McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix - Raikkonen 2nd

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the 2oo9 Hungarian Grand Prix in style, their first win of the season and also the first win for KERS equipped car, on Sunday, 26th July, 2009. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished 2nd in Ferrari after team mate Massa's sad accident.

Red Bull's Mark Webber finished 3rd followed by Nico Rosberg in Williams at 4th, Heikki Kovalainen in second McLaren Marcedes at 5th and Timo Glock in Toyota finished 6th.

2009 Driver's Championship leader Jenson Button finished 7th while the final points grabbed by Jarno Trullli in 2nd Toyota.

Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix:

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari

Mark Webber - Red Bull


Standing after 10 Races in 2009:


Driver's Championship


Jenson Button (Brawn GP) - 70 Points

Mark Webber (Red Bull) - 51.5 Points

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) - 47 Points

Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP) - 44 Points


Constructor's Championship

Brawn-Mercedese - 114 Points

Red Bull - Renault - 98.5

Ferrari - 40

Massa won 2008 Brazilian GP but Hamilton is World Champion

In a thrilling race of season ending 2008 F1 season, Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Brazilian Grand Prix but McLaren's Lewis Hamilton clinched 2008 Driver's Championship title by a single point at Interlagos circuit, Sao Paulo. Ferrari won the 2008 Constructor's Championship.




In the final lap Massa set to be champion as he drived superbly from start to finish as Hamilton was sixth but a very slow last lap from Tim Glock gave him the fifth place he needed and effectively decides the championship.

Fernando Alonso took the 2nd place and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished third to clinch the 2008 Constructor's Championship for Red Ferrari. Torro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel finished fourth followed by Hamilton at must needed fifth.

Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa - Ferrari

Fernando Alonso - Renault

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 18th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 98 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 97 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 75 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 75 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 172 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 151 Points

BMW - 135 Points

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Preview - Hamilton or Massa?

1 race to go in 2008 Formula One season and two driver are in the race of winning 2008 F1 Driver's Championship, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa and they will try their luck in the season ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Hamilton leading by 7 points to Massa.

If Hamilton win, he will become the youngest driver to win the title and only the second driver to win the championship in his second season, and the first Briton to take the crown since Damon Hill 12 years ago.

Hamilton also leading the season last year but lost Raikkonen in the last race. Technically, Hamilton needs only finish fifth even if Massa wins, in order to beat him by a single point.

For Massa, he has to win by 8 points difference with Hamilton and good thing is that his partner kimi is ready to help in the race if situation demands.

In the Construction Championship, Ferrari leading by 11 points to McLaren. McLaren needs one-two finish to have any realistic chance of securing both titles, whereas a third and eighth would secure the constructors’ crown for Ferrari.

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix - Circuit Details:

Sao Paulo

Race Date: 02 Nov 2008

Number of Laps: 71

Circuit Length: 4.309 km

Race Distance: 305.909 km

Lap Record: 1:11.473 - JP Montoya (2004)

Hamilton Won Chinese GP - 7 Points Lead over Massa

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren tighten the grip on 2008 Driver's Championship title as he won Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai circuit and extend his lead to 7 points with one race to go over closest rival Ferrari's Felipe Massa who finished 2nd. Raikkonen finished 3rd to take Ferrari's lead to 11 points in Construction Championship.

Hamilton started from pole and shown an error free race to cross the chequered flag ahead of two Ferrari's. Massa with the help of team-mate Kimi fought well to take the title race in the final race of the season at Brazilian Grand Prix after 2 weeks time.

Renault's Alonso finished fourth ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, whose title hope is over now, finished fifth and sixth respectively.

Tim Glock finished 7th for Toyota and Nelsinho Piquet got the final point of the race at 8th place. Same story for Force India F1 drivers Fisichella finished last at 17th place and Sutil retired after 13 laps.

Ferrai have taken a firm grip on Construction Championship with 1 race to go by 11 points over McLaren.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Felipe Massa - Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 17th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 94 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 87 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 75 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 69 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 156 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 145 Points

BMW - 135 Points

2008 Chinese Grand Prix - Hamilton takes Pole, Kimi 2nd

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton moves one step closer to clinch his maiden Driver's Championship as he grab pole position for the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday, 18th October, 2008 in Shanghai. Hamilton put a brilliant performance to clinch the 13th pole position of his Formula One career with a lap of 1m 36.303s. Ferrari drivers Raikkonen and Massa will start from 2nd and 3rd respectively on Sunday's Race Day.

Hamilton leading the championship by just 5 points to closest rival Massa of Ferrari and 12 points to BMW's Robert Kubica, who finished 11th. Hamilton have to finish six points better off than Massa to become the F1's youngest world champion.

Renault's Alonso qulaify fourth followed by Mclaren's Heikki Kovalainen. Red Bull's Mark Webber initially qualified sixth, but he will drop to 16th due to a 10-place grid penalty incurred after an engine change.

