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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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Wow! What a race. Nobody would have predicted this outcome - especially since none neither of the front runners, Massa and Hamilton, won.

Lewis did well to get onto the podium again and extending his F1 world championship lead by 6 points.

Lewis Hamilton’s post-race comments:

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The Italian Grand Prix in Monza was most definitely one of the best races of the season so far.

Lewis Hamilton’s race was purely a damage limitation exercise today and Lewis succeeded as he only lost 1 point to Filipe Massa, even though he started 15th on the grid.

Overall the Italian race was very good and eventful with lots of overtaking and just good racing. The race started behind the safety car as it was raining quite heavily at the beginning but dried out near the end of the race making it possible to use intermediate tyres.

An awesome race and congratulations to Sebastian Vettel who had a perfect weekend and won the Italian Grand Prix. He’s the youngest ever F1 race winner

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Lewis Hamilton Wins Spectacular Belgian Grand Prix. WOW!! What an exciting ending at the Spa Grand Prix.

Lewis started from pole and lead the race for a lap or two before Kimi manage to take the lead at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Kimi was leading most of the race but after the final stop the Finn didn’t look too comfortable on the hard-compound tyre and Hamilton was catching up. Then in the last few laps it started to rain and get pretty slippery and the cars were sliding around all over the place.

Then Lewis cought Kimi up and tried to overtake but was blocked on the first attempt. After a few more corners Lewis managed to get ahead but then went wide and Kimi overtook Hamilton again. Kimi then took the lead again but then spunn off in to the wall giving Hamilton the lead again.

UK visitors will be able to watch the highlights here.

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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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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 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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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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We’ve gotta admit that this must have been a really tough race for Lewis Hamilton who is fighting for his maiden Formula 1 World Championship. Unfortunately the FIA penalty from last race lost him 10 starting-grid positions. There are different opinions about this and Lewis had to take a lot of sh*t for it.

What mattered most today is that he could not have a competitive race starting way back in 13th position as there is only one real overtaking opportunity at Magny-Cour. The lack of overtaking chances really made it a very tough French Grand Prix for him because he just couldn’t pass the car in front even though it was 0.5 seconds a lap slower. This is his second no-points-finish in a row! This has got to change

Current Formula 1 Championship Standings:

48 Felipe Massa
46 Robert Kubica
43 Kimi Raikkonen
38 Lewis Hamilton
28 Nick Heidfeld

Lewis is already 10 points behind F1 Championship leader Felipe Massa now. Let’s hope things will turn around for him in the next races. The season is long and a lot of things can still happen, but he needs to finish well consistently from now on.

French Formula 1 Race Results 2008:

1.  MASSA        Ferrari
2.  RAIKKONEN    Ferrari       +17.9s
3.  TRULLI       Toyota        +28.2s
4.  KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +28.9s
5.  KUBICA       BMW           +30.5s
6.  WEBBER       Red Bull      +40.3s
7.  PIQUET       Renault       +41.0s
8.  ALONSO       Renault       +43.3s
9.  COULTHARD    Red Bull      +51.0s
10. HAMILTON     McLaren       +54.5s
11. GLOCK        Toyota        +57.7s
12. VETTEL       Toro Rosso    +58.0s
13. HEIDFELD     BMW           +62.0s
14. BARRICHELLO  Honda         +1 lap
15. NAKAJIMA     Williams      +1 lap
16. ROSBERG      Williams      +1 lap
17. BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +1 lap
18. FISICHELLA   Force India   +1 lap
19. SUTIL        Force India   +1 lap
R.  BUTTON       Honda         +54 laps

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The 2008 Montreal, Canada Formula 1 race is one Lewis Hamilton probably wants to forget about after crashing into the back of Kimi who was waiting for the red light to go off at the pit lane exit.

But these things can happen to the best of them. It’s just very unfortunate as Hamilton was leading the race comfortably before the safety car, and then this.

Robert Kubica decided to grab the opportunity of the usual front runners missing out on the points to win his maiden grand prix victory and to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.

Let’s just hope the next race (in two weeks) will be better - I’m sure it will be!

1.  KUBICA       BMW
2.  HEIDFELD     BMW           +16.4s
3.  COULTHARD    Red Bull      +23.3s
4.  GLOCK        Toyota        +42.6s
5.  MASSA        Ferrari       +43.9s
6.  TRULLI       Toyota        +47.7s
7.  BARRICHELLO  Honda         +53.5s
8.  VETTEL       Toro Rosso    +54.1s
9.  KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +54.4s
10. ROSBERG      Williams      +57.7s
11. BUTTON       Honda         +67.5s
12. WEBBER       Red Bull      +71.2s
13. BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +1 lap
R.  FISICHELLA   Force India   +19 laps
R.  NAKAJIMA     Williams      +24 laps
R . ALONSO       Renault       +26 laps
R.  PIQUET       Renault       +31 laps
R.  RAIKKONEN    Ferrari       +51 laps
R.  HAMILTON     McLaren       +51 laps
R.  SUTIL        Force India   +57 laps

A fantastic race win today by Lewis Hamilton, who had qualified third in Monaco on Saturday.

