The qualifying results and the grid positions did not help much to make this race predictable. McLarens are still behind Ferrari on the race distance, but they can match them pretty closely on one lap pace. Both Alonso and Hamilton are pretty good starters. So we had 4 very closely matched cars close together on the grid and the order after 1st corner could have been any combination Ferraris and McLarens.

Massa still has the Sepang start fresh in his memory and good for him. Alonso probably knew his only on track overtaking chance will come in the first corner and he went for it.
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Drivers Standings:
1. L. Hamilton 30
2. F. Alonso 28
3. F. Massa 27
4. K. Räikkönen 22
5. N. Heidfeld 15
6. R. Kubica 8
7. G. Fisichella 8
8. N. Rosberg 5
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1) Massa - Ferrari - 1h 31:36.230
2) Hamilton - McLaren + 0:06.790
3) Alonso - McLaren + 0:14.456
4) Kubica - BMW + 0:31.615
5) Coulthard - Red Bull + 0:58.331
6) Rosberg - Williams + 0:59.538
7) Kovalainen - Renault + 1:02.128
8)Sato - Super Aguri + 1 Lap
Full Results Here

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Ferrari showed their pace finally this weekend and Massa claimed P1. But there is very little separating them from McLarens. Alonso’s time was only 0.03s slower. Kimi and Hamilton will line up on row 2.The start tomorrow will be very interesting …

Qualyfing Times Here:

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Saturday practice did not make us any smarter. McLarens still on top, thanks to late runs on soft tyres, Ferrari, BMWs also around the top. Renaults dropped down the order after quick runs on Friday. Q session may be totally different story …

Saturday Practice Times Here:>

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McLarens, especially Hamilton, showed fastest pace in the practice 1. However the difference between 2nd Alonso and 3rd Raikkonen was only 1 tenth. It was about the same gap as between 5th Massa and 6th Davidson. Somehow I believe that the preformance difference between Super Aguri and Ferrari is a bit bigger than that …
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Not too many deatils were revealed yet, but according to news from Singapore (Strait Times, Channel News Asia) the deal was announced this afteroon at the press conference in Singapore.

After Valencia, this a second new race announcement in 2 days.

Link Here

Related Post: Singapore Grands Prix Of The Past

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The very fresh rumours about street race in Valencia proved to be well founded. Today at the press conference attended also by Bernie Ecclestone it was confirmed that the race will take place in 2008 on a street circuit at the renovated port area. The deal is for 7 years and it will feature as an European GP. So after eliminating the second races in Germany and in Italy (at least for a year) we will now have 2 races in Spain. This deal goes a bit against the recent trend of moving the races away from Europe and we all probably have Fernando Alonso and his popularity in Spain to thank for. There goes the 1 country 1 race idea … But as for another street track I give Bernie thumbs up. But please - design the track that will guarantee some racing, not a procession decided on Saturday …

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May 8th marked 25 years since the fatal practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. I was too small at that time to remember well the races he raced in. But I still rememeber hearing the news of his death on the radio.Here is a video of one of the best racing fights - Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) vs Renè Arnoux (Williams) in 1979:

Here is a video tribute to the man:
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This was the week when Honda went dumb. Dumbo, to be exact. At least we had something to laugh about. Unfortunately they do not plan to race them in Barcelona, bummer …

We had 4 days of testing in Barcelona. The results are quite difficult to read due to weather and different test programs.
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