Alonso says they were lucky

Fernando Alonso realizes that luck can play a part of any F1 race but he is also keen enough to hunt for that luck. As was the situation in Today’s Spanish Grand Prix. Felipe Massa a serious lack of fuel that left him limping home on fumes and Fernando capitalized on that slow pace to reach and pass Massa for a coveted 5th place for Renault.

Alonso said, We were a bit lucky, and the car was good during the whole race so we could.

In the end we saw that we weren’t so light. he Brawns stopped ahead of us and the Toyotas too, so the strategy worked well.

He said, I only had a problem, which was a puncture. I was scheduled to stop on lap 45 but had to stop on lap 41, but I managed to stay ahead of Rosberg and nothing changed much.

Spanish Grand Prix Results : Winner Jenson Button

The Spanish Grand Prix was the first race European Race of the Formula 1 2009 Season. And what an end to the race.

The race Winner is Jenson Button. Second place goes to Mark Webber and 3rd place to Rubens Barrichello!!!!!!!!!!!

Fourth is Sebastien Vettel with Fernanando Alonso on 5th.

The race started with a great accident at turn 2. The accident started with Trulli spinning out of the track and coming inside the track again and Adrian Sutil banged into him. The 2 Torro Rossos also banged into them and all the four of them went out of the race at turn two.

This brought the safety car out and the drivers had to do some laps behind the safety lap because the marshals had to clear the debris on the track

Rubens Barrichello was leading the race from Jenson Button and Mssa was on 3rd position. But it all changed after the first pitstop.

Bad days for Mclaren Mercedes continued with Lew Hamilton falling at the back of the pack at turn 2 mishap and Heikki had a gear box issue and slowed down at the long straight and finally retired into the pits.

Kimi Raikkonen was running a good race but he had problems with his KERS at the start of the race or maybe during qualifying. But he too retired due hydraulics problem.

So it was on Massa to finish into points and he was looking strong.

Rubens Barrichello was on a 3 stop strategy and it was a strange one, because all the drivers were on a 2 stop strategy. But Rubens did some great laps and that brought him ahead of Felipe Massa into 3rd place.

Mark Webber who was driving his own race all this while took the second place after the last round of pitstops. A very clever move by the Red Bull team.

Sebastien Vettel had a hard day because he was chasing the Ferrari of Felipe Massa for the whole race distance and he was down on 5th place.

But it all changed at the final 4 laps of the race. The Ferrari engineers told Massa to conserve fuel because they had less fuel in his car and were not sure if Massa could end the race.

Felipe Massa was driving a very conservative race and this Vettel and advantage to push Massa.

And finally Ferrai told Massa to let Vettel pass him because they thought Alonso was 16 seconds behind Massa and Ferrari can finish in 5th place.

But Fernando Alonso knew the problems of Ferrari and he kpt on pushing and took nearly 4.6 seconds every lap and brought the gap down to Felipe Massa. He came very clsoe to Massa and overtook him from the outside on the fnal lap of the race. Felipe Massa could not do anything about it.

The Spanish Fans were very excited seeing this move and were cheering Alosno as if he has won the race.

So an amazing race and a great start to the European Season of the Formula One 2009 Season.

Full Race Results of the Spanish Grand Prix will follow soon..........

Live Race Stats of the Spanish Grand Prix!!!!!

The race is below 10 laps now and Jenson Button has a comfortable gap. His team mate Rubens Barrichello is on 2nd place with a fantastic 3 stop strategy. But Mark Webber is closing on Barrichello and can give him a tough fight for the second position. Felipe Massa is on 4th position and I just heard the Ferrari team radio asking Massa to conserve fuel. Vettel is hustling Massa for the 4th position. Alosno the home hero is comfortable sitting on 6th position.

Lewis Hamilton another bad day for Mclaren Mercedes is on 10th position.

Spanish Grand Prix Live Race Stats

The 5h Round of the Formula 1 2009 Season is taking place at Spain at the Circuit De Catalunya.
The race is still going on. Jenson Button is leading the race. Felipe Massa is currently second with Vettel following him at 3rd place. Rubens Barrichello is on 3 stop strategy and is currently on 4th position. It seems Brawn GP is going to win the race. And finally we are going to see a Ferrari driver on podium this year after a disastrous first four races.

Fernando Alsonso is the home hero and currently on 7th position and there was a small fight with Hamilton when Alonso came out of the pit lane.

