Result:-

1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Webber
4. Rosberg
5. Kovaleinnen
6. Glock
7. Button
8. Trulli
9. Nakajima
10. Barrichello
11. Heidfeld
12. Piquet
13. Kubica
14. Fisichella
15. Alguersuari
16. Buemi
17. Vettel - Retired
18. Alonso - Retired
19. Sutil - Retired

what a terrible race . so many pit mistakes... Poor Sebi I was counting on you to cheer me up slightly

Just heard that Renault have been suspended from the next race because of Alonso's tyre coming off.

Next Race:-

European Grand Prix


Valencia, 21-23 August 2009

Friday 21
First practice: 1000-1130 (0900-1030 BST)
Second practice: 1400-1530 (1300-1430 BST)

Saturday 22
Third practice: 1100-1200 (1000-1100 BST)
Qualifying: 1400 (1300 BST)

Sunday 23
Race: 1400 (1300 BST)

and BMW announce that they are quitting at the end of 2009

Schuey to take over from Massa untill he's back

Shuey back

I know . Im just sooooo happy my Schumi is back. even in such horrible circumstances . Get well soon Felipe...

And now I havent even got Schumi... Massas hurt, Piquets been fired... klien cant get a drive anywhere... this sport is slowly losing its appeal.

I never fully understood their thinkimg for getting rid of Kleien.

No, me neither. He was cute and funny and talented. They based it on "who got the most points" they didnt even consider Kliens lost podium um Monaco, He would have finished 3rd but the car broke down.

A lot of Klien's supposed underperformance, I felt, came down to lack of reliability of the car, not lack of ability by him. I thought he had plenty of ability.
Similar thing happened with Massa, if you remember, especially wwhen he first went to Ferarri. Many people were clamouring for him to be sacked and saying he 'didn't DESERVE' to be at Ferarri.
Freak accident withstanding, look at him now!

And I bet half those people who were baying for his blood are all simpering and saying how wonderful he is.

Getting onto today's action.
I think Q2 was actually the deciding factor for the final line up. A phenomenal improvement by Force India also helped shake things up, even though only one of their cars got through to Q3.

Poor Fisichella, he'd have won that race if it hadn't been for the Safety Car being deployed.

i know. It would have been jus brilliant if he had won .
Felipe has to have a minor operation on his cranium, then he can start full training again . Ferrari are saying he wont be back until next year though.

Italian Grand Prix

Monza, 11-13 September 2009

Friday 11
First practice: 1000-1130 (0900-1030 BST)
Second practice: 1400-1530 (1300-1430 BST)

Saturday 12
Third practice: 1100-1200 (1000-1100 BST)
Qualifying: 1400 (1300 BST)

Sunday 13
Race: 1400 (1300 BST)

Renault are set to sue the Piquets over their claims of race fixing.
From what I can gather it seems that Piquet Jr claims that he was told to crash in The Singapore GP to fcilitate Alonso winning it.

Renault, of course, deny any such skullduggery.

Now it may well turn out to be true, but I have to admit that the timing of this does smack a bit of sour grapes.

Yes, that's what it seems like to me too Fluffs

Are we all set for the qualifying?

Well, surprise surprise. Fisichella's driving for Ferrari today. Apparently Kubica was considered for the Ferrari drive, but it was too awkward to release him from his current contract.

Is Fisichella retiring at the end of this season? There was talk of him FINISHING HIS CAREER at Ferrari.

At least Fisichella in his debut for Ferrari is going to be in Q2 as a minimum.

I really don't understand why the commentators make such a big deal of where they finish in the top 10 after Q1 and Q2. As those positions have no direct bearing on their final grid positions.