Posted in Qualification on Apr 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
This year so far Qualification has always been ruled by the Red cars, Bahrain apparently was not going to change this. Massa stormed to secure the pole position ahead of Lewis Hamlinton. The Brazilian was the fastest in each section of qualification, an amazing testament to Ferrari’s speed over a single lap.
Followed by the duo were their team mates Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Both looked comparatively heavy to the top two an indication that this race might just be strategic fight at the Pit lane.
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Posted in After Race Talk on Apr 11th, 2007 3 Comments »
kimi said in his interview that,
“The whole weekend was quite difficult but I think we needed to compromise too many things and we lost too much speed because of those things, but it was one of those weekends where we needed to do what was most important and try to get as many points as we could. We just didn’t have enough speed today and couldn’t do much more.”
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Posted in After Race Talk on Apr 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Lewis Hamlinton (post race press conference):
That was the most difficult race I’ve ever had. To see two Ferraris behind you, two red blobs in the mirrors, knowing that they’re slightly lighter than you and slightly quicker than you, it’s very, very difficult to keep them behind. Felipe had a couple of moves, I think he tried into turn four a couple of times, but fortunately I was able to trick him into out-braking himself and get my car stopped and it was very fortunate that I was able to cut across and get back in front of him, to the point where he eventually went off, so I apologise for that but at the end of the day, we got the points, so it doesn’t really matter.
Two Red Blobs… Intresting description for the Scarlet cars!
“Trick him”… Talk about adding salt to the wounds.
Great race Hamlinton watch out for the two red blobs in Bahrain too 
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Posted in Race Results on Apr 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Mc Laren F1 team exorcised the race win demons that followed them in 2006 with a scintillatingly immaculate drive from two time world champion Fernando Alonso and Rookie Lewis Hamlinton. The duo took control of the race from the first corner and did not relent despite pressure from Massa initially and towards the end by Kimi.
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Posted in Qualification on Apr 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Ferrari and Mc Laren cleared all doubts on which teams are on the top of the pecking order by the ominous presence at Sepang. Massa stole pole from Alonso’s crutches seconds before Qualification could end. Kimi Raikonnen settled for a second row starting position with Lewis Hamlinton showing a well controlled performance to qualify 4th.
Earlier in the day everybody expected Ferrari to be unbeatable just weeks after their domination of the Australian Grand Prix, interestingly it was the Mc Laren of the two time world champ that set the pace. Alonso clocked the top of the times in Q1 and Q2, staying over four tenths of a second clear of anyone on track in Q2. Ferrari were right behind the Spaniard splitting the Mc Larens.
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