Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen extended his championship lead with a comfortable win at the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Finn is nine points clear of Lewis Hamilton, whose McLaren was third behind Felipe Massa’s Ferrari.
Raikkonen controlled the race, while Massa held off a late challenge from Hamilton, who himself had race-long pressure from Robert Kubica’s BMW. (more…)
Robert Kubica took his and BMW Sauber’s first Formula One pole position with a stunning lap in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.The Pole beat favourite Felipe Massa (Ferrari), who had dominated Friday practice, by 0.027 seconds. (more…)
You can see all the action from this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix online at the ITV.com website.
The first practice session takes place at 0800GMT on Friday, followed by a second session at 1200GMT.
Qualifying is at 1200GMT on Saturday and coverage of the race will begin at 1230GMT on Sunday. All sessions will be streamed live on the site.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton is in the lead of the championship at the moment but reigning World Champion Kimi Raikkonen is breathing down his neck having won the last race in Malaysia.
Glorious, then victorious, Kimi Raikkonen took another run at looking like a proper world champion Sunday and came up trumps with a comprehensive victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Finn finished nearly 20 seconds ahead of BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica, who held a similar edge over the third-placed Finn, Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have each been moved five places down the grid for blocking rival drivers in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.The McLaren pair were investigated by the stewards after qualifying following claims that they had impeded Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso in the closing stages of the session.
Felipe Massa took a commanding pole position for Ferrari in the Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying.The Brazilian, who was also on pole at Sepang a year ago, was almost half a second faster than teammate Kimi Raikkonen as the Ferraris secured both front row positions.
The McLarens had to settle for the second row, with Heikki Kovalainen beating Lewis Hamilton to third by 0.096 seconds.
Ferrari are set to make an early track debut for their 2009 car as they bid to make the most of a major overhaul of technical regulations for next year.With a new set of aerodynamic rules, allied to the likely return of slick tyres, a number of teams are already hard at work in preparing their future challengers.
And Ferrari sporting director Stefano Domenicali says his team will need to ensure they keep up their work for 2009 while also improving their current F2008.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa kicked off Ferrari’s preparations for the 2008 season in style by dominating the first day of testing at Jerez.Both men were driving Ferrari’s new F2008 car, unveiled last week in Maranello. (more…)
McLaren’s Brazilian Grand Prix appeal has been rejected by the International Automobile Federation (FIA). The decision confirmed Kimi Raikkonen as world champion, dashing Briton Lewis Hamilton’s title hopes.
The FIA ruled the appeal - against the decision of the Brazilian GP stewards not to punish the BMW Sauber and Williams teams - was inadmissible.
The full list of 2008 formula one races…. (more…)