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Webber got spun off the nose of Robert Kubica coming out of the della Roggia chicane (the second chicane) on the first lap, his car getting stuck in the gravel trap. Certainly a rare occurrence for him. And now, BIG news concerning Renault: Flavio Briatore, Pat Symonds out at Renault The bold part is big. It looks like Renault will accept any punishment the FIA will hand out on the 20th. It looks like either Briatore, Symonds, or both came forward and spilled the beans about Singapore 2008. Whether those two voluntarily quit the team or "voluntarily" quit the team isn't know. If the FIA comes down hard on Renault, either through a season ban or a huge monetary fine, it could usher the end of Renault's participation in F1 for the foreseeable future.

Lotus Granted 13th Entry This Lotus F1 Team has nothing to do with the original Team Lotus that raced in F1 until 1994. Lotus, as a car manufacturer, is owned by Proton, a Malaysian car maker. The Team Lotus name is owned by David Hunt (brother of the late James Hunt), and a Classic Team Lotus is owned and run by Clive Chapman, son of the late Lotus founder Colin Chapman. The sole purpose of this Lotus F1 Team is marketing for the Lotus cars, nothing more. BMW Expects Team to Race in 2010 The FIA is going to try to expand the grid to 28 cars (up from 26 with the new teams entered) to accommodate the Sauber team. It is possible that one team drop out at the end of 2009 (Toyota? Renault with the recent scandal?), and that the grid will remain at 26 cars/13 teams.

Italian Grand Prix results 1) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 2) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 3) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 4) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 5) Fernando Alonso, Renault 6) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 7) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 8) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 9) Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari 10) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-BMW 11) Timo Glock, Toyota 12) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (Accident) 13) Sebsatien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (DNF, reason not listed) 14) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 15) Romain Grosjean, Renault 16) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota Ret) Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India-Mercedes (Transmission) Ret) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (Gearbox) Ret) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber (Engine) Ret) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault (Accident) Hamilton crashed out of 3rd place at the 1st Lesmo turn on the last lap, bringing out the safety car. WDC Points 1) Jenson Button: 80 (0) 2) Rubens Barrichello: 66 (-14) (0) 3) Sebastian Vettel: 54 (-26) (0) 4) Mark Webber: 51.5 (-28.5) (0) 5) Kimi Raikkonen: 40 (-40) (0) 6) Nico Rosberg: 30.5 (-49.5) (0) 7) Lewis Hamilton: 27 (-53) (0) 8) Jarno Trulli: 22.5 (-57.5) (0) 9) Felipe Massa: 22 (-58) (0) 10) Heikki Kovalainen: 20 (-60) (0) 11) Fernando Alonso: 20 (-60) (+1) 12) Timo Glock: 16 (-64) (-1) 13) Nick Heidfeld: 12 (-68) (0) 14) Giancarlo Fisichella: 8 (-72) (0) 15) Robert Kubica: 8 (-72) (0) 16) Adrian Sutil: 5 (-75) (+2) 17) Sebastien Buemi: 3 (-77) (-1) 18) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 (-78) (-1) 19) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 (0) 20) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 (0) 21) Luca Badoer: 0 (0) 22) Romain Grosjean: 0 (+1) 23) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 (-1) 24) Vitantonio Liuzzi: 0 (0) WCC points 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 146 (0) 2) Red Bull-Renault: 105.5 (-40.5) (0) 3) Ferrari: 62 (-84) (0) 4) McLaren-Mercedes: 47 (-99) (0) 5) Toyota: 38.5 (-107.5) (0) 6) Williams-Toyota: 30.5 (-115.5) (0) 7) BMW Sauber: 20 (-126) (0) 8) Renault: 20 (-126) (0) 9) Force India-Mercedes: 13 (-133) (0) 10) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 (-141) (0) Next race is the Singapore Grand Prix on September 27th, about 2 weeks from now.

