September 7th, 2008
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Lewis Hamilton Wins Spectacular Belgian Grand Prix. WOW!! What an exciting ending at the Spa Grand Prix.
Lewis started from pole and lead the race for a lap or two before Kimi manage to take the lead at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
Kimi was leading most of the race but after the final stop the Finn didn’t look too comfortable on the hard-compound tyre and Hamilton was catching up. Then in the last few laps it started to rain and get pretty slippery and the cars were sliding around all over the place.
Then Lewis cought Kimi up and tried to overtake but was blocked on the first attempt. After a few more corners Lewis managed to get ahead but then went wide and Kimi overtook Hamilton again. Kimi then took the lead again but then spunn off in to the wall giving Hamilton the lead again.
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September 6th, 2008
A superb qualifying performance from Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
Massa is in 2nd position behind Lewis, as the two championship leaders start at the front how of the grid. Behind them are the two Finnish country men: Kovalainen and Raikkonen.
The spectacular Spa race is always one of the best of the year so let’s hope Lewis can extend his Formula 1 championship lead tomorrow.
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August 24th, 2008
Lewis Hamilton finished in second position behind Ferrari’s Massa at the new European Grand Prix, the Valencia street race.
There was no safety car as many people thought that there would be. Though, Alonso only lasted a lap after somebody drove into the back of him and he lost his rear wing.
Robert Kubica did well to finish 3rd place in front of Kovalainen who finished in fourth position.
All in all most track feedback was positive and generally people were happy with the new track and facilities around.
Lewis is still leading the championship but lost two points to Filipe Massa. Hamilton’s effort was fantastic considering that he had severe neck and back problems from a trapped nerve before qualifying and it wasn’t even sure that he will be able to race.
There was an incident with Massa leaving the pit lane as the same time as another car and there is some debate about weather it was safe or not. It will be investigated after the race.
Valencia Grand Prix 2008 Race Results:
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August 23rd, 2008
The first Formula 1 qualifying in Valencia mixed up the field a bit with a brand new track which has little traction. The teams were struggling for grip in the first session but at the end of the second session there was noticeable more traction even though it started to drizzle a little bit.
The surprise of the second session was Sebastian Vettel who was first at the end of qualifying session 2. Renault’s Fernando Alonso didn’t make it into Q3.
Lewis Hamilton was finally flying in the final qualifying session and got up to 2nd position on the starting grid. Felipe Massa is on pole position and Robert Kubica is starting in third position.
Some TV commentators say that there’s a high possibility that there will be a safety car in tomorrow’s race and that McLaren are playing it safe by putting in extra fuel. We’ll have to see how the race unfolds.
Valencia 2008 Qualifying Results:
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August 17th, 2008
Lewis Hamilton is currently leading the Formula 1 World Championship by 5 points with 7 races to go. Two of the new exciting races in 2008 are both street circuits. The first race is coming up next week in Valencia and the other Grand Prix will be the first night race held in Singapore.
The New European Grand Prix in Valencia
The new Valencia street circuit is no ordinary street circuit such as Monaco, which is narrow, slow and twisty. It will be a different type or racing track. It looks to be one of the faster circuits with an average speed of 140 mph and a top speed of 200 mph on the main straight!
The track will be wide enough for several overtaking opportunities which should make things exciting.
The track is located at the Juan Carlos I Marina, home to the recent 32nd America’s Cup yacht race.
Norbert Haug had the following to say about the new Valencia track:
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August 3rd, 2008
Lewis Hamilton manages to get back up to 5th place after an unexpected puncture dropped him down to 10th.
At the start of the race with the two McLaren’s in front it was likely that they would control the race. Who would have thought Massa would overtake them by the second corner, let alone that Hamilton will get a puncture.
Lewis Hamilton’s post-race comments:
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August 2nd, 2008
Lewis Hamilton delivered another fantastic qualifying performance with his 10th career pole position in Hungary. This makes his 3rd win in a row very possible.
Lewis has been looking superb all weekend leading most of the practice sessions and he was dominating qualifying Q1 and Q2.
Heikki Kovalainen in the sister Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes managed to get into the 2nd place making it difficult for the Ferrari’s at this Hungarian Grand Prix where overtaking is very difficult.
The field is quite close together and a few hundreds of a second can mean the difference of a position at the Hungaroring. Timo Glock managed to get into 5th position in his Toyota which was a refreshing surprise.
McLaren’s Woking squad have been enjoying a few recent wins over Ferrari in the last few races. However, the intense competition between the two teams will surely keep it interesting to the end of the season.
