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Fernando Alonso wins the Japanese Grand Prix 2008

Race atmosphere at the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

Lewis Hamilton wins the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Monaco Grand Prix 2008

Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso driver, British Grand Prix, 2008

In 2008, nosecone winglets were first seen at BMW Sauber, ...

Nelsinho Piquet rushes out of Renault pits at GP Bahrain 2008

Fernando Alonso celebrates his victory at the Japanese Grand Prix 2008

A black Ferrari Enzo in the exhibition

Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina, precisely 400 units of the sensational Ferrari Enzo supercar were built (thanks to www.barchetta.cc)

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, lifts a wheel at Mirabeau, Monaco Grand Prix, 2008

Brazilian Felipe Massa looks at his times screen, French Grand Prix, 2008

FIA Deputy Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Jacques Tropenat

The polished knob of the bandmasters stick

As a cause for thought for a safer Formula 1 a works team presented their results with the Pininfarina Sigma Grand Prix car which could be seen in Geneva Salon in 1969

Champagne shower

The official sponsor Petrol Ofisi positioned a GP2 car for souvenir photos in the public area

ELF fuels ad on refueling machine

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Timo Glock's grid girl

The late event attracted many fans

A signpost at the track guides to paddock

The Red Bull Formula Unas

Adrian Sutil's grid girl

The Singapore grid girls

Marshals watch the action through the fence, enlighted by countless light towers

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

Media Centre

Media Centre

Media Centre

Two DENSO advertising ladies pose for photographers

Two marshals have a snack break

FIA Deputy Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Jacques Tropenat takes a souvenir photo

A warm welcome from German VIPs for Rainer

Good morning, Bahrain!

A large tent is built up for the media to relax from hard work (get up, lazy snappers!;)

Magig lightshow at the paddock entrance

A shady recreation area invites to pause in the circuits public zone

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

A Honda in parc ferme after the race

The grid girls walk in line to receive the numbered panels

The grid girls line up at the red carpet for the arrival of the drivers after their parade

Two Turkish Red Bull 'Unas'

A Turkish Petrol Ofisi grid girl expresses her excitement

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Alonso's grid panel

A Canadian firemarshal, receiving an emergency call?

Lunch break for the pitlane marshals

Beautiful nature surrounds the racetrack

Green pitlane signal

Red Bull Formula Unas

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Two blonde 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer

Firemarshals inspect their workplace

Cheering fans

Main sponsor Telefonica supplies heavy belt buckles to the grid girls

Grid clearing

Spanish marshals wait for action

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A Ferrari followed by a McLaren towards the bridge

Formula One attracts TV broadcasting from all over the world

The Red Bull Formula Unas play table football

Extraction marshals stand still for FIA medical car examination

The italian grid girls form a guard of honour for the drivers

An italian Red Bull Formula Una presents her favourite drink

After the race, masses of fans flow back home through the old royal park

Ten to eleven at night, the driver's groupies enjoy a late pitwalk

Toyota pitwall command center

Legendary dancer Maxi Jazz

Fernando Alonso, whose Renault quit on him with fuel supply problems in turn 18 during his out lap during Q2

Robert Kubica chats with Fisichella and Alonso (Hi Alastair and Martin;)

Fans on a grandstand

The secured toilets besides the track were reserved for the marshals (Hamilton passes in the back)

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

... they are being defused by grinding down the bumpy cusps

Nico Rosberg's grid girl

Raikkonen in front of an illuminated skyline, 20 minutes later.

Last roadworks at the new racetrack, the controversal curbs at Cricket Club turn cause some trouble later ...

The Fujijama behind the racetrack wears a cap of clouds

On Saturday afternoon, the Red Bull Unas stroll home filled up with impressions

A little Chinese palace surrounded with skyscrapers at Shanghai city

Chinese on-track presentation dancers

Chinese ladies dance on the grid

Barrichello's kid

Jean Michelle of FOM

Andreas Beil

Barrichello's kids

Barrichello's kids

Jean Michelle of FOM

Bernard Asset

Barrichello's kid

Barrichello's kids

Fernando Alonso wins the Japanese Grand Prix 2008, his second victory in a row

Fernando Alonso wins the Japanese Grand Prix 2008, his second victory in a row

A funny group of maintenance marshals

Sam Michael with his Williams driver Nico Rosberg

New McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen checks his helