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Lewis Hamilton made the best of the weekend in Turkey where the car was still not up to par, qualifying in 16th. He said he enjoyed racing in the mid-field which he was not used to doing much before. At least he’s enjoying it and still learning more.

Turkey Race Results:

1 Jenson Button
2 Mark Webber
3 Sebastian Vettel
4 Jarno Trulli
5 Nico Rosberg
6 Felipe Massa
7 Robert Kubica
8 Timo Glock
9 Kimi Raikkonen
10 Fernando Alonso
11 Nick Heidfeld
12 Kazuki Nakajima
13 Lewis Hamilton
14 Heikki Kovalainen
15 Sebastien Buemi
16 Nelson Piquet Jr
17 Adrian Sutil
18 Sebastien Bourdais
- Rubens Barrichello
- Giancarlo Fisichella

Lewis Hamilton finished in 12th position in the Monaco F1 race after qualifying 20th.

Hamilton’s comments after the race:

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Lewis Hamilton finished just outside the points with a 9th position in Barcelona, Spain.

Given that he started from 14th it is a good improvement, though no points is a disappointment to Lewis, McLaren and the fans – but everybody understands that the car desperately needs to be improved.

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Lewis Hamilton had a fantastic race in Bahrain finishing in 4th position.

As predicted, Lewis had a great run-up at the start of the race and even briefly managing to get into second position. Hamilton did very well throughout the race to hang on to the Toyota and Red Bull cars, with help of the KERS system. It looks like McLaren are getting it together and there are certain visible improvements. Lets hope they can get more updates before the race in Barcelona and throughout the season.

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Lewis Hamilton finished the Chinese grand prix in Shanghai in 6th position, after starting from 9th position.

As the rain started to pour we knew Lewis is in for a good chance. After the safety car start Lewis managed to get up into 5th position with some great overtaking manovures, includeing a few on Kimi Raikkonen. Unfortunately the conditions were ever changeing and there was standing water on certain parts of the circuit which cought Hamilton out and thur spinning a few times. He did well to get back through the field and finished in 6th position which isn’t a bad result overall.

Lewis’ view on the race

It was almost too difficult to drive at the beginning of the race. I found a good pace and had some fun in the opening laps, but unfortunately destroyed my tyres quite early on.

I made a few too many mistakes today. It was very slippery and my front-left tyre was finished long before the end but I still gave it my best. This afternoon was a real struggle but I’m glad I got some points for the team.

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Lewis Hamilton managed to finish in the points with 7th position after qualifying 12th at the Sepang Grand Prix in Malaysia.

The race was interesting with lots of action and overtaking on the track. Lewis Hamilton managed to overtake during the race with is a relatively good sign that the McLaren certainly in not at the back of the field in terms of performance. The race certainly got very interesting when drivers started coming in as the rain began to fall. Though it was raining lightly at the beginning when drivers started going on the full-wet tyres. Big mistake as Kimi found out. The rain was too light for the wet weather tyres and they were destroyed within a few laps.

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Lewis Hamilton manages to finish in 4th 3rd place after starting from 18th in Melbourne, Australia.

What an incredible weekend this has been for Lewis Hamilton. After qualifying in 15th position and then being put to the back of the grid because of a gearbox change – it has to be said that this really is a good result at this point in time.

Yes, it’s true that the race was not won by Lewis and yes, McLaren doesn’t seem to be super-competitive at the moment. Unlike Brawn-GP (formerly Honda), who won the race, McLaren hasn’t been concentrating on the 2009 car for as long as they put most of their efforts into the 2008 car, which won the Formula 1 world championship in 2008.

The 2009 Australian Grand Prix Result:

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Hamilton Finishes 5th in Brazil – WORLD CHAMPION!!!!

What an extraordinary race! How exciting… We’re all lost for words… Lewis Hamilton’s dad was lost for words, Lewis was lost for words… just an incredible last few laps. There was so much excitement in the air all weekend long and it was the qualifying and race of the year.

Enjoy this nail biting video of the last lap…

A video of the last lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix

Brazilian Grand Prix Race Result 2008

1.  MASSA         Ferrari
2.  ALONSO        Renault       +13.2s
3.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       +16.2s
4.  VETTEL        Toro Rosso    +38.0s
5.  HAMILTON      McLaren       +38.9s
6.  GLOCK         Toyota        +44.3s
7.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       +55.0s
8.  TRULLI        Toyota        +68.4s
9.  WEBBER        Red Bull      +79.6s
10. HEIDFELD      BMW           +1 lap
11. KUBICA        BMW           + 1 lap
12. ROSBERG       Williams      + 1 lap
13. BUTTON        Honda         + 1 lap
14. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    +1 lap
15. BARRICHELLO   Honda         +1 lap
16. SUTIL         Force India   +2 laps
17. NAKAJIMA      Williams      +2 laps
18. FISICHELLA    Force India   +2 laps
R.  PIQUET        Renault       +71 laps
R.  COULTHARD     Red Bull      +71 laps

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Lewis Hamilton drove a superb race in Shanghai, China. His win extends his Formula 1 World Championship lead by another 2 points as well as quieting his critics who thought Lewis make mistakes.

Lewis was dominating all weekend and has proved he and McLaren Mercedes have the dominant package at the moment. The Ferarri’s drivers, Kimi and Massa, never even came close at this race, which lead to a perfect start to finish lead for Lewis.

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Lewis Hamilton finished the Japanese F1 race on the Fuji Speedway in 12th position after a drive through penalty and a collision with championship rival Massa.

A bad start caused Lewis to be super aggressive in the first corner locking up his tyres on the inside of the corner and pushing Kimi out wide who had a good start and was just in front. This aggressive move gave Hamilton a drive-through penalty.

Ok, now people are already debating whether this is fair or not as usually there’s no drive-through given under these circumstances – but that’s just the way it was today. And Lewis didn’t look happy after the race. I think the main reason was the Massa collided with him causing Lewis to spin and end up at the back of the field.

Hamilton’s post race comments:

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