Spanish GP in a few hours guys.
Red Bull Renault front row. Webber on pole followed by Vettel. Second row Hamilton and Alonso. Third row Button and Schumacher.
Promises to be an interesting start.

If it's dry and based on previous results at Barcelona then Webber should win. That assumes Red Bull don't shot themselves in the foot again.

The last 9 races there have been won by the pole sitter, and for a long period there has only been one winner, who wasn't on the front row.

Spanish GP in a few hours guys.
Red Bull Renault front row. Webber on pole followed by Vettel. Second row Hamilton and Alonso. Third row Button and Schumacher.
Promises to be an interesting start.

If it's dry and based on previous results at Barcelona then Webber should win. That assumes Red Bull don't shot themselves in the foot again.

The last 9 races there have been won by the pole sitter, and for a long period there has only been one winner, who wasn't on the front row.

If anyone can loose the lead from pole, it's Webber! He is the worst starter in the field....

Today was the Spainish grand prix. It was in Europe. The race was completed and there was a winner, he was first, I think he must be happy.

Today was the Spainish grand prix. It was in Europe. The race was completed and there was a winner, he was first, I think he must be happy.

Norman, you are clearly not a sports writer. Neither am I but you could have made it just a little bit more exciting. Something like this.

The first European grand prix of the season what held today in Valencia Spain. While many worried that the race would be delayed due to volcanic ash closing the airports most of the team were able return and prepare for the race. Ultimately only Lotus was unable to field two current cars having to race one of the older version of their 2010 chassis.
Ultimately the pole sitter Mark Webber driving for Red Bull won the race. His team mate Sebastian Vettel suffered nearly catastrophic break failure in the closing laps which allowed the Ferrari of Fernando Alonzo to finish ahead of him in second place. Michael Schumacher brought the newly revised Mercedes in fourth place just ahead of a frustrated Jenson Button who's faster McLaren was unable to pass the formal world champion.

That's better.

Oh and next weekend is Monaco!!!

I might have added that Alonso and Vettel both benefited from Lewis Hamilton dropping out from 2nd place in the 64th of 66 laps when a mechanical failure resulted in his left front tire deflating. That's racing ...

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

I might have added that Alonso and Vettel both benefited from Lewis Hamilton dropping out from 2nd place in the 64th of 66 laps when a mechanical failure resulted in his left front tire deflating. That's racing ...

Good point. What he said.

Times
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:13.826
2. Kubica Renault 1:14.120
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:14.227
4. Massa Ferrari 1:14.283
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.432
6. Rosberg Mercedes 1:14.544
7. Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.590
8. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.637
9. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:14.901
10. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:15.170
11. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:15.317
12. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:15.318
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.413
14. Petrov Renault 1:15.576
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.692
16. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.992
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.176
18. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:17.094
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:17.134
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:17.377
21. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:17.864
22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:18.509
23. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:19.559
24. Alonso Ferrari No time

24 cars started 12 finished.
Here is the finishing order
1 Mark Webber
2 Sebastian Vettel
3 Robert Kubica
4 Felipe Massa
5 Lewis Hamilton
6 Fernando Alonso
7 Nico Rosberg
8 Adrian Sutil
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi
10 Sebastien Buemi
11 Jaime Alguersuari
12 Michael Schumacher

F1 in Austin Texas? Bernie, have you lost your mind? Oh right, for a second there I forgot it was about the money, not the fan base. We'll see how long this lasts? NY would have been better.

Just my 10c (10.5Cad)

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Results

01. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h33:53.456
02. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 2.254
03. Alonso Ferrari + 9.214
04. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 37.817
05. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 39.291
06. Rosberg Mercedes + 56.084
07. Kubica Renault + 57.300
08. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
09. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
10. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
11. Schumacher Mercedes + 1 lap
12. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
13. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
14. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
15. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth + 2 laps
17. Petrov Renault + 2 laps
18. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth + 4 laps
19. Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth + 5 laps

Did Not Finish

Glock Virgin-Cosworth 50
Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 43
De la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 31
Senna HRT-Cosworth 14
Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2

Pos
Driver
Team
Laps
Gap

1 Vettel Red Bull 57
1h 40:29.571

2 Hamilton McLaren 57
+ 0:05.042

3 Button McLaren 57
+ 0:12.658

4 Barrichello Williams 57
+ 0:25.627

5 Kubica Renault 57
+ 0:27.122

6 Sutil Force India 57
+ 0:30.168

7 Kobayashi Sauber 57
+ 0:30.965

8 Alonso Ferrari 57
+ 0:32.809

9 Buemi Toro Rosso 57
+ 0:36.299

10 Rosberg Mercedes 57
+ 0:44.382

11 Massa Ferrari 57
+ 0:46.621

12 de la Rosa Sauber 57
+ 0:47.414

13 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 57
+ 0:48.239

14 Petrov Renault 57
+ 0:48.287

15 Schumacher Mercedes 57
+ 0:48.826

16 Liuzzi Force India 57
+ 0:50.890

17 di Grassi Virgin 56
+ 1 Lap

18 Chandhok HRT 55
+ 2 Laps

19 Glock Virgin 55
+ 2 Laps

20 Senna HRT 55
+ 2 Laps

21 Trulli Lotus 43
+ 4 Laps

Hulkenberg Williams 49
Exhaust Failure

Kovalainen Lotus 8
Accident Damage

Webber Red Bull 8
Accident




Fastest Lap: Button (McLaren) 1:38.766 (Lap 54

Yes, but the safety car entered after Vettel and Hamilton passed it against all rules. He was punished after 15 laps with a drive through, He should have been disqualified.
Tullio

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Silverstone qualifying times.