Can Lewis make it 3-in-a-row tomorrow? We’ll have to tune in tomorrow and keep our fingers crossed.
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July 20th, 2008
Lewis Hamilton wins his fourth race of the season at the Hockenheim Ring in Germany - taking the lead in the Driver’s Formula 1 World Championship Standings.
Lewis stormed away from the field from the start of the race, leading by the length of the strait after only a few laps. Massa in the Ferrari was not able to keep up with his supreme pace, but fast enough to stay in front of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen.
As Lewis was leading the race by a country mile the safety car had to be deployed after a big Toyota crash on the pit-strait. Most cars came in to pit but McLaren left Lewis out on the track behind the safety car. This turned out to be a mistake as the rest of the field went into pit to get tyres and fuel to last to the end of the race, apart from Hamilton how had to come in again.
Lewis came out on track in 7th position after the pit-stop behind his team mate Heikki who soon realised that Hamilton was a lot quicker and decided to let him though. Lewis then managed to pass Heidfeld, Massa, who was having brake and tyre problems and Piquet who did very well to pit early the get his best ever F1 race result in 2nd position.
There was no stopping Lewis with his incredible speed and consistency this weekend and hopefully for the rest of the season 
.
F1 Driver’s Championship Standings:
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July 19th, 2008
Another superb Lewis Hamilton pole position, this time in Hockenheim, Germany.
Lewis was looking good since he arrived at the Hockenheim circuit setting the fastest practice times throughout the weekend so far. His car was very well set-up, contrary to Kimi’s Ferrari which just didn’t hook up very well at all. But Hamilton was on form all weekend and today managed to secure his pole position for tomorrow Hockenheim Grand Prix.
Here’s what Hamilton had to say:
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July 12th, 2008
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July 6th, 2008
A superb race by our man Lewis Hamilton, who won his maiden home grand prix race in Silverstone.
It was an eventful Formula 1 race today, with light to heavy rain mixed in with some sunny spells causing very tricky conditions for the Formula 1 drivers out there. There were plenty of spins by most of the drivers, including Lewis but Nick Heidfeld seems to be the only driver who didn’t spin off the track landing him a podium finish in second place.
Barrichello also had a great race finishing in third position with his Honda. This was mainly because he went for the full wet tires when it was pouring down with rain.
It seems Lewis Hamilton has silenced his critics for now who’ve been complaining about his lack of performance recently, especially his Montreal crash and his French no-points finish.
Things are starting to look up again as Lewis Hamilton is joint-championship leader with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen . Massa who finished last and Kubica who retired didn’t score any points. Though Robert Kubica is only trailing by a mere 2 points, this is really starting to look like 4-horse-race.
I can’t wait until the next race which will be in Germany on the 20th of July in 2 weeks time.
Silverstone 2008 F1 Race Results:
1. HAMILTON McLaren
2. HEIDFELD BMW +68.5s
3. BARRICHELLO Honda +82.2s
4. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +1 lap
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren +1 lap
6. ALONSO Renault +1 lap
7. TRULLI Toyota +1 lap
8. NAKAJIMA Williams +1 lap
9. ROSBERG Williams +1 lap
10. WEBBER Red Bull +1 lap
11. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap
12. GLOCK Toyota +1 lap
13. MASSA Ferrari +2 laps
R. KUBICA BMW +21 laps
R. BUTTON Honda +22 laps
R. PIQUET Renault +25 laps
R. FISICHELLA Force India +34 laps
R. SUTIL Force India +50 laps
R. VETTEL Toro Rosso +60 laps
R. COULTHARD Red Bull +60 laps
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July 5th, 2008
Lewis Hamilton is going to start in 4th place in Silverstone on Sunday, the British Grand Prix.
It seems it was somewhat of a tough 3rd qualifying session for Lewis who was on provisional for a short while. Nearing the end of qualifying Hamilton came off the racetrack on a hot lap as he was pushing the car and either, the wind turned, the tires weren’t quite right or he simply made a small mistake.
Nevertheless, Lewis starting from the second row of the grid is still a good starting position, he could even be in 2nd after the first few corners, well have to wait and see especially as it is very likely to rain - that’s quite typical in England, but it sure can make an exciting race!
