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The Championship was won by [[Jenson Button]] form [[TornadoF1]], 32 points ahead of [[Gui Racing]]'s Christian Klien. Button won the title two races remaining in Abu Dhabi, where he need advantage at least 24 points. Jenson finished race in 2nd, so Klien need at least 5th. Austrian failed to make it with 6th. |
The Championship was won by [[Jenson Button]] form [[TornadoF1]], 32 points ahead of [[Gui Racing]]'s Christian Klien. Button won the title two races remaining in Abu Dhabi, where he need advantage at least 24 points. Jenson finished race in 2nd, so Klien need at least 5th. Austrian failed to make it with 6th. |
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− | Championship podium complete[[ FJR]]'s[[ Fernando Alonso]]. 2006 World Champion [[Nico Rosberg]], had a very bad season, out of top ten in standings, due to move from FJR to [[Dark Wolf ]]on [[Mark Webber]]'s place in Hungary. Rosberg wasn't happy from car's form and its reliability, so move to the Dark Wolf. Previous-year World Champion accepted German's proposition and placed him alongside[[ Marc Gene]]. Nico's left place in FJR complete Austrian [[Alexander Wurz]]. |
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− | Fourth place was won by very fast debutant from [[Shannon Racing|Shannon]], Brazilian Bruno Senna. the nephew of the legendary [[Ayrton Senna]]. Bruno five times take pole and two times won. His team-mate, also debutant and also very fast, Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, got worse season, with lots of retirements from top positions. But Pastor three times took pole. |
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− | Fifth place in Championship took Polish ace[[ Robert Kubica]]. Season was a bit worse than 2007, when he finished 3rd with 85 points and three positions ahead of team-mate. In 2008 Kubica finished 5th with 17 meshes less and three places behind team-mate, but large falut is on page of a lot retirements, also from top positions. But finally Robert won three races, in Austria, Belgium and Singapore, help Gui Racing to take 2nd in Constructors' Championship. |
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− | For [[Giorgio Pantano]] it was season of ups and downs. In Valencia he won his second ever Grand Prix, but in space of season he drove so tonelessly. Pantano often retired from the race due to collision with his fault. Only 6th place next to team-mate's Championship was dissapointing for Italian. |
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− | [[Lewis Hamilton]] finished season five places down, than [[2007 FF1M Season|2007 ]](7th), but it was for he very busy season. At start of the season, [[Shake n' Bake Motorsport|Shake n' Bake]] build very slow car, for which succes was top ten in qualifying and just a point in race. But in space if the season Hamilton up and start to score podiums and - finally in Japan - wins. Season passed for Lewis under sign of a lots fights on the track. |
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− | Championship defender, [[Sebastian Vettel]], who move from Dark Wolf to[[Michael Pedersen Racing| Pedersen]], had a hopeless season. He finished in standings only 8th with just 26 points and lots of retirements or none-points finishes. Move to Gui for [[2009 FF1M Season|2009]] looks reasonably for Vettel. |
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− | Andy Racing was next team, who make a big jump - their drivers, Adrian Sutil and Nelson Piquet jnr. had a strong season, finished in 9th and 10th respectively, with superb 3rd places at the end of the season in Abu Dhabi (Piquet) and Japan (Sutil). |
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− | Another team, who had a strong season, was [[Mitchell]] BMW. Sebastien Buemi and [[Jarno Trulli]] drove well and car was fast, but also often fails. BMW engines weren't the best and their failure weren't a surprise. Swissman and Italian were battleing often for top 5 positions, but from not their falut retires. In Valencia Trulli run 4th, but coillision exclued him from the battle. In Singapore Buemi took a mega surprise pole with Trulli's 5th. Just after start Bruno Senna crashed into Sebastien and he musted retired. Trulli was promoted to 3rd, but podium position out after a carambolage, in which he lost the front spoiler and drop to 17th. At the season finale, in Brazil, Trulli run well in 6th, but oil leak once again caused Italian retirement. The best race was Japanese Grand Prix, when Buemi without big problems finished 7th, the best position of the season, also with battleing for 4th againts[[ Neel Jani]], Alexander Wurz and Nico Rosberg. Mitchell finished Constructors' Championship outside top 10, in 11th, beating only four the slowest teams - [[Ajay Motorsports (Team)|Ajay]], [[SF1 Racing|SF1]], [[GR Motorsports|GRM]] and Autodynamics and be the last classificed team, who score points. |
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|rowspan="2"|[[File:22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg-1-.png]] Turkey |
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|[[File:22px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg-1-.png]] Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore |
|[[File:22px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg-1-.png]] Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore |
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− | |Sebastien Buemi |
+ | |[[File:20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg-1-.png]] Sebastien Buemi |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg-1-.png]] Robert Kubica |
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− | |Pastor Maldonado |
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− | |Robert Kubica |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg-1-.png]] Robert Kubica |
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+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Gui Racing |
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− | |Yas Marina Circuit, Ab Dhabi |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg-1-.png]] Yas Marina Circuit, Ab Dhabi |
− | |Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Bruno Senna |
− | |Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Bruno Senna |
− | |Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] Shannon |
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− | |Suzuka Circuit, Japan |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg-1-.png]] Suzuka Circuit, Japan |
− | |Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Bruno Senna |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg-1-.png]] Robert Kubica |
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− | |Christian Klien |
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− | |Lewis Hamilton |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] Lewis Hamilton |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] Shake n' Bake |
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|[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace |
|[[File:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg-1-.png]] Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace |
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− | |Fernando Alonso |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg-1-.png]] Fernando Alonso |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] Jenson Button |
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− | |Jenson Button |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] Jenson Button |
+ | |[[File:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg-1-.png]] TornadoF1 |
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[[Category:FF1M Seasons]] |
[[Category:FF1M Seasons]] |
Revision as of 11:43, 18 January 2017
2008 FF1M Season | |
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Previous: 2007 | Next: 2009 |
Overview
The 2008 FF1M Season was the 24th season of FF1M, started in September 2012 and finished in January 2013.
The Championship was won by Jenson Button form TornadoF1, 32 points ahead of Gui Racing's Christian Klien. Button won the title two races remaining in Abu Dhabi, where he need advantage at least 24 points. Jenson finished race in 2nd, so Klien need at least 5th. Austrian failed to make it with 6th.
Changes for 2008
Technlogies
- Traction Control and Launch Control are banned from the 2008 Season onwards.
- Teams are now able to research Front Bridge Wing, Sidepod Mounted Mirrors, Vented Nosecone, Aerodynamic Wheel Covers and the Shark Fin Engine Cover.
- Teams are also able to research Kenetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) however these cannot be used until 2009.
Teams
- MRD Racing will leave the sport stating that they are unable to commit the time to a championship challenge.
- GR Motorsports and Autodynamics Grand Prix enter the series.