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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 	-

Lewis Hamilton didn’t have much luck in Malaysia last weekend, resulting him in finishing fifth - but he’s still leaving the Formula 1 World Championship by 3 points.

Malaysian GP Race Results:

1.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1h31m18.555s
2.  KUBICA        BMW           +19.5s
3.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       +38.4s
4.  TRULLI        Toyota        +45.8s
5.  HAMILTON      McLaren       +46.5s
6.  HEIDFELD      BMW           +49.8s
7.  WEBBER        Red Bull      +1m08.1s
8.  ALONSO        Renault       +1m10.0s
9.  COULTHARD     Red Bull      +1m16.2s
10. BUTTON        Honda         +1m26.2s
11. PIQUET        Renault       +1m32.2s
12. FISICHELLA    Force India   +1 lap
13. BARRICHELLO   Honda         +1 lap
14. ROSBERG       Williams      +1 lap
15. DAVIDSON      Super Aguri   +1 lap
16. SATO          Super Aguri   +2 laps
17. NAKAJIMA      Williams      +2 laps
R.  VETTEL        Toro Rosso    +17 laps
R.  MASSA         Ferrari       +26 laps
R.  SUTIL         Force India   +51 laps
R.  GLOCK         Toyota        +55 laps
R.  BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    +56 laps