Silverstone 2008 Starting Grid:
1. KOVALAINEN McLaren
2. WEBBER Red Bull
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
4. HAMILTON McLaren
5. HEIDFELD BMW
6. ALONSO Renault
7. PIQUET Renault
8. VETTEL Toro Rosso
9. MASSA Ferrari
10. KUBICA BMW
11. COULTHARD Red Bull
12. GLOCK Toyota
13. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
14. TRULLI Toyota
15. NAKAJIMA Williams
16. BARRICHELLO Honda
17. BUTTON Honda
18. ROSBERG Williams
19. SUTIL Force India
20. FISICHELLA Force India
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June 22nd, 2008
We’ve gotta admit that this must have been a really tough race for Lewis Hamilton who is fighting for his maiden Formula 1 World Championship. Unfortunately the FIA penalty from last race lost him 10 starting-grid positions. There are different opinions about this and Lewis had to take a lot of sh*t for it.
What mattered most today is that he could not have a competitive race starting way back in 13th position as there is only one real overtaking opportunity at Magny-Cour. The lack of overtaking chances really made it a very tough French Grand Prix for him because he just couldn’t pass the car in front even though it was 0.5 seconds a lap slower. This is his second no-points-finish in a row! This has got to change
Current Formula 1 Championship Standings:
48 Felipe Massa
46 Robert Kubica
43 Kimi Raikkonen
38 Lewis Hamilton
28 Nick Heidfeld
Lewis is already 10 points behind F1 Championship leader Felipe Massa now. Let’s hope things will turn around for him in the next races. The season is long and a lot of things can still happen, but he needs to finish well consistently from now on.
French Formula 1 Race Results 2008:
1. MASSA Ferrari
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +17.9s
3. TRULLI Toyota +28.2s
4. KOVALAINEN McLaren +28.9s
5. KUBICA BMW +30.5s
6. WEBBER Red Bull +40.3s
7. PIQUET Renault +41.0s
8. ALONSO Renault +43.3s
9. COULTHARD Red Bull +51.0s
10. HAMILTON McLaren +54.5s
11. GLOCK Toyota +57.7s
12. VETTEL Toro Rosso +58.0s
13. HEIDFELD BMW +62.0s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda +1 lap
15. NAKAJIMA Williams +1 lap
16. ROSBERG Williams +1 lap
17. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap
18. FISICHELLA Force India +1 lap
19. SUTIL Force India +1 lap
R. BUTTON Honda +54 laps
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June 21st, 2008
Lewis Hamilton managed to get up to 3rd in qualifying at the Magny-Cours circuit. Unfortunately the racing incident from Canada race resulted in Lewis having a 10-position grid penalty, which means Hamilton’s going to start from 13th position.
Meanwhile the Ferrari of Raikkonen and Massa are starting from the front of the grid followed by Renault’s Alonso. Canada GP winner Kubica will start from 6th position. It should be a very close race as the pack is very bunched up during the qualifying sessions with only a few hundredths of a second between racing drivers.
It could be a very interesting race to watch Hamilton going through the field at the Magny-Cours track, which is notorious for the lack of overtaking possibilities, but
1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
2. MASSA Ferrari
3. ALONSO Renault
4. TRULLI Toyota
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren
6. KUBICA BMW
7. WEBBER Red Bull
8. COULTHARD Red Bull
9. GLOCK Toyota
10. PIQUET Renault
11. HEIDFELD BMW
12. VETTEL Toro Rosso
13. HAMILTON McLaren
14. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
15. NAKAJIMA Williams
16. BUTTON Honda
17. BARRICHELLO Honda
18. FISICHELLA Force India
19. SUTIL Force India
20. ROSBERG Williams
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June 8th, 2008
The 2008 Montreal, Canada Formula 1 race is one Lewis Hamilton probably wants to forget about after crashing into the back of Kimi who was waiting for the red light to go off at the pit lane exit.
But these things can happen to the best of them. It’s just very unfortunate as Hamilton was leading the race comfortably before the safety car, and then this.
Robert Kubica decided to grab the opportunity of the usual front runners missing out on the points to win his maiden grand prix victory and to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.
Let’s just hope the next race (in two weeks) will be better - I’m sure it will be!
1. KUBICA BMW
2. HEIDFELD BMW +16.4s
3. COULTHARD Red Bull +23.3s
4. GLOCK Toyota +42.6s
5. MASSA Ferrari +43.9s
6. TRULLI Toyota +47.7s
7. BARRICHELLO Honda +53.5s
8. VETTEL Toro Rosso +54.1s
9. KOVALAINEN McLaren +54.4s
10. ROSBERG Williams +57.7s
11. BUTTON Honda +67.5s
12. WEBBER Red Bull +71.2s
13. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap
R. FISICHELLA Force India +19 laps
R. NAKAJIMA Williams +24 laps
R . ALONSO Renault +26 laps
R. PIQUET Renault +31 laps
R. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +51 laps
R. HAMILTON McLaren +51 laps
R. SUTIL Force India +57 laps
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