The race started with Kimi Raikkonen being on top. Truli had a good start along with Alonso, while Kubica was unlucky during the start of the race as he had the worse start among the top drivers if the grid.

The Finn remained on top until after his first pit stop. During his second part of the race he faced a problem with his Ferrari's exhaust. The exhaust on the right side broke and the hot fumes burned the engine cover on that side. As a result, Kimi started losing ground, in Massa's favor. Massa finally got ahead, while it was not sure if the Finn would go until the end of the race.

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Ferrari has dominated the French qualifying session, as they made the 1-2 with Kimi Raikkonen in the first palce with 1:16.449 and Felipe Massa in the Second place with 1:16.490. Lewis Hamilton got the third place but he is penalized with 10 places on Sunday's race. So he is starting his race from 13th place. Heikki Kovalainen took the 6th place but he was also penalized 5 places cause he was accused that he slowed down others after completing his fast lap, in the qualifying session.

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Today we saw that the championship is far from decided. Track conditions and driver's mistakes gave a new flavor to the standings.

To begin with we have to mention that many drivers and teams had been complaining about the track conditions this year in Canada. But we, as spectators know that the more the drivers and teams complain about this, the best the show is going to be. And this is exactly what happened. Just like in Monaco two weeks ago, difficult racing conditions helped creating a spectacular race.

The start of the race took place without any great changes. Hamilton turned first, followed by Kubica and Raikkonen. This situation in the top remained for about 20 laps, when the safety car got inside the track, after Sutil with Force India had a gearbox failure and got out of the race, leaving the car within the track.

Everyone went inside the pits to change tyres and refuel. As the drivers were coming out, Kubica and Raikkonen were in front (Hamilton had a longer pit stop thus losing his place). However the red light was still on so Kimi and Kubica stopped at the end of the pit lane side by side waiting for the light to go green. Lewis Hamilton couldn't brake on time and crashed his McLaren on the rear side of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari, causing both of them to retire from the race.

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Lewis Hamilton made a fantastic final lap, during the qualifying session on Saturday, and stole the pole position fromRobert Kubica, who came 2nd. Saturday's results were not as good as expected, for the Ferrari team, with Kimi Raikkonen coming in 3rd place and Felipe Massa in 6th. Raikkonen was frustrated by Ferrari's bad qualifying session.

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Renault team, will stay in Formula one for many years, despite their bad appearances in 2007 and 2008 seasons, according to car manufacturer's chief executive Carlos Ghosn. Last year Renault finished third in the constructors championship, and this season is struggling in the 7th place with only 9 points, 60 points behind constructors' leader, Ferrari. All that despite of the fact that the world champion Fernando Alonso is back in the team.

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Lewis Hamilton was the winner of the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix, a really chaotic race where many things happened, risks were taken, mistakes were made.

The race started under rain, and the majority of the pilots had chosen the rain tyres to use. It seemed like a thrilling start as it was the first time after a very long time that the drivers had to race with no electronic aid in the slippery wet Monaco track.

The start went OK with no accidents. Hamilton had an excellent start and got in front of Kimi Raikkonen for P2. The race seemed to had taken its natural pace when things started to change. Many pilots switched tyres from "wet" to "extreme conditions". After some time the rain stopped but the forecast was expecting race to start again soon. That was the time when strategies started changing. Some pilots were using wet tyres, some were using "extreme conditions" tyres, with the second being faster at the time.

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Felipe Massa took the third Monaco pole position, in 20 years, in the qualifying session today. He took the first place in the last moment beating teammate Kimi Raikkonen only with 0.028 seconds. Although McLaren was most possible to dominate in Monaco, Ferraris proved them wrong. Lewis Hamilton was third only with 0.052 seconds behind Felipe Massa.

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Lewis Hamilton continues giving impresive performances in Monaco, as he made the fastest lap in Thursday's free practice. He admits Monaco is his favourite circuit, and the McLaren team is also goingt well there every year. The team seems promising and in a good situation, and Lewis Hamilton seems able to fight for the pole position and the victory in Sundays race. He made an impressive lap of 1:15.140 seconds, and finished first in the practice. Heikki Kovalainen was fifth after the practice, and satisfied with his running.

