Brazilian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won today's Brazilian Grand Prix in the Red Bull while teammate Mark Webber finished second while Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari rounded out the podium. The McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished fourth and fifth respectively, the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished sixth and seventh respectively, polesitter Nico Hulkenberg finished eighth in the Williams, Robert Kubica finished ninth in the Renault, and Kamui Kobayashi finished tenth.

The 71-lap race at Interlagos Circuit in Sao Paolo also saw hometown favourite Felipe Massa in the Ferrari finish fifteenth and a lap behind.

The results leave Alonso maintaining a lead with 246 points, Webber at 238, Vettel at 231, Hamilton at 222, and Button at 199. Red Bull clinched the Constructor's title with 469 points, McLaren at 421, Ferrari at 389, and Mercedes at 202.

The next (and final) race of the season is next week with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On to Abu Dhabi.

Korean Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won today's inaugural Korean Grand Prix in the Ferrari with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finishing second and Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finishing third. Michael Schumacher finished fourth in the Mercedes, Robert Kubica finished fifth in the Renault, Vitantonio Liuzzi finished sixth in the Force India, Rubens Barrichello finished seventh in the Williams, Kamui Kobayashi finished eighth in the Sauber and his teammate Nick Heidfeld finished ninth, with Barrichello's teammate Nico Hulkenberg rounding out the top ten.

The race was filled with plenty of suspense and excitement with the 55-lap race at Yeongam featuring many safety cars, a lengthy delay because of the rain and the race being stopped on lap 5 before restarting again, a crash that took out Mark Webber in the Red Bull (and Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes with it), and an engine blowup by Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel.

With the results of the race, Fernando Alonso moves into the lead in the driver's title with 231 points, Webber with 220, Vettel with 206, McLaren's Jenson Button with 189, Massa with 143, Kubica with 124, and Rosberg with 122. The constructor's title have Red Bull still in the lead with 426 points, McLaren with 399, Ferrari with 374, Mercedes with 188, and Renault with 143.

The next race is in two weeks with the Brazilian Grand Prix. On to Brazil.

Japanese Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won today's Japanese Grand Prix in the Red Bull with team mate Mark Webber finishing second, and Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari rounding out the podium. McLaren's Jenson Button finished fourth, Button's team mate Lewis Hamilton finihsing fifth, Michael Schumacher finishing sixth in the Mercedes, the BMWs of Kamui Kobayashi and Nick Heidfeld finishing seventh and eighth respectively, Rubens Barrichello in the Williams finished ninth and Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso finishing tenth.

The 53-lap race at Suzuka was largely uneventful since I don't particularly enjoy whenever Red Bulls do well. The championship hopes of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are pretty much over as a result.

Mark Webber remains in the lead for the title at 220 points, Alonso and Vettel at 206each, Lewis Hamilton at 192, Jenson Button at 189, Felipe Massa at 128, Nico Rosberg at 122, and Robert Kubica at 114. Red Bull remains in the lead in the constructor's race with 426 points, McLaren at 381, Ferrari at 334, Mercedes at 176, and Renault at 133.

The next race is the Korean Grand Prix in two weeks time. On to Korea.

Singapore Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won today's Singapore Grand Prix in the Ferrari with the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber rounding out the podium in second and third respectively. McLaren's Jenson Button finished fourth, Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes finished fifth, Rubens Barrichello in the Williams finished sixth, Robert Kubica finished seventh in the Renault, Adrian Sutil in the Force India finished eighth, Barrichello's teammate Nico Hulkenberg finished ninth, while Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished tenth.

I was happy about Alonso holding off Vettel for pretty much the entire 61-lap dash around Marina Bay and it was also nice to see Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien return to F1 as starting drivers. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton scored his second consecutive DNF after making contact with Webber on lap 36.

The results give Mark Webber 202 points, Alonso 191, Hamilton 182, Vettel 181, and Button 177. Red Bull have 383 points, McLaren at 359, and Ferrari at 317.

The next race is the Japanese Grand Prix in two weeks time. On to Japan.

Italian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won today's Italian Grand Prix at Monza in the Ferrari, Jenson Button in the McLaren finishing second, Alonso's teammate finishing third, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel finishing fourth, Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes finishing fifth, Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finishing sixth, Nico Hulkenberg finishing seventh in the Williams, Robert Kubica finishing eighth in the Renault, Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher finishing ninth, and Hulkenberg's teammate Rubens Barrichello rounding out the top ten.

The 53-lap race did feature Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren going out early which could end up being costly to his title hopes. Other than that, the race was pretty uneventful.

