Paul di Resta planning to stay with Force India

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Force India’s Formula 1 rookie Paul di Resta has stated that he would surely be looking to extend his contract with the Britain-based team for the 2012 season.

The Scottish driver added that he came in Formula 1 sport with Force India with a mindset of spending more than one season with the team.

He stated, “There are many things you hear, but you don't know. I really don't know where I am next year. Naturally, I'd love to be with a bigger team battling up at the front, that's my ambition, but Force India is an up-and-coming team.”

Di Resta added that Force India have not improved on their 2010’s progress and have actually gone backward with development for the 2011 season. The Scottish driver added that he sees a lot of potential in the team to bounce back in Formula 1 in near future.

“This year has been more difficult than we thought. We've not picked up from where we left off last year. But sometimes things go down before they go up, and you take one step back to go two steps forward,” he said.

A look at the points table tells that di Resta has not been up to the mark and is 16 points behind his teammate Adrian Sutil in the drivers’ championship.

However, the British driver has performed exceptionally in the qualifiers and often is ahead of Sutil. In the Silverstone Grand Prix, di Resta made it to Q3 in front of his home crowd.

Nine races are still to be contested in the 2011 Formula 1 season and it will be interesting to see how di Resta performs because he might be considered for one of the bigger teams as there will be some vacancies for the 2012 season.

Let’s see how he fares in the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix.

Glock signs three year contract with Virgin

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Timo Glock today pledged his future to Virgin Racing by signing a new three-year contract.

On the occasion of Glock's home grand prix in Germany, the deal takes the 29-year-old through to the end of the 2014 season.

Despite running at the back of the grid since Virgin Racing entered Formula One at the start of last year, Glock had no doubts he wanted to remain with the team.

"I was frustrated, as with everyone else at the team, at certain moments last year," said Glock. "But for me that takes two to three hours to subside and then I reset myself for the next weekend.

"For some reason everyone has asked me this weekend how I can still be motivated fighting for P20 at the moment.

"It doesn't matter whether I'm fighting for a podium or P20. That's how I was motivated last year and this year.

"I set my target for a weekend, I just want to get more than 100% out of the package we have at the moment, and that's what I am doing."

Glock, who spent two years with Toyota before joining Virgin, has expressed his frustration with the car on many occasions, not least yesterday after qualifying.

Team principal John Booth believes it "vitally important" Virgin have retained Glock's services as his experience is invaluable.

"We're very pleased he has faith in the team going forward, and it's another stamp on our way to becoming a sensible team," said Booth. "Timo's had tough times with the team, been a real hard ass at times, pushing me, the team and pushing himself. "But what we are seeing now is a result of Timo's hard work."

As for team-mate Jerome D'Ambrosio, who had no idea Glock was due to be confirmed today just minutes prior to the media conference, the Belgian's future remains uncertain.

Booth added: "Jerome has done an absolutely fabulous job for us this year.

"We are in discussion with his management and it would be great to go forward with him.

German Grand Prix - Lap by Lap Highlights

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Welcome to German Grand Prix, from the Nurburgring Circuit

30mins into the race:

Track Temp: 22degCel Air Temp: 14degCel

Track is dry at the moment but lots of cloud gathering. Rain in few moments. Drivers are getting ready for reaching the race track.

25mins into the race:

Its raining in the pit lane.

Just to remind you, Sebastien Buemi time for qualifying has been stripped for fuel irregularity and will be starting at the back of the grid. Vitantonio Liuzzi had a five place grid penalty for a gear box change.

Karun Chandhok will be driving for the first time in 2011 as he replaces Jarno Trulli for the race.

As Nico Rosberg driver to the track, he slides wide off the track due to the little slippery track. Reached the racing line sound and safe.

15mins into the race:
Everybody on track safe and sound. Rain has stopped for the moment. It will probably a dry start. Intermediates will be better for the drivers to start the race.

Formation Lap:

Track Temp. 15degCel Air Temp. 13degCel

Order on Track:
Webber, Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Button, Sutil, Petrov, Schumacher, Heidfeld, Di Resta, Maldonado, Barrichello, Perez, Alguersuari, Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Glock, Chandhok, D’Ambrosio, Ricciardo, Liuzzi, Buemi

Single DRS Zone with Detection at Turn 10 and activation at Turn 11.

DRS will be enabled only when FIA/Stewards find it suitable as uncertain weather in Nurburgring.

5.148km of track.

All the top 10 starters on the soft compound tyres.

Track is dry at the moment.

Lap 1:

Good start for Hamilton. Both the Ferrari's are side by side to Vettel covering him but he manage to stay ahead. Vettel is inside of Alonso.

There is a spin in the middle sector, It look likes Paul Di Resta has spun his car. Hamilton leads the pack. Button dropped to 9th. Alonso up in 3rd. Schumahcer battling for P8 with Petrov.

Heidfeld and Di Resta hit each other and are back of the pack may be with some damage on the car.

Lap 2:

Alonso slides wide at turn 1 and went onto the grass and gifted P3 to Vettel.

