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Rain stopped finally and the track was almost dry when the qualification sessions started today. Lewis Hamilton was the quickest man on track, followed by a Ferrari, driven by Kimi Raikkonen.

Felipe Massa only managed to get fifth place and he is going to have a tough afternoon tomorrow, hunting his last chances to win the 2008 season world champion, as he is 7 points behind Lewis Hamilton who is up front, as said.

Heikki Kovalainen took the third place, confirming that team McLaren has the fastest car on track, while Fernando Alonso took the fourth place, as a result of his team's efforts, and his great driving, right after his great victory in Singapore two weeks ago.

Double world champion Fernando Alonso, had stated that it would be very hard to see himself winning podiums this season, and that winnings were out of the question. However he surprised everybody, by winning the first Singapore grand prix. A one pit stop strategy, along with Alonso's capability and a bit of luck, helped him win his first grand prix this season.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the fastest, in the qualifying in Singapore. He took the pole position with a 1:44.801 seconds, about 8 tenths ahead of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen who was 3rd with 1:45.617 seconds. Lewis Hamilton was 2nd, more than half a second behind Felipe Massa, with 1:45.465.

After his great pole position yesterday, Sebastian Vattel took his place on the history book, as the youngest formula 1 grand prix winner, earlier today. It has been a fascinating race, the best race we have seen this year, and one of the best races during the last few seasons.

The race started behind the safety car, and Vettel kept his lead after the first turn. Kovalainen stayed behind him. Everybody new that he was carrying little fuel, but this was not completely correct as it has been proven.

The rain calmed down during the first half of the race but the track was still full of water. The young German kept his lead easily, exposing Heikki Kovalainen and his team, who was unable to follow. Later on the race we realized that he had a similar strategy with Heikki and the others who were on a two stops strategy. This makes his victory even more great.

Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel made the surprise in Monza's qualifying session, as he took the pole position. The drivers were racing under heavy rain, which caused Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen, not to be able to compete in Q3. Toro Rosso made a huge step, as Sebastian Bourdais also made a fast lap and took the 4th place. Heikki Kovalainen was second behind Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber was 3rd.

Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his Belgium race victory, after the stewards decision, on a highly controversial incident.

Hamilton won a very good race in Belgium, increasing his gap with Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who came second after Kimi Raikkonen's misfortune. Hamilton started his race in the pole position while Kimi Raikkonen started fourth, he managed to overpass Lewis Hamilton and his teammate Felipe Massa though, and reached the first place after only two laps.