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| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:11.830 | 1:11.875 | 1:12.368 | |
| 2 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:12.226 | 1:12.107 | 1:12.737 | |
| 3 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.083 | 1:11.950 | 1:12.825 | |
| 4 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.213 | 1:11.856 | 1:12.830 | |
| 5 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.366 | 1:11.768 | 1:12.917 | |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:12.214 | 1:12.090 | 1:12.967 | |
| 7 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:12.390 | 1:11.845 | 1:13.082 | |
| 8 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:12.371 | 1:12.026 | 1:13.297 | |
| 9 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:12.498 | 1:12.075 | 1:14.105 | |
| 10 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:12.223 | 1:11.909 | 1:14.230 | |
| 11 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:12.348 | 1:12.137 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.409 | 1:12.289 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:12.381 | 1:12.300 | ||
| 14 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.690 | 1:12.717 | ||
| 15 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:12.548 | 1:13.139 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:12.800 | |||
| 17 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:12.810 | |||
| 18 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:13.002 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:13.426 | |||
| 20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari 1.13.508 |
| 1 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.566 | 1:34.947 | 1:36.303 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.983 | 1:35.355 | 1:36.645 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.971 | 1:35.135 | 1:36.889 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:35.769 | 1:35.461 | 1:36.927 | 18 |
| 5 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.623 | 1:35.216 | 1:36.930 | 16 |
| 6 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.238 | 1:35.686 | 1:37.083 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.224 | 1:35.403 | 1:37.201 | 17 |
| 8 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.752 | 1:35.386 | 1:37.685 | 16 |
| 9 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.104 | 1:35.715 | 1:37.934 | 19 |
| 10 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.239 | 1:35.478 | 1:38.885 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:36.029 | 1:35.722 | 12 | |
| 12 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.503 | 1:35.814 | 14 | |
| 13 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:36.210 | 1:35.937 | 16 | |
| 14 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:36.640 | 1:36.079 | 15 | |
| 15 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.434 | 1:36.210 | 15 | |
| 16 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.731 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.863 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:37.053 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.730 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.739 | 9 |
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has claimed that the Singapore Grand Prix 'night race' did little for F1's image.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is not a man afraid to hold opposing views to the majority of the Formula One paddock, but felt that he would differ by speaking out against Formula One's visit to Singapore.
However, having seen one of his championship contenders finish 13th on the road and the other end his night in the barriers having been set for minor points, new FOTA chairman di Montezemolo branded the event 'humiliating for Formula One' - in contrast to the majority who felt that it had been a breath of fresh air and a unique experience - and slammed both the Marina Bay street circuit and the use of the safety car, which appeared twice during the 61-lap night race.
"When you race on a track that would work better as a circus ring or something along those lines, anything can happen, because the real show was put on yesterday by the safety car," he fumed in an interview with Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport, "This is humiliating for the F1 world and, during the next few weeks, I would like discuss this with all the other teams."
Ferrari's biggest rival, McLaren, has also claimed that the timing of the first safety car, called when Nelson Piquet Jr crashed on lap 14, had a decisive effect on the outcome of the race, but accepted that 'the lottery' had a habit of evening itself out over the course of the season. While Lewis Hamilton came through to finish third in the race - behind Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg, who both benefited from the pace car period - Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who had been leading until that point, saw his chances of victory disappear in yet another botched pit-stop from the Scuderia.
Despite watching a near repeat of the incident that saw one of the team's refuelling crew injured in Valencia, di Montezemolo reserved his vitriol for the circuit and not for the maligned automated pit release system.
"We have fantastic mechanics who can also make mistakes and, of course, whoever made the mistake won't be anyone's favourite person these days," he said, "But, in any case we need to support him and all the others because, in other situations, there were other people who tipped the scales. We are the reigning world champions and we can still win again this year. Who knows if we won't make it with these outstanding people. You will see how there will be a big comeback already in the next race."
di Montezemolo's confidence will require both Massa and Raikkonen to be on top of their game at the same time, something that has rarely been the case in 2008. And, with the Finn now 27 points adrift of championship leader Hamilton, more than a little teamwork will be needed too as the Briton can afford to finish one place behind Massa in the remaining three races and still take the title.
"I hope Massa and Raikkonen pull a 1-2 in the remaining three races and, in any case, that they finish ahead of McLaren," he insisted, "The car is the best one around, Massa is the best and I hope Raikkonen can show his world champion class in the last few races. It was clear throughout the weekend that our car was the best one and, when the car was working well, Massa made a fantastic qualifying lap, proving his form is the best amongst all the drivers in the championship.
And with regard to Raikkonen now having to play second fiddle to the Brazilian?
"That's obvious," the president claimed, "We have gone through very rough times, but all drivers know they must race for their team. Then, we'll see what happens at the end."
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staged in the Marina Bay area of Singapore, the circuit has been given in-principle approval by the FIA, Fomula One's governing body. The first Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore will also be Formula One's first night race. Prior to the race becoming part of the Formula One calendar, the Singapore Grand Prix was held as a Formula Libre event in the 1960s and 1970s 
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BMW Sauber, Honda Racing and Williams will be suppoting the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) in Formula One, despite concerns about safety and opposition from other teams against its introduction in 2009.
F1 teams have met twice in the past seven days to discuss the subject of KERS, with some teams feeling the safety worries and escalating costs of the technology mean it better to postpone their use in grand prix racing until 2010.
