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2012

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Nico Rosberg scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955, when Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi finished 1-2 for the silver arrows in the Italian GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, brakes into turn one in front of Schumacher's Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg's grid girl guards the silver arrow

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Sebastian Vettel stops briefly at Red Bull Racing pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Eric Boullier and Romain Grosjean welcome a Renault VIP guest on Sunday before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The steering wheel Schumacher's Mercedes F1 W03

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team surprises the F1 world with a third grid position

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The Mercedes GP crew packs together straight after the race (this seems to be Schumachers car going to scrutineering)

Now cheeky Hamilton graby Haug's elbow for the shower

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes his pit board

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg in the lead

New Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne poses for the photographers at drivers presentation

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives autographs on Sunday morning

The young Ferraristi and his proud daddy

During Rosberg's interview after his win, overwhelmed media is eager to find a good spot

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, walks along the cars in parc ferme after qualification session

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Local hero Mark Webber of RBR is interviewed whilst giving autographs on Sunday morning

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

FIA president Jean Todt inspects the grid with his communications officer Matteo Bonciani

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, leads Vettel

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates on the podium with Paddy Lowe, McLaren engineering director

After a collision with Bruno Senna, Felipe Massa has to give up and returns to pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Timo Glock of Marrussia (former Virgin) F1 team

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to the pits

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Canadian Grand Prix as the 'magic' seventh winner in the seventh round of the season

Alonsos Ferrari is returned to pits after qualifying

The followers a led by Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari

Australian rangers keep the security level high

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen in Lotus pits after a hot ride in practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and his grid girl are recorded by a TV camera

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Kai Ebel interviews pole sitter Nico Rosberg

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing comes to parc ferme after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

The annual season starting photo session with a group shot of all drivers together

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Union Jacks are waved for Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn talks to an engineer on the grid

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a last interview on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, in pitlane after his first pit stop

Nico Hulkenberg stands behind his new helmet, coming back as regular driver for Force India after a one-season-break as their test driver

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

F1 drivers chat on the parade truck

HRT's Karthikeyan after the race

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen gives autographs on Sunday morning

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

McLarens Jenson Button shows confidence after Q3

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes was the only car to retire in the race with a loose wheel nut, the team got fined for an unsafe pit stop release.

A faster Lewis Hamilton of McLaren just overtook the Red Bull of Vettel

Charles Pic, Marussia

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, rides out for a rainy practice session on Friday

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

BBC TV interview Rosberg after his great race

Pit stop of Felipe Massa

Paul di Resta, Force India

Mercedes race driver Nico Rosberg gives an interview after his epic victory

McLaren team mates Hamilton and Button caress each other in parc ferme after finishing 2-3 behind Rosberg

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull presents his trophy at the podium ceremony

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

German TV RTL presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig interview the German drivers before their drivers parade

Fans swarm around Michael Schumacher to get a signature on anything

Paul di Resta, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Motivated rookie Romain Grosjean of Lotus answers question to the press

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton calibrates in McLaren pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to the pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A BBC journalist presents a very optimistic question in front of Kimi Raikkonens Lotus pit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, ejects from the pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Whilst second Vettel gets out of his car, third placed Hamilton congratulates his team mate Jenson Button in parc ferme

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa and Heikki Kovalainen return from drivers parade

Dancers stand ready for the show before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Podium ceremony after the Chinese Grand Prix - epic Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton

Race fans invade the track after the finish

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Chinese Alonso fans on the stand

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen returns to Lotus pits

Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus-Renault drops back with abrasive tyres and a two-stop-strategy

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Local hero Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing has finished his posing for the photographers

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso enjoys a rainy practice session on Friday

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado is reversed to Williams pits

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The steering wheel of Kimi's Lotus-Renault E20

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham in pitlane after the session is stopped

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, enters the straight at the end of the session

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The young Ferraristi and his proud daddy

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Also Paul di Resta gets a Haug hug

Butterfly chaser Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, in front of Schumacher

Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes wins the Belgian Grand Prix and passes by his cheering team

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches Eau Rouge with pole setter Button in the lead followed by Raikkonen and a large gap to the other race cars because of the start accident

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A delighted Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug shakes the constructors trophy on the podium

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet with new design in place for the photographers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone answers former F1 driver and Sky representative Martin Brundle's questions on the grid

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme and dances on his Mercedes F1 W03

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, passes his pit board

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Paul di Resta, Force India

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel's earnings are displayed on the Red Bull motorhome

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher in front of Mercedes GP team mate Rosberg

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A young Ferrari fan wearing ear protection

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates on the podium

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches Eau Rouge with pole setter Button in the lead followed by Raikkonen and a large gap to the other race cars because of the start accident

Felipe Massa rides the Ferrari wide out

Felipe Massa practises at Ferrari pits

A very motivated grid girl plays with the photographer

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The marshals have a quick lunch before the GP starts

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing gives congrats to a happy Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Lewis Hamilton comes to McLaren pits

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on before the race

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren arrives between the cheering folks after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The annual season starting photo session with a group shot of all drivers together

The mystic dragon flies over the grid before the Chinese Grand Prix

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi approaches Bernie Ecclestone about a new charity project

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Fans of Michael Schumacher wait for action

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel gives autographs on race day

Paul di Resta, Force India, in the pitlane with new tyres

Champagne showers for the winner Jenson Button

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Sauber's happy Sergio Perez

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren signs T-shirts of eager fans on Sunday morning

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLarens Jenson Button prepares for the race

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

RTL TV presenters Konig and Lauda interview the second grid placed Schumacher

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A high view at turn one

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

After the race in parc ferme with vigilant bystanders, second placed Sebastian Vettel immediatly reports a security issue to FIA race observer Herbie Blash (yellow flag marshal too close to track)

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Pat Fry, Ferrari's technical director, comes from the Friday press conference

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

On their way into the paddock, Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chat together

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing takes the chequered flag, becomes second placed and passes by his cheering team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel spreads some words of wisdom before the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Timo Glock of Marussia poses for the photographers at drivers presentation

Scrutineering in front of Caterham pits under a warm afternoon sun

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren kisses his trophy for the winning driver on the podium

German Timo Glock of Marussia F1 team gives autographs on Sunday morning

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug is delighted about the historic victory

Sauber physio Jo Leber shows his appreciation of Kobayashi's third grid position after qualifying

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren gives a thumbs-up after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumachers Mercedes car suffers heavy gearbox problems and forces him to retire

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Press people seek shelter under the parasols during a cloudburst

Sebastian Vettel smiles at the TV audience during an interview on Sunday noon

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda interviews Michael Schumacher who managed to gain second grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Maldonado

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Chinese actress / model / writer Celina Jade on the grid besides her star's race car, Vettel started filming with her for a martial arts short film of Red Bull sponsor Infiniti

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, amidst the field

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing in front of a Raikkonen who has tyre problems

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren receives moderate congratulations from third placed team mate Hamilton

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

German drivers Timo Glock and Michael Schumacher walk to the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel is reversed to Red Bull Racing pits after the session

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Actors and dancers unite for the show before the start

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali chats wit Red Bull's Christian Horner

That's what a snapper calls a boobie trap ;)

Michael Schumacher concentrates on the upcoming race

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP takes his helmet for drivers presentation from his manager Sabine Kehm

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton gives interviews to eager media representatives

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug proudly carries the trophy for the winning constructor

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The steering wheel of a Sauber C31-Ferrari

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus with Lotus, after two years absence and finishing 10th place in WRC

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean enjoys his view into Lotus pits

After the start, the field squeezes through turn one and two

Jenson Button walks with Pedro de la Rosa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives last instructions before the race