That means Heidfeld is sixth in his BMW Sauber, with the Toro Rosso duo of Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais seventh and ninth, sandwiching Toyota's Jarno Trulli, with Renault's Nelson Piquet climbing into the top 10.

Toyota's Timo Glock will start 12th, with Rubens Barrichello 13th for Honda, the Brazilian's highest placing for 10 races, with Nico Rosberg 14th for Williams. The Force India duo of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella again occupy the back row for the eighth time this season.

Massa won 2008 Belgian Grand Prix after Hamilton penalised for 25 sec

Massa won 2008 Belgian Grand Prix after Hamilton penalized for 25 sec

In one of the most dramatic race of the 2008 season Ferrari's Felipe Massa awarded the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix after stewards imposed a 25 second penalty to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, as he had taken the chequered flag but he was penalized into an incident on lap 42 of the 44-lap race.

Hamilton was penalized after stewards decided he had gained an advantage by cutting the final chicane in his late-race battle with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen crashed out shortly after the incident, having the led the most of the race. The final result of the race was Massa 1st, BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld promoted to second place and Hamilton falling to third.



With six laps remaining rain started and increased the thrill in the race as Hamilton and Raikkonen battled to win the race and with just 2 laps to go Kimi slid off into a wall, out of the race.

Fernando Alonso took fourth place in his Renault, followed by Sebastian Vettel for Toro Rosso, Kubica for BMW Sauber, Sebastien Bourdais in his Toro Rosso and Toyota's Timo Glock, finished 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th respectively.

Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Belgian Grand Prix

Felippa Mass - Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld - BMW

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren


Standing after 13th Race in 2008


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 76 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 74 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 58 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 57 Points


Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 131 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 119 Points

BMW - 107 Points

Hamilton takes Pole in 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest

Lewis Hamilton takes the pole position in 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix and team-mate Heikki Kovalainen amde it one-two for McLaren, first time this year, for the Race Day on Sunday, 3rd August at Budapest circuit. Hamilton clinched his fourth pole position of the season and 10th of his career after a lap of 1 minute 20.899 seconds.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa finished third followed by BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica and Toyota's Timo Glock finished 4th and 5th respectively.

Out of form Kimi Raikkonen starts sixth in his Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet seventh and 10th for Renault, sandwiching Red Bull's Mark Webber and Jarno Trulli for Toyota.

The Force India duo of Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil are again at the bottom of the grid and will start from 19th and 20th place respectively.

Of the last 10 races at Budapest, the man on pole has won six times, with Hamilton claiming one of those on his debut here last year.

Hamilton won 2008 German Grand Prix, takes Lead, Piquet 2nd

In a flawless piece of driving McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 German Grand Prix from the pole to take the lead in 2008 Driver's Championship on Race Day, Sunday, 20th July, 2008 at Hockenheim. Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr drive superbly to take 1st podium of his career and Ferrari's Felippa Massa finished 3rd.

The result means Hamilton now championship leader with back to back win by 4 points with 58 points followed by Massa second on 54 points and Raikkonen 3rd on 51 points.

Nick Heidfeld finished 4th in BMW followed by Heikki Kovalainen in 2nd McLaren on 5th place. World Champion Kimi Raikkonen finished 6th in 2nd Ferrari.

BMW's Robert Kubica finished 7th and Sebastian Vettel grabbed the final point in STR-Ferrari on 8th place.

Force India F1 drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil able to finish on 14th and 16th place respectively.


Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 German Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Nelson Piquet Jr - Renault

Felippa Mass - Ferrari


Standing after 10th Race in 2008


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 58 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 54 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 51 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 48 Points


Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 105 Points

BMW - 89 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 86 Points

Hamilton take Pole in 2008 German Grand Prix, Massa 2nd

British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton grabbed 9th pole position in McLaren for Sunday,20th July Race in 2008 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Ferrari's Felippe Massa took 2nd position and McLaren's team mate Heikki Kovalainen finished 3rd fastest.

Toyota's Jarno Trulli will strat fron 4th followed by Renault's Fernando Alonso finished at 5th place and Kimi Raikkonen finished 6th in 2nd Ferrari.

Behind Raikkonen come BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, with the Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and David Coulthard sandwiching the Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel in eighth and 10th.

No prizes for guessing the last two on the grid, with Adrian Sutil edging out his Force India team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, leaving the veteran Italian at the rear.

2008 Driver's Championship is at interesting stage as there is 3-way tie at the top and hope for a thrilling race on Race Day on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton won 2008 British Grand Prix at home

Lewis Hamilton won at home 2008 British Grand Prix in style on Sunday, 6th July 2008 at Silverstone in McLaren. Hamilton started the race from 4th position and won the race, Nick Hiedfeld finished 2nd in BMW, ahead of Honda's Ruben Barrichello.