Italian Grand Prix qualifying results: 1) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 2) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 3) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 4) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 5) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 6) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 7) Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India-Mercedes 8) Fernando Alonso, Renault 9) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 10) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 11) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 12) Romain Grosjean, Renault 13) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 14) Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari 15) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 16) Timo Glock, Toyota 17) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 18) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 19) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari The race will be on at 8AM EDT here in the states. Enjoy the race

Renault summoned by FIA's World Motor Sports Council This could be huge to not only this year's championship, but also last year's as well, because if the FIA decide to exclude Renault from last year's championship, there is a possibility that Massa may win the championship instead of Hamilton. I'll have to do the math for it, but it's a possibility. Of course, that depends on what punishment the FIA dishes out. They could exclude Renault from this year's championship, last year championship, or go the McLaren route, and fine the team a huge amount of cash. Anything is possible. BTW, Article 151c is the same violation that McLaren got in the whole Spy-gate thing, so it would be interesting to see how this all plays out. Renault (the manufacturer) could walk away from F1, leaving the F1 team management hanging from the punishment. Flavio should be very nervous right about now.

Fisichella to Ferrari from Monza onward Looks like those rumors of Fisi to Ferrari became true. Vitantonio Liuzzi will apparently take Fisi's seat at Monza. With Massa not returning until 2010, this will help Ferrari secure 3rd in the WCC standings, as Badoer was, quite frankly, a square wheel on the Ferrari. And now, word comes out that Renault was being investigated by the FIA involving last year's Singapore GP in which Piquet Jr crashed and brought out the safety car, which ultimately helped Fernando Alonso to the win. There were rumors that Piquet Jr was told to crash deliberately to aid Alonso, and that the FIA will decide by the end of this week about convening the World Motor Sports Council. If Renault is found to have intentionally creating a safety car period, they could face anything from a huge financial penalty to expulsion from Formula One. And with rumors that Toyota may leave F1 at the end of this season if they don't get a win, it means that potentially 4 manufacturers would leave F1 for one reason or another (Honda at the end of '08 and BMW). Interesting times this season. Not all for good reasons, though

Belgian Grand Prix race results 1) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 2) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes (cool for them ) 3) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 4) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 5) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 6) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 7) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 8) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 9) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 10) Timo Glock, Toyota 11) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 12) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 13) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 14) Luca Badoer, Ferrari Ret) Fernando Alonso, Renault (Retired) Ret) Jarno Trulli, Toyota (Brakes) Ret) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes (Accident) Ret) Romain Grosjean, Renault (Accident) Ret) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (Accident) Ret) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (Accident) It can't be F1 without a first-lap accident Button, Hamilton, Alguersuari, and Grosjean all crashed at Le Combes after Grosjean struck Button, knocking both out. Hamilton and Alguersuari both got swept up in the incident. Fisichella lead briefly, but Kimi's Ferrari overtook him and would eventually win the race. Most interesting thing at the end of the race was Barrichello's Brawn smoking several laps before the end. Once he took the checkered flag, the marshals directed all of the cars towards the paddock. The world feed switched to an onboard of Barrichello's Brawn looking behind him, and you can see a fire burning on his car as he goes down pit lane Credit to Bob Varsha (commentator for SPEED's coverage of F1) for running with it ("Here's Barrichello trying to burn down the paddock." ). WDC Points 1) Jenson Button: 72 (0) 2) Rubens Barrichello: 56 (-16) (0) 3) Sebastian Vettel: 53 (-19) (+1) 4) Mark Webber: 51.5 (-20.5) (-1) 5) Kimi Raikkonen: 34 (-38) (+2) 6) Nico Rosberg: 30.5 (-41.5) (-1) 7) Lewis Hamilton: 27 (-45) (-1) 8) Jarno Trulli: 22.5 (-49.5) (0) 9) Felipe Massa: 22 (-50) (0) 10) Heikki Kovalainen: 17 (-55) (+2) 11) Timo Glock: 16 (-56) (-1) 12) Fernando Alonso: 16 (-56) (-1) 13) Nick Heidfeld: 10 (-62) (0) 14) Giancarlo Fisichella: 8 (-64) (+3) 15) Robert Kubica: 8 (-64) (-1) 16) Sebastien Buemi: 3 (-69) (-1) 17) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 (-70) (-1) 18) Adrian Sutil: 0 (0) 19) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 (0) 20) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 (0) 21) Luca Badoer: 0 (+2) 22) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 (-1) 23) Roamin Grosjean: 0 (-1) WCC Points 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 128 (0) 2) Red Bull-Renault: 104.5 (-23.5) (0) 3) Ferrari: 56 (-72) (0) 4) McLaren-Mercedes: 44 (-84) (0) 5) Toyota: 38.5 (-89.5) (0) 6) Williams-Toyota: 30.5 (-97.5) (0) 7) BMW Sauber: 18 (-110) (+1) 8) Renault: 16 (-112) (-1) 9) Force India-Mercedes: 8 (-120) (+1) 10) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 (-123) (-1) Next race is the Italian Grand Prix at the legendary Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, one of the fastest circuits on the calendar. The race will be in two weeks .