Nico Rosberg manages to squeeze in front of Vettel and Grosjean at the start

Michael Schmacher chats with Sebastian Vettel before the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The grid girls walk to the grid

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing comes to pits

A cheering Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton on the podium

Scuderia Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

All Mercedes cars jamming the pit lane after qualifying

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, goes training

Aussie Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo shows his new helmet to the press

Sebastian Vettel's pit board shown by his physio Heikki Houvinen

German TV RTL presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig interview the German drivers before their drivers parade

Renault, pardon, Lotus 'Iceman' Kimi Raikkonen, gives an interview

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Heikki Kovalainen has to retire with a front left suspension problem on his Caterham-Renault

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren raises his trophy on the podium

McLarens Lewis Hamilton presents his helmet to the press at the drivers presentation, drawing the attention to the little comic kangaroo which holds a sign for round one of the fresh F1 season

Mark Webber places the Red Bull-Renault at its grid position

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button of McLaren poses for the photographers during the drivers presentation

Sauber driver Perez' helmet is prepared

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Local hero Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing poses for the photographers

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren sprays champagne after the podium ceremony

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Ferraris Felipe Massa gives autographs on Sunday morning

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso answers questions to the media

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glock chat on their way to drivers parade

Polesitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives a motivated interview before the race

A grid girl sponsored by the Australian airline Quantas

After qualification session part 3, Raikkonen and second grid placed Hamilton get out of their cars in parc ferme

Sam Michael, former technical director at Williams, now improves the team of McLaren

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field through Eau Rouge's combination 'La Raidillon'

Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso

Green lights for Heikki Kovalainen in Caterham behind a 'new' Lotus

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives on a remarkeable 11th grid position

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Perez and Vettel

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Nico Hulkenberg and Jenson Button joke around before they go to the parade

A fully covered marshal protects against the rain

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, with a delay at the left rear wheel

Jenson Button of McLaren gets ready for the drivers presentation

Champagne showers for the winner Jenson Button

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

The teams ship their goods directly to Bahrain

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme after achieving a historic goal for Mercedes

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus with Lotus, after two years absence and finishing 10th place in WRC

Lewis Hamilton discusses with an engineer in McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is prepared on the grid

Michael Schumacher's helmet besides the second grid position

Charles Pic, Marussia

Zoom of Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg ejects from Mercedes pits

Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy for second place

Felipe Massa comes to Ferrari pits

Sergio Perez' Sauber-Ferrari is reversed to pits during the session

Singer Leo Sayer and WWP's marketing expert Burghard Hummel have fun together on the grid

Williams F1 driver Bruno Senna answers questions

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Champagne showers on the podium for second placed Vettel and winner Button

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus and jokes around with fellow countryman Kovalainen after drivers presentation

An unhappy Ice man returns to Lotus pits after a finishing luckless Q1

Caterhams new driver Vitaly Petrov gives autographs on Sunday morning

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, race winner Nico Rosber of Mercedes GP, his motorsport director Norbert Haug and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, behind Webber

Nico Rosberg's helmet

Sergio Perez damaged the Sauber-Ferrari at the start

Nico Rosberg explains the countless buttons and switches of the updated Mercedes steering wheel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes takes the chequered flag to win the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, 2012

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg explains the countless buttons and switches of the updated Mercedes steering wheel

Felipe Massa approaches Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

A happy pole setter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes waves at the audience after his successful qualification

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schmacher chats with Sebastian Vettel before the drivers parade

Before the drivers parade, TV presenter Niki Lauda shakes hands with Force Indias Nico Huelkenberg

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Third placed Hamilton comes to parc ferme after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx shakes hands with second placed Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the ceremony

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber inspects his Red Bull-Renault on grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, leads Vettel

Nico Rosberg receives fresh tyres at Mercedes GP pits

The grid girls pose for a stewardess group photo

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

The steering wheel of a Ferrari F2012 in race trim

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid before the race with one of his helpers

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Making his way to drivers presentation on a golf caddy, Sebastian Vettel sits between Getty photographer Mark Thompson and his personal assistant Britta Roeske

Bruno Senna spins his Williams at the start and follows the field though a cloud of dust and debris

A view from the paddock roof

UBS branded turn one 'La Source' shortly before the race start

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Williams' Maldonado

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT returns to pits after his incident with Rosberg

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier chats with FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks in the pitlane with his physiotherapist Mark Arnall

Finn Valtteri Bottas, Williams

A track marshal proudly poses with his little breakdown truck, a toy from 'Cars'

Bernd Maylaender's safety car helmet

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions of the press on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

The real Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

The safety car is gone after four laps and Jenson Button of McLaren takes the lead of the field through through a cleaned up turn one

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bijoux

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shakes hands with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Lotus' Grosjean and teammate Schumacher

Hollywood actors Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender have fun together on Monaco's grid

The safety car catches the field in front of a remarkable race leading Nico Hulkenberg of Force India

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

A Gulliver-like Nico Rosberg advertises at the race track

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna of Williams and Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walk together during the drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Raikkonen

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta's Force India-Mercedes returns to pits with a puncture on his right rear tyre

Later race winner Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of Williams' Maldonado and Alonso of Ferrari

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari jumps out of the historic car after drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, despite not finishing at the podium he gets out of his race car in parc ferme after one of his best races ever and is the youngest triple F1 World Champion ever!

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with team members and race visitors after a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Jacky Ickx' ears

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

abseits der strecke in kurve 1

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Second placed Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives in parc ferme after the race

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Manometer valve displays

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, is prepared on his grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean ejects from Lotus pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean looks at the screen in Lotus pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Pit stop practice with Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton shakes hands with a McLaren mechanic in parc ferme after qualifying

Paul di Resta, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Alonso

Paul di Resta, Force India

Architect Hermann Tilke walks in the paddock with VIP guests

Charles Pic, Marussia, in front of team mate Glock

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Tyre exchange for Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus pits

Lunchtime before the race on Red Bull's Energy Station

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Champagne and confetti showers on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

FIA president Jean Todt gives an interview on the grid

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren greets the fans

Friday morning practice in sunshine on the first Chinese F1 driver ever, Ma Qinghua in an HRT

Sebastian Vettel congtulates race winner Fernando Alonso - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds after the race

One second before the start of the race

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone walk the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Singapore's skyline watches over the illuminated track

Sebastian Vettel's physio Heikki Huovinen waits besides the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg walk together at drivers parade

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates with the grid girls in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

On race day, the stands are full of fans

Felipe Massa and Heikki Kovalainen eagerly attend the drivers presentation

Maldonado's Williams-Renault is being prepared on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of Schumacher and Hulkenberg

Race fans cheer before the race

Dutchman Giedo van der Garde, Caterham test driver

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Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari sprays champagne on the podium

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, walks to the drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The prancing horse

After one lap, race leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes is far in front of follower Grosjean

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

'Ice Man' Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher's broken Mercedes GP race car after an accident on Friday

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, behind Raikkonen and Schumacher

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa of Ferrari waits besides the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on the podium

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start of the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Button

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing kisses his trophy on the podium

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, jumps over the curbs

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony and Jenson Button gives autographs

The start field approaches turn one with Vettel in the lead, followed by Hamilton, Alonso and team mate Webber

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lap two begins with yellow flags, announcing the deployment of the safety car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Red Bull Racing designer Adrian Newey watches the grid

Kimi Raikkonen on his way to drivers parade

Eddie Jordan with former F1 race driver John Watson

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier takes a pleasant phone call

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Podium group photo after the ceremony with second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curbs

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

Pastor Maldonado's Williams retires just after the start with a broken front wing

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Photographers shoot the drivers on their way to the truck

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

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Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one whilst Grosjean causes the start accident