Schumacher gained a place from Petrov.

Order on Track:

Hamilton, Webber, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Massa, Sutil, Schumacher, Petrov, Button, Barrichello, Kobayashi, Maldonado, Alguersuari, Perez, Kovalainen, Glock, Buemi, Liuzzi, D’Ambrosio, Ricciardo, Heidfeld, Di Resta, Chandhok

Lap 3:

DRS Enabled.

Lap 4:

Hamilton leading the pack.

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap (Lap 3) with 1min 38:322sec.

Massa is advised to push hard and pass Rosberg as he may ruin his race.

Lap 5:

Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 4) as 1min 38:189sec.

Di Resta making his move, and gaining places at the back. He is now in 20th. Heidfeld already in P18. Buemi who started at the back of the grid is now P17. Schumacher now attacking Sutil. Massa is pushing hard to overtake Rosberg. He just went past him, but lost the place on the corner.

Lap 6:

Alonso attacking on Vettel on turn 1. Let us wait to see DRS zone coming up.

Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 5) as 1min 37:659sec.

Webber is only 1.2sec behind the race leader Hamilton. Alonso could not get it this time around. Di Resta is now behind Heidfeld at P19.

Chandhok is currently running last in P24.

Lap 7:

Webber is closing in on Hamilton quickly. Alonso still on 4th.

Order on Track:

Hamilton, Webber, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Massa, Sutil, Schumacher, Petrov, Button, Kobayashi, Barrichello, Maldonado, Alguersuari, Perez, Buemi, Heidfeld, Di Resta, Kovalainen, Glock, Liuzzi, D’Ambrosio, Ricciardo, Chandhok

Lap 8:

Alonso wheel to wheel with Vettel on turn 1. Gets an inside line. Brakes and overtake Vettel for P3. Superb driving by the Spaniard.

Heidfeld up in P17. Button lost a lot of ground. He is having problem with the car. Kobayashi is already up in 11th after starting from 17th.

Di Resta is making his way on to Kovalainen at back for P17.

Lap 9:

Perez is in pits. First man to get into the pits. Its a routine pitstop. Very early stop for him.

Rosberg still holding Massa and Vettel struggling for pace and reliability. Vettel spun his car as puts his car onto the sideline. Vettel lucky to escape this high speed spin. He dropped 7sec from the Alonso but manages to stay in 4th.

Lap 10:

Alonso set the fastest lap (Lap 9) as 1min 37:647sec.

Lap 11:

Nick Heidfeld is out. He hit at the back of the Toro Rosso of Buemi as Buemi comes sideways onto the final corner. He went flying into the air straight into gravel trap. His race is over.

Lap 12:

Massa is wheel to wheel on turn 1. Massa gets an inside line. He hold Rosberg and the cars just kissed each other. Rosberg backoff no damage done. Massa overtakes him on Turn 1 to get into P5.

Vettel is gaining lap times as he gain 1.2sec on Alonso. Webber closing in on Hamilton 0.5sec is the gap between the two.

Webber closing in on Hamilton, takes the lead on the final corner. Will he going to maintain it as both comes onto the straight finish line.

Lap 13:

Hamilton having more speed than Webber as both are again wheel to wheel on first corner. Hamilton takes the inside line and gain position back from Webber. Superb driving from both the drivers. Just driving to the limits. But look behind, its Alonso who gained from this battle the most as he has inched closer to both the front runners.

Lap 14:

Alonso attacking Webber. Just miss on turn 1. Only 0.3sec behind Webber. Watch out for the DRS zone. Alonso on gravel a little, his tyres are wearing off quickly as he tells the team on radio.

Webber and Alonso both activates the DRS. It is a threeway fight for 1st position.

Tyres are ready in the Red Bull camp. Webber enters in the pit.

Lap 15:

Webber comes out of the pits. Dropped to P6. It was a 3.5sec pitstop. Massa closing in on Vettel for P3. Button trying his way on Petrov. Webber and Rosberg made their first stops. More soft for both the drivers. They are on 3 stop strategy.

Lap 16:

Webber overtakes Sutil for P5. Schumacher in pits for 1st stop. Barrichello retired due to engine failure.

Lap 17:

Hamilton and Alonso in pits. Lets wait to see who will come out ahead. Vettel in pits too. Watch out for Webber from P4. Massa still to make stop.

Massa leads the pack now as Webber takes P2. Hamilton and Alonso stay in order but it will be Webber who will take the lead from Massa. Red Bull is back in top position.

Order on Track:

Massa, Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Sutil, Button, Petrov, Kobayashi, Vettel, Rosberg, Schumacher, Alguersuari, Di Resta, Maldonado, Kovalainen, Perez, Glock, Liuzzi, Buemi, Ricciardo, D’Ambrosio, Chandhok

Lap 18:

Massa dives into the pits. Webber leads the race for the first time this season. He had set pole three times but never lead a race.

Alonso is trying his way past Hamilton. Massa comes out ahead of Vettel in P8. Sutil, Button, Petrov, Kobayashi all are in top 10 who are still to make their first stop.

