Formula 1 Championship 2008

2009-10-06T09:17:00.001-07:00

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Grande Premio do Brasil @ Sao Paulo 31 October 1 2 November 2008

2008-10-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

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Race (Sunday afternoon)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 Winner
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 71 + 13.2 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 + 16.2 secs
4 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari 71 + 38.0 secs
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 71 + 38.9 secs
6 Timo Glock Toyota 71 + 44.3 secs
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 71 + 55.0 secs
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 71 + 68.4 secs
9 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 71 + 79.6 secs
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 + 1 Lap
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 + 1 Lap
12 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 70 +1 Lap
13 Jenson Button Honda 70 + 1 Lap
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 + 1 Lap
16 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 69 + 2 Laps
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 69 + 2 Laps
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 69 + 2 Laps
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0 + 71 Laps
Ret David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 0 + 71 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:11.830 1:11.875 1:12.368 (17 laps)
2 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:12.226 1:12.107 1:12.737 (15)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:12.083 1:11.950 1:12.825 (19)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1:12.213 1:11.856 1:12.830 (14)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
1:12.366 1:11.768 1:12.917 (17)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:12.214 1:12.090 1:12.967 (18)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari
1:12.390 1:11.845 1:13.082 (20)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
1:12.371 1:12.026 1:13.297 (18)
9 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
1:12.498 1:12.075 1:14.105 (16)
10 Timo Glock Toyota
1:12.223 1:11.909 1:14.230 (24)
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:12.348 1:12.137 (13)
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
1:12.409 1:12.289 (13)
13 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:12.381 1:12.300 (13)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
1:12.690 1:12.717 (16)
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:12.548 1:13.139 (14)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota
1:12.800 (9)
17 Jenson Button Honda
1:12.810 (9)
18 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
1:13.002 (8)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari
1:13.426 (9)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari
1:13.508 (9)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.141 (19 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.212 + 0.071 (18)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.225 + 0.084 (18)
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.312 + 0.171 (17)
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:12.389 + 0.248 (19)
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:12.402 + 0.261 (19)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:12.426 + 0.285 (18)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:12.453 + 0.312 (18)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:12.457 + 0.316 (24)
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:12.457 + 0.316 (19)
11 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:12.625 + 0.484 (16)
12 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:12.698 0.557 (18)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:12.712 + 0.571 (22)
14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:12.971 + 0.830 (22)
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:13.054 + 0.913 (19)
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:13.058 + 0.917 (22)
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:13.135 + 0.994 (24)
18 Jenson Button Honda 1:13.278 + 1.137 (23)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:13.460 + 1.319 (22)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:13.680 + 1.539 (22)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.305 (24 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.495 + 0.190 (23)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:12.507 + 0.202 (18)
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:12.874 + 0.569 (24)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.925 + 0.620 (20)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:13.061 + 0.756 (25)
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:13.298 + 0.993 (24)
8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:13.378 + 1.073 (39)
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:13.426 + 1.121 (28)
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:13.466 + 1.161 (33)
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:13.600 + 1.295 (24)
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:13.621 + 1.316 (23)
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:13.649 + 1.344 (30)
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:13.676 + 1.371 (28)
15 1Jenson Button Honda 1:13.766 + 1.461 (13)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:13.806 + 1.501 (24)
17 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:13.836 + 1.531 (30)
18 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:13.861 + 1.556 (19)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:14.704 + 2.399 (21)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:14.821 + 2.516 (21)

Pre race comment

Kimi Raikkonen - “I want to fight for victory in Brazil and celebrate a good result with the team. This would give me a good feeling for the winter and the upcoming season. Over the last two races I had a much better feeling with the car in Q3, when I had a bigger fuel load. t's important to believe in the car and the possibility to attack; this is what makes the difference. I hope that we can find the right set-up, after we've been very close a couple of times.

There are not so many positive things for me [which] I achieved over the last season. At the beginning of the year things went very well, but then we lost track and we couldn't get back. It was a very long year and I can't wait to have a break. We have to analyse every single detail of what happened and try to learn from our mistakes to improve everything for next year. But now we have to give it all at the last race of the 2008 season.”

Ron Dennis - “In any walk of life, if a young person comes in and is immediately successful, his or her competitors may struggle to come to terms with that. What would you expect? What would you expect them to say? They said it about David Beckham. They said it about others, not only in the UK. These kinds of people – young people who are instantly successful – always receive criticism. It’s completely understandable. So, with respect to journalists everywhere, many of whom are doing a difficult job very well, we advise Lewis: ‘Don’t read the papers. Don’t surf the net. We can’t stop you reading the papers or surfing the net but it may disrupt your focus so please don’t’.

Every driver has to have a beginning to his career, But, when Lewis’s career beginning is already proving to be so good, as long as we can continue to provide him with competitive cars in the future, he’ll go on to surpass all records. I don’t think anyone would hesitate to think that.”

Nico Rosberg - “We had a strong race there last year and I finished fourth. As we haven’t had a great showing in the past two races, it would be nice to do well again here and end the season on a positive note. It’s going to be difficult with this year’s harder tyres, and we’ll have to cover a lot of ground with the car on Friday to get to the optimum set-up."

Kazuki Nakajima - “This race marks my first anniversary in Formula 1 and I can’t believe how quickly it’s gone! I’ve certainly learnt a lot and I’ll be using that experience in Brazil this weekend. This race will be easier than some of the others this season because I actually have experience of racing at Interlagos. Our car worked well in Brazil last year, and I hope that’s the case on Sunday and we have a better race than we did in Japan and China. The track itself is fairly challenging, but it’s really exciting to drive.”

Sam Michael (Williams technical director) - “The grid here is traditionally very tight due to the low fuel penalty and short lap time, so the midfield will probably be even closer than usual. We’ve put in some good performances in Brazil over the years, last year’s race being no exception. This weekend we’ll be looking to close 2008 with a good result.”

Pat Symonds (Renault Chief Engineer) - “I don’t see why not,” he said when asked if it would be strong again in Brazil. If you look at the last few races, we’ve seen the car performing well at some very different circuits. But as well as our strengths, our weaknesses are still there and I think that the exit out of turn 12 and the long drag up the hill to the first corner will be quite tough for us and not an area where we will be particularly strong. However, the car should be good through the quick corners of turns three and five, and overall I think we can maintain a similar level of competitiveness to that which we’ve shown in the past few races.

There is no doubt that during the last few races we’ve been very aware of Toyota, what they were doing and the tactics we needed to beat them. So we are released from that constraint, but the reality is that over the past few races our strategy has been simply about achieving the best possible result and that is how we will approach the final race of the season.

It was disappointing that we started the year further back than we had expected to, and had the situation remained like that it would have been quite disheartening for us. There were reasons for it, but in this particular case it's the facts that matter, not the reasons for those facts. The way we've turned the situation around has given us an enormous boost as we've proved we can out-develop our competitors and arguably out-develop those that are leading the championship because we really have moved a lot closer to them.

I think that's a great message to take through to next year with so many new factors being introduced because we've shown that we can steal the initiative with this sort of thing.”

Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix @ Shanghai 17 18 19 October 2008

2008-10-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

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Race (Sunday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 56 Winner
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 + 14.9 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 + 16.4 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 56 + 18.3 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 + 28.9 secs
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 56 + 33.2 secs
7 Timo Glock Toyota 56 + 41.7 secs
8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 56 + 56.6 secs
9 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari + 64.3 secs
10 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault + 74.8 secs
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda + 85.0 secs
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota + 90.8 secs
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari + 91.4 secs
14 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault + 92.4 secs
15 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota + 1 Lap
16 Jenson Button Honda + 1 Lap
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari + 1 Lap
Ret Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes + 7 Lap
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari + 43 Laps
Ret Jarno Trulli Toyota + 54 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes
1:35.566 1:34.947 1:36.303 (15 laps)
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:35.983 1:35.355 1:36.645 (15)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:35.971 1:35.135 1:36.889 (16)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:35.769 1:35.461 1:36.927 (18)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes
1:35.623 1:35.216 1:36.930 (16)
6 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault
1:36.238 1:35.686 1:37.083 (19) *
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
1:36.224 1:35.403 1:37.201 (17
8 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari
1:35.752 1:35.386 1:37.685 (16)
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:36.104 1:35.715 1:37.934 (19)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari
1:36.239 1:35.478 1:38.885 (18)
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:36.029 1:35.722 (12)
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:36.503 1:35.814 (14)
13 Timo Glock Toyota
1:36.210 1:35.937 (16)
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:36.640 1:36.079 (15)
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
1:36.434 1:36.210 (15)
16 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault
1:36.731 (7)
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota
1:36.863 (9)
18 Jenson Button Honda
1:37.053 (9)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari
1:37.730 (9)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari
1:37.739 ((9)

* Drops 10 places on grid for engine change

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)

1 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:36.061 (17 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1:36.135 + 0.074 (15)
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.150 + 0.089 (18)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 1:36.324 + 0.263 (16)
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.396 + 0.335 (22)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 1:36.427 + 0.366 (20)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 1:36.642 + 0.581 (20)
8 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 1:36.712 + 0.651 (18)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 1:36.713 + 0.652 (20)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:36.789 + 0.728 (20)
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:36.839 + 0.778 (19)
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.842 + 0.781 (16)
13 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.901 + 0.840 (15)
14 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari 1:36.902 + 0.841 (18)
15 Jenson Button Honda 1:36.958 + 0.897 (18)
16 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.996 + 0.935 (18)
17 Timo Glock Toyota 1:37.053 + 0.992 (22)
18 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1:37.566 + 1.505 (12)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 1:37.648 + 1.587 (19)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 1:37.964 + 1.903 (18)

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.750 (33 laps)
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.024 + 0.274 (36)
3 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:36.094 + 0.344 (38)
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.159 + 0.409 (32)
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:36.375 + 0.625 (38)
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.480 + 0.730 (31)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:36.529 + 0.779 (32)
8 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.542 + 0.792 (34)
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:36.553 + 0.803 (38)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.556 + 0.806 (33)
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.615 + 0.865 (33)
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.775 + 1.025 (37)
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.797 + 1.047 (33)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:36.808 + 1.058 (36)
15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:36.925 + 1.175 (38)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.975 + 1.225 (31)
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:37.473 + 1.723 (38)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:37.617 + 1.867 (33)
19 Jenson Button Honda 1:37.800 + 2.050 (37)
20 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:37.904 + 2.154 (36)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.630 (23 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.020 + 0.390 (24)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.052 + 0.422 (23)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.103 + 0.473 (21)
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.507 + 0.877 (25)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.661 + 1.031 (25)
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.040 + 1.410 (23)
8 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:37.070 + 1.440 (32)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:37.180 + 1.550 (30)
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:37.278 + 1.648 (25)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.491 + 1.861 (26)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:37.619 + 1.989 (25)
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:37.630 + 2.000 (23)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:37.638 + 2.008 (22)
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:37.638 + 2.008 (26)
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1:37.664 + 2.034 (29)
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:37.827 + 2.197 (28)
18 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:38.219 + 2.589 (24)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:38.285 + 2.655 (25)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:38.479 + 2.849 (26)

Pre race comment

Ron Dennis - "Lewis is a racing driver. That's what makes him the driver he is. He is going to fight for positions at every opportunity - you are not going to stop him doing that. Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, it would have been nice if he had been a little bit more prudent in the first corner. Some of the things he does leave us in awe of him, The simple fact is he is a great driver and we are going to fight for the world championship, but it's sometimes a bit of an uphill struggle. I think the thing that really got to him was the penalty - it really did. He was bitterly complaining about it in the car. Without the penalty, we would have still got points, that's for sure."

Robert Kubica - "I think you at least have to try, there is nothing to lose. I think Kimi showed last year that anything is possible. The difference is that I have two guys in front of me, not one and at normal pace it’s no secret that we are not as fast as (Felipe) Massa and (Lewis) Hamilton, so life is a bit more difficult but everything can still happen. Once you are able to be leader after seven races, you should be able to fight for the championship,We didn’t improve a lot lately with the car, so this didn’t help me but still, I’m 12 points behind the leader. Over the last three races it shows that everything can be possible. In Monza we had changeable conditions - I started 11th, I finished third. In Singapore I would easily have finished on the podium, I think. My race was ruined by safety cars, so it’s changeable. We have to be there and I hope this is a good boost for the last two races and I hope we can find a few tenths which will help me in the battle."

Lewis Hamilton - “For sure, it’s not easy to always say or do the right thing, and when you’re constantly being scrutinised it can be particularly difficult. Recently, there have been lots of different quotes attributed to me.And sometimes I’ve said things that have either come out the wrong way or been taken out of context so people get a different feeling of what I’ve said when I haven’t expressed myself correctly. I’m only human and every now and then people make mistakes. I would never say I was better than anyone else, but I am a Formula 1 driver and all of us have to believe in ourselves to get to where we are. You have to have that belief to go out and win: and that’s what helps you strive for better performance and to achieve more in your life. look at the other drivers and I want to beat them. I would never say, ‘I’m better than you,’ I just think that all these guys are the best and to be the best I have to beat them. That’s how every racing driver sees things."

"Felipe hit me off," Hamilton was quoted as saying by The Independent. "I went on the inside of him and he broke left and hit me pretty hard. "It was as deliberate as it could be."

Felipe Massa - "I did not hit him deliberately. I can't believe he sees it that way. For me it was just a racing incident but we took the penalty. He braked too late and just pushed me off the track. I had two wheels in the gravel and couldn't stop the car. I have a good relationship with Lewis and I will not do something to destroy something by purpose."

Jarno Trulli - "In the end we had to be happy with fifth place in Fuji but I was hoping for a little more in front of our home fans. The lower temperatures didn't really suit our car in Japan but it should be a bit warmer in China, which will be better for us. I am fired up to get a good result this weekend. We have been pushing really hard all season and we are still very motivated to finish the year on a high in these last two races."

