2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Preview - Hamilton or Massa?

1 race to go in 2008 Formula One season and two driver are in the race of winning 2008 F1 Driver's Championship, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa and they will try their luck in the season ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Hamilton leading by 7 points to Massa.

If Hamilton win, he will become the youngest driver to win the title and only the second driver to win the championship in his second season, and the first Briton to take the crown since Damon Hill 12 years ago.

Hamilton also leading the season last year but lost Raikkonen in the last race. Technically, Hamilton needs only finish fifth even if Massa wins, in order to beat him by a single point.

For Massa, he has to win by 8 points difference with Hamilton and good thing is that his partner kimi is ready to help in the race if situation demands.

In the Construction Championship, Ferrari leading by 11 points to McLaren. McLaren needs one-two finish to have any realistic chance of securing both titles, whereas a third and eighth would secure the constructors’ crown for Ferrari.

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix - Circuit Details:

Sao Paulo

Race Date: 02 Nov 2008

Number of Laps: 71

Circuit Length: 4.309 km

Race Distance: 305.909 km

Lap Record: 1:11.473 - JP Montoya (2004)

Hamilton Won Chinese GP - 7 Points Lead over Massa

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren tighten the grip on 2008 Driver's Championship title as he won Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai circuit and extend his lead to 7 points with one race to go over closest rival Ferrari's Felipe Massa who finished 2nd. Raikkonen finished 3rd to take Ferrari's lead to 11 points in Construction Championship.

Hamilton started from pole and shown an error free race to cross the chequered flag ahead of two Ferrari's. Massa with the help of team-mate Kimi fought well to take the title race in the final race of the season at Brazilian Grand Prix after 2 weeks time.

Renault's Alonso finished fourth ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, whose title hope is over now, finished fifth and sixth respectively.

Tim Glock finished 7th for Toyota and Nelsinho Piquet got the final point of the race at 8th place. Same story for Force India F1 drivers Fisichella finished last at 17th place and Sutil retired after 13 laps.

Ferrai have taken a firm grip on Construction Championship with 1 race to go by 11 points over McLaren.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Felipe Massa - Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 17th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 94 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 87 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 75 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 69 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 156 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 145 Points

BMW - 135 Points

2008 Chinese Grand Prix - Hamilton takes Pole, Kimi 2nd

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton moves one step closer to clinch his maiden Driver's Championship as he grab pole position for the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday, 18th October, 2008 in Shanghai. Hamilton put a brilliant performance to clinch the 13th pole position of his Formula One career with a lap of 1m 36.303s. Ferrari drivers Raikkonen and Massa will start from 2nd and 3rd respectively on Sunday's Race Day.

Hamilton leading the championship by just 5 points to closest rival Massa of Ferrari and 12 points to BMW's Robert Kubica, who finished 11th. Hamilton have to finish six points better off than Massa to become the F1's youngest world champion.

Renault's Alonso qulaify fourth followed by Mclaren's Heikki Kovalainen. Red Bull's Mark Webber initially qualified sixth, but he will drop to 16th due to a 10-place grid penalty incurred after an engine change.

That means Heidfeld is sixth in his BMW Sauber, with the Toro Rosso duo of Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais seventh and ninth, sandwiching Toyota's Jarno Trulli, with Renault's Nelson Piquet climbing into the top 10.

Toyota's Timo Glock will start 12th, with Rubens Barrichello 13th for Honda, the Brazilian's highest placing for 10 races, with Nico Rosberg 14th for Williams. The Force India duo of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella again occupy the back row for the eighth time this season.

Chinese Grand Prix - 2nd Last Race of 2008 F1, Preview & Circuit Info

Two races to go in 2008 Formula One season and journey is moving to Chinese Grand Prix starting from Friday, 17th October to 19th October, 2008. Chinese GP is the 17th reson of the seaon, and consists of 56 laps of 5.451 km each.

The Championship is still wide open in both Driver's Championship and Construction Championship. In Driver's Championship it is now four way battle between Hamilton, Massa, Kubica and Raikkonen. If Hamilton win Chenese GP he will clinch the title.

In Construction Championship, Ferrari leading the race by 7 points with 142 points followed by McLaren and BMW with 135 and 128 poi nts respectively.

2008 Chinese Grand Prix Race, Circuit Details:

Shanghai

Race Date: 19 Oct 2008

Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km

Race Distance: 305.066 km

Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004)

Alonso Won 2008 Japanese Grand Prix - Kubica 2nd

Two time World Champion Renault's Fernando Alonso won back to back races as he won 2008 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway on Sunday, 12th October, 2008. Starting from fourth Alonso drive superbly to win two races in a row. Robert Kubica in BMW finished 2nd followed by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on 3rd.

Driver's Championship is still wide open as leader Lewis Hamilton unable to pick any points after finishing 12th while rival Massa got one points as he finished 8th and lead reduced to 6 points. Ferrari retake the lead with 140 points from McLaren by 5 points, while BMW closing the gap with 128 points.

Nelsinho Piquet in 2nd Renault finished 4th while Jarno Trulli in Toyota at 5th place followed by two Torro Rosso's driver Sabastien Bourdais and Sabastian Vettel at 6th and 7th place respectively.

Force India F1 drivers Fisichella and Sutil again repeated the same story and unable to finish the race.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso - Renault

Robert Kubica - BMW

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 16th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 84 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 78 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 72 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 63 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 140 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 135 Points

BMW - 128 Points

2008 Japanese Grand Prix - Hamilton takes Pole, Kimi 2nd

2008 Driver's Championship leader Lewis Hamilton moved one step forward to clinch championship as he takes pole position in the 2008 Fuji Japanese Grand Prix on Fuji Speedway. Rival Felipe Massa start from 5th position for Race Day on Sunday, 12th October, 2008.

The McLaren driver took the time of one minute 18.404 seconds while Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished second with a time of 1:18.644 seconds.

Hamilton's team-mate Heikki Kovalainen took third and Singapore Grand Prix winner Fernando Alonso fourth for Renault.

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, will start sixth while Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock in Toyota claiming seventh and eighth respectively. Toro Rosso pair Sebastien Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais round out the top 10.

2008 Japanese Grand Prix - Preview and circuit Details

2008 Formula One season is in its closing stages as only 3 races remains in this calendar year and next F1 race is Japanese Grand Prix starting from Friday, 10th October, 2008 to Race Day on Sunday 12th October, 2008 on Fuji Speedway.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leading the 2008 Driver's Championship by 7 points to Ferrari's Felippe Massa. McLaren leading the 2008 Construction Championship to Ferrari by just a singal point.

This is the 16th race of the 2008 season and only 2 races left after that and championship is going to be me more interesting and dynamic with more aggression from all the team.

2008 Japanese Grand Prix Race, Circuit Details:



Fuji Speedway

Race Date: 12 Oct 2008

Number of Laps: 67

Circuit Length: 4.563 km

Race Distance: 305.416 km

Lap Record: 1:28.193 - L Hamilton (2007)