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button's fiance Jessica Michibata waits with John Button besides the grid until Jenson returns from drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The steering wheel of a Mercedes race car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Fernando Alonso congratulates (later) second placed Jenson Button in parc ferme after the Germnan Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, goes through torn one as third in the start field

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Monaco's buildings reflect in the glass front of McLaren's motorhome

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP brakes hard

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

On Saturday afternoon, Bernie Ecclestone points the racing direction out to Seb Vettel

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with Michel Jalinier, Renault President, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of of Renault-Nissan

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi always wears his Indy 500 winner's ring

A devoted English pit lane marshal expresses his confidence

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda chats with his future Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

Daniel Ricciardo of Australia in the Toro Rosso-Ferrari

A happy McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh caresses his winning driver Lewis Hamilton on the podium

A busy grid

Later race winner Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

TV camera permit stickers pile up throughout the season

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lotus mechanics take care of the Renault's rear

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to first position on the grid, jealously watched by polesetter Micheal Schumacher who had to go back five places because of an FIA penalty after the Spanish GP

The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the end of the queue goes through turn one

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Hamilton's grid girl

Vettel's happy physio Heikki Huovinen after the memorable race

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

At the start, Alonso's Ferrari is in the lead with Webber behind him

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

Seconds before of the start of the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Fernando Alonso enjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

A victorious Mark Webber presents his trophy for the winning driver during the podium ceremony

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with pressure from behind

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado gets ready for action

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vettel's physio Heikki Houvinen prepares the pit board

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes the chequered flag and wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The marshals enjoy their weekend full of exciting motorsport

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing shakes hands in parc ferme with his third placed team mate Sebsatian Vettel

Ivan Capelli, Emanuele Pirro and Jean Alesi chat with Theo Huschek of Grand Prix Drivers Club

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, approaches the tunnel part of pitlane exit

A funny western 'wanted' sign shows Vettel and Alonso for World Champion, no reward announced

Vettel's race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso and Romain Grosjean on their way to drivers presentation

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh watches the champagne flowing for the fastest cowboys: second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren's winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, brakes into the Metropol turn

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop of Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three runners line up after the qualifying's rainy prolongation

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, retires with a smoking engine at the tunnel exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Fernando Alonso presents his trophy

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren gets out of his race car in parc ferme after qualifying

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone (right hand) chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Renault's Grosjean and Fderrari's Alonso walk together to the drivers parade

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the chequered flag in fifth position in front of Rosberg after falling back from P1 with worn out tyres

Nico Hulkenberg's Force India-Mercedes is pushed to a good tenth grid position

Niki Lauda interviews the race drivers Perez, Hamilton and Alonso after the podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Two pretty fans pose on the drop spot

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A memory card helps the marshals to identify the race drivers

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is carried shoulder high on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, makes a very fast pit stop

Austrian investor and racing driver Toto Wolff arrives in the paddock. He owns 16% of the shares of the Williams F1 Team and is named Executive Director of the team.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa's wife Raffaela sits on a bench in the paddock

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stands up in his race car in parc ferme as sixth placed and becomes the youngest triple F1 World Champion ever!

Sergio Perez of Sauber during drivers presentation

Charles Pic, Marussia

The start field approaches turn one with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the lead, followed by Maldonado of Williams and Vettel of Red Bull

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, walks back to pits after retiring with alternator problems

Legendary F1 drivers Jacky Ickx and Sir Jackie Stewart

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives in parc ferme after his lap of honour

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed aside by Sauber's Kobayashi and spins

A part of a Ferrari truck

Norbert Haug signs the condolence book at the Sid Watkins memorial, the 'Prof' died a week earlier

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and Eric Lux of Genii chat on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, in front of Schumacher and Senna

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Charles Pic, Marussia

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Pastor Maldonado in his Williams-Renault, being pushed to his fortunate first grid position

Skid marks on the track

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

Fernando Alonso's first stop at Ferrari pits

RBR motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Lotus test driver

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Architect Hermann Tilke chats with former F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen

The race drives wave with their Brazilian banners during the drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber on the left and McLaren's Jenson Button as second on the grid right hand

Jean-Eric Vergne in front of Scuderia Toro Rosso team mate Ricciardo and Maldonado

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Mark Webber ejects from Red Bull Racing pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, runs the track

After the race, third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull congratulates Lotus' winner Kimi Raikkonen for his victory

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the Ferrari race cars

'Bernie Avenue' leads directly to the track

Marshals prepare the Brazilian flags for the drivers parade

Michael Schumacher receives good wishes for the race from Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche

A jack under a Ferrari race car

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, still keeps his position in front of chaser Nico Hulkenberg of Sahara Force India

Ross Brawn of Mercedes gives an interview

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sprays champagne on the podium

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lotus F1 team's replacement for Grosjean, Jerome d'Ambrosio

Felipe Massa gives an interview in the Ferrari press office

Damon Hill has fun browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Red Bull's Vettel and Ferrari's Alonso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, walks to the drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

South American Williams drivers Senna and Maldonado walk to drivers parade

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

HRT's Pedro de la Rosa and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton walk to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, behind Rosberg and Senna

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton is picked up by the Medical car, becoming excluded from qualifying after his McLaren car failed to make it back to the pits at the end of the session

Happy about his second grid position, Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with his physio Jo Leberer and caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari passes Monaco's famous Hôtel de Paris

Green lights for Felipe Massa of Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing left his race car on the track with an empty fuel tank

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton posts the race's only retirement

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams approaches parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso, (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button enjoy the action on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Bernie Ecclestone visits Sauber's team principal Monisha Kaltenborn on the first row of the grid before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso is pushed to his grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Green lights for Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg, Button and both Ferraris

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes a Brazilian banner and walks to the drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

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Paul di Resta, Force India

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

John Button, Jenson's father, arrives in the paddock

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in four courses

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads Grosjean's Lotus

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Actor Will Smith is giuded through the paddock on Sunday morning

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, fights for his championship title

Felipe Massa's Ferrari passes a full roofed stand during a rain session

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

German race drivers Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel walk together to drivers parade

Boris Becker's former manager Ion Tiriac in discussion with Niki Lauda

Race leader Nico Hulkenberg of Force India

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of McLaren's Hamilton and team mate Webber

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver during the podium ceremony

Jean-Eric Vergne's retired Toro Rosso race car

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on his flying lap

The truck with the drivers starts for the lap of honour

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

The 'crossing' of the track fom above

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, retires besides the track

The German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher have fun during the drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes jumps on his race car and celebrates in parc ferme

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The Formula One race drivers wave at the fans during drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks through the rain

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's pit traffic lights

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates his achievement with the team in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Ferrari race driver Fernando Alonso receives his trophy on the podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, chats with leaving Champion Schumacher whilst sitting on his car

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Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren second placed Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren receives congrats from his father Anthony for achieving pole position on Hungary's grid

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, quickly puts a large gap in between himself and chaser Massa

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

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Charles Pic, Marussia

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Lotus F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

Fernando Alonso's helmet is prepared besides the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Moko presents the first copy of Rainer Schlegelmilch's opulent new editorial book - 660 pages, 6 kilos and more than 1500 photos from 50 years - to come out in October in your near book store.

