| 2008 SEASON REVIEW |
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 BY EDD STRAW |
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| The reigning world champion had a poor season by his own standards, and ended up playing second fiddle to Felipe Massa at Ferrari. But occasional flashes showed that his incredible speed is still in there somewhere, so what went wrong? Edd Straw explains |
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| MOTORSPORT |
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| BY GLENN FREEMAN |
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| Timo Scheider's surprise pre-season pace turned into early season form and a mid-season championship lead. Only a surge of form from Paul di Resta took it to the finale, but Scheider still wrapped up the title |
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| BY GLENN FREEMAN |
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| Few would have picked Timo Scheider as DTM champion in the run up to this season, but he out-performed Mattias Ekstrom and his Audi teammates, as well as Paul di Resta and the rest of the Mercedes charge too. Autosport's Glenn Freeman looks back at Scheider's coming out party |
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| BY GLENN FREEMAN |
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| Beating Sebastian Vettel to the Formula 3 Euro Series wasn't enough to get Mercedes-backed Paul di Resta a shot at F1, but, ironically, Vettel's recent success could just have opened the door for the Scot |
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| BY EDD STRAW |
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| In the rundown to the 2008 Autosport Awards, autosport.com will count down the top ten McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winners, reliving the success of their winning year and looking at what they've gone on to achieve since |
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| 2008 SEASON REVIEW |
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| BY ADAM COOPER |
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| Prior to the season, Sebastian Vettel had a reputation as one for the future. During 2008 he became one for now. The standout pole position and victory at Monza weren't the only high-flying performances that have got every team on the grid keeping an eye on him. Adam Cooper spoke exclusively with the young German |
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| BY MARK HUGHES |
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| Autosport's GP editor Mark Hughes counts down his top ten Formula One drivers of the season |
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| BY EDD STRAW |
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| Autosport's Formula One editor reports on the mood-swing of the F1 press corp and the talk of the media centres over the course of the 2008 season |
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| BY MARCUS SIMMONS |
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| Marcus Simmons looks into how the pattern would have developed if Formula One had kept its traditional team numbering system beyond the 1996 championship |
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| BY ROSS STONEFELD |
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| They say a photo is worth a thousand words, but some are worth a little more: some are funny, some are sad; some dramatic, some just odd. Autosport.com's photo editor Ross Stonefeld picks his favourite bunch from 2008 |
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| COULMNS |
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| BY JIM BAMBER |
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| Jim Bamber's unique take on F1 events |
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| BY DIETER RENCKEN |
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| Your weekly dose of rumours and analysis |
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| ...Ever decreasing circles of F1 |
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