The return of Schumacher

Michael Schumacher is returning as stand in for Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix in Valencia Spain on the 23rd August and until Felipe is fit to return to Grand Prix. He will have to undergo fitness tests but looks up for the task.
As one famous German name returns another leaves. BMW have anounced they will leave Formula One at the end of the current season. This came as a shock to their two drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica.

Hamilton Back on Top

Lewis Hamilton took a deserved win at the Hungarian Grand Prix and it served as proof of Mclaren's return to form. Alonso's pole turned out to be a bit of a red herring. His pace at the start of the race was proof that his planned three stop strategy was not going to work. Rrenaults bumbled first pit stop, resulting in a lost wheel cover and then lost wheel managed to hide the lack of pace required to win the race. Lewis dominated and his management of tyres went a long long way to return the World Champion to his winning ways. Kimi Raikkonen drove a fast steady race, landing him a convincing second place with Mark Webber bringing in the last podium place. He has leap frogged his team mate to second place in the championship. Jenson Button managed some damage limitation and a couple of points, finishing seventh with two points. Jenson's championship lead has shrunk to 18.5 points and the BrawnGP team need to do some serious head scratching in the next four weeks to discover where the pace has gone compared to the start of the season. They are in danger of clutching defeat fron the jaws of victory.

Felipe Massa

A bizarre accident saw Felipe Massa crash out of the qualifying session of the Hungarian Grand Prix after he was struck on the head by a suspension spring. This is believed to have been released from the rear of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn just moments before. Felipe was taken from the circuit to a nearby military hospital where he underwent surgery and was then placed into an induced coma in the intensive care unit. He is said to be stable but in a critical condition suffering from a skull fracture. The spring may have punctured his crash helmet. Felipe's family have left Sao Paulo to be at his side.

The Qualifying session ended in what can only be described as a confused state as all the timing screens failed and none of the drivers or teams new what times had been set. Drivers strolled around the pit lane asking each other what times they had set. Later Fernando Alonso was a suprise pole with the Red Bulls of Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber close behind. An improving Mclaren allowed the World Champion to set 4th quickest and as McLaren improve then Brawn team are moving in the opposite direction as this years championship leader, Jenson Button could only manage 8th, but is thought to be running heavy.

Rossi .......... just awesome in Germany

Valentino Rossi showed Jorge Lorenzo exactly who was boss in todays German MotoGP at the Sachsenring. Fantastic race and a well deserved result from the fans favourite.

Finally recovered

Hello out there ......... Vince is back and about to start this blog thing running for the rest of the season. Wow! what a turn around for Brawn ......... they are losing pace, Red Bull are gaining pace and Rubens is losing his patience. A balancing is taking place out there and it is looking like we're in for an exciting second half of the F1 season.