| 2008 SEASON REVIEW |
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 BY ADAM COOPER |
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| At an age when most of Formula One's legends were still only just breaking through, Lewis Hamilton has already become world champion in only his second season. Adam Cooper gets the inside line on the 23-year-old's sensational rise from two McLaren stalwarts |
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| BY TONY DODGINS |
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| Felipe Massa didn't win the world championship this year, but he was perhaps more impressive than any other driver in 2008 and proved beyond doubt that his Formula One growing pains have long gone |
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 BY STEVEN ENGLISH |
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| The ultimate guide to the most important junior motorsport event on the calendar, the end-of-season Formula 3 festival that is the 55th Macau Grand Prix |
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| BY JONATHAN NOBLE |
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| Double Macau Grand Prix winner Riccardo Patrese shares his memories of the event with Jonathan Noble, three decades after his last race on the famous streets |
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| BY STEVEN ENGLISH |
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| As we build up to the 2008 Autosport Awards, autosport.com is counting 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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| It's that time of the year, for the autosport.com team to vote on the best driver of the passing season and the most memorable Grand Prix of the year. Sixteen voters participate this season. Each selected five drivers and three races, as well as their most memorable and forgettable events of the season. Here are the results and the voters' reasoning... |
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| BY ADAM COOPER |
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| There were many times during the wide-open 2008 season when it looked like Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa were doing their best to lose the world championship, but after a year of brilliance interspersed with errors, it was Hamilton who emerged on top by the most slender margin in Brazil. Adam Cooper recounts the full story of their epic duel |
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| BY MATT BEER |
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| The momentum in the contest for the 2008 world title swung back and forth throughout the 18 races. Matt Beer looks into how the drama unfolded race-by-race |
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| BY MICHELE MERLINO |
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| This past season has had more drivers and teams at the front of the field than any in recent years. Michele Merlino investigates the records that were set and broken during the 2008 world championship |
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| BY DIETER RENCKEN |
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| A look back at the off-track events that defined the 2008 season |
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| BY JIM BAMBER |
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| Jim Bamber's unique take on events in the F1 world |
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| ...KERS: Worth its weight in 2009? |
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| ...Farewell to a fine F1 fellow |
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