Kimi Raikkonen's return in F1, was confirmed on Tuesday, as team Lotus Renault signed him for 2012 season. The 32 year old Finn, World Champion of 2007, is delighted to return in F1, after spending two seasons competing in the World Rally Championship. "The main reason was that I never really lost the passion for racing in Formula 1, just maybe for all the other things around it. But when I did some NASCAR races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock," he said.

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Red Bull's Mark Webber won his first 2011 Grand Prix, in the last race of the championship, in Iterlagos, Brazil, as his teammate Sebastian Vettel won his second Formula One World Championship and Red Bull won the constructors' championship. Vettel made a great start from the pole position but he ould not hold the 1st place due to a gearbox problem. Mark Webber bypassed him on the 40th lap keeping that place until the end of the race and taking his first 2011 victory. Sebastian Vettel did not lose anymore positions and finished in 2nd place. Jenson Button finished 3rd resulting in keeping the 2nd place in the 2011 championship. However Fernando Alonso could not keep his 3rd place in the standings, as he finished 4th, while Webber who won the GP, bypassed him for 1 point in the board.

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Sebastian Vettel continues his amazing form, taking his 15th pole position this season, in Brazil, breaking Nigel Mansel's record who won 14 pole positions in 1992. Vettel made a fast lap of 1:11.918. Teammate Mark Webber took the 2nd place, leaving the McLaren to start from the 2nd row, with 1:12.099. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton came 3rd and 4th respectively leaving Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in 5th place, with 1:12.591, just 1 tenth behind Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was 6th almost half a second behind Fernando Alonso. His teammate Michael Schumacher did not make a fast lap in Q3, resulting in starting from the 10th place. Ferrari's Felipe Massa came 7th, with Force India's Adrian Sutil and Renault's Bruno Senna completing the first ten, finishing in 8th and in 9th position respectively.

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Lewis Hamilton took an easy win in Abu Dhabi today. He started in second place but took leadership right after a punctured rear tyre caused Vettel to retire. Vettel had an excellent start and everything seemed to be determined right from turn one. But turn two added some interest to what seemed to be a boring race. Vettel saw his rear left tyre exploding. He managed to drive to the pits only to discover that his rear brake ducts and car's floor had been damadged, thus causing him to retire.

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Despite the fact that McLaren has been dominant throughout the free practice sessions, Sebastian Vettel made it to the top of the grid once more this Saturday. He took the pole with a lap time of 1:38.481, 0.141sec ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button took third, just 0.009sec adrift his team mate leaving Mark Webber in fourth place. Alonso and Massa followed, ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, Rosberg and Schumacher.

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Sebastian Vettel is the poleman, fastest lap owner, winner, and has been leading the race for the whole time. This has been, perhaps, the most boring race of the season as nothing happened on the top. We haven't seen any overtaking, apart from a try, which ended in a collision. The magic duo has been once more Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.

The race started with Vettel being on top. Alonso lost his place to Jenson Button, who also managed to pass Mark Webber for P2. Alonso dropped to fourth, behind Webber, while Massa and Hamilton followed.

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Sebastian Vettel was the winner of another qualification session this Saturday. Indian Grand Prix salutes its first poleman and 2011 F1 world champion.

Vettel has been unbeatable one more time as his rivals could not reach him, while Felipe Massa ended his qualification session on the wall, after a broken suspension led to a crash during the final seconds. Lewis Hamilton has been placed second, followed by Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button while Felipe Massa took P6.

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Perhaps the most boring race of the season took place today in Korea. Sebastian Vettel, who started from second place, managed to pass Lewis Hamilton immediately and the race ended somewhere around there. Hamilton kept his place until the end, while Webber kept Button behind him. The only thing that could spice things up a bit has been Fernando Alonso who had the fastest pace during the final stint of the race, reached Button but his effort had to abandoned right there as the race reached the finish line.

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After a series of bad races and accidents, Lewis Hamilton took the pole in Korea, to prove that he is still here. Considering that Sebastian Vettel already is the world champion of 2011, Lewis Hamilton seem he wants to finish the championship in a higher place than 5th. His teammate Jenson Button is 2nd in the standings, as Hamilton is 5ht with a 16-point gap between him and 4th Mark Webber. Hamilton meade the fastest lap in Q3 with 1:35.820, with Sebastian Vettel coming 2nd with 1:36.042. Jenson Button came 3rd with 1:36.126 leaving Mark Weeber in 4th place with 1:36.468. No surprise, the first three rows where filled by Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari. Felipe Massa was 5th with 1:36.831 leaving his teammate Fernando Alonso in 6th place with 1:36.980. Nico Rosberg came 7th with 8 tenths gap from Fernando Alonso, as his teammate Michael Schumacher did not make it to the Q3 and finished 12th with 1:38.354. Renault's Vitaly Petrov came 8th leaving the last places of the first ten, in Force India Mercedes. Paul di Resta was 9th and Adrian Sutil was 10th, although none of them completed any lap in Q3.

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Sebastian Vettel is the 2011 World Champion, as he managed to take P3 in the Japanese race today. The race winner has been Jenson Button, followed by Fernando Alonso. They both had a great race, outpacing Sebastian Vettel, but they were both "late" as it took them 14 races to do so. The championship title has been decided, with 4 more races to go.

