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They say Spa Francorchamps has it’s own little micro-climate, throwing up surprising weather conditions and playing havoc with the teams and drivers. And that is exactly what happened during the Belgian Grand Prix today, as incidents were plentiful in the build up to the final lap. On the track, it was Lewis Hamilton who took the win, followed by Massa and Heidfeld. Raikkonen retired with an accident in the wet weather and Heidfeld had an epic final lap to get onto the podium. Continue Reading

What a sensational race! Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix after a lot of confusion towards the end - the rain started to fall and overtaking was plentiful. Although Hamilton took to the podium, the stewards are looking into a move between the McLaren driver and Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton ran wide going through the final corner and skipped over the run-off. He allowed Raikkonen to re-take the lead before passing again later in the lap. For now, here’s the result, but I’ll update when a decision from the stewards is known. Continue Reading

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, adding to his previous ten and setting himself up for a good race tomorrow. The session remained dry although the track was a little greasy to begin with. Lewis was pretty confident throughout and along with Heikki Kovalainen, they were enjoying the cool temperatures playing to the advantage of the McLaren MP4-23. Felipe Massa came close, but in the end the Brazilian had to settle for second. Continue Reading

The McLarens line up on the Spa Francorchamps grid one directly in front of the other, as do the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton claimed the pole position by some margin, while Heikki Kovalainen displaced Raikkonen with his last gasp attempt in Q3. Felipe Massa splits the McLarens while Kimi rests in fourth, once again. Both Scuderia Toro Rossos completed the top ten and Fernando Alonso will be looking for a decent points finish as he slides in behind Nick Heidfeld, settling for fifth and sixth respectively. Continue Reading

Lewis Hamilton has stormed to pole position at Spa Francorchamps, putting himself in the best possible position for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix. Fellow McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen lines up drectly behind his team mate in third while a good run from Felipe Massa netted him second. Kimi Raikkonen couldn’t do much better than fourth and will be staring at the rear wing of Massa’s Ferrari on the grid. Both Scuderia Toro Rossos once again made it into Q3 and took nineth and tenth. Continue Reading

After a bout of illness, Lewis Hamilton today returned to the cockpit of his McLaren MP4-23 and set the fastest time of the day at the Monza test in Northern Italy. The Briton managed a time 0.4s faster than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who edged out Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India by 0.3s. Friday marked the final day of testing for the teams and all the drivers ran all day without sharing their duties with team mates or test drivers. In fact, all teams ran one of their race pilots and the times set were a little slower than yesterday. Continue Reading

On the first day of testing at Monza this season, Felipe Massa has topped the tables and continued his impressive pace from last weekend’s European Grand Prix. With the Italian circuit due to host the fourteenth round of the championship in mid-September, most teams were working on their aerodynamic packages to give them a better understanding of the set up required. Heikki Kovalainen and Nico Rosberg followed the Ferrari pilot close behind in second and third. Continue Reading

McLaren look very strong on the front row of the Hungaroring grid. The pair of MP4-23 drivers appear to be hooked-up with the Hungarian circuit and the car is doing a good job on the tight and twisty corners. Ferrari have a lot of work do, especially as Kimi Raikkonen is back in sixth. Between himself and his team mate in third are Robert Kubica and Timo Glock. And just behind the Finn are Fernando Alonso - who has looked relatively pacey all weekend - and Mark Webber and Jarno Trulli, both in reasonably competitive cars. Continue Reading

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix, charging his McLaren around the Hungaroring in style and beating his team mate by 0.241s. Heikki Kovalainen locked out the front row for the Woking team with impressive style. McLaren appear to beack on pace now and Ferrari are struggling slightly. Felipe Massa managed to get third and didn’t look too off-pace, but Kimi Raikkonen once again had a troubled qualifying and only managed sixth in his F2008. Continue Reading

Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have locked-out the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The pair appear to very fast around the twisty Hungaroring and while McLaren are quick, Ferrari are struggling slightly. Felipe Massa could only manage third while Kimi Raikkonen is back in sixth. Toyota are looking improved and contuning their pace from the two most recent races and BMW are mixed with Robert Kubica in fourth and Nick Heidfeld in sixteenth. Continue Reading