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2008
2008-04-Barcelona

2008-04-Barcelona

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Lewis Hamilton arrives at park ferme after qualification part 3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is being prepared at its grid position

Jenson Button, Honda

Jenson Button takes his helmet off after finishing sixth

Kimi Raikkonen passes banner-bespangled grandstands which crook under masses of Alonso fans

Ferrari's team boss Stefano Domenicali and Adam Parr, Chief Executive Officer at Williams, sit besides Toyota's John Howett and Tadashi Yamashina

McLaren co-boss and TAG president Mansour Ojjeh strolls around paddock (with his son?)

Nelsinho Piquet

Zoom of Fernando Alonso, Renault

Alonso fans cheer for their idol on Thursday pitwalk

FOM TV's Andrew James and Alex Henderson enter F1 paddock after a hard day's work in the TV compound

Kimi Raikkonen with Sebastian Vettel, probably talking about their engines

Reflection of Robert Kubica

Klaus Draeger, BMW member of the board, on the grid with BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, casts a suspicious glance at the curious snapper :)

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, caresses 'his' Spanish drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Fernando Alonso, GP2 driver Javier Villa waits politely in the background (upper left hand)

Kimi Raikkonen drives out to gain pole position at the end of Q3

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen arrives at Ferrari pits

Sunnyboy Sebastian Vettel

Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari as reflection on the windows of the media center

Local hero Fernando Alonso is being interviewed between the grid girls

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Fernando Alonso expresses his pleasure about qualifying second

Can Heikki Kovalainen already foresee his accident in lap 22?

Ambitioned Adrian Sutil

Spanish grid girls, sponsored by Spanish "movistar" Telefonica

Jenson Button, Honda

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya speaks with John Howett of Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, takes a walk though pitlane with Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

David Coulthard, Red Bull

Team boss meeting is over, everybody is curious what it was about

Fourth placed Robert Kubica walks towards parc ferme after the race

Rubber marbles on a BMW Sauber Bridgestone tyre after a hot 66 laps race

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Championship sticker at a Ferrari airbox

Fisichella in a Force India, and Sato, Super Aguri, passing a huge stand of Alonso fans

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Heidfeld pits in lap 45

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the waiting media: in the middle last-second polesetter Kimi Raikkonen, left hand second qualified Alonso, and Felipe Massa as third on the grid

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in front of Kubica

Kimi Raikkonen with Massa's Ferrari close behind

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Bernie Ecclestone explains facts during a teamboss meeting at Toyota motorhome whilst BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen and Force India team boss Vijay Mallya listen carefully

BMW Sauber F1 Team advisor Peter Sauber stands in front of BMW member of the board Dr. Klaus Draeger and technical director Willy Rampf (left)

Lewis Hamilton in his car, note the higher cockpit bead according to 2008 FIA regulations

The local hero Fernando Alonso takes a bath in the masses of fans who overwhelm the pitlane, open for public on Thursday evening

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Bernie Ecclestone called for a teamboss meeting at Toyota motorhome

Robert Kubica is being serviced

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

After qualification part 2 both Ferraris are being pushed backwards into pits

Kimi Raikkonen presents his trophy

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

FOM TV's Andrew James and Alex Henderson leave their TV compound...

A thoughtful Niki Lauda

Alonso ends his first pit stop

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen jumps on his Ferrari in parc ferme

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton lifts a wheel at the 'new' chicane

Safety car in front of the two Ferraris

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 21

Nick Heidfeld already sits in his comfortable tyre-warmed BMW Sauber F1 car

Ferrari crew surrounds parc ferme after a successful race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone walks through paddock in discussion with his right-hand Pasquale Lattuneddu

Nelsinho Piquet, Renault

Lewis Hamilton during the first yellow flag phase in lap 2

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from pit straight after an engine failure in lap 41

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen on podium, being celebrated by his cheering Ferrari team

Jenson Button

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Second safety car period after Kovalainen's accident in lap 22

Fernando Alonso with helmet on

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello and Lewis Hamilton

The start

Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced

Winning makes thirsty

Champagne shower

Toyota's technical senior advisor Frank Dernie lets his hands talk, too

Kimi Raikkonen leads the start bunch at first corner

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull owner Dieter Mateschitz visits his two teams and their 'energy station'