Kimi Raikkonen in Ferrari finished 4th followed by Heikki Kovalainen in 2nd McLaren and Renault's Fernando Alonso finished 5th and 6th respectively. Jarno Trulli in Toyota finished 7th and Nakajima took the final point of the race.

2008 Formula 1 Driver's Championship is an interesting stage as their is a three-way tie, as Hamilton, Raikkonon and Mass all on 48 points, two clear of Kubica.

In the Constructor's Championship, Ferrari leading with 96 points from BMW on 82 points and McLaren 72 points.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Nick Hiedfeld - BMW

Ruben Barrichello - Honda


Standing after 9th Race in 2008


Driver's Championship

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 48 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 48 Points

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 48 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 46 Points


Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 96 Points

BMW - 82 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 72 Points

2008 Canadian Grand Prix - Hamilton takes Pole, Kubica 2nd

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren grab the pole position in 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, despite a strong challenge from BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica, finished 2nd for Race Day on Sunday, 8th June, 2008. Hamilton, the current world championship leader, grabbed eighth pole position of his career with a time of one minute 17.886 seconds.

Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen, three points behind Hamilton in this year's title race, took third place in the grid with 1:18.735 while Fernando Alonso of Renault will start the race alongside the Finn in fourth after a lap of 1:18.746.

Williams' Nico Rosberg claimed fifth spot in 1:18.844 with Ferrari's Felipe Massa sixth, the other McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen seventh and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld eighth.

Giancarlo Fisichella, his Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil and Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais were the other three eliminated after Q1.

Lewis Hamilton won De Monaco Grand Prix in McLaren

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton registered 2nd win of the season by winning an action packed 2008 De Monaco Grand Prix, on Sunday, 25th May, at Monte Carlo. After an early run into the barriers on a wet circuit as the rain fell, Hamilton managed to hold his nerve, becoming only the fifth Briton to take the chequered flag.

The race was full of accidents due to early rain but Hamilton , so superb in the wet, won the race in style, BMW Sauber's Kubica finished 2nd followed by Felipe Massa in his Ferrari.

Mark Webber finished fourth for Red Bull ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who finally got a break to bring his new Toro Rosso STR3 home fifth in front of Rubens Barrichello’s Honda, who finished sixth. The Williams of Kazuki Nakajima was seventh, with Kovalainen a resolute eighth.

Raikkonen was unable to slot back into a points-scoring position, finishing ninth overall. Force India had a good chance of scoring 1st points of the season as Adrian Sutil, who had driven superbly to hold fourth but accident with Raikkonen forced him out of the race.

Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 De Monaco Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Robert Kubica - BMW

Felipe Massa - Ferrari


Standing after 6th Race in 2008


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 38 points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 35 points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari)- 34 points


Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 69 points

McLaren-Mercedese - 53 points

BMW - 52 points

Lewis Hamilton won Australian Grand Prix, Nick Heidfeld second

McLaren British driver Lewis Hamilton won the season opening Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne on Sunday, 16th March 2008.

The drama simply couldn't catch up with Hamilton's McLaren at the front of the field as the Englishman drove a spectacular and flawless race from start to finish to clinch the first GP of the season and register his first win at Albert Park.

Only seven drivers effectively made it across the chequered flag - with Bourdais and Raikkkonen being classified despite their respective retirements in the dying stages of the race.
McLaren will be disappointed at not having a stronger result from Kovalainen who clearly lost out after the third safety car period threw his pit strategy haywire; and disturbed the one:two formation that the team held through several parts of the race.

BMW proved that they're clearly a team to contend with this season with Nick Heidfeld bringing home a worthy second place for the team after Kubica's misfortune following a great qualifying outing. They will undoubtedly be hunting for their maiden victory sooner than later.

Nico Rosberg registered his first ever podium place and seemed delighted with the Williams package, which also looked impressive all weekend.

Fernando Alonso finished 4th in his Renault, Kovalainen 5th in McLaren, Rubens Barrichello finished sixth with Honda, Kazuki Nakajima seventh in Williams and Sebastien Bourdais grabbed the final point with Toro Rosso.

Force India F1 has the disaster start of their Formula 1 debut season as both of their drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil not able to finish the race.

The 58-lap, action-packed race saw six different teams picking up points with McLaren and Williams being the only two constructors to have both their drivers finish in the points.
Ferrari had a race-to-forget and will want to prove a point next weekend as the season turns to Malaysian Grand Prix at the fabulous race-track in Sepang.

Top 3 Drivers at Australian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Nick Heidfeld - BMW

Nico Rosberg - Williams


Standing after 1st Race


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton(McLaren) - 10 points

Nick Heidfeld (BMW) - 8 points

Nico Rosberg (Williams) - 6 points


Constructor's Championship

McLaren-Mercedese - 14 points

BMW - 8 points

Williams - 8 points