Hamilton World Champion 2008; Massa wins Brazilian grand prix

The most dramatic race of the season where in the 23 year old Lewis Hamilton needing only a 5th place finish to win his first ever world championship title. The drama continued till the last lap of the race, when Massa finished up first and Lewis was 6th until the last corner of the race when Timo Glock of the Toyota team who was placed at the 4th spot had an engine failure making him slow down right at the last corner of the race making Lewis clinch to his 5th place and taking up the title.

Lewis 23 years and 301 days old became the youngest driver to break the age record set by former McLaren team mate Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard who won the first of his two titles with Renault in Brazil at the age of 24, one month and 27 days.

It was indeed an emotional moment for the Brazilian Massa who gave in his best to clinch to the World Championship Title, but luck dint favor this time. Anyways the Ferrari team and fans were happy as they took the Constructors Championship from the Mclaren’s this year too.

Race Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 1:34:11.435
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 71 +13.2 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 +16.2 secs
4 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 71 +38.0 secs
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 71 +38.9 secs
6 Timo Glock Toyota 71 +44.3 secs
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +55.0 secs
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 71 +68.4 secs
9 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 71 +79.6 secs
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +1 Lap
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +1 Lap
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +1 Lap
13 Jenson Button Honda 70 +1 Lap
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 +1 Lap
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +2 Laps
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps

The First Ever Night Race – Singapore

What do I say!! One of the most fantastic races I dever seen. The first ever night race, a circuit which is illuminated with 16000 lights, the humidity, the feel of racing under lights, drivers race for the championship points, tyre conditions, drivers fitness. Hats off to those who have made this circuit and the amount of hard work gone inside to set it up.

Alonso wouldn’t have even dreamt that he would be the first ever driver to win a formula one race under lights starting from 13th on the grid. His own team mate Nelson Piquet Jr. who had crashed on the 14th lap of the race bringing the safety car in had helped Alonso clinch to the first place. He built up a huge lead, lost it all when the second safety car deployment came on the 51st lap, then calmly opened it up again. He praised his car’s performance all evening, but the success owed as much to the man behind the wheel.

Hamilton had to struggle to regain his positions as he was stuck behind David Coulthard for a long time and then tried finding a way to finish 3rd. He was happy at one end since his rivals Ferrari dint manage to take any championship points this race. Bad race for Kimi as he had to push his Ferrari which was fully loaded with fuel at the start of the race, but unfortunately crashed out at the finishing stages.

But a royal treat for the viewers as I think many would have admired the circuits beauty rather than concentrating much on the race.


Race Results
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 61 1:57:16.304
2 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 61 +2.9 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 61 +5.9 secs
4 Timo Glock Toyota 61 +8.1 secs
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 61 +10.2 secs
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 61 +11.1 secs
7 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 61 +16.3 secs
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 61 +18.4 secs
9 Jenson Button Honda 61 +19.8 secs
10 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 61 +26.9 secs
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 61 +27.9 secs
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 61 +29.4 secs
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 61 +35.1 secs
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 61 +43.5 secs
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 Accident 3

Sebastian Vettel stuns Italy

The rookie stunned Formula One as the sport's youngest race winner at the age of 21 on Sunday with victory for tiny Toro Rosso at their home Italian Grand Prix.

It was a brilliant race for Sebastian Vittal who took pole position and made it all the way to finish the Italian grand prix under wet weather conditions. Toro Rosso's mechanics worked on a good strategy and brilliant pit work which made the team happy for their hero to win his first ever formula1 win at Monza.

Kimi set the fastest lap but could not better ninth place ahead of Renault’s Nelson Piquet, Toyota’s Timo Glock, Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, Williams’ Nico Rosberg, Honda’s Jenson Button, Red Bull’s David Coulthard, Honda’s Rubens Barrichello and Bourdais.

The Mclarens were all set to race and planned to get their first 2 places ahead of Vettel but unscheduled pit stops by the Mclaren team due to weather conditions made them shuffle in their positions. Kovalainen’s expected challenge, but was finally settled in 2nd place ahead of Kubica who was on a single pit stop strategy.