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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen knows that the competition between the three leading teams, Ferrari, BMW and McLAren will be hard in Monaco. Raikkonen who finished a disapointing 8th last year in Monaco, is hoping for a clear race this year.

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Toro Rosso's STR3 will make it's debut in Monaco grand prix, in the hands of Sebastian Vettel and Sebastian Bourdais. however Sebastian Vettel had to pay a price for that. He is demoted five places down in the grid, in the Monaco grand prix, as the new he will be using a new gearbox in that race.

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Kubica's future is still unknown, and it seems like it will remain this way untill summer or may be more. The Pole's contract with BMW team is expiring at the end of the season. However BMW have the option to keep him for one more year, and they can choose to do so or not. But BMW refuses to announce the 2009 season line-up now. Most likely they will announce the drivers for the next season during summer. "We'll announce next year's drivers in the summer," said BMW boss Mario Theissen.

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Lewis Hamilton is on his way to become the richest British sportsman, after agree ding to become an ambassador for sporting goods, for brand Reebok. The Brit has already a 5-year contract with McLaren, worth £75 million, and according to sources he is going to sign a contract with Reebok for £10 million for three seasons. This makes him the most well paid sportsman in Britain, as the football star, David Beckham, is rumored to earn £16 million a year.

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Leiws Hamilton has told his team not to repeat the same mistakes they did in last year's Monaco race, by holding one driver back and let the other one win. Last year in Monaco Fernando Alonso was in the first place and Lewis Hamilton in the second, claiming that the team told him to step down and let Alonso win. However Hamilton urged his team not to choose their winner this year as well, and continue with the same policy they had up to now , by letting the team's drivers race as equals.

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Ferrari's Felipe Massa, was the winner of the Turkish grand prix again, showing that he is unstoppable in this circuit as he won three races in Istambul out of the seven wins of his career. The Ferrari's made the 1-3, as last year's champion Kimi Raikkonen came in 3rd place, being the only driver this season that scored points in all of the five races. Lewis Hamilton gave a good race, finishing 2nd, 3.7 seconds behind Felipe Massa. His McLaren could not be that fast with the soft tyres, so he followed a three pit-stop strategy, going for most of the race with the hard tyres, and only in the last 13 laps, he changed his tyres to soft.

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Massa took another pole position in Turkey, the third in a row. He had done it also in 2006 and 2007, when he had also won the race afterwards.

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McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was given the ok by the FIA, to race in the Turkish grand prix after passing the FIA medical test on Thursday. Kovalainen was not sure if he was going to race this weekend due to the concussion he suffered in the Sapnish grand prix. Fortunatelly everything showed that he allright and able to race this weekend in Istambul.

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Super Aguri announced its withdrawal from F1. The last race in Barcelona has been the last race for the small Japanese team.

The team had been facing major financial problems after a contract breach with a main sponsor, oil and gas company, SS United, at the end of the last season.

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When designing an internal combustion engine there are three different designs to choose from. Each and every one of them has its own pros and cons.

Inline Engines where all cylinders are being placed next to eachother. This design is not used in F1 since the 60s, as the engines tend to be long thus needing up the need for a heavy cranckshaft.

Boxer engines where there are two cylinder rows opposing eachother. It is like having a V Engine with a 180° angle. This engine has been very popular during the 70s, as it helps a lot in lowering the center of gravity, before they would be replaced by V-angle engines as they where having trouble whitstanding the car's G-forces during cornering.

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After Barcelona, things continue going worse for the small F1 team, super Aguri. This time the team's trucks and motorhome were denied permission to enter the Turkish circuit in Istanbul.

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BMW's Robert Kubica, made an excelent start in the 2008 season. BMW technical director, Willy Rampf, praised him, as after the end of Barcelona's grand prix, we saw the Polish moving up to the third place in the standings, just one point behind Lewis Hamilton and a furhter nine from Kimi Raikkonen.

"Obviously Robert has gained a lot of experience. I think especially this winter, when we brought the new car onto the track, it was very important that we relied on and got very exact feedback to develop the car, because when it comes to balance issues, it's not always so easy to see it in the wind tunnel or on the data. I think he has done a very good job. His comments are quite precise and quite repeatable, which is very important for us. He has certainly learned a lot, and made a step up compared to last year", Rampf told the team's website.

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