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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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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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