilliant! Who says the Monaco GP is boring!

top entertainment

poor Sutil, fantastic drive then gets pranged when nailed on for good points

He was unlucky but there team guy although obviously gutted bit crazy to say raikonnen should get race ban what with the conditions of the track it was a mistake by kimi no more.

agreed, changing track conditions, simple driver error

Closed it out @ 1.27 happy days!

what a quality qualifying lap that was, different gravy!

FFS, missed the whole thing.

Top notch from the young man final corner was amaziing i think he had it off all 4 wheels lol get it won tmoro lad.

wow his last sector time was 33.0, that is astonishing!


One time mcclaren be unreliable!

Is it not likely that lewis could have less fuel to be going that much quicker than the ferrari's

Yeah he clearly does, or i hope he does! However his final sector time was .3 faster than everyone else! Sector 1 he was beaten, sector 2 he was a shade faster, sector 3 he destroyed!!

Sector 3 aint a bad area to nail as it allows you to get much closer down the pit straight and gives you an excellent opportunity to overtake into 1, not to much of a prob when you are on pole but as Murray Walker always said "anything can happen in Formula 1, and it usually does"

I have a sick bet linedup to make with 2 races of the season to go, really could do with Lewis out of contention by then....

Can't see this being the case flushy

Hamilton takes that last chicane like no other driver..higher up the kerbs, cutting the angle and slingshotting onto the final straight


they reckon the actual track is very worn. with no traction control either, this pm's race could be a stock car derby!

I really can, Ferrari are diff level around the European tracks.



Should be a good race, missed quali as i was at the skylive thing.

I think Kubica has a real chance today, he really does deserve a win, although i hope he doesnt for the same reason as i need lewis to feck up!

Guess only time will tell imo lewis will still be in contention with 2 races to go but you never what could happen.

I'm hoping there is a development coming from McLaren before or during the European season. If last season is anything to go by, if Lewis can avoid any China(?) type scenarios, then it'll be down to at least the last 2 races, if not the last itself.  He could do with pulling out a few more points today for that though.

What price will any of you lay me that Kubica is worldchamp before Hamilton?

Also, price for Hamilton to never be world champ?

Kubica out of contract end of season, Ferrari could well come knocking given Kimi is talking of giving up

short price

really?

wow, no idea how to price it but he will surely win one in the next 3-5 years. talented and very quick driver.

What price would u be expecting flushy

Kubia to be World Champion before Hamilton 7/2

Hamilton never to be world Champion 8/1

The longjectivity of these bets would make them difficult to take though.

oops..bit of a crash there...

How Raikkonen didn't give Hamilton a smack there I'll never know.

Hamilton will be sent to bed with no dinner this evening.

I thought he was going to as well.. bet Hamilton's dad would've legged it down the pit straight if he did..

makes this an exciting race then..

Raikkonen didn't even seem arsed as if it was him to blame bit strange clearly hamiltons fault but good thing he took kimi with him

Flushy will be a happy man. Not gaining 4 to 6 points on his rivals here will probably be very significant come the end of the season.

 ;whistle;

Who was on?

I wasn't far off, if you accept that getting demoted 10 places on the grid for the next Grand Prix = getting sent to bed with no dinner.

FFS Thats nightmare for lewis like. Flushy what price would u expect for hamilton to never win a championship

correct decision though

Rosberg same penalty

Raikkonen's penalty for going into the back of Sutil on a straight bit of road in Monaco? None

Both driver errors and Ferrari aren't punished. Shock horror.

There's a difference between a racing incident and getting red = stop, green = go mixed up though.

kimi lost control of his car, lewis ignored warning signals.

very different.

it's not like it's the first time the red light's come on on that track in the same situation, both driver and team should've been aware

Both driver errors

I agree there is a difference though, one of the cars was red.

it's not like it's the first time Kimi has been round that track in the same situation

I just don't see how driving into somebody can be punished in one situation and not in another. He didn't swerve to avoid anyone he just couldn't control his car and made an error. The sport is a bit of a joke at the moment.

I completely disagree. Kimi's was on a damp track and he lost control at speed and had nowhere to go

Lewis was in a pitlane, with a red signal with two stationary cars ahead..it was pure carelessness.

I am not a great Ferrari fan, so this is not bias, but I don't think you can compare the two incidents

but what offence do you think kimi was guilty of? he lost the back end of his car.

lewis was, I assume, punished for 'causing an avoidable accident' which is an offence under F1 rules and has a max penalty of a 10 position grid penalty

But if an unnecessary safety car hadn't been called then the accident would not have happened, clerk of the course's fault.
F1 will be like nascar soon,OO a piece of paper on the track, throw a yellow.

Let me be clear, i'm not an expert on F1. I take a passing interest and enjoy watching the racing.
I'm not arguing against you it is just in my opinion that if you crash in to somebody and it costs them the race then the same punishment should be suffered.
Loss of control of car or carelessness are both errors at the end of the day.

That is plain ridic, i haven't seen yesterdays race yet (all i know is i run good on which Polish outfit to back) however to suggest that every time a driver takes out another driver in racing conditions is just crazy. They push the machines to the extreme and there are always going to be accidents, there are rules in force to punish people if they do something stupid that could be avoided (known as doing a Coulthard) but racing incidents do happen, losing control of your car is something you can't be punished for.

Hamilton is still a bit of a donk.


I am not sure, its one of those bets in reality i would never make given the money will be tied up for 10 years, the Kubica before Hamilton one though i deffo want to get on. I think Kubica is the best driver in the sport and if he can pickup a ride at Ferrari then he is golden.

I was thinkin that myself hows about hamilton to win a world champs in next 3 years ?? (tbh you punch way above my wieght in gambling stakes so not sure i could offer anything you would be interested in anyway lol)

top of the drivers' championship

1     Kimi Raikkonen      48
2    Felipe Massa    48
3    Lewis Hamilton    48
4    Robert Kubica    46

I think 'close' sums it up

Is there a full trip report to come Mr End?

its in my diary mate, on the rail


a few pages back from the current

Ah! I should get out of here more obv!! I'll go have a nosey!!

Mclaren make a mess of it AGAIN Can Lewis save them the embarrasment Go on Son

Top top draw! To be fair I don't think anyone could have thought they were going to have the safety car out that long and they were nearly a second a lap quicker throughout so they always had a good shout either way. I think not bringing him in might have been to try and help Kov by not having him queue - but in the end that didn't work out either.

Cracking result and the car is looking v good. Could be Lewis Hamilton's year.

Another cracking drive from Lewis he's a Champion of the future 100% imo

The F1 cars look awesome under the lights, in practice from Singapore.

Ferrari are still Team Zippo....

LOL at Raikkonen.

huuuuge qualifying session from Lewis today, pole with Massa 5th. gg wp

worst start ever then gets shunted off by massa.1st to last in half a lap.
still fancy a point though

12th sigh,masa gets the single point Alonso wins.still 6 points clear

He's got to finish above Massa in China. (which he should have a good opportunity to do)

He must know at best 3rd place in Brazil is probable and needs that cushion.

Massa got 2 points,Bordais was penalised for daring to put his car on a piece of tarmac a Ferrari wanted to be on.

Absolute joke. How about Massa being fully in the pit lane exit when overtaking. If anyone had been pulling away it would have been v messy.

are you serious? Bordais got penalised for that? Massa drove straight into him.

FIA seriously need to look into the bias being shown on penalties

1 to go now. Massas home track,should be fun.

Glad that Lewis got the job done but i'll be suprised if anyone can a more boring race in the history of F1.

[X] Still worth getting up for

Finishes the last race, wins the title. He won't make the same error as last year and he can cruise to 5th at worse in that car.

fyp - tbf i do watch F1, but sometimes i wonder why...

Raikkonen, Trulli and Massa ahead of him on the grid, Peoples thoughts on how the race might unfold tomorrow?

Should be very interesting with Lewis back in the pack slightly

blinding, at least it will make it interesting to watch, it would've been blinding to see if he blew up from the front or something major went wrong anyway but this guarantees action.

as for predictions as to how the race will unfold, fck knows, the commentators were saying the other day how the teams have these Mensa financial geniuses as race strategists and the plans seem to go out of the window every week because of crashes or pit mistakes and penalties and these boys get paid $80 billion a week to come up with the best team strategy so who knows?