You lucky bastard, Ernesto Glad you enjoyed the race. Hope there can be a GP here in North America for me to go to soon Belgian Grand Prix qualifying results: 1) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes (holy s***!) 2) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 3) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 4) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 5) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 6) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 7) Timo Glock, Toyota 8) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 9) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 10) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 11) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 12) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 13) Fernando Alonso, Renault 14) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 15) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 16) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 19) Romain Grosjean, Renault 20) Luca Badoer, Ferrari Big surprise that a Force India is on pole (to me, anyways)! Race will be on at 8 AM EDT here in the States. Enjoy the event! The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has changed their start time to about 5PM local time, with Bernie trying to take advantage of a good television market in Europe (where he keeps threatening to take races away from there ). So, the race will start in the twilight hours and transition to night at the end of the race.

European Grand Prix race results 1) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 2) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 3) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 4) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 5) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 6) Fernando Alonso, Renault 7) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 8) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 9) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 10) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 11) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 12) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 13) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 14) Timo Glock, Toyota 15) Romain Grosjean, Renault 16) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17) Luca Badoer, Ferrari 18) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota Ret) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (Brake failure) Ret) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault (Engine failure) WDC Points (numbers in color are positions gained/lost in the championship points, green = position gained, red = position lost, blue = no change in position) 1) Jenson Button: 72 (0) 2) Rubens Barrichello: 54 (-18) (+2) 3) Mark Webber: 51.5 (-20.5) (-1) 4) Sebastian Vettel: 47 (-25) (-1) 5) Nico Rosberg: 29.5 (-42.5) (0) 6) Lewis Hamilton: 27 (-45) (+2) 7) Kimi Raikkonen: 24 (-47) (+2) 8) Jarno Trulli: 22.5 (-49.5) (-2) 9) Felipe Massa: 22 (-50) (-2) 10) Timo Glock: 16 (-56) (0) 11) Fernando Alonso: 16 (-56) (0) 12) Heikki Kovalainen: 14 (-58) (0) 13) Nick Heidfeld: 6 (-66) (0) 14) Robert Kubica: 3 (-69) (+1) 15) Sebastien Buemi: 3 (-69) (-1) 16) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 (-70) (0) 17) Giancarlo Fisichella: 0 (0) 18) Adrian Sutil: 0 (-72) (+1) 19) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 (-1) 20) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 (0) 21) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 (0) 22) Romain Grosjean: 0 23) Luca Badoer: 0 WCC Points 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 126 (0) 2) Red Bull-Renault: 98.5 (-27.5) (0) 3) Ferrari: 46 (-80) (0) 4) McLaren-Mercedes: 41 (-85) (+1) 5) Toyota: 38.5 (-87.5) (-1) 6) Williams-Toyota: 29.5 (-96.5) (0) 7) Renault: 16 (-110) (0) 8) BMW Sauber: 9 (-117) (0) 9) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 (-121) (0) 10) Force India-Mercedes: 0 (0) Just trying something new with the standings, let me know what you think about it. Anyways, next race is this weekend at the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the longest circuit on the F1 calendar at 4.352 miles/7.004 kilometres in length. Race will be on at 8AM EDT in the States.

