Clark's Rants - quick notes about the latest Podcast

Massa get win in Belgium after Hamilton Penalty
Heidfeld gets P2 with a late tyre change
Bourdias falls to seventh from third in late rain

Revised Results
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:22:59.33
02 N. Heidfeld BMW + 9.400
03 L. Hamilton McLaren + 10.600
04 F. Alonso Renault + 14.500
05 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso + 14.600
06 R. Kubica BMW + 15.000
07 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 16.700
08 M. Webber Red Bull + 42.800
09 T. Glock Toyota + 67.100
10 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 1 laps
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 1 laps
12 N. Rosberg Williams + 1 laps
13 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 1 laps
14 K. Nakajima Williams + 1 laps
15 J. Button Honda + 1 laps
16 J. Trulli Toyota + 1 laps
17 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 1 laps
Did not finish
18 K. Raikkanen Ferrari + 3 laps
19 R. Barrichello Honda + 24 laps
20 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 31 laps

Dan Wheldon. Franchitti--Wee Bit Better: Dan may well be on his way to owning more pair of shoes than Imelda Marcos (please visit his website for exact count) but he is definitely walking out of Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of this season. The English Indy 500 and series champion of 2005 is headed back to the team where he made his Indy Car racing debut, Panther Racing. Dan has done well racing in the United States, after winning the Formula Ford 2000 series in 1999 in his first season of racing on this side of the pond, he was runner-up in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2000 and followed up with another second place finish in the 2001 Indy Lights championship.

Dario and his darling, Ashley Judd, are a common sight on race tracks across America. Hailing from the land of Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart, Dario Franchitti raced in British Formula 3 and touring cars in Europe. He made his Indy car debut in 1997. Last season was his banner year in which he captured both the Indy 500 and the series championship. Looking for new pastures he left Andretti Green Racing and joined Chip Ganassi racing with Felix Sabates Nascar operation. He has now come full circle, joining Ganassi’s single seater operation for next season.

Podcast #301 ready to go!

Kimi will prove them wrong!
Sato prepares for his F1 return.
Vettel the man to watch at Spa Francorchamps.
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.

One time only Video Podcast Special coming very soon to youtube.

Sato to test Toro Rosso next month.
David Coulthard may not finish the 08 season.
Piquet fighting to keep his drive.
Spa Francorchamps really is machismo!

Kimi has di Montezemolo' full surpport.
Loeb pulls it off in the WRC rally of New Zealand.
Valentino Rossi takes the victory at Misano.

WRC :New Zealand

Pos  Driver        Car         Time
1.  Loeb          Citroen     3h59:18.9
2.  Sordo         Citroen     +    17.5
3.  Hirvonen      Ford        +    41.5
4.  P Solberg     Subaru      +  2:48.9
5.  Aava          Citroen     +  3:30.7
6.  Andersson     Suzuki      +  7:37.4
7.  Gardemeister  Suzuki      +  7:54.9
8.  Villagra      Ford        +  8:35.0
9.  H Solberg     Ford        +  9:15.2
10.  Prokop        Mitsubishi  + 13:49.0

American Champion 1927 - 2008

 Please visit www.philhill.com to sign book of remembrance.

 Podcast # 300

Kimi may become number two.
Valencia the anti climactic race of the year.
Vettel going to Red Bull sooner than later.
Kubica signs one-year extension...Nick?
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.
Interview with A.J. Foyt

Friday at Monza:

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time     Laps
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:22.967   97
2.  Raikkonen     Ferrari             (B)  1:23.371   79
3.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:23.632  114
4.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:23.634   99
5.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:23.737  120
6.  Alonso        Renault             (B)  1:23.820   80
7.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:23.865   77
8.  Glock         Toyota              (B)  1:23.897   79
9.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (B)  1:24.089   57
10.  Button        Honda               (B)  1:24.321   96

Olé Olé Felipe: Ferrari's Felipe Massa put on a masterful performance to win Sunday's inaugural European Grand Prix in the streets of Valencia. Starting from pole position he scored his fourth win of the season to get back in  the title hunt and now trails championship leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who finished second, by only six points. Rober Kubica made his first appearance on the podium in third place since his maiden win for BMW in Montreal.

