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2010-09-Valencia

2010-09-Valencia

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Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

Alonso's grid girl proudly holds the number board

Race winner Sebastian Vettel jumps on his Red Bull-Renault car in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes (this photo gives an impression on how limited the space to shoot through the fences was)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, boosts through pitlane

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, becomes 19th placed, being 2 laps behind second placed Lewis Hamilton who approacheds the finish line

Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa Walk together to drivers parade

Williams' Barrichello and Massa of Ferrari besides their cars in parc ferme after qualifying

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The glossy bodywork of a McLaren-Mercedes car

A thoughtful Felipe Massa at Ferrari's pit wall command center

Podium ceremony after the 2010 European Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Barrichello's physio Achim Hofstaedter shows the main actor of his artistic photography project, see http://www.rennfahrerbiberle.com

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is fully prepared on second grid position

Race winner Sebastian Vettel bends his knees for the Red Bull car

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

A happy Tony Fernandes, Lotus Racing Team boss

Lotus Classic boss Clive Chapman in a crowded Lotus Racing pits during the race

The German national banner waves across the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on second position in front of Alonso, Massa, Kubica and team mate Button

The joint of front wings and nose cone of a McLaren-Mercedes car

RTL's F1 anchorman Kai Ebel interviews Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Button enters the straight under the eyes of alert marshals and photographers

A bunch of cars turns to main straight

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettal takes the chequered flag and wins the European GP 2010

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber, his team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as the laughing third on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Local hero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A picturesque Jugendstil application on the pit building, a historic warehouse

Bruno Senna's damaged front wing is replaced in Hispania Racing pits after an intermezzo with Glock

Vitaly Petrov, Renault, brakes on the bridge

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Red Bull Racing chief race and test engineer Paul Monaghan gets a cold sparkling shower

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, enters parc ferme

Kamui Kobayashi stalls the wheel of his Sauber-Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull team in parc ferme

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, already concentrates on the race

Lotus' tyre man prepares the black gold for the weekend

Green lights for formation lap

Jarno Trulli at Lotus Racing pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, in front of team mate Trulli

Robert Kubica, Renault

The nose cone tip of Button's McLaren-Mercedes car

RTL's F1 anchorman Kai Ebel interviews Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta on the grid

A crowded grid after the field left

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, in the row on the straight

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, and Renault's Robert Kubica meet in a busy pitlane

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, passes the pit signals behind Sutil

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Mark Webber's destroyed Red Bull-Renault is removed from the track after a horrifying crash with Kovalainen, he walks away without injuries

The Lotus F1 Team celebrates the marque's 500th Grand Prix

The start of the 2010 European Grand Prix

Hamilton's fiance Nicole Scherzinger

Local Torero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, Renault

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The paddock was empty as everybody watched the World Championship football match of Italy versus Slovakia - here in Ferrari's media motorhome with an already slightly depressed mood of the Italians

Lotus Classic boss Clive Chapman visits the Lotus Racing pits with his children to celebrate the 500th race of Lotus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares for the race

The Lotus pit crew practises pit stops on Thursday afternoon

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at the fenced parc ferme

Burning rubber under Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car

Bruno Senna's damaged front wing is replaced in Hispania Racing pits after an intermezzo with Glock

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, gives an interview whilst Lotus Classic's Clive Chapman watches the action on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his pole position in parc ferme

Heikki Kovalainen prepares for action in Lotus Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Bruno Senna's damaged front wing is replaced in Hispania Racing pits after an intermezzo with Glock

Sauber physio Jo Leberer signals a surprising 3rd race position for Kobayashi from the pitwall

Former F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen is nominated for an FIA race steward here in Valencia

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli with his Lotus Racing crew swarmig around him

The Lotus Racing F1 Team celebrates Lotus' 500th Grand Prix with a group shot - without Kovalainen who is still stuck on a strikebound French airport

Champagne showers

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Renault's ex-team boss Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta blag their way onto the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher driving out of the pits

In lap 37, Bruno Senna's front wing is damaged after an intermezzo with Glock

Sauber's physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Tony Fernandes' Air Asia stewardesses visit the paddock

Race winner Sebastian Vettel cheers with his Red Bull team in parc ferme unter curious lenses

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

VIP Moko can hardly pass a mirror without cleaning it :)

McLaren Team principal Martin Whitmarsh listens to F1 godfather Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli with his Lotus Racing crew on 19th grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

An extremely well shaped Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

One of the local heroes, Jaime Alguersuari of Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber's destroyed Red Bull-Renault is removed from the track after a horrifying crash with Kovalainen, he walks away without injuries

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, behind Glock

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

A beautiful, very Spanish looking advertising for sunglasses

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, is interrogated before the race

Bernie Ecclestone poses with local marshals for a souvenir photo

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Pierre "Le Parrain" Landereau, Moko and the legendary Jacques Laffite

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, enters turn 2 during a hot qualifying

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Chequered flag design on the upper side of a McLaren-Mercedes' bottom board

The aerodynamic bodywork behind the airbox of a McLaren-Mercedes car

A view at the pitlane during Thursday's public pitlane walkabout

Robert Kubica, Renault, shows off with a fashionable cooling jacket on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Safety car period after the crash between Webber and Kovalainen

Bruno Senna's damaged front wing is replaced in Hispania Racing pits after an intermezzo with Glock

Jenso Button and Pedro de la Rosa joke on their way to drivers parade truck

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Grease-dripping hams hang in the old market halls of the 'Mercado Central'

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview besides the grid

A wet bunch of happy people cheers good-bye from Valencia's podium

Leader Vettel, second Hamilton and Kobayashi as third follow the safety car

Rubens Barrichello on Williams locks the brakes

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Happy Red Bull mechanics celebrate besides parc ferme

Nico Rosberg's physio holds a huge cooling hose

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton and Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A broad McLaren-Mercedes waits for scutineering

Fourth qualifier Alonso leaves parc ferme, above is the same scene on a screen

Jarno Trulli is cooling down during practice session

Michael Schumacher attentively watches the lap times

With only four laps to go, Kobajashi performs his only pit stop in lap 53 and loses his honourable 3rd race position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Petrov, Rosberg, Liuzzi, di Grassi and Massa queue up during the safety car phase

Race leader Vettel, second positioned Hamilton, Kobayashi as third and Button on fourth position follow the safety car

People play with water guns on Valencia's Plaza Ayuntamiento

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner

Sauber team boss Peter Sauber looks confident on the grid before the race

The nose cone tip of Button's McLaren-Mercedes car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

One second after he start of the 2010 European Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, pushes the field from behind

Third placed World Champion Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes takes the chequered flag

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Second placed Hamilton hugs third placed Button in parc ferme in front of the McLaren crew

Robert Kubica, Renault

Race winner Sebastian Vettel enjoys his achievement on the podium

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

A fountain cools the air down at Valencia's Plaza Ayuntamiento

Countless cats enjoy 'pure life' everywhere in the historical city

Valencia has many Tapas bars, but this is one of the best (according to Michael Schumacher) - count the sticks for the bill!

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

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