Timo Glock - "I was expecting better in Japan, obviously, and I thought I was in decent shape to finish in the points before I had to retire. It's good that we race again so soon after because I can forget what happened at Fuji and focus on returning to the points in Shanghai. Our car is competitive and I believe I can score points in every race so that is my first target for this weekend, and after that we will push to finish as high as possible."

Fernando Alonso - "I don’t know what to say now (after Japanese Grand Prix) because I am still thinking not, but my heart says yes. The feeling I have now is that we can do anything because of (winning at) a circuit like this. We were not too light on fuel. Regarding the laps people stopped in the first stint, qualifying was a 'real' fourth place, so I am still confident for the next two races. Maybe no wins but who knows, maybe podiums are possible now. I think about four tenths, half a second (Current deficit on McLaren and Ferrari). Okay, there are some circuits where we are a little bit closer, some circuits where it’s a little bit more than half a second but I think another four or five tenths would put us in a very strong position.

First of all we need to have a competitive, hard car here in Shanghai and Brazil to be fighting with McLaren and Ferrari. If we do that and Felipe wins the race and I can be second or third I will be happy to help Felipe to take as many points as possible and this is the only approach. My best relationship for example is with Robert (Kubica). I would like to see him winning the championship but I know this is quite difficult because I think the performance etc it will be difficult to recover 12 points. I will do my own race but after all, when you finish the race and see the results, you prefer some drivers to win or some teams to win compared to others" he commented on the Formula 1 official website,

2008-10-10T07:08:00.001-07:00

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2008-10-08T00:32:00.001-07:00

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Race

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 Winner
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 67 + 5.2 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 67 + 6.4 secs
4 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 67 + 20.5 secs
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 67 + 23.7 secs
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 67 + 39.2 secs
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 + 46.1 secs
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 67 + 50.8 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 67 + 54.1 secs
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 67 + 59.0 secs *
11 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 67 + 62.0 secs
12 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 67 + 78.9 secs
13 Rubens Barrichello Honda 66 + 1 Lap
14 Jenson Button Honda 66 + 1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 66 + 1 Lap
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 21 + 46 Laps
Ret Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 16 + 51 Laps
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 8 + 59 Laps
Ret Timo Glock Toyota 6 + 61 Laps
Ret David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 0 Accident

* Sebastien Bourdais has had 25 seconds added to his race time as a penalty for making contact with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa coming out of the pits. The stewards’ decision drops Bourdais from 6th to 10th

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1:18.071 1:17.462 1:18.404 (15 laps)
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:18.160 1:17.733 1:18.644 (20)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
1:18.220 1:17.360 1:18.821 (22)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:18.290 1:17.871 1:18.852 (19)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:18.110 1:17.287 1:18.874 (18)
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:18.684 1:17.931 1:18.979 (20)
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:18.501 1:17.541 1:19.026 (23)
8 Timo Glock Toyota
1:17.945 1:17.670 1:19.118 (24)
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari
1:18.559 1:17.714 1:19.638 (21)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
1:18.593 1:18.102 1:20.167 (20)
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
1:18.303 1:18.187 (16)
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:18.300 1:18.274 (11)
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
1:18.372 1:18.354 (13)
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota
1:18.640 1:18.594 (16)
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
1:18.740 1:18.672 (16)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
1:18.835 (9)
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:18.882 (9)
18 Jenson Button Honda
1:19.100 (11)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari
1:19.163 (10)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari
1:19.910 (10)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)

1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:25.087 (19 laps)
2 Timo Glock Toyota 1:25.171 + 0.084 (25)
3 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:25.415 + 0.328 (19)
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:25.474 + 0.387 (24)
5 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:25.563 + 0.476 (23)
6 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:25.614 + 0.527 (20)
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.709 + 0.622 (15)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:25.785 + 0.698 (20)
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:25.799 + 0.712 (19)
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:25.880 + 0.793 (24)
11 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.901 + 0.814 (8)
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:25.984 + 0.897 (22)
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.013 + 0.926 (21)
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:26.213 + 1.126 (19)
15 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.239 + 1.152 (10)
16 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.277 + 1.190 (18)
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:26.662 + 1.575 (22)
18 Jenson Button Honda 1:26.922 + 1.835 (26)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:27.357 + 2.270 (12)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:27.918 + 2.831 (17)

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

1 Timo Glock Toyota 1:18.383 (44 laps)
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:18.426 + 0.043 (41)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.463 + 0.080 (40)
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:18.491 + 0.108 (40)
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.725 + 0.342 (39)
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:18.734 + 0.351 (39)
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:18.734 + 0.351 (36)
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:18.761 + 0.378 (23)
9 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.803 + 0.420 (32)
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.863 + 0.480 (45)
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.865 + 0.482 (39)
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:18.888 + 0.505 (43)
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:18.981 + 0.598 (41)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:19.040 + 0.657 (41)
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:19.258 0.875 (42)
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:19.287 + 0.904 (41)
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:19.327 + 0.944 (36)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:19.482 + 1.099 (44)
19 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:19.894 + 1.511 (37)
20 Jenson Button Honda 1:19.999 + 1.616 (42)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.910 (23 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.063 + 0.153 24
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.279 + 0.369 (20)
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:19.399 + 0.489 (31)
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.473 + 0.563 (30)
6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:19.743 + 0.833 (35)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.121 + 1.211 (30)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.160 + 1.250 (26)
9 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:20.182 + 1.272 (34)
10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:20.217 + 1.307 (25)
11 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:20.288 + 1.378 (26)
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.350 + 1.440 (28)
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.620 + 1.710 (24)
14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:20.628 1.718 (23)
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:20.657 + 1.747 (33)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:20.753 + 1.843 (32)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:20.769 + 1.859 (27)
18 Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.823 + 1.913 (37)
19 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.905 + 1.995 (24)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.014 + 2.104 (28)

Pre race comment

Kazuki Nakajima - "I think there will be some expectation from the fans because I’m the only Japanese driver at the moment so I’m a bit more nervous for this race. The atmosphere will be great though and I’ll just do my best to relax, enjoy the weekend and hopefully bring home some points. I’m really excited about my home grand prix and this will be the first time I’ve been back to Fuji for three years. It used to be my F3 team’s home track so I lived in the area for a year. It feels really good to be going back, and this time I’ll be driving a Formula 1 car so I can’t wait."

Nico Rosberg - "After our second place in Singapore, we want to go to Japan with the same momentum and continue our high. Fuji Speedway might not be the best circuit for our car but weather could play a big part in the proceedings this weekend. Last year’s race was a washout and there’s a strong possibility it will rain again this year. If that happens, we’ll have a good chance of a strong finish as our car goes well in the wet."

Lewis Hamilton - "I think I learned something when I was behind David Coulthard in Singapore: previously, you'd tell yourself to be consistent and avoid any unnecessary mistakes - but it's one thing saying it and another to do it, And once you get in the car, it can be hard to stop the instincts you've been developing since you were eight years old. But I actually think Singapore was a good learning experience: there was less pressure to achieve a victory because of the unusual circumstances, which meant I was actually able to start thinking of the world championship. I hate driving for points, but I think we can all see the benefit of that approach at the moment."

Bob Bell (Renault technical director) - "For me it was the Fernando of old. He never gave up and when the time came to really push hard to gain an advantage he did so and brought home the maximum points. There was certainly an element of luck with the safety car, but Fernando had been on it all weekend and after the second safety car he pulled out an immediate gap over (Nico) Rosberg and (Lewis) Hamilton, which confirmed the pace of the car and what an outstanding job he did. He was very pleased for the team as well and I think it showed him that we still have the potential to go out and win races. He saw us return to the sort of form that we used to enjoy and that meant as much to him as the victory itself."

Fernando Alonso - "We worked hard to develop some new parts for Singapore, but also for the final three races of the season so I think that we can be on the pace in Fuji. We will give our maximum to try and make that the case. After our victory in Singapore, the whole team is determined to have those feelings again as soon as possible. We must remain focussed and try to repeat our level of performance from Singapore to fight at the front. However, I remain realistic as it will be difficult to race the Ferraris and McLarens, but we will give our maximum to score as many points as possible because the fight for fourth in the championship remains very close."

Giancarlo Fisichella - "To tell you the truth I have not noticed any friction. I guess every team wants to be competitive, and for this reason there are discussions among team members and maybe arguments. But we have never suffered because of that. If anything, our position down the field has been a bigger incentive to continue to push. I only know that my boss, Vijay Mallya, has promised me a good car in 2009 and I trust him one hundred percent.We are always moving forward and we have kept up with the field with honour. But every other team has done the same and this is why our progress is so little noticed."

John Howett (Toyota team president) - "I am confident we can finish fourth this season because I know we have the potential and the will to achieve our targets. However, this team does not exist to finish fourth; we exist to win. Therefore we have other targets over the remainder of the season. We aim to improve our performance relative to the other teams and that means fighting for podium finishes - we are aggressively developing the car in order to do that. At the same time we must continue the strong progress we have made on the 2009 car. This is not an easy task but nothing about Formula 1 is easy and we are ready for the challenge."

Nick Heidfeld - "I'm very pleased about this announcement and about the confidence that the team have shown in me. I've always said that I was happy to stay with BMW Sauber because we’ve managed to achieve what we set out to do at this stage and I really hope that we will be battling it out for the title itself next year. There have been times this season when neither I nor the team could honestly say that we were satisfied with the way things were going, but we have always pulled together and come through.”

Singtel Singapore Grand Prix @ Singapore 26 27 28 September

2008-09-22T01:36:00.000-07:00

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Race (Sunday 2000 hours)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 61 Winner
2 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 61 + 2.9 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 61 + 5.9 secs
4 Timo Glock Toyota 61 + 8.1 secs
5 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari 61 + 10.2 secs
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 61 + 11.1 secs
7 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 61 + 16.3 secs
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 61 + 18.4 secs
9 Jenson Button Honda 61 + 19.8 secs
10 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 61 + 26.9 secs
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 61 + 27.9 secs
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 61 + 29.4 secs
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 61 + 35.1 secs
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 61 + 43.5 secs
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 + 4 Laps
Ret Jarno Trulli Toyota 50 + 11 Laps
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 49 + 12 Laps
Ret Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 29 + 32 Laps
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 14 + 47 Laps
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 13 + 48 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday 2200 hours)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:44.519 1:44.014 1:44.801 (16 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1:44.501 1:44.932 1:45.465 (14)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:44.282 1:44.232 1:45.617 (16)
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:44.740 1:44.519 1:45.779 (18)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
1:44.311 1:44.207 1:45.873 (19)
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber *
1:45.548 1:44.520 1:45.964 (19)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari
1:45.042 1:44.261 1:46.244 (15)
8 Timo Glock Toyota
1:45.184 1:44.441 1:46.328 (21)
9 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota
1:45.103 1:44.429 1:46.611 (17)
10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota
1:45.127 1:44.826 1:47.547 (20)
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:45.642 1:45.038 (12)
12 Jenson Button Honda
1:45.660 1:45.133 (14)
13 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault
1:45.493 1:45.212 (12)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault
1:46.028 1:45.298 (16)
15 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:44.971 no time (6)
16 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:46.037 (6)
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari
1:46.389 (6)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:46.583 (7)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari
1:47.940 (10)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari
no time (2)

* 3 place grid penalty for blocking Rubens Barichello when driving into the pit lane

Practice 3 (Saturday 1900 hours)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:44.506 (19 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.119 + 0.613 (13)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.246 + 0.740 (16)
4 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:45.249 + 0.743 (18)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:45.386 + 0.880 (17)
6 Jenson Button Honda 1:45.409 + 0.903 (20)
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:45.425 + 0.919 (17)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:45.450 + 0.944 (21)
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:45.477 + 0.971 (19)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:45.599 + 1.093 (18)
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:45.689 + 1.183 (19)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:45.982 + 1.476 (18)
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.982 + 1.476 (13)
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:46.073 + 1.567 (21)
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:46.180 + 1.674 (23)
16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:46.221 + 1.715 (19)
17 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:46.482 + 1.976 (10)
18 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:46.794 + 2.288 (6)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:47.166 + 2.660 (14)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:47.727 + 3.221 (19)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.654 (30 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.752 + 0.098 (28)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.793 + 0.139 (31)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.797 + 0.143 (31)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:46.164 + 0.510 (34)
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:46.384 + 0.730 (36)
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:46.580 + 0.926 (25)
8 Jenson Button Honda 1:46.901 1.247 (32)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:47.013 + 1.359 (32)
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:47.046 + 1.392 (22)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:47.137 + 1.483 (15)
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:47.145 + 1.491 (35)
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:47.300 + 1.646 (33)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:47.487 + 1.833 (24)
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:47.640 + 1.986 (31)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:47.760 + 2.106 (36)
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:47.965 + 2.311 (12)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:48.009 + 2.355 (25)
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:48.059 + 2.405 (28)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.311 + 2.657 (36)

Practice 1 (Friday 1900 hours)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.518 ( 20 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.598 + 0.080 (23)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.961 + 0.443 (24)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes + 1:46.463 0.945 (20)
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber + 1:46.618 1.100 (23)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota + 1:46.710 1.192 (25)
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:46.725 + 1.207 (29)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:46.964 + 1.446 (24)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:47.175 + 1.657 (30)
10 Jenson Button Honda 1:47.277 + 1.759 (30)
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:47.570 + 2.052 (28)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:47.662 + 2.144 (23)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:47.706 + 2.188 (27)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:48.097 + 2.579 (16)
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:48.517 + 2.999 (23)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:48.725 + 3.207 (19)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.839 + 3.321 (24)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari + 1:48.906 3.388 (25)
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.064 + 3.546 (29)
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:53.703 + 8.185 (4)

Pre race comment

Felipe Massa - "A positive dayThis is only the start of the weekend and
there is still a lot of work to do, but we have got off on the right foot. The
car is handling well, especially on the harder tyres, but we know track
conditions will improve so it is too early to draw conclusions. I think we
will be competitive: whether we will be more or less so than our rivals, I
cannot yet say."

