22-Jun-08: Massa Dominates in France GP
You’re listening to F1 Minute and it’s the 22nd June.
Felipe Massa took the win in France, after Raikkonen’s Ferrari developed a mechanical problem. Part of the exhaust became loose and was dangling off the car for at least half the race. It finally fell off a few laps from the end, but not before melting a giant hole in the bodywork. Raikkonen still managed to finish in second, though. Rounding out the podium was Trulli, who is no doubt thankful to have provided the tribute for Ove Andersson that Toyota so badly wanted.
Elsewhere, Button was the only retiree, after a first lap tangle with Bourdais that damaged his front wing, whilst Hamilton pushed through the traffic as much as he could, but was on the receiving end of another penalty - this time a drive through, for taking a position by running off the track.
Alonso was having a strong afternoon, battling with Webber mostly, right until the end when Piquet managed to get past him. This will have boosted Piquet’s confidence after a run of bad luck.
It didn’t rain as was predicted, although there were two brief showers, and I mean very brief, that barely affected the action at all.
That’s all for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.
Published by Christine on 22 Jun 2008 at 03:02 pm
Tags: Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, France, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Nelson Piquet, Sebastien Bourdais, Toyota
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shaun on 22 Jun 2008 at 6:22 pm #
Is it just me when i look back at Trully’s podiums and think, he always has someone close to him that has recently deceased, that kind of puts a ‘toned down’ approach to the podium celebration’s.He usually has to pay tribute to someone, be it a friend or family member - or racing colleague…i’m not being disrespectful here with what i’ve just written - and he did shake the old shampers today in honer of his old boss, pointing at the black arm band as well…is this just a cruel coincidence? or do you think the loss of someone close to him makes him dig deeper than usual?.Death goes hand-in-hand with the motor racing business, helicopter crashes, race car crashes, etc…but he seems to get more than his fare share of death.
S.
Christine on 22 Jun 2008 at 8:55 pm #
Hmm, you may be onto something, Shaun. To be honest, I can barely recall the last time Trulli was on the podium. Was it a tribute to someone then as well?
shaun on 23 Jun 2008 at 5:27 pm #
Hi Christine,
Yes, i find the shadow of death that follows Trullys podium finishes all a bit spooky.
The last time he was on the podium the Pope had just past away; Trully being Italian and a catholic meant that we saw him look up to the sky - with his (well used) black arm band on and dedicate the race to the ‘ex pope’.
The time before that, i think a family member had died, then there was the very emotional podium and press conference tribute to a close friend of his who had died in a car crash…and, and…i think - you know the guy who used to be the team boss of Minadi, can’t remember his name - he was Louise Goodman’s partner.When he died of a heart attack the week before a GP, i think Trully got on the podium that weekend and we witnessed no champagne corks flying, just a black arm banded tribute from the grim reapers favourite driver.
Now, don’t get me wrong i’m not making light of the passing away of anybody - it’s a very sad time for any-one involved and they have my respect and sympathy.But, it seems to precede trully getting that Toyota on the podium?.Maybe the emotion takes him to a special place, i don’t know…it is spooky though.
S.