1 Vettel Red Bull 1:29.615 147.303 mph

2 Webber Red Bull 1:29.758 0.143

3 Alonso Ferrari 1:30.426 0.811

4 Hamilton McLaren 1:30.556 0.941

5 Rosberg Mercedes 1:30.625 1.010

6 Kubica Renault 1:31.040 1.425

7 Massa Ferrari 1:31.172 1.557

8 Barrichello Williams 1:31.175 1.560

9 de la Rosa Sauber 1:31.274 1.659

10 Schumacher Mercedes 1:31.430 1.815

11 Sutil Force India 1:31.399

12 Kobayashi Sauber 1:31.421

13 Hulkenberg Williams 1:31.635

14 Button McLaren 1:31.699

15 Liuzzi Force India 1:31.708

16 Petrov Renault 1:31.796

17 Buemi Toro Rosso 1:32.012

18 Kovalainen Lotus 1:32.405

19 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:32.430

20 Glock Virgin 1:34.775

21 Trulli Lotus 1:34.864

22 di Grassi Virgin 1:35.212

23 Chandhok HRT 1:36.756

Lewis Hamilton is number one driver at the world championship division of all the drivers at the best level. Lewis Hamilton has the most number of designated attributes as a driver that confirms him as number one driver.

i think hamilton is a very good racer, but he will have not to put BP petroleum in his car or he will be hated. now i think best car to win worldchampionship
is Toyota Formula 1, because it have no brake, so a car which have no brake would never be superseded. and a car which the acceleration pedal is always
wedged (jammed ) never decrease it' s speed. but this is valid only on a circuit
because on the common road, it is dangerous!!!!!
momo19

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" All The Universe sings the Praises Of Your Lord, but you do not understand its singing(song) ".

give lewis the red bull and the race would be less fun because only lewis will win

I suppose someone has to do this..... Toyota do not have a Formula One racing team. They pulled out of Formula One, last year. I also have to tell you that, I've got about 6 gallons of BP petrol in my little 'Tomcat' and I can reciprocate all that hate that may be directed against me.....usually from Essex drivers who can't drive and should never have passed their driving test! The 'Tomcat' has no problems with BP - unlike that lame-duck, second-rate politician, Obama! (Yes, on this side of the 'pond', Obama has even fewer friends than on his own side of the 'pond' - justifiably so.) I must also disagree with anyone (so it seems), regarding Lewis Hamilton....he might be a fast driver, but can he look after a car? Jenson Button joined the McLaren team, where Lewis Hamilton already had a team around him. Relationships with race engineers can take a long time to 'gel'. Keke Rosberg, only won, one race in the season in which he became F1 champion...most of the other races he came second, but he got the car across the line, consistently.

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

Would you judge a racing car drivers worn shoes.

Would you judge a racing car drivers socks smell.

Would you judge a racing car drivers golf glove longevity.


Would you judge the rubber on the brake of a racing car after a race with weighing it before and after.

German grande prix qualifying times.

Driver
Team
Time
Gap

1 Vettel Red Bull 1:13.791 138.661 mph

2 Alonso Ferrari 1:13.793 0.002

3 Massa Ferrari 1:14.290 0.499

4 Webber Red Bull 1:14.347 0.556

5 Button McLaren 1:14.427 0.636

6 Hamilton McLaren 1:14.566 0.775

7 Kubica Renault 1:15.079 1.288

8 Barrichello Williams 1:15.109 1.318

9 Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.179 1.388

10 Hulkenberg Williams 1:15.339 1.548

11 Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.026

12 Kobayashi Sauber 1:15.084

13 Petrov Renault 1:15.307

14 Sutil Force India 1:15.467

15 de la Rosa Sauber 1:15.550

16 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:15.588

17 Buemi Toro Rosso 1:15.974

18 Trulli Lotus 1:17.583

19 Kovalainen Lotus 1:18.300

20 Glock Virgin 1:18.343

21 Senna HRT 1:18.592

22 Liuzzi Force India 1:18.952

23 Yamamoto HRT 1:19.844

24 di Grassi Virgin No Time

World Championship Standings


Drivers: 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 157pts, 2 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 143, 3 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 136, 4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 136, 5 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 123, 6 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 94, 7 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 89, 8 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 85, 9 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 38, 10 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 35, 11 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 29, 12 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) BMW Sauber 15, 13 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Force India 12, 14 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 7, 15 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 7, 16 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 3, 17 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Williams 2, 18 Pedro de la Rosa (Spa) BMW Sauber 0, 19 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 0, 20 Karun Chandhok (Ind) HRT-F1 0, 21 Lucas di Grassi (Bra) Virgin Racing 0, 22 Bruno Senna (Bra) HRT-F1 0, 23 Sakon Yamamoto (Jpn) HRT-F1 0, 24 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 0, 25 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing 0
Manufacturers: 1 McLaren 300pts, 2 Red Bull 272, 3 Ferrari 208, 4 Mercedes GP 132, 5 Renault 96, 6 Force India 47, 7 Williams 31, 8 BMW Sauber 15, 9 Scuderia Toro Rosso 10, 10 Lotus F1 0, 11 HRT-F1 0, 12 Virgin Racing 0