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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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!
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.
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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