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.

1. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren
2. Adrian Sutil - Force India
3. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari
4. Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren
5. Rubens Barrichello - Brawn G.P.
6. Jenson Button - Brawn G.P.
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Force India
8. Fernando Alonso - Renault
9. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull
10. Mark Webber - Red Bull
11. Jarno Trulli - Toyota
12. Romain Grosjean - Renault
13. Robert Kubica - BMW
14. Giancarlo Fisichella - Ferrari
15. Nick Heidfeld - BMW
16. Timo Glock - Toyota
17. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams
18. Nico Rosberg - Williams
19. Sebastien Buemi - Torro Rosso
20. Jaime Alguersuari - Torro Rosso

Hamilton doesn't make the best of starts, but manages to remain P1.
Webber crashes out a few corners later.
Kubica's doing quite well but he hit Webber and has a bit of his wing hanging incorrectly - there's a questionmark over Kubica.
Vettel's struggling.
The brawns are well placed.
Raikkonen's up.
Fisichella's up a few places also.

Race control call Kubica in for a new front wing.

Hamilton pits and exits in P5

Raikkonen now leading.

Kubica's just retired.

And it looks like Rosberg has as well.

Sutil pits and exits P7

Top 3 at the moment:-

Raikkonen
Barrichello
Button

But Raikkonen has just pitted and is now P5

Alguersuari is another retirement.

Order now:-

Barrichello
Button
Hamilton
Liuzzi
Raikkonen
Alonso
Sutil

Liuzzi's car just lost power and he's now retired

Alonso pits and exits P10, three places behind Vettel

Kovalainen pits now and is now P11

Button pits from P2 and exits P5

Now Barrichello pits and exits P4, so is still ahead of Button.

Fisichella's now P12 after his second pit stop.

They reckon Hamilton needs a 25 second gap between him and Barrichello in order to exit from the pit stop still ahead, but he has just pitted and exited in P5, behind BOTH Brawns.

Raikkonen and Sutil pit and come out P4 and P5

Order:-

Barrichello
Button
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Sutil
Alonso
Kovalainen
Heidfeld
Vettel
Fisichella

P.S. Rosberg didn't retire, but is running last.

Hamilton crashes on last lap, so he doesn't finish and gets no points, but Vettel now gets one.
They actually deployed the safety car which meant that, at the last, Sutil wasn't allowed to pass Raikkonen which he MIGHT otherwise have done.

Order:-
Barrichello
Button
Raikkonen
Sutil
Alonso
Kovalainen
Heidfeld
Vettel
Fisichella
Nakajima
Glock
Buemi
Trulli
Grosjean
Rosberg
Hamilton - DNF
Liuzzi - DNF
Alguersuari - DNF
Kubica - DNF
Webber - DNF

Singapore Grand Prix

Singapore, 25-27 September 2009

Friday 25
First practice: 1800-1930 (1100-1230 BST)
Second practice: 2130 -2300 (1430-1600 BST)

Saturday 26
Third practice: 1900 -2000 (1200-1300 BST)
Qualifying: 2200 (1500 BST)

Sunday 27
Race: 2000 (1300 BST)

Thanks Fluffy for your commentary. I missed most of the race on television as I was visiting my mother in hospital.

You're Welcome. Hope your mum's not too serious.

Briatore and Symonds have quit Renault and Renault are NOT going to contest the race-fixing allegations!