European Grand Prix qualifying results: 1) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 2) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 3) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 4) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 5) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 6) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 7) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 8) Fernando Alonso, Renault 9) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 10) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 11) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 12) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 13) Timo Glock, Toyota 14) Romain Grosjean, Renault 15) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 17) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 18) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 19) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20) Luca Badoer, Ferrari Race will be on at 8AM EDT in the States.

Renault to race at Valencia after appeal There's no official word on who will replace Nelson Piquet Jr in the 2nd Renault, but it does seem likely that Renault test driver and GP2 driver Roman Grosjean will take over Piquet's seat.

Eccelstone grants Sepang earlier start Finally, a good move by Bernie. At least next time around we won't have to worry about a race stopped because of rains/darkness just past halfway.

Schumacher calls off return Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer will race at Valencia in place of Massa.

Yeah, I'm sure the reason for 2 GPs in NA was to justify the cost of traveling oversea. I think that the only time you'll see a solo GP in NA is if it is the beginning of the season or the end of the season. And, obviously the 2 NA GPs would be back-to-back to save costs of traveling back and forth between the European rounds and the NA rounds. Now, for something from the "WTF!?" files: Spa to shard Grand Prix date with Nurburgring? So instead of experiencing the joys and wonders of the magnificent Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps every year, we'll only see it every other year? I don't see any upside to it. So that means that, if this does happen, the Belgian Grand Prix would be in 2010, the German/European Grand Prix in 2011, etc (this is all hypothetical, as I don't know the exact details of this deal). I'm not sure what GP the Nurburgring will hold outside of the German GP, as Valencia hosts the European Grand Prix, and the AvD (the owners of the Hockenheimring) owns the rights to the German Grand Prix (but an agreement allows the race to alternate between the two German circuits).

Angry Piquet confirms Renault exit No word on who will replace Piquet, but I have heard of GP2 driver Roman Grosjean taking over the seat (though Grosjean has been horribly inconsistent in GP2 this season). Also, Renault's appeal will be heard on the 17th, three days before the European Grand Prix at Valencia. They won't know the decision until the 18th, which would be for Friday practice, I believe. Renault would lose out on a lot of money if they travel to Valencia, only to hear that their appeal has been denied. And finally, F1 may return to Montreal in 2010 if the city and Bernie Eccelstone come to an agreement on sanctioning fees and such.

I was about to post about that While it's nice to see Schumacher back in the Prancing Horse, I wonder if Ferrari looked at their test drivers (Luca Badoer and Marc Gene), or decided that Schumacher would be the best at getting Ferrari much needed wins and podiums. Either way, good to hear that Massa is doing well

BMW announced Formula One withdrawl It's sad to see BMW go, but with the world economy down like it is, it's not easy trying to justify spending millions of dollars on motorsports when people are losing their jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector. Frankly, I thought Toyota (first year of losses since the 1940s) or Renault (a small car manufacturer) would pull out of F1 before BMW did. No word on if Peter Sauber (who owns a 20% stake in the team after BMW bought him out) will continue on as a privateer. If Peter Sauber doesn't participate, then one of the new teams not initially chosen for the 2010 season would most likely take the spot.

