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Now
Today. If pos. I'm not going to be here for a while though. Chubbennaitor 15:56, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Newsletter
You say on the newsletter that you are looking for new contributors. What would this involve doing? Darth Newdar (talk) 11:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
WPF1 Newsletter (October)
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Article of the month - 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, current Good Article Candidate
 The 2008 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV ING Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on September 7, 2008, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium. It was the 13th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 44 laps, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team, after the initial winner, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, was penalised for cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage over Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen. Hamilton started from pole position alongside title rival Massa. Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen started from third next to the 2007 winner Kimi Räikkönen. Following a spin by Hamilton on the second lap, Räikkönen led the race, until rain fell on lap 41 and Hamilton performed the penalised pass. Räikkönen crashed in the following lap as rain started raining heavily. Massa finished second on the road after Hamilton, followed by Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber. Hamilton received a drive-through penalty, which demoted him to third place and advanced Massa and Heidfeld to first and second positions. McLaren appealed the decision at the FIA International Court of Appeal. Their case, however, was judged inadmissible, with the Court ruling that drive-through penalties cannot be challenged. The penalty created a large amount of criticism from the global press, mainly from the United Kingdom and Italy, with several former drivers questioning the decision. Massa's retrospective win, with Hamilton demoted to third, narrowed the gap in the Championship from six points to just two. (More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Championship standings and Grand Prix results
Final standings. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics.
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--Diniz(talk) 16:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Re: Newsletter
I am currently busy in real life, so I don't have time to contribute to the newsletter right now. However, once the new season is up and running I will probably become a contributor to the newsletter! Thanks for the info you gave me! Darth Newdar (talk) 14:52, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Donation banner
Glad that worked for you, I do not understand how that fixes it though.--intraining Jack In 19:12, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Three-letter abbreviation for Brands Hatch
- BRH because of the 'Br' sound in the word Brands, but my ability to care ends completely now :P --Falcadore (talk) 21:50, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Retiring
Just thought you'd like to know that I've given you a mention here. Sincerly, D.M.N. (talk) 17:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Pics
Are there any Brazilian GP pictures. Chubbennaitor 16:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
BATracer
That's my second (and currently inactive) account, but yep. Here's my active account. MetzMaboo (talk) 21:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, I wonder which one of those it is. The name Diniz seemed awfully familiar, until it hit me that I'm racing one in a real-names '99 season. :P
Hey Diniz. If you have a minute could you please take a look at the above article which I have just rewritten? My grammar has been a little clumsy lately (don't know why), particularly in the 'Background' section. Also, if I'm missing something important from the article. Cheers, Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 09:35, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. Two down... Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 23:54, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
WPF1 Newsletter (November)
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Michael Dalle Stelle
I knew I recognised the 4 wins and Campos from somewhere, what with Pérez winning 4 races in British F3 in the season just finished. I'll say thanks for correcting my errors on the Fabrizio Crestani page, and sorry about the newsletter error. Wasn't aware of how many of the |}'s to add at the bottom. Regards. Cs-wolves(talk) 14:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Re: Thanks
You're welcome. DH85868993 (talk) 11:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm trying to work up the enthusiasm to check all the links to Formula 3000 and change the appropriate ones to link to International Formula 3000 instead so that we can move Formula 3000 (disambiguation) to Formula 3000, per Talk:International_Formula_3000#Proposed_split. DH85868993 (talk) 11:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Category:International F3000 drivers
I was going to comment about something related to the GP2 Asia Series, but realised that it was already there. Then I noticed the F3000 merge idea, and noticed the category had yet to be created. So yeah, that's how I started it. Done most of the first half of drivers that have an article. Cs-wolves(talk) 16:59, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, looks like I was beaten to the standings so cheers for that. Entry list is here, in case you want to add that. Regards. Cs-wolves(talk) 17:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I have just 'finished' writing the above race report (yes, I really am that quick). If you've got a mo, could you check it out? I'm quite confident in my writing this time. I realised while writing it what a great race it was, certainly the best dry race of the year. Hope I got that across! Thanks in advance, Apterygial 05:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll admit I haven't been enormously faithful to D.M.N.'s idea of all FAs; at this point Italy and Brazil I'll just get to GA, but Japan is going to FA. I'm perhaps a little overconfident in it, but I think that it's a great article (I'm modest too!). If you need copyediting help with anything in return, I'm only to happy to give it. Apterygial 11:08, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Help!
Help! I've been wrongly blocked through my IP address `Chubbennaitor 09:02, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
- I thought that was because I put the template on my page. Chubbennaitor 14:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
It's up for FAC! I tell you this mainly so you can update it in the next newsletter, but feel free to drop by and oppose or whatever. Apterygial 03:11, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. Chubbennaitor 17:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Lola T93/30
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Article of the month - Damon Hill, kept at Featured Article status after review.
 Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired British racing driver from England. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship; as the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. His father died in a plane crash when Hill was 15, leaving the family in reduced circumstances and Hill came to professional motorsports at the relatively late age of 23 by racing motorcycles. After some minor success, he moved on to single-seater racing cars, and progressed steadily up the ranks to the International Formula 3000 championship by 1989, where although often competitive he never won a race. Hill became a test driver for the Formula One title-winning Williams team in 1992. He was unexpectedly promoted to the Williams race team the following year after 1992 champion Nigel Mansell's departure and took the first of his 22 victories at the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix. During the mid 1990s, Hill was Michael Schumacher's main rival for the Formula One Driver's Championship. The two clashed on and off the track; their collision at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix gave Schumacher his first title by a single point. Hill won the 1996 World Drivers' Championship, but was dropped by Williams for the following season. He went on to drive for the less competitive Arrows and Jordan teams, and in 1998 gave Jordan its first win. Hill retired from racing after the 1999 season. He has since launched several businesses as well as making appearances playing the guitar with celebrity bands. In 2006, he became president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, succeeding Jackie Stewart. (More...) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009 Teams and Races
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Portal
Woddup, Diniz? I'd like your opinion on a raft of ideas about a portal revamp at Portal talk:Formula One#All of Apterygial's big ideas, in one small section. You seem to be the only one really maintaining the portal to this point, so I would value your input. Apterygial 11:28, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
You've done a great job on that article, well done. I think you have a good chance of getting that to GA - you're lucky Autosport had a feature on it! Although not really relevant as such, what were the other few crappy cars that Autosport named?
Also, on a final note, when will your hands be able to grab hold of the 1995-96 Autocourse again (you could guess why I'm asking!). Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 21:44, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, OK. No worries. =) D.M.N. (talk) 14:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Re:Congratulations
Thanks. The reviewer suggested I try for FA, and then I pointed out that we had both nominated the current bottom two on the FAC page... Apterygial 23:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey
Long time no see! Just come to ask whether I could become a main editor for the f1 newsletter? Thanks LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 19:36, 25 January 2009 (UTC)