Kimi Räikkönen - "At the start of the day, we had a well balanced car
and then, in the afternoon, we tried a modification to the front end that
we had tried at the Mugello test last week, but it did not produce the
effect we hoped for, but there was not enough time to switch back,"

Fernando Alonso - "The first day of work has gone well. The circuit is
interesting, very bumpy in places, especially into turn number seven,
and we have to keep an eye on that because it can become a problem.
In terms of the lighting, when I walked the track I was impressed, but
behind the wheel at 300 km/h some parts of the track are a bit dark. But
despite that, this is an amazing opportunity for the spectators to attend
a night race and I am satisfied with my day."

Nelsinho Piquet - "It was an interesting experience to drive today during
the night and the organisers have done a remarkable job to make this
possible. The behaviour of the car felt good and it reacted well to the
different set-up options that we tried. However, we still have a bit of work
to do ahead of qualifying tomorrow, but the first signs are encouraging."

Nico Rosberg - “In general I think we can be quite happy with our
performance today.We have started well and I feel quite confident that
we can have a good weekend. Of course there is some way to go to see
how we will shape up with the competition around us.”

Kazuki Nakajima - “In the second session I had a bit of a moment as I
made contact with the wall, but fortunately the damage was minor and I
could complete the planned programme,” he said. Looking ahead, I know
exactly the places on the track where I need to improve and I will have a
good go at this tomorrow. t’s a very tough track, hot and bumpy, probably
the bumpiest track surface we encounter all season. As a consequence,
I think it will be a pretty demanding race. The grip level is not at all bad,
maybe a little low at the moment, but by the time we get into qualifying
and the race, the track will have rubbered in well.”

Timo Glock - "I am really looking forward to this race because I believe we have a good chance to score more points. Things didn't work out for us in Monza, with the changing track conditions coming at just the wrong time for our strategy and the fight for fourth in the constructors' championship isvery close now. We are really motivated to come out on top." After Friday -
"They were both quite difficult sessions for me today. The track is really bumpy and the car is quite tricky to handle at the moment. It was a different experience driving in the lights and the whole track is a bit unusual. At the end of second practice I just lost the car when I hit a kerb and that was it, I made contact with the barrier. But that didn't affect our programme and overall we got through a lot of work today, so it was successful in that sense. So far I am not totally happy with the car and we have quite a lot to improve but I will sit down with my engineers and I'm sure we will make progress before qualifying."

Jarno Trulli - "High-downforce tracks suit our car very well and after bad luck in Spa and Monza I am looking forward to returning to the points" Defends 'safe' U-turn - “In first practice unfortunately I had a spin at the last corner and I wanted to move off the racing line as safely as possible, so I decided to go down the pit lane,” he said. I took the quickest and safest option available to me and the other cars. I have been penalised and I accept that but I know I did the safest thing for me and the other drivers – it is one of the quickest corners on the track and you don't want to have a crash there. We have been improving gradually throughout the two sessions, We are trying to find the right set-up and we have changed quite a lot on the car."

Sebastian Vettel - “I’m not happy with my car yet as it feels very loose and I don’t think we will have an easy time. So tonight we must work hard to improve it and hopefully make a step forward tomorrow.”

Sebastien Bourdais - “It’s a very nice track but, unfortunately, the quick parts are the bumpiest and so we are having to run the cars quite high, which obviously reduces performance. Globally the car is not too bad and today we have been trying to find the best set-up and assess the two types of tyre.There are no worries about running under the lights and I even ran with a lightly smoked visor. There are hardly any shadows and you can see very well.”

Nick Heidfeld - “Overall I had a good first practice day here, although my fastest lap from the second session doesn't give that impression."

Robert Kubica - “As expected the track is quite demanding – not only for the driver but also for the car. You are always going round corners and the surface is very bumpy, especially in two or three places. It is very important to have a stable car here as you can easily lose a lot of time in several corners.On the first lap I got used to the track and, as I was going at a good pace immediately, we were then able to start working on the set-up. In the second session we did the tyre comparison. Now we have to analyse the data andsee what we have to change for tomorrow.”

Gran Premio Santander D´Italia @ Monza 12 13 14 September 2008

2008-09-10T00:06:00.000-07:00

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Race (Sunday afternoon) Provisional Results

1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 53 Winner
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +1 2.5 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 + 20.4 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 53 + 23.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 + 27.7 secs
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 + 28.8 secs
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 + 29.9 secs
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 + 32.0
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 + 39.4 secs
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 + 54.4 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 53 + 58.8 secs
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 53 + 62.0 secs
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 + 65.9 secs
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 + 68.6 secs
15 Jenson Button Honda 53 + 73.3 secs
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 52 + 1 Lap
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 + 1 Lap
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 52 + 1 Lap
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 51 + 2 Laps

Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 11 + 42 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon) - rain in all qualifying sessions

1 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari
1:35.464 1:35.837 1:37.555 (28 laps)
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes
1:35.214 1:35.843 1:37.631 (24)
3 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault
1:36.001 1:36.306 1:38.117 (23)
4 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari
1:35.543 1:36.175 1:38.445 (28)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota
1:35.485 1:35.898 1:38.767 (28)
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:35.536 1:36.676 1:38.894 (29)
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:35.906 1:36.008 1:39.152 (26)
8 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:36.297 1:36.518 1:39.751 (28)
9 Timo Glock Toyota
1:35.737 1:36.525 1:39.787 (28)
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
1:35.709 1:36.626 1:39.906 (26)
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:35.553 1:36.697 (21)
12 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari
1:36.280 1:36.698 (19)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault
1:36.485 1:37.284 (21)
14 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:35.965 1:37.522 (21)
15 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes
1:35.394 1:39.265 (19)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:36.510 (12)
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:36.630 (13)
18 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota
1:36.653 (13)
19 Jenson Button Honda
1:37.006 (13)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari
1:37.417 (12)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning) - rain

1 Timo Glock Toyota 1:35.464
2 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:36.129 + 0.665
3 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.347 + 0.883
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.686 + 1.222
5 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.706 + 1.242
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:36.972 + 1.508
7 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:37.015 + 1.551
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:37.263 + 1.799
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:37.270 + 1.806
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:37.285 + 1.821
11 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:37.504 + 2.040
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:37.671 + 2.207
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.778 + 2.314
14 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:37.833 + 2.369
15 Jenson Button Honda 1:37.882 + 2.418
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:38.689 + 3.225
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:39.319 + 3.855
18 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:41.164 + 5.700
19 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:42.683 + 7.219
20 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.325 + 10.861

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:23.861 (31 laps)
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:23.931 + 0.070 (26)
3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:23.947 + 0.086 (29)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.983 + 0.122 (25)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:24.110 + 0.249 (33)
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.247 + 0.386 (34)
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.365 + 0.504 (29)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:24.521 + 0.660 (35)
9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:24.669 + 0.808 (22)
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:24.773 + 0.912 (35)
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:25.100 + 1.239 (25)
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:25.192 + 1.331 (39)
13 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:25.204 + 1.343 (24)
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:25.296 + 1.435 (25)
15 Jenson Button Honda 1:25.309 + 1.448 (34)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:25.330 + 1.469 (28)
17 Timo Glock Toyota 1:25.397 + 1.536 (28)
18 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:25.481 + 1.620 (22)
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:25.753 + 1.892 (29)
20 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:26.195 + 2.334 (23)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning) - rain

1 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:32.842 (18 laps)
2 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:33.428 + 0.586 (14)
3 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:33.695 + 0.853 (19)
4 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.800 + 3.958 (13)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.900 + 4.058 (9)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.965 + 4.123 (10)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:37.142 + 4.300 ( 20)
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.214 + 4.372 (13)
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:37.392 + 4.550 (5)
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:37.754 + 4.912 (13)
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:38.057 + 5.215 (11)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:38.303 + 5.461 (7)
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:39.062 + 6.220 (12)
14 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.233 + 7.391 (5)
15 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber No time (1)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota No time (2)
17 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber No time (1)
18 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes No time (1)
19 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault No time (1)
20 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes No time (1)

Pre race comment

Kimi Raikkonen - “Clearly the championship situation is what it is, but
I’m not the sort to give up that easily.”

Felipe Massa - "It is now looking very interesting in terms of the
championship, as I am just two points behind, but there are still five
races to go and we need to do a good job. I am really motivated to have
a great race there, especially in front of all our home fans, but we need
to concentrate and be strong all weekend.

Arriving at Monza as the winner of the last race is a boost, and we also
had a good test there the week before Spa. We did a lot of mileage,
which was important from the reliability point of view, especially on the
engine front, which will be a key element for the coming races. We also
did a lot of mileage running the low downforce Monza aero package, and
I think the results were generally okay. Thanks to some changes on the
suspension, we managed to improve the way the car works over the kerbs,
which is so important at this track.

Let's wait and see what happens. Personally, I can't wait to be back on
the race track after that unusual Sunday afternoon in Spa."

Timo Glock (having reluctantly accepted the penalty at Spa) - "We have
to push hard to score points because every point is important to us in the
fight for fourth in the constructors' championship.

We have the hard compound Bridgestone tyres again so warm-up might be
a bit tricky, although I expect the weather will be much better than in
Belgium so that should help.

The test went pretty well for us and we did some good work on the Monza
aero package but you never really know what the situation is in testing.

We'll have to wait and see on but we definitely have the potential to score
more points.”

Robert Kubica - "Looking at what happened last season, where Kimi had
a huge gap with two races to go and he won the championship, you have
to try your best and that's what I am trying to do. I am trying my best to
try and fight for the championship. From my point of view it is very clear.
I am a racing driver and I am fighting for my best, and when I am doing my
best I am doing it for myself and for the team. It is clear that if I score
eight points they go to the team and to my account, but maybe the priority
of late of the team has been a bit different from myself. That is why you get
this feeling, and to be honest I also get this feeling a bit, that maybe I am
the only stupid one or crazy one who is thinking about fighting for the
championship this season. While there is the chance I have to go for it
and I hope the team is doing the same, and I believe they are trying."

Lewis Hamilton - "I still have a two-point lead and we are going to make
sure that we just continue to attack and perform like we did in the last
two races. He (Massa) is the one who has to work damn hard to keep up
with. I feel like I'm coming here off a win, and moving onto the next race."

sual Sunday afternoon in Spa."

Lewis Hamilton Stripped of Spa Victory

2008-09-08T05:52:00.000-07:00

Fair or not fair?

Ing Belgian Grand Prix @ Spa-Francorchamps 5 6 7 September 2008

2008-08-31T06:55:00.000-07:00

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Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has been declared the winner of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after McLaren’ Lewis Hamilton was handed a 25-second time penalty following the race. Hamilton drops to third place as a result, with BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld moving up to second.

Hamilton was penalised after stewards decided he had gained an advantage by cutting the final chicane in his late-race battle with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. McLaren plan to appeal the decision.

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Race (Sunday afternoon) - Provisional Results

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 44 Winner
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 44 + 14.4 secs
3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 44 + 23.8 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 44 + 28.9 secs
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 44 + 29.0 secs
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 44 + 29.4 secs
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 44 + 31.1 secs
8 Timo Glock Toyota 44 + 56.5 secs
9 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 44 + 57.2 secs
10 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 43 + 1 Lap
11 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 43 + 1 Lap
12 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 43 + 1 Lap
13 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 43 + 1 Lap
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 43 + 1 Lap
15 Jenson Button Honda 43 + 1 Lap
16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 43 + 1 Lap 11
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 43 + 1 Lap
18 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 42 + 2 Laps
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 19 + 25 Laps
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 13 + 31 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1:46.887 1:46.088 1:47.338 (12 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:46.873 1:46.391 1:47.678 (16)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
1:46.812 1:46.037 1:47.815 (16)
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:46.960 1:46.298 1:47.992 (14)
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
1:47.419 1:46.311 1:48.315 (18)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:47.154 1:46.491 1:48.504 (18)
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
1:47.270 1:46.814 1:48.736 (19)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:47.093 1:46.494 1:48.763 (20)
9 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
1:46.777 1:46.544 1:48.951 (19)
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari
1:47.152 1:46.804 1:50.319 (16)
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:47.400 1:46.949 (13)
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:47.052 1:46.965 (15)
13 Timo Glock Toyota
1:47.359 1:46.995 (13)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
1:47.132 1:47.018 (15)
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
1:47.503 1:47.429 (12)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:48.153 ( 9)
17 Jenson Button Honda
1:48.211 (9)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari
1:48.226 (9)
19 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota
1:48.268 (9)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari
1:48.447 (9)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)

1 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:47.876 (19 laps)
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.165 + 0.289 (10)
3 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:48.307 + 0.431 (19)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.356 + 0.480 (10)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:48.692 + 0.816 (6)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:48.768 + 0.892 (16)
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:48.815 + 0.939 (10)
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:48.836 + 0.960 (13)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:48.946 + 1.070 (17)
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:49.054 + 1.178 (14)
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.057 + 1.181 (16)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:49.125 + 1.249 (11)
13 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:49.250 + 1.374 (12)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:49.256 + 1.380 (19)
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:49.535 1.659 (18)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:49.830 + 1.954 (12)
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:49.949 + 2.073 (16)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:50.034 + 2.158 (16)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:50.061 + 2.185 (17)
20 Jenson Button Honda No time (1)

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:48.454 (21 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:48.504 + 0.050 (16)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.740 + 0.286 (19)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.805 + 0.351 (17)
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:49.328 + 0.874 (10)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:49.405 + 0.951 (17)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:49.427 + 0.973 (29)
8 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:49.585 + 1.131 (22)
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.715 + 1.261 (23)
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:49.725 + 1.271 (22)
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:49.875 + 1.421 ( 22)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:49.922 + 1.468 (20)
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:49.948 + 1.494 (20)
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1:50.281 + 1.827 (24)
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:50.364 + 1.910 (20)
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:50.740 + 2.286 (11)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:50.925 + 2.471 (19)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:51.238 + 2.784 (22)
19 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:51.334 + 2.880 (19)
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:51.640 + 3.186 (7)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:47.284 (26 laps)
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:47.623 + 0.339 (26)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.878 + 0.594 (27)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.932 + 0.648 (24)
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:48.104 + 0.820 (26)
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:48.428 + 1.144 (29)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:48.557 + 1.273 (31)
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:48.958 + 1.674 (24)
9 Timo Glock Toyota 1:48.997 + 1.713 (26)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:49.068 + 1.784 (25)
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:49.139 + 1.855 (25)
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:49.185 + 1.901 (26)
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:49.611 + 2.327 (30)
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.625 + 2.341 (14)
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:49.849 + 2.565 (18)
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:49.986 + 2.702 (27)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:50.117 + 2.833 (19)
18 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:50.125 + 2.841 (30)
19 Jenson Button Honda 1:50.464 + 3.180 (25)
20 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:50.905 + 3.621 (25)

Pre race comment

Lewis Hamilton - “As you can see, reliability is the key and finishing
and scoring points has got to be the goal for everyone. I'm not worried
about the reliability of my car, as you can tell. The past year and a half
we've had phenomenal reliability, and that's obviously due to the whole
package that the whole team has put together and the engine's great,
the car is great.”

