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.