2008 FORMULA 1 SINOPEC CHINESE GRAND PRIX17, 18 and 19 October 2008Using spoiler-tag to reduce size of first post.
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Wikipedia wrote:
The Chinese Grand Prix is a round of the Formula One World Championship, held towards the end of the season in October. It is currently held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, designed by Hermann Tilke. It is the most expensive Formula One circuit facility, costing $240 million.
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Circuit History[spoiler]
F1.com wrote:
The Shanghai International Circuit was designed as the race circuit for the new millennium. And the modern track, with its stunning architecture, has achieved its goal of becoming China's gateway to the world of Formula One racing.
Circuit architects Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl on their creation: “The 5.4 kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character 'shang', which stands for 'high' or 'above'. Other symbols represented in the architecture originate from Chinese history, such as the team buildings arranged like pavilions in a lake to resemble the ancient Yuyan-Garden in Shanghai. Here, nature and technology are carefully used to create harmony between the elements.â€
Not only is the course remarkable for its change of acceleration and deceleration within different winding turns, making high demands on the driver as well as the car, but also for its high-speed straights. These offer crucial overtaking opportunities and give an intense and exciting motorsport experience to the spectators. The Main Grandstand with 29,000 seats provides a spectacular view of almost 80 percent of the circuit.
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Grand Prix InformationInformation on Grand Prix races on current track only.[spoiler]
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Laps 56
Circuit length 5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Race length 305.066 km (189.568 miles)
Turns 16
Direction Clockwise
Most wins by single driver Rubens Barrichello / Fernando Alonso / Michael Schumacher / Kimi Räikkönen (1)
Most wins by single constructor Ferrari (3)
Lap Record Race 1:32.238
Lap Record Driver Michael Schumacher
Lap Record Team Ferrari
Tires Prime Hard
Tires Optional Medium
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Timetable[spoiler]
Code:
Local time: GMT + 8 Hours
Central European Times (Spain, Andorra etc.) GMT + 2 (CET)
Western European Times (UK, Portugal etc.): GMT + 1
Eastern European Times (Finland etc.): GMT + 3 Hours
Session GMT CET EDT Stream / Channel
Friday 17th October
Formula BMW Pacific Practice 00:20-00:40 02:20-02:40 20:20-20:40 Unknown
Formula BMW Pacific Qualifying 00:55-01:15 02:55-03:15 20:55-21:15 Unknown
Formula One Friday Practice 1 02:00-03:30 04:00-05:30 22:00-23:30 Several Available (See Streams)
GP2 Asia Practice 03:55-04:25 05:55-06:25 23:55-00:25 Unknown
Aston Martin Asia Cup Pratice 04:45-05:15 06:45-07:15 00:45-01:15 Unknown
Formula One Friday Practice 2 06:00-07:30 08:00-09:30 02:00-03:30 Several Available (See Streams)
GP2 Asia Qualifying 08:00-08:30 10:00-10:30 04:00-04:30 Unknown
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Practice 09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 05:00-05:30 Unknown
Saturday 18th October
Aston Martin Asia Cup Qualifying 00:45-01:15 02:45-03:15 20:45-21:15 Unknown
Formula BMW Asia Race 1 (10 laps) 01:45-02:15 03:45-04:15 21:45-22:15 Unknown
Formula One Saturday Practice 03:00-04:00 05:00-06:00 23:00-00:00 Several Available (See Streams)
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Qualifying 04:25-04:55 06:25-06:55 00:25-00:55 Unknown
Formula One Qualifying 06:00 08:00 02:00 Several Available (See Streams)
GP2 Asia Race 1 (TBC Laps) 08:00-09:20 10:00-11:20 04:00-05:20 Unknown
Sunday 19th October
Aston Martin Asia Cup Race (10 laps) 01:00-01:30 03:00-03:30 21:00-21:30 Unknown
Formula BMW Asia Race 2 (10 laps) 02:00-02:30 04:00-04:30 22:00-22:30 Unknown
GP2 Asia Race 2 (23 laps) 03:30-04:20 05:30-06:20 23:30-00:20 Unknown
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Race 04:40-05:15 06:40-07:15 00:40-01:15 Unknown
F1 Race (56 Laps) 07:00 09:00 03:00 Several Available (See Streams)
Note: All information is correct as of October 14th and is subject to change.