An engine failure provided a smoke screen for yet another dismal performance from reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen. Local hero Fernando Alonso was out on the opening lap, losing his rear wing courtesy of Kazuki Nakajima. Spa-Francorchamps is the next stop on the Formula 1 circuit.

Felipe Massa takes a great win in Valencia!

Hamilton sails into second place.

Robert Kubica third and Heikki fourth.

Vettel and Bourdais finish as they started.

Kimi with a pit stop disaster and an engine failure.

 Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
1.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  1h35:32.339
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     5.611
3.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    37.353
4.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    39.703
5.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +    50.684
6.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    52.625
7.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  1:07.990
8.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:11.457
9.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:22.177
10.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +  1:29.794
11.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +  1:32.717
12.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     1 lap
13.  Button        Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap
14.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +     1 lap
15.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap
16.  Barrichello   Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap
17.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:38.708

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)    46
Sutil         Force India-Ferrari   (B)    42
Alonso        Renault               (B)    1


World Championship standings, round 12:               

Drivers:                    Constructors:            
1.  Hamilton      70        1.  Ferrari               121
2.  Massa         64        2.  McLaren-Mercedes      113
3.  Raikkonen     57        3.  BMW Sauber             96
4.  Kubica        55        4.  Toyota                 41
5.  Kovalainen    43        5.  Renault                31
6.  Heidfeld      41        6.  Red Bull-Renault       24
7.  Trulli        26        7.  Williams-Toyota        17
8.  Alonso        18        8.  Honda                  14
9.  Webber        18        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari     11
10.  Glock         15      
11.  Piquet        13      
12.  Barrichello   11      
13.  Vettel         9      
14.  Rosberg        9      
15.  Nakajima       8      
16.  Coulthard      6      
17.  Button         3      
18.  Bourdais       2   

Viva Valencia: Formula 1 returns to Spain this weekend for the inaugural European Grand Prix in Valencia. The tragic 1975 race in Montjuich Park in Barcelona was the last time Grand Prix cars raced on a street course in Spain. Motor racing started in Europe on public roads and the seaside street circuit in Valencia may be the wave of the future. Street race under the lights in Singapore next month and Abu Dhabi next year may raise the tide even further. Adelaide in Australia, Bremgarten in Switzerland, Casablanca in Morocco, Oporto in Portugal, Reims and Rouen in France and Dallas, Detroit, Long Beach and Phoenix in the United States are among the cities where Formula 1 world championship races have been held on street circuits. Italy was the first country to host two championship rounds in one year, 1957, when Pescara hosted the penultimate round on 15-miles of public roads before the final event of the season at Monza.

Felipe Massa shows his worth with Pole position!
Lewis Hamilton grabs second place.
Kubica with third and Kimi rounding off the second row.
Vettel with fantastic pace during quali gets sixth.
Fernando and Renault fail to get out of Q2!

Pos  Driver        Team                 Q1        Q2        Q3       Laps
1.  Massa         Ferrari              1:38.176  1:37.859  1:38.989  19
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     1:38.464  1:37.954  1:39.199  15
3.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           1:38.347  1:38.050  1:39.392  18
4.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              1:38.703  1:38.229  1:39.488  21
5.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     1:38.656  1:38.120  1:39.937  18
6.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:38.141  1:37.842  1:40.142  19
7.  Trulli        Toyota               1:37.948  1:37.928  1:40.309  21
8.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           1:38.738  1:37.859  1:40.631  19
9.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      1:38.595  1:38.336  1:40.721  18
10.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:38.622  1:38.417  1:40.750  18
11.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      1:38.667  1:38.428            15
12.  Alonso        Renault              1:38.268  1:38.435            12
13.  Glock         Toyota               1:38.532  1:38.499            14
14.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     1:38.559  1:38.515            15
15.  Piquet        Renault              1:38.787  1:38.744            15
16.  Button        Honda                1:38.880                       6
17.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     1:39.235                       9
18.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  1:39.268                      10
19.  Barrichello   Honda                1:39.811                      10
20.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  1:39.943                       9

Viva Valencia: Formula 1 returns to Spain this weekend for the inaugural European Grand Prix in Valencia. The tragic 1975 race in Montjuich Park in Barcelona was the last time Grand Prix cars raced on a street course in Spain. Motor racing started in Europe on public roads and the seaside street circuit in Valencia may be the wave of the future. Street race under the lights in Singapore next month and Abu Dhabi next year may raise the tide even further. Adelaide in Australia, Bremgarten in Switzerland, Casablanca in Morocco, Oporto in Portugal, Reims and Rouen in France and Dallas, Detroit, Long Beach and Phoenix in the United States are among the cities where Formula 1 world championship races have been held on street circuits. Italy was the first country to host two championship rounds in one year, 1957, when Pescara hosted the penultimate round on 15-miles of public roads before the final event of the season at Monza.