The results leave Webber in the lead with 187 points, Hamilton at 182, Alonso at 166, Button at 165, Vettel at 163, Massa at 124, Rosberg at 112, and Kubica at 108. The constructor's race has Red Bull at 350 points, McLaren with 347, Ferrari at 290, Mercedes at 158, and Renault at 127.

The next race is the Singapore Grand Prix which is a night race in two weeks time. On to Singapore.

Belgian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in the McLaren with Mark Webber finishing second in the Red Bull, and Robert Kubica rounding out the podium in the Renault. Felipe Massa finished fourth in the Ferrari, Adrian Sutil finished fifth in the Force India, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finishing sixth and seventh respectively in the Mercedes, Kamui Kobayashi finishing eighth in the Williams, Vitaly Petrov finishing ninth in the Renault, and Sutil's teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi finishing tenth.

The 44-lap race had it's moments with the weather and some crashes especially one involving Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull and Jenson Button in the McLaren.

Hungarian Grand Prix

Mark Webber in the Red Bull won the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest on August 1 with Fernando Alonso finishing second in the Ferrari, Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel finishing third, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finishing fourth, Vitaly Petrov finishing fifth in the Renault, Nico Hulkenberg finishing sixth in the Williams, Pedro de la Rossa in the BMW Sauber finishing seventh, Jenson Button in the McLaren finishing eighth, de la Rossa's teammate Kamui Kobayashi finishing ninth, and Hulkenberg's teammate Rubens Barrichello finishing tenth.

German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in the Ferrari with his teammate Felipe Massa finishing second and Sebastian Vettel rounding out the podium in the Red Bull. The McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished forth and fifth respectively, Vettel's teammate Mark Weber finished sixth, Robert Kubica in the Renault finished seventh, the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished eighth and ninth respectively and Kubica's teammate Vitaly Petrov finished tenth in the 67-lap race.

With the results, Lewis Hamilton maintains his lead in the Driver's Championship with 157 points, Button with 143 points, both Red Bull drivers at 136 points each, Alonso at 123 points, Rosberg at 94, Kubica at 89, and Massa at 85. McLaren leads the Constructor's Championship with 300 points, Red Bull at 272, Ferrari at 208, Mercedes at 132, and Renault at 96.

The next race is next Sunday with the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. On to Hungary.

British Grand Prix

Mark Webber won today's British Grand Prix in the Red Bull, while Lewis Hamilton finished second in the McLaren, and Nico Rosberg finished third in the Mercedes. Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finished fourth, Rubens Barrichello finished fifth in the Williams, Kamui Kobayashi finished sixth in the Sauber, Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel finished sventh, Adrian Sutil in the Force India finished eighth, Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher finished ninth, while Barrichello's teammate Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the points by finishing tenth.

The 52-lap race at Silverstone was a pretty dominating one for Webber and did not provide much entertainment so I don't think there's much more to say on that front.

The results leave Hamilton in the lead in the Driver's Championship with 145 points, Button at 133, Webber at 128, Vettel at 121, Fernando Alonso (who finished fourteenth) at 98, Rosberg at 90, Robert Kubica in the Renault at 83, and Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa at 67. The Constructor's Championship has McLaren at 278 points, Red Bull at 249, Ferrari at 165, Mercedes at 126, and Renault at 89.

The next race is the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in two weeks. On to Germany.

European Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won today's European Grand Prix in the Red Bull while the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished second and third respectively. Rubens Barrichello finished fourth in the Williams, Robert Kubica finished fifth in the Renault, Adrian Sutil finished sixth in the Force India, Kamui Kobayashi finished seventh in the Sauber, Fernando Alonso finished eighth in the Ferrari, Sebastien Buemi finished ninth in the Toro Rosso, and Nico Rosberg finished tenth in the Mercedes.

The 57-lap dash around the streets of Valencia, Spain was pretty uneventful except for a crash by Vettel's teammate Mark Webber on lap 10 provided the only form of entertainment.

The results leave Lewis Hamilton in the lead in the Driver's Championship with 127 points, Jenson Button with 121, Sebastian Vettel with 115, Mark Webber with 103, Fernando Alonso with 98, Robert Kubica with 83, Nico Rosberg with 75, and Felipe Massa with 67. The Constructor's Championship has McLaren with 248 points, Red Bull with 218, Ferrari with 165, and Mercedes with 109.

The next race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in two weeks time. On to Britain.

Canadian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren won today's Canadian Grand Prix at Ile-Notre Dame in Montreal at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finishing second with Fernando Alonso rounding out the podium in the Ferrari.

