Free Practice 2 Times
01 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:47.261 5 laps
02 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:47.923 6 laps
03 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 1:47.931 5 laps
04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:47.983 5 laps
05 K. Nakajima Williams 1:48.058 8 laps
06 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:48.691 9 laps
07 F. Alonso Renault 1:48.693 5 laps
08 J. Trulli Toyota 1:48.737 7 laps
09 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:48.802 11 laps
10 R. Kubica BMW 1:48.861 6 laps
11 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:48.886 5 laps
12 K. Kobayashi Toyota 1:49.054 7 laps
13 M. Webber Red Bull 1:49.382 7 laps
14 R. Grosjean Renault 1:49.405 6 laps
15 G. Fisichella Ferrari 1:49.553 5 laps
16 N. Rosberg Williams 1:49.872 8 laps
17 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:50.179 10 laps
18 H. Kovalainen McLaren no time
19 J. Button Brawn GP no time
20 R. Barrichello Brawn GP no time

All Timing Unofficial

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Glock drove a brilliant race to finish second with Kimi Raikkonen missing out on any points thanks to more misjudged tactics by his team and a missed opportunity with his pitstop during the safety car period. The Ferrari driver finished back in tenth.

Results
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:56:06.337
02 T. Glock Toyota + 9.634
03 F. Alonso Renault + 16.624
04 S. Vettel Red Bull + 20.261
05 J. Button Brawn GP + 30.015
06 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 31.858
07 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 36.157
08 R. Kubica BMW + 55.054
09 K. Nakajima Williams + 56.054
10 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 58.892
11 N. Rosberg Williams + 59.777
12 J. Trulli Toyota + 1:13.009
13 G. Fisichella Ferrari + 1:19.890
14 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 + 1:33.502
Did not finish
15 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 14 lap(s)
16 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 14 lap(s)
17 M. Webber Red Bull + 16 lap(s)
18 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 38 lap(s)
19 N. Heidfeld BMW + 42 lap(s)
20 R. Grosjean Renault + 58 lap(s)

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Pos  Driver        Team                      Time

1.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1h16:21.706

2.  Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +     2.866

3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    30.664

4.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +    31.131

5.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    59.182

6.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +  1:00.693

7.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:22.412

8.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +  1:25.427

9.  Fisichella    Ferrari               (B)  +  1:26.856

10.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  2:00.000

11.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  2:43.925

12.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap

13.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +     1 lap

14.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +     1 lap

15.  Grosjean      Renault               (B)  +     1 lap

16.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Sutil, 1:24.739

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap

Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  (B)    23

Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    20

Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)    16

Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)    1

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PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium;
44 laps; 308.052km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
 1.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  1h23:50.995
 2.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     0.939
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     3.875
 4.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +     9.966
 5.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +    11.276
 6.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    32.763
 7.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    35.461
 8.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    36.208
 9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    36.959
10.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +    41.490
11.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +    42.636
12.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    46.106
13.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    54.241
14.  Badoer        Ferrari               (B)  +  1:38.177

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:47.263

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Alonso        Renault               (B)    27
Trulli        Toyota                (B)    22
Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)    1
Grosjean      Renault               (B)    1
Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)    1
Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    1

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Report to follow…

Race Results
01 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:35:51.289
02 L. Hamilton McLaren + 2.358
03 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 15.994
04 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 20.032
05 N. Rosberg Williams + 20.870
06 F. Alonso Renault + 27.744
07 J. Button Brawn GP + 34.913
08 R. Kubica BMW + 36.667
09 M. Webber Red Bull + 44.910
10 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 47.935
11 N. Heidfeld BMW + 48.822
12 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 1:03.614
13 J. Trulli Toyota + 1:04.527
14 T. Glock Toyota + 1:26.519
15 R. Grosjean Renault + 1:31.774
16 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 lap(s)
17 L. Badoer Ferrari + 1 lap(s)
Did not finish
18 K. Nakajima Williams + 3 lap(s)
19 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 16 lap(s)
20 S. Vettel Red Bull + 34 lap(s)

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This wasn’t the only excitement for the Spainard today, who had an incident with Heldfeld, taking off his own front wing and putting the German out of the remainder of the session. Nick’s time radio said it all but we aren’t sure if he was labeling Alonso or just his move “plain stupid”!

Not a great first day results wise for Kimi or Ferrari with Raikkonen in 11th and Luca Badoer finishing 18th overall. Raikkonen seemed to be putting in a lot of long runs which means he must have been focusing on race pace but sadly his long stint on the super softs had to end early due to bad graining. Lets hope this afternoon’s press release brings some positives from today.

Brawn seemed to have the advantage over the Red Bull’s in the title battle, with Vettel finishing 9th and Webber having a fairly quiet day ending up 14th, in comparison to Button’s 2nd and Barrichello’s 3rd overall. The hotter temperatures must be helping the Brawns’ with their tyre management. Again we’ll just have to wait to hear from the drivers and see how things shape up for the rest of the weekend.