Felipe Massa - “Well, reliability is part of the consistency, so if you
have a single problem, you're not consistent, so the consistency is still
the key for the championship. Consistency means the performance,
the reliability and also the drivers, so I think all these things are very
important to the end of the season.”

Jarno Trulli - “I am definitely optimistic because the team is pushing
very hard. Our recent results show how much stronger we are getting
and it is nice to race with a competitive car every weekend. Toyota is
doing a very good job this year and looking stronger and more
competitive at every circuit. We are still pushing ahead with the
development work so I'm confident that we can maintain the form in
the coming races and keep the points coming. I will do two test days
at Monza, which in terms of set-up is a bit of a one-off race with very
low downforce. After that we go to Spa, which is my favourite circuit.
It's always a good feeling to be heading there!”

Nico Rosberg - “The important thing for the team at the moment is
that we’ve identified where improvements can be made with the FW30
and are making the necessary adjustments to take us into the final
few races. The work everyone at the factory is putting in should help
us out in Spa. We’re not going to make a huge jump, but we’ll
definitely be heading in the right direction. I’m really looking forward
to the Belgian Grand Prix because Spa is an amazing race track.
We had a great race at Spa last year. I finished sixth, which was
one of my best results of the season. It will be difficult to score
points there [this year], but you can never predict what will happen
somewhere like Spa, so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Kazuki Nakajima - “It’s going to be the first time I’ve driven a Formula
1 car around Spa, so my first priority will be to learn the circuit and to
find out how the car behaves on this track. I have, of course, driven
Spa while racing in GP2 so know what a great racing track it is. In fact,
it’s probably one of the greatest tracks on the calendar so I’m really
looking forward to taking my FW30 out and doing that first lap!”

Timo Glock - "I am going to Belgium with a lot of confidence because
our performance in the last few races has been very impressive and we
have proved we can fight at the front. Personally it is very satisfying to
have scored points in the last two races despite feeling unwell both
times and I really believe we have made a lot of progress. It's really
good for the team to be scoring points regularly and challenging for
the podium. We hope we will be strong again in Spa but we will see
how it goes with the harder compound Bridgestone tyres, I am
confident we can finish in the points again"

Rubens Barichello - "Our test in Monza last week was positive and
we expect to have resolved the braking problems which affected my

weekend in Valencia."

TELEFONICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE 22. 23. 24 August (Valencia)

2008-08-23T06:48:00.000-07:00

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Race (Sunday afternoon)
Provisional Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 57 laps Winner
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 57 + 5.6 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 57 + 37.3 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 + 39.7 secs
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 + 50.6 secs
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 + 52.6 secs
7 Timo Glock Toyota 57 + 67.9 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 57 + 71.4 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 57 + 82.1 secs
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 57 + 89.7 secs
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 + 92.7 secs
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 + 1 Lap
13 Jenson Button Honda 56 + 1 Lap
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 56 + 1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 56 + 1 Lap
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 56 + 1 Lap
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 + 1 Lap
Ret Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 45 + 12 Laps
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 41 + 16 Laps
Ret Fernando Alonso Renault 0 Accident damage

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.176 1:37.859 1:38.989 (19 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.464 1:37.954 1:39.199 (15)
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:38.347 1:38.050 1:39.392 (18)
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:38.703 1:38.229 1:39.488 (21)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.656 1:38.120 1:39.937 (18)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:38.141 1:37.842 1:40.142 (19)
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.948 1:37.928 1:40.309 (21)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:38.738 1:37.859 1:40.631 (19)
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:38.595 1:38.336 1:40.721 (18)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:38.622 1:38.417 1:40.750 (18)
11 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:38.667 1:38.428 (15)
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:38.268 1:38.435 (12)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:38.532 1:38.499 (14)
14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.559 1:38.515 (15)
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:38.787 1:38.744 (15)
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:38.880 (6)
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:39.235 (9)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:39.268 (10)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:39.811 (10)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:39.943 (9)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)
1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:38.754 (15 laps)
2 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:38.877 + 0.123 (18)
3 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:39.009 + 0.255 (16)
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:39.270 + 0.516 (17)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.276 + 0.522 (18)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:39.300 + 0.546 (16)
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.314 + 0.560 (13)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:39.335 + 0.581 (18)
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:39.421 + 0.667 (16)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:39.452 + 0.698 (20)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:39.597 + 0.843 (17)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:39.628 + 0.874 (10)
13 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.652 + 0.898 (17)
14 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.802 + 1.048 (14)
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.810 + 1.056 (20)
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1:39.919 + 1.165 (22)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:40.019 + 1.265 (21)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:40.059 + 1.305 (21)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:40.512 + 1.758 (20)
20 Jarno Trulli Toyota No time

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.477 (30 laps)
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.497 + 0.020 (39)
3 Jenson Button Honda 1:39.546 + 0.069 (35)
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.678 + 0.201 (31)
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.712 + 0.235 (31)
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.954 + 0.477 (30)
7 Timo Glock Toyota 1:39.967 + 0.490 (32)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:40.149 + 0.672 (35)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:40.43+ 0.962 (32)
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:40.500 + 1.023 (23)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:40.585 + 1.108 (24)
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:40.607 + 1.130 (34)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:40.696 + 1.219 (23)
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:40.742 + 1.265 (34)
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:40.877 + 1.400 (32)
16 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.982 + 1.505 (36)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:40.999 + 1.522 (32)
18 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:41.084 + 1.607 (35)
19 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:41.246 + 1.769 (38)
20 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:41.377 + 1.900 (31)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.496 (29 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.654 + 0.158 (27)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.822 + 0.326 (21)
4 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:41.099 + 0.603 (31)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.163 + 0.667 (23)
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:41.281 + 0.785 (24)
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:41.317 + 0.821 (27)
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:41.329 + 0.833 (26)
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:41.385 + 0.889 (31)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:41.706 + 1.210 (22)
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:41.830 + 1.334 (27)
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:41.930 + 1.434 (27)
13 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:41.951 + 1.455 (23)
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1:42.036 + 1.540 (27)
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:42.107 + 1.611 (32)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:42.453 + 1.957 (23)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:42.460 + 1.964 (29)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:43.075 + 2.579 (25)
19 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:43.312 + 2.816 (23)
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:43.524 + 3.028 (24)

Pre race comment

Fernando Alonso - "I will give my maximum for this second Grand Prix in Spain."

Kimi Raikkonen - "We have to start well at Valencia, where it’s more important than in other places to drive with continuity from Friday on. I hope I’ll have a trouble-free weekend to try to set up the car the best way possible, especially for the qualifying lap. The qualifying will be extremely important, although I think that there are some possibilities on the track to overtake. If it’s hot that will help Ferrari,”

Heikki Kovalainen - "The win doesn’t change too much, really: I still believe I am improving and learning more about the team and the car at each race. My aim for the last part of the season is to win more races and to perform regularly at the front. It’s something I was able to do from time to time in the first half of the year, but I now feel more confident that I can be a consistent challenger in the remaining races, and I’m really looking forward to that."

about the new circuit

“It looks pretty fast, to be honest. You get used to street circuits being quite slow, with lots of slow- to medium-speed corners and very short straights, but this is almost the opposite. There are a lot of fast kinks and esses, a couple of decent straights and lots of high-speed stuff. It’s too early to say yet whether there will be opportunities to overtake around here, but there are a couple of hairpins where it might be possible."

Lewis Hamilton - "I’m wary of making predictions – the race in Hungary showed just how unpredictable Formula 1 can be, and that’s one of the reasons why it’s such a fascinating sport. Clearly, though, I am still in a good position to challenge for the world championship and that remains my aim. We still feel confident about our chances – we know our rivals will be strong, but we’ve worked hard to improve the car and are confident we’ll be competitive this weekend.”

Robert Kubica - “On a street circuit it is of major importance to have a good basic set-up which is easy to drive. The lap time improvement has to be gained step-by-step, you cannot drive in too wild a style. Also, in terms of the racing line you have to approach this gradually. It is very important to walk the track before driving it the first time to get a feeling for the surface and the layout.”

European Grand Prix
Valencia Street circuit Formula 1 YouTube

2008-08-13T03:01:00.001-07:00

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ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 01. 02. 03 August 2008 (Budapest)

2008-07-21T02:57:00.000-07:00

Race (Sunday)

1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 Winner 2 (10 points)
2 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +11.0 secs 5 (8)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +16.8 secs 6 (6)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 70 +21.6 secs 7 (5)
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +23.0 secs 1 (4)
6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 70 +32.2 secs 10 (3)
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +36.4 secs 9 (2)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +48.3 secs 4 (1)
9 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +58.8 secs 8
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +67.7 secs 15
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +70.4 secs 13
12 Jenson Button Honda 69 +1 Lap 12
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 16
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 14
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 68 +2 Laps 17
17 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +3 Laps 3
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 67 +3 Laps 19
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 62 +8 Laps 20
Ret Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 22 +48 Laps 11

Q1. Q2. Q3. (Saturday afternoon)

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.376 1:19.473 1:20.899 (12 laps)
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.945 1:19.480 1:21.140 (16)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.578 1:19.068 1:21.191 (16)
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.053 1:19.776 1:21.281 (19)
5 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.980 1:19.246 1:21.326 (24)
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:20.006 1:19.546 1:21.516 819)
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.229 1:19.816 1:21.698 (15)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.073 1:20.046 1:21.732 (18)
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.942 1:19.486 1:21.767 (20)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.583 1:20.131 1:22.371 (19)
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.157 1:20.144 (17)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:20.888 1:20.332 (15)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.505 1:20.502 (16)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:20.640 1:20.963 (16) *
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.748 (10)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.045 (7)
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.085 (9)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.332 (8)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.670 (9)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.113 (10)

*Penalty - drops 5 places on the grid for blocking Nick Heidfeld in Q1

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.228 (14 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.567 + 0.339 (14)
3 Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.623 + 0.395 (21)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.657 + 0.429 (15)
5 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.917 + 0.689 (21)
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.096 + 0.868 (15)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.179 + 0.951 (21)
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:21.184 + 0.956 (22)
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.187 + 0.959 (18)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.195 + 0.967 (19)
11 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.228 + 1.000 (21)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.357 + 1.129 (17)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:21.489 + 1.261 (16)
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.601 + 1.373 (18)
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.703 + 1.475 (20)
16 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.752 + 1.524 (17)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.772 + 1.544 (19)
18 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.975 + 1.747 (18)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:22.189 + 1.961 (22)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.550 + 2.322 (21)

Practice 2 (Friday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.554 (35 laps)
2 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.748 + 0.194 (38)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.760 + 0.206 (33)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.928 + 0.374 (35)
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.009 + 0.455 (36)
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.010 + 0.456 (36)
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.138 + 0.584 (46)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.363 + 0.809 (36)
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.505 + 0.951 (42)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.581 + 1.027 (34)
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.662 + 1.108 (39)
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.733 + 1.179 (43)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:21.837 + 1.283 (34)
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.902 + 1.348 (33)
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.955 + 1.401 (41)
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.150 + 1.596 (41)
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:22.197 + 1.643 (36)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.358 + 1.804 (37)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.448 + 1.894 (33)
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:22.945 + 2.391 (5)

Practice 1 (Friday morning)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.981 (19 laps)
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.345 + 0.364 (21)
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.410 + 0.429 (17)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.535 + 0.554 (18)
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.802 + 0.821 (18)
6 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.931 + 0.950 (22)
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.267 + 1.286 (18)
8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:22.326 + 1.345 (19)
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.370 + 1.389 (22)
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.457 + 1.476 (25)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:22.654 + 1.673 (23)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:22.700 + 1.719 (16)
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:22.900 + 1.919 (26)
14 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.917 + 1.936 (27)
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:23.093 + 2.112 (26)
16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:23.147 + 2.166 (21)
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:23.274 + 2.293 (22)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:23.353 + 2.372 (25)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:23.459 + 2.478 (28)
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:23.923 + 2.942 (4)

Pre-race Comment
Nico Rosberg - “Hungary is a very different track to the ones we’ve been racing at over the past few grands prix. It has a similar layout to Monaco, a circuit which suited our car, and is a track which really requires a different set-up direction to that which we’ve run at the past few races, so Hungary should be a better race for us. We did a good job in qualifying there last year and we then went well in the race, so I think we can look forward to a good weekend. It’s always very hot at Budapest, which can make it really tough, but it’s never a problem for me.”

