Formula 1

[TGLucario]

Robert Kubica won his 1st race....Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Raikkonen crashed out & Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica, David Coulthard, Timo Glock all lead the race at one point.

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[Setarime]

The German GP took place today at Hockenheim. Lewis Hamilton started on pole, with Massa alongside him on the front row. Lewis built up a considerable lead only for a massive crash by Timo Glock to bring out the safety car, this obviously closed the field up again, most drivers took this opportunity to pit, change tyres and fuel to the end, McLaren choose not to bring Hamilton in. After the restart Lewis built up a lead of 15 seconds, this however was not enough of a lead to let him make him his final pit stop and come out still in the lead. He exited the pits 4th, behind his teammate Kovalainen, with Massa 2nd and Piquet 1st. After some very skillful driving Hamilton worked his way back to the front of the pack and a few laps later took the chequered flag to go clear at the top of the drivers championship.

Full Result

1 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes one hour 31 minutes 20.874 seconds
2 Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault at 5.586 seconds
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari at 9.339
4 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber at 9.825
5 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes at 12.411
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari at 14.483
7 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber at 22.603
8 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari at 33.282
9 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota at 37.199
10 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota at 37.658
11 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault at 38.625
12 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari at 39.111
13 David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault at 54.971
14 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota at 1:00.003
15 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari at 1:09.488
16 Giancarlo Fisichella* (Ita) Force India-Ferrari at 1:24.093
17 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda one lap behind
R Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 50 laps completed
R Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 40 laps
R Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 35 laps completed

* Fisichella penalised 25 seconds for safety car infringement

Fastest lap: Heidfeld, 1:15.987, lap 52

Key: R = retired

[Arwen]

Way to go Lewis i knew you could do it and you will continue to do well,he is a very good and capable driver

[TGLucario]

brilliant 2 races by Lewis, proves he's a world champion!

[Setarime]

The qualifying for the first ever Grand Prix round the streets of Valencia took place today. This is a totally new circuit to everyone so it threw up some interesting times with Vettel and Trulli leading the times in the 1st and 2nd session, it wasnt until the final quali session that the Ferrari's and McLaren's found their pace to leave the grid for the race as such:

1. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1 min 38.989 secs
2. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.199

3. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:39.392
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finn) Ferrari 1:39.488

5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finn) McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.937
6. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:40.142

7. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:40.309
8. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:40.631

9. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:40.721
10. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:40.750

11. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1:38.428
12. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:38.435

13. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:38.499
14. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:38.515

15. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:38.744
16. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:38.880

17. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:39.235
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 1:39.268

19. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:39.811
20. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 1:39.943

Cant wait for the race

[Crystal]

More of a Superbikes person myself

[Setarime]

Originally Posted by Crystal

More of a Superbikes person myself

Like superbikes and think they should get more coverage but I do love my Formula One

[TGLucario]

brilliant race, i felt sorry for the pideon that pique ran over in the quals

[Setarime]

Qualifying for tomorrows Belgian GP took place today, listed below is how they finished and will line up on the grid tomorrow:

1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1 min 47.338 secs

2. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:47.678

3. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.815

4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:47.992

5. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.315

6. Fernando Alonso (Spn) Renault 1:48.504

7. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:48.736

8. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:48.763

9. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:48.951

10. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:50.319

11. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:46.949

12. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:46.965

13. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:46.995

14. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:47.018

15. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:47.429

16. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:48.153

17. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:48.211

18. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.226

19. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1:48.268

20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.447

[TGLucario]

hopefully it'll be a good race & i predict rain