P11 to 15

Button
Kubica
Kovaleinnen
Pique
Heidfeld

P11 to 15

Massa
Kubica
Kovaleinnen
Pique
Heidfeld

P11 to 20

Massa
Kubica
Kovaleinnen
Pique
Heidfeld
Fisichella
Bourdais
Sutil
Hamilton
Buemi

Q3 starts and a Toyota is first on track.

First one to take P1 is.....Vettel
While Webber only goes 7th

Now Barrichello
and now Webber

Webber
Vettel
Barrichello
Rosberg
Button
Trulli
Alonso
Raikkonen
Glock
Nakajima

Vettel
Barrichello
Webber
Trulli
Nakajima
Button
Rosberg
Glock
Raikkonen
Alonso

Full line up:-

Vettel
Barrichello
Webber
Trulli
Nakajima
Button
Rosberg
Glock
Raikkonen
Alonso
Massa
Kubica
Kovaleinnen
Pique
Heidfeld
Fisichella
Bourdais
Sutil
Hamilton
Buemi

There we are then! What will tomorrow hold?

Programme at 12:10, race at 1pm.

Go Jenson go.

Good day Tarquin, I take it you're a Button fan then?

Around 40 minutes until the off.

Parade lap now underway.

Vettel, Barrichello and Webber make reasonable starts and remain 1,2 and 3. Nakajima picks up a place, Button drops down. Trulli holds button up. Raikkonen has a blistering start, but has a spell on the grass so is not as high as expected. Hamilton makes up a few places but is stalled by Alonso and Kubica gets past.

No crashes at the start.

Alonso and Hamilton are 14th and 15th.

Vettel waaay out in front. 7 seconds ahead of Barrichello. who has just put in the fastest lap.

Alonso is faster than Heidfeld, but can't get past!

Alonso has passed Kubica, but Hamilton hasn't.

Webber is faster than Barrichello in most laps, but can't find a way past yet.

Vettel
Barrichello
Webber
Nakajima
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Trulli
Button
Massa
Glock
Heidfeld
?
Alonso
Kubica
Hamilton

Nakajima has now pitted....Raikonen too.
Raikonen emerges ahead of Nakajima.

Trulli, Button and Rosberg pitting.

Trulli out in 8th and Raikkonen now 9th.

Barrichello pits and comes out 5th.

Webber pits from P2 and exits to P4.

Vettel now pits, but remains in the lead

Vettel
Massa
Webber

but Massa has still to pit.

He now does so, so it's now:-
Vettel,
Webber,
Barrichello,
Rosberg,
Massa,
Trulli,
Raikkonen,
Button,
Nakajima,
Fisichella.

Alonso 17th, Hamilton 18th.

A few still to make their first pit stops.

Hamilton passes Alonso and chases down Pique, but things get held up as Vettel laps them all. And now Alonso passes Hamilton again. Back to where we were.

Barrichello struggling, Rosberg catching him, Massa waiting to pounce!

Kovaleinnen pits, emerges in front of Hamilton but then lets(?) him through then has a coming together with a Torro Rosso.(Bourdais)

Vettel is 18 seconds ahead of Webber and Webber's 12 seconds ahead of Barrichello.

Obvious damage to Kovalinnen was a puncture and to bourdais was that half thr front of his car came off.
They have now both retired.

Barrichello still 3rd, but still struggling.

Hamilton has a trip accross some grassland and now pits for new tires.

Vettel pits again, but has no worries about the evental lead when all the pit stops work out.

Webber temporarily leading.

Vettel
Webber
Button
Barrichello

But Button has still to make his second pit stop.

10 laps to go and still only 2 retirements.

Button pits and exits P6.

Vettel
Webber
Barrichello
Nassa
Rosberg
Button
Trulli
Raikkonen
Glock
Fisichella

Barrichello not struggling anymore, but Raikkonen is.

Button pushing Rosberg. It will be touch and go, but he's looking to finish 5th at least.

Vettel
Webber
Barrichello
Nassa
Rosberg
Button
Trulli
Raikkonen
Glock
Fisichella
Nakajima
Pique
Kubica
Alonso
Heidfeld
Hamilton
Sutil
Buemi
Bourdais - retired
Kovaleinnen - retired

German Grand Prix


Nurburgring, 10-12 July 2009

Friday 10
First practice: 1000-1130 (0900-1030 BST)
BBC coverage (UK): 0800-0930, Red Button/5 Live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1400-1530 (1300-1430 BST)
BBC coverage (UK): 1200-1330, Red Button/5 Live sports extra/online

Saturday 11
Third practice: 1100-1200 (1000-1100 BST)
BBC coverage (UK): 0900-1000, Red Button/5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1400 (1300 BST)
BBC coverage (UK): 1110-1315, BBC One/Red Button/5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying replay: Times TBC

Sunday 12
Race: 1400 (1300 BST)
BBC coverage (UK): 1210-1500, BBC One/Red Button/5 Live/online.
Interactive forum: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online:
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/Red Button/online
Race loop: Times TBC

For those of you who are interested, the Stig is due to be revealed tonight.

Some weirdo on the China-on-line daily claims that F1 is fixed and that Jenson Button already won the Silverstone race before it happened. He didn't win though. Why did Jenson only start to get going at the end of the race? I was so excited I hoped he would come in fifth or fourth but no.

I think it's all to do with the combination of tyre compound and fuel load. Too heavy on fuel - and it negates the advantage of the right tyres.
Have the wrong tyres - and it negates the advantage of a lighter fuel load.

So if you have the wrong tyres AND the wrong fuel load it is dreadful, but if you manage to get the right tyres and fuel load at the same time, then it is so sweet.

Well, it seems that all is sweetness and light once more in the Fi camp. There will only be one GP series and Max Mosely will not be standing for re-election. Not to be confused with 'standing down', which he is quite adamant he is not doing.

Virgin set to end Brawn link-up

Branson joined forces with Brawn GP before the Australian Grand Prix
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson says his company are unlikely to sponsor Formula 1 team Brawn GP next season because it will be too expensive.

Virgin helped Brawn GP get off the ground when they formed after Honda pulled out of F1 in December 2008.

But the team's success is set to see their sponsorship rates rise.

"I suspect next year the price will be astronomical and we may have to look somewhere else with a smaller team," Branson told Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek.