Massa's on pole ahead of Hamilton. Might favour Hamilton as he is on the grippier side of the track...

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Massa won, but time will tell whether he will get penalised after that pit lane incident involving him and Sutil...

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it would be a shame if he were penalised - he went when he was told... but it is a team thing after all.

Massa backed of, no collision, no problem. A good and deserved win.

Massa's win has been allowed to stand as he "had not gained a sporting advantage", but Ferrari have been fined €10,000.

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Hamilton and Massa are on the front row of the grid again in Belgium.

Ferrari must be thinking about backing Massa for the title now surely if he finishes ahead of Raikonnen tomorrow...

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it must be worth watching just for the first corner then....

Spa is ALWAYS worth watching.

very true
and probably worth driving too

Spa has to be one of the best F1 tracks there is. Always unpredictable...

it was unpredictable wasn't it?
rain.... and Raikonnen couldn't hang on.. with Lewis sliding off one side and a back-marker the other... he lost it after that...
Great drive though, and all credit to Hamilton who did hang on... and Massa right behind... good choice from Heidfeldt to change tyres in the last moments

Hamilton has just been stripped of his win and has been given a 25-second penalty. That means Massa has now won, Heidfeld claims his fourth 2nd place finish of the season and Hamilton is 3rd. That's a bit harsh for Hamilton...

Glock has also been given a 25-second penalty for overtaking Webber under yellow flags on the final lap due to Raikonnen's incident, promoting Webber up to 8th for the final WC point.

A good drive from the two Toro Rosso drivers today.

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A bit harsh? It's utterly ridiculous. I will be hugely disappointed if the appeal doesn't overturn the decision by the stewards. I'm absolutely sure Lewis did exactly what the rule book requires - he even passed behind the Ferrari which clearly demonstrated he had handed back the place he gained by cutting the chicane.

The Ferrari was half a cars length ahead through most of the right-hander. All Lewis had to do was back off and follow through the left hander instead of cutting the chicane. If he had done that and still outbraked Raikonen into La Source then he would have won deservedly. Great race and Monza should now be VERY interesting. Roll on next weekend.

It'll be a shame if Hamilton doesn't win the title this year,

It does make me laugh how very political motor racing is...

Vettel's on pole after a very wet Italian GP qualifying session. Massa's 6th, Kubica qualified 11th, Raikonnen only managed 14th and Hamilton is only 15th.

And Force India got through to Q2 for the first time, with Fisichella qualifying 12th, one 1000ths of a second behind Kubica.

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Vettel sounded very happy hehe

Certainly a surprising grid! If the weather is as bad tomorrow, it could end up a very surprising result too...

Come on Vettel!!!!!!!!!!

Awwww, yes, go Vettel.

Brilliant win for Vettel... amazing to think Toro Rosso were Minardi a few years ago!

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A very mature drive. There are an impressive bunch of young drivers around at the moment (and more waiting in the wings). Did you hear Vettel was practising (is that the right sp? - need to be careful around here) his wet weather technique on Schumacher's kart track?

Very "spirited" drive by Lewis too (though it had to be). Did you catch Martin Brundell's comment "who was that bloke wearing Lewis's helmet in qualifying?".

It's the first ever F1 night race this weekend

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Yes, F1 is on in my country Singapore now! Roads are blocked as a result, and lots of companies have to make way, since the race is held in the heart of the city. My favourite music library is closed due to the road blockage. Despite the inconveniences in our small little island, I am still quite excited to watch it on TV! I just have to get used to all the drivers changing teams, because I kind of never got updated with the Grand Prix news since Year 2002!

It'll certainly be a very different race.

Massa's on pole, Hamilton 2nd.

Alonso surprisingly wins for the first time since Italy last year. Hamilton extends his championship lead to seven points.

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Looks like Raikonnen isn't quite the night owl he's hyped up to be.

Oh and haven't traffic lights caused a lot of trouble this year?

Awesome race, it looked really cool at night with all the lights. And watching the Ferarri mechanics sprinting down the pit lane to help Massa while the McClaren team applauded was hilarious. It's looking good for Hamilton but then we thought that last year...

Yeah, that was funny what happened to Massa.

It was indeed a successful Grand Prix. Robert Kubica said at the end of the race that he hopes the organisers plan to make the road surface smoother for next year, but I think it looks good as it is.

Ideally Hamilton will want to secure the title by the Chinese GP as the last round will be Massa's home GP. Whether that will mean anything we don't know yet considering what happened to Alonso at Valencia.

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I see Lewis Hamilton has got pole in Japan - should help his championship chances...

he needs to drive to finish ahead of Massa .... the further ahead the better for him.
Depends if he can control the urge to win the race... or will he aim to get the championship?

I'd like to see 2 Ferraris finish ahead of him to take this championship down to the wire. But, I have to say that once again it is in Lewis's hands.

would be good for spectators... into the last two races with only a couple of points between them ?
From the front Lewis SHOULD have some control.
5.30am start.

As I said before, it's crucial that Lewis finishes ahead of Massa with Brazil being the last race. But it will be interesting to see how the two Finns perform tomorrow and what their tactics will be...

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Only a couple more hours of avoiding the result to go!

good race
say no more ...

The luck was with Massa today, for a change. Still in Lewis's hands though.

Indeed. Kubica's still in the hunt.

Hamilton has accused Massa of deliberately running into him in that second lap incident. What Lewis has to remember is that if the incident didn't happen, Massa would've probably scored more points than he actually did as Hamilton got a drive-through penalty for a separate incident. So in a way, the Massa incident has actually helped his title chances in the end...

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I managed to avoid the result until I watched the re-run

Hamilton on pole again in China. Maybe he'll be a little more successful this time round...

Maybe - if he can avoid brain-fade! I'd still like to see 2 Ferraris finish in front of him then see what happens in Brazil.

I've just watched the race. A good race, though there have been more exciting ones.

For the sake of people wanting to see the re-run, I shan't reveal the result!

at least Lewis didn't play silly, he drove sensibly for his win.
It's a close thing now for the last race in Interlagos... Massa may win on home ground... Lewis might drive himself out... who knows

Massa's on pole, Hamilton's 4th. Anything can happen...

And it's just started to rain hard...

The start has been delayed by 10 minutes...

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Massa won the race. Hamilton looked out of it with two corners to go, but in the wet Glock (with dry tyres) fell back from 4th to 6th place, giving Hamilton the driver's championship with a 5th place finish.

Unbelievable race!

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Felipe Massa drove a most beautiful race from start to finish...
he simply couldn't influence what happened behind him.

sadly on the podium as winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix he didn't get the plaudits he deserved.

Hamilton must be grateful for the slice of luck handed to him in the final laps.

Good race.

What the cameras didn't see...



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So pleased that Hamilton won the title though. He's worked hard this season and he was just as gutted last year after being pipped at the post by just one point. In Formula 1, like any other sport, a lot of success is also luck. Being in the right place at the right time, comes to mind.

lol ... though I am glad he won the title. Shame about DC not completing the first corner in his last race.

Very funny - but I don't think he (or my old friend Ron) would give their pocket money away. Roll on next season, should be good.