Hungarian Grand Prix race results: 1) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 2) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 3) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 4) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 5) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 6) Timo Glock, Toyota 7) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 8) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 9) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 10) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 11) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 12) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 13) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 14) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 15) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari Ret) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault (Suspension) Ret) Fernando Alonso, Renault (Fuel Pump) Ret) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes (Engine) Complete race results from the FIA website (in .pdf format ) During Fernando Alonso's first pit stop, the right-front tyre changer failed to fully secure the tyre and wheel spat to the hub. During Alonso's outlap, the wheel spat flew off, and a few corners later, the whole tyre, it bounce across the track and was safely out of the way (the pack had already passed the stricken Renault before the tyre came off). Following a stewart's investigation, using evidence from the world feed, team radio communications, and an interview with the team manager, the stewarts have ruled that ING Renault F1 Team is suspended from the next round of the World Championship, which is the European Grand Prix at Valencia, Spain. Renault has stated that they will file an appeal. WDC Points: 1) Jenson Button: 70 2) Mark Webber: 51.5 (-18.5) 3) Sebastian Vettel: 47 (-23) 4) Rubens Barrichello: 44 (-26) 5) Nico Rosberg: 25.5 (-44.5) 6) Jarno Trulli: 22.5 (-47.5) 7) Felipe Massa: 22 (-48) 8) Lewis Hamilton: 19 (-51) 9) Kimi Raikkonen: 18 (-52) 10) Timo Glock: 16 (-54) 11) Fernando Alonso: 13 (-57) 12) Heikki Kovalainen: 9 (-61) 13) Nick Heidfeld: 6 (-64) 14) Sebastien Buemi: 3 (-67) 15) Robert Kubica: 2 (-68) 16) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 (-68) 17) Giancarlo Fisichella: 0 18) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 19) Adrian Sutil: 0 20) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 21) Jaime Alguersuari: 0 Complete WDC table (in .pdf format) WCC Points: 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 114 2) Red Bull-Renault: 98.5 (-15.5) 3) Ferrari: 40 (-74) 4) Toyota: 38.5 (-75.5) 5) McLaren-Mercedes: 28 (-86) 6) Williams-Toyota: 25.5 (-88.5) 7) Renault: 13 (-101) 8) BMW Sauber: 8 (-106) 9) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 (-109) 10) Force India-Mercedes: 0 Complete WCC Points table (in .pdf format) The European Grand Prix is in 4 weeks, so the teams will get a much needed break. Also, the FOTA teams have decided to idle their F1 shops for 2 weeks as a way of saving money. I haven't read when the FIA will hear Renault's appeal of their suspension from the European Grand Prix, it will be sometime before the next race. No more tape-delayed races here in the US, as FOX has aired the 4 Grands Prix that they normally do at this time of the year. EDIT: Ferrari optimistic about Massa's recovery Sounds like Massa will pull out of this Whether he'll be back in a race car or not remains to be seen. Forza Massa!

Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying Results: 1) Fernando Alonso, Renault 2) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 3) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 4) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 5) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 6) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 7) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 8) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 9) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 10) Felipe Massa, Ferrari* 11) Sebasitan Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 13) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 14) Timo Glock, Toyota 15) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 16) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 17) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 18) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 19) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 20) Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari Felipe Massa was seriously injured during the Q2 qualifying session after a piece of Rubens Barrichello's suspension fell off of his car and struck Massa in the head. Massa's F60 Ferrari went off at T4 and into a tyre barrier. Massa was extracted from the chassis while qualifying was halted. He was flown to a Budapest hospital where he underwent surgery for a bone lesion of the skull. He also suffered a concussion and a cut to his forehead. Massa will not start the Hungarian Grand Prix, and Ferrari has withdrawn his entry for the race, leaving Kimi Raikkonen as the lone Ferrari manufacturer on the grid. Ferrari will issue a statement on Massa's condition on Sunday morning, but right now, Massa is listed in stable condition.

Henry Surtees, F1 World Champion John Surtees' son, dies in F2 race at Brands Hatch One car had spun and made contact with the barrier at Westfield Bend, sheering off one of the car's wheels. The wheel bounce across the track, with various car successfully missing it. Sadly, Henry was unlucky and was struck in the head by the wheel. Knocked unconscious, his car continued forward towards Sheene Curve, impacting the barrier there, coming to a stop. Henry was extracted by the safety team, stabilized at the infield care centre, then flown to the Royal London Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Henry Surtees was 18 years.

