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Bahrain Grand Prix
by Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
With the new world order being completely accepted in this season, Toyota was hoping that their shot would lead to the team’s first win in F1 since entering the sport and spending countless hundreds of millions of dollars resulting in a huge goose egg in the wins column.
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Hamilton Wins a Nailbitter, No Wait, He Doesn’t!
Grand Prix of Belgium
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy of Ferrari Media
September 7th 2008
Most drivers have said over the years that Spa is usually their favorite track during the F1 season. There is a tremendous amount of history at this circuit with great battles over the years and the annual discussion on whether or not Eau Rouge could be taken flat out. This years installment had some last minute drama when it started to rain with just a handful of laps to go, and then even more drama after the fact.
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Massa on the podium: second is not enough.
By Pete Vack
Erik Nielsen was unable to travel to Germany this weekend.
July 20th 2008, Hockenheim, Germany
The German Grand Prix was not a good race for Ferrari. It was not a good race for Massa. It was not a good race for Kimi. Ferrari still leads the Constructors race by a good margin, but the recent on-track performance of the team belies the mere numbers.
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Wet & Wild at Silverstone
Duke of Kent, Stefano Domenicali and Jackie Stewart
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
If anyone said that F1 has become totally predictable, they’ve obviously never watched a race in the rain before. The only people who think it doesn’t rain plenty in the Midlands live in places like Seattle and Vancouver… [Read more…] about British Grand Prix
Ferrari Does it in France
Massa does it.
by Erik C. Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
If there was significant concern amongst the Ferrari faithful regarding the Scuderia’s performance in Canada, all of that was washed down with a decent red wine in central France during this weekend’s French Grand Prix. [Read more…] about French Grand Prix
By Erik Neilsen
Images by Ferrari Media
Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen.
Felipe Massa made sure that there was not going to be any negative press in this week’s Gazzetta della Sport, and that he really is worth everything that Marlboro is subsidizing the Scuderia for his services this year.
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