Race Results
01 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:28:20.443
02 J. Trulli Toyota + 4.877
03 L. Hamilton McLaren + 6.472
04 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 7.940
05 N. Rosberg Williams + 8.793
06 N. Heidfeld BMW + 9.509
07 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 10.641
08 J. Button Brawn GP + 11.474
09 R. Kubica BMW + 11.777
10 F. Alonso Renault + 13.065
11 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 13.735
12 G. Fisichella Ferrari + 14.596
13 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 14.959
14 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 + 15.734
15 K. Nakajima Williams + 18.973
16 R. Grosjean Renault + 1 lap(s)
17 M. Webber Red Bull + 2 lap(s)
Did not finish
18 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 10 lap(s)
19 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 42 lap(s)

Fastest Lap Times
01 M Webber Red Bull 1:32.569
02 S Vettel Red Bull 1:32.572
03 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:32.999
04 J Trulli Toyota 1:33.152
05 J Button Brawn 1:33.251
06 L Hamilton McLaren 1:33.259
07 R Kubica BMW 1:33.334
08 G Fisichella Ferrari 1:33.479
09 N Rosberg Williams 1:33.595
10 N Heidfeld BMW 1:33.600
11 A Sutil Force India 1:33.668
12 H Kovalainen McLaren 1:33.801
13 R Barrichello Brawn 1:33.910
14 F Alonso Renault 1:33.946
15 J Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:34.049
16 T Liuzzi Force India 1:34.294
17 R Grosjean Renault 1:34.643
18 K Nakajima Williams 1:34.783
19 S Buemi Toro Rosso 1:35.392

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Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) used a hard – hard – soft tyre strategy to score his third race win of the season after a dominant performance in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

Vettel finished over four seconds ahead of Panasonic Toyota Racing driver Jarno Trulli, who used the same tyre strategy, whilst Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton used soft – hard – soft to finish third.

Shoshi Arakawa - Bridgestone Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, says
“Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for his victory here at the Suzuka Circuit. The Japanese Grand Prix was held at Suzuka in beautiful weather today after a two year interval, and I believe the spectators thoroughly enjoyed the world’s top class battles of Formula One. We are proud that our tyres have helped to provide an impressive and exciting race. Bridgestone, as the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, will continue to support all of the teams and drivers with our full efforts for the season’s remaining two races.”

Hiroshi Yasukawa – Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says
“Well done to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing for keeping the drivers’ championship alive with a thrilling win. Congratulations to Jarno Trulli for scoring Toyota’s second podium finish in as many races and also to the reigning champion Lewis Hamilton for his third place for McLaren. We were privileged to have many Bridgestone guests, staff and board members here to enjoy fantastic racing.”

Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development, says
“From the beginning of the race the soft tyre worked well, however in the second two thirds of the race it really came alive and we saw very good race performance from this tyre. The high track temperature meant that the hard compound could be used at the start which would not be as advisable on a colder track due to longer warm-up requirements. This was a safe strategy for those concerned by any degradation from the soft, however those who did opt to use the soft at the start saw good performance.”

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Qualifying Times
01 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:32.160
02 J. Trulli Toyota 1:32.220
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:32.395
04 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:32.466
05 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:32.660
06 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:32.945
07 J. Button Brawn GP 1:32.962
08 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:32.980
09 H. Kovalainen McLaren no time
10 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso no time
11 N. Rosberg Williams 1:31.103
12 F. Alonso Renault 1:31.638
13 R. Kubica BMW 1:32.341
14 T. Glock Toyota no time
15 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso no time
16 G. Fisichella Ferrari 1:31.704
17 K. Nakajima Williams 1:31.718
18 R. Grosjean Renault 1:32.073
19 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 1:32.087

Revised grid & declared weights

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 658.5kg
2. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 655.5
3. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 656
4. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 660
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 661
6. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 660.5
7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 684.5
8. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 650
9. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 686
10. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 658.5
11. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 675
12. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 682.5
13. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 665.4
14. Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari, 661.5
15. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 695.7
16. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 689.5
17. Romain Grosjean, Renault, 691.8
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 682.5
19. Mark Webber, Red Bull, n/a

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Free Practice 1

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps

1.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:50.179            19

2.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:50.356  + 0.177   22

3.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:50.416  + 0.237   21

4.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:50.567  + 0.388   16

5.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:50.614  + 0.435   16

6.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:50.699  + 0.520   21

7.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:50.715  + 0.536   17

8.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:50.815  + 0.636   15

9.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:50.865  + 0.686   ù.