German Grand Prix results: 1) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault (1st career win) 2) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 3) Felipe Massa, Ferrari 4) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 5) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 6) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 7) Fernando Aloso, Renault 8) Heikki Kovalanien, McLaren-Mercedes 9) Timo Glock, Toyota 10) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 11) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 12) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 13) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 14) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 15) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 16) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 18) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes Ret) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (Radiator damage) Ret) Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (Hydraulics) Mark Webber got a drive-through penalty for contact with Rubens Barrichello at the start of the race, which made his win even the more sweeter for him. Lewis Hamilton charged to the lead, then got a cut right-rear tyre at the first turn (thanks to the contact between Webber and Barrichello). He was nearly overtaken by the safety car as he made his way to the pits. Adrian Sutil threw away a sure points finish after goofing it up at the exit of pit lane, where he just exited from his final (scheduled) stop. He understeered in to Kimi Raikkonen, damage Sutil's front wing, thus needing another stop. More detailed race results WDC Points: 1) Jenson Button: 68 2) Sebastian Vettel: 47 3) Mark Webber: 45.5 4) Rubens Barrichello: 44 5) Felipe Massa: 22 6) Jarno Trulli: 21.5 7) Nico Rosberg: 20.5 8) Timo Glock: 13 9) Fernando Alonso: 13 10) Kimi Raikkonen: 10 11) Lewis Hamilton: 9 12) Nick Heidfeld: 6 13) Heikki Kovalainen: 5 14) Sebastien Buemi: 3 15) Robert Kubica: 2 16) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 17) Giancarlo Fisichella: 0 18) Adrian Sutil: 0 19) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 20) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 WDC Points page WCC Points: 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 112 2) Red Bull-Renault: 92.5 3) Toyota: 34.5 4) Ferrari: 32 5) Williams-Toyota: 20.5 6) McLaren-Mercedes: 14 7) Renault: 13 8) BMW Sauber: 8 9) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 10) Force India-Mercedes: 0 WCC Points page Autosport.com reports that Sebastien Bourdais will be replaced by Jamie Alguersuari from the World Series by Renault series. Toro Rosso is supposedly to announce the change after about 48 hours. Next race is the Hungarian Grand Prix in two weeks. This will be the final of the 4 races that FOX will air tape-delayed at 3PM EDT. This is where Jamie Alguersuari will make his debut, reportedly.

German Grand Prix qualifying results: 1) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 2) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 3) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 4) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 5) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 6) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 7) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 8) Felipe Massa, Ferrari 9) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 10) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 11) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 12) Fernando Alonso, Renault 13) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 14) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 15) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 16) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 17) Sebsatien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18) Giancarolo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 19) Timo Glock, Toyota 20) Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso-Ferrari Race will be broadcast on FOX in the US on 3PM, the 3rd of 4 tape delayed races this season. There are rumors that Bourdais may be fired from his Toro Rosso ride after this weekend because of his poor performance (he's the lowest ranked of the Red Bull cars in 16th with just 2 points, where his team mates, Buemi, is 14th with 3 points). If Bourdais does get released, I could see him going to the Peugeot LMP1 team (he's raced with them in the past 2 24 Hours of Le Mans). Red Bull Racing was fined 10k Euros by the race stewarts for releasing Vettel in pit line that nearly caused a collision with Kazuki Nakajima. Also, Glock will start at last place after the stewarts determined that he blocked Alonso during qualifying. Glock was originally docked 3 grid positions, but seeing as he slotted in 19th, he just loses 1 spot. And it wouldn't be F1 without some form of controversy, as FOTA renews it's threats of a breakaway series after being told they are not official entrants in next year's season Remember the FIA's press release on 2010's entrants? Well, apparently, the FIA figured that the FOTA eight teams (Ferrari, Red Bull/Toro Rosso, Renault, Toyota, BMW Sauber, Force India, McLaren-Mercedes) didn't drop their conditional entries for next year, and thus were not allowed to take part in the FIA's Technical Working Group (TWG) to hash out the technical aspects of next year's rules. Those that did take part (and were allowed to have a say) were Williams-Toyota, Brawn-Mercedes, Team US F1, Manor Grand Prix, and Campos Meta Team (Williams was kicked out of FOTA after signing up for next year's championship against FOTA's wishes, and Brawn, to my knowledge, hasn't joined FOTA, but side with them). Even though US F1, Manor, and Campos are not FOTA members, you can bet they will side with FOTA is they feel they have to. Also, Max Mosley, current President of the FIA, has stated that he would stand for re-election if he feels he has to preserve Formula One racing, obviously pissing off many in FOTA (and the millions of F1 fans world wide). Frankly, we will know for sure what will happen to the future of F1 when we see 26 cars on the grid next year at Australia and the FOTA teams are participating in it. Ah, F1 politics. Don't y'all love it