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Grid girls walk back from drivers parade

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP returns to pits after his incident with Karthikeyan

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Formula 1 World Champion of 1996 Damon Hill arrives in the paddock

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, has his rear left tyre put on with a short delay

Grid girls wait in line with the photographers for the drivers

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will replace Kamui Kobayashi next season at Sauber

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx gives an interview in the paddock

Sauber's Sergio Perez talks to his race engineer

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Start collision of Romain Grosjean's Lotus

The Red Bull Racing team celebrates their achievement after the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Podium group photo before the ceremony of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button stops in McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Dani Clos, HRT test driver

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Sebastian Vettel talks with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin of Red Bull Racing on the grid before the race

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one, chased by two Lotus-Renaults and Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

Vettel's grid girl shows her finger

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to finish on fourth position

Sir Frank Williams watches the practice action with his team in pits

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Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebsatian Vettel and Sergio Perez are on their way to drivers parade with their drink bottles

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Tifoso Moko shows off with a new skin for his mobile phone

FIA race observer Herbie Blash, race director Charlie Whiting and safety car driver Bernd Maylaender chat on the grid before the race starts

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, jumps over the curbs

Ex-F1 race driver and BBC TV presenter David Coulthard interviews winner Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the race

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing and third placed team mate Sebastian Vettel leave the rostrum with their trophies after the podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed on the grid before the race

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa gives an autograph to a marshal

Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen return from drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, checks his racing helmet besides the grid

Pastor Maldonado's Williams retires just after the start with a broken front wing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Legendary director George Lucas visits the paddock

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in lead whilst Grosjean and Hamilton collide

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, visits the paddock in Austin.

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico's stored tyres behind a truck in pits

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

The two McLaren race drivers chase each other, Hamilton in front

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The grid girls clear the track iin line

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, chats with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

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Romain Grosjean's Lotus Renault is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing enters the straight in front of the new international pit building

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robber marbles on the tyre collected by a Red Bull-Renault after the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Rainer Schlegelmilch has a ristretto with Miran Alisic in the Ferrari Media motorhome

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx interviews third placed Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the ceremony

Blue hour above Monaco's harbour

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, after Q3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Legendary Italian driver Arturo Merzario poses with Fabiana Ecclestone and another VIP lady on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A beautiful backdrop on the podium on Thursday shows the various F1 world champions

Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Two Ferrari race cars at the exit of Variante Ascari

Paul di Resta, Force India, jumps over the curbs

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A young Mercedes fan in Monaco

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as third on the grid

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

A startline marshal poses with her tools during a rain break

The Mercedes Grand Prix pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The grid is ready for the formation lap

A victorious Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes presents his trophy for the winning driver on the podium after the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus puts his helmet on before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel's sign of honour in Red Bull Racing pits

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, and Bruno Senna of Williams walk to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Third (later second) placed Jenson Button of McLaren gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes hard in front of team mate Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid with mechanics swirling around

New triple Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates with his team in Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, at the tunnel exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gaines second grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Peter Sauber chats with Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso practises pit stops at Ferrari pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The hand of Maria Teresa de Filippis - first woman in F1, in 1958 on Maserati

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton chats with McLaren's former technical director Adrian Newey, who now thinks for Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview on the grid to Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

The steering wheel of a Ferrari race car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Ferrari's Alonso

Michael Schumacher is prepared for the race on the grid

Brazilians Felipe Massa and Bruno Senna walk together to drivers parade

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is pushed to the front row of the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing receives congratulations from second placed Rosberg in parc ferme after the race

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

Race winner Fernando Alonsoenjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

A grid girls holds a Spanish banner

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Clouds above the Hockenheim 'Motodrom' during the race

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Racing legend Jackie Stewart poses with two pretty police officers

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing takes the chequered flag

A blonde woman takes a souvenir photo besides Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the Spanish Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

Race winner Lewis Hamilton climbs out of his McLaren race car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel is reversed to Red Bull pits after a lap in heavy rain

The legendary Austrian Niki Lauda

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates at the rostrum

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

After one lap, Sebastian Vettel keeps his position in front of Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Photographers wait for the appearance of the race drivers for the group photo

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gets hie gear ready before the race, his physio Heikki gives shade besides the hot grid

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP brakes hard

Sensors and antennas of a Mercedes race car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, speaks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing shakes hands in parc ferme with his third placed team mate Sebsatian Vettel

Charles Pic, Marussia

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug chats with journalist Helmut Uhl

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of chaser Raikkonen

Red Bull's chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer

Historic Grand Prix grid with precious vintage race cars

A speedy Ferrari passes the fashion shops

Damon Hill, former BRDC president and Formula One World Champion in 1996

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg plays football

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel writes into a guest book

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

'Faces for Charity' was a great success for the supporting Red Bull team in raising funds for the 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation, Vettel's face-covered race car is prepared on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen and Maldonado

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievements on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

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

Kimi Raikkonen signs a souvenir to Moko

Paul di Resta, Force India

A grid girls stands on the grid

Vettel and Schumacher fans cheer for their idols

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber and Massa

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of chaser Grosjean

Sauber physio Jo Leberer holds the parapluie for travel agent Lynden Swainston

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren returns to paddock after his race car retires in leading position after 19 laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glockwalk together to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is interviewed after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, returs from his declared last F1 deployment at seventh position and gets out of the car in parc ferme in front of the media

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Pastor Maldonado comes to Williams pits

The two McLaren race drivers chase each other, Hamilton in front

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sir Jackie Stewart jokes around on the grid with Jacky Ickx and Mansour Ojjeh

A cooler fan blows white clouds, chilling a grid girl with a German national banner

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

McLaren's Tyler Alexander

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean comes to Lotus pits

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean and Lewis Hamilton collide on the left

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing on his honoury lap in front of the Hotel de Paris

Fernando Alonso looks bored in Ferrari pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Green lights at pit lane exit for Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, zoomed

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Massa

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Grid girls

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Fans on the hill and green lights on the straight

The police shows off with a blue Lamborghini

Frenchman Jules Bianchi, Force India test driver

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, overlooks a wet pitlane

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A Red Bull-Renault race car is prepared on the grid

Red lights in pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren receives congratulations from Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus proudly raises his trophy

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP is chased by TV cameras

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shakes hands with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

The grid girls

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

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FIA president Jean Todt talks with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

A grid girl holds the FIA banner besides the safety car before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The three Germans Timo Glock, Michael Schumacher and Nico Huelkenberg joke around on their way to the drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone poses with Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field with McLaren's Hamilton still in front whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

After one lap of the race, Alonso on Ferrari leads Red Bull's Webber

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on his race car in parc ferme

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren waves at the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost gives an interview on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

A grid girl in front of Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes race car

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes approaches parc ferme after his honoury lap

The race drives wave with their Brazilian flags during the drivers presentation

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Champagne showers after the podium ceremony

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Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at pit lane exit

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams showers with champagne on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari behind Caterham's Kovalainen

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in front of Raikkonen's Lotus

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Williams' Pastor Maldonado congratulates Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes for achieving pole position

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, stops at the pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Fernando Alonso and (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel compare their bottles of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Race winner Pastor Maldonado of Williams takes the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix, 2012

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, on the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Michael Schumacher is pushed to his grid position by the Mercedes GP mechanics

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Green lights for Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

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Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP brakes hard

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing enters parc ferme after the race

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Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing passes his cheering team after taking the chequered flag and leaves second placed Alonso of Ferrari behind

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

An inflatable entrance to the paddock within the city's race track facilities

A large sign welcomes the circuit guests and race fans

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, interviews second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren's winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari on the podium

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg plays football

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, prepares for the race on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stuck behind an HRT

Rosberg's grid girl

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Charles Pic, Marussia

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, ejects from pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton's fans cheer with a 'la ola' for their idol on a roofed stand during the qualifying's rain break

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen's Caterham is secured by the marshals at the tunnel exit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Niki Lauda signs the condolence book at the Sid Watkins memorial, the 'Prof' died a week earlier

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Jenson Button on the grid before the race

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Race winner Mark Webber walks towards his car with the champagne bottle after the podium ceremony

During a rainy practice session, Fernando Alonso slides off the track in his Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Mercedes' Michael Schumacher

Bernd Maylaender sits for a short break in the safety car

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrar gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Parc ferme after qualifying

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari race car is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx interviews the drivers on the podium after the ceremony

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Heikki Houvinen walk to the pits under Monaco's castle on the 'Rocher'

Three drivers walk to the FIA scales after qualifying - Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Meanwhile a star on his own, Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey gives autographs to the F1 in School Champions in the paddock

Massa's steering wheel

'Faces for Charity' was a great success for the supporting Red Bull team in raising funds for the 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, starts his race at the end of the field

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, McLaren's polesitter Lewis Hamilton in front

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an iinterview before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Germans Timo Glock of Virgin Racing and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP walk together to drivers parade

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, follows an HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The race cars eject to formation lap

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, ends a rainy session with a walk back to pits

Sergio Perez ejects from his stop at Sauber pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, passes the finish line as sixth placed and becomes the youngest triple F1 World Champion ever!

