F1-Blog

Sebastien Vettel keeps his title hopes alive, taking a start to finish win in Japan.

Other good news was that Toyota got their second second place finish in two races, this time with Jarno getting the teams podium spot. Almost certainly cementing the Japanese constructor in the championship next year, which is good news. However the rumours about drivers are strong, with all sort of names being banded about for the team.  Read more... (428 words, 2 images, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Lewis Hamilton take a start to finish win, to show that the McLaren has certainly come of age. It’s just a pity that the McLaren was so poor in the beginning of the season.

However the big news is the controlled, mature drive by Jenson Button to bring himself home in fifth spot, crucially just behind Vettel and ahead of his team mate and closest title challenger Barrichello.  Read more... (611 words, 1 image, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

Rubens caused the Q3 session to be stopped with 28 seconds on the clock, causing a little bit of a topsy turvy grid.

Lewis put a great time in at the beginning of the session, and that time was the one that put him on pole, as all of the other cars could not complete their final flying laps because of the yellow then red flagging of the session.

Jenson struggled in the Q2 session, and did not make it through to Q3 and starts 12th.  Read more... (331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Lewis on the crash, and the changes going into Singapore.

Renault have issues a statement saying that they will not challenge the race fixing allegations that have been brought against them by Nelson Piquete Jnr and that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have left the team.

This leaves them without the two most influential people inside Renault, Pat designed or managed all of the championship winning cars of recent, and Flavio has been a staple in the sport since Benetton in 1988.  Read more... (218 words, 1 image, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Heikki having a chat about the strategy used at Belgium, worth a watch

Brawn are back to winning ways, with a one-two finish for the cars. Button however was the second place finisher, allowing Rubens to get 2 more championship points on his team mate.

There was a sting in the race’s tail though, when Lewis pushing really hard in the Lesmo’s lost the back end of the car on the final lap trying to catch Jenson, and put the car into the wall, forcing the SC boards to come out and not allow any other drivers to try last minute overtaking manoeuvres.  Read more... (553 words, 2 images, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

The historic Italian GP looks to be an interesting one after the Qualifying session this afternoon.

Lewis Hamilton put in a great lap in the dying moments of Q3 to take the pole, but the lap’s of the day have to go to the Force India drivers, Adrian Sutil would possibly have been in pole save for a small mistake in the first lezmo corner, and Antonio Liuzzi must be praised for jumping into the second car (replacing Fisi who is driving the second Ferrari) and not only making it into the Q3 session, but putting a great time in as well.  Read more... (408 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

An interview with Lewis, he talks about the improvement in the car’s performance, the team’s devotion to fixing the issue, and how he feels about the new improved Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car.