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<blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 547535" data-attributes="member: 185281"><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/799/6556/" target="_blank">Official Race Classification</a> | <a href="http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/9/8329.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a> | <a href="http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/9/8334.html" target="_blank">The Hamilton Penalty</a> </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">Kimi Raikkonen was seemingly knocked out of the title chase when Lewis Hamilton stole victory in the rain-soaked final laps of this afternoon’s Belgian Grand Prix, but the race stewards had the final say, penalising Hamilton and handing victory to Felipe Massa post-race.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">The day didn’t start well for Hamilton. Starting in pole, the Brit spun at the start of lap 2 and Raikkonen took advantage, leaving LH to chase the Finn.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">The first round of pit stops came and went, and Raikkonen at one time had a lead of over 5 seconds. However, the hard tyres that McLaren had saved for the second stop and final sector of the race were to prove invaluable for LH.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">Once equipped with the harder rubbers, Lewis was able to close the gap swiftly, but it would take the famous Spa rain to open up Raikkonen’s defences and see Hamilton overtake the Ice Man. In the penultimate lap, Hamilton attacked at La Source and went past Raikkonen, only for Lewis to slide and let Raikkonen back through again! But the favour was returned as Kimi aquaplaned before going off completely and finishing his race not soaked in champagne but in dirty water.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">And Lewis won again… or so we thought. After the race, the race officials re-analysed the Hamilton slide incident in which the McLaren driver clearly cut a corner but duely let Raikkonen repass. The verdict – unfair advantage!!! Hamilton was punished with a 25sec time penalty and loses the race win to none other than his biggest challenger for the World Championship – Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">The FIA jury is out, but for many the incident and judgement is as muddy as Kimi’s beached car.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">So, Felipe Massa takes the big points. In 2nd, having finished the actually race in 3rd, is Nick Heidfeld. When the rain began to fall with so few laps to go, few took the chance to pit for wets, but Heidfeld did and was rewarded for his daring in incredible fashion as the German passed at least 4 drivers in the final lap. This left Fernando Alonso having to settle off the podium in 4th.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">5th and 7th respectively were Toro Rosso’s two Sebs – Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais. Taking the other top 8 positions were Robert Kubica in 6th and Timo Glock in 8th.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #27638d">Drivers’ Championship</span></strong></a> | <a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/team/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #27638d">Constructors’ Championship</span></strong></a></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">With Felipe Massa confirmed as the official winner of the Belgian GP, Massa edges closer to Lewis Hamilton - 76pts to 74pts. Raikkonen has now fallen behind Robert Kubica and must now surely be considered an outsider. Ferrari still lead the constructor's championship, but McLaren continue to chip away at the lead with both cars finishing in the points.</span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"><a href="http://www.purefantasyf1.net/MyPFF1sat.asp?MYD=41&LA=En" target="_blank"><span style="color: #27638d">SupaLiga 2008</span></a></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachment.php?attachmentid=17656&stc=1&d=1220811208" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">(Full table available in attachment)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">The SupaLiga story has taken another dramatic twist as we have a new leader – Team Oily. Having threatened the leading pair in Valencia, Oily has blown the doors wide open with a season best equalling score of 132pts. With 5 races to go, and F1 Aberdeen and Dynamo both scoring +100pts this race, this is a championship that will go to the wire. Auto-Dynamo, with 1 GP in Europe remaining, are currently the favourites for the European Cup.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">This is only the second time in SupaLiga history that there have been 6 centurions. As well as the top 3, Ana’s ScotBordersF! (103pts), kleefarr’s Honda-Williams (111pts) and Tom34 (106pts) have all hit 3 figures. Misterminibus also had a great weekend, up 2 places to 10th and in the top 10 for the first time since Turkey.