Lewis Hamilton overtook Heikki Kovalainen, Felipe Massa and Nelson Piquet in the closing stages to win a thrilling German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. The British McLaren driver won his second successive race to take sole possession of the lead in the drivers’ championship, four points ahead of Ferrari’s Massa. Renault’s Piquet, operating a one-stop strategy, claimed his first podium finish in Formula One in second, with Massa third and Kimi Raikkonen sixth.

Strepitosa affermazione dell’inglese della McLaren che vince a Hockenheim davanti al brasiliano della Renault e al ferrarista e va in testa al Mondiale. Poi Heidfeld, Kovalainen e Raikkonen.

Lewis Hamilton streaked to British Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, delivering a masterful drive in wet conditions to delight a vociferous home crowd and reignite his world title challenge. Consistent rain saw nearly all the drivers spin at some stage of the race and though BMW’s Nick Heidfeld produced a good drive to finish second and Rubens Barrichello was third, no one could come close to Hamilton who won his home race by a staggering 68.5 seconds. The McLaren driver produced an excellent start and a superbly aggressive opening stint to take the lead early on, before going on to close the race out maturely.

In un Gp di Gran Bretagna segnato da un tempo a dir poco variabile vince l’inglese della McLaren davanti a Heidfeld (Bmw) e Barrichello (Honda). La Ferrari sbaglia strategia durante il diluvio e rischia di pagare caro, ma Kimi Raikkonen rimonta e trova 5 punti che lo portano alla pari, nella classifica mondiale, con Massa (ultimo a Silverstone) e Hamilton.

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton battled to a masterful Monaco Grand Prix victory despite hitting the barriers on an afternoon of mayhem in the rain. Hamilton reignited the scrap for this year’s drivers’ world championship with a memorable drive for McLaren in a race of treacherous wet and dry conditions. For the 23-year-old Englishman his first win on the famous Mediterranean street circuit was a dream result in his favourite race. Hamilton came home three seconds clear of his friend Pole Robert Kubica in a BMW Sauber with Brazilian Felipe Massa third for Ferrari after starting from pole position. This was the Briton’s second win of the season and the sixth of his career. Australian Mark Webber in a Red Bull was fourth.

Montecarlo ha incoronato Lewis Hamilton. L’inglese della McLaren è entrato oggi nel prestigioso club dei vincitori del GP di Monaco trionfando in uno dei GP più divertenti visti da un po’ di tempo a questa parte. Merito anche della pioggia al via che ha mescolato le carte e costretto praticamente tutti a errori grossolani. Lo stesso Lewis appena dopo la partenza ha sbattuto la posteriore destra rientrando ai box. Un episodio che lo ha pure favorito perché anticipando la sosta ha rifornito e modificato la strategia in modo perfetto per scavare il vantaggio decisivo nella fase centrale di gara, quando Massa e Kubica si sono fermati per la loro sosta.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton avoided the mayhem around him to open the Formula One season with a pole-to-flag victory in a crash-strewn Australian Grand Prix. The 23-year-old Briton, last year’s rookie sensation, finished 5.4 seconds ahead of Germany’s Nick Heidfeld in a BMW Sauber. Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated the first podium of his Formula One career with third place for Williams in a sweltering race that saw only seven of the 22 starters still running at the finish and neither Ferrari reach the chequered flag.

GP d’Australia pieno di errori: il pilota McLaren non sbaglia e vince davanti a Heidfeld (BMW) e Rosberg (Williams). Due rosse ferme per guasto tecnico nella stessa gara dopo 11 anni, ma Raikkonen è classificato 8° grazie alla squalifica di Barrichello. Alonso 4°.

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