Jenson Button Another Pole Position

The 5th round of the Formula One 2009 Season is held at the Circuit De Catalunya in Spain. The Qualifying Session for Spanish Grand Prix just ended and its again Jenson Button who sits on Pole Position!!!!!!!!!! Brawn GP Has Done It Again!!!!!!

Felipe Massa was leading the Q1 session with Barrichello leading in the Q2 session. But in the Q3 session it looked like Vettel would take the pole, but Jenson Button did a flying qualifying lap and took the pole.

Ross Brawn has some magical power I guess because he manages his drivers to take pole positions and has some great pit strategies for the race.

Jenson Button just made to start his final qualifying lap, because as he crossed the line the flags turned red and that marks the end of the Qualifying Session. So Jenson Button was lucky to make before the Qualifying ended and got a pole position!!!!!!!!!

Way To Go Jenson Button and Brawn GP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Will be uploading the full results for the Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Soon!!!!

Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Q3 Results!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Q3 Session has just ended and what an amazing Qualifying session it was. It looked as if Barrchello would be on pole, but Vettel did and outstanding lap and got the pole position. But in the final moments Button from nowhere took the pole and is leading the Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying.

The top 5 for the Q3 and the final Qualifying Session are Button, Vettel, Barrichello, Massa and Webber.

Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Q2 Results!!!!

Te Q2 Session has just come to an end and the Ferrari dominance seem to slip down a little bit. Rubens Barrichello heads the time sheets for Q2. It was Felipe Massa who was leading in Q1 but now its again the Brawn GP.

The bad times for Mclaren Mercedes still continue with Lewis Hamilton not making through the Q3 and he is down to 14 on the grid. His team mate Heikki did not go through to Q2 and is at the very back of the grid.

The top 5 for Q2 are Barrichello, Glock, Webber, Massa and button.

The Q3 session has just begun and will update the results soon. I personally feel it will be Barrichello who will take the pole in the Spanish Grand Prix!!!!!!

Spanish Qualifying Q1 Results.

The Spanish Grand Prix is the first race in the European leg of the Formula 1 2009 Season.
The Q1 Session just got over and to a surprise Ferrari is back on top with Felipe Massa leading the time sheets. But on the other hand Kimi Raikkonen did not make into Q2 which is very strange. Mclaren Mercedes are still struggling with Hamilton on 10th in Q1 and Heikki not making through Q2. Fernando Alonso the Home Hero was not in a position to make through Q2 but finally he made the cut and is in Q2 now.

The top 5 are Felipe Massa, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Sebastien Vettel and Nico Rosberg.

The Q2 results will be uploaded soon.

Vettel On Pole

It was a great qualifying session at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. The qualifying was topsy turvy with many drivers coming on pole in the Q1 and Q2 sessions. Ferrari had again some bad luck with Felipe Massa not going through Q3. Kimi Raikkonen was on 9th position.

But in the end Sebastien Vettel took the pole position. And to a surprise Fernando Alonso was on 2nd position.

A great and interesting race to watch tomorrow.

Felipe Massa is all prepared for tough times!!!!

Felipe Massa was a former driver for the Sauber Team. He had very tough times with Sauber and feels those tough times have helped him go through the tough times with Ferrari. Felipe Massa has not scored any championship points till now in the Formula 2009 Season.
The team's woes were compounded by Wednesday's International Court of Appeal ruling declaring the 'double-decker' diffuser of Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams legal.
After a disastrous race in Malaysia 11 days ago when a number of critical mistakes were made, an inquest was rightly conducted.
But felipe Massa is very confident that Ferrari will bounce back in the coming races.

Lets Hope For The Best!!!!!

Massa Sutil join GDPA

Adrian Sutil and Felipe Massa joined the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GDPA). They both had avoided to join previously. Kimi Raikkonen is the only man left to do so.

Massa Frustrated

Felipe Massa did not score any championship point even in Malaysia. He had a very bad qualifying session because his team did not judge the pace of other race cars and Felipe Massa was stuck in Q1. He started the race 16th on the grid but only managed to get the car to ninth when the race was stopped.

Felipe Massa's team Kimi Raikkonen also did not finsih in points because of the foolish pit strategy followed by them. He was 14th on the grid when the race stopped.

Felipe Massa feels that their car is not strong and they need to improve on the performance of the car. He was also unhappy with the late start time of the race. Felipe Massa said that this late start made a restart impossible because it was dusk.