Kubica fastest in final  practice.
Honda trying to convince Fernando.
Valencia track popular with drivers.
Bourdais fighting for his F1 career.

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps:

1.  Kubica        BMW Sauber          (B)  1:38.754           15
2.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:38.877 + 0.123   18
3.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:39.009 + 0.255   16
4.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:39.270 + 0.516   17
5.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:39.276 + 0.522   18
6.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:39.300 + 0.546   16
7.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:39.314 + 0.560   13
8.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber          (B)  1:39.335 + 0.581   18
9.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:39.421 + 0.667   16
10.  Piquet        Renault             (B)  1:39.452 + 0.698   20
11.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:39.597 + 0.843   17
12.  Button        Honda               (B)  1:39.628 + 0.874   10
13.  Alonso        Renault             (B)  1:39.652 + 0.898   17
14.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:39.802 + 1.048   14
15.  Raikkonen     Ferrari             (B)  1:39.810 + 1.058   20
16.  Glock         Toyota              (B)  1:39.919 + 1.165   22
17.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:40.019 + 1.265   21
18.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:40.059 + 1.305   21
19.  Barrichello   Honda               (B)  1:40.512 + 1.758   20
20.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  no time             2

Slippery when wet: Muy macho hombre de España, Fernando Alonso, man who rocked the boat at McLaren, now sails into Valencia harbor for the inaugural European Grand Prix in the Spanish port city. With an impressive cargo of 49 podium finishes, 19 wins and two world championships Alonso now finds himself drifting on a lonely sea with an uncompetitive hull. Flavio Briatore, Captain of his heart, may have provided him a safe passage with a mediocre mate but the McLaren and Ferrari fleet has left the Renault reeling in their waves. Alonso may jump ship in 2010 but may have to endure another sinking feeling next season.

Podcast # 299.

Fernando happy with second home Grand Prix.
Quick Nick ready to fight for his 2009 contract.
Peugeot will join the ALMS at road Atlanta in October.
The Host Clark Rodgers on vacation this week.
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.

Mario Andretti looked fantastic in the Lotus 79
Timo Glock wins the race of legends!
Valencia excitement continues to build.
Sebastien Loeb remains unbeaten in the Rallye Deutschland.

Mario Andretti in his 1978 World championship wining Lotus 79,

Nasir and Clark at Laguna Seca.

Rubens needs to shine for the rest of the season.

Hamilton understands what he needs to do!

Valencia gearing up!

Podcast # 298!

Nico will stay at Williams.
Valencia Street circuits the future of F1.
Former Renault F1 director of aerodynamics
Dino Toso passes away.
Motorsports Mondial with Vday Rageed.

Flavio runs into trouble with the little people.
Mexico prepared to kiss Bernie's ring!
BMW promise to bounce back.
Bourdais: I can close the gap to Vettel.

Flavio runs into trouble with the little people.
Mexico prepared to kiss Bernie's ring!
BMW promise to bounce back.
Bourdais: I can close the gap to Vettel.

Podcast # 297 !

Is Nick Heidfeld getting a bad wrap?
Kimi promises to fix his quali woes.
Will Fernando really go to Honda?
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.

Tale of two drivers: With high hopes and impressive championship winning credentials in German Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Formula 3000, Nick Heidfeld arrived in Formula 1 in 2000 with Peugeot-powered Prost team. Sauber was his next destination in 2001 and three years with the Swiss team yielded only one podium finish. After a fruitless season in 2004 with Jordan he moved to then BMW-powered Williams team for 2005, scoring the only pole position of his career so far at Nurburgring in the European Grand Prix. The man from Monchengladbach was back at Sauber when BMW bought the Hinwil based team from Peter Sauber. In 2007 Heidfeld made two podium appearances and finished fifth in the championship. This season Heidfeld has been on the hot seat and outshined by his Polish teammate Robert Kubica who gave the team their maiden win in Montreal.

