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2007 Season saw an
intense three way battle among Kimi, Lewis and Alonso for the championship
title. Alonso frantic for a 3rd
championship title, Kimi looking for his first championship with Ferrari and of
course, Lewis who created a sensation as a rookie for McLaren had an immense
support from the crowd. With all this, the title finally belonged to Kimi, a
much awaited one rather a well deserved one!
2007 saw some dark
sides of Sporting, McLaren were stripped off their constructor's points as they
were held guilty of using Ferrari's data in building their MP22. Then there was
theFamous Alonso v/s Lewis cold war in the garages of McLaren. Ron Dennis was
not in talking terms with Alonso which created waves in the Motor sport world.
Amidst this, the crowd enjoyed every bit of this sport till the spectacular
last race of Brazil, where Kimi was crowned the world champion for the first
time since his debut in 2001. Yes! It was a much awaited victory for Kimi and
Ferrari won their much awaited constructors after a gap of three long years.
After a break of
Couple of months, the machines are back
on track testing their new engines in Valencia, Spain. The new 2008 cars have
been modified as per the new regulations fromFIA1. The engine
development has been frozen for 10 years. Total freeze means that there will be
no exceptions for development of certain parts of the engine, as is the case
under the current regulations. The changes in the sporting regulations are
§ No traction control: The traction control
provided assistance to the drivers by controlling the rear wheel spinning when
driver applies more than wanted power. Now, without this the real skills of the
driver would be exposed and could mean more overtaking possibility.
§ Electronic control units: FIA approved software's must be used in their
new cars which would help FIA to closely monitor all the cars.
Couple of changes are also made regarding an engine failure during the
qualifying and Gear boxes.
With all
this modifications, the whole F1 community was eagerly waiting r the launch of
the new challenger cars for 2008.
First of
all, it was Ferrari with their new F2008 challenger which claimed to have major
changes in their aerodynamics which was evident. The front nose has undergone a
major change along with a couple of rear wing aerodynamics. Kimi and Massa are
their driver's lined up which they would like to maintain for a couple of
years. They look really promising this time.
Next to launch was
McLaren with their MP423 model. Because of the whole controversy of spying on
Ferrari data, the McLarens had to approve their car by FIA before their
official launch. To one's surprise,
Kovalainen who drove for Renault last season is about to debut for McLaren.
Toyota launched their
TF108, which also claimed to have major aerodynamic change as compared to its
predecessor which failed miserably last time. The new driver line up includes
Trulli and Timo Glock.
BMW Sauber launched
their challenger F1.08 which had an evolved look as compared to F1.07. They
have completely changed their nose and it looks more promising.
William FW30
doesn't look to be evolved in its aerodynamics but yeah, they have painted it
all blue. Time would tell the Toyota
powered Williams team's effort in getting a promising car for this year's
challenge.
Honda RA108 was
launched at Brackley, Honda racing's F1 factory in United Kingdom. Post disastrous
performance by their RA107 challenger, which earned them mere 6 points and an
overall 9th position last season; Honda is all set to come back with
their new challenger under the Principal Ross Brawn, the former technical
director of Ferrari.
Last to launch was
Renault with their R28 challenger which too has a major change in its
aerodynamics, a changed nose and many other rear changes. A new driver line up, Nelson Piquet Jr a
debutant and Alonso, an old horse from the stables of Renault makes a comeback
hoping for Briatore- Alonso magic once again.
The countdown for
the first F1 race in Australia on 16th of March has already begun.
As the engines get heated up and the tyres get burnt on the tracks, the whole
F1 community awaits another exciting season to begin.
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