Race Results
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 53 1:26:47.494
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +12.5 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +20.4 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 53 +23.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +27.7 secs
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +28.8 secs
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 +29.9 secs
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 +32.0 secs
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 +39.4 secs
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 +54.4 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 53 +58.8 secs
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 53 +62.0 secs
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +65.9 secs
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 +68.6 secs
15 Jenson Button Honda 53 +73.3 secs
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 52 +1 Lap
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 +1 Lap
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 51 +2 Laps

One Paragraph that explains Life !!!

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?To this Arthur Ashe replied:"The world over -- 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis,500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam,50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals,when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'.And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "
"Happiness keeps you Sweet,Trials keep you Strong,Sorrow keeps you Human,Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...

Massa celebrates his 100th Grand Prix win in Valencia

Valencia proved to be a lucky race for Felipe Massa as he had made up for his last-race disappointment in Hungary by dominating Sunday’s European Grand Prix from start to finish. He had managed to finish ahead of F1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica.

A fine of 10,000 euros was put on the Brazilian when the stewards found that he had been released unsafely in the path of Force India's Adrian Sutil from the pit lane. It was tough race for Lewis as he had made up his mind that he would not be able to catch up with Massa which had a lead of about 5.67 secs, but managed to hold Robert Kubica for his 2nd position in the race.

Dramas for Kimi. On the 43rd lap when Kimi Raikkonen was released from his pit stop before the refueling hose had been detached from his F2008. A mechanic was struck by the red car’s rear wing in the melee, and as he was being stretchered to the medical centre, the second incident occurred when Raikkonen’s engine apparently exploded as he went into his 46th lap.

Race Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 57 1:35:32.339
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 57 +5.6 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 57 +37.3 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +39.7 secs
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +50.6 secs
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 +52.6 secs
7 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +67.9 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 57 +71.4 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 57 +82.1 secs
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 57 +89.7 secs
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +92.7 secs
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +1 Lap
13 Jenson Button Honda 56 +1 Lap
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 56 +1 Lap
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 56 +1 Lap
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 +1 Lap

A Confused Pic !!!

Live the Life that still Exists !!!!!

When the school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and benches!
When we queued up in book depot, and got our new books and notes!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays,
Yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with slates and pencils,
and progressed to fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating first with tables
and then with Clarke's tables and advanced to Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals,
and returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors, Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
When all the colors in the world, decorated the campus on the second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played "book cricket" in the confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies, of competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to watch live cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in intervals and lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint", "kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days of Sports Day, and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long preparations for them.
Gone are the days of the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams,
And the most enjoyed holidays after them!
Gone are the days oOf tenth and twelfth standards,
when we spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends, so much experience, all this and more!
Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time to say a 'Hi'!and wish their birthdays
Gone are the days when we played games on the road!
Now we code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't work!
Gone are the days when we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....!
Gone are the days where we studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on ourhearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now.....!!
Gone are the days but not the memories,
which will be lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and ever and ever and ever .....
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more days to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE , DONT FORGET TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL EXISTS....

Apology Letter

A School Master from a remote rural area in Bihar was transferred to a new School in Mumbai. He reported for duty two days after the actual date of joining. Consequently he was asked for an explanation in writing...
_________
Deer sur,
If small small mistakes getting inside my letter, I big you pardon, ass I am not a good englis speaker.

This is my fist vijit to Bombai. Stickly speaking, I wanted to joint your school more fastly,but for the following region, too much time lost in getting slipper reservation in three-tyre compartment.

I tolded I has head ache problem due to migration. Still the clerk rejected to give ticket to I and my sun.

I putted a complain on station masterji.

He said I to go to the lady clerk.

At first she also rejected. I then pressed for long time and finally with great difficulty she gave a birth to my sun.

Anyway I thanked the station master also because he was phully responsible for getting birth of my sun.