The only other notable incident from today’s action was Lewis Hamilton putting himself out of FP2 with a spin. He was taking his turn with the new nose cone (which McLaren only have one of this weekend) and lost the back end. This spin and light touch with the barrier, caused some front end damage to the ‘hanger’ which is used to connect the nose to the car. So with the new revised nose luckily unharmed but the hanger damaged, Lewis had to sit out today’s final session after only 3 laps as it wasn’t fixable in time for him to take part in FP2.

All in all it looks like it will be an exciting qualifying session tomorrow, even if the race proves to be boring like last years well hyped event!

Jemela Coventry

Free Practice One

Pos Driver        Team                      Time             Laps

 1. Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:42.460           19

 2. Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:42.636  +0.176   16

 3. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:42.654  +0.194   18

 4. Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:43.074  +0.614   19

 5. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:43.088  +0.628   17

 6. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:43.209  +0.749   13

 7. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:43.225  +0.765   25

 8. Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:43.243  +0.783   19

 9. Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:43.345  +0.885   18

10. Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:43.384  +0.924   23

11. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:43.389  +0.929   30

12. Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:43.419  +0.959   20

13. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:43.637  +1.177   30

14. Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:43.746  +1.286   22

15. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:44.040  +1.580   23

16. Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:44.126  +1.666   17

17. Grosjean      Renault              (B)  1:44.356  +1.896   23

18. Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:44.638  +2.178   26

19. Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:44.732  +2.272   28

20. Badoer        Ferrari              (B)  1:45.840  +3.380   25

All timing unofficial

Free Practice Two

Pos Driver        Team                      Time             Laps

 1. Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:39.404           33

 2. Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.178  +0.774   33

 3. Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.209  +0.805   34

 4. Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:40.385  +0.981   39

 5. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:40.503  +1.099   35

 6. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:40.596  +1.192   23

 7. Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:40.643  +1.239   34

 8. Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:40.681  +1.277   31

 9. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:40.723  +1.319   33

10. Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:40.738  +1.334   31

11. Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:40.739  +1.335   39

12. Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:40.770  +1.366   32

13. Grosjean      Renault              (B)  1:40.787  +1.383   35

14. Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:40.956  +1.552   37

15. Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:40.985  +1.581   30

16. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:41.156  +1.752   34

17. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:41.350  +1.946   29

18. Badoer        Ferrari              (B)  1:42.017  +2.613   37

19. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:42.089  +2.685   34

20. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:43.214  +3.810    3

All timing unofficial

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Brawn do however seem to be struggling, not only with pace and tyre issues but safety as it was a spring from Rubens’ car that sadly hit Felipe Massa on the head during the end of Saturday’s Q2. This accident seemed to unsettle Barrichello and with his focus for that weekend clearly with his friend Felipe he had a disappointing race finishing 10th.

A mixed race for Red Bull with Vettel retiring due to suspension damage caused by his tussle with Raikkonen and Webber managing to hang onto the back of the KERS cars and bring his home in 3rd. The Australian confirming his place as a title rival for his team mate & the Brawn GP team.

Raikkonen put in a brilliant effort in Hungary. With another amazing start, he looked like the fearless Kimi of old. He went from 7th to 4th at the first corner, fighting wheel to wheel with Vettel, Hamilton & Webber! He managed to hold on to 2nd place in the final stages of the GP, even though Webber was closing in. 

He looked after his tyres and pushed as hard as he could but couldn’t quite match the McLaren of Hamilton. Kimi’s result also put Ferrari into 3rd position in the constructors, although the teams thoughts were clearly with Massa as they all dedicated this result to him. Lets hope the fire has returned and we’ll see Kimi fighting in F1 again for the next year or so at least, before he thinks of moving over to WRC. After all no matter how impressive his debut is at Rally Finland, he’s won’t get a top seat in a top team for 2010 and thats what he’ll be after. He’ll only be in it to win!

Nico Rosberg put in another impressive performance in his williams, finishing 4th again. He’s having a very consistent year and Williams will be desperate to keep hold of him.

Shockingly hours after the race we learn that Renault are to be excluded from the forthcoming European GP, for releasing Alonso without warning him his wheel wasn’t fitted correctly.  Something that will outrage not only the team & its drivers (although Piquet doesn’t look like he’ll be around!) but more importantly the thousands of Alonso fans who’ll have bought tickets for this 2nd Spanish race. It seems a little harsh as its a knee jerk reaction to Massa’s Q2 incident and the unfortunate accident in F2 which sadly took the life of young Henry Surtees. 

So after an unusually exciting and eventful race weekend in Hungary (without the need for any rain) and great return to form, here’s hoping Kimi can: hold on to this positive momentum, ignore the Schumi returning to Ferrari hype and get a good result in Valencia. 

Most of all though we wish Massa a speedy recovery. Forza Felipe & Go Kimi!