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"><em>Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup ></em> </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">F1 SupaAberdeen are now officially out of the Cup, finishing in 63rd and 61pts off the top 32</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">NEXT RACE > ITALIAN GP @ MONZA > SEPTEMBER 14</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salty25, post: 547535, member: 185281"] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][URL="http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/799/6556/"]Official Race Classification[/URL] | [URL="http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/9/8329.html"]Full Story[/URL] | [URL="http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/9/8334.html"]The Hamilton Penalty[/URL] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Kimi Raikkonen was seemingly knocked out of the title chase when Lewis Hamilton stole victory in the rain-soaked final laps of this afternoon’s Belgian Grand Prix, but the race stewards had the final say, penalising Hamilton and handing victory to Felipe Massa post-race.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]The day didn’t start well for Hamilton. Starting in pole, the Brit spun at the start of lap 2 and Raikkonen took advantage, leaving LH to chase the Finn.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]The first round of pit stops came and went, and Raikkonen at one time had a lead of over 5 seconds. However, the hard tyres that McLaren had saved for the second stop and final sector of the race were to prove invaluable for LH.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Once equipped with the harder rubbers, Lewis was able to close the gap swiftly, but it would take the famous Spa rain to open up Raikkonen’s defences and see Hamilton overtake the Ice Man. In the penultimate lap, Hamilton attacked at La Source and went past Raikkonen, only for Lewis to slide and let Raikkonen back through again! But the favour was returned as Kimi aquaplaned before going off completely and finishing his race not soaked in champagne but in dirty water.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]And Lewis won again… or so we thought. After the race, the race officials re-analysed the Hamilton slide incident in which the McLaren driver clearly cut a corner but duely let Raikkonen repass. The verdict – unfair advantage!!! Hamilton was punished with a 25sec time penalty and loses the race win to none other than his biggest challenger for the World Championship – Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]The FIA jury is out, but for many the incident and judgement is as muddy as Kimi’s beached car.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]So, Felipe Massa takes the big points. In 2nd, having finished the actually race in 3rd, is Nick Heidfeld. When the rain began to fall with so few laps to go, few took the chance to pit for wets, but Heidfeld did and was rewarded for his daring in incredible fashion as the German passed at least 4 drivers in the final lap. This left Fernando Alonso having to settle off the podium in 4th.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]5th and 7th respectively were Toro Rosso’s two Sebs – Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais. Taking the other top 8 positions were Robert Kubica in 6th and Timo Glock in 8th.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][URL="http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/"][B][COLOR=#27638d]Drivers’ Championship[/COLOR][/B][/URL] | [URL="http://www.formula1.com/results/team/"][B][COLOR=#27638d]Constructors’ Championship[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]With Felipe Massa confirmed as the official winner of the Belgian GP, Massa edges closer to Lewis Hamilton - 76pts to 74pts. Raikkonen has now fallen behind Robert Kubica and must now surely be considered an outsider. Ferrari still lead the constructor's championship, but McLaren continue to chip away at the lead with both cars finishing in the points.[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][URL="http://www.purefantasyf1.net/MyPFF1sat.asp?MYD=41&LA=En"][COLOR=#27638d]SupaLiga 2008[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black][IMG]http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachment.php?attachmentid=17656&stc=1&d=1220811208[/IMG][/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium](Full table available in attachment)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]The SupaLiga story has taken another dramatic twist as we have a new leader – Team Oily. Having threatened the leading pair in Valencia, Oily has blown the doors wide open with a season best equalling score of 132pts. With 5 races to go, and F1 Aberdeen and Dynamo both scoring +100pts this race, this is a championship that will go to the wire. Auto-Dynamo, with 1 GP in Europe remaining, are currently the favourites for the European Cup.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]This is only the second time in SupaLiga history that there have been 6 centurions. As well as the top 3, Ana’s ScotBordersF! (103pts), kleefarr’s Honda-Williams (111pts) and Tom34 (106pts) have all hit 3 figures. Misterminibus also had a great weekend, up 2 places to 10th and in the top 10 for the first time since Turkey.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][I]Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup >[/I] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]F1 SupaAberdeen are now officially out of the Cup, finishing in 63rd and 61pts off the top 32[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium].[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]NEXT RACE > ITALIAN GP @ MONZA > SEPTEMBER 14[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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