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The Brazilian qualifying is an important part for Hamilton’s championship because being in the middle of the pack more accidents happen which is not what Lewis needs. He just needs a solid points finish and there’s no better way of doing this than by winning the race.

Qualifying 1

In the first qualifying session the Ferrari’s seem to have been struggling a bit with under-steer, this might be because of the used tyres. But then at the end of the session Massa managed to get into first and Kimi into second position. Lewis Hamilton was safely through into Q2.

Fernando Alonso who wants to see a Ferrari win because of his grudge against McLaren finished Q1 in 4th position.

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Lewis Hamilton is in pole position in Shanghai, China. Lewis has been fast all weekend and left his competitors and critics behind him.

It’s Hamilton’s chance to finally wrap up his first Formula 1 world championship. He needs to make 6 points more than championship rival Felipe Massa. BMW’s Kubica had an outside chance which now seems even more unlikely as he’s starting down in 11th position.

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Early this morning Lewis Hamilton managed to get onto pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway.

Hamilton’s main Formula 1 Championship rival, Felipe Massa, only managed to get into 5th position. This gives Lewis some more breathing space as Massa is 7 points behind.

Lewis Hamilton’s post qualifying comments:

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Lewis Hamilton starts 2nd in the spectacular Singapore night race.

I’ve got a feeling that this is probably going to be one of the best and most spectacular races in 2008. Lewis Hamilton starts in p2 behind Felipe Massa and in front of Kimi Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel seems to be continuing his good form who qualified in 7th position.

Hamilton is only 1 point ahead of fellow F1 championship contender and fellow front row starter Felipe Massa. This is most probably one of the defining moments for the 2008 Formula 1 world championship.

The fact that the race is being held at night is simply awesome. Previously there were a few voices of pessimism about a night race but they’ve since disappeared. The racing drivers love it, the media loves it and everybody watching it thinks that it’s fantastic.

I can’t wait for the race tomorrow. I wish I was there but the F1 race in Singapore is a sold out event.

Good luck Lewis!
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Lewis Hamilton will start the Italian Grand Prix in Monza from 15th position.

The previous worst qualifying in 2008 for Lewis was 5th position. Today’s wet and tricky conditions were very difficult to master as it kepts starting and stopping to rain.

In the second qualifying session Lewis went out with intermediates at first which didn’t work as it started raining again and had to come back to the pit to change to full-wets.

The starting grid in Monza is pretty mixed up with Kimi starting in 14th position and Massa from 6th.

Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel who is the youngest ever driver to get into pole position.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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Lewis Hamilton clinches the Montreal pole position from Robert Kubica in the final seconds of qualifying.

A fantastically exciting qualifying in Montreal, Canada resulted in our man Lewis Hamilton finishing in pole position leaving the Ferrari’s behind. It’s the perfect opportunity to extend his Formula 1 Championship lead.

Also well done to Robert Kubica who is really starting to shine recently. I’m looking forward to another exciting race tomorrow - let’s not forget Kimi who is starting right behind Lewis.

Montreal F1 Qualifying Results

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

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The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team seemed to have some difficulty keeping up with the top runners Ferrari. Renault’s Fernando Alonso also surprised with starting second on the grid. Trulli and Webber also did well to get into the top 8.

It should be an interesting F1 race in Spain, hopefully McLaren have a good strategy to make the best of their current capabilities, it seems Alonso might be on a very light fuel strategy and we’ll have to see Kubica’s racing pace on Sunday, so I think the Hamilton will probably have a good chance for the podium, but we’ll have to see.

Spanish F1 Starting Grid:

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

British Formula 1 racing sensation will start the Bahrain Grand Prix in 3rd position behind BMW’s Robert Kubica’s first pole position and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. The Ferrari racing driver was pretty much dominating the racing weekend so far be setting lap-times of nearly a second faster.

The race should be very entertaining and hopefully Hamilton can create some spectacular overtaking maneuver’s in the first few corners of the race. But let’s not count out Kimi Raikonnen who should never be underestimated, he might have had a little trouble in qualifying but the Ice Man can really turn the heat on…

Bahrain 2008 Qualifying Results:

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

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Lewis Hamilton continues his superb form in the Formula 1 2008 season in Melbourne, Australia with a superb pole position in his McLaren Mercedes.

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