Kimi Raikkonen - “The last race in Hockenheim was the most difficult weekend of the year. Of course I was disappointed and frustrated not to find a good balance in the car. “Now we are in a better shape. We had a very productive test, the second day was especially good and the car felt well balanced again. The team have been effective in developing our car and we are confident we should be competitive in Hungary.”

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008

2008-07-13T09:45:00.000-07:00

Race (Sunday afternoon)
Provisional Results
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 67 Winner 1 10
2 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 67 +5.5 secs 17 8
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +9.3 secs 2 6
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 67 +9.8 secs 12 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 67 +12.4 secs 3 4
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 67 +14.4 secs 6 3
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 67 +22.6 secs 7 2
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 67 +33.2 secs 9 1
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 67 +37.1 secs 4
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 67 +37.6 secs 13
11 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 +38.6 secs 5
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 67 +39.1 secs 15
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 67 +54.9 secs 10
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 67 +59.0 secs 20
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 67 +60.0 secs 16
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 67 +69.4 secs 19
17 Jenson Button Honda 66 +1 Lap 14
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 50 +17 Laps 18
Ret Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 40 +27 Laps 8
Ret Timo Glock Toyota 35 Accident 11

Q1. Q2. Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.218 1:14.603 1:15.666 (13 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:14.921 1:14.747 1:15.859 (16)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.476 1:14.855 1:16.143 (17)
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.122 1:16.191 (21)
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.917 1:14.943 1:16.385 (19)
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.201 1:14.949 1:16.389 (19)
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.985 1:15.109 1:16.521 (20)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.900 1:15.481 1:17.014 (20)
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.532 1:15.420 1:17.244 (22)
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.975 1:15.338 1:17.503 (20)
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.508 (17)
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:15.596 1:15.581 (14)
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.863 1:15.633 (16)
14 Jenson Button Honda 1:15.993 1:15.701 (15)
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:15.927 1:15.858 (15)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.083 (10)
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.189 (7)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.246 (10)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:16.657 (10)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:16.963 (10)

Practice 3 (Saturday Morning)

1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.621 (18 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.693 + 0.072 18
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.839 + 0.218 (21)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.943 + 0.322 (18)
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.037 + 0.416 (24)
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.133 + 0.512 (25)
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.161 + 0.540 (21)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.196 + 0.575 (19)
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.380 * 0.759 (19)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.405 + 0.784 (20)
11 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.447 * 0.826 (22)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.515 + 0.894 (19)
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.530 + 0.909 (18)
14 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.636 + 1.015 (27)
15 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.808 + 1.187 (23)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.906 + 1.285 (24)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:16.938 1.317 20
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.189 + 1.568 (20)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.312 + 1.691 (22)
20 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.469 + 1.848 (15)

Practice 2 (Friday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.025
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.722 + 0.697
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.760 + 0.735
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.990 + 0.965
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.017 + 0.992
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.230 + 1.205
7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.355 + 1.330
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.363 + 1.338
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.377 + 1.352
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.378 + 1.353
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.422 + 1.397
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.530 + 1.505
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.542 + 1.517
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.677 + 1.652
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.734 + 1.709
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.781 + 1.756
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.829 + 1.804
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.860 + 1.835
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.008 + 1.983
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.047 + 2.022

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.537 (22 laps)
)2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.666 0.129 (19)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.796 0.259 (22)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.163 0.626 (22)
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.327 0.790 (23)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.606 1.069 (27)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.618 1.081 (25)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.719 1.182 (20)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.821 1.284 (26)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.063 1.526 (26)
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.108 1.571 (18)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.131 1.594 (28)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:17.185 1.648 (28)
14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.268 1.731 (11)
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.471 1.934 (30)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.500 1.963 (24)
17 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.556 2.019 (29)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.784 2.247 (29)
19 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.779 3.242 (8)
20 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.506 5.969 (16)

Pre-race comments

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - “I hope it will be hot, as it usually is at Hockenheim. Our car goes really well at high temperatures and also the tyre wear is not too high. So I really hope it will be hot.”

Lewis Hamilton - (McLaren Mercedes) - “I think people do say that Ferrari are quicker at certain circuits and at high-speed circuits but I don’t believe that,” Hamilton told radio celebrity Chris Evans. “I think that our car is quick everywhere. Every now and then they seem to be quicker than us, but I think at the moment we’re ahead of them – they‘re on the back foot, especially after last weekend, so we’ve got to keep on hitting them hard and trying to score the points.”

Jarno Trulli (Toyota) “We had a promising test last week at Hockenheim, which was very useful because we have not raced there for two years and we had the chance to study set-ups and tyre behaviour. That was the first time we have used the current Bridgestone tyres at Hockenheim and it was important to understand their characteristics at this circuit. We made good progress with some new aero parts and hopefully this track will suit our car. I have finished in the points for the last three races which shows how competitive we are at the moment, so my target this weekend is to again score points and fight for the top six. I am optimistic as usual.”

Nico Rosberg (Williams Toyota) “I’ve had a lot of great experiences at Hockenheim, and it’s been the scene for quite a few of my past victories [in the junior formulae], so I’m looking forward to going there. As it’s my home race, it will be nice to have the support of the German fans, but they really provide a great atmosphere for everyone as they are so enthusiastic. In terms of the track itself, I really love it, and it should suit our car as well, but I still think it will be difficult to get into the points on Sunday considering how close the field is. As always, we will just do our best.”
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Adrian Sutil (Force India) - “Some rain and good strategies will help, for sure, but we have to perform in all conditions. We are not able to race in the midfield at the moment, and we have to improve our car. I think the last [most recent] update is worth about two or three tenths. The car feels quite good, and there is a lot more potential in the new parts. But we have to hope for more rain, although this year there's been quite a lot already! It's sometimes hard, because when it's wet you have to take a chance, and when it doesn't work out, the disappointment is quite big.”

Robert Kubica (BMW) - “My approach (to the Championship) is very similar to what it was before. I always try to achieve as many points as possible in a single weekend and to extract the maximum from the car. If your maximum is enough that you are fighting for the championship in the last race, then you think about the championship. But for now I’m taking a race-by-race approach.”
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Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren Mercedes) - asked in a team preview if he was now beginning to feel at home in the team and car? “In some ways, yes. “For sure, in the dry at Silverstone I couldn’t believe how good the car felt and just how much I could keep pushing it. It felt better than ever. But the race showed I can still do more to improve – both in terms of my driving style and the way the team works with me. I know I have the speed, I just need to work harder to apply it across the whole race weekend.”
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Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 3 day Hockenheim test finished on a high the Brazilian setting the pace on Thursday - “It was a good day’s work. We did a lot of kilometres and I have to say the car felt well balanced. This can only mean that we should also be competitive at this track, which is also the case for our main rivals.”

Santander British Grand Prix - 4. 5. 6. July 2008 (Silverstone)

2008-07-02T05:19:00.000-07:00

Race (Sunday)
Provisional Results
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 60 Winner 4
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 60 +68.5 secs 5
3 Rubens Barrichello Honda 60 +82.2 secs 16
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 59 +1 Lap 3 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 59 +1 Lap 1
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 59 +1 Lap 6
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 59 +1 Lap 14
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 15
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 20
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 59 +1 Lap 2
11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 59 +1 Lap 13
12 Timo Glock Toyota 59 +1 Lap 12
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +2 Laps 9
Ret Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 39 +21 Laps 10
Ret Jenson Button Honda 38 +22 Laps 17
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 35 +25 Laps 7
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 26 +34 Laps 19
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 10 +50 Laps 18
Ret Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0 Spin 8
Ret David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0 Spin 11

Q1. Q2 & Q3 (Saturday afternoon)
1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.957 1:19.597 1:21.049 (15)
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.982 1:19.710 1:21.554 (16)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:20.370 1:19.971 1:21.706 (18)
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.288 1:19.537 1:21.835 (13)
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.022 1:19.802 1:21.873 (16)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.998 1:19.992 1:22.029 (15)
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.818 1:20.115 1:22.491 (19)
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.318 1:20.109 1:23.251 (16)
9 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.676 1:20.086 1:23.305 (16)
10 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.444 1:19.788 no time (12)
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:21.224 1:20.174 (14)
12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.893 1:20.274 (14)
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:20.584 1:20.531 (16)
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.145 1:20.601 (13)
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.407 1:21.112 (14)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.512 (9)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.631 (11)
18 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.668 (6)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:21.786 (9)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.885 (8)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.740 (16)
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.988 0.248 (18)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.266 0.526 (14)
4 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:21.277 0.537 (19)
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.668 0.928 (14)
6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:21.786 1.046 (14)
7 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:22.059 1.319 (21)
8 Timo Glock Toyota 1:22.183 1.443 (21)
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:22.355 1.615 (20)
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.387 1.647 (17)
11 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.440 1.700 (19)
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.461 1.721 (20)
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:22.544 1.804 (18)
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.556 1.816 (20)
15 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.916 2.176 (22)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:23.028 2.288 (17)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:23.049 2.309 (22)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:23.112 2.372 (21)
19 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:23.282 2.542 (20)
20 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:32.119 11.379 (6)

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)
1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.989 (35)
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.520 0.531 (32)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.543 0.554 (31)
4 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.589 0.600 (36)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.748 0.759 (43)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.805 0.816 (43)
7 Jenson Button Honda 1:20.929 0.940 (39)
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.943 0.954 (18)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:20.985 0.996 (18)
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.002 1.013 (34)
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.023 1.034 (33)
12 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.275 1.286 (31)
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.453 1.464 (36)
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.472 1.483 (18)
15 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.511 1.522 (27)
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.520 1.531 (42)
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.634 1.645 (39)
18 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:21.642 1.653 (45)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:21.756 1.767 (30)
20 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.196 2.207 (23)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.575 (8)
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.587 0.012 (15)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.623 0.048 (13)
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:19.948 0.373 (16)
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.367 0.792 (11)
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.436 0.861 (7)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.588 1.013 (18)
8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.653 1.078 (16)
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.698 1.123 (16)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.744 1.169 (27)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.892 1.317 (10)
12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.102 1.527 (22)
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.107 1.532 (18)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.166 1.591 (17)
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.265 1.690 (22)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.282 1.707 (21)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.901 2.326 (7)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.169 2.594 (16)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:22.219 2.644 (19)
20 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:24.123 4.548 (4)

Pre race comment
Fernando Alonso - “I am positive [for Silverstone] because we saw in Magny-Cours that we are making progress, although we know there is still a lot to do. We did three days of testing at Silverstone last week with Nelson [Piquet Jr] when we worked on the set-up of the car, tested some new parts, evaluated the tyres, and so we now have a good feeling for the track. That will certainly help for the first practice session and for improving the car throughout the weekend.”

2008-07-02T00:12:00.001-07:00

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FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2008 - 20 21 22 June (Mangy Cours) Nevers

2008-06-19T04:45:00.000-07:00

Race (Sunday)
Provisional Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 Winner
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +17.9 secs
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +28.2 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +28.9 secs
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +30.5 secs
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +40.3 secs
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 70 +41.0 secs
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 70 +43.3 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +51.0 secs
10 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +54.5 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +57.7 secs
12 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 70 +58.0 secs
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +62.0 secs
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 69 +1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap
16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 19
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 14
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 17
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
Ret 16 Jenson Button Honda 16 +54 Laps 16

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday)

1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.133 1:15.161 1:16.449 16
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.024 1:15.041 1:16.490 17
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.634 1:15.293 1:16.693 15 *
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.754 1:15.483 1:16.840 18
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.521 1:15.362 1:16.920 19
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.965 1:15.639 1:16.944 18 **
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.687 1:15.723 1:17.037 19
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.020 1:15.488 1:17.233 18
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.802 1:15.654 1:17.426 19
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:15.727 1:15.558 1:17.596 24
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:15.848 1:15.770
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.006 1:15.786 14
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.918 1:15.816
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.072 1:16.045
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.085 1:16.235 *
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.243
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.306 9
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.330 6 ***
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:16.971
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.053 9

* Penalty for pit lane incident in Canada - drop 10 places on grid
** Penalty for blocking Mark Webber in Qualifying - drop 5 places on grid
*** Penalty for changing gearbox - drop 5 places on grid

Practice 3 (Saturday)
1 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:15.750 19
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.759 0.009 14
3 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.827 0.077 21
4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.974 0.224 17
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.003 0.253 18
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.147 0.397 20
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.182 0.432 16
8 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.235 0.485 18
9 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.256 0.506 17
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.282 0.532
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.344 0.594 20
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.437 0.687 20
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.545 0.795
14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.617 0.867 20
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.644 0.894
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.651 0.901 20
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.658 0.908 17
18 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.687 0.937 19
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.365 1.615
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.612 1.862 21

Practice 2 (Friday)
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.778 37
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.854 0.076 24
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.999 0.221 42
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.232 0.454 29
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.298 0.520 42
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.317 0.539 35
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.340 0.562
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.458 0.680 43
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.543 0.765 39
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.572 0.794
11 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.682 0.904 42
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.743 0.965 43
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.758 0.980 42
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.002 1.224
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:17.092 1.314 39
16 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.106 1.328 38
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.244 1.466 37
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.394 1.616
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.591 1.813 27
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.868 2.090 33

Practice 1 (Friday)
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.306 22
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.002 0.696 22
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.055 0.749
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.073 0.767 21
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.377 1.071 19
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.400 1.094 23
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.758 1.452 32
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.838 1.532 27
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.870 1.564 21
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.886 1.580 31
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.063 1.757 31
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.234 1.928
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.269 1.963 22
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.394 2.088 30
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.491 2.185 25
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.683 2.377 27
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.696 2.390
18 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.928 2.622 21
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:18.072 2.766
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:18.673 3.367 13

Kimi Raikkonen believes Magny-Cours is the “perfect” track for Ferrari’s F2008.