Ass a hole it was a bhery diphicult experiment in my hole life.

I hope u will look into explain my hole story after,and late me joint first.

I am now ending this fastly. I am a waiter for your responsement.

May God blast you!"

A Royal Treat for the British Crowd

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton the first British winner at Silverstone since David Coulthard in 2000, was utterly dominant as he lapped all but second-placed Nick Heidfeld in a BMW Sauber and the Honda of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. A brilliant British Grand Prix victory in often treacherous conditions lifted him right back into contention for the world championship.

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen had a disappointing race after starting on pole for the first time and came home fifth ahead of Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso.

It was quiet not a good day for the Ferrari team as both the drivers had a lot of slips and turns. Massa who was sent out in wet tyres couldnt handle the car, taking the award for the most spins (around six) and the dizziest driver by the end. Kimi managed to get hold of his cars after a few laps and managed to surpass Heikki Kovalainen and Alonso to gain the 4th place. The contenders for the world championship points are still on the run as Kimi and Hamilton share 48 points each at the top spot after the British Grand Prix.

Race Results:
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 60 1:39:09.440
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 60 +68.5 secs
3 Rubens Barrichello Honda 60 +82.2 secs
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 59 +1 Lap
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 59 +1 Lap
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 59 +1 Lap
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 59 +1 Lap
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 59 +1 Lap
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 59 +1 Lap
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 59 +1 Lap
11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 59 +1 Lap
12 Timo Glock Toyota 59 +1 Lap
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +2 Laps

Glory for Ferrari Fans in Magny-Cours

A splendid show by Ferrari to win the French Grand Prix on Sunday and take the lead in the Formula One championship for the first time. Massa took the chequered flag 17.9 seconds clear of Raikkonen on an overcast and damp afternoon.

Massa currently leads the drivers championship standings with three victories this season also helping Ferrari to clinch on to its Constructors championship.

Kimi who had won last year in Magny-Cours had the pole position, but within few laps the Brazilian managed to surpass Kimi who had a exhaust problem on the 33rd lap and took the first place until the chequred flag.

Race results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 1:31:50.245
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +17.9 secs
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +28.2 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +28.9 secs
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +30.5 secs
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +40.3 secs
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 70 +41.0 secs
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 70 +43.3 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +51.0 secs
10 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +54.5 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +57.7 secs
12 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 70 +58.0 secs
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +62.0 secs
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 69 +1 Lap 20
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 15
16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 19
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 14
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 17
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18

Bad day for Ferrari.. Hamilton wins in Monaco

A Bad week guys if you are a true ferrari fan. Chaos chaos chaos.... what else can I say about Monaco grand prix. Hamilton despite being 3rd on the starting grid managed to surpass kimi on the start . Massa clinched up to the first place before he slided off at the Ste Devote corner and handing the lead to Kubica for a long stretch before the pitstops. Hamilton walloped the wall hard on the exit while trailing Massa, Ironically, the early pit stop played into Hamilton's hands as others literally slipped up as he managed a comfortable first place.
Adrian Sutil was heartbroken and full of tears, as the German starting 18th for Force India enjoying the race of his life in fourth place until Kimi misjudged his braking and shunted him out at the tunnel exit with the chequered flag less than 10 minutes away.

Race Results.
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 76 2:00:42.742
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 76 +3.0 secs
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 76 +4.8 secs
4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 76 +19.2 secs
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 76 +24.6 secs
6 Rubens Barrichello Honda 76 +28.4 secs
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 76 +30.1 secs
8 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 76 +33.1 secs
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 76 +33.7 secs
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 75 +1 Lap 7
11 Jenson Button Honda 75 +1 Lap 11
12 Timo Glock Toyota 75 +1 Lap 10
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 75 +1 Lap 8
14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 72 +4 Laps

Turkish Grand Prix - Massa back on track

Massa had a fantastic race on Sunday by winning the Turkish grand prix from pole position for the third year in a row on Sunday after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton's. Massa's win was champions Ferrari's fourth in a row ,meant that the Turkish Grand Prix, which made its debut in 2005, has still only ever been won by the driver on pole position.

