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"The 2008 Formula 1 Season"

This is a place where I basically say what I want about the Formula 1 season.

My (ultra long) preview to the new season has been posted.

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Toro Rosso are only releasing a revision of their 2007 car with the new chassis coming after a few races.

I found out the results of Martin Brundle's appearance in the Formula Palmer Audi series at Spa. He finished 8th in race 1, 7th in race 2 and 6th in race 3. He beat his son twice and lost once. The reports say he was in a race long battle in the last 2 races and lost out both times.

Urgh, I can't believe what happened to Sutil. He deserved that 4th place and he ends up with nothing thanks to Raikkonen, who was rubbish today.

Everything really played into Hamilton's hands with the dry line appearing and the switch to dry tyres at the right time.

Grandprix wrote:
> Urgh, I can't believe what happened to Sutil. He deserved that
> 4th place and he ends up with nothing thanks to Raikkonen, who
> was rubbish today.
>

Couldn't agree more.I was gutted for Sutil,his giant killing act was the drive of the year so far for me .Can't believe he has not jumped right up the shopping lists of some bigger teams with that performance.I can see him in a Red Bull,Renault,BMW,Toyota etc. next year.At the start of the season Hamilton named him as well as Rosberg and Kubica as the guys he expects to give him a hard time over the next few seasons.As for Raikkonens performance today,perhaps the least impressive of his career ?.

It was a great shame, a truly brilliant performance in an utterly chaotic race. I've never actually seen a race put to the time limit instead of laps, come to think of it; I guess that's what you get with rain and Monaco, though!

It has to be considered one of Raikkonen's worst performances, particularly when he started putting in fastest laps after he crashed into Sutil. Also one of his worst when you consider that he was controlling the World Championship and in one moment, he is chasing again.

So, the Mosley vote is tomorrow and it seems like it could go either way. Will he stay or will he go? If he goes, will the FIA flourish or suffer? If he stays, what impact will it have on motorsport?

Maybe I'm overdramitising it a bit... :)

Mosley survives and it would seem like a lot of the smaller nations that are receiving money from the FIA voted to keep him in office. The bigger companies are not happy and it seems like there could be a split and possibly the demise of the FIA.

The Americans and Germans seem especially upset by the whole affair, this could be quite a concern; less so in the case of the US, though, I'd imagine, as their main interests in motorsport are within domestic championships?

I reckon a lot more news and reaction is to come soon, after all the Canadian GP is this weekend.

The FIA is also involved with the motor industry but we only really hear about them in motorsport.

Talk today suggest that Mosley only really had support from about 5% of the member nations. The German and US make around 60% but they only had 1 vote each.

Grandprix wrote:
> The FIA is also involved with the motor industry but we only
> really hear about them in motorsport.

I assume through crash tests etc?

> Talk today suggest that Mosley only really had support from
> about 5% of the member nations. The German and US make around 60%
> but they only had 1 vote each.

I guess that means it must have come down to funding, then. Maybe the only way he'll resign is bowing to pressure.