This page is an
archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.
The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends.
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated two months into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon!
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
Räikkönen and Massa both made a clean start.
Renault's
Fernando Alonso, who started third, was overtaken by Trulli and
BMW Sauber driver
Robert Kubica. The front three of Räikkönen, Massa and Trulli maintained their positions through the first round of
pit stops. On lap 30, Räikkönen led Massa by six and a half seconds, and Trulli by 30 seconds. Just before half distance, Räikkönen's right exhaust pipe broke, which caused the engine to lose power. Massa, in second place, began lapping quicker than Räikkönen, and he caught and passed him on lap 39. Massa maintained his lead through the second round of pit stops, and won the race; Räikkönen finished almost 18 seconds behind. Trulli fended off
McLaren's
Heikki Kovalainen, who challenged him in the latter stages, to take third.
Massa's win promoted him into the lead of the
Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Kubica. Kubica was second, two points behind Massa, while Räikkönen was third. In the
Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 17 points ahead of BMW Sauber, McLaren a further 16 points behind in third.
Despite qualifying tenth, Massa missed the race due to suffering an accident in the second part of qualifying. He suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his skull and a brain concussion.
[1]
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (370)
Ottava Rima (281)
Theleftorium (281)
Sasata (200)
Bottom 4
Candlewicke (88)
Shoemaker's Holiday (81)
Mitchazenia (73)
Juliancolton (21)
All scores are accurate as of 15:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
Rank
User
LF
TF
D
1
Durova
0
370
370
2
Ottava Rima
0
281
281
3
Theleftorium
0
281
281
4
Sasata
0
200
200
LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
From the Judges
Apologies for not getting a newsletter out before this, but all of the judges happened to be away at the same time. Very impressive start of the round. Only sixteen days in, and our top four are already completely above 200 points. By the way, this is light red, not pink! :P
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
The Brabham BT46 was a
Formula Oneracing car, designed by
Gordon Murray for the
Brabham team, owned by
Bernie Ecclestone, for the
1978 Formula One season. The car featured several radical design elements, the most obvious of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil
radiators. The concept did not work in practice and was removed before the car’s race debut, never to be seen again. The cars, powered by a
flat-12Alfa Romeo engine, raced competitively with modified nose-mounted radiators for most of the year, driven by
Niki Lauda and
John Watson, winning one race in this form and scoring sufficient points for the team to finish third in the constructors championship.
The "B" variant of the car, also known as the "fan car", was introduced at the
1978 Swedish Grand Prix as a counter to the dominant ground effect
Lotus 79. The BT46B generated an immense level of
downforce by means of a fan, claimed to be for increased cooling, but which also extracted air from beneath the car. The car only raced once in this configuration in the Formula One World Championship—when Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix at
Anderstorp. The car was withdrawn before it could race again and the concept was declared illegal by the
FIA. The BT46B therefore preserves a 100% winning record.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (875)
Ottava Rima (650)
Theleftorium (618)
Shoemaker's Holiday (441)
Bottom 4
Sasata (426)
Candlewicke (277)
Mitchazenia (257)
Juliancolton (253)
All scores are accurate as of 18:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
Hi NapHit! I'm just dropping by to let you know of the
FLRC delegate election that begins on Tuesday. You may run in the election by following the instructions on the page. If you don't wish to run, please come and vote sometime next week! The election starts Tuesday and ends Saturday. For more information, check out the opening section of the page. Cheers, iMatthewtalk at
19:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom four contestants of the top eight will be eliminated on September 30th, while the top four will continue with the same score for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Theleftorium (938)
Durova (914)
Ottava Rima (910)
Sasata (849)
Bottom 4
Shoemaker's Holiday (679)
Candlewicke (370)
Mitchazenia (347)
Juliancolton (306)
All scores are accurate as of 20:05, 26 September 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
I can't image any way that something you nominate even as early as today will pass before Wednesday. If anything you've already nominated passes between now and Wednesday, or you still have things you haven't added to your submission pages, now is the time to do it! This half of the round ends this Wednesday (September 30) at 23:59 (UTC), and the bottom four contestants will be eliminated. The top four will keep their score from the first half, and continue competing through October 31. Good luck everyone!