Hamilton had sufficient in hand over Kimi Raikkonen, however, to keep the Finn in third place and to reduce his championship points lead to seven as they sped to the line 3.7s adrift of Massa. Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen saw his overall lead trimmed to seven points from nine after finishing a close third. The Finn, the only driver to score points in every race this season, now has 35 to Massa and Hamilton's 28.

Race Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 1:26:49.451
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +3.7 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +4.2 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58 +21.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +38.7 secs
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +53.7 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 +64.2 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +71.4 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +75.2 secs 1
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 +76.3 secs
11 Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap 13
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 2
13 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +1 Lap 15
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap 12
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +1 Lap 17
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 19

Ferrari Rocks in Spanish Grand Prix

Kimi and Massa make Ferrari's second successive one-two finish, and third win in a row, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton taking third place to revive his title challenge after a disappointing last race in Bahrain. Raikkonen's 17th grand prix win left the Finn with 29 points, nine clear of closest rival Hamilton, and catapulted Ferrari back in front of BMW.

Raikkonen's championship score increased to 29 points and his lead to nine over Hamilton (20), while Massa jumps up to fourth on 18, one behind Kubica (19). Heikki Kovalainen had a bad day. On the 22nd lap, possibly as a result of something causing the front-left tyre and tharim to separate. It took a while to stabilise the Finn at the accident scene, but he gave a thumbs up as he was taken by stretcher to the medical centre.

Giancarlo Fisichella was unable to resist the charging Heidfeld, so brought his Force India home 10th, ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock, who delayed himself running into the rear of David Coulthard. The Scot's left-rear tyre was cut as a result, so he also dropped back but managed to repass Super Aguri's Takuma Sato before the finish to claim 12th.

The first European race of the season ended with an entirely predictable result, with the Circuit de Catalunya setting a record as the track with the longest run of successive winners from pole position. Raikkonen, the only driver to have won twice so far this season, was the eighth in a row to have triumphed in Barcelona from pole.

Race Results
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 66 1:38:19.051
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 66 +3.2 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 66 +4.1 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 66 +5.6 secs
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 66 +35.9 secs
6 Jenson Button Honda 66 +53.0 secs
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 66 +58.2 secs
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 66 +59.4 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 66 +63.0 secs
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 65 +1 Lap
11 Timo Glock Toyota 65 +1 Lap
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 65 +1 Lap
13 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 65 +1 Lap

A Wonderful speech on Managing Failure - APJ Abdul Kalam

Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam : 'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure'

India Knowledge@Wharton: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure?

Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India 's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India 's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources - but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.

By 1979 - I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal . It was a big failure. That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India ]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.

The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite - and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today."

I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.

Its Ferrari again in Baharain GP

This Time it is Massa's Turn.

Brazilian Felipe Massa led Ferrari to a one-two victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday with team mate Kimi Raikkonen seizing the championship lead from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. Massa really needed this victory, and he barely put a wheel wrong in achieving it. His Ferrari had all the pace it needed, and he could control the race. His only problem was ensuring that there was no repeat of Malaysia. Raikkonen was quick, but not quick enough to challenge his team mate.

Massa's sixth career win brought him his first points of the Formula One season and came at the same Sakhir desert circuit where he fired up his title challenge last year with a pole-to-flag victory.

World champion Raikkonen collected the 50th podium finish of his grand prix career and the Finnish 'Iceman' took over at the top with 19 points, three clear of BMW Sauber's German Nick Heidfeld, after three races.

Race Results:
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 57 1:31:06.970
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +3.3 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW 57 +4.9 secs
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW 57 +8.4 secs
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +26.7 secs
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +41.3 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 57 +45.4 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 57 +55.8 secs
9 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +69.5 secs
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 57 +77.1 secs
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +77.8 secs
12 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap
13 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 56 +1 Lap
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap
16 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 56 +1 Lap
17 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 56 +1 Lap
18 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 +1 Lap
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 55 +2 Laps

Malaysian Grand Prix... Kimi is Back..