Lap 19:

Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 18) as 1min 36:947sec.

Lap 20:

Hamilton set the fastest lap (Lap 19) as 1min 36:718 responded to the Webber time. Massa battling for P7 with Kobayashi. Kobayashi started in 17th position. He is still to make his first stop.

Massa overtakes Kobayashi, so is Vettel for P7 and P8. Kobayashi dropped to P9.

Order on Track:

Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Sutil, Button, Petrov, Massa, Vettel, Rosberg, Schumacher, Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Di Resta, Maldonado, Perez, Kovalainen, Buemi, Glock, Liuzzi, Ricciardo, D’Ambrosio, Chandhok

Lap 21:

Webber set another fastest lap (Lap 20) as 1min 36:585sec.

Sutil in P4 currently for Force India. Sutil, Button, Petrov still to make their first stop.

Massa chasing Petrov, he overtakes him. Vettel on his way to catch Petrov now. Both the drivers easily get past Petrov for P6 & P7.

Two Mercedes are now running in P9 and P10 following Petrov who is currently in P8.

Lap 23:

Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 22) as 1min 36:532sec.

Rosberg and Schumacher passes Petrov for P8 and P9. Petrov still not making a pitstop though his lap time has degraded.

Schumacher trying his way on his teammate Rosberg at the same time as they pass Petrov but did not able to make it.

Sutil dives into pits from P4. Dropped to 10th. Di Resta in 12th. Still to make his first stop.

Lap 24:

Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 23) as 1min 36:380sec.

Glock in pits. Schumacher spin the car. He rejoins and dropped to P11. He puts his car onto the slippery side of the track and car remain stationary for few seconds.

Schumacher spun in the same position as Vettel did earlier.

Petrov, Alguersuari make their first stop. Button still to make stop among front runners.

Lap 25:

Button dives into pit from P5. Button comes out in P8. Sutil up in P7. Rosberg in P6 while Vettel in P5.

After all the stops, the action pack order is:

Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil, Button, Schumacher, Kobayashi, Maldonando, Perez, Petrov, Alguersuari, Kovalainen, Di Resta, Buemi, Glock, Liuzzi, Ricciardo, D’Ambrosio, Chandhok

Lap 26:

Alonso set the fastest lap (Lap 25) as 1min 36:258sec.

Schumacher trying hard. 8sec behind Button. Vettel is asked to move the brake bias forward as they have some mechanical problem with the car.

Lap 27:

Hamilton in 1sec of Webber. Kovalainen is the only driver still to make his 1st stop. Hamilton locking the brakes.

Lap 28:

kovalainen in pits now.

Button is closing in on Sutil quickly for P7.

Lap 29:

Button is now in contention to overtake Sutil. Di Resta in other Force India is P15.

Kobayashi attacking on Schumacher for P9. Alonso was advised to stop closing in as to maintain tyres.

Lap 30:

Alonso set another fastest lap (Lap 29) as 1min 36:252sec.

Yellow flag out. Karun Chandhok spins the car into the gravel trap. Just manage to get hold of it and back on track and went straight into the pits.

30mins into the rain is the weather forecast.

Lap 31:

Webber in pits from P1. Dropped to P3. Thus this early stop do some favour for him.This is the second routine stop for Webber. He is the first front runner to make second stop.

Lap 32:

Hamilton went into the pits. Drops to P2. Comes just ahead of Webber. Webber goes wheel to wheel with Hamilton on turn 1, gets the inside line also. But Hamilton keeps himself up and gets a track position ahead of Webber. That Mclaren is handling so perfectly in this kind of weather condition.

Button overtakes Sutil for P7.

Lap 33:

Alonso in pits from the race lead this time around. Stays in P1. Amazing stuff out there. Ferrari had done it. But wait, Hamilton just goes wheel to wheel with Alonso and overtakes him as he carry more speed while Alonso car Pirelli tyres are not upto the temperature. Hamilton takes the lead again. Webber charging in on Alonso.

Lap 34:

Hamilton set the fastest lap (Lap 33) with 1min 35:224sec. All the top 3 drivers have made their second stop. This cold weather conditions are adding toll on tyres which are not meant for this type of condition. Pirelli takes time to get the optimum temperature into the tyres. But it seems that this weather is favouring Mclaren.

Lap 35:

Hamilton set the fastest lap (Lap 34) as 1min 35:117sec.

Webber makes a mistake and slide wide a little and lost momentum. Vettel in P5. Massa in P4 ahead of Vettel.

Lap 36:

Hamilton set another fastest lap in series (Lap 35) as 1min 35:083sec.

Button has to retire due to Hydraulic problem. He was told on the radio to get the car back in pits. He retired and gets back into pits. Sad ending for Button. He was struggling all weekend. This is the 2nd consecutive retirement for him.

Lap 37:

Hamilton set another fastest lap (Lap 36) as 1min 35:063sec. Rosberg in pits. Dropped to 9th position.

Lap 38:

Schumacher up in 7th position. Schumacher in pits now. Mercedes are maintaining a regular stop for both drivers. He dropped to 12th position. 3.6sec of pitstop for him. Both the Mercedes on 3 stop strategy. Another soft for them.

