Archive: August, 2007
Alonso Goes Fastest On Day Three
Fernando Alonso set the quickest lap at the Monza test again, beating Felipe Massa by over a second who ended his running in fourth, behind Robert Kubica’s BMW and David Coulthard’s Red Bull. Rain fell all morning and limited the teams to only a few laps, but conditions improved after the lunch break and most [...]
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Alonso Tops Day Two Of Monza Test
McLaren shared testing duties today at Monza between their two drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Hamilton took to the MP4-22 during the morning, while team mate Alonso went out after lunchtime. It was the Spaniard who managed to set the fastest lap around the historical circuit, and the pair were comfortably quicker than the [...]
Chunking May Have Caused Tyre Failure For Hamilton
Following the Turkish Grand Prix last weekend, Bridgestone have been working hard to work out exactly what happened to Lewis Hamilton’s front-right tyre that caused it to delaminate and essentially fail. Watching the race, it appeared to just go while under braking for turn nine, but the experts at Bridgestone have taken the tyre back [...]
Hamilton Tops Day One Of Monza Test
The pre-Italian Grand Prix test got underway today at the Monza circuit, located just North of Milan in one of Italy’s National Parks. With less than two weeks before the teams descend on the track en-masse, much time was spent on refining the set up of the cars. With the old Hockenheim no longer in [...]
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Massa Takes Second Successive Turkey Win
Felipe Massa has won his second Turkish Grand Prix in succession today, conquering the McLarens and beating his team mate in a fair and square fight that the young Brazilian dominated from the start through to the chequered flag. Converting his pole position yesterday, Felipe looked strong for the win, and the blunder Kimi Raikkonen [...]
Istanbul: Race Result
1.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
10pts
2.
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
8pts
3.
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
6pts
4.
Nick Heidfeld
BMW
5pts
5.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
4pts
6.
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
3pts
7.
Nico Rosberg
Williams
2pts
8.
Robert Kubica
BMW
1pt