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. --
EdwardsBot (
talk)
01:02, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
You started the FL-procedure on this article, and I have been trying to help to get it to FL-status. There is one thing were I need your help: why did you add the number of stage victories of the winner? I never see this mentioned in a list of Tour de France winners, did you see it somewhere? What would you think of removing it altogether? --
EdgeNavidad (
talk)
13:19, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
The race was dominated, however, by the fight between championship protagonists
Michael Schumacher (Benetton) and
Damon Hill (Williams). Hill, who started from
pole position, retained his lead during the opening stages of the race whilst Schumacher, who started alongside him on the grid, fell behind Alesi in the run to the first corner. Despite being held up behind the slower Ferrari until it pitted, Schumacher used a more favourable one-stop strategy to move ahead of Hill, who made two pit stops for fuel and tyres, on lap 41. Four laps later, Hill attempted to pass Schumacher, but the two collided and were forced to retire from the race. This promoted the battling Herbert and Coulthard into the fight for the lead. Coulthard passed Herbert, but dropped back to third after incurring a
stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
* Barrichello had originally qualified fifth, but received a 5-place grid penalty for a gearbox change between FP3 and qualifying. He moved back up to ninth, after Heidfeld's penalty.
[2]
Nick Heidfeld originally qualified eighth (1:49.307), but was sent to the back of the grid, for his car being underweight after qualifying. His team also changed the gearbox and engine.
[3]
‡ Nakajima set his time during the second part of qualifying, as he failed to make the top ten.
* Sutil and Barrichello received five-place grid penalties for speeding in a neutralised yellow flag zone, following an incident involving
Sébastien Buemi in the second part of qualifying.
[4]
Jenson Button (7th, 1:32.962) and
Fernando Alonso (12th, 1:31.638) also received a five-place grid penalty for the same offence.
Buemi (10th, no time) himself received a five-place penalty for driving his damaged
Toro Rosso back to the pits, and impeding other cars.
Heikki Kovalainen (9th, no time) received a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after a crash during Q3.
† All times were recorded in the second part of qualifying, as they did not make the top ten originally.
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continuing for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 5
Sasata (1153)
Ottava Rima (1148)
Theleftorium (1025)
Durova (1010)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 18:28, 11 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
Hi everyone! We're very sorry we didn't get this one out anytime sooner. We've all been pretty busy IRL. But down to business: Since the last newsletter, the first half of the round has ended. We said goodbye to Candlewicke, Juliancolton, and Mitchazenia. We'd like to thank them for all of their hard work getting this far. Shoemaker's Holiday has also withdrawn, so we'd like to thank him for his hard work too. Congratulations to Durova, Ottava Rima, Sasata, and Theleftorium for making the top 4! Good luck to you all.
You also may have seen from the WikiCup talk page that we have a new judge!
J Milburn is joining our judging team effective immediately. J was assigned after Garden and Thehelpfulone announced they would be highly inactive throughout the remainder of the WikiCup. It is likely you will see J return as a judge next year as well.
Good luck again to the remaining four contestants! 20 days left in the Round, so make sure you get all your content nominated soon! You've all worked hard for this, since the beginning of January. I'm sure you're all tired by now, but you've come too far to just give up now. Congratulations Top 4!
GARDEN, iMatthewtalk,
J Milburn, and
TheHelpfulOne
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. --
EdwardsBot (
talk)
18:48, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Sasata (1332)
Durova (1259)
Ottava Rima (1242)
Theleftorium (1041)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 20:45, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
We have announced the intention to hire another new judge to cover for future judge absences. If you are interested please see the talk page for the WikiCup.
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. --
EdwardsBot (
talk)
23:27, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey NapHit. Just doing a sweep of "maintenance tagged" FLs and this fella popped up. Within 24 hours of it being promoted, it was tagged as {{fact}} for the three top goalscorers that were identified in the FLC as not matching the source. Any chance you could take a look and fix up the tags? Looks straight-forward enough to fix without taking it to
WP:FLRC - that would be a shame. Give me a shout if you need anything, cheers!
The Rambling Man (
talk)
16:24, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.
Top 4
Durova (1546)
Sasata (1477)
Ottava Rima (1254)
Theleftorium (1092)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (534)
Mitchazenia (352)
Juliancolton (314)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)
All scores are accurate as of 18:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC).
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
It just came to me that multiple users have worked together on a bunch of content items, which means the newsletter counts are likely off. I'll try to put that all together and figure it out by the end of the round.
The end of the round, and the end of the 2009 WikiCup is this coming Saturday, October 31! To our top four: don't give up yet. Make sure that anything you have left to nominate is nominated today or tomorrow, for the slighted chance of it passing in time. The last day items will be accepted is Saturday, at 23:59 (UTC). It ain't over till the fat lady sings, of course!