Bernie Ecclestone answers questions to the international media

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, returns from the drivers parade

At the start, Lewis Hamilton leads in front of Grosjean and Vettel whilst Michael Schumacher has to start from pit lane

Tunnel exit

Google exec wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Heikki Houvinen enter the paddock in the afternoon

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The track is invaded by Hungarian race fans during the podium ceremony

A lonely Ferrari races under a cloudy sky

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

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Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Ferrari's Felipe Massa walk together

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren hugs team principal Marin Whitmarsh

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, returns from the drivers parade

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gets ready on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren comes to pits after Q3

Lotus F1 team's replacement for Grosjean, Jerome d'Ambrosio

The famous Singapore Marina Bay Sands Hotel with the world's highest swimming pool watches over the race track

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes the chequered flag and wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

New Red Bull sponsor Hanshin Shuhan promotes their products in the Energy Station, test driver Sebastien Buemi beats the wooden sake barrel

Paul di Resta, Force India, approaches the tunnel part of pitlane exit

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's mastermind Dr. Helmut Marko

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP walks to drivers parade

Final podium group photo with second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, his winning 'enfant terrible' Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A brief stop of Jenson Button at McLaren pits, Vettel has just finished his

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Sergio Perez comes in for a pit stop

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Track marshals sweep the tarmac during the qualifyings rain break and try to clear the track from disturbing puddles

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

Jenson Button overtakes Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team who carries a broken front wing to pits

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in the tunnel

Bernie Ecclestone congratulates Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn subsequently to her 41st birthday

Ross Brawn of Mercedes listens to McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium

Senna's former manager Julian Jakobi with his protege Buemi

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

... with Hamilton's manager Didier Coton. He's also known for his management of former McLaren driver Hakkinen.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, leads Rosberg and Alonso

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus, puts his helmet on before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh visit Michael Schumacher on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Grid girls raise their panels

Photographers position themselves between the grid girls before the drivers come to the drivers parade

The podium ceremony is displayed on a giant screen in front of the Casino

Photographers wait for the race cars to enter the pitlane - Narain Karthikeyan of HRT is their subject

Race winner Fernando Alonso showers Sebastian Vettel with champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert chats with Niki Lauda

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing out of pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, rolls out to grid formation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

John Surtees visits the grid before the Silverstone Grand Prix

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Hamilton (who will have to move to the back of the grid as a penalty, Alonso will move to second grid position) as polesetter in the middle and a surprising Maldonado of Williams as second placed (then pole position) on the grid.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Podium group photo after the ceremony of second placed Nico Rosberg, race winner Mark Webber, Red Bull's Adrian Newey and third placed Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, gives an interview before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, close behind Caterham's Petrov

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing passes the pitboard held by his physio Heikki Huovinen

A motivated Michael Schumacher gets off the drivers parade truck

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gets out of his race car after qualifying seventh

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with a broken front wing, at tunnel exit

Caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A big billboard advertises the Brazilian Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, practises in the rain

Double Formula One World Champion (1972 & 1974) Emerson Fittipaldi

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Raikkonen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

At the start, Alonso's Ferrari is in the lead with Webber behind him

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, in the pits

Lotus' Jerome d'Ambrosio substitutes Grosjean for one race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, retires after an incident at the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

A grid girl's lower back side

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel's helmet in the shade besides an unusual seventh grid position before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, practises pit stops

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

A grid girl

Jenson Button of McLaren signs autographs during drivers parade

Kimi's Lotus-Renaultis prepared on the grid at fourth position

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher gives an interview to Sky TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Second lap with both McLarens leading, Lewis Hamilton in the front

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing walks through parc ferme after the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A wounded Sauber pit crew mechanic is transported to the ambulance

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, jumps over the curbs

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus takes a sparkling rose water shower

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone and Mario Andretti listen to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner on the grid

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

The start field after turn one, Webber in the lead

Drivers parade

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his fiancee Nicole Scherzinger leave the paddock on Saturday afternoon

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed at the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one whilst Grosjean causes the start accident

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing returns from drivers parade in a historic car

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Felipe Massa pays tribute to his father with helmet livery

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber is reversed to Red Bull pits and retires with alternator problems

The Ferrai mechanics celebrate besides parc ferme Alonso's achievement

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, retires after an unsuccessful overtaking attempt against Bruno Senna

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

The start field approaches turn one with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the lead, followed by Maldonado of Williams and Vettel of Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

German title contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Third grid placed Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

A Union Jack"Sheriff" walks in the fan area

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, sits in his race car

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

One second before the start

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes sprays champagne from the podium

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Photographers now keep more distance to Kimi Raikkonen on the grid. He and Schumacher greet each other...

Three German drivers walk to drivers parade - Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Nico Huelkenberg

A close-up at a Toro Rosso truck

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing gets under pressure from behind from both Ferraris

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Second placed Sebastian Vettel gets out of his RBR car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth placed

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Sebastian Vettel discusses with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gets out of his race car at the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

New triple Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates with his team in Red Bull Racing pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, retires after an incident at the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The Williams F1 Team pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Marshals swirl around Romain Grosjean after the start accident

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The start, Alonso's Ferrari in the lead with Webber behind him

Tifoso Moko

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Vettel's grid girl keeps the snappers away from the busy Red Bull mechanics

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

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Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The GP2 mechanics drag their equipment to pitlane

The German national football team visits Mercedes GP in Monaco - Niki Lauda watches Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A happy pole setter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren after qualifying

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel jumps from his race car in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of two Sauber race cars

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

A surprising but deserved winner Pastor Maldonado of Williams takes the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix, 2012

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

Sir Frank Williams in pits

The podium has a beautiful backdrop, a compilation of all F1 world champions - and Bernie

Lotus Renault team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren, and Timo Glock of Marussia Virgin Racing walk together to the drivers presentation

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

1978 patrese

Felipe Massa of Ferrari goes out to a rainy practice

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, arrives in the paddock

A confident looking FC Bayern fan Nico Rosberg phones home

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

A grid girls flanks the red carpet for the FIA

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, Il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

Jenson Button of McLaren in front of Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in the tunnel

Keke Rosberg of Finland, F1 World Champion of 1982

The field squeezes through turn one, Massa behind Schumacher

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta, Force India

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta, Force India

FIA race observer Herbie Blash shows race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren the way to the scales after the race

Actor Antonio Banderas is interviewed on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India, leads team mate Huelkenberg

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

McLaren mechanics take care of the black gold

Ricchiardo's grid girl

Grid girls carry drivers portraits in the paddock club

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

A worried looking Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing at 11th position on the grid

Hamilton's grid girl

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari rushes to the podium ceremony

The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the middle of the field goes through turn one

Used Pirelly tyres after the German Grand Prix

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A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, brakes into turn one

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, becomes emotional after the race

The start of the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Third on the grid Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Polesetter Fernando Alonso hugs fifth positioned Nico Huelkenberg in parc ferme after qualifying