“Now we're heading back to Europe to tracks, which have been built to be used by racing cars. I think that things will look really different at Magny-Cours, compared to the last GPs. The smooth surface of the French track, its demanding corners and the quick changes of direction will underline the characteristics of the F2008.

It was here in France last year that my season practically started all over again; and this is what I need now, after the two races with no points. I like this track and I think that it's perfect for our car. I think we'll be competitive and that we can go for the maximum result.”

Bob Bell is confident that Renault can deliver. "I think there is obviously a degree of frustration that we haven´t been able to convert our competitiveness into points. But in the meantime, we take heart from the fact that the car seems competitive, we have a great driver in Fernando (Alonso), and we just need to keep our focus and continue putting the developments on the car. The worst thing we can do is get spooked by it and start losing our attention to detail and commitment.

We’ll keep our heads down and things will come right for us. The car seems so be performing well on most circuits and that just reiterates that we’ve got a very strong platform now to go forward for the rest of the season. We’re under no illusion that we’re going to have to work very hard to keep that level of competitiveness up, but we have an aggressive development programme for the rest of the season, and we are confident that we have an adaptable baseline to work from.”

Felipe Massa expects Ferrari to face much fiercer competition from McLaren and BMW this weekend at Mangy-Cours. “In recent years, people would say that Canada and Monaco suited McLaren better than Ferrari, while it was the other way round in France and Britain. But I don’t think that is really the case this year, as apart from any other factors, we have to consider the BMW team in this equation. This year in Monaco, Ferrari had the whole front row of the grid even though I think we had more fuel than McLaren and in Canada our race pace was very good too. In other races we have all been very close.

I hope we will be very competitive this weekend. I like Magny-Cours: I came second here last year having started from pole, but then lost a bit of time in traffic. It’s a good track for me. Let’s hope we can repeat last year’s one-two finish, but maybe in a different order!”

2008-06-09T02:16:00.000-07:00

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Grand Prix du Canada - 6. 7. 8 June 2008 (Gilles Villeneuve) Montreal

2008-06-05T05:11:00.000-07:00

After (reflections)
Nick Heidfeld - “Obviously I’m very happy with second position – very happy for Robert and for the team with our first ever 1-2. I have been with team since the beginning, both with BMW at Williams and with Sauber. It’s great to have the first victory with Robert and straight away to have a 1-2. I think it shows that we are still going in the right direction. It shows that over the last three we managed to achieve our goals, which we did set quite high for the standards of Formula 1. The goal for this year was winning a race; we’ve done that. Now for next year our target is to fight for the championship, and you can believe that we are all working flat-out for that. A big thank you to the team, especially to the guys in Hinwil who built me a new chassis after [Fernando] Alonso crashed into me at Monaco.”

David Coulthard - "I'm delighted, because I would never have expected to get a podium here this weekend. On one stop we were ultimately able to out-run the other cars that were on that strategy and I believe I led briefly, for one lap, before my stop. I've had a horrible start to the year, and all my guys on my car and the whole team and everyone back at the factory have had to do a lot of repairs because of all the various incidents, so I'm delighted for them. It's a real credit to Red Bull and the efforts they're putting in. You have to really concentrate even when you're just driving and trying to protect the brakes, because if you go even one inch off line then you're on that gravel, and it just sucks you in, so it was very difficult. Once you're there, it's incredible, you just can't believe how difficult it is to get out of that situation. Funnily enough, the car actually stopped in the pit lane. I'm not sure what happened there, but I'm glad it chose to do that after the chequered flag and not on the last lap. .....This is my fourth year at Red Bull, we started a journey four years ago to take the team forward, and like BMW we're on an upward trend."

Lewis Hamilton - “I don’t know really what happened to be honest. I was comfortably in the lead and it looked like it was going to be an easy win. We went into the pit stop, it wasn’t a great stop, and I saw the two guys in front of me battling in the pit lane and I was obviously trying to make sure I didn’t get involved with those guys. I saw the red light, but by the time I had to stop and I saw the red light it was too late. It was not a racing incident as such, but I think it’s really unfortunate. It was one of those things I guess. It’s a lot different to if you crash into the wall and you are angry at yourself – it’s not like that. I apologised to Kimi and if I’ve ruined his race, but that sort of thing happens.”

Kimi Raikkonen - "There's not much I can say. My race was ruined by Hamilton's mistake."

Felipe Massa - “It’s hard to express my feelings after a race like this. On the one hand, I am disappointed because, without my refuelling problem, I could have been fighting for a place on the podium. I would like to congratulate [Robert] Kubica and BMW: they worked really well and deserved this success.”

Race (Sunday)
Provisional Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 Winner 2 10
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +16.4 secs 8 8
3 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +23.3 secs 13 6
4 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +42.6 secs 11 5
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 +43.9 secs 6 4
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +47.7 secs 14 3
7 Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 +53.5 secs 9 2
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 70 +54.1 secs 19 1
9 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +54.4 secs 7
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +57.7 secs 5
11 Jenson Button Honda 70 +67.5 secs 20
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +71.2 secs 10
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 51 +19 Laps 17
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 46 +24 Laps 12
Ret Fernando Alonso Renault 44 +26 Laps 4
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 39 +31 Laps 15
Ret Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 19 Accident 3
Ret Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 Accident 1
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 13 +57 Laps 16

Q1. Q2. Q3. (Saturday)
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.909 1:17.034 1:17.886 19
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.471 1:17.679 1:18.498 14
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:17.301 1:17.364 1:18.735 23
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.415 1:17.488 1:18.746 22
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.991 1:17.891 1:18.844 26
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.231 1:17.353 1:19.048 23
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.287 1:17.684 1:19.089 25
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:18.082 1:17.781 1:19.633 21
9 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:18.256 1:18.020 1:20.848 25
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.582 1:17.523 no time 15
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:18.321 1:18.031 19
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.638 1:18.062 19
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:18.168 1:18.238 19
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.039 1:18.327 16
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:18.505 1:18.393 18
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:18.916 10
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:19.108 12
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:19.165 12
19 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:23.565 3
20 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari no time

Practice 2 (Friday)
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.752 42
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.023 0.271 41
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.093 0.341 39
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.331 0.579 36
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.413 0.661 27
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.589 0.837 43
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.604 0.852 39
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.767 1.015 37
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:17.019 1.267 43
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.068 1.316 46
11 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.242 1.490 37
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.334 1.582 31
13 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.462 1.710 39
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.508 1.756 39
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:17.549 1.797 31
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.559 1.807 38
17 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.644 1.892 30
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.813 2.061 37
19 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.842 2.090 39
20 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:18.076 2.324 17

Practice 1 (Friday)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.553 14
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.809 0.256 12
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.133 0.580 10
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:18.182 0.629 13
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.292 0.739 12
6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.303 0.750 8
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:18.712 1.159 11
8 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:18.809 1.256 12
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:18.971 1.418 24
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.005 1.452 13
11 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:19.093 1.540 20
12 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:19.228 1.675 21
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.346 1.793 28
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.568 2.015 31
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:19.815 2.262 16
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:19.888 2.335 15
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.091 2.538 23
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:20.173 2.620 17
19 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:20.541 2.988 16

20 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.542 3.989 17

Valencia to trial street circuit with F3 and GT races

The new Valencia Street Circuit in Spain is to host a number of Formula Three and GT races next month in preparation for the venue’s debut Formula One event, the Grand Prix of Europe, in August.

With work on the new track nearing completion, the July races have been scheduled as a test to guarantee that circuit conditions are perfect for the arrival of the Formula One teams on August 22-24.

Organisers say they expect around 20,000 people to attend the ‘dry run’ on the weekend of July 26-27, when the timetable will comprise Spanish Formula Three and the international and regional GT open championship.

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Canadian Grand Prix on ITV

Live qualifying Saturday 7 June 1715-1915 ITV1
Qualifying re-run Sunday 8 June 1325-1525 ITV4
Live race Sunday 8 June 1705-2000 ITV1
Highlights Sunday 8 June 2345-0045 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 9 June 1800-1900 ITV4

Felipe Massa believes that the 2008 world championship remains a three-way fight and that BMW cannot be discounted. "It's clear we are up against two very strong opponents in McLaren and – even if they have not actually won a race yet – BMW. It's all getting very close and exciting and shows you need to pick up points in every race so the six points we got in Monaco is not enough, but it's not bad and the fight for both championships is still very open."

Kimi Raikkonen says he is not panicking. "Monaco has been left behind; it was a staggering blow, but there's nothing we can do about it. I had a lot of trouble to find the right grip on the wet track and we have to find out how that could happened, because usually I like driving under these conditions. It was the first race of the season where I couldn't gain any points, and we can't have another one like that, because the fight for the championship is extremely fierce.I said at the beginning of the season that I expect the title to be decided at the last moment.

A third of the season has passed, we have 35 points and we are in second place.

It's more or less what I expected.

Nothing has been won and nothing has been lost.

There is no point in panicking after the race at Monaco, because compared to last year the situation is much better.

I won't change anything in my approach for the upcoming weekend.

The designated target is to win and we will give our best."

Fernando Alonso is confident that Renault will regain its momentum in Canada

"We were not able to achieve what could have been possible in normal conditions (Monaco), and so it was disappointing.

But now I am looking forward to getting back in the car this weekend to see what we can achieve in Montreal, which is a very different circuit.

We have made some progress recently and we are trying to continue moving forward as much as possible.

Since the Spanish Grand Prix we seem to have been on the pace, and so should be in Canada as well, and we will do everything to try and make sure that we are."

2008-06-01T01:24:00.000-07:00

CEZARIA A: PRESENTING CEZARIA by ANDRE LE FAVORI

NEW MODEL

Monaco Grand Prix - 22. 24. 25 May 2008 (Monte Carlo)

2008-05-22T00:47:00.000-07:00

Race (Sunday 25 May
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 76 Winner 3 10
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 76 +3.0 secs 5 8
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 76 +4.8 secs 1 6
4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 76 +19.2 secs 9 5
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 76 +24.6 secs 19 4
6 Rubens Barrichello Honda 76 +28.4 secs 14 3
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 76 +30.1 secs 13 2
8 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 76 +33.1 secs 4 1
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +33.7 secs
10 Fernando Alonso Renault +1 Lap
11 Jenson Button Honda +1 Lap
12 Timo Glock Toyota +1 Lap
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 Lap
14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +4 Lap
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari +9 Lap
Ret Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota +17 Lap
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault +29 Laps
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari +40 Laps
Ret David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault +69 Laps
Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari +69 Laps

Q!. Q2. Q3 (Saturday - 24 May 2008)


1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.190	1:15.110	1:15.787	20
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.717	1:15.404	1:15.815	19
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.582	1:15.322	1:15.839	20
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.295	1:15.389	1:16.165	25
5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:15.977	1:15.483	1:16.171	18
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:15.935	1:15.287	1:16.548	24
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:16.646	1:15.827	1:16.852	20
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:16.306	1:15.598	1:17.203	21
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:16.074	1:15.745	1:17.343	19
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:16.086	1:15.839	no time	18
11	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:16.285	1:15.907		16
12	Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.259	1:16.101		13
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.650	1:16.455		14
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:16.756	1:16.479		16
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.208	1:16.537		12
16	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:16.806			9
17	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:16.933			8
18	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:16.955			11
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.225			12
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.823

Practice 2 (Thursday afternoon - 22 May)
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.140 40
2 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.533 0.393 39
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.572 0.432 42
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.869 0.729 37
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.881 0.741 39
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.296 1.156 34
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.310 1.170 27
8 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.351 1.211 45
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.372 1.232 40
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.418 1.278 32
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.426 1.286 44
12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.688 1.548 46
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.094 1.954 39
14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.131 1.991 39
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.246 2.106 35
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:17.251 2.111 33
17 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.379 2.239 28
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.581 2.441 38
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:18.176 3.036 31
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:18.225 3.085 38

Monaco Grand Prix on ITV

Live qualifying Saturday 24 May 1210-1435 - ITV1 and itv.com/f1
Qualifying highlights Sunday 25 May 0925-1150 ITV4
Live race Sunday 25 May 1155-1520 - ITV1 and itv.com/f1
Highlights Monday 26 May 0005-0105 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 26 May 1800-1900 ITV4

GP2 action on ITV
Feature race Saturday 24 May 1025-1210 ITV4
Live sprint race Saturday 24 May 1435-1600 ITV4

Turkish Petrol Ofisi Grand Prix - 9. 19. 11 May 2008 (Istanbul)

2008-05-08T01:21:00.000-07:00

Sunday Race (11 May 2008)
Felipe Massa said that he owned the circuit when he came here and today I prooved the point by making it his third successive win here at the Istanbul Park and was probably worthy of the title "Driver of the day". His engineer Rob Smedly said after the race "this makes him World Championship ,material" reinforcing Michael Schumacher´s comments earlier this year that the Brazilian should not be dismissed. Lewis Hamilton made a good start tucking in behind the Massa running on the harder of the two tyre compounds. Heikki Kovalainen made a bad start and had the misfortune of touch the rear of Kimi Räikkönen going into the first corner and had to come in after the first lap with a punture, the Finn being demoted to last and eventually working his way up to finish 12th. Not so fortunate into the first corner were Kazuki Nakajima with Giancarlo Fisichella outbraking himself and going into the rear of the Japanese driver, both drivers having to retire on the spot. This was the third time for the Italian at this corner in 3 years!

Hamilton came in surprisingly early for his first pit stop putting on another set of hard rubber, but did not manage to leapfrog Massa with this pit stop. Afterwards he managed to move out of the Ferrari slip stream and in a neat overtaking manouvre overtake Felipe. The Brazilian sensibly took avoiding action and maintained his second position his engineer advising him that it was thought that Lewis was on a 3 stop strategy. Felipe Massa managed to recover his position which he was to hold until the end of the race, Lewis Hamilton coming out just ahead of Kimi Räikkönen after his last pit stop with the soft compound that he did not like, the Finn chasing him all the way to the chequered flog, Robert Kubica BMW did not put in the expected challange and team mate Nick Heidfeld quitely worked his way up to finish behind him ahead of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg taking the last point for Williams.