Felipe Massa takes place at his grid position

Red Bull rider Mark Webber sucks a wing out of the can

Kimi Raikkonen takes chequered flag

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen gets a strong handshake from King of Spain Juan Carlos

Bernie Ecclestone and Juan Carlos, King of Spain

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sir Jackie Stewart donates with pleasure an autograph to jewellery entrepreneur Moko

Force India team mates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Careful attention and signaling at BMW Sauber pitwall command center in lap 18

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Champagne shower for Massa and technical director Aldo Costa

The field of backmarkers follow

Spanish grid girls

Podium group photo of second placed Felipe Massa, Ferrari's technical director Aldo Costa, winner Kimi Raikkonen and third placed Lewis Hamilton

Massa in front of Alonso and Hamilton during the first yellow flag phase in lap 2 after the collision of Sutil and Vettel in first lap

Nick Heidfeld's service in qualification part 3

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jewellery entrepreneur Moko asks Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz for an autograph

Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced during Saturday morning practice

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Ross Brawn during a meeting of the team principals with Mr. Ecclestone

Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel on a slight excursion

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Massa, Heidfeld, Rosberg and Sutil arrive at drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen out of pits

Confident looking Roman Giancarlo Fisichella

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Alonso pits first for fuel in lap 16

Robert Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from pit straight after an engine failure in lap 41, the marshals briefly give ground to the approaching field

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Crowded pit lane in lap 25: Nakajima soon to pit out whilst Coulthard arrives and a Toyota lollipop man awaits Glock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull

Fernando Alonso donates autographs to pushing fans

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Coulthard returns to Red Bull pits in lap 54 with a tyre ripped by Glock's front wing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Coulthard at Red Bull pits in lap 52

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton echanges last information before the race with his McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

A BMW Sauber is being scrutineered by FIA officials

Jenson Button, Honda

Mark Webber, Red Bull

Fernando Alonso passes his fans

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Team manager Beat Zehnder and BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watch the pitlane scenery from the BMW Sauber pitwall command center

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Heidfeld out of pits in lap 45

Nick Heidfeld huns through the fan-filled grandstands

Kazuki Nakajima at Williams pits in lap 51

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Good acquaintances from old days: Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into King Juan Carlos' ear

On-track rivals Massa and Rosberg peacefully sit together before drivers parade

Robert Kubica out of pits

'I'll have a cup of tea now' Frank Dernie, since 2008 Toyota's senior advisor

Kimi Raikkonen comes in for service at Ferrari pits in lap 20

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld in the reflection of the windows above pitlane

Kubica pits in lap 47

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Klaus Draeger, BMW member of the board, talks to technical director Willy Rampf and to Peter Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Alonso arrives at Renault pits after retiring with engine failure in lap 35

View on the long straight from last corner

Heidfeld executes his penalty stop in lap 33 (for refueling despite pitlane was closed)

Mansour Ojjeh's wife Cathy gets close to Michael Schumacher, perhaps trying to convince him to take a ride on a McLaren Mercedes for a season?

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Jealously guarded by his physio Oliver Fengler, Nico Rosberg gives an interview to RTL TV

Red Bull driver Mark Webber gives an interview besides the grid

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Force India technical director Mike Gascoyne

Fernando Alonso puts his balaclava on

Spanish grid girls pose with a local VIP

Hamilton leads the queue of followers, Kubica squeezed between the two McLarens

Kimi Raikkonen wins the Spanish Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from the track

Robert Kubica

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Michael Schumacher was a well welcomed guest at paddock this weekend

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Force India team boss Colin Kolles

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore leans backwards

Kimi's F1 family: managers David and Steve Robertson with physio Mark Arnall on the grid

Both Ferraris with Kimi leading the start queue through first curve combination

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg retires at the pit straight with engine failure in lap 41

Alonso is being brought to paddock after retiring with engine failure in lap 35

Kimi Raikkonen jumps on his Ferrari in parc ferme, celebrating his second victory of the season

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

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