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field

A rear view at the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour in Monaco, during dusk

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The Ayrton Senna memorial dismisses the race fans at the track gates

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, overtakes Sebastian Vettel

Moko takes a rest besides the Ferrari motorhome

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn chat with Niki Lauda

Jean Todt, FIA president

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A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Mercedes GP team principal Ross Brawn

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Grid girls smile for the drivers

Bernie Ecclestone poses with VIPs on the grid

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Third placed Fernando Alonso presents his trophy during the podium ceremony and takes the lead in the drivers championship

Felipe Massa's Ferrari race car is rescued by the track marshals at the last turn

The screen nearly shows the ultimate order of the finishers at the end of the race

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, emits sparks on the curb

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen get off the drivers parade truck

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR congratulates his country fellowman Michael Schumacher of Mercedes for a good 6th grid position after qualifying

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, at tunnel exit

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado of Williams arrives in the paddock with his girlfriend Gabriella Tarkany

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber's pit board

"Lächle, Du kannst ein Sieger werden", vor dem Eingang zur Strecke

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Bernie Ecclestone's ear

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, follows race leader Fernando Alonso

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the tunnel

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Construction workers install a Pirelli sponsor billboard above the racetrack

Driver Sebastien Buemi gives away sake from the barrel of new Red Bull sponsor Hanshin Shuhan

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Peter Sauber

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, in the rain

Paul di Resta, Force India

The Frank Tamas memorial plaque at the Hungaroring main building

Alonso's Ferrari at Tabac curve

Hamilton with fresh tyres catches up on Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing who still has to make his pit stop

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Interview on the grid with Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team

Toro Rosso mechanics prepare Ricciardo's race car on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Grid girls

Grid girls wait for the drivers

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh chat on the grid with 'Mr. Bean' Rowan Atkinson

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber shake hands before the drivers oarade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the red lady for a ride on a sunny Saturday morning

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Schumacher fans enroll a large banner from the stand

The fastest three runners line up after the qualifying's rainy prolongation

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jenson Button wins the Brazilian Grand Prix and passes the cheering McLaren team at pitwall

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race press photographer Mirko Stange takes a photo of a grid girl

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren passes the cheering mechanics after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The world's tallest Ferris wheel raises above the paddock

During the press conference on Thursday laughers shake Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa of HRT, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Force India's Nico Huelkenberg, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi

With three laps to go, Red Bull's Mark Webber still sticks behind Ferrari's race leading Fernando Alonso

FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein attends his 247th grand prix

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Red Bull sponsor Pepe Jeans on the side pod of a race car

HRT race drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa on their way to drivers presentation

After one lap pf the race, Fernando Alonso keeps his position in front of Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is showered with champagne at the rostrum

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

Sebastian Vettel receives new tyres at Red Bull Racing pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vetteln and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid right hand

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, following Massa

After the race, fireworks illuminate the sky above the waiting photographers

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettels new physiotherapist Heikki Huovinen signals ninth postion with the signaling board from the Red Bull Racing command center

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, puts his helmet on in pits

A grid girl watches the FIA banner

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The start field squeezes through turn one, race cars touch each other

Local hero Bruno Senna, Williams, and Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber take the Brazilian banners and walk to the drivers presentation

Tyre rubber 'marbles' pollute the track besides the racing line at Piscine

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Maldonado's fans from Venezuela cheer from the stand after a victorious race of their idol

Paul di Resta of Force India, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Felipe Massa of Ferrari practise launches in the rain at pit lane exit

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Dr. Helmut Marko arrives in the paddock

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Alonso and Grosjean

Podium ceremony after the British Grand Prix

Red Bull race driver Mark Webber poses for a sunglasses advertising photo

Matteo Bonciani, FIA media delegate

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads Grosjean's Lotus

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in the Energy Station

Ferrari mechanics guard Alonso's race car on first grid position

Pastor Maldonado and Charles Pic arrive for the drivers presentation

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, during drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Parc ferme after qualifying

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Jaime Alguersuari looks forward to a cockpit in 2013

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sprays champagne on the podium

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Matteo Bonciani, FIA F1 Head of Communications

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, between Grosjean and Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A happy pole setter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren after qualifying

Michael Schumacher returns to pits in a rescue car after a slight accident on practice

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, following Massa

Sun sets above the desert in Abu Dhabi

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A manometer valve

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Grid girls become podium girls

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

Michael Schumacher and his wife Corinna walk in the paddock

Paul di Resta, Force India

The race drivers walk to the drivers parade - Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber plays with his mobile phone whilst RBR managers Newey, Marko and Horner sit down with a coffee

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Pit stop of luckless Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jackie Stewart interviews third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on the podium after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The German national football team visits Mercedes GP in Monaco and poses for a group photo

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Race winner Fernando Alonso receives congrats from (later second placed) Jenson Button

A busy pitlane under filled balconies

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, suffers of the high humidity of the air

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel chat on their way to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme

Three of the German drivers - Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher - enjoy the drivers parade on the truck

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Hamilton's spouse Nicole Scherzinger arrives in the paddock with actor Will Smith

Red Bull Racing mechanics sit in pits, watch the exciting race and wait for their deployment

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lotus Renault pits (with Romain Grosjean in the car at the back)

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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Polesetter Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

The new landmark of the Circuit of the Americas watches over the track

Bernie Ecclestone's motorhome overlooks the paddock

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier in front of his motorhome

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton is pushed to front grid position by the McLaren mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field through turn one after three laps

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stands on his race car in parc ferme as sixth placed and becomes the youngest triple F1 World Champion ever!

Shapes

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Ron Howard, Hollywood director of the movie 'Rush'

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

The safety car catches the field in front of a remarkable race leading Nico Hulkenberg of Force India

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Flexible air hoses in the storage area

Rosberg fans proudly hold their banner

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 Renault greets the fans during the drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Paul di Resta's Force India-Mercedes returns to pits with a puncture on his right rear tyre

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium during the ceremony

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field with McLaren's Hamilton still in front whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

Michael and Ralf Schumacher's former manager Willi Weber visits Spa for the occasion of Michael's 300 Grand Prix anniversary celebration (he presently manages Nico Hulkenberg and Naomi Campbell)

German race drivers Timo Glock of Marussia and Michael Schumacher of Mercedes walk together to drivers presentation

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Paul di Resta, Force India

Lewis Hamilton is serviced in McLaren pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks in the paddock (with cautious photographer Mirko Stange)

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

After the race, third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull celebrates in parc ferme

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the grid before the race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The tifosi-filled stand at turn one

Still second placed Sebastian Vettel arrives in parc ferme after the race - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth

Sir Frank Williams

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A busy grid before the race starts

Vettel's Finnish physio Heikki Huovinen

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of Alonso and Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nearly the whole race track can be seen here during practice session

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

Bernie Ecclestone stands still on the grid amongst team members and race visitors to observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Race cars rush through turn one a few laps after the start

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jacky Ickx shakes hands with Ross Brawn

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso takes a large sip of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of team mate Webber and McLaren's Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The pretty German grid girls are lined up for the drivers parade, the snappers wait at the end

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost on the grid in Abu Dhabi

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren poses the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, at the Piscine chicane

A grid girl stands besides Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault

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Fans crowd the open pitlane on Thursday afternoon

Champagne showers after the podium ceremony from Perez and Alonso

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The race drives wave their Brazilian banners during the drivers presentation

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams showers with champagne on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, practises launches in the rain at pit lane exit

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

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McLaren's head of communications Matt Bishop listens to sporting director Sam Michael

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The race drivers walk to the drivers parade - Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi always wears his Indy winner's ring

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, acting AvD president, and star photographer Monty Shadow (right hand)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The grid girls walk away in line

