Fernando Alonso won the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix in frantastic style after a brilliant move on strategy. Rosberg finished behind the Spaniard and Lewis crossed the line 3rd. Kimi Raikonnen’s crash with 5 laps to go gave Ferrari a point-less race as Massa finished 13th after a pit lane incident ruined his amazing first stint.
Starting 15th on the grid it looked like points would have been impossible for the Spaniard but deciding to go light in the first stint worked perfectly. Alonso gained 3 places by the second corner and overtook a heavy Trulli before pitting. Then in a twist of fate, Nelson Piquet crashed dramatically into the wall forcing the safety car out.
Kubica and Rosberg pitted while the pitlane was closed and came out ahead of the Double World Champion. Fisichella and Trulli added to the confusion by staying on track and remaining P3 and P2 respectively. Kubica and Rosberg were given 10s stop go penalty causing them to lose the coveted chance of winning the race. With Fisichella and Trulli pitting, Alonso was left with a clear track to show the real potential of the R28.
Lapping within .2s of the fastest lap(which again went to Kimi Raikkonnen) Alonso put an amazing 23s towards the end of the race. Then Sutil crashed his Force India at the entrance of the tunnel bringing out the Safety car. The restart was faster than the previous safety car and saw Alonso pull away at over 2s a lap. The win was just a formality after this. Flavio wiping a tear as Alonso picked his 20th Race win of his career and first since Italy 2007.
Massa and Lewis controlled the race from the start running away from the others in fantastic fashion. Kimi’s late response saw him catching up the front pair towards the end of stint one. The fateful safety car ruined the race of the top 3 drivers forcing them to pit. Massa was further effected by the being released too early from the pit lane causing him to pull away the fuel rig with him. By the time Ferrari recovered, Kimi and Massa had lost too much time.
Lewis is now 7 points clear of Massa as the F1 championship reaches its home stretch. This win gives Renault breathing space from Toyota and Alonso 11 point lead over Vettel in the driver championship.
Race Results
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When Lewis Hamilton was handed a 25 second time penalty after the Belgian grand prix and stripped of his race win, I too felt sorry for him. Anybody who has worked very hard to fight and win a race probably deserves to keep the race win.
With the decision the entire F1 community went nuts. People were screaming at the FIA for being biased and taking (really stupid) swings at Ferrari over the incident (Last time I checked Lewis drove for Mc Laren) and Ferrari never complained to the FIA about the incident.
First I decided to ignore the craze but the wildness has gone to such an extent that some arguments I have heard in Lewis’ defense are outright moronic. So what is my opinion about what happened in the ending stages of the race? Read on…
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If anyone had predicted accurately the starting grid for the 2008 Spanish GP, they would have probably been laughed at. On a race track that was well known to every team and driver on the gird, came the most unexpected qualification sessions in a very long time.
Starting in the front row for the first time this season will be two champions. The man on the head of the grid would have been easily predictable but not the man that lines up next to him on row one. Fernando Alonso produced a magical evening of pace impressing in every session of qualification and finally producing something special to take P2.
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At The Thursday Press Conference in Barcelona:
Q: Lewis had a little blip at the last race. How were you able to help him during that weekend and how have you been able to help him since?
Pedro de la Rosa: A blip? What do you mean? A blip could mean also to go up. We hope that the blip comes here. Yes, he had a bad weekend but all we can do from the team’s point of view is to make sure that we make it as simple as possible for him not to make any mistakes. That’s what we have been focussing on for the past few weeks, to make sure that this won’t happen again. Not that he has to change anything, but from our point of view we make sure that is simpler for him to activate everything he has to from the cockpit.
You have to be kidding! 21 other drivers dont seem to need a “simpler” way to activate things from the cockpit.
Mc Laren have simply lost the plot, they cant try to fix every mistake of the driver, thats why the drivers get paid so much. I think they are really having a negative effect on his self confidence… Something tells me this ‘blip’ might be bigger than a blip, guess we have to wait for this weekend to find out.
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There haven’t been much updates at F1Jam.com but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been watching all the action on the track. And it seems like the ideal time to review all the action
Winners:
BMW: They seem to be the biggest gainers since the end of season 2007. Who would have guessed that they would lead the constructors world championship after 3 rounds.
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Lewis Hamilton won the Breakthrough of the Year Laureus award for his impressive debut season in Formula One last year. The Briton had finished the year one point short of becoming a world champion in his debut season.
Ironically the last time a F1 driver had won a similar honor, it was taken home by Juan Pablo Montoya. The Columbian had an up-down F1 career which saw him leave F1 for Nascar over a year ago. For Lewis’ sake lets hope the award ain’t jinxed.
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Force India F1’s 2008 challenger christened VJM01 was officially launched to the world. The car with its spanking gold, tungsten and white livery looks gorgeous. Here are a few pictures of the face of India in F1 for 2008.
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After a brief unexpected hiatus the F1Jam team is back to give you a different point of view of your favorite sport.
In a few months which saw the a lot changing… From the World Champions to the reordered backmarkers of the sport to the brutal sessions in the courtroom, the one thing we guarantee that has not changed is our drive to bring you the very best point of views of the sport.
Watch this space 
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There has already a lot been said officially and unofficially about the incidents surrounding the dying moment of qualification at the Hungaroring… Unfortunately there have been some perspectives that have been either overlooked or ignored by the Anti-Alonso, Pro-Hamilton and Slam-Mc Laren type of opinions that have flooded the net(A handful of honest opinions were also present and thank god for that).
I wont be talking about who did what on purpose, rather I would like to talk about facts pointed out by the important 3(Ron Dennis, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton).
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