Jemela Coventry

GoKimi Team

Results
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:38:23.876
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 11.529
03 M. Webber Red Bull + 16.886
04 N. Rosberg Williams + 26.967
05 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 34.392
06 T. Glock Toyota + 35.237
07 J. Button Brawn GP + 55.088
08 J. Trulli Toyota + 1:08.172
09 K. Nakajima Williams + 1:08.774
10 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 1:09.256
11 N. Heidfeld BMW + 1:10.600
12 N.Piquet Renault + 1:11.500
13 R. Kubica BMW + 1:14.000
14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 1 laps
15 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 laps
16 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 laps
Did not finish
17 S. Vettel Red Bull + 41 laps
18 F. Alonso Renault + 55 laps
19 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 69 laps

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After 8 years of trying it wasn’t a surprise to hear his radio transmission after his crossed the line! It was refreshing to hear him so passionate and elated, although a lot of it was probably relief I’m sure.

The biggest surprise wasn’t that he won it but that he managed to cross the line P1 even after being handed a ridiculous driver through penalty by the stewards and without the help of rain. His team were ’stoked’ off course, especially as this was the second 1-2 in a row for Red Bull.

Vettel missed out on that home win his fans wanted so much but he did an awesome job to finish second and still take more points of championship leader Button. Brawn must be pretty worried now as Red Bull can beat them in the wet & dry. The only thing against Red Bull’s title hopes is that they have two very competitive drivers and are doing things fairly by not backing one horse this early on.

Massa and Rosberg had a great race and managed to beat the Brawns to third and fourth place, thanks to a pitstop refuelling error for Rubens and both cars struggling with their tyres towards the later stages of the race. Alonso too was on a charge in the late stages

Another bad day for Hamilton with his race effectively over by lap 1. He kept asking to retire and save the engine & gearbox but McLaren kept him out running last just in case the rain came but it didn’t.

It feels like deja vu writing this review as sadly it was yet another disappointing race result for our Kimster. And yet again another retirement. Kimi had another great start and with the heavier full loads the Ferrari’s were carrying it was looking promising for some solid points. 

Unfortunately things went wrong as early as lap 14, when Kimi’s car was damaged by some debris effecting his pace and then this finally ended his race after a lose of  power.

Sadly that wasn’t all of Kimi’s bad luck for this race. It seems that the BBC F1 team are just as keen on bring up the Kimi/Sutil Monaco 08 accident up at every race possible as ITV-F1 were. Now even more so after Raikkonen and Sutil had a coming together as Sutil exited the pits. It was clearly a racing incident, with Adrian blaming himself more than Kimi, yet BBC commentary decided to bash Kimi and had him a ‘penalty’ for Hungary. Luckily the stewards decided not to after reviewing the incident after the GP.

We now look to the Hungarian GP. Its a circuit that should suit the Ferrari’s and Massa has shown they can beat the Brawns. So Kimi will be aiming for a podium. Lets hope lady luck is on his side this time.

Jemela Coventry

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PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The German Grand Prix

Nurburgring, Germamy;

60 laps; 306.458km;

Weather: Cloudy, dry.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time

 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1h36:43.310

 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     9.252

 3.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    15.906

 4.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    21.099

 5.  Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    23.609

 6.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    24.468

 7.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    24.888

 8.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    58.692

 9.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  1:01.457

10.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:01.925

11.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:02.327

12.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:02.876

13.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +  1:08.328

14.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:09.555

15.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:11.941

16.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +  1:30.225

17.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +  1:30.970

18.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:33.365

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap

Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)    35

Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    19

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Qualifying Times

Pos  Driver       Team                       Q1        Q2        Q3

 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:18.685  1:18.119  1:19.509

 2.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:19.325  1:18.335  1:19.856

 3.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:18.674  1:18.209  1:19.868

 4.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:18.886  1:18.240  1:20.091

 5.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:18.530  1:18.575  1:20.216

 6.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:18.957  1:18.663  1:20.289

 7.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:19.228  1:18.591  1:20.361

 8.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:19.198  1:18.791  1:20.490

 9.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:19.010  1:18.566  1:20.715

10.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:19.167  1:18.761  1:20.741

11.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:19.148  1:18.927

12.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:19.730  1:19.308

13.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:19.732  1:19.353

14.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:19.555  1:19.392

15.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:19.559  1:19.448

16.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:19.802

17.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:19.898

18.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:19.909

19.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:19.917

20.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:20.236

All Timing Unofficial

Post-qualifying car weights

Pos  Driver                Weight (kg)

 1.  Sebastian Vettel       666.5

 2.  Rubens Barrichello     657.5

 3.  Mark Webber            659.5

 4.  Jarno Trulli           658.0

 5.  Kazuki Nakajima        652.5

 6.  Jenson Button          657.5

 7.  Nico Rosberg           661.5

 8.  Timo Glock             660.0

 9.  Kimi Raikkonen         654.0

10.  Fernando Alonso        654.0

11.  Felipe Massa           675.0 *

12.  Robert Kubica          689.5 *

13.  Heikki Kovalainen      695.5 *

14.  Nelson Piquet          682.5 *

15.  Nick Heidfeld          665.5 *

16.  Giancarlo Fisichella   668.0 *

17.  Sebastien Bourdais     687.5 *

18.  Adrian Sutil           692.0 *

19.  Lewis Hamilton         666.0 *

20.  Sebastien Buemi        672.5 *

* declared weight

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