Kimi is back and back with a bang.

The World champion failed to finish last weekend's season-opener in Australia but the Iceman's 16th Grand prix victory was sealed when he took the lead from team mate Felipe Massa who was in pole position for the Malaysian Grand prix. Kimi's victory has put Ferrari back to its winning streak taking a three point lead from Lewis Hamilton.

Massa had a tough race, he spun out of an easy second place on the 31st lap, leaving Robert Kubica BMW Sauber finish second, the best result of his Formula One career to date, and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was third.

For Lewis Hamilton, it was a race spent playing catch-up. He made a great start to jump from ninth up to fifth place behind the Ferraris, Kubica and similarly fast-starting Mark Webber in the Red Bull. But then a problem with the right-front wheel during his first pit stop dropped him down to 11th place, and he lost time hand over fist in the traffic.

Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais was the first retirement, falling off on the opening lap. Rosberg clobbered Timo Glock then, too, necessitating a pit stop for a new nose cone. The Williams continued, the Toyota was through for the day. Adrian Sutil suffered a mechanical problem that stopped his Force India out on the track, while Sebastian Vettel suffered either engine or transmission failure that brought him to a smoky halt.

The result leaves Hamilton still leading the world championship for drivers with 14 points, ahead of Raikkonen and Heidfeld on 11 apiece. In the constructors’ chase, McLaren lead with 24, ahead of BMW Sauber on 19 and Ferrari on 11.

Race Results
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 1:31:18.555
2 Robert Kubica BMW 56 +19.5 secs
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +38.4 secs
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 56 +45.8 secs
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +46.5 secs
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW 56 +49.8 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +68.1 secs
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 56 +70.0 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 +76.2 secs
10 Jenson Button Honda 56 +86.2 secs
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 56 +92.2 secs
12 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 17
13 Rubens Barrichello Honda 55 +1 Lap 14
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 55 +1 Lap 16
15 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 55 +1 Lap 21
16 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 54 +2 Laps 19
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 54 +2 Laps 22

Trip to Coimbatore.......

Phew..!!!. Chaos again.
Had been to Coimbatore last weekend (15th & 16th March'08) to attend my ex-colleague Prakash's wedding. Had booked up the tickets a month ago. Me and my colleague Yuvi had planned to fly down to Coimbatore and then return by train. All done and here we get prepared to fly down to Coimbatore on a bit cloudy Saturday morning (15th). We planned and got to meet up at the Chennai airport at around 9.30 am for our 10.15am flight. We were to board the Paramount Airways and guys I say the service was great.

We managed to take up few snaps on our way to the flight which was actually not allowed but dint bother about things. After about 10 mins of getting the boarding passes and waiting for the bus to take us to the flight, finally I see the first airhostess of the flight and she says.. Vanakkam Sir..(meaning welcome)..and makes us comfortable on boarding the flight. To my surprise I see an kollywood actor sitting next to me in the bus waiting to board the same flight. It was none other than Karthik (Paruthiveeran hero)..or you can say it also as Suryas Brother. Great start I said to yuvi(who was enjoying his first flight experience).

(sorry for the photo clarity)

All set and the flight starts with the routine stuffs like the airhostess asking us fasten our seat belts and serving us refreshments. We both were enjoying taking good snaps and having few chit chats in between. Our flight lands sharp at 11.00 am in Coimbatore airport and we get down and again start our usual business of taking snaps next to the flight. Managed to take a snap with karthik also in the meanwhile.
The wedding went well, good food and happened to meet few friends of Coimbatore who had some plans also of taking us to few good places in and around Coimbatore. We visited the temple in Marudhamalai( abt 15 kms from Coimbatore) and had a good dharshan with the help of few counselors were over there who took us directly inside the temple without making us stand up in the que.