Kimi Raikonnen, the Espoo Express, arrived in Formula 1 ahead of schedule with only 23 races under his belt. Rising up to the challenge, he scored a point on his Grand Prix debut in 2001 in land down under. The Ice Man was then picked up by McLaren and scored his first Formula 1 victory in the searing heat at Sepang in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix. He scored a dramatic last lap win over Giancarlo Fisichella in the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka after starting from the back of the grid. In 2007, in his first year with Ferrari he staged another dramatic comeback to overcome a 26 points deficit to win the world title in the final race of the season in Brazil. Low in vocabulary and high on party, Kimi Raikkonen is an amazing racing talent but definitely one with his own agenda.  

Podcast # 296

Heikki gets his first victory!!
A great second place for Timo and Toyota.
Kimi holds on to third place.
Great start for Massa but engine failure did him in.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
1.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1h37:27.067
2.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +    11.061
3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    16.856
4.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    21.614
5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    23.048
6.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +    32.298
7.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +    36.449
8.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    48.321
9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    58.834
10.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:07.709
11.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +  1:10.407
12.  Button        Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap
13.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap
14.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap
15.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +     1 lap
16.  Barrichello   Honda                 (B)  +    2 laps
17.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    3 laps
18.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:21.195

Lewis Hamilton takes a career tenth pole!
Heikki alongside for a McLaren front row.
Ferrari and Massa struggling! settle for third with Kimi sixth.

Pos  Driver        Team                 Q1        Q2        Q3      Laps
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     1:19.376  1:19.473  1:20.899  12
2.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     1:19.945  1:19.480  1:21.140  16
3.  Massa         Ferrari              1:19.578  1:19.068  1:21.191  16
4.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           1:20.053  1:19.776  1:21.281  19
5.  Glock         Toyota               1:19.980  1:19.246  1:21.326  24
6.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              1:20.006  1:19.546  1:21.516  19
7.  Alonso        Renault              1:20.229  1:19.816  1:21.698  15
8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     1:20.073  1:20.046  1:21.732  18
9.  Trulli        Toyota               1:19.942  1:19.486  1:21.767  20
10.  Piquet        Renault              1:20.583  1:20.131  1:22.371  19
11.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:20.157  1:20.144            17
12.  Button        Honda                1:20.888  1:20.332            15
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     1:20.505  1:20.502            16
14.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:20.640  1:20.963            16
15.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      1:20.748                      10
16.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           1:21.045                       7
17.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      1:21.085                       9
18.  Barrichello   Honda                1:21.332                       8
19.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  1:21.670                       9
20.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  1:22.113                      10

Lewis Hamilton on top in second practice.
Heikki to stay at McLaren through 2009.
Loeb extends his lead in Finland.

Second practice times:

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:20.554            35
2.  Piquet        Renault             (B)  1:20.748  + 0.194   38
3.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:20.760  + 0.206   33
4.  Alonso        Renault             (B)  1:20.928  + 0.374   35
5.  Raikkonen     Ferrari             (B)  1:21.009  + 0.455   35
6.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:21.010  + 0.456   36
7.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber          (B)  1:21.138  + 0.584   46
8.  Kubica        BMW Sauber          (B)  1:21.363  + 0.809   36
9.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:21.505  + 0.951   42
10.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:21.581  + 1.027   34
11.  Glock         Toyota              (B)  1:21.662  + 1.108   39
12.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:21.733  + 1.179   43
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:21.837  + 1.283   34
14.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:21.902  + 1.348   33
15.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:21.955  + 1.401   41
16.  Button        Honda               (B)  1:22.150  + 1.596   41
17.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:22.197  + 1.643   36
18.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:22.358  + 1.804   37
19.  Barrichello   Honda               (B)  1:22.448  + 1.894   33
20.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:22.945  + 2.391    5

Podcast # 295

Ferrari insist no crisis!
Jenson Button reflects on his only GP win.
Hungarian Grand Prix discussion
Motorsports Mondial with the King!