10.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:51.089  + 0.910   25

11.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:51.427  + 1.248   23

12.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:51.544  + 1.365   14

13.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:51.643  + 1.464   28

14.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:51.656  + 1.477   15

15.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:52.083  + 1.904   20

16.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:52.135  + 1.956   20

17.  Fisichella   Ferrari               (B)  1:52.390  + 2.211   24

18.  Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:52.905  + 2.726   23

19.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:53.232  + 3.053   25

20.  Grosjean     Renault               (B)  1:53.458  + 3.279    9

Free Practice 2

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps

1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:48.650            31

2.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:48.924  + 0.274   27

3.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:48.952  + 0.302   30

4.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:49.098  + 0.448   31

5.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:49.311  + 0.661   34

6.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:49.317  + 0.667   14

7.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:49.333  + 0.683   33

8.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:49.342  + 0.692   30

9.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:49.358  + 0.708   28

10.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:49.609  + 0.959   24

11.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:49.616  + 0.966   30

12.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:49.710  + 1.060   31

13.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:49.795  + 1.145   29

14.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:49.941  + 1.291   29

15.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:50.023  + 1.373   34

16.  Fisichella   Ferrari               (B)  1:50.253  + 1.603   31

17.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:50.527  + 1.877   29

18.  Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:50.605  + 1.955   28

19.  Grosjean     Renault               (B)  1:50.972  + 2.322   17

20.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:51.423  + 2.773   31

All Timing Unofficial

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We never did get that dramatic wet race we were promised. It seems yet again that was reserved for the GP2 Sprint Race! We did get however a new addition to the Grand Prix winners list as Mark Webber one the race in dominant form.

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

Gokimi.com

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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Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber scored his first ever F1 race win after he used a two stop, super soft – medium – medium tyre strategy to win a fast-paced German Grand Prix in difficult conditions at Nurburgring. 



Despite being given a drive-through penalty for causing an avoidable collision at the start, Webber finished 9.2 seconds ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel with Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver Felipe Massa taking third. Vettel used a super soft – medium – super soft strategy and Massa used a super soft – super soft - medium strategy for his first podium finish of the season. 



Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development, says 
“Congratulations to Mark Webber for taking his first ever Grand Prix win at the 130th attempt. This illustrates the Japanese proverb ‘continuing is the force’ and we are very happy that this win occurred using Bridgestone tyres. From a tyre analysis perspective this was a thrilling race. The conditions, such as temperature and track condition, meant that for most of the race it was very difficult to determine which was the better race tyre. This meant that drivers and strategists had to use a lot of brain power today and we saw a good variety of strategies through the field, even from drivers in the same team. 



“The track conditions started very green and this caused some competitors who started on the super soft tyre problems with graining and degradation. Some competitors used the medium compound very well, and Fernando Alonso was notable with his fastest lap on this tyre, however others struggled for grip and temperature with this tyre. This all added to the interest.” 


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So it wasn’t to be for Button or his expecting fans. Yet another Brit falls foul of the home GP jinx. Well not really Vettel went out and won it, with the help of its brilliant new motor! Not only did he win but he took some serious points from Jenson the championship leader, so maybe we will get that title fight after all. Thanks to a 1-2 finish Red Bull have closed the gap in the constructors title too.

Sadly another disappointing weekend for Kimi fans though. After a great Q2 - we all expected more than his final grid position of 9th. The Finn more than made up for that with a fantastic start, really widening the normal track width and almost taking to the run off - he put himself into 5th position after Copse corner.

Sadly it all went downhill from then on as his strategy meant a longer first stop, losing out to Trulli and then being stuck behind the train, with no chance to push. He was then passed during stops by his team mate Massa, Rosberg & Button. Still at least he got a point rather than nothing. The other two Brazilians had a great weekend too - with Piquet and Rubens also out doing their team mates fair and square.

Not the most classic GP but an amazing and dominant win from Vettel, he made it look easy. He spoilt the Brit party, with the majority of the fans leaving Silverstone disappointed. It wasn’t really Sebs fault though, as Button & Lewis could manage no better than 6th and 16th - which had nothing to do with the young German.

The next race in Germany is going to be an interesting one - with more developments for most teams and Button in particular out to ruin Vettel’s home GP win dream. Here’s hoping its a better race for Kimi - its awful to see him fighting for the final point.

Jemela Coventry

Gokimi Team

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1h22:49.328
 2.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    15.188
 3.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  +    41.175
 4.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    45.043
 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    45.915
 6.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  +    46.285
 7.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +  1:08.307
 8.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +  1:09.622
 9.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  1:09.823
10.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:11.522
11.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:14.023
12.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +     1 lap
13.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +     1 lap
14.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +     1 lap
15.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +     1 lap
16.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap
17.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     1 lap
18.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:20.735

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    25
Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)    24

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Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel scored his second race win of the season after he used a two stop, soft – soft – hard tyre strategy to win a fast-paced British Grand Prix in cool and cloudy conditions at Silverstone. 
Vettel finished fifteen seconds ahead of team-mate Mark Webber, who used the same strategy. The final podium position went to Brawn GP Formula 1 Team driver Rubens Barrichello, who used a softhard- soft tyre strategy. Bridgestone’s soft tyre proved to be the superior race tyre here for most competitors, giving a faster lap time than the hard, and giving good consistency too.

Hiroshi Yasukawa – Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says
“Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for his second race win of the season and Red Bull Racing on their second one-two of the year. Silverstone has a great atmosphere and we have seen a fantastic crowd here throughout the weekend in what is both a very important market for Bridgestone and an important base for our Bridgestone Motorsport operation.”

Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development, says
“Today we saw very hot pace from the Red Bulls in the cool weather conditions as they used the Bridgestone hard and soft tyre s very well indeed. The best lap times of both Red Bull cars were over half a second faster than anyone else. The soft Bridgestone worked very well, especially after the second stint when there was more rubber down on the track. The hard Bridgestone did take longer to deliver its best lap time and we saw a number of illustrations of this as part of some interesting battles for position. Silverstone helped serve us an exciting fast race here today.” 

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