The fun begins here... Must be wondering why is the hurry all about... hmm.. we were suppose to catch up our train which was scheduled up at 2.10 (which was written in our e-ticket) on Sunday afternoon(16th). We finished up our visits and had to rush up to the room to pack our bags and board the train as it was already about 1.30 pm. Luckily the room was next to the station where we had stayed up. We said all the bye bye stuffs and started running to the station to board the train. We had booked up the AC compartment(B1 Coach) and to our surprise we had covered the train 4 times by running to both the ends of the train and were unable to find the compartment. Tired and sweating and the train starts moving and we had to get on to some AC compartment so that we could ask the TTR where is our coach. And the TTR says cooly, this train which you guys have booked up is at 2.10 am. Whattttttttttt..( we both r blank)... after few arguments me and Yuvi finally get down from the moving train.

We were damn tired of running up and down and finally managed to walk up to the same room were we had stayed up. I told Yuvi..give me a moment and lemme check with this guy who is sitting in the May I Help you counter.. and there comes the best part. I showed up the ticket to the guy and he says the train has already left in the morning 2.10 am i.e 16th early morning. Ohh God.. what have we got into this time..(Yuvi watches me and says sooper..you have booked the tickets great.)

As yuvi was not comfortable in traveling by bus, we had no other option than booking up another flight to Chennai and this time it was Spice Jet. The flight was scheduled at 8.00 pm and we stayed up at the room for about 2 hrs and finally reached the airport. As soon as we reached the airport it started raining heavily and we were again confused as the flight had been delayed for about an hr and we had to wait. Finally at about 9.30pm the announcement comes to board the flight. We both again started taking snaps next to flight and all of a sudden a police fella comes and says " don't you know you are not allowed to take photos here???".. me and yuvi see each other and say "no" and walk up to the flight. The police fellow had no other words to say rather than watching us both board the flight. After a lot of running , confusions and miscalculations we managed to board the flight which dint even provide us refreshments. But we weren't much concerned .. Just wanted to reach Home Sweet Home...

PEACE AT LAST!!!!!

Australian F1| Chaos| Lewis Hamilton| Mclaren

Lewis Hamilton could have not asked for more. He had opened the Formula One season with a pole to flag victory in a Chaotic Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, which happened to be a dramatic thriller that saw only seven cars finishing the race.

The race was packed with drama as the safety car had appeared thrice, nearly wiping out Hamilton’s heavy leads. Despite all the drama, the best piece of action was the one which involved Alonso and Kovalainen on the penultimate lap. Kovalainen went past the former world champion boldly, desperate to make some lost ground, but Alonso replied cheekily and overtook him a few seconds later.

Raikkonen, who started from the eight row after finishing 16th in the qualifiers, also looked impressive. He quickly climbed up and at one stage had a running battle with Kovalainen for the second spot. If it was a great day for McLaren, it was a disaster for Ferrari. Felipe Massa spun on the first lap and was then involved in an incident with Red Bull’s David Coulthard before retiring, and Kimi Raikkonen, having benefited from the second safety car intervention, slid off the road trying to pass McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen and undid all that work. Then his Ferrari let him down when he was running seventh with three laps to go.Indeed, McLaren should have had a one-two, but a third safety car intervention following a heavy accident for Toyota’s Timo Glock badly hurt Kovalainen’s chances as he had to pit when everyone had closed up. He dropped way back, was passed by Raikkonen, repassed him, then found himself overtaken by Renault’s Fernando Alonso as the Spaniard overtook both of his rivals in a wonderful move. After fighting back, Kovalainen repassed the Renault with two laps to go, only to have his car falter momentarily as they crossed the line for the 57th time. As he wiped oil off his visor he accidentally triggered the pit-lane speed limiter and a relieved Alonso pounced to head his former team mate home in fourth place.

