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Image:Fernando_Alonso_2006_Canada.jpg The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter
Year I · Issue 8 · August 6, 2008 – August 29, 2008

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| 17 || 34 || 32 || 59 || 10 || 152

{{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Formula One articles|C}}

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{{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Formula One articles|Start}}

| 15 || 97 || 123 || 260 || 255 || 750

{{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Formula One articles|Stub}}

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{{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Formula One articles|List}}

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{{Assessed-Class}}

| 48 || 184 || 259 || 1280 || 636 || 2407

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    Images

    Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found here) which is decided on every 25th-27th of each month. The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season.

    ;It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.

    Image:Felipe Massa 2008 Europe.jpg

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    2005

    Image:Jenson Button British GP 2005.jpg

    Image:Takuma Sato 2005 British GP.jpg

    Image:2005 British GP.jpg

    2006

    Image:Heidfeld 2006 China GP.jpg

    Image:Chinese Grand Prix 2006 Ferrari.jpg

    Image:Chinese Grand Prix 2006.jpg

    Image:Andy Priaulx 2008 BMW Sauber demonstration.jpg

    2007

    Image:Lewis Hamilton 2007 Spain 2.jpg

    Image:Lewis Hamilton Sepang 2007.jpg

    Image:McLaren Truck Italian GP 2007.jpg

    Image:Alex Wurz Monza 2007.jpg

    2008

    Image:Kimi Raikkonen 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Massa Monaco 2008.jpg

    Image:Felipe Massa 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Felipe Massa 2008 Europe 2.jpg

    Image:Nick Heidfeld 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Robert Kubica 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Andy Priaulx 2008 BMW Sauber demonstration.jpg

    Image:Fernando Alonso 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Fernando Alonso 2008 Europe 2.jpg

    Image:Nelson Piquet 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Nico Rosberg 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Kazuki Nakajima Monaco 2008.jpg

    Image:Kazuki Nakajima 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:David Coulthard 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Mark Webber 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Jarno Trulli 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Timo Glock 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Sebastien Bourdais 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Sebastian Vettel 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Button Monaco 2008.jpg

    Image:Jenson Button 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Rubens Barrichello 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Sutil Monaco 2008.jpg

    Image:Adrian Sutil 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Giancarlo Fisichella 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Hamilton Monaco 2008.jpg

    Image:Lewis Hamilton 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Lewis Hamilton 2008 Europe 2.jpg

    Image:Heikki Kovalainen 2008 Europe.jpg

    Image:Heikki Kovalainen 2008 Europe 2.jpg

    Circuits

    Image:Spa-Francorchamps overview.jpg

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    {{center|Article of the month - Max Mosley, recently relisted as a Good Article}}

    Max Rufus Mosley (born April 13, 1940) is president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for Formula One and other international motorsports.

    Mosley is a former barrister and amateur racing driver, and a founder and co-owner of March Engineering, a successful racing car constructor and Formula One racing team. He looked after legal and commercial issues for the company between 1969 and 1977. In the late 1970s, Mosley became the official legal adviser to the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), the body which represents the Formula One teams. In this role he drew up the first version of the Concorde Agreement, which settled a dispute between FOCA and the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), the governing body of Formula One. Mosley was elected president of FISA in 1991 and became president of the FIA, FISA's parent body, in 1993. Mosley has identified his major achievement as FIA President as being the promotion of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP or Encap), a European car safety performance assessment programme. He has also promoted increased safety and the use of green technologies in motor racing. In 2008, Mosley retained his position after stories about his sex life appeared in the British press.

    Mosley is the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, former leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), and Diana Mitford. He was educated in France, Germany and Britain before going on to attend university at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated with a degree in physics. In his teens and early twenties Mosley was involved with his father's post-war party, the Union Movement (UM). He has said that the association of his surname with fascism stopped him from developing his interest in politics further, although he briefly worked for the Conservative Party in the early 1980s.

