F1: 2008 Brazilian GP (ETS21 Reacts)
Added 2023-07-06 10:00:06 +0000 UTCAll GOAT's gotta start somewhere!
From Wikipedia:
The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 November 2008 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the eighteenth and final race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the 71-lap race from pole position; this was the last of Massa's 11 Grand Prix wins. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, and Massa's teammate Kimi Räikkönen finished third.
Massa started the race alongside Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. Massa's teammate Räikkönen began from third next to McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton. Rain fell minutes before the race, delaying the start, and as the track dried Massa established a lead of several seconds. More rain late in the race made the last few laps treacherous for the drivers, but could not prevent Massa from winning the Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso finished in fourth place behind Alonso and Räikkönen. Hamilton passed Toyota's Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to finish fifth, securing him the points needed to take the Drivers' Championship.
Comments
actually massa won that title in my opinion because timo glock in the toyota slowed on purpose and let hamilton through
Jonathan briggs
2023-09-22 13:28:57 +0000 UTCI felt so sorry for Massa's family celebrating him winning the World Championship before realising they'd celebrated too early, one of those storybook endings to a season, incredible!
Mark Jones
2023-07-21 02:36:49 +0000 UTCGot to be on the right tyre at the right time or your screwed
Ian Mclean
2023-07-06 21:21:47 +0000 UTCYeah, there’s a few things which the highlights (especially going in cold without context) don’t have time to explain. Like Glock was a huge distance ahead of Vettel and Hamilton going into the last lap, so no one was really looking at him being caught, so it was focusing on Hamilton needing to get past Vettel in the rain on the last lap to win the championship - one they’d gambled by pitting Lewis so late in the race, giving up his title winning position on the weather being bad enough. As it turned out Glock was caught because it raid hard, in time, as the weather predicted and he was unable to go fast due to being on the slick tyres, which would mean he was likely to aquaplane off if he tried to go any faster.
Kevin Hussey
2023-07-06 11:32:47 +0000 UTC
