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....