Lap 39:

Hamilton has opened substantial lead on Alonso and Webber. Kobayashi currently being chased by Rosberg for P7.

Lap 40:

There might be rain in the closing stages of the race. Rosberg overtakes Kobayashi for P7 on Turn1. Rosberg slide a little wide as he brakes but maintain the position.

Lap 41:

Vettel in pits from P5. Retains position, comes ahead of German Adrain Sutil of Force India who is currently running in P6. Force India are looking quite strong. Seems like point finish for them today.

Schumacher is fighting for P11 with Alguersuari. Passes Alguersuari on turn 1 in similar fashion as Rosberg did on Kobayashi.

Lap 42:

Massa in pits now from P4. Watch out for him, where he comes out in terms of Vettel. Stayed in P4. massa locks tyres on Turn 1 as brings them on optimum temperature. Vettel charging on Massa for P4. Comes on tail of Massa.

Force India Di Resta in P12 while Schumacher now up in P10 by overtaking Perez.

Vettel locks up in final corner as he try hard on Massa. Vettel missed the chicane but slow down the car to let Massa pass.

Lap 43:

Rain will be coming in few minutes time. All the drivers are advised to stay more on their softs as it will be difficult to go into 4stops if switched to hard one.

Schumacher in pursuit of Petrov for P9.

Lap 44:

Vettel is told that brakes are now working fine for him. Both the Force India still to make their second stop. Massa gets onto the grass on the chicane as he try hard to remain ahead. No suspension damage on his car as it is seen from here.

Lap 45:

Vettel charging on Massa. DRS zone coming up. He is now on his tail.

Lap 46:

Schumacher is presurring Petrov ahead of him. DRS activated on Schumacher car. He make use of the full KERS. Schumacher passes Petrov gets the inside line but Petrov miss the chicane gets back the position from Michael. He has to give his position back to Michael now. It seems he is not slowing down, they are wheel to wheel again on 1st corner. Petrov backoff. Schumacher now up in P8.

Hamilton is about to lap Petrov who is currently running in 9th position.

Lap 47:

Petrov is up for pitstop. Petrov in pits. Lapped by Hamilton. He dropped to 11th now. Di Resta up in 10th but still to make his second stop.

Lap 48:

Vettel set the fastest lap suddenly (Lap 47) as 1min 34:567sec.

Just 0.8sec behind Massa now. Vettel set the first fastest lap of the race. Massa is told on the radio about the fastest lap set by Vettel.

Lap 49:

Sutil in pits now for his 2nd and final stop. 11laps remaining. He comes out in P7 behind Rosberg. Kobayashi also in pits from P9. Di Resta still to make his second stop.

Order on Track:

Hamilton, Alonso, Webber, Massa, Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil, Schumacher, Di Resta, Kobayashi, Petrov, Perez, Alguersuari, Maldonando, Buemi, Kovalainen, Glock, D’Ambrosio, Liuzzi, Ricciardo, Chandhok

Lap 50:

Massa locked up on turn 1. Vettel real close on the tail of Massa. Glock in pits.

Lap 52:

Hamilton in pits from P1. Final pitstop for him. Dropped to P3. Alonso leads the pack now. Ricciardo in pits. Kovalainen in pits too.

Di Resta in pits from P9. Comes out in P13. Alonso was told to push as he lost some tiime. Ferrari getting ready for final stop.

Lap 53:

Alonso dives into pits. Alonso joins in P3. Webber leads the race.

Lap 54:

Vettel trying his way on Massa for P4. Rosberg in pits for final stop from P6. Webber is told to push.

Lap 55:

Rosberg dropped to P8 behind Sutil and Schumacher.

German Adrian Sutil for Force India is in 6th position. Schumacher in P7. Schumacher still to make his final stop.

Lap 56:

Five laps remaining:

Webber, Vettel, Massa, Schumacher still to stop. Webber is pushing hard on those soft tyres.

Lap 57:

Webber in pits. Comes out in P3. 3.7sec of stop. So its clear, Hamilton on top, with Alonso behind him and Red Bull Mark Webber in 3rd position.

Lewis heading towards second win of the season.

Schumacher in pits. He comes out in P8 behind teammate Rosberg. Good job done by Mercedes. Schumacher fought hard for those points after an early spin.

Lap 58:

3 Laps remaining.

Massa and Vettel still to make their final stop. They probably making at the same time. Ferrari is getting ready for pitstop. So is the Red Bull.

Lap 59:

2 Laps Remaining:

They both stayed out. They were told to pit but they stayed. It will be a race to remember. They have to pit in now, as no driver could make a stop after the race in finished.

World Champion is given a go for 4th position by Massa. Red Bull told Vettel to pit in if Massa stays out or to stay out if Massa comes in. But to the surprise both stayed out.

Lap 60:

Final Lap:

Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race (Lap 59) as 1min 34:302sec.

Massa and Vettel in pits together. Battle for P4.