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 Winner 1
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 + 3.7 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 + 4.2 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58 + 21.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 + 38.7 secs
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 + 53.7 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 + 64.2 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 + 71.4 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 + 75.2 secs
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 + 76.3 secs
11 Jenson Button Honda 57 + 1 Lap
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 + 1 Lap
13 Timo Glock Toyota 57 + 1 Lap
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 + 1 Lap
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 + 1 Lap
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 57 + 1
17 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 + 1 Lap
Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 24 + 34 Laps
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1 + 57 Laps
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 0 + 58 Laps

Saturday Qualifiying (10 May 2008)
Felipe Massa has taken pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix for the third year in succession, with Heikki Kovalainen bouncing back from his high speed Barcelona accident and the second McLaren of Lewis Hamilton taking third spot after changing to a hard compound, the soft rubber giving him oversteer. Kimi Raikkonen could only manage fourth fastest but must not be ruled out tomorrow. Red Bull have both Mark Webber (5th) and David Coulthard (10th) in the top ten tomorrow,

1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.994	1:26.192	1:27.617	16
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.736	1:26.290	1:27.808	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.192	1:26.477	1:27.923	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:26.457	1:26.050	1:27.936	17
5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:26.761	1:26.129	1:28.390	17
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.773	1:26.466	1:28.417	17
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:26.836	1:26.522	1:28.422	18
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:26.695	1:26.822	1:28.836	20
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:27.107	1:26.607	1:28.882	20
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.939	1:26.520	1:29.959	16
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:27.367	1:27.012		13
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:27.355	1:27.219		13
13	Jenson Button	Honda	1:27.428	1:27.298		14
14	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:27.442	1:27.412		15
15	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:26.614	1:27.806		15
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:27.547			9
17	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:27.568			7
18	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:27.621			8
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:27.807			10
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:28.325			9

Friday Practice 2 (9 May 2008)
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.543 30
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.579 0.036 31
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.682 0.139 29
4 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:27.763 0.220 24
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.954 0.411 27
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:28.431 0.888 29
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.619 1.076 29
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:28.664 1.121 27
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:28.681 1.138 26
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:28.817 1.274 31
11 Jenson Button Honda 1:28.826 1.283 28
12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:28.849 1.306 26
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:28.907 1.364 29
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:29.008 1.465 35
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:29.024 1.481 22
16 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:29.212 1.669 26
17 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:29.462 1.919 30
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:29.630 2.087 32
19 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:29.633 2.090 4
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:30.832 3.289 9

Turkish Grand Prix on ITV
Live qualifying Saturday 10 May 1110-1330 ITV1
Qualifying highlights Sunday 11 May 1030-1130 ITV4
Live race Sunday 11 May 1210-1500 ITV1
Highlights Sunday 11 May 2350-0050 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 12 May 1800-1900 ITV4

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Live feature race Saturday 10 May 1330-1540 ITV4
Live sprint race Sunday 11 May 0925-1030 ITV4

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008. Montmelo (Barcelona) - 25.27.27 APRIL 2008

2008-04-24T12:47:00.000-07:00

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Race - (Sunday 27 April) - Kimi Raikkonen confirmed the Montmelo tradition of the pole winner wins by leading from start to finish ahead of his team mate Felipe Massa who never looked like challenging the Finn who snatch second place from the crowd´s favourite Fernando Alonso into the first corner. Behind Lewis Hamilton also made up a place by squeezing on the inside of Robert Kubica. The first lap caused the safety car to be called out on the first lap when Adrian Sutil ( Force India-Ferrari) and Sebastian Vettel (STR-Ferrari) had a coming together. Nelson Picquet (Renault) was also trying very hard, had an off, forcing him into the pits, and putting him well down the field. In his effort to move up the field again he went down the inside of Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari ) causing his retirement on the spot and Bourdais a lap latter, Bourdais not seeing the Brazilian coming up the inside. (They will have to do something about the current wing mirrors).

Alonso did not come in as early as expected but here on the pit stop Lewis Hamilton managed to overtake the Spaniard. Antony Davidson was the next retirement with the underfinanced Super Aguri (lt us hope they can find a sponsor) followed by Heikki Kovalainen ( McLaren-Mercedes) the Finn ploughed into the tyre barrier at turn nine after something broke on the left-front of his MP4-23, bringing out the safety car for a second time. Nick Heidfeld had to come in for fuel during this period and was penalized with a drive thru and 10 second penalty - (need to change this rule). Rubens Barrichello (Honda) lost a front wing in the pits and retired to be followed by Fernando Alonso whose engine gave up the ghost much to the disappointment of the 132,600 crowd, who gave him a standing ovation. The rest of the race was pretty processional, the only feature being the closeness of the first 4 cars – the winnner Kimi Raikkonen - Felipe Massa Ferrari (+3.2 secs) - Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (+4.1 secs) - 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber (+5.6 secs) - Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault (+35.9 secs) driving a good race - Jenson Button Honda (+53.0 secs) getting his first World Championship points this season - Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota (+58.2 secs) upholding Williams place after the retirement of Nico Rosberg ahead of the last points finisher, Jarno Trulli Toyota (+59.4 secs )

Practice (Friday 25 April) - Who was driver of the day – Fernando Alonso .( 1m 21.904) who in the closing seconds of took provisional pole, much to everyones surprise, only to have it snatched from him by Kimi Raikkonen.(1m 21.813) The Finn has looked strong all weekend, but in Q1 and Q2 did not look too happy and it seemed as his Felipe Massa .( 1m 22.058) might be the stronger of the two Ferrari drivers. He managed to put his first run together, but could not repeat it in his second run. Robert Kubica (1m 22.065s) had been consistent and was rewarded with 4^th fastest time but the surprised Lewis Hamilton (1m 22.096s) was not too happy with his performance and would have preferred to start further up the grid. Team mate Heikki Kovalainen (1m 22.231s) joins his McLaren team mate on the third row, with Mark Webber (1m 22.429s) on row four for Red Bull, alongside Jarno Trulli´s (1m 22.529s) Toyota on. Nick Heidfeld (1m 22.542s) was ninth for BMW Sauber and at one stage did not look in Q2 looked as if he would not get into Q3., changing to the soft compound at the last minute which was worth it was reckoned half a second. Nelson Piquet (1m 22.699s) in just his fourth Grand Prix put the second Renault into the top ten proving that the team has improved and Pat Symonds said after qualifying that the Brazilian was on a different strategy to that of the Spaniard who tomorrow will want to win. Promises to be an exciting start to the race and tomorrow Spain could be jubiliant!

Practice (Friday 25 April)

Kimi Raikkonen was fastest this morning (1:20.649) and again this afternoon (1:21.935). This morning it was Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica chasing him, but this afternoon it was rookie Nelson Piquet (1:22.019) and the crowd´s favourite Fernando Alonso (1:22.032) upseting the form book much to Renault´s delight ahead of Kazuki Nakajima (1:22.172) ahead of his highly rated team mate Nico Rosberg (1:22.266) who could do no better than seventh fastest time. Between the two Williams were the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa (1:22.229) and Mark Webber´s (1:22.238) Red Bull. David Coultard (1:22.289) put the second Red Bull eigth with the two Force India cars of Giancarlo Fisichella (1:22.383) and Adrian Sutil (1:22.548) completing the top ten. Lewis Hamilton this afternoon could finish no better than eleventh with Heikki sixteenth, suffering from mechanical problems

Fernando Alonso - "Something strange needs to happen during the race if we want to reach the podium now. Hopefully this will be the first step we need to do during this season to be close to the podium. Sooner or later we need to start improving the car and I think this race will be the first opportunity to see if we are going in the right direction. It is true that every time I come here to my home grand prix I had always the possibility to fight for the pole position and fight for the victory.if not, the podium was a real possibility always. This year I don't think it is a real possibility, just a dream as it was in the first few races.

We had what we were expecting and we are quite happy with the car and the improvement we did. But, as I said, maybe we will not be happy anymore tomorrow when we see the others and they are quick as well.

I think we did a god job and probably the others teams did a good job as well. It is just a matter of which team took the biggest step and we are optimistic we can improve, but we must improve what we did in the first few races.

So let's start from this race.

Spanish Grand Prix on ITV
Live qualifying Saturday 26 April 1210-1430 ITV1
Qualifying highlights Sunday 27 April 1030-1130 ITV4
Live race Sunday 27 April 1200-1505 ITV1
Highlights Sunday 27 April 2345-0040 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 28 April 1800-1900 ITV4

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2008-04-08T03:51:00.000-07:00

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Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir) - 04. 05 & 06 April 2008

2008-04-03T08:41:00.000-07:00

Race Sunday - (06 April 2008)

Felipe Massa outdragged pole man Robert KubicaKimi Raikkonen (+3.3 secs) demoting the pole man on lap three to third place (+4.9 secs), these three drivers holding these positions for the rest of the race, apart from pit stops. Lewis Hamilton had an “uncharacteristically” slow start only to run into the back of Fernando Alonso´s rear, causing all sorts of unnecessary speculation as to whether the Spaniard had done this on purpose! Fernando continued with a damaged rear wing to finish 10^th, whilst Lewis came into the pits for a new nose. Running with a heavy fuel load he could only manage to finish 13^th behind Giancarlo Fisichella´s Force India (ex Spyker) putting up a good performance. Nick Heidfeld (+8.4 secs) put in a challange towards the end to try and wrest the podium from his team mate Kubica., but could not manage it, having to settle for 4^th place, setting fastest lap, ahead of Heikki Kovalainen who annexed it soon after, having an undramatic drive to 5th in a McLaren that was simply not fast enough to challenge either the Ferrari or the BMW., the German chassis giving half a second away to the Italian job. Jarno Trulli (+41.3 secs) took 6^th, showing that Toyota are more consistent this year, holding off Mark Webber. (+45.4 secs). into turn one to take the lead, Williams’ Nico Rosberg (+55.8 secs), completing the points scorers. Toro Rosso’s Sebastian VettelJenson Button’s hopes were dashed by the need for a pit stop for damage repair at the end of the opening lap, and another after a passing move on David Coulthard that went drastically wrong as the Scotsman closed the door – a racing incident!Nelson Piquet had mechanical failures and had to retire again this weekend. retired on lap 1 with a mechanical failure.

Q1. Q2 & Q3 Saturday – (05 April 2008)

Beat Kubica (1:33.096) the Pole taking the “pole” the first time for BMW and in doing so upseting the form book. Felipe Massa (1:33.123) had looked strong all weekend to date, but at the press debriefing complain of not being able to get a clear lap. Lewis Hamilton (1:33.292) managed third place ahead his chief threat Kimi Räikkönen (1:33.418) and his team mate Heikki Kovalainen (1:33.488) fifth, with BMW`s Nick Heidfeld (1:33.737) showing Ferrari and McLaren that there is now a third team in the contention for both driver and constructors championship this year. Jarno Trulli (1:33.737) and Nico Rosberg (1:34.015) saying that they had overcome the teams Malaysian bad showing and happy with qualifing on the harder surface today, the German having set the fastest time this morning are on row four. Row five Jenson Button (1:35.057) in the top ten for the first time this year and Fernando Alonso (1:35.115) complete the top ten.

Practice - Friday (04 April)

Felipe Massa (1m 32.233s) was dominant in both the morning and afternoon sessions in the morning narrowly beating team mate Kimi Raikkonen by 0.117s and again in the afternoon. In the morning Williams were relieved to be ahead with Nico Rosberg (1m 32.415s) ahead of the 2 McLaren´s of Lewis Hamilton (1m 32.705s) and Heikki Kovalainen (1m 32.868s).

This afternoon Lewis Hamilton lost control exiting Turn Seven, the fast chicane, with 10 minutes left to run. He caught the ensuing slide and held it, but ran out of road and his MP4-23 struck a barrier heavily enough to loosen two wheels and causing considerable damage. He was unhurt. Massa (1m 31.420s) at the last minute did the best lap of the day ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen (1m 32.752s) his team mate managing a fourth with 1m 32.752s. Robert Kubica´s BMW Sauber close to the McLaren with 1m 32.915s. Nico Rosberg (1m 33.022s) sixth sandwiching David Coulthard (1m 33.048s) between the second Williams of Kazuki Nakajima (1m 33.098s) eigth. Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais (1m 33.197s), Renault’s Nelson Piquet (1m 33.247s) claimed the last two top ten spots this afternoon.

Bahrain Grand Prix on ITV
Live qualifying
Saturday 5 April 1110-1335 ITV1 and itv.com/f1
Qualifying highlights Sunday 6 April 1015-1120 ITV4
Live race
Sunday 6 April 1130-1430 ITV1 and itv.com/f1
Highlights Sunday 6 April 2345-0045 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 7 April 1800-1900 ITV4

Pre weekend comment

Schumacher tips Massa to bounce back - "He has zero points for the season, so it is not the best of starts…he has played his jokers so far, and doesn't really have any more jokers to play," Schumacher said in an interview with Reuters. "But things will turn around very quickly I think in his favour. He is certainly still very capable of winning the championship this year. Massa is very focused, knows what is going on and what he has to do, Pressure is normal in our world and I am certain he knows how to deal with it.”

Nick Heidfeld - "After some initial problems, we have made great progress during the winter tests,” he said on the team’s official website. "Most of the new parts we have added to the car have worked, and have allowed us to significantly improve the car's performance. For this reason, I am optimistic that we are not yet at our limit. There is still more potential for improvement. We have come closer to achieving this goal at the races in Australia and Malaysia. You can see that we have a good basis for success. However, there was one team and one car that was faster than us in both races. With this in mind, we must keep on improving and closing the gap."