FIA Press Release regarding the 2010 championship The press release also have stuff involving other FIA-sanctioned series, but at the top is the one on Formula One. I am glad that there is no split. I'm sure there are many that are disappointed that there isn't a breakaway from the FIA, but this is probably the best we'll get for a while. Max Mosley, the President of the FIA, will not run for re-election at the end of October, where his term ends.

British Grand Prix race results: 1) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 2) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 3) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 4) Felipe Massa, Ferrari 5) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 6) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 7) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 8) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 9) Timo Glock, Toyota 10) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 11) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 12) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 13) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 14) Fernando Alonso, Renault 15) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 16) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 17) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 18) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari Ret) Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso-Ferrari (accident damage) Ret) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes (retired) More detailed race results WDC Points 1) Jenson Button: 64 2) Rubens Barrichello: 41 3) Sebastian Vettel: 39 4) Mark Webber: 35.5 5) Jarno Trulli: 21.5 6) Felipe Massa: 16 7) Nico Rosberg: 15.5 8) Timo Glock: 13 9) Fernando Alonso: 11 10) Kimi Raikkonen: 10 11) Lewis Hamilton: 9 12) Nick Heidfeld: 6 13) Heikki Kovalainen: 4 14) Sebastien Buemi: 3 15) Robert Kubica: 2 16) Sebastien Bourdais: 2 17) Giancarlo Fisichella: 0 18) Adrian Sutil: 0 19) Nelson Piquet Jr: 0 20) Kazuki Nakajima: 0 WDC Points page WCC Points 1) Brawn-Mercedes: 105 2) Red Bull-Reanult: 74.5 3) Toyota: 34.5 4) Ferrari: 26 5) Williams-Toyota: 15.5 6) McLaren-Mercedes: 13 7) Renault: 11 8) BMW Sauber: 8 9) Toro Rosso-Ferrari: 5 10) Force India-Mercedes: 0 WCC Points page Next race is the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in two weeks. This will the the 3rd of 4 races shown (tape-delayed) on the local FOX stations here in the US at 3PM.

British Grand Prix Qualifying Results: 1) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault 2) Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 3) Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 4) Jarno Trulli, Toyota 5) Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota (!) 6) Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 7) Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 8) Timo Glock, Toyota 9) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 10) Fernando Alonso, Renault 11) Felipe Massa, Ferrari 12) Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber 13) Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 14) Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault 15) Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber 16) Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India-Mercedes 17) Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18) Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 19) Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes (!!!) 20) Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari Race will be aired on your local FOX station at 3PM EDT, again a tape delayed race. Seems strange that the Force India cars outqualified the World Champion in a car with the (supposedly) same engine (Granted, the FI cars were only .115 seconds and .008 seconds faster than Hamilton, respectively). Qualifying Results on the Formula One website