Ohhh, Red Bull did it... Massa dropped to P5 in pits. They have blown it in the pits. Ferrari lost a place. Vettel out of podium for the first time this season. This is the worst finish for him this season. What a pity for Massa.

Force India Adrian Sutil is heading for points as he is going to finish in 6th position.

Chequered Flag:

Lewis Hamilton takes the chequered flag. 16th Grand Prix victory and this will be a sweet one to remember. 2nd of the season. Only driver to win two time this season behind Sebastian Vettel.

World Champion Sebastian Vettel finished on P4 but still the home hero had done it on Lap 60.

Force India Sutil finishes P6 ahead of the two Germans in Mercedes Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher.

Total time by Lewis Hamilton - 1hr 37min 30:334secs.

Final Classification:

1.) Lewis Hamilton 2.) Fernando Alonso 3.) Mark Webber 4.) Sebastian Vettel 5.) Felipe Massa 6.) Adrian Sutil 7.) Nico Rosberg 8.) Michael Schumacher 9.) Kamui Kobayashi 10.) Vitaly Petrov 11.) Sergio Perez 12.) Jaime Alguersuari 13.) Paul Di Resta 14.) Pastor Maldonado 15.) Sebastien Buemi 16.) Heikki Kovalainen 17.) Timo Glock 18.) Jerome D'Ambrosio 19.) Daniel Ricciardo 20.) Karun Chandhok

Only 6drivers were on the lead lap. Chandhok last and 4 lap down.

Fernando Alonso stopped on the slowing down lap. He is told to stop now otherwise no fuel left for fuel sample.

Amazing teamspirit, Fernando Alonso is given a ride on the sidepod by Mark Webber on the Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton could not wait to meet his team, as he jumps above the stand area.

Hamilton won the thriller from Ferrari and Red Bull

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit Race - Result

It will be a race that every German Fan, British Fan, Spanish Fan, Indian Fan, Australian Fan and all others around the world will going to remember. The race that was a victory in itself for Mclaren, Ferrari, Red Bull, Force India and Mercedes in itself.

The race provided glimpse of overtakings all with shear drivers talent without any aid of DRS with some ferocious battles and manoeuvers.

Though Lewis won the race, the thriller that could be at one stage looking in hands of Mark Webber, Red Bull and at another in hands of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari. But it was a race where everyone excel their racing limits to overpower their own competitors.

Lewis Hamilton and Mclaren above all, were a happy pit crew. After the poor practice sessions and a better qualifying - All the hardwork paid in favour of Mclaren as Lewis Hamilton get on the podium for his 16th Grand Prix victory and 2nd of the season. He is the only driver behind Sebastian Vettel to taste victory two times this season.

Lewis won a thriller between him, Alonso and Webber. Hamilton took the lead from Webber at the start lap but lost the lead after the first pitstop. Alonso keep a close watch on the two as he steadily keep pushing between them and at one moment was in a position to lead the race but could not get tyres on temperature to stay in front. Hamilton on the other hand charged past him for the race victory.

The top three drivers were in their own class as they lapped every other driver with only top six drivers on the lead lap. These three showed respect to their driving with Alonso was given a lift at the sidepod of Mark Webber car on the slow down lap to the podium.

Fernando Alonso hardwork paid off but as the cool temperature did not favour Ferrari and their Pirelli's, they could not managed to stay ahead of Mclaren but managed a 2nd spot on podium ahead of Mark Webber who for the first time this season lead the race for some laps.

Mclaren and Ferrari cut through the Red Bull dominance and a Red Bull could be seen only on the 3rd position and that too of Mark Webber.

World Champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel had a bad day with only managed to secure the 4th position. His first non podium finish of the season out of the 10 races. But the homeboy certainly made crowd go loud on the final lap as the struggle for 4th position with equally brilliant driving by Felipe Massa come to an end with Vettel overtaking Massa in the pits as Ferrari lost it on the pitstop.

Felipe Massa was leading Sebastian Vettel for P4 from nearly half of the race and Vettel was equally fighting to get ahead. But he was not able to make a move until the final lap. They both had to serve their final pitstop which both entered the pitlane on final lap together. It was Ferrari boys who lost in front of the Red Bulls and homecrowd go loud for the world champion.

Force India was a happy crew after their star German driver Adrian Sutil finished the race in 6th position after holding that position for all the race with a perfect 2stop strategy.

Both the Mercedes driver followed Sutil for P7 and P8 with Rosberg finishing ahead of his teammate Schumacher. Schumacher really worked very hard to gain that position after an early spin on Lap 24 which saw him dropped to 12th position.

Sauber after struggling through whole weekend made a comeback in the race as Kobayashi who started in 18th position finished P9 ahead of Renault only driver Petrov.

Heidfeld had a major bumpy accident after being hit by Sebastian Buemi on the final corner while trying for a overtaking maneuver.

Jenson Button also had a sad ending in the Mclaren consecutively for second time this season. He had to retire from the race due to hydraulic problem and parked the car in the pit garage on Lap 36.

Sergio Perez in the second Sauber finished 11th ahead of Jaime Alguersuari in Toro Rosso.