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    {{center|Championship standings and Grand Prix results}}

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    Drivers' Championship

    ! Position

    ! Driver

    ! Team

    ! Points

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    |

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    |1st

    | {{flagicon|UK}} Lewis Hamilton

    | McLaren

    | 70

    |2nd

    | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Felipe Massa

    | Scuderia Ferrari

    | 64

    |3rd

    | {{flagicon|Finland}} Kimi Räikkönen

    | Scuderia Ferrari

    | 57

    |4th

    | {{flagicon|Poland}} Robert Kubica

    | BMW Sauber

    | 55

    |5th

    | {{flagicon|Finland}} Heikki Kovalainen

    | McLaren

    | 43

    |6th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nick Heidfeld

    | BMW Sauber

    | 41

    |7th

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Jarno Trulli

    | Toyota F1

    | 26

    |8th

    | {{flagicon|Spain}} Fernando Alonso

    | Renault F1

    | 18

    |9th

    | {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Webber

    | Red Bull Racing

    | 18

    |10th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Timo Glock

    | Toyota F1

    | 15

    |11th

    | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Nelson Piquet, Jr.

    | Renault F1

    | 13

    |12th

    | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Rubens Barrichello

    | Honda F1

    | 11

    |13th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nico Rosberg

    | WilliamsF1

    | 9

    |14th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Sebastian Vettel

    | Toro Rosso

    | 8

    |15th

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Kazuki Nakajima

    | WilliamsF1

    | 7

    |16th

    | {{flagicon|UK}} David Coulthard

    | Red Bull Racing

    | 6

    |17th

    | {{flagicon|UK}} Jenson Button

    | Honda F1

    | 3

    |18th

    | {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais

    | Toro Rosso

    | 2

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    Constructors' Championship

    ! Position

    ! Constructor

    ! Points

    |

    |

    |

    |1st

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Ferrari

    | 121

    |2nd

    | {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren

    | 113

    |3rd

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} BMW Sauber

    | 96

    |4th

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Toyota F1

    | 41

    |5th

    | {{flagicon|France}} Renault F1

    | 31

    |6th

    | {{flagicon|Austria}} Red Bull

    | 24

    |7th

    | {{flagicon|UK}} WilliamsF1

    | 17

    |8th

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Honda F1

    | 14

    |9th

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Toro Rosso

    | 11

    |10th

    | {{flagicon|India}} Force India

    | 0

    |11th

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Super Aguri{{ref|1|1}}

    | 0*

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    Standings after the 2008 European Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205144508/http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/ formula1.com] or [http://www.itv-f1.com/calendar.aspx ITV-F1.com] (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics.

    {{note|1|Note 1}}: Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the {{F1 GP|2008|Turkish}}.

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    {{flagicon|EU}}{{f1 gp|2008|European}}

    ! Driver

    ! Constructor

    ! Race Time

    1st

    | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Felipe Massa

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Ferrari

    | 1:35:32.339

    2nd

    | {{flagicon|UK}} Lewis Hamilton

    | {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren

    | +5.6

    3rd

    | {{flagicon|Poland}} Robert Kubica

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} BMW Sauber

    | +37.3

    4th

    | {{flagicon|Finland}} Heikki Kovalainen

    | {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren

    | +39.7

    5th

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Jarno Trulli

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Toyota F1

    | +50.6

    6th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Sebastian Vettel

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Toro Rosso

    | +52.6

    7th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Timo Glock

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Toyota F1

    | +67.9

    8th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nico Rosberg

    | {{flagicon|UK}} WilliamsF1

    | +71.4

    9th

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nick Heidfeld

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} BMW Sauber

    | +82.1

    10th

    | {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Toro Rosso

    | +89.7

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    European Grid Line up

    ! Driver

    ! Constructor

    ! Time

    Row one

    | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Felipe Massa

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Ferrari

    | 1:38.989

    | {{flagicon|UK}} Lewis Hamilton

    | {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren

    | 1:39.199

    Row two

    | {{flagicon|Poland}} Robert Kubica

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} BMW Sauber

    | 1:39.392

    | {{flagicon|Finland}} Kimi Räikkönen

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Ferrari

    | 1:39.488

    Row three

    | {{flagicon|Finland}} Heikki Kovalainen

    | {{flagicon|UK}} McLaren

    | 1:39.937

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Sebastian Vettel

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Toro Rosso

    | 1:40.142

    Row four

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Jarno Trulli

    | {{flagicon|Japan}} Toyota F1

    | 1:40.309

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nick Heidfeld

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} BMW Sauber

    | 1:40.631

    Row five

    | {{flagicon|Germany}} Nico Rosberg

    | {{flagicon|UK}} WilliamsF1

    | 1:40.721

    | {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais

    | {{flagicon|Italy}} Scuderia Toro Rosso

    | 1:40.750

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    • [http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43670 FP1: Vettel shows up big guns in learning the new track]
    • [http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=43675 FP2: Late surge by Alonso and Button]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121006162723/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/8/8261.html FP3: Kubica takes his turn at the top]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121006162747/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/8/8263.html Qualifying: Massa puts Ferrari on pole for European Grand Prix]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121006162816/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/8/8269.html Race: Massa keeps win after controversy in Valencia]

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