But with unified agreement among the teams needed to change F1's regulations, or at the very least put in place a gentleman's agreement that no one will run with the devices next year, the introduction of KERS looks certain to go ahead.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore is understood to have led calls for a delay when the matter was discussed at last week's Maranello meeting, with some teams happy for such a delay to happen if other teams agreed. However, with Honda, BMW and Williams opposed to such an idea, any move to postpone the introduction has been abandoned for now.
Team bosses met again in the paddock at the Hungaroring on Sunday morning to therefore implement a more open framework for resolving the issues - agreeing to publicise each outfit's safety and cost experiences.
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen told autosport.com: "We think we should go ahead with it, and there were three aspects discussed in the meeting - two of them openly, which is safety and financial implications. And the other one, underlying the picture, is competitiveness, as you would expect.
"Our point of view is that it is good, not just for BMW but for the sport. And if it is good we should have it as soon as possible."
Theissen, whose team's KERS project is currently on hold while they investigate the recent electric shock incident at Jerez, said that delaying it would be of no benefit for costs or safety.
"No technical project has become cheaper by delaying its introduction. So if we delayed it by another year we would spend the same money without putting it on stage, and there is no sense at all.
"It is clear that we have to get the safety issues out of the way and we definitely will not race it until it is achieved. We are confident to achieve that safety and I don't see any other reason for a delay."
Theissen's feelings about the matter are echoed by Williams chief Frank Williams, who claims the vote taken at Maranello means there should be no going back.
"It is an exciting challenge that we are enjoying," he said. "There were two or three against the delay but we want to carry on with what we are doing."
Although BMW Sauber and Red Bull Racing have had safety scares with the systems, Honda Racing have so far experienced few problems – after becoming the first team to successfully complete a track test with their device at Silverstone last week.
Following a run at Santa Pod earlier this year, and having conducted rig test work on the device recently, Mike Conway drove a KERS system at Silverstone to show that the devices could work without problem.
Honda Racing team principal Ross Brawn told autosport.com: "We are happy to carry on with KERs, and we have put a lot of effort in. I think if we were the only ones who were stood out saying no then we might consider it (a delay), but we would generally be happier if it was kept."
click to enlarge imageThe first Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungarian: Magyar Nagydíj) was held on June 21, 1936 over a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) track laid out in Népliget[1], a park in Budapest. The Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and Ferrari teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing war meant the end of Grand Prix motor racing in the country for fifty years.
A major coup by Bernie Ecclestone, the 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix was the first Formula One race to take place behind the Iron Curtain. Held at the twisty Hungaroring near Budapest, the race has been a mainstay of the racing calendar. Run in the heat of a central European summer, it also holds the distinction of being the only current Grand Prix venue that had never seen a wet race up until the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. The first Grand Prix saw 200,000 people[1] spectating, although tickets were expensive at the time. Today, the support is still very enthusiastic, particularly from Finns.[2].
Due to the nature of the track, narrow, twisty and often dusty because of under-use, the Hungarian Grand Prix is associated with processional races, with sometimes many cars following one another, unable to pass. Thierry Boutsen demonstrated this perfectly in 1990, keeping his slower Williams car in front of champion-elect Ayrton Senna, unable to find a way by. The secret to a winning performance at Hungaroring, as well as qualifying well, is pit strategy, best demonstrated in 1998, where Michael Schumacher's Ferrari team changed his strategy mid-race before Schumacher put in one of his finest drives to build up a winning margin after all the stops had been made. Passing is a rarity here, although the 1989 race saw a famously bullish performance from Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari, who started from 12th on the grid and passed car after car, finally taking the lead in splendid opportunist style when Ayrton Senna was baulked by a slower runner. The circuit was modified slightly in 2003 in an attempt to allow more passing.
Other notable occasions in Budapest include first Grand Prix wins for Damon Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso (in 2003), the first Grand Prix winner from Spain, who also became the youngest ever driver to win a GP and Jenson Button in an incident-packed race in 2006. Also noteworthy is Damon Hill's stunning near win in the unfancied Arrows-Yamaha in 1997, when his car lost drive on the last lap causing him to coast in second place.
In 2001, Michael Schumacher equalled Alain Prost's then record 51 Grand Prix wins at the Hungaroring, in the drive which also secured his 4th World Title.
The 2006 Grand Prix was the first to be held here in wet conditions. It also saw Mansell's seventeen-year-old record of winning from 12th broken, as Button took his victory from 14th place on the grid.
Panasonic Toyota F-1 Team's rookie driver Timo Glock had an huge crash on Sundays German GP at Hockenhiem,the german was pushing hard at the hairpin corner...the car was reportedly at 130mph when timo crashed at the wall seperating the pitlane and the track.Timo was in concious state and was still trying to bring the car to halt and bring it out of the track.Timo was removed out of the car by the Marshal's and he was able to walk but only with the support of marshalls...after walking for a few meters a preferes to stop and took support of an pole and stood there...till the marshals provided him with a chair and he sat down...pretty shaken by the crash....Formula 1 federation or FIA hasn't provided any information about the injuries suffred by the german,but on close examination of the video it can be seen that he was constantly trying to support his lower back with his hand...which gives us an hint of lower back injuries...or a strain.
| 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 |