Paul Di Resta finished 13th but did a good job after an first lap incident with Heidfeld that dropped him to the last position. Di Resta and Heidfeld contacted and spun their cars while trying to overtake on Lap 1. Di Resta made his way up the field steadily to finish 13th. He was as high as 10th at one moment.

Maldonado was the only Williams finisher in 14th position. Barrichello had to retire early due to an engine failure.

Sebastien Buemi after starting in the last position due to fuel irregularity finished 15th.

Kovalainen in the Team Lotus finished 16th ahead of the two Virgins.

Rookie Daniel Ricciardo was the sole HRT finisher in 19th ahead of Indian Driver Karun Chandhok who finished last in those who classified.

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Pits	Grid	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	60	1hr 37min 30:934sec	3	2	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+ 3.9 secs	3	4	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	60	+ 9.7sec	3	1	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	60	+ 47.9sec	3	3	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	+ 52.2sec	3	5	10
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India - Mercedes	60	+ 86.2sec	2	8	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	59	+ 1 Lap	3	6	6
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	59	+ 1 Lap	3	10	4
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	59	+ 1 Lap	2	17	2
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	+ 1 Lap	2	9	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber - Ferrari	59	+ 1 Lap	2	15
12	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	59	+ 1 Lap	2	16
13	Paul Di Resta	Force India - Mercedes	59	+ 1 Lap	2	12
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams - Cosworth	59	+ 1 Lap	2	13
15	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	59	+ 1 Lap	2	24
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus - Renault	58	+ 2 Laps	2	18
17	Timo Glock	Virgin - Cosworth	57	+ 3 Laps	2	19
18	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin - Cosworth	57	+ 3 Laps	2	21
19	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	57	+ 3 Laps	2	22
20	Karun Chandhok	Lotus - Renault	56	+ 4 Laps	3	20
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	37	+ 23 Laps	1	23
22	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	35	+ 25 Laps Hydraulics	2	7
23	Rubens Barrichello	Williams - Cosworth	16	+ 44 Lap Engine Failure	1	14
24	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	9	+51 Laps Accident		11

F1 2011 Season Drivers Standing
1	Sebastian Vettel	216
2	Mark Webber	139
3	Lewis Hamilton	134
4	Fernando Alonso	130
5	Jenson Button	109
6	Felipe Massa	62
7	Nico Rosberg	46
8	Nick Heidfeld	34
9	Vitaly Petrov	32
10	Michael Schumacher	32
11	Kamui Kobayashi	27
12	Adrian Sutil	18
13	Jaime Alguersuari	9
14	Sergio Perez	8
15	Sebastien Buemi	8
16	Rubens Barrichello	4
17	Paul Di Resta	2

Constructors Standing for 2011 Season
1	Red Bull	355
2	Mclaren	243
3	Ferrari	192
4	Mercedes GP	78
5	Renault	66
6	Sauber	35
7	Force India	20
8	Toro Rosso	17
9	Williams	4

Webber dominated the Qualifying session with 3rd pole of the season

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit, Qualifying Result

It was a thrilling qualifying session as the drivers fight hard for position.

Ultimately, Mark Webber came with the fastest time to set the third pole of the season increasing the tally to 10 out of 10 for Red Bull in 2011. His time of 1min 30.079sec was just onto the limit on the Nurburgring track but could not able to breach the 1min 29sec barrier.

Qualifying was a trouble free session for all with a hefty competition to mark some standards.

As it goes in Q3:

Lewis Hamilton made an amazing comeback in the qualifying with fastest time in Q2 and surprising final lap in Q3 to lodge himself just 5hundredth of a second behind Mark Webber separating the two Red Bulls at P2. As he goes P2, Hamilton says 'Wicked Lap' on the radio.

Sebastian Vettel could not improve his lap time and finished 3rd in the second run of the Q3.

The final top 10 shootout saw Fernando Alonso dropping to 4th even after improving the lap time. He was followed by Felipe Massa who was fastest in Q1.

Nico Rosberg with an amazing single run, dislodged Jenson Button to P7. Button had some problem with the car handling and could not better his time in Q3.

Adrian Sutil in Force India goes faster than Petrov and German fellowmate 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher. Schumacher was having problem with the car handling, and he could not improve much on his single run in the final session.

There were 4 German drivers out of 6 in Top 10 - Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil, Schumacher.

As it goes in Q2:

Q2 was a heck of a session for the mid level teams to get into the Q3. The top 6drivers including that of Mclaren, Red Bull and Ferrari did not made another run as they were positive with the soft tyres the time they set was enought to seek them through Q3.

Fight started for P7-10. It was more of between both the Force Indians, Mercedes and Renault. Nick was into the Q3 but relegated by his teammate Petrov in the end who goes 8th fastest to put Rosberg and Schumacher in P9 and P10. But as the chequered flag was waived in the dying moment, Rosberg went P5 with Petrov on P9 and Schumacher on P10. Di Resta gave up the fight and settled for P12 in the end. With both the Williams out in Q2 and will share 7 grid for the race.