GARDEN, iMatthewtalk,
J Milburn, and
TheHelpfulOne
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. --
EdwardsBot (
talk)
02:41, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five continued for an additional month. On October 31, the WikiCup ended, and Durova was crowned winner!
Top 4
Durova (1830)
Ottava Rima (1720)
Sasata (1627)
Theleftorium (1149)
Eliminated 3
Candlewicke (586)
Mitchazenia (376)
Juliancolton (349)
Withdrawn
Shoemaker's Holiday (1224)
All scores are accurate as of the end of the WikiCup.
Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
Well, it was a long, long ride, with plenty of ups as well as downs (but I'm sure you'll agree, definitely more ups). It's been ten long months since our kick-off in January, and the level of competition has intensified so much so quickly. It's a wonder there was any puff left in our final eight by the end, but they fought to the death and, eventually, Durova pulled through, making her proficiency with FPs count as the contest drew to a close. Special mentions must go to the other members of the last four, Ottava Rima, Sasata and Theleftorium, all of whom put in a astonishing shift in their efforts to peel Durova away from her victory. Congratulations again!
The announcement of the ed17 as the newest judge to the WikiCup panel was made today - I wish him all the best in his new role.
The article for the Signpost overall is now be readable in a
Signpost near you!
Remember to sign up for
next year if you haven't already!
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from
this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.
WikiCup Awards
The 2009 WikiCup Participant Award
This WikiCup Award is presented to NapHit for their participation in the 2009
WikiCup. Your contributions along the way have greatly improved the quality of many articles, pictures, and sounds on the English Wikipedia.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
The DAMS GD-01 was an unraced
Formula One car used by the
Frenchmotorsport team,
Driot-Arnoux Motor Sport (DAMS). The GD-01 was designed and built by a collaboration of DAMS and
Reynard engineers from 1994 to 1995, and was intended to establish the team—which had achieved considerable success in lower categories—in Formula One, but a continuing lack of finance meant that the team never entered the championship, despite completing construction of the chassis and conducting some testing.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
Fittipaldi Automotive, sometimes called Copersucar after its first major sponsor, was the only
Formula One motor racing team and constructor ever to be based in
Brazil. It was formed during 1974 by racing driver
Wilson Fittipaldi and his younger brother, double world champion
Emerson, with money from the Brazilian sugar and alcohol cooperative
Copersucar. In 1976 Emerson surprised the motor racing world by leaving the title-winning
McLaren team to drive for the unsuccessful family outfit. Future world champion
Keke Rosberg took his first podium finish in Formula One with the team.
The team was based in
São Paulo, almost 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away from the centre of the world motor racing industry in the UK, before moving to
Reading,
UK during 1974. It participated in 119 grands prix between 1975 and 1982, entering a total of 156 cars. It achieved 3 podiums and scored 44 championship points.
The
WikiProject Formula One Newsletter wishes you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010. Year II · Issue 12 · December 8, 2009 – December 31, 2009
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a
Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008 at the
Hungaroring,
Budapest,
Hungary. It was the eleventh race of the
2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by
Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team after starting from second position.
Timo Glock finished second in a
Toyota car, with
Kimi Räikkönen third in a
Ferrari. It marked Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was also Glock's first podium finish.
Much of the race, however, was dominated by a duel between
Lewis Hamilton and
Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from
pole position on the starting grid but was beaten into the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship protagonists commenced a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton suffered a
puncture just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to take the win.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of
open-wheeledauto racing defined by the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as
Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built
circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. Drivers are awarded points based on their position in each race, and the driver who accumulates the most points over each calendar year is crowned that year's
World Champion. As of the
2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there have been 820 FIA
World Championship races since its first event, the
1950 British Grand Prix.
Seven-time champion
Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most championships, while his 91 wins, 154 podium finishes and 68 pole positions are also records.
Rubens Barrichello has entered more Grands Prix than anyone else—288 times in total—as well as having made an unsurpassed 284 race starts. The
United Kingdom is the most represented nation, having produced a total of 157 different drivers. Eight nations have been represented by just one.
Poland became the latest country to be represented by a driver when
Robert Kubica made his
Formula One debut at the
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
Grand Prix 2, sometimes known as "GP2" and sold in the
American market as Grand Prix II, is a
racing simulator released by
MicroProse in
1996. It was made under an official FIA license that featured the
Formula One1994 season, with all of the circuits, teams, drivers and cars. The cars were painted with liveries reflecting the races that did not allow tobacco and beer sponsors (i.e.