Kimi Raikkonen - "Never mind the championship - it's much too early to make any kind of conclusions as to who is who. We have to wait some more races to get the picture of who are the main contenders for the title. It's going to be as tight as it was last year, that is for sure. Now it's a battle between three teams instead of two. Ferrari and McLaren have won the first two races, but let's not forget that BMW have had two second places. So any slip up by Ferrari and McLaren, and they will be there to pick up the points. This time you really have to fight for every point you get."

Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang 21. 22 & 23 March 2008

2008-03-20T02:19:00.000-07:00

Sunday Race (23 March)

Kimi Raikkonen this weekend has taken the 2008 World Championship title to the door of Lewis Hamilton in the second race leading from the first pit stop. Felipe Massa led his team mate into the first corner and held the lead for the first part of the race, running with less fuel which allowed his team mate to stay out a couple of laps longer, just enough to put in a couple of very good laps and leap frogging the Brazilian in the "boxes" The two McLarens had been relagated 5 places each for blocking Heidfeld and Alonso in Q3 yesterday, but Lewis Hamilton made a good start on his soft compound to overtake his team mate Heikki Kovalainen but he just could not get past Mark Webber´s Red Bull. He had hoped to do this in the first round of stops, but their was a problem changing the front right which cost him an additional 10/11 seconds in the boxes. Hamiltonfought back in the final stage, on hard rubber, to salvage a fifth place behind Robert Kubica (+19.5 secs) who drove a lonely race to finish second, Heikki Kovalainen (+38.4 secs) claiming the honours for McLaren this weekend with third ahead of an impressive Jarno Trulli (+45.8 secs) in the Toyota. Behind Lewis Hamilton (46.5 secs) was Nick Heidlfed (49.8 secs), underlining the fact that the BMW chassis will be a force to reckoned with this year and that either of their drivers could claim a victory for the German team this year. Fernando Alonso (+70.0 secs) was giving Mark Webber (+68.1 secs) the same pressure as Hamilton was to Trulli in the closing stages, but the the customer engined Renault just finished in front of the works engined car. Hamilton possibly made a mistake in electing to do two rounds, the first and second, on the soft compound, whereas Kovalainen changed to the hard rubber for his second and third session. Although he drove a lonely race Robert Kubica was probably driver of the day with a close nomination for Jarno Trulli. What happened to Felipe Massa? An unexplainable incident on lap 30 when the tail went out for no apparent reason, putting him into the gravel trap. This year drivers will not have Lewis Hamilton´s luck of last year where, by keeping the engine running, he was allowed to rejoin the race. This year it is GAME OVER!

Saturday Qualifiying (22 March)

Half a second faster than team mate Kimi Raikkonen (1m 36.230s) allowed Felipe Massa (1m 35.748s) to take pole position to make it an all Ferrari front row today. New boy to McLaren. Heikki Kovalainen (1m 36.613s) managed to take third spot from a complaining Lewis Hamilton (1m 36.709s) - grip, the MP4-23 looking more ragged than normal. Jarno Trulli (1m 36.711s) was impressive with 5th fastest time, having set the fastest time in Q1. Robert Kubica (1m 36.727s) in the closing stages was looking particularly strong and it looked as if he might be able to repeat his Australian performance. Team mate Nick Heidfeld (1m 36.753s) was clearly less fortunate his fastest lap being greatly hampered by slowing cars after the chequered flag, the German complaining about a slow McLaren * being in the centre of the track. This situation clearly needs to be addressed by the authorities as it is VERY DANGEROUS (saving fuel could be expensive and life threatening) the German complaining about it after Q3. Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1m 37.009s) will start behind the two BMW’s in eigth alongside Fernando Alonso´s Renault (1m 38.450) and Timo Glock (1m 39.656) a second promising performance from this new driver to F1 in the number two TF108 rounding up the top 10 for tomorrow’s race.

* Lewis Hamilton dropped 5 places on the grid tomorrow for this action. Also his team mate.

Friday Practice (21 March)

This morning it was Ferrari that set the pace with Felipe Massa (1m 35.392s) fastest Next up were the two McLarens of Kovalainen and Hamilton split by Nico Rosberg. Kubica was 8th with Button and Trulli making up the top ten. In the last 10 minutes this afternoon Lewis Hamilton grabbed the honours for the fastest lap (1m 35.055s) from Massa (1m 35.206s) and Raikkonen (1m 35.428s). Sebastian Vettel (1m 36.474s) had been running in the top four for most of the afternoon session, but in the dying moments Jenson Button (1m 36.037) put his Honda ahead of the promising German. Hoping for no battery overheating problems this weekend was Jarno Trulli´s (1m 36.756s) Toyota - 6th ahead of Kovalainen (1m 36.512s), Robert Kubica (1m 36.671s), Giancarlo Fischella (1m 36.756s) and Kazuki Nakajimja (1m 36.838s). David Coulthard did not practice this afternoon after the his Red Bull appreared to suffer a suspension failure after running over a kerb, the team preferring to analyse the incident the have the chassis properly prepared for tomorrow.

Malaysian Grand Prix on ITV

Live qualifying Saturday 22 March 0515-0720 ITV1
Qualifying re-run Saturday 22 March 1340-1510 ITV1
Live race Sunday 23 March 0615-0900 ITV1
Race re-run Sunday 23 March 1445-1730 ITV1
Highlights Monday 24 March 0020-0120 ITV1
Highlights re-run Monday 24 March 1800-1900 ITV4

Fernando Alonso - "Sepang really is my favourite track, I took my first pole position there in 2003 with Renault, and I have won this race twice. It's a circuit that I enjoy and I always tend to attack a little bit more. I hope that this year I will be able to do well and I'm really looking forward to the race."

Heikki Kovalainen - “I now have my first race with the team under my belt, apart from the safety car it went really well and we are now going to push harder in Sepang. The car was really quick and we now have to work hard to take that performance to Malaysia.”

Sir Jackie Stewart - "I'm surprised and disappointed that Lewis has not yet joined the GPDA," Stewart was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Australian Grand Prix. Melbourne (Albert Park) 14:15 & 16 March 2008

2008-03-14T03:29:00.000-07:00

Race - 16 March

Just 7 cars finished the Australian Grand Prix today out of the 22 starters, 5 being eliminated on the first lap, Giancarlo Fisichella, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Anthony Davidson, Jenson Button and Adrian Sutil. Kimi Raikkonon taking advantage of this moved up from 15th to 8th., but it was Lewis Hamilton that was in charge of the race consistently pulling away from BMW's Robert Kubica. Felipe
Massa had to pit for a new nosecone during the caution period having lost control of his Ferrari and spinning exiting the first corner when challenging Heikki Kovalainen for third place. Jarno Trulli was the next retirement (+39 laps) and David Coulthard was taken out in a racing accident with Felipe Massa when the Brazilian took the inside line, only to retire a few laps afterwards, obviously had damaged his suspension (+29 Laps). Nelson Piquet (+26 laps), Takuma Sato (+ 28 laps) were the next retirements followed by Timo Glock., making a promising entry in Formula 1 in the Toyota, but
having a big moment, spinning several times down the track with just 15 laps remaining. There were many safety car incidents and Lewis Hamilton kept his cool, having had plenty of experience last year of this situation. Robert Kubica, not having lived up to yesterday´s promise, was the next victim retiring with 11 laps remaining and finally Kimi Raikkonen called it a day after two mistakes and a badly sounding engine? (+4 laps). Rubens Barichello had driven a brilliant race, but was running out of fuel and there was a safety car out! He had no alternative but to come in. The lolipop man made a mistake and a mechanic was injured and the Brazilian passed a red light! Sebastian Bourdais had been driving a brilliant race, but sadly had to retire during the last 3 laps. Fernando Alonso behind had been holding off Heikki Kovalainen who eventially managed to overtake the Spaniard, but the ex world champion was having nothing of it and retook his position on the straight. Nick Heidfeld drove his usual sensible race to take a well deserved second place with Kiko Rosberg taking third and his first career podium, two twenty three years on it for the first time. Fernando Alonso, now in better spirits at Renault must have been very pleased with his fourth place as must be the team, justifying their decision to invite him back. Heikki Kovalainen was just unlucky today, finishing fifth with Rubens Barichello a well deserved sixth and rookie Kazuki Nakajima scoring points in just his second race and confirming the promise of the Williams Toyota. Driver of the Day – Lewis Hamilton.

Heikki Kovalainen had the consolation of setting the fastest lap - 1:27.418

Qualifiying - 15 March
Lewis Hamilton (1:26.714) took pole position today having set the pace in two of the three qualifying sessions. In the third one he faced a strong challange from Robert Kubica´s (1:26.869) BMW who will line up alongside the McLaren driver. The Pole could well have taken pole position had it not been for a mistake on his fastest lap. The other McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen (1:27.079) confirming the form of yesterday was third fastest with the first Ferrari of Felipe Massa (1:27.178) fourth. Nick Heidlfeld (1:27.236) was fifth, Jarno Trulli (1:28.527) sixth, Nico Rosberg (1:28.687), David Coulthard (1:29.041), Timo Glock (1:29.593), and Sebastian Vettel mechanical problems preventing the young German from setting a time. filling the top ten places on the grid. World Champion Kimi Raikkonen will start 16th a fuel pump failure in Q1 preventing him from participating in Q2 and Q3 the Finn crawling to a standstill in the pit approach

Australian GP TV schedule (ITV)

Qualifying re-run Saturday 15 March 1320-1505 ITV1

Live race Sunday 16 March 0330-0630 ITV1

Race re-runs Sunday 16 March 1245-1430 ITV4
Sunday 16 March 1500-1800 ITV1

Highlights Monday 17 March 0015-0115 ITV1
Monday 17 March 1800-1900 ITV4

Friday Practice - 14 March

In the morning session it was the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen (1m 26.461s) that set the fastest time at Albert Park., but the Finn said that he was not happy with the way that practice had gone, the afternoon track conditions changing dramatically. Team mate Felipe Massa spun in the afternoon preventing his from using his second set of Bridgestone and finding that the medium compound was more durable than the softer alternative. These gave better grip over one lap, but grained thereafter. Lewis Hamilton (1m 26.559s) was the fastest in the second session with his new team mate at McLaren Heikki Kovalainen setting the 4th fastest time in both sessions. - Mark Webber said that his crowd-pleasing 2nd place in practice is unlikely to be repeated later in the weekend, believing that there were four or five cars that were faster than his Red Bull, fuel load preventing anyone of drawing firm conclusions. David Coulthard in the other Red Bull lost time with his gearbox problem in the morning, but was happy with the 5th fastest time in the afternoon. - Jarno Trulli (1m 28.292s) set his fastest time this afternoon despite tyre graining. Toyota’s primary problem today, which means that the team are working hard on settings to try and alleviate the problem before the weekend. Timo Glock was busy learning the track, and still has to set up his TF108 to suit his driving style. - Nico Rosberg (1m 28.352s) only did three installation laps this morning due to a gearbox problem, but still managed to set 8th fastest time this afternoon despite further problems with the differential. Kazuki Nakajima´s Williams also had a gearbox problem in the morning which which did not assist him in learning the track. - Fernando Alonso (1m 28.360s) fastest time was set this morning, the Spaniard being concerned about the stability of the Renault under braking and team mate Nelson Piquet spun in the morning session bringing out the red flag, the incident causing problems with the gearbox and so his track learning time was seriously compromised.

Australian Grand Prix - pre race comments

2008-03-12T03:45:00.000-07:00

Kimi Raikkonen - "Everything looks to be in good shape, Probably I have never started the season with such a good feeling. Personally I feel like there is a big difference to start this season compared to last year.I know the team and how they work. There will be no surprises. I've built up a good relationship with my engineers and we understand each other and they also know how I like to have my car set up. The car is a nice step forward from last year. Ferrari have done a good job to improve the areas that needed to be improved. The car has been improved in the slow corners and over the kerbs. We should be strong in every place, but beforehand you never know it for sure."

Fernando Alonso - "I know that a win or a podium in Australia will be difficult, but you never know what can happen during the race. It may rain; the race may take place on a drying track and you can have the chance to spring a surprise. If an opportunity presents itself, I am ready to seize it."

Nico Rosberg - "The aero department has done a really fantastic job with the FW30, That's not to disregard everyone else within the team that has been working hard on it, but the aero on the car is a real step forward. We also already have a lot of developments which are scheduled for deployment over the year. People think that we can't be as good as the manufacturer teams, but that's not the case and we can compete with them, The team has recruited some strong people over the past few years to consolidate the existing structure and that has helped us to make some good progress, he new rules which will come in next year will also wipe the slate clean which should give us a big chance to enter that realm."

Adrian Sutil - "My goals are to do everything possible to be better this year; to make fewer mistakes and get a few points. I want to help the team move forward." About his new team mate: "For me it's a positive challenge to have Giancarlo in the team as he will push me, which is important for the future, It will be difficult, but this is what I need, as if you are pushed, you have to put in your maximum effort."

Kazuki Nakajima - "Having already raced in the Brazilian Grand Prix last year, I feel a bit more relaxed going into the season because I've experienced a race weekend before and know exactly what is expected of me, As it's my debut season, it's difficult to talk about results but obviously I want to do my best in every race, It's my first year in Formula 1 so it won't be easy to get everything right first time, so my objective is to make good progress and enjoy the races." About the new chassis "It's definitely a step forward, When I drove the FW30 for the first time in Valencia at the start of January, I could tell the difference from the FW29 straight away and my initial feelings were really positive. We also have some updates planned for Melbourne which should also take us further forward. One thing is clear and that is that Ferrari and McLaren are still ahead of us, but the midfield is really close so it's going to be a big fight among those teams and we're in that group. One thing's for sure: it's going to be a great season so, if we do well, it will be well deserved."