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Jacky Ickx and his wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso chats with Nico Rosberg on their way to drivers parade truck

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of later winner Raikkonen

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on his race car in parc ferme

Race cars in line on the straight after one lap of the race, Perez in front of Huelkenberg

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Happy second qualifier Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, smiles after gaining a front row position at qualifying for tomorrow's race

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, returs from his declared last F1 deployment at seventh position and gets out of the car in parc ferme in front of the media

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

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Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Brazilian marketing expert and lawyer Fabiana Flosi walks on the grid in Monaco

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Former colleagues Alex Wurz, Pedro de la Rosa and Adrian Campos do TV interviews on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin

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Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sir Frank Williams

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen and Maldonado, Grosjean on the left causes an accident

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Caterham mechanics watch the race in pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing jumps on his race car in parc ferme after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team checks the practice times

Charles Pic, Marussia

Green lights at pit lane exit for Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 team

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

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Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernano Alonso quickly gives an autograph on his way to the pits

Grid girls

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Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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New triple Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates with his team in Red Bull Racing pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Marshals run to Lewis Hamilton in his destroyed McLaren race car after the start accident

A firefighter watches the pitlane.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari returns from his lap of honour after the race

The field roars into formation lap

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso in front of Massa, Webber and di Resta

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing proudly presents his trophy on the podium

Charles Pic, Marussia

A lonely Marussia Virgin enters the long straight during Friday afternoon practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

BBC TV presenters and former race drivers Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert are separated from the cheering crowds by the pit wall fence only

Pit stop of race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher on his way to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Frenchman Jules Bianchi, Force India test driver

On the grid with Sergio Marchionne, FIAT CEO and UBS vice president

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

RBR motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko with former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The Red Bull Racing pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the field after lap one

Former Goodyear executive Robert Lobell

The start, Alonso's Ferrari in the lead with Webber behind him

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes ready and is seated in his race car before the start of the Spanish GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Grid girls have long legs in Hungary

Di Resta's grid girl

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, McLaren's polesitter Lewis Hamilton in front

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, smiles confidently on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Sebastian Vettel cools the brakes of his Red Bull Racing car himself in parc ferme

Triple Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Niki Lauda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber sprays champagne after the podium ceremony

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Paul di Resta, Force India

During a rainy practice session, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari slides off the track and loses his front wing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, at the grid

Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher walk together to drivers parade

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

Rubber marbles besides the racing line at the last turn

Stunned mechanics watch the exciting race in Red Bull pits

Paul di Resta, Force India

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, at the tunnel exit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the field at turn two

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing talks to journalists during a press press conference after qualifying on fourth grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

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Sergio Perez comes to Sauber pits

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

McLaren principal Martin Whitmarsh chats in front of his motorhome whilst Amber Lounge manager Sonia Irvine kisses former F1 driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone

The race drivers stand still for the group photo presentation

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

a close-up on a Caterham race car

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, walks to drivers parade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton at the front row of the grid

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Grosjean's damaged Lotus-Renault is returned after the race

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A chequered flag on a grid girl's toe

Lewis Hamilton's fans cheer with a 'la ola' for their idol on a roofed stand during the qualifying's rain break

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button of McLaren chats with Mercedes' technical director Geoff Willis

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Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, waits besides the grid

At the start, Schumacher hits the rails

Rainer Schlegelmilch gives an autograph to John in the Ferrari Media motorhome

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

The Old Supreme Court Building, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber F1 Team cuts the curbs

Podium group photo before the ceremony of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Grid girls stand at the fiinish line

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel sits on the Red Bull Racing car and celebrates with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one, followed by the two Lotus-Renaults

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Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in parc ferme after the race

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

German race fans comfortably sit behind the fence

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, runs out to his last F1 deployment

Pedro de la Rosa and Kimi Raikkonen walk together at the drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Vettel's race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin of Red Bull Racing in pits

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Mercedes' Schumacher in front of Vettel and Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as third on the grid right hand

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari presents his trophy during the podium ceremony

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

The grid girls wait in line for the drives

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Brazilian triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, still behind Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

German race drivers Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel walk together to drivers parade

Triple F1 World Champion (1975, 1977 & 1984) and RTL TV presenter Niki Lauda

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Workers remove the "Johnny Walker" advertising from the barriers after the race

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of McLaren's Hamilton and team mate Webber

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walks after he got airborne on first turn after a few laps of the race

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium with his mechanic Ole Schack, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes greets his fans after the drivers parade

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton climbs off the McLaren-Mercedes, becoming excluded from qualifying after he failed to make it back to the pits at the end of the session

Charles Pic, Marussia

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Karthikeyan and Hulkenberg

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with VIPs on the grid

The race drivers enjoy the drivers parade and wave at their fans

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes approaches parc ferme after his honoury lap

Alonso's fans occupy the hill at he last turn

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes passes a full stand during a rain session

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers and jumps on his race car in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Fernando Alonso sprays champagne on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of team mate Webber and McLaren's Hamilton

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Spaniards Pedro de la Rosa of HRT and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari take the Brazilian banner for drivers presentation

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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Promotion girls get their gear together after an exciting season closing Brazilian GP

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren of Great Britain

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, arrives in the paddock

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari brakes in front of Raikkonen

Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO) signs some VIP charity tickets from Mario Andretti for the upcoming US GP in Austin

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Raikkonen, Schumacher and Hulkenberg

A motorised police officer marvels at 'Mr. E's car pass stickers

Michael Schumacher prepares for the race, Daimler chairman Zetsche watches the scene

A group photo of all 2012 Formula One press officers together

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

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Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing and his team mate Sebastian Vettel spray champagne on the podium

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jenson Button poses with the McLaren team for a group photo

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa of Ferrari in front of Red Bull's Mark Webber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, arrives in the paddock

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Raikkonen and Webber

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, and Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, walk to the drivers parade

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado walks to drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, following Webber and di Resta

Podium ceremony after a spectacular night race - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel as winner in the middle, on the left second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, on right hand third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Vettel's pitwall board signals a large gap to pole setter Lewis Hamilton

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Green lights for Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to pits after a dissatisfying Q3

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jean-Eric Vergne's retired Toro Rosso race car

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A pit lane marshal of Abu Dhabi

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race cars in line during the Hockenheim Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock with IOC President Jacques Rogge and his wife Anne before the British Grand Prix

The grid girls stand in line and hold their GP2 panels

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A fellow colleague takes a photograph of Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the Spanish Grand Prix

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing passes his cheering team after taking the chequered flag

Second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

McLaren CEO Ron Dennis

A lot of debris pollutes turn one, Sebatian Vettel navigates through

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

Sebastian Vettel exits Red Bull pits to do another lap under heavy rain

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Raikkonen and Schumacher

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren raises his trophy at the rostrum

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren during drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, still on pole but soon to be excluded

Nigel Mansell talks with John Surtees

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane from where he will start

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview before the race

Heikki Kovalainen of Caterham slides through the puddles besides thetrack

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber splashes out on champagne for his victorious Red Bull Racing team

Fernando Alonso looks confident before the drivers parade

Yet race leader Nico Hulkenberg stops at Force India pits

Photographer Keith Sutton poses with composer Leo Sayer in the paddock

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, at the tunnel exit

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, comes behind Raikkonen

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gets out of his race car after qualifying nineth

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing talks to journalists during a press press conference after qualifying on fourth grid position

Sebastian Vettel's pit board

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Mario Andretti, Formula One World Champion 1978, speaks with Niki Lauda

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, approaches pit lane exit

Niki Lauda speaks with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug, his soon predecessor

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock and gives thumbs up to the first Chinese F1 driver Ma Qinghua of HRT

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The race drivers try to find their position for the group photo

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, at the tunnel exit

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

German Michael Schumacher of Mercedes is happy about a good 6th grid position after qualifying

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael talks to race driver Jenson Button

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Maria Teresa de Filippis, first woman in F1 (in Belgium 1958 on Maserati, finishing 10th)

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, is reflected in his physio's sunglasses during an interview on the grid with Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren walk together to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher prepares fore the race on the grid

Ferrari mechanics push Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso to their grid positions

Second on the grid Pastor Maldonado, Williams, gives an interview after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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Race fans invade the Hockenheim track during the podium ceremony after therace

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

After a collision with Hulkenberg, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber returns to pits with a broken front wing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Bernie Ecclestone explains the grid to local authorities

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button ends his stop at McLaren pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The race drivers queue up at the FIA scales after the German Grand Prix

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Clay Walker sings the national anthem

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, chats with leaving Champion Schumacher in parc ferme

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Air bags?

Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start of the Brazilian Grand Prix, McLaren's polesitter Lewis Hamilton in front of his team mate Button

New triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is chased by the press after the race

Paul di Resta, Force India

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Jenson Button gets out of the McLaren Mercedes race car as sixth on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The start of the race

After the start accident, the race cars drive carfully through turn one

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

A side view at the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour in Monaco, after a long day with much hospitality

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The start field enters a close turn with Vettel in the lead, followed by Hamilton and Alonso

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jenson Button, McLaren

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Hospitality: The Red Bull chefs prepare fingerfood in the Energy Station for a presentation of 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Felipe Massa hugs Michelle Yeoh besides the grid before the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher walk to the FIA scales after qualifying

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Media party on top of the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour, with a great view at Monaco's skyline

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP brakes hard

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Formation lap with both McLarens leading, Hamilton in front

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

Ambulance on bicycles circulate in the rainy paddock

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, celebrates his 300 Grand Prix anniversary

Felipe Massa shakes hands on the grid with his former boss at Ferrari, Jean Todt, who now is the president of the FIA

Red Bull's race driver Mark Webber and chief technical officer Adrian Newey pose for a souvenir photo together with the F1 in School Champions in the paddock

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes and Sauber's third placed Sergio Perez spray champagne on the podium

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari puts his helmet on before the race

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, sits in his race car whilst VIP fans watch from their reserved space in pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The start field widens after one lap

Group photo of Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, with the German race drivers Nico Rosberg of Mercedes and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, brakes into turn one

Emilio Botin, a fourth-generation banker, head of Banco Santander, besides Ferrari's front line position on the grid before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Musician Eric Clapton gives an interview on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

An Italian VIP lady shows the V sign

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

The vibrating second before the start

Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

After the start accident, the marshalls quickly clean the track

The safety car on a checking lap

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, emits sparks on the front wing of his race car in the turn

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus takes a sparkling rose water shower

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the action

Turn one is cleans as the field passes by

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes

Bruno Senna and Daniel Ricciardo walk to drivers parade

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko on the grid with team principal Christian Horner

Lotus Renault test driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who will take Grosjean's seat at the next GP in Monza

Former race drivers chat in Williams pits - Alex Wurz, Rubens Barrichello and Christian Danner

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The world's media documents the three fastest qualifiers on Saturday afternoon

Race cars rush through turn one a few laps after the start, Massa on second race position

Race drivers get together on the grid before they observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who died a week earlier

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Jacky Ickx stands on the grid between TAG Heuer's Mansour Ojjeh and Sir Jackie Stewart

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

A fortunate concidence put Pastor Maldonado of Williams on pole position on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A busy grid before the installation lap

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The race drives wave at the stands during the drivers presentation

F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen chats with his former McLaren team mate David Coulthard

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter smiles at the media whilst third qualified Red Bull driver Mark Webber talk to his fourth positioned team mate Vettel

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Mark Webber receives new tyres at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vettel's physio signals position three with one lap to go

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, arrives in the paddock

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bruno Senna of Williams and Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walk to drivers presentation

Michael and Ralf Schumacher's former manager Willi Weber visits Spa for the occasion of Michael's 300 Grand Prix anniversary celebration (he presently manages Nico Hulkenberg and Naomi Campbell)

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg and Alonso

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Rainer Schlegelmilch gives an autograph to a proud John in the Ferrari Media motorhome

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, ends his pit stop

Third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull jumps to celebrate his great podium finish

Paul di Resta, Force India

Rainer Schlegelmilch presents the work of his lifetime '50 Years of Formula 1 Photography' on the podium (with some of his portraits on the backdrop)

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

Paul di Resta, Force India

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren arrives at turn one with Ferrari's Massa besides him

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, takes the short cut at turn one

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, closely followed by third placed Sebastian Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Motivated Raikonnen fans wait in front of the paddock gates

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren team mates Button and Hamilton together during drivers parade

Star opera singer and F1 fan Placido Domingo visits the grid - and interviews the drivers on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start goes through a debris-polluted turn one

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari arrives in the paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jean Alesi shakes hands with Michael Schumacher

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is carried shoulder high on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, practises launches in the rain at pit lane exit

Designer Moko sits in the shade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, brakes at the second chicane

Mercedes AMG Petronas motor sport director Norbert Haug arrives in the paddock

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Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, makes a very fast pit stop

Massa family group photo with Felipe's son Felipe Bassi, wife Raffaela, father Luiz Antonio and mother Ana Elena

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Niki Lauda and Arturo Merzario (left)

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren presents his winning drivers trophy

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen walk to drivers briefing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is caressed by second placed Alonso in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

RBR team boss Christian Horner walks with his technical director Adrian Newey and Jane Poole

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing takes a big pull from the bottle of champagne on the podium

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone listens to Eddie Jordan, TV presenter and former team boss

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

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Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, overtakes Petrov in order to get to the points for his championship

A surprising but well deserved second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team approaches parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in a thoughtful mood before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, pushes behind Bruno Senna's Williams, followed by Vettel

Race fans leave the circuit after the rainy but exciting Formula 1 season closing event

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug chats on the grid with Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers on the podium

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa of Ferrari passes a stand full of race fans

Romain Grosjean's Lotus Renault is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Rainer Schlegelmilch gives an interview to Miran Alisic in the Ferrari Media motorhome

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

The Red Bull Racing team celebrates their achievement after the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel shows his famous finger in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fabiana Ecclestone and Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner on the grid

Ferrari's Nigel Wollheim reads something...

Marshals run to Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Daniel Ricciardo's helmet

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren returns from his lap of honour after the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Button

A busy grid is cleared, the mechanics run to their pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Vettel and Button

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing proudly presents his trophy on the podium

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

British race fans walk in the woods to the Hockenheim race track

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Toro Rosso race car under cover

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso gets out of the Ferrari race car at the grid

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham on his way to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, leads the field under yellow flags

A happy looking Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber F1 Team CEO, on a sunny grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

mit surer

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Ex-F1 race driver and BBC TV presenter David Coulthard interviews race winner Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curbs

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver after the podium ceremony

Mario Andretti, Formula One World Champion 1978, is interviewed on the grid in Montreal

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean signs the cap of a fireman

mit Andrea Stella, seinem renningenieur

Drivers parade

After a collision at the start with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus retires in turn one

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes during a rain break

dario franchitti

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, during a boring Friday session rain break

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in lead whilst Grosjean causes the accident

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Piles of yellow (soft) Pirelli tyres are prepared at Caterham

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Photographer Callo Albanese enjoys peeking into Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

Nico Rosberg admires his matching comparison with his father in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

Eddie Jordan knows Peter Sauber well

Heikki Kovalainen watches how his retired Caterham race car is towed away

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

A devoted German fan

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his fiancee Nicole Scherzinger leave the paddock on Saturday afternoon

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The board shows a large advantage for race leader Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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