Ferrari's Shark Attack: With Lewis Hamilton on a winning prowl after dominating wins in England and Germany, the Italian team will be looking to take a bite out of McLaren's resurgence in Hungary next weekend. Felipe Massa tried the team's new shark fin engine cover in recent testing at Jerez, Spain. The Adrian Newey innovation has been copied and tried by several teams already this season and may be the wave of the future. 

Flavio Briatore wants changes made in F1.
Valencia race fresh air for European GP.
Roman Grosjean to Toro Rosso? danica milka duno

Weber's New Grill: Rising German talent Nico Hulkenberg celebrates after winning Saturday's F3 Euro Series race at Nurburgring. Nico also set the fastest lap of the race and is now joint second in the championship with Finnish driver Mika Maki, only six points behind championship leader Italian Edoardo Mortara, who dropped out on the opening lap. ART teammate Jules Bianchi of France was second and fellow countryman Tom Dillman third. Hulkenberg, who hails from Emmerich, is managed by Willi Weber and is also a test driver for Williams-Toyota team. Photo by Pellegrini.

Heikki to become number two?
The shark fin bites Ferrari.
Valencia given FIA approval.

Podcast # 294

Mosley wins in high court.
Piquet not getting carried away!
Hockenheim review and Motorsports Mondial with Nasir.

 Testing continues at the circuit on Friday.

Jerez - 25/07/2008
1. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1min 18.385secs 83 laps
2. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1min 18.746secs 78 laps
3. David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1min 19.494secs 59 laps
4. Romain Grosjean Renault-Renault 1min 19.561secs 82 laps
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 19.611secs 62 laps
6. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1min 19.724secs 66 laps
7. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1min 19.915secs 71 laps
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1min 19.965secs 43 laps
9. Jenson Button Honda-Honda 1min 20.532secs 61 laps
10. Kamui Kobayashi Toyota-Toyota 1min 20.878secs 61 laps

Kiwi in F3: Brendon Hartley is set to fly high in his racing career. The talented New Zealander has won three races in this year’s British F3 series, and has been called upon to drive for RC Motorsport in this weekend’s F3 Euro Series race at Nurburgring. After testing the car at Vallelunga, near Rome, Hartley is confident he can do a good job for the team. Hartley hails from Palmerston North and last year won the Formula Renault Euro Cup. He is part of Red Bull brigade and earlier this year drove their F1 car in a demo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Vettel fastest in Jerez!
Michelin become tyre supplier for the A1GP.
Is McLaren using a new form of traction control?
The shocking truth about BMW and the KERS system.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time      Laps
1.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:19.844   94
2.  Paffett       McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:20.179   80
3.  Badoer        Ferrari              (B)  1:20.697   69
4.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:20.953   58
5.  Buemi         Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:20.997  110
6.  Grosjean      Renault              (B)  1:21.223   71
7.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:21.459   96
8.  Wurz          Honda                (B)  1:21.596   84
9.  Klien         BMW-Sauber           (B)  no time     3

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Reign and Shine: Lewis Hamilton’s back to back wins, in the rain on home ground at Silverstone, and Sunday’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring, has put the new Swiss resident at the top of the world championship. His eighth, and fourth of the season, career win came in dominant fashion despite a pit-lane blunder by the McLaren team when they elected not to bring him into the pits during a safety car period. Nelson Piquet Jr. was a lucky and jubilant second for Renault on a track where his father made his Formula 1 debut in 1978. Felipe Massa salvaged third for Ferrari and is now second in the championship, four points behind Hamilton. The F1 circus now moves to the Hungarian Grand Prix on August 3^rd.

Podcast number 293.

Lewis Hamilton claws back to win in Germany!!
Nelson Piquet brings home second place Bravo Bravo Bravo!!
Felipe salvages third for Ferrari.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1h31:20.874
2.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +     5.586
3.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +     9.339
4.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +     9.825
5.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    12.411
6.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    14.403
7.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    22.682
8.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    33.299
9.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +    37.158
10.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    37.625
11.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    38.600
12.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    39.111
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    54.971
14.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +    59.093
15.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:00.003
16.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +  1:09.488
17.  Button        Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Heidfeld, 1:15.987