FORMULA 1™ Grande Pr mio do Brasil 2007

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Op vrijdag 19 oktober 2007 22:40 schreef Walter_Sobchak het volgende:
Gezien het feit dat er m.i. ook geen voordeel uitgehaald is, maar wel een overtreding is begaan, lijkt een geldboete voor de hand liggend.

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Ow, voor Hans: Kimi in de regen

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Op vrijdag 19 oktober 2007 22:44 schreef Walter_Sobchak het volgende:
Ach, vooruit: nog een paar

Onboard Kovalainen
Hamilton en Kimi near collision
Het jankende mietje
Hamilton vs. Raikkonen

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 02:20 schreef Stereotomy het volgende:
Ik hoop dat Alonso Hamilton van de baan rost.

Op de een of andere manier mag ik Hamilton echt niet, en hoewel die Alonso een klootzak is gun ik hem wel een wereldtitel.

Of Kimi natuurlijk.

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Hamilton told to keep podium joy in check
^{Posted at 6:10pm on 20 Oct 2007}

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has been told to keep a lid on his podium celebrations should he win the title in Monday morning's Brazilian season-ender, according to McLaren team boss Ron Dennis.

Hamilton, the 22-year-old British rookie has led the overall standings since April and is poised to become the youngest ever world champion.

He is four points ahead of team mate and double champion Fernando Alonso and seven clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

"There are regulations that govern the post-race procedures," Dennis said. "We are in a heightened atmosphere of compliance, and we were told to please make sure we strictly adhered to the regulations."

"I suppose their thoughts were (related to) the youthful behaviour Lewis may have (shown) if he would have been in the fortunate position of winning the world championship."

However an FIA spokesman cast doubt on Dennis's assertion.

"There are very clear podium procedures which all the teams must respect but the rumours that any special instructions were imparted to McLaren are, I'm afraid, more than a little far-fetched," he said.

Dennis, whose team were fined $100 million and stripped of all their constructors' points after a spying controversy with Ferrari earlier this year, said the reminder was issued to McLaren's team manager.

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 09:46 schreef NED het volgende:
En denk je nou echt dat als Hamilton hem wint dattie heel rustig op dat podium staat?

Die gast wordt gek dunkt me

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 09:39 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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100% FIA controlled. Ik vraag me af waar dat nu weer voor is ... geen zout in de wonden van Ferrari?

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 11:11 schreef voyeur het volgende:

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Kom op, lees er doorheen. Dit is gewoon 'spin' van McLaren. Die hele podium procedure is al lang geleden vastgelegd. Het staat Lewis vrij alle champagne op te drinken, te juichen of te springen. De Fia heeft ze gewoon herinnerd aan het feit dat Ron Dennis niet op het podium mag staan (deel van de straf, maar ook logisch omdat ze als constructeur niet winnen).

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Hamilton: Alonso teaching me victory
^{Byron Young reports from Interlagos 20/10/2007}

Lewis Hamilton has found a secret tutor for his crucial showdown with bitter rival Fernando Alonso - the Spaniard himself.

The canny 22-year-old has ordered a stack of videos of how his McLaren-Mercedes team-mate wrapped up the last two world titles here at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

And he has also studied the way Alonso's legendary predecessor Michael Schumacher grabbed a record five successive world titles.

Hamilton is treading virgin ground as he attempts to become the first rookie champion in the sport's 57-year history and achieve a feat that would make him greater than both of them.

Although he has won over a dozen titles in his rocketship ascent to Formula 1, who better to teach him how to handle the crushing pressure of grabbing the sport's biggest prize?

"I've looked at what Fernando has done for the last few years here and what Michael did in previous years and tried to learn something from their strengths or weaknesses," said Hamilton.

In the same baking crucible where Alonso wrenched the crown from Schumacher, he is trying to do the same to the Spaniard.

Even with the world watching he could afford a little joke at his own expense over his China visit to the sand-trap two weeks ago and said he had already done another bit of valuable research.

"I've checked and there is no gravel in the pit lane entry here," he joked. "I am going to do the same job as always but try to stay on the track this time!"

How do you begin to describe this boyman who, less than 26 racing hours after his Grand Prix arrival, could be crowned champion.

Sitting feet away from the humble Hamilton yesterday, it was difficult not to be impressed as he shoulders the hopes of a nation in his first season. At this level being competitive is tough enough for most rookies, winning is beyond all but the elite. Beating a champion even once is a rare event, leading one for most of the season was unheard of until now. And if he beats him to the title? All in his very first year? Amazing.

Many believe Hamilton has already earned the right to wear a Superman outfit. And yesterday he said he's love to do just that - and copy the exploits of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi who meets his fans on his celebration lap, grabs his national flag and dons wacky Batman or Superman outfits for the podium celebrations.

"Look at the way the fans hug him on the bike after a race. I'm not saying I want everyone to hug me but it would be cool to do the things he does. It does so much for the sport," he added.

The unique individual that he is, Hamilton said he is willing to risk the wrath of FIA officials and his own team if he finally manages to grasp his own dream and win.

"If someone passes me a Union Jack on the slowing down lap it'd be cool to fly it. My hero Ayrton Senna used to do it here. Massa did it last year. That'd be cool."

And he also promised to break another taboo if he triumphs and hurl his £2million race machine in a tyre-screaming, engine-wrecking circle known as a donut before getting out of the car.

"If I win I'll definitely do it," added Hamilton. "When a race finishes it's dull. You never see drivers doing donuts. It would be cool to finish a race and do a donut.

"The teams don't like it because you could break something but if it breaks I'll pay for it. I doubt they'd be happy but I'd do it anyway."

Behind a calm that is eery for one so young there is a glint that the enormity of what he could achieve is finally beginning to sink in.

"To be honest I try not to think about it," he added. "It blows my mind."

When he walked the track on Thursday to study every bump of this notorious track, he was asked if there was any growing sense of how it would feel when the empty grandstands are groaning under the weight of passionate Brazilian fans, the klaxons sound and the deafening samba drums strike up?

He added: "No, not really. Actually I love the track. It's a real racers' circuit." The perfect place for his coronation then.

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 13:35 schreef NED het volgende:
offtopic..... is vandaag niet ook qualify voor de champcar? En zoja, hoelaat?

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 14:57 schreef NED het volgende:
En de TV zend de qualify van de F1 niet live uit of hoe zie ik dat?

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 15:09 schreef NED het volgende:
In de OP bij TV gids staat: 18:30 - 20:10 kwalificatie
Dan is dat verkeerd

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Op zaterdag 20 oktober 2007 15:20 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
wow ... vettel een rondje in 0.018