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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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