I wouldn't mind it too much if I was Lewis...4th is good enough and his, normally useless, team mate can protect him from anything that might happen in behind at the start...

If he doesn't do anything crazy at the start he should be OK. (barring bad luck, engine failures and all that)

This could be very special. In the dry I think Massa would coast it, and Lewis just has to be clever and bring it home. It looks like rain, so a massive chunk of randomness for when that happens. Surely Toyota are light, and any rain may cost them more.

Come on Lewis!!

Lets go lewis. This is gonna be incred

wow, that's proper weather, should liven things up

rain predicted 40mins in?

Any rain during the race will turn it into a lottery.... this could be interesting!

gg coulthard

Kovalainen is a complete spanner

I think leknave is going for the ferrari tactical job, he just said this to me;

Skittles says:
massa;s teammate should just crush into hamilton

I agree, and subsequently ban ferrari from this and next years championship

My heart was in my mouth then..

was so sick!

nerves of steel

Nice slo-mo of Nicole jiggling with delight in the pits.

This is going to be an epic ending if it rains

oops

F'ed up again...GG WP NH FYL.


Edit; WTF did Glock do there??????????????????????????

gg hamilton...so fckin sik

double oops

LOL

 rotflmfao

wowowowowowow

so sick

How close was that?  Jeez!

Wow i really don't like F1 but that was exciting.

Unbelievable.

lucky bastard!!!!

incred ending. sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

+1

omg what an end

LOL @ Ferrari jumping aroung thinking they'd won it

lol, so how much have maclaren paid glock?

wow wow wow wow wow, abs incred

one of the greatest ends to any sports event ever

gg, wp lewis

lol tis rigged, nice job Bernie E

fantastic Lewis wp

Abs brilliant ending.

lol was so comedy.  A+ tv.

 he went to 10/1 for SPOTY on the last lap from 2/5 on...and then back again LOL

Over the F'in mood for the bloke, 1st of very many as he is a cut above


Most exciting race i've ever witnessed,  Bring on 09

stick him in the force india next year and lets see how good he is :)

FML. It appears I like F1 even more than I thought. What a finish. Another jaw dislocation took a little bit away from the celebrations, but brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

I think it could be a very good job he got it this year. Get in.

Sporting drama at is very finest

Post race interviews suggested team told Lewis to let Vettel go with a few laps to go as they were convinced Glock would come back to him

If so, what a ballsy call that was!

http://www.itv-f1.com/VideoLive.aspx

still camera coverage of lewis

Edit: nm i bok'd it

(http://fotos.subefotos.com/a984babe3db3feffe4e295c5e18197cfo.gif)

oh and how flippin good is Vettel?

stick him in a Ferrari in a year or two and he'll be unstoppable.

Force India hope next years car will be Mercedes engined and MClaren designed, so perhaps not much different.

A+

that was quality bokking! LOLOLOL

Glock and Trulli both ran 1.44 for last lap.. only two left on slicks...should shut up the fixed brigade

Get them both at Wembley next year for The Race of Champions!!!! Vettel won it last year against the best drivers in the world, minus Hamilton and Kimi (who wouldnt possibly want to do anything remotely fun). I'll be having a ticket to that if they do get it again and Hamilton is added to last years lot.

Just around the corner. A nice ? space in the GB team to be filled yet...

http://www.raceofchampions.com/drivers,5.html

What a ending to the season. wp gg

and the jammy fooker is gonna finish it all of in bed with the pussycat doll...what a shite life pooor lad

That was an amazing race like last lap was unreal it was great to watch, lewis will win more championships than schumacher imo (there's a bold statement if ever a seen one lol) gg wp nice one

Laying at 10's here

Tight git! F1 is going to change over the next few years, I think titles are going to be wide open and even more difficult to come by.

Lewis aint in top 3 of driving talent.

What price you give on Lewis having won more titles than any other driver who is currently in F1 in 5 years time ?