Sergio Perez tried hard for the position in the Sauber but could not get better than P15 in the struggling Sauber. Toro Rosso also struggle for pace and went P16 and P17. There was not much of a fight for qualifying for Sauber, Toro Rosso in the end.

As it goes in Q1:

Q1 was much of a fight between Sauber, Toro Rosso, Kovalainen, Force India and Williams. At one time both the Force India were in the relegation zone, with the dying moments they went P2 and P5 for Sutil and Di Resta respectively.

Williams nearly missing the danger zone also. However Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber could not get through Q3 and settled for P18. But he has got two fresh tyres with him at the moment.

Heikki Kovalainen goes P19 as usual ahead of HRT and Virgin. He was followed by frustated Timo Glock who made it to P20 beating Chandhok in the later stage of Q1. Chandhok who is driving the Lotus for the first time this season, made some exceptional comeback after a poor practice sessions and finished at P21.

The Indian Driver was told to be within 1sec of his teammate and that the standard he had completed for now as a major achievement. This could be his only race of the season or may be more to come.

Jerome D'Ambrosio was in P22 with both the HRT's at the back of the grid with Liuzzi in P23 and Ricciardo in P24. However Liuzzi has to serve a five grid penalty for gearbox change.

All the drivers qualified the 107%rule for the race.

Track Temp: 22deg Celsius

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 33.096sec	1min 31.311sec	1min 30.079sec	18
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 32.934sec	1min 30.998sec	1min 30.134sec	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 32.973sec	1min 31.017sec	1min 30.216sec	16
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 32.916sec	1min 31.150sec	1min 30.442sec	16
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 31.826sec	1min 31.582sec	1min 30.910sec	19
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 32.785sec	1min 31.343sec	1min 31.263sec	22
7	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 33.224sec	1min 31.532sec	1min 31.288sec	14
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India -Mercedes	1min 32.286sec	1min 31.809sec	1min 32.010sec	18
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 33.187sec	1min 31.985sec	1min 32.187sec	16
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1min 32.603sec	1min 32.180sec	1min 32.482sec	18
11	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 32.505sec	1min 32.215sec		16
12	Paul Di Resta	Force India -Mercedes	1min 32.651sec	1min 32.560sec		15
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams -Cosworth	1min 33.003sec	1min 32.635sec		13
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams -Cosworth	1min 33.664sec	1min 33.043sec		18
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1min 33.295sec	1min 33.176sec		14
16	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.635sec	1min 33.546sec		11
17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.658sec	1min 33.698sec		11
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.786sec			5
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1min 35.599sec			9
20	Timo Glock	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 36.400sec			12
21	Karun Chandhok	Lotus-Renault	1min 36.422sec			11
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 36.641sec			12
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.011sec			11
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.036sec			11

107percent Qualifying Rule Time: 1min 38.253sec.

Liuzzi will be serving a 5 Grid Penalty for a gear box change.

German Grand Prix - FP3 - Sebastian Vettel back on top with Red Bull 1-2 in final practice

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit - Saturday Practice Session 3 Result

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull mark their domination in the third practice session. Fernando Alonso slip to third position but still keep his toes with the Red Bulls. He was only 2tenth of a second slower than Vettel.

Alonso set the fastest lap to be on top with 1min 31.138sec. But then, Mark Webber went faster than him and in the dying stages, Sebastian Vettel became the first driver this weekend to cross 1min 30 barrier.

Mclaren was behind the Red Bull and Ferrari but the session brings a light to their speed with Lewis and Button grabbing P4 and P5. The duo were 6tenth of a second slower than the Red Bull.

Nico Rosberg again set a better lap time his teammate and was in 7th position ahead of the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa.

Adrian Sutil of Force India F1 set a amazing final session with 8th position ahead of his German competitor 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher.

Pastor Maldonado set his personal best in the dying moments to come on the 10th position.

Renault remain speculative for the pace with Petrov in the leading Renault could only post 11th fastest. Paul Di Resta in the second Force India was 12th fastest ahead of Nick Heidfeld.

Rubens Barrichello was P14 ahead of the two Saubers who continue to trail at the back.

Sauber were followed by the two Toro rosso and then come the leading Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen. Timo Glock was P20 ahead of Liuzzi at P21. Liuzzi will later be handed a 5stop grid penalty due to gear box change.

Karun continue at the back with spinning the car twice in the final practice session. Rookie Daniel Ricciardo was 24th and last.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 30.916sec		15
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 31.049sec	0.133	16
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 31.138sec	0.222	12
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 31.578sec	0.662	13
5	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 31.623sec	0.707	14
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 31.694sec	0.778	19
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 32.144sec	1.228	13
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India - Mercedes	1min 32.391sec	1.475	20
9	Michael Schmacher	Mercedes GP	1min 32.523sec	1.607	16
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams - Cosworth	1min 32.751sec	1.835	18
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 32.777sec	1.861	18
12	Paul Di Resta	Force India - Mercedes	1min 32.813sec	1.897	21
13	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 33.072sec	2.156	18
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams - Cosworth	1min 33.179sec	2.263	17
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.531sec	2.615	20
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.671sec	2.755	20
17	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.948sec	3.032	21
18	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 34.125sec	3.209	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus - Renault	1min 35.385sec	4.469	13
20	Timo Glock	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 36.724sec	5.808	21
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 36.804sec	5.888	23
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 36.894sec	5.978	23
23	Karun Chandhok	Lotus - Renault	1min 36.959sec	6.043	18
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.554sec	6.638	22

German Grand Prix - FP2 - Webber steal the show from Ferrari

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit - Friday Practice Session 2 Result

Mark Webber steal the show from the Ferrari as both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa could not able to beat the time. Even Webber's time was a challenge for the current World Champion and 2011season leader Sebastian Vettel who failed to improve from 3rd position.

Free Practice Session 2 come more as a fight between Ferrari and Red Bull while Mclaren was out of contention. But this time around, it was Mercedes who up their pace to come within 1sec relegation of the leader Mark Webber.

A lot of incidents captured the eyes of the spectator with a speculation to loads of drama coming into the race. Chandhok and Sutil spun the car, while many drivers went out onto the grass and gravel trap. Drivers find it difficult to drive in Sector 1 and Sector 8. 10mins into the race, HRT Rookie driver Daniel Ricciardo engine was blown as smoke came out of his car. Timo Glock was onto the gravel then trapped in wet grass as he went off the track in sector 8 nearly missing the tyre barrier. Kovalainen repeated his manoeuver of the morning and seen on the gravel in sector 8.

As the session started, it was soon captured by Fernando Alonso on the top which was later challenged only by his teammate Felipe Massa that too for a short while.

Mark Webber with the soft compound tyres hit the Ferrari with the best time which he further improved by 5hundredth of a second.

Fernando Alonso in 2nd position had a good run in this practice session as well. Alonso also went on to the grass and gravel as he explore the limits to breaking. At one stage, he nearly escape the back of Michael Schumacher car.

Sebastian Vettel had a lonely run without any problems to the third place. Felipe Massa with the decent run was in 4th position.

Mercedes has a good outing in the second session. Michael Schumacher who had some problems with the brakes in the first session have spent much of the early part of the second session in pits but then came out flying to the top. The 7 time world champion was only 7tenth of a second slower than Mark Webber.

Nico Rosberg followed his teammate for 6th.

Lewis Hamilton made only to 7th position as Mclaren struggle for grip and pace in the second session. Renault come high again, as they up their speed and were lapping only a little more than a second to Red Bull. Nick Heidfeld suffered from rear exhaust problem and spent much times in pits while mechanics repaired his car.

Adrian Sutil only able to make it to 10th position for the Force India.

Jenson Button struggles as his MP4-26 has KERS issues. He was not able to participate in the later part of FP2 and finished in 11th position.

Rookie Paul Di Resta on his first run of the day finished 12th.

Sergio Perez in Sauber was only 13th followed by Rubens Barrichello in Williams. Rubens Barrichello had some problem with the car and had to pull the car in pits in the beginning of the session.

Jaime Alguersuari was 14th followed by Kamui Kobayashi. Sauber continued to struggle for pace.

Pastor Maldonado was 17th in the second Williams.

Heikki Kovalainen was 18th with an improvement in the lap time for him. He was followed by Timo Glock who had some issues with the car in the morning and also nearly escape the tyre barrier.

Karun Chandhok for the first time driving in FP2 took his time adjusting with the race track and Lotus car. As the team prepared the brakes for him, he remained in pits for quite a long time during the second session.

Virgin regained the pace they were lacking the morning session as they beat the HRT once again. Liuzzi drove the car for the first time today was only 22nd ahead of his new teammate Daniel Ricciardo who could not participate in the second session due to the blown engine.

Sebastien Buemi did not participated in the second session due to some misfiring of the rpm between 16000-18000.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 31.711sec		34
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 31.879sec	0.168	38
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 32.084sec	0.373	28
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 32.354sec	0.643	36
5	Michael Schmacher	Mercedes GP	1min 32.411sec	0.700	31
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 32.557sec	0.846	32
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 32.724sec	1.013	28
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 33.098sec	1.387	17
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 33.138sec	1.427	22
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India - Mercedes	1min 33.211sec	1.500	34
11	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 33.225sec	1.514	17
12	Paul Di Resta	Force India - Mercedes	1min 33.299sec	1.588	34
13	Sergio Perez	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 34.113sec	2.402	34
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams - Cosworth	1min 34.344sec	2.633	34
15	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 34.487sec	2.776	37
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 34.491sec	2.780	35
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams - Cosworth	1min 34.996sec	3.285	35
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus - Renault	1min 35.753sec	4.042	42
19	Timo Glock	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 36.940sec	5.229	32
20	Karun Chandhok	Lotus - Renault	1min 37.248sec	5.537	33
21	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 37.313sec	5.602	33
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 38.145sec	6.434	31
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	1min 40.737sec	9.026	5
24	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	No Time		3