Race Results
1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:34:50.616

2. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber +00:05.478

3. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 00:08.163

4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:17.181

5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:18.014

6. Rubens Barrichello (Brazi) Honda 00:52.453

7. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 1 lap

8. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 3 laps

9. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 5 laps

Kimi| Ferrari Rocks| Iceman| Raikkonen| Melbourne

The Iceman is back and back with a bang!!!. Under clear skies and in bright sunshine on 14th March , the Finn laid down a marker for Sunday's race with a best lap time of one minute, 26.461 seconds in his initial practice session. Raikkonen won in Melbourne last year on his Ferrari debut and is chasing a third successive victory after ending 2007 on a high with triumphs in China and Brazil taking him to the championship The first 45 minutes saw the Ferraris battling each other for fastest time, with Felipe Massa gaining that with 1m 27.524s ahead of Kimi Raikkonen 1m 27.709s. Then the McLarens came out and Lewis Hamilton worked down to 1m 27.386s to go fastest. Right at the end Raikkonen did two laps quicker than that, the better of which was 1m 26.461s. That compared very favourably with his pole time of 1m 26.072s from last year despite the ban on traction control and engine braking. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, a sensational rookie last year before losing out to Raikkonen by a single point in Brazil, was top until the Ferrari driver bettered his time by 0.487 with two minutes remaining.

Mallu Malayalee English Jokes

1) What is the tax on a Mallu's income called? IngumDax

2) Where did the Malayali study? In the ko-liage.

3) Why did the Malayali not go to ko-liage today? He is very bissi.

4) Why did the Malayali buy an air-ticket? To go to Thuubai, zimbly to meet his ungle in Gelff.

5) Why do Malayalis go to the Gelff? To yearn meney.

6) What did the Malayali do when the plane caught fire? He zimbly jembd out of the vindow.

7) How does a Malayali spell moon? MOON - Yem Who yet another Who and Yen

8) What is Malayali management graduate called? Yem Bee Yae.

9) What does a Malayali do when he goes to America ? He changes his name from Karunakaran to Kevin Curren.

10) What does a Malayali use to commute to office everyday? An Oto

11) Where does he pray? In a Temble, Charch and a Maask

12) Who is Bruce Lee's best friend ? A Malaya-Lee of coarse.

13) Name the only part of the werld, where Malayalis don't werk hard? Kerala.

14) Why is industrial productivity so low in Kerala? Because 86% of the shift time is spent on lifting, folding and re-tying the lungi

15) Why did Saddam Hussain attack Kuwait? He had a Mallu baby-sitter, who always used to say 'KEEP QUWAIT' 'KEEP QUWAIT'

16) What is the Latest Malayali Punch Line? " Frem Tea Shops To Koll Cenders , We Are Yevery Where "

17) Why aren't Mals included in hockey and football teams ? Coz Whenever they get a corner , they set up a tea shop.

Ouch| Stunts| Crazy| Daring| Pictures

TIME 2 SAY OUUUUUUUUCH..???

I really admire the timing in which they were captured....

Mr.Bean| Funny Guy| Jokes| Comedy| Crazy Guy

Mr.Bean



BRAIN TUMOR:
Doctor: I regret to tell you that you have a brain tumor.
Mr. Bean: Yesss!!! (jumps in joy)
Doctor: Did you understand what I just told you?
Mr. Bean: Yes of course, do you think I'm dumb?
Doctor: Then why are you so happy?
Mr. Bean: Because that proves that I have a brain!

MR. BEAN WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL
Teacher: What is 5 plus 4?
Mr. Bean: 9
Teacher: What is 4 plus 5?
Mr. Bean: Are you trying to fool me, you've just twisted the figure, the answer is 6!!

WHILE IN A DRUG STORE
Mr. Bean: I'd like some vitamins for my grandson.
Clerk: Sir, vitamin A, B or C?
Mr. Bean: Any will do, my grandson doesn't know the alphabet yet!!

AT AN ATM MACHINE
Friend: What are you looking at?
Mr. Bean: I know your PIN no., hee, hee.
Friend: Alright, what is my PIN no. if you saw it?
Mr. Bean: four asterisks (****)!