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Current championship standings[spoiler]
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DRIVERS:
Pos Driver Team Points Finishes in Pts Wins Podiums
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 84 12 4 9
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 79 11 5 8
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 72 13 1 7
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 63 10 2 7
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 10 0 4
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 51 10 1 3
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 48 10 2 2
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 30 8 1 1
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 30 9 0 1
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 21 9 0 0
11 Timo Glock Toyota 20 4 0 1
12 Nelsinho Piquet Jr. Renault 18 4 0 1
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 17 5 0 2
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 11 3 0 1
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 9 5 0 0
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 8 2 0 1
17 Sébastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 4 2 0 0
18 Jenson Button Honda 3 1 0 0
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 0 0 0 0
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0 0 0 0
21 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 0 0 0 0
22 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 0 0 0 0
TEAMS:
Pos Team Points Finishes in Pts Wins Podiums
1 Ferrari 142 21 7 15
2 McLaren-Mercedes 135 22 5 12
3 BMW Sauber 128 23 1 11
4 Renault 66 14 2 3
5 Toyota 50 13 0 2
6 STR-Ferrari 34 10 1 1
7 Red Bull-Renault 29 11 0 1
8 Williams-Toyota 26 10 0 1
8 Honda 14 4 0 1
10 Force India-Ferrari 0 0 0 0
11 Super Aguri-Honda 0 0 0 0
Note: Super Aguri withdrew from the championship after round four
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Last Race (2007)Statistics from the last race on this track.[spoiler]
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Winner Kimi Räikkönen
Winning team Ferrari
Winning time 1:37:58.395
Pole time 1:35.908
Pole driver Lewis Hamilton
Pole team McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap 1:37.454
Fastest lap driver Felipe Massa
Fastest lap team Ferrari
TBK Rating 8.10
TBK Rating Position 5th of 18
TBK Rating # Votes 198
TBK TV Rating 6.80
TBK TV Rating Position 2nd of 18
TBK TV Rating # Votes 71
Finishers in points:
Pos Driver Team Laps Time Grid Points
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 1:37.58.395 1 10
2 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 56 +9.806 4 8
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +12.891 3 6
4 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 56 +53.509 17 5
5 Jenson Button Honda 56 +1:08.666 10 4
6 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 56 +1:13.673 11 3
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 +1:14.224 8 2
8 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 +1:20.750 5 1
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Best Times Last Race (2007)Best times set during the race weekend.[spoiler]
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Fastest lap 1:35.381
Fastest lap driver Kimi Räikkönen
Fastest lap team Ferrari
Session Qualifying (Q2)
Sector 1 time 25.146 seconds
Sector 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen
Sector 1 team Ferrari
Session Qualifying
Sector 2 time 28.093 seconds
Sector 2 driver Kimi Räikkönen
Sector 2 team Ferrari
Session Qualifying
Sector 3 time 42.124 seconds
Sector 3 driver Felipe Massa
Sector 3 team Ferrari
Session Qualifying
Combined best lap 1:35.363
Notes:
Best sector times of races are unavailable, the sector times presented are the fastest ones of those that are available and may not represent the fastest times during the weekend.[/spoiler]
Weather[spoiler]Check these sites for weather updates, 5-10 day forecast:
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Live Streams[spoiler]Programs used:
Sopcast,
TVU Player,
PPMate,
TV AntsScheduleCode:
CHANNEL STREAM STREAM ID TYPE FP1 FP2 FP3 Qualifying Race
ITV ITV Web N/A Flash - Web based X X X X
SpeedTV Wheels N/A TVU Player X X
Star Sports Star Sports 10005 TVU Player X X
Star Sports N/A PPMate X X
CCTV5 CCTV5 10007 TVUPlayer X
CCTV5 6002 SopCast X
RTL RTL Web N/A MMS - Web based X X
Eurosport France Eurosport (?) N/A TVAnts X X X
Links:ITV,
ITV Proxy,
Wheels,
Star Sports TVU,
Star Sports PPMate,
CCTV 5 SopCast,
CCTV 5 TVU,
CCTV 5 TVAnts,
CCTV 5 PPMate,
RTLNotes:- For future use of the ITV stream you can save the .swf file to your hard drive and play it from there. You may lose the player controls though. It is possible that you may need a UK proxy for the ITV stream at some point.
- There should be a SopCast stream for FP3, but it is very unstable due to it's high load and will suffer from a lot of buffering. Avoid it if you can.
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