1994 French Grand Prix).
It had 3D texture mapping and
SVGA graphics, as well as an early but realistic physics
engine. A large community of GP2 enthusiasts formed quickly and still exists today. Grand Prix 2 is recognized as one of the definitive racing simulations of its era.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors --
The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a
Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at
Hungaroring in
Mogyoród, near
Budapest,
Hungary. It was the 11th race of the
2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by
Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team, from a second position start.
Timo Glock finished second in a
Toyota car, with
Kimi Räikkönen third in a
Ferrari. It marked Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and Glock's first podium finish.
Much of the race, however, was dominated by a duel between
Lewis Hamilton and
Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from
pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship protagonists commenced a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton suffered a
puncture just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to take the win.
I have nominated
2007 UEFA Champions League Final for a
featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets
featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are
here. –
PeeJay12:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors –
Senna began his motorsport career in
karting and moved up the ranks to win the
British Formula 3 championship in 1983. Making his Formula One debut with
Toleman in
1984, he moved to
Lotus-Renault the following
year, and won six Grands Prix over the next three seasons. In
1988 he joined Frenchman
Alain Prost at
McLaren-
Honda. Between them, Senna and Prost won fifteen out of the sixteen Grands Prix which took place that season, with Senna winning his first
World Championship, a title he would go on to win again in
1990 and
1991. McLaren's performance declined in
1992, as the
Williams-
Renault combination began to dominate the sport, although Senna won five races to finish as runner-up in
1993. He moved to Williams in
1994, but suffered a
fatal accident at the third race of the season at the
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.
Senna is regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One. In 2009, a poll of 217 current and former
Formula One drivers chose Senna as their greatest Formula One driver, in a survey conducted by British magazine
Autosport. He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap and from
1989 until
2006 held the record for most
pole positions. He was among the most talented drivers in extremely rain-affected conditions, as shown by his performances in the
1984 Monaco Grand Prix, the
1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, and the
1993 European Grand Prix. He also holds the record for most victories at the prestigious
Monaco Grand Prix (6) and is the third most successful driver of all time in terms of
race wins. However, Senna courted controversy throughout his career, particularly during his turbulent rivalry with
Alain Prost, which was marked by two championship-deciding collisions at the
1989 and
1990 Japanese Grands Prix.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors –
Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found
here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season.
It is exclusive to the
Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.
Mark Webber became the first driver since
Kimi Räikkönen in
2005 to win two consecutive races by leading every lap in the process, when he won the
Spanish and
Monaco Grands Prix.
Article of the month –
Bruce McLaren, current Start-Class article.
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970), born in
Auckland,
New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.
His name lives on in the
McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in
Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated
CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three
Indianapolis 500 races, as well as
24 Hours of Le Mans and
12 Hours of Sebring.
As a nine year old, McLaren contracted
Perthes disease in his hip which left his left leg shorter than the right. He spent two years in traction, but later often had a slight limp.
Les and Ruth McLaren, his parents, owned a service station and workshop in
Remuera,
Auckland. Bruce spent all of his free hours hanging around the workshop. The McLaren family homestead is located in Ngaruawahia in the Northern Waikato region and still stands today.
Michael Schumacher (6th, + 5.712) was given a 20-second penalty after the race for passing Fernando Alonso under neutralised safety car conditions, under which the race finished.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors –
The McLaren M2B was the
McLaren team's first
Formula One racing car, used during the
1966 season. It was conceived in 1965 and preceded by the M2A development car. Designed by
Robin Herd, the innovative but problematic
Mallite material was used in its construction. The car was powered by
Ford and
Serenissima engines but both lacked power and suffered from reliability issues.
Driven by team founder
Bruce McLaren, the M2B had a short Grand Prix career, entering six races and starting only four. It scored the team's first point at the
British Grand Prix and two more points at the
United States Grand Prix.
2 - Nine drivers were given five-second time penalties post-race for for exceeding the safety car-in lap time. Apart from the drivers listed,
Pedro de la Rosa (10th, + 42.414),
Vitaly Petrov (11th, + 43.287),
Vitantonio Liuzzi (13th, + 45.890) and Nico Hülkenberg (retired) were also given penalties.
Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the
central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors –
The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a
Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at
Hungaroring in
Mogyoród, near
Budapest,
Hungary. It was the 11th race of the
2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by
Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team, from a second position start.
Timo Glock finished second in a
Toyota car, with
Kimi Räikkönen third in a
Ferrari. It marked Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and Glock's first podium finish.
Much of the race, however, was dominated by a duel between
Lewis Hamilton and
Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from
pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship protagonists began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a
punctured tyre just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to take the win.
This page is an
archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
current talk page.