2008 Brazilian GP-Race Results

Grid	Pts
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	Winner	1	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	71	+13.2 secs	6	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+16.2 secs	3	6
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	71	+38.0 secs	7	5
5	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+38.9 secs	4	4
6	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	71	+44.3 secs	10	3
7	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+55.0 secs	5	2
8	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	71	+68.4 secs	2	1
9	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+79.6 secs	12
10	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	70	+1 Lap	8
11	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	70	+1 Lap	13
12	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	70	+1 Lap	18
13	16	Jenson Button	Honda	70	+1 Lap	17
14	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	9
15	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	70	+1 Lap	15
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	20
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69	+2 Laps	16
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	19
Ret	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	0	+71 Laps	11
Ret	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	0	+ 71 Laps	14

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Race Results:2008 Chinese GP:Shanghai International Circuit

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1:31:57.403	1	10
2	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+14.9 secs	3	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	+16.4 secs	2	6
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+18.3 secs	4	5
5	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	56	+28.9 secs	9	4
6	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	56	+33.2 secs	11	3
7	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	+41.7 secs	12	2
8	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	56	+56.6 secs	10	1
9	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	56	+64.3 secs	6
10	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	56	+74.8 secs	15
11	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+85.0 secs	13
12	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	56	+90.8 secs	17
13	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	56	+91.4 secs	8
14	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+92.4 secs	16
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	+1 Lap	14
16	16	Jenson Button	Honda	55	+1 Lap	18
17	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	20
Ret	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	49	+7 Laps	5
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	13	+43 Laps	19
Ret	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	2	+54 Laps	7

Alonso Not Surprised By Ferrari extending Raikkonen's contract till 2010

Fernando Alonso says he is not ruling out joining the Ferrari team in the future after the Italian squad confirmed both their drivers for 2010.

The two-time champion had been linked with a Ferrari seat for some time, with Kimi Raikkonen delaying an announcement about his plans after the 2009 season.

But the Finn extended his contract with Ferrari until the 2010 season, closing the door to Alonso at least until 2011.

Alonso said he was not too surprised by Ferrari's announcement.

"No, because there was talk that it would be like that, so in a way I knew that they would renew his contract," Alonso told Cadena Ser radio.

"And once you know it, you have to think of 2009. I was not too worried about 2010. The most important thing is too see what is the best place to be in 2009."

The Spaniard is yet to announce his plans for 2009, with Renault, BMW and Honda hoping to secure his services.

The Renault driver insisted the French squad are his first choice, but he made it clear his future could be at Ferrari if the chance comes up.

"As I always say, Renault is my first option because I know the people and I know things can be done right here, even though this year things haven't gone well," he added. "And if not, we'll see what we can do.

"I'm 27 now and life changes a lot and if I race in Formula One for another eight or ten years I might get the chance again to end up there (at Ferrari)."

The Spanish driver said he has not seen much of Renault's car for 2009, and he admitted he has to be cautious when judging the team's optimism for next season.

"I haven't seen much, because we are focused on the remaining races, but I'm sure it inspires confidence because at this point of the year every team is nearly completely sure that next year they will do well," he said. "They are all very optimistic and it's up to you to believe them or not.

"Normally I believe them, because they've given me a lot of joy and two cars to win titles with, so it's easier to believe them than others."

Alonso is currently in seventh place in the championship and is yet to climb onto the podium in 2008
courtsey-autosport.com

Can Kimi Still win the Championship??-Mathematically YES!!

Yes still can win the championship if- (kimi wins each and every race remaining in the calendar) hamilton finishes 3rd in each and every race from now
or he finishes 2nd in 3 races and finshes 5th and 8th in the other two...!
or he finishes 1st in 3 races and retires in the other two or finishes 9th..or less..;-)

and please dont forget massa......maybe in the battle of two cats an monkey may steal the bread..!!!!....like what happened at SPA!!!!

Piquet-Still Junior????

The Brazilian newcomer secured his maiden podium at Hockenheim nearly two weeks ago, but Alan Jones, the 1980 world champion, and British driver Derek Warwick, are still not convinced of Piquet's talents at the wheel of the 2008 Renault. "Compared to the achievements of other drivers such as Raikkonen, Massa, Kubica, Alonso or Hamilton, Piquet has delivered too little," Warwick, who contested more than 160 Grand Prix in the 80s and 90s, is quoted as saying by Die Welt. In the 80s, 23-year-old Piquet's father and namesake won three drivers' world championships. Australian Alan Jones, the title winner in 1980 - 13 points ahead of Piquet Snr - is also unimpressed with Piquet Jr's performances so far alongside Fernando Alonso. "In Piquet's (Snr) first season in 1979, he had his own team-mate Niki Lauda, also a twice world champion then, until control," Jones remarked.
Jones said of Piquet Jr: "He's a good driver, but the strength, the determination, the aggression, not to mention the outstanding talent of his father, seem to me to be missing." Piquet, always with his father's status, support and money behind him in his formative racing days, has endured his fair share of criticism as he struggled in the R28 in 2008. But Pat Symonds, Renault's engineering chief, thinks the Hockenheim podium might have been a turning point. "Very often when a driver has had a difficult start to their career, they get a good result and after that nothing seems to stop them," he said. Symonds continued: "It's fair to say that he has found the pressure quite difficult this year, but the result in Hockenheim is the perfect response from him."

2008 german Gp-hockenhiem,Race Results

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1:31:20.874	1	10
2	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	67	+5.5 secs	17	8
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+9.3 secs	2	6
4	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	67	+9.8 secs	12	5
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+12.4 secs	3	4
6	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	67	+14.4 secs	6	3
7	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	67	+22.6 secs	7	2
8	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	67	+33.2 secs	9	1
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	67	+37.1 secs	4
10	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	67	+37.6 secs	13
11	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	67	+38.6 secs	5
12	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	67	+39.1 secs	15
13	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	67	+54.9 secs	10
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	67	+59.0 secs	20
15	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	67	+60.0 secs	16
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	67	+69.4 secs	19
17	16	Jenson Button	Honda	66	+1 Lap	14
Ret	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	50	Accident damage	18
Ret	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	40	Oil leak	8
Ret	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	35	Accident	11