April 2008 Archives - 3/11 - F1 Fanatic archive
GP2: Alvaro Parente wins on debut in Barcelona 26th April 2008, 16:29
Alavaro Parente won on his first appearance for Super Nova in GP2 in the feature race at the Circuit de Catalunya, withstanding race-long pressure from Bruno Senna. It was a very impressive performance from the Renault World Series champion, who started second on the grid but took an instant lead when pole sitter Pastor Maldonado [...]
Spanish GP 2008 qualifying: Raikkonen holds back home hero Alonso
The big question after qualifying is this: how much fuel does Fernando Alonso have in his Renault? The Spanish driver in his home race sent the crowd into rapture by snatching provisional pole position, only to lose it at the last to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Share this with your friends: Tweet
2008 Spanish GP Live Blog – Qualifying
The Spanish Grand Prix qualifying live blog has now finished – see below to review it in full. Join us tomorrow for the Grand Prix Live Blog. Share this with your friends: Tweet
2008 Spanish GP Live Blog – Practice
The Live Blog for Spanish Grand Prix practice has concluded – you can review the blog in full below. Share this with your friends: Tweet
2008 Spanish GP practice notes 25th April 2008, 19:16
Kimi Raikkonen leads the way at the Circuit de Catalunya after being fastest in both practice sessions. McLaren look to be in trouble and Renault were the surprise of the day. Here are my notes on the Spanish Grand Prix practice. Share this with your friends: Tweet
Spanish Grand Prix: memorable races
The response to my invitation for guest writers was fantastic and I’m very happy to share the first of these new articles today. Journeyer, a long-time contributor to the comments and Live Blogs on F1Fanatic, covers the history of the Spanish Grand Prix. Formula 1 has been around for 58 years now. With it goes [...]
Super Aguri: no deal, but will race
Super Aguri will race in the Spanish Grand Prix but negotiations to save the team are still going on. The F1 field faced being cut to 20 cars had they been a no-show. If a team misses a race and therefore does not contest the entire season it can incur severe financial penalties. Therefore in [...]
2008 Spanish GP preview: predictions
So who’s going to be on the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix? Here are my predictions – share yours below. Share this with your friends: Tweet
Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win an Indy Car race 24th April 2008, 23:37
As this site has been down for a couple of days due to a server move I’ve not had chance to write about a remarkable weekend for Indy Car racing in America (however I did write about it in my weekly column for Auto Trader). It was always going to be strange with half the [...]
Spanish GP Live Blogs on F1Fanatic
The F1Fanatic Live Blogs for the Spanish Grand Prix will be running during Saturday practice (10am), qualifying (12pm for 1pm qualifying start) and the race (12pm for 1pm race start) You can use the forms below to receive a reminder when the blogs start. Help running the blogs is always appreciated and if you’d like [...]