The Formula 1 Monte Carlo Grand Prix race is well known for the near impossible overtaking around the city-circuit, and Lewis starting in third, didn’t have the as good a chance as he could have had. BUT, Hamilton managed to get into second position, overtaking current Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen , by the first corner.

Of course there was the rain which made conditions very tricky around the street circuit - but it made things the more interesting to watch. There were quite a few cars in the barriers, lots of mistakes happening all around, including Lewis who got too close to a barrier and needed new tyres.

Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton who achieved a life-long ambition by winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

1.  HAMILTON     McLaren
2.  KUBICA       BMW           +3.0s
3.  MASSA        Ferrari       +4.8s
4.  WEBBER       Red Bull      +19.2s
5.  VETTEL       Toro Rosso    +24.6s
6.  BARRICHELLO  Honda         +28.4s
7.  NAKAJIMA     Williams      +30.1s
8.  KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +33.1s
9.  RAIKKONEN    Ferrari       +33.7s
10. ALONSO       Renault       +1 lap
11. BUTTON       Honda         +1 lap
12. GLOCK        Toyota        +1 lap
13. TRULLI       Toyota        +1 lap
14. HEIDFELD     BMW           +4 laps
R.  SUTIL        Force India   +9 laps
R . ROSBERG      Williams      +17 laps
R.  PIQUET       Renault       +29 laps
R.  FISICHELLA   Force India   +40 laps
R.  COULTHARD    Red Bull      +69 laps
R.  BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +69 laps

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An interesting Formula 1 race in Turkey today. Lewis Hamilton started from the clean side on the second row of the grid, unlike Kimi Raikkonen, who lost a few places starting from the dirty side.

Super Lewis Hamilton overtaking maneuver on Felipe Massa during the race, giving Lewis some race leading laps to show his true racing speed on his 3-stop strategy.

The next race is in two weeks, in Monaco - the race of the year! I can’t wait!

Turkey 2008 Formula 1 Race Results:

1.  MASSA        Ferrari
2.  HAMILTON     McLaren       +3.7s
3.  RAIKKONEN    Ferrari       +4.2s
4.  KUBICA       BMW           +21.6s
5.  HEIDFELD     BMW           +38.7s
6.  ALONSO       Renault       +53.7s
7.  WEBBER       Red Bull      +64.2s
8.  ROSBERG      Williams      +71.4s
9.  COULTHARD    Red Bull      +75.2s
10. TRULLI       Toyota        +76.3s
11. BUTTON       Honda         +1 lap
12. KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +1 lap
13. GLOCK        Toyota        +1 lap
14. BARRICHELLO  Honda         +1 lap
15. PIQUET       Renault       +1 lap
16. SUTIL        Force India   +1 lap
17. VETTEL       Toro Rosso    +1 lap

R.  BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +34 laps
R.  NAKAJIMA     Williams      +57 laps
R.  FISICHELLA   Force India   +58 laps

Okay, well it seems the Bahrain Formula 1 race wasn’t to be the best for our man Lewis Hamilton who could definitely use the points as he’s slipped down to 4th in the Formula 1 World Championship with 14 points, being 5 points behind F1 Championship Leader Kimi Raikkonen.

Things should hopefully be “back to normal” at the next Formula 1 race in Barcelona, Spain on the 27th April 2008. The McLaren Mercedes racing car would have been developed more by then and should hopefully be more competitive with BMW and Ferrari.

Formula 1 Bahrain Results:

P.	Driver  		Time
1. 	Felipe Massa 		1:31:06.970
2. 	Kimi Raikkonen 		+3.339
3. 	Robert Kubica 		+4.998
4. 	Nick Heidfeld 		+8.409
5. 	Heikki Kovalainen 	+26.789
6. 	Jarno Trulli 		+41.314
7. 	Mark Webber 		+45.473
8. 	Nico Rosberg 		+55.889
9. 	Timo Glock 		+1:09.500
10. 	Fernando Alonso 	+1:17.101
11. 	Rubens Barrichello 	+1:17.182
12. 	Giancarlo Fisichella	+1 lap
13. 	Lewis Hamilton 		+1 lap
14. 	Kazuki Nakajima 	+1 lap
15. 	Sebastien Bourdais 	+1 lap
16. 	Anthony Davidson 	+1 lap
17. 	Takuma Sato 		+1 lap
18. 	David Coulthard 	+1 lap
19. 	Adrian Sutil 		+2 laps
20. 	Nelsinho Piquet Jr 	-
21. 	Jenson Button 		-
22. 	Sebastien Vettel 	-