Hamilton wins German GP

July 21, 2008

Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling Grand Prix in Hockenheim to take the Championship lead. The young Brit was sitting in 3rd with just laps to go but managed to overtake both Felipe Massa and Nelson Piquet and win the German Grand Prix.

Afterwards Lewis said…

“I didn’t plan on making it so exciting. I would have much preferred an easy and comfortable afternoon out in front. But it didn’t work that way.”

Grand Prix Results…

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1hr 31mins 20.874 secs
2. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault +00:05.586 secs
3. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 00:09.339
4. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 00:09.825
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:12.411
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 00:14.483
7. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 00:22.603
8. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 00:33.282
9. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 00:37.199
10. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 00:37.658
11. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:38.625
12. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 00:39.111
13. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Renault 00:54.971
14. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India-Ferrari 00:59.093
15. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 01:00.003
16. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Ferrari 01:09.488
17. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1 lap
r. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 17 laps
r. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 27 laps
r. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 35 laps

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Hamilton wins British GP

July 7, 2008

Lewis Hamilton won his home Grand Prix to keep alive his chance of winning the Championship. In treacherous conditions, Hamilton pulled away from the field and eased to victory.

Hamilton said…

“It is definitely by far the best victory I’ve ever had,” assessed Hamilton. “It was one of the toughest races I’ve ever done. As I was driving I was thinking, ‘if I win this it will definitely be the best race I’ve ever won’. That’s not only because of its history, but also because I’m on home ground and I drove one of my best races ever. I was coming to the last lap and I could see the crowd beginning to stand up and I was just praying, praying, praying, ‘keep it on the track and just finish’. You could not believe the emotions inside. I wanted to push, get it round, and we did. The team did a fantastic job.”

It was an unbelievable race, cars were flying all over the place as the rain came down. Lewis did well to win by so far he was the only person who looked in control of his car throughout the race. This win puts him on level terms with both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.

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Massa wins French GP

June 23, 2008

Felipe Massa won the French GP finishing in front of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen and Jarno Trulli who both got on the podium. Kubica came in fourth to keep his title challenge alive.

Bad weekend for Hamilton…

After incurring a 10 place penalty in qualifying it was always going to be hard for Lewis. It looked a good start and on the first lap he was going through the field. He got up to 9^th but incurred another penalty after incorrectly passing Vettel, that meant he had to drive through the pits, there was no way back for Lewis and he ended in 10^th. He is now 10 points off new Championship leader Felipe Massa.

Race Times…

1. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1 min 31:50.245 secs
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari +00:17.984
3. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 00:28.250
4. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:28.929
5. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 00:30.512
6. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 00:40.304
7. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 00:41.033
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:43.372
9. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Renault 00:51.072
10. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 00:54.521
11. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 00:57.738
12. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 00:58.065
13. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 01:02.079
14. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1 lap
15. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 1 lap
16. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 1 lap
17. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1 lap
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India - Ferrari 1 lap
19. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Ferrari 1 lap
r. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 54 laps

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Raikkonen on pole in France

June 21, 2008

Kimi Raikkonen will lead the way in France tomorrow after narrowly pipping Felipe Massa to pole. Lewis Hamilton qualified in third place but after crashing last race he has incurred a 10 place deduction so will start in 13th. That moves Fernando Alonso up to third and Jarno Trulli in fourth.

Here are the qualifying times…

01 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.449
02 F. Massa Ferrari 1:16.490
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:16.693
04 F. Alonso Renault 1:16.840
05 J. Trulli Toyota 1:16.840
06 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:16.944
07 R. Kubica BMW 1:17.037
08 M. Webber Red Bull 1:17.233
09 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:17.426
10 T. Glock Toyota 1:17.596
11 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:15.770
12 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:15.786
13 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:15.816
14 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:16.045
15 N. Rosberg Williams 1:16.235
16 K. Nakajima Williams 1:16.243
17 J. Button Honda 1:16.306
18 R. Barrichello Honda 1:16.330
19 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:16.971
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:17.053