Right after the red lights went off, Jenson Button seemed to have made a great start. However Sebastian Vettel pushed the Briton to the edge if the track. Button had to touch the grass and lost his place to Lewis Hamilton. The placement into turn one has been Vettel, Hamilton, Button, Massa, Alonso and Webber.

On lap 6, Fernando Alonso passed Felipe Massa, while two laps later Button managed to pass his team mate, as Hamilton opened the door for him, right before he entered the pits for his first tyre change. Vettel stopped on lap 10 for his tyre change, to take on another set of softs. Button and Alonso had been much faster than him at the time.

Button and Alonso along with Webber stopped a lap later. Button and Alonso managed to rejoin the race ahead of Hamilton. The race continued without any change at the top, until the second pit stop was close. At that time Button, who had kept his distance from Vettel stable, has been much quicker than Vettel. He seemed to be able to pass him by the time the third pit stop would come. Vettel stopped on lap 20 for his last set of softs, while Button enetered the pits a lap later and managed to pass Vettel.

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Saturday's qualifying was not a surprise, as Sebastian Vettel took the pole again, by just a hundredth of a second from McLaren's Jenson Button. Lewis Hamilton came 3rd with 1:30.617, very close to Jenson Button's 1:30.475. The two Ferrari took the next two positions, with Felipe Massa in 4th place and Fernando Alonso in 5ht place. Surpisingly the second Red Bull took the 6th place, and was nowhere near his teammate Sebstian Vettel, making a lap of 1:31.156 7 tenths of a second slower than his teammate. The rest of the drivers did not make any laps in Q3. Based on the times of Q2 Michael Schumacher took the 7th place, while Renault's Bruno Sena was 8th and teammate Vitaly Petrov was 9th. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi completed the first ten drivers.

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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won his first Singapore Grand Prix, after starting from the pole and keeping the lead for the whole race. Jenson Button turned second in the first corner and kept the 2nd place also until the end of the race, giving a very good performance. Mark Webber finished 3rd after fighting with Fernando Alonso during the race. Sebastian Vettel made a fantastic start keeping his position. His teammate though, Mark Webber, was not able to make a good start and lost two positions by the time he turned in the first corner. He fell in 4th place, as Jenson Button took the 2nd place and Fernando Alonso the 3rd. After the first corner Felipe Massa was 5th, Nico Rosberg 6th and teammate Michael Schumacher 7th, as Lewis Hamilton lost 3 places and was 8th.

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Red Bull continues to set the pace in the qualifying sessions. Sebastian Vettel took the pole in Singapore, with 1:44.381, as his teammate Mark Webber was 2nd, about 4 tenths of a second behind, beating McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, for less than a tenth. Jenson Button was 3rd with 1:44.804 as teammate Lewis Hamilton was 4th, extremely close to Button, with 1:44.809. Fernando Alonso will start 5th, after finishing a lap of 1:44.874, also very close to the previous 3 drivers. Teammate Felipe Massa was 6th. The Mercedes will follow with Nico Rosberg in 7th place and Michael Schumacher in 8th place. Force India completed the first 10, with Adrian Sutil in 9th place and Paul di Resta in 10th.

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Sebastian Vettel took another easy victory in Monza, after a race that was interesting in everything else than the first place. His pace has been great throughout the race, and after the first few laps he has not been challenged by anyone. At the end of the race he was driving on "auto pilot", keeping his 15sec difference between him and Jenson Button.

The German pilot proved once more that his skills, combined with an excellent car is unbeatable and at least one step ahead of his rivals at any time. His consecutive wins, along with his car's demonic reliability combined with his lack of mistakes are causing the 2011 championship to end prematurely.

Right after the red lights went off, Hamilton seemed to have started better than Vettel, but it was Alonso who had made the best start. The result was the Spaniard making to the first turn in first place. A spectacular start from P4, for the Spaniard.

Behind them there was chaos, with Liuzzi loosing control of his car and causing many cars to spin and crash on each other. Petrov, Rosberg, D'Ambrosio have been victims of this situation.

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Sebastian Vettel had no problem winning another pole this Saturday in Monza. He had the fastest time, 0.450sec ahead of his rival, Lewis Hamilton who has been placed second.

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Sebastian Vettel was the winner of the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix. It has been a very easy race for him. His lead is now bigger than ever before and he is waiting for the next couple of races to be crowned champion for the second time in the row.

The race started with the usual suspect, Mark Webber, "forgetting" to start once more, thus dropping to P8. Bruno Senna crashed on Alguersuari and caused a small panic on La Source. Alonso who just escaped crashing managed to take Hamilton for P4. Lewis Hamilton had already lost his place to Felipe Massa and a spectacular Nico Rosberg who took Vettel for P1.

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Sebastian Vettel was the winner of the final qualification session that took place under the typical ever changing weather conditions of Spa. Lewis Hamilton had just completed the fastest lap just moments before Vettel crossed the line with a 1:48.298, 0.432sec ahead of the Briton. Both drivers completed their fastest laps after the chequered flag having already waved.

Behind them, Mark Webber took third place ahead of Felipe Massa, followed by Nico Rosberg and Jaime Alguersuari. Bruno Senne took 7th place in his first qualification for Lotus Renault in front of Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button only managed to take 13th place, while Michael Schumacher had to retire qualification as his rear right wheel came off.

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