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Massa wins in France

23Jun08

Brazilian Felipe Massa was handed victory in the French Grand Prix when Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen ran into problems with a broken exhaust. Raikkonen was in control of a race dominated by Ferrari when his right-hand exhaust cracked at half-distance. But such was Ferrari’s advantage that Raikkonen held on to second place. Jarno Trulli marked [...]


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The front row is painted red!

22Jun08

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will start Sunday’s French Grand Prix from the front row in Magny-Cours. Finn Raikkonen secured pole position with a lap of one minute, 16.449 seconds, with Massa 0.041 secs behind. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, demoted 10 places after a pit-lane crash in Montreal, will start from 13th after finishing third [...]


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Kubica wins in bizzare fashion

09Jun08

Robert Kubica took his and the BMW Sauber team’s first Formula One victory in a dramatic Canadian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton crashed out in the pits. Kubica survived an intervention by the safety car and a crumbling track that provoked errors from several drivers. Hamilton ended both his and Raikkonen’s race as he crashed into [...]


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Hamilton takes Canadian GP pole

08Jun08

Lewis Hamilton delivered a devastating last lap to claim a second successive pole for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver clocked one minute 17.886 seconds to better Robert Kubica’s mark for BMW Sauber by more than half a second. Kimi Raikkonen lines up third for Ferrari alongside Renault’s Fernando Alonso, who did well to [...]


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McLaren continue Monaco dominance

26May08

Lewis Hamilton clinched his first win at Monaco in an F1 car as he beat Kubica and Massa to the pole. Hamilton’s race almost came to an early end when he lost control in the rain on lap six and hit the barrier at Tabac corner. But while the glancing blow gave him a puncture [...]


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Massa takes Pole in Qualifying

25May08

Felipe Massa snatched pole as Ferrari sprang a surprise to lock out the front row for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Massa overhauled team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the last with a blistering lap of one minute, 15.787 seconds. Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen start on the second row for McLaren, who saw their traditional dominance in [...]


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