2008 F1 Podium Picker Challenge: European Grand Prix: Rd 12

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Wakeup people....(no pun intended as the NOTLD just finished) but the F1 siesta break (3 weeks is over). And now it's......
the newest venue (2nd of 3) street circuits!!. But make no mistake....this ain't MONACO. Hungary is more like Monaco but with out the fancy yachts and homes and money. Valencia, Spain street circuit is more MONZA, Italy, than Monaco. HIGH-SPEED.

Qualifying starts on Sat. 5am PST. Get those picks in.

[Christine Grice]

Hamilton
Massa
Kovalinen

[Chuck Fowler]

Qualifying starts on Sat. 5am PST. Get those picks in.

also practice 5am friday on SPEED

[William Chen]

Hamilton
Kimi
Massa

[Steve Ekstrand]

Hamilton
Kimi
Massa

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Hamilton
Massa
Kovalainen

[Vincent Komara]

1. Massa
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen

[KJ Christopher]

Hamilton
Massa
Kovalinen

[Ramy Mattar]

Lewis Hamilton
Heikki Kovalainen
Fernando Alonso

[Thomas Smith]

Hamilton
Massa
Heiki

[Bill Schenker]

1. Kimi
2. Massa
3. Hammi

[Tom Denham]

lewis
hiekki
Kimi

[Max Hayter]

Lewis
Massa
Kubica

[Darren Cole]

Lewis
Massa
Kimi

[Curt Luther]

Lewi
Kimi
Flipi

[Bob Pl]

Lewis
Kimi
Felipe

[Kurt Rahn]

Wish I could've watched practice, but I'm not home tomorrow morning.

Kimi
Lewi
Flippi

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Wish I could've watched practice, but I'm not home tomorrow morning.

Kimi
Lewi
Flippi

Tomorrow's, Practice 3, isn't on. Only No. 2. It's dicey drawing conclusions from practice times.

[Larry Andrews]

Hamilton
Raikkonnen
Kubica

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Hamilton
Raikkonnen
Kubica

Larry you've read my mind!! I've only watched 1/3 of practice but this is my gut feeling. Oh and I'm surprised no one corrected me. This new race, street circuit is NOT at night. That will be in Singapore later this year. After hearing the commentary the track is more like Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Quebec - Canada.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
2. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari
3. Robert Kubica - BMW

[Larry Andrews]

I'm betting on rain. If it does rain, Massa will stuff the car somewhere and Heikki will just plain drive slow. Unibrow has way too much traffic to give the hometown crowd a surprise but he can definitely perform in the absence of grip.

What really galls me is that Toro Rosso finally gets their cars halfway dialed only after they dump Scotty. At least he's doing really well in ARCA now.

Can't decide if it's better to split a couple of trees worth of chestnut logs in the morning before it heats up or watch the race.

[Larry Andrews]

Wood still ain't split but the race was kind of fun to watch.

It's really nice to see a tall guy doing well in open-wheel. If ya call a six-footer tall...

[William Chen]

4 observations:

1. what's up with grid boy ? is that a new trend ?

2. I did not see a single pass in the whole race on TV, this is getting ridiculous, thought this track has a few passing opportunities according to commentators.

3. what's up with no penalty for Massa for unsafe release from pit ? is it because the car is red ? exact same penalty as Hamilton's 2 minutes late to driver's meeting.

4. Kimi made a dangerous rookie mistake. took off when he wasn't released.

[Larry Andrews]

Yeah, mostly. There was that one pass at the start. And a couple close calls at pit exit. But mostly no surprises...except for maybe Vettel.

Oh, and isn't this something like Kimi's sixth season? Rookie move by an old fart. Then again, didn't Lewis punt him something nasty on pit exit a couple months back? Lewis has been racing for almost 20 years.