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-= Virgil =-
post Jul 20 2008, 09:39 PM

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Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for winning the German GP.
A well-deserved win indeed.
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post Jul 20 2008, 09:46 PM

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It is funny you know when the team talk to Lewis after he crosses the line apologizing to him about the strategy and gave him a much tougher race.
But they did tried to cheer him up by saying that they hope that he was comfortable and happy driving a good car.

Well it indeed is a terrific car accompanied by a good driver.
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post Sep 14 2008, 12:52 AM

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Ron Dennis, McLaren-Mercedes (Team Principal):
“Heikki performed tremendously well this afternoon, and his P2 grid slot for tomorrow is a fully deserved reward. As for Lewis, the weather conditions made things difficult for everyone, not only us, and in addition to that we were caught out by a less-than-fully accurate weather forecast. As things turned out, there was only a narrow window of opportunity in which to cut a quick lap, and things didn't fall kindly for Lewis. But the weather may be unsettled tomorrow, too, and if so he should still be in a position to score a good result even though he'll be starting from a lowlier grid position than he would ideally have preferred. Lastly, I want to congratulate Sebastian Vettel and my old friend Gerhard Berger, of the Scuderia Toro Rosso team, on the occasion of their first ever pole position. But Heikki has a very good strategy for tomorrow so let's see what happens.”

Norbert Haug, McLaren-Mercedes (Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Vice President):
“This is exactly what should not have happened to Lewis - but we have to accept it after so many great qualifying results we had. Heikki was great and will start from the front row. Lewis's competitors are not too far away; at least this is positive. Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso on their first pole - this was a top performance. Tomorrow is another day and we will fight and be focused to do a better job and this time with both cars than today.”

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes (1:37.631, 2nd):
“A really close session; I missed pole by just .076 seconds. My first attempt in Q3 wasn't perfect and further rain later in the session made it almost impossible to improve. On my final run, I gave it everything but there wasn't enough grip to beat Sebastian Vettel. But congratulations to him on his first pole. Nevertheless, second on the grid is still a good basis for tomorrow; our car has shown good pace in both the wet and the dry so I'm feeling confident.”

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (1:39.265, 15th):
“It was a joint decision to go out on wet-weather tyres at the start of Q2 - partly mine and partly my engineers'. We thought it was the right way to go at the time because it was getting dryer but the grip-level was poor so I came in and switched to extremes. By the time I got out, it had begun to rain and I just missed the window when the track was at its fastest; it was also very hard to pick out the braking points. It's the first time this has happened to me in Formula 1, so I can't really complain - tomorrow's another day and we still have a fighting chance to make our way up the grid. I'll be doing the best job I can.”

 

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