http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com The News, according to giles-guthrie.com's Fantasy F1 competition. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss giles-guthrie.com, powered by PHP/$phpversion 1 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): 1:34'11.435s 2 Fernando Alonso (Renault): +13.298s 3 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): +16.235s 4 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +38.011s 5 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): +38.907s 6 Timo Glock (Toyota): +44.368s 7 H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): +55.074s 8 Jarno Trulli (Toyota): +1'08.463s 9 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): +1'19.666s 10 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): +1 Lap 11 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): +1 Lap 12 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): +1 Lap 13 Jenson Button (Honda): +1 Lap 14 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +1 Lap 15 R.Barrichello (Honda): +1 Lap 16 Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): +2 Laps 17 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): +2 Laps 18 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): +2 Laps -- Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): (0 Laps - Accident) -- David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): (0 Laps - Collision) 2008-11-03 22:06:52 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=53 1 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): 1'12.368s 2 Jarno Trulli (Toyota): 1'12.737s 3 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): 1'12.825s 4 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'12.830s 5 H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'12.917s 6 Fernando Alonso (Renault): 1'12.967s 7 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'13.082s 8 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'13.297s 9 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'14.105s 10 Timo Glock (Toyota): 1'14.230s 11 Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): 1'12.137s 12 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): 1'12.289s 13 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'12.300s 14 David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): 1'12.717s 15 R.Barrichello (Honda): 1'13.139s 16 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): 1'12.800s 17 Jenson Button (Honda): 1'12.810s 18 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): 1'13.002s 19 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): 1'13.426s 20 Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): 1'13.508s 2008-11-03 22:02:49 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=52 OK, so it might have been better had I mentioned before the fact that I was going on holiday for both the Japanese and Chinese GPs... Anyway, things are poised for a close finish, with a mere 10 points separating the top four. And quite a variance in their teams. Check out the rankings now... 2008-10-26 20:31:29 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=51 1 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): 1:31'57.403s 2 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): +14.925s 3 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): +16.445s 4 Fernando Alonso (Renault): +18.37s 5 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): +28.923s 6 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): +33.219s 7 Timo Glock (Toyota): +41.722s 8 Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): +56.645s 9 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +1'04.339s 10 David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): +1'14.842s 11 R.Barrichello (Honda): +1'25.061s 12 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): +1'30.847s 13 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +1'31.457s 14 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): +1'32.422s 15 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): +1 Lap 16 Jenson Button (Honda): +1 Lap 17 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): +1 Lap -- H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): (49 Laps - Engine) -- Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): (13 Laps - Gearbox) -- Jarno Trulli (Toyota): (2 Laps - Collision) 2008-10-26 20:24:12 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=50 1 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'36.303s 2 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): 1'36.645s 3 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): 1'36.889s 4 Fernando Alonso (Renault): 1'36.927s 5 H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'36.930s 6 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'37.685s 7 Jarno Trulli (Toyota): 1'37.934s 8 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'38.885s 9 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'37.201s 10 Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): 1'35.722s 11 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'35.814s 12 Timo Glock (Toyota): 1'35.937s 13 R.Barrichello (Honda): 1'36.079s 14 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): 1'36.210s 15 David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): 1'36.731s 16 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): 1'37.083s 17 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): 1'36.863s 18 Jenson Button (Honda): 1'37.053s 19 Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): 1'37.730s 20 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): 1'37.739s 2008-10-26 20:20:09 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=49 Renault (Red Bull, Mark Webber): -5 Since the FIA introduced the "joker" rule, whereby a participant can elect to change engine without penalty, 2008 has seen just one engine penalty applied, to the Renault of Mark Webber. It's testament to the reliability of the modern F1 engines that this is so. With both Ferraris on fresh engines for Brazil, the question is this: has Lewis Hamilton used his joker yet? 2008-10-26 20:18:17 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=48 1 Fernando Alonso (Renault): 1:30'21.892s 2 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): +5.283s 3 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): +6.4s 4 Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): +20.57s 5 Jarno Trulli (Toyota): +23.767s 6 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +39.207s 7 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): +46.158s 8 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): +50.811s 9 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): +54.12s 10 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +59.085s 11 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): +1'02.096s 12 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): +1'18.900s 13 R.Barrichello (Honda): +1 Lap 14 Jenson Button (Honda): +1 Lap 15 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): +1 Lap -- G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): (21 Laps - Gearbox) -- H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): (16 Laps - Engine) -- Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): (8 Laps - Puncture) -- Timo Glock (Toyota): (6 Laps - Retirement) -- David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): (0 Laps - Collision) 2008-10-22 13:22:10 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=47 1 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'18.404s 2 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): 1'18.644s 3 H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): 1'18.821s 4 Fernando Alonso (Renault): 1'18.852s 5 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): 1'18.874s 6 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'18.979s 7 Jarno Trulli (Toyota): 1'19.026s 8 Timo Glock (Toyota): 1'19.118s 9 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'19.638s 10 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): 1'20.167s 11 David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): 1'18.187s 12 Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): 1'18.274s 13 Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): 1'18.354s 14 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): 1'18.594s 15 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): 1'18.672s 16 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): 1'18.835s 17 R.Barrichello (Honda): 1'18.882s 18 Jenson Button (Honda): 1'19.100s 19 Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): 1'19.163s 20 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): 1'19.910s 2008-10-22 13:15:58 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=46 The data from three races have been added to the standings in quick succession, and so we've seen quite a lot of movement in the table, including a new leader! 2008-09-28 23:18:57 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=45 1 Fernando Alonso (Renault): 1:57'16.304s 2 Nico Rosberg (Williams/Toyota): +2.957s 3 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren/Mercedes): +5.917s 4 Timo Glock (Toyota): +8.155s 5 Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +10.268s 6 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber/BMW): +11.101s 7 David Coulthard (Red Bull/Renault): +16.387s 8 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams/Toyota): +18.489s 9 Jenson Button (Honda): +19.885s 10 H.Kovalainen (McLaren/Mercedes): +26.902s 11 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber/BMW): +27.975s 12 S.Bourdais (Toro Rosso/Ferrari): +29.432s 13 Felipe Massa (Ferrari): +35.17s 14 G.Fisichella (Force India/Ferrari): +43.571s 15 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari): (57 Laps - Spun off) -- Jarno Trulli (Toyota): (50 Laps - Hydraulics) -- Adrian Sutil (Force India/Ferrari): (49 Laps - Spun off) -- Mark Webber (Red Bull/Renault): (29 Laps - Gearbox) -- R.Barrichello (Honda): (14 Laps - Electrical) -- Nelsinho Piquet (Renault): (13 Laps - Spun off) 2008-09-28 23:02:45 http://ff1.giles-guthrie.com/news.php?story=44