Marriage
Friend: How many women do you believe must a man marry?
Mr. Bean: 16
Friend: Why?
Mr. Bean: Because the priest says 4 richer, 4 poorer, 4 better and 4worse.

CHATTING WITH HIS FRIEND
Friend: How was the tape you borrowed from me, is it Ok?
Mr. Bean: What do you mean ok, I thought it's a horror film. I didn't see any picture.
Friend: What tape did you take anyway?
Mr. Bean: Head Cleaner.

DEATH OF HIS MOTHER
Mr. Bean:(crying) the doctor called, Mom's dead.
Friend: condolence, my friend.
(After 2 minutes) Mr. Bean cries even louder
Friend: what now?
Mr. Bean: my sister just called, her mom died too!

MR. BEAN ATTENDING A MEETING
Colleague: Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hrs because of a power failure.
Mr. Bean: That's alright, me too...I got stuck on the escalator for 3 hrs.

Micheal schumacher| Ferrari| Schumi| Biography

Biography of Schumi



Name: Michael Schumacher
Nickname: Schumi or Schuey
Date of Birth: 3rd January 1969
Nationality: German
Place of Birth: Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Residence: Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland
Status: Married to Corinna Betsch since Tuesday 1st August 1995
Children: Gina-Maria, daughter (DOB 19/01/97) and son Mick (DOB 22/03/99).
Family: Rolf, Father, Elizabeth, Mother and Ralf, Brother (DOB 30/6/75).
Hobby: Soccer, Tennis, Swimming, Skiing.

German ace Michael Schumacher is widely recognised as being the world's best ever racing driver. In 1995 Michael became the (at that time) youngest double Formula 1 World Champion (1994 and 1995 seasons) ever. He is also the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 World Champion. This phenomenal record speaks for itself. In 2003 he beat Juan Manuel Fangio's five championships from the 1950s, by taking his sixth! He has now retired from F1, at the end of the 2006 season.

The 2004 championship was secured by Michael before its conclusion, making it title number 7. He did it by finishing 2nd at Spa in Belgium, in Ferrari's 700th race, to accumulate enough points to seal the deal.

Michael also holds the F1 records for: most career wins (91), most wins in a season, most career pole positions, most points during a season (148 in 2004), most consecutive world championships (5), most consecutive race wins (2004), most pdium gfinsihes (154), most laps leading, most fastest laps (76), plus several others!

Michael is the highest paid racing driver in the world and second highest earning sportsman in the world, earning a reputed $80 million US in 2004 ($40m of which was his salary from Ferrari). His younger brother Ralf became the third highest paid driver in Formula 1 in 1999, when his pay after the 2000 season was raised to $15.5 million US.

Palm Security| PC| Fujitsu| New Technologies

Biometric security is both easy to use and hard to defeat, so its no surprise that finger scanners are popping up on notebooks and as PC peripherals. But once you have swiped them, anyone can use the computer.

Fujitsu has taken the biometric protection concept one step further making it continuous. Its done so with its PalmSecure mouse, which has an infrared scanner that reads the pattern of the veins in your palm as you hold the mouse, all without adding more desktop clutter or replacing your biometric-less laptop.

Fujitsu has had its PalmSecure technology available for a while, but only in a version that required an authentication server. That tended to limit its users to enterprises such as hospitals, where users might work on multiple PCs during the day.

PalmSecure has not yet begun selling the PC login kit, but keep in mind that the PalmSecure works only on Windows XP and Vista. If you want to have managed multi-user authentication across an enterprise’s PCs, you’ll need the authentication server edition.

How Does It Work?

The Palm is first illuminated by an infrared light. The veins just beneath the skin of the palm then emits a black reflection, giving a picture of the veins in the palm.
Using a proprietary Fujitsu algorithm, the pattern is then extracted from this picture and is checked against patterns stored in the system. If there is a match, the person’s identity is confirmed.