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in the Red Bull finished fourth and fifth respectively, Nico Rosberg finished sixth in the Mercedes, Robert Kubica in the Renault finished seventh, Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso finished eighth, while Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil in the Force India finished ninth and tenth respectively. Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher finished eleventh.

The 70-lap race was pretty eventful with a few lead changes and Hamilton and Alonso almost having a coming together in the pit lane early on in the race. The Canadian Grand Prix has always been my favourite race (with Monaco a very close second) and was nice to see again after a one year absence from the calendar in 2009. Then again, I'm pretty biased given the title of my blog, LOL. The winner's trophy was presented by federal Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis, the constructor's trophy was presented by Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand, and the second place trophy was presented by Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay.

The results mean that Hamilton now sits atop the lead of the driver's championship at 109 points, Button at 106, Webber at 103, Alonso at 94, Vettel at 90, Rosberg at 74, Kubica at 73, and Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa at 67. McLaren also leads the constructor's championship at 215 points, Red Bull at 193, Ferrari at 161, and Mercedes at 108.

The next race is in two weeks with the European Grand Prix at Valencia in Spain.

Turkish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won today's Turkish Grand Prix in the McLaren with his teammate Jenson Button finishing second and Mark Webber in the Red Bull rounding out the podium. Michael Schumacher finished fourth in the Mercedes, his teammate Nico Rosberg finished fifth, Robert Kubica in the Renault finished sixth, the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished seventh and eighth respectively, Adrian Sutil finished ninth in the Force India, and Kamui Kobayashi in the BMW Sauber rounding out the points. Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull scored a DNF when he crashed into his teammate Webber on lap 40.

The 58-lap dash through the Istanbul track was an eventful one as I loved seeing the Red Bulls clash the way they did and hope it happens more often, LOL. It would have been a lot better to see both Red Bulls score a DNF but I'm still satisfied with this particular outcome. I liked seeing Button finish on the podium and Sutil finish in the points again.

The result leaves Webber in the lead in the Driver's Championship with 93 points, Button with 88, Hamilton with 84, Alonso with 79, Vettel with 78, Kubica and Massa both with 67, and Rosberg with 66. The Constructor's Championship has McLaren with 172 points, Red Bull with 171, Ferrari with 146, and Mercedes with 100.

The next race is the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in two weeks. I always look forward to my home Grand Prix and the atmosphere in Montreal on race weekend should be amazing as always.

On to Montreal.

Monaco Grand Prix

Mark Webber won today's 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix in the Red Bull while teammate Sebastian Vettel finished second and Robert Kubica in the Renault rounding out the podium. Other notables that rounded out the 78-lap dash throught he streets of Monte Carlo included Felipe Massa in the Ferrari finishing fourth, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finishing fifth, Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes finishing sixth, Massa's teammate Fernando Alonso finishing seventh, Schumacher's teammate Nico Rosberg finishing eighth, and Adrian Sutil finishing ninth. Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button scored a DNF on lap 3.

As I've pointed out in previous posts, I'm not really a huge Webber fan and don't think I will ever be but I do respect what he's accomplished so far. He'll likely be a serious contender for the title. Another notable in this eventful race was that Michael Schumacher turned in another strong performance to go with his performance in Spain although an overtaking incident under a Safety Car with Alonso is under investigation.

With Webber's 2nd consecutive victory, that puts him in a share of the lead with his teammate Sebastian Vettel in the Driver's Title with 78 points each, Alonso with 75, Button with 70, Massa with 61, Kubica and Hamilton both at 59, and Rosberg with 56. The Constructor's Title is just as close with Red Bull at 156 points, Ferrari with 136, and McLaren at 129.

The next race is in two weeks time with the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul.

Spanish Grand Prix

Mark Webber won today's Spanish Grand Prix in the Red Bull while Spaniard Fernando Alonso finished second in the Ferrari while Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel rounded out the podium by finishing third. Michael Schumacher scored his best result this season by finishing fourth in the Mercedes while Jenson Button finished fifth in the McLaren, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished sixth, Adrian Sutil finished seventh in the Force India, Robert Kubica finished eighth in the Renault, while Rubens Barrichello in the Williams and Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso rounded out the top ten. Other notables included Lewis Hamilton scoring a DNF with about 2 laps to go and Schumacher's teammate Nico Rosberg finishing in thirteenth place.

The 66-lap race in Barcelona provided Webber with a chance to shrug off some early season frustrations and same could be said of Schumacher since many observers wonder when he would get his mojo back. Perhaps this was the race that he did.

The results of this race leave Button still on top of the Driver's Championship with 70 points, Alonso with 67, Vettel with 60, Webber with 53, Rosberg with 50, Hamilton and Massa each with 49, and Kubica at 44 points. The Constructor's Championship is just as close with McLaren leading the way with 119 points, Ferrari with 116, and Red Bull with 113. The next closest team is Mercedes with 72 points.

The next race is next Sunday with the Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo.

Chinese Grand Prix

Jenson Button won today's Chinese Grand Prix in the McLaren while teammate Lewis Hamilton finished second, and Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes rounded out the podium by finishing third.

Other notables included Fernando Alonso finishing fourth in the Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel finished sixth in the Red Bull, Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished eighth, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished ninth, and Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher finished tenth.

The 56-lap race at Shanghai was marred by rain for most of the time but turned out to be uneventful and saw a lot of pit stops for tire changes between the slicks and intermediates. With Schumacher's tenth place finish and other mediocre results to start the season, I'm wondering if Schumacher's heart is really in F1 right now and I'm sure I'm not the only one asking this question. I'm sure many will say it's because of the car or this and that, but Nico Rosberg has put up solid results so far and Schumacher has Button's engineer's from last year on his side so I don't think it's so much the car. Even if it was the car, Schumacher has done some amazing things with inferior cars with his stint at Benetton during the early-mid 90s being an example. I was also hoping Adrian Sutil in the Force India would finish in a stronger position since he started off strong and did well for most of the race but ended up finishing eleventh, just out of the points.

With the Chinese results, Button moves into top spot for the Driver's title with 60 points, while Rosberg has 50, Hamilton and Alonso both at 49, Vettel at 45, Massa at 41, while Robert Kubica in the Renault sits on 40.

The next race is the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona in three weeks time.

Malaysian Grand Prix

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won today's Malaysian Grand Prix with teammate Mark Webber finishing second and Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg rounding out the podium.

The 56-lap dash around the Sepang circuit in Kuala Lampur was not a very interesting race although I did find the battle for positions 5 through 9 to be very interesting until Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso scoring a DNF towards the end due to a mechanical failure. The battle consisted of Alonso, Force India driver Adrian Sutil who ended up finishing fifth, McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton who finished sixth, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa who finised seventh, and Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button who finished eighth. Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher scored a DNF after experiencing mechanical problems on Lap 10.

It was nice seeing Sutil have a strong race and I am also interested in seeing if Rosberg is the real deal this season as he has started off strong so far. The next race is the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai in two weeks.

On to China we go.

Australian Grand Prix

McLaren-Mercedes driver Jenson Button won today's Australian Grand Prix in the 58-lap dash around Albert Park at Melbourne. Polish driver Robert Kubica finished second in the Renault, while Felipe Massa finished third in the Ferrari. Massa's teammate and current points leader Fernando Alonso finished fourth after recovering from a spin at the start of the race. Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton finished in sixth while Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher finished in tenth place. Pole sitter Sebastian Vettel spun out on lap 26 in the Red Bull.

This particular race was a lot more interesting than the Bahrain Grand Prix and had some drama before the race as Lewis Hamilton was stopped for some erratic driving in his silver Mercedes-Benz. It was nice to see Button win his first race for McLaren and perhaps he can prove me wrong in my previous post about his prospects for 2010. Obviously Vettel will be looking to rebound at the Malaysian Grand Prix next Sunday in Kuala Lampur after his poor start so far.

On to Malaysia.

Bahrain Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won today's Bahrain Grand Prix in his debut for Ferrari with fellow teammate Felipe Massa finishing second. It was Massa's first race in F1 since last season's life-threatening injury at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren finished in third. Polesitter Sebastian Vettel finished fourth in the Red Bull Renault after giving up the lead on the 34th lap due to an engine problem. The 49-lap race at Sakhir also marked the return of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes-Benz after a three-year absence. Schumacher would finish sixth, followed by defending champion Jenson Button in the McLaren.

The race also kicked off the 61st season of F1 Racing with three new teams and five new drivers. Refueling has been banned for 2010 and certain tire changes have also been made along with a new points system.

I feel that the race for the championship will come down to a battle between Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel. I would not be surprised if Michael Schumacher becomes a serious contender as it has always been unwise to bet against him. I doubt Button will be a serious threat to repeat as champion and will likely take a back seat to Hamilton in terms of the top driver at McLaren. The rivalry between the fathers of both McLaren drivers should be interesting as both fathers have been very active in the careers of their sons.

With Ferrari throwing down the gauntlet today, it should be interesting to see how McLaren and Red Bull respond in two weeks at the Australian Grand Prix.