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The Formula 1 season will soon be upon us again. The first race will be on the 29th of March in Melbourne, Australia, in a few weeks time.

The 2009 season looks to be reintroducing wider competitiveness into Formula 1, for the top teams anyway according to Massa. Most teams seems to be behind schedule with KERS – the kinetic energy retention system. This will allow the drivers to store energy which is generated from braking, for instance, this then can be used to give a temporary boost. This can be very useful for overtaking – as this is one of the main purposes.

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McLaren CEO, Ron Dennis will be stepping down and handing over to current principal to Martin Whitmarsh on the 1st or March 2009 it was revealed after presenting the new MP4-24.

What Ron Dennis had to say:
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Update: The 2010 MP4-25 McLaren

McLaren unveiled the new 2009 Formula 1 car: the MP4-24.
The car looks quite different from the 2008 because of the numerous regulation changes that come into effect in 2009.

The rear wing just looks… well, ‘different’ than what we’re used to from last year. I must admit that the new F1 cars do take a while to get used to. They look like lower formula cars now – simpler and less sophisticated. At least we’ve got slick tyres again!

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Lewis Hamilton is runner-up of the BBC sports personality of the year 2008!

Unlucky Lewis! I really thought sports personality of the year was on the cards! You’ll probably win in next year (2nd time lucky ).

A behind the scenes and sneak peek video of Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren team getting the car ready for the Singapre Grand Prix night race.

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This video is incredible! It shows a driver’s perspective of the on-track battle between Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen near the end of the Belgian Grand Prix.

It clearly shows that Lewis dropped behind Kimi after he cut the corner – personally I would have thought that this would be sufficient. Anyway, enjoy this video clip of the best and most exciting racing drivers in the world!

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Lewis Hamilton will start the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix from third position.

Hamilton looked strong since arriving in Monaco topping Thursday’s second practice session. Somehow Ferrari manage to grab the 1-2 starting position with Kimi starting behing Massa. The race tomorrow should be super interesting, as it always is in Monaco – I bet the fuel strategy’s going to be interesting as it can mix things up a bit and will play a big part tomorrow.

I can’t wait to see the race of the season!

F1 Monaco 2008 Starting Grid:

1.  MASSA         Ferrari       1m15.787s
2.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m15.815s
3.  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m15.839s
4.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m16.165s
5.  KUBICA        BMW           1m16.171s
6.  ROSBERG       Williams      1m16.548s
7.  ALONSO        Renault       1m16.852s
8.  TRULLI        Toyota        1m17.203s
9.  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m17.343s
10. COULTHARD     Red Bull      no time
11. GLOCK         Toyota        1m15.907s
12. BUTTON        Honda         1m16.101s
13. HEIDFELD      BMW           1m16.455s
14. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m16.479s
15. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m16.537s
16. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m16.806s
17. PIQUET        Renault       1m16.933s
18. VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m16.955s
19. SUTIL         Force India   1m17.225s
20. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m17.823s

Lewis Hamilton managed to start from third position at the Istanbul Circuit in Turkey despite his McLaren Formula 1 car not handling well in some corners where the back seemed to slide out a few times.

Kimi Raikkonen seemed to have a few problems with his Ferrari as well causing him to start from 4th position, next to Lewis.

It should be an interesting race which has been brought forward in the calendar from mid-summer. This is causing some difficulties for the teams as the tyre temperatures are not very high, causing less grip for the drivers.

F1 Turkey 2008 Starting Grid:

1.  MASSA         Ferrari
2.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren
3.  HAMILTON      McLaren
4.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari
5.  KUBICA        BMW
6.  WEBBER        Red Bull
7.  ALONSO        Renault
8.  TRULLI        Toyota
9.  HEIDFELD      BMW
10. COULTHARD     Red Bull
11. ROSBERG       Williams
12. BARRICHELLO   Honda
13. BUTTON        Honda
14. VETTEL        Toro Rosso
15. GLOCK         Toyota
16. NAKAJIMA      Williams
17. PIQUET        Renault
18. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso
19. SUTIL         Force India
20. FISICHELLA    Force India

Well done Lewis Hamilton, who managed to secure a predicted and well deserved podium position.

Hamilton who is second in the current F1 world championship has 20 points and is losing more points to Kimi Raikkonen who now has 29 points, leading the championship. The next races will be crucial for Lewis who can’t afford to loose touch with Kimi who’s leading by 9 points, that’s almost a race win for Hamilton and a DNF for Kimi away. Well, Formula 1 in 2008 is certainly looking to be an interesting one, I can’t wait for the next race

Formula 1 Race Results in Spain:

1.  RAIKKONEN    Ferrari
2.  MASSA        Ferrari       +3.2s
3.  HAMILTON     McLaren       +4.1s
4.  KUBICA       BMW           +5.6s
5.  WEBBER       Red Bull      +35.9s
6.  BUTTON       Honda         +53.0s
7.  NAKAJIMA     Williams      +58.2s
8.  TRULLI       Toyota        +59.4s
9.  HEIDFELD     BMW           +63.0s
10. FISICHELLA   Force India   +1 lap
11. GLOCK        Toyota        +1 lap
12. COULTHARD    Red Bull      +1 lap
13. SATO         Super Aguri   +1 lap
R.  ROSBERG      Williams      +25 laps
R.  ALONSO       Renault       +32 laps
R.  BARRICHELLO  Honda         +32 laps
R.  KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +45 laps
R.  DAVIDSON     Super Aguri   +58 laps
R.  BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +59 laps
R.  PIQUET       Renault       +60 laps
R.  SUTIL        Force India   +66 laps
R.  VETTEL       Toro Rosso    +66 laps

There’s a strong Lewis Hamilton fan community growing at the Lewis Hamilton Facebook Fan Page with thousands of fan members. Plenty of well-wishers for Lewis, forums and fans are posting pictures of themselves with Hamilton including some pictures of the early days – he had funny hair back then