2007 F1 Italian Grand Prix (Monza)

[CVT]

Reminder to all F1 enthusiasts here that we're into another race weekend:

Saturday: 8th Sept - Qualifying at 8PM (Phil time)
Sunday: 9th Sept - Race Day at 8PM (Phil time)

3707:seesaw:

[squatt3r]

sana 1-2 finish na naman for Ferrari!

[jeffrocks]

OT lang po, meron bang SPEED channel dyan sa atin sa mga cables? shows like; F1 , GT motosports,NASCAR,Lost the race Lost your ride[dito pagtalo sa dragrace kotse mo ang taya],Drifting race,Monster race ng trucks or pick-ups,Motocross atbp ...curious lang...thanks

[mayana]

Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton

Monza, - ITALY : British McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton sits in the pits of the Monza racetrack, 07 September 2007 in Monza, during the first practice session of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix.
Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa leaves the pits of the Monza racetrack, 07 September 2007 in Monza, during the first practice session of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix.

[mayana]

[SIZE=3]Trulli, Kubica, Davidson[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Italian Toyota driver Jarno Trulli smiles in the pits of the Monza racetrack.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Polish BMW-Sauber driver Robert Kubica.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]British Super Aguri driver Anthony Davidson.[/SIZE]

[meledson]

Home court advantage para sa Ferrari. Kung mag dominate ang Ferrari dito, it could ba a relatively boring race. IMHO.

[mayana]

Kimi accident

A crane transports Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen’s car at the Monza racetrack, Raikkonen was unhurt after smashing his car into the barriers at the Variante Ascari chicane

Spectators watch the projection on a giant screen of Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen’s crash at the Monza racetrack during the third practice session of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. Spanish McLaren-Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso clocked the best time followed by team-mate British Lewis Hamilton and Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.

[mayana]

Formula One: Alonso to retire, or return to Renault

MADRID, Sept 8, 2007 (AFP) - Embattled Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is considering retirement, or could leave his McLaren team and return to Renault, according to reports here Saturday.
Alonso’s position with British team McLaren, whom he joined prior to this season, have reached breaking point amid the meteoric rise of English teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Developments this week concerning a so-called spying scandal on rivals Ferrari, however, have heaped further pressure on the Spanish two-time world champion.
Marca sports daily said Saturday that Alonso is “considering pulling out for good at the end of the season”, but gave no sources for its story.
The report added: “His chances of driving in a competitive team are lacking (...) and he wants to spend more time with his family.”
ABC daily newspaper suggested Alonso is set for a return to Renault, with whom he won both of his world championship titles, in 2005 and 2006.
“The chairman of the Spanish arm of Renault, Olivier Murguet, has affirmed in an interview with that talks on Alonso’s return to Renault are at an advanced stage,” said the paper.
However, a spokesman for Renault Spain attempted to play down the report.
“That was not what was said,” the spokesman told AFP.
Having been usurped this season by the talents of rookie teammate Hamilton, Alonso has now become the focus of an investigation by the sport’s ruling body the International Motoring Federation (FIA).
The FIA said Friday they would look into the possibility that a dossier containing secret information about Ferrari’s tyre and car set-ups had found its way to McLaren.
According to some reports the secret dossier found its way to Alonso, via McLaren team test driver Pedro de la Rosa.
It has been alleged that former Ferrari mechanic, Englishman Nigel Stepney, supplied information about Ferrari’s work, notably with Bridgestone tyres and car set-ups, to De la Rosa.
The FIA is set to meet next Thursday.
Alonso meanwhile topped Saturday’s morning free practice session ahead of the afternoon qualifying for pole position for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
Ahead of the 13th race of the 17-leg world championship, Hamilton, on 84 points, leads Alonso by five points with Brazilian Felipe Massa on 69.

[valskie01]

qualifying results
1.FA
2.LH
3.FM

GO mclaren!

[Orido]

valskie san mo napnood?? di ko kasi napanood sa star or espn ung qualifying eh!!!! wat tym ba ang tv airing non??

[musang]

pa post naman ng link kung saan may webcast. down kasi cable namin...

[mayana]

McLaren hit back in ‘spygate’ row

MONZA, Italy, Sept 9, 2007 (AFP) - McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has hit back at Italian prosecutors’ decision to serve the team legal writs at the paddock prior to qualifying for Sunday’s Formula One Grand Prix in Monza.
Spain’s double world champion Fernando Alonso secured pole position for McLaren ahead of championship-leading teammate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday, but their joy was tempered by the earlier arrival of police.
McLaren are facing allegations of illegally obtaining technical information on rivals Ferrari, and the affair which has been dubbed ‘spygate’ looks far from over.
But ahead of a potentially crucial meeting by the sport’s world ruling body the FIA this week, team boss Dennis hit out at prosecutors whom he says had tried to shake up his team ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s race.
“McLaren was not charged with anything,” said the team in a statement on Sunday.
“We strongly suspect that the nature and the timing of this wholly unnecessary contact, just before the start of qualifying, was to disrupt our preparation for this important session and Thursday’s world motor sport council hearing.
“McLaren is completely confident that were any proceedings of this type ever to be brought we would be completely exonerated.”
The team issued its statement in reaction to widespread and inaccurate reporting of Saturday’s events when the team were merely advised that Italian magistrates were including them within their range of inquiries into the so-called industrial espionage story following the leaking of a 780-pages Ferrari technical dossier to McLaren earlier this year.
A spokesman for the team said: “The team was informed on Saturday evening by Modena magistrates that they are involved in an ongoing investigation.”
It was confirmed that the named individuals under investigation included McLaren team chief Dennis, former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney, suspended McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan, McLaren chief executive Martin Whitmarsh and senior McLaren employees Paddy Lowe, Jonathan Neale and Rob Taylor.
It was reported, but not confirmed, that all of them might in due course be served an “avviso di garanzia” by the prosecutor in Modena, a legal notification that the person is suspected of a crime and is being investigated. This does not mean necessarily that it will lead to a charge.
A similar investigation involving the Simtek and Williams Formula One teams followed the deaths of Austrian Roland Ratzenberger and Brazilian Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
The investigation, and the ‘spy story’, centers on allegations that Coughlan received the dossier of technical information, which was found in his home in England following a search, from Stepney.
Coughlan has been suspended and Stepney dismissed. Stepney has denied the accusations against him.

[GlennSter]

omiged..exciting first turn

FA
LH
FM
KR

1ST 1st lap.herhehrer

mamaya nako gagawa ng assignments =P

[jeffrocks]

It's sunday morning here in Miami 8:20 and watching it on SPEED Channel,Direct TV...

[GlennSter]

retirement for massa....

tsktskts..unlucky day for ferrari....

[dxx_ddf]

rerults:

1. FA
2. LH
3. KR

1-2 for Mclaren!

[dxx_ddf]

results:

1. FA
2. LH
3. KR

1-2 for Mclaren!

[GlennSter]

gaaaahh/...2nd nanaman si idol...

[jeffrocks]

Great Race!!!!

[meledson]

Nice race . Ok ang overtaking ni Hamilton kay Kimi. Nagulat si Kimi .