Lewis Hamilton got a step closer to the title, as he won the race in China, raising the gap between him and his rival Felipe Massa. Robert Kubica will not be fighting for the title in the final race, in Brazil, as he finished in 6th place, and could not close the gap with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton won his 13th pole today, during the final qualification session in Shanghai. He will clearly have the chances on his side tomorrow, in order to become the youngest F1 world champion.

Fernando Alonso continued his good performance after Singapore, as he won again in Fuji. This was his second in a row win, this season, after he stated in the beggining of the season that it is very difficult to be even in the podium this year. His teammate Nelson Piquet Jr, was 4th, proving that Renault team has made big steps of improvement. Robert Kubica managed to keep the second place, after a battle with Kimi Raikkonen, gaining 8 points, as his main rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa were far behind him. Considering that Lewis Hamilton was out of the points, Robert Kubica got back in the fight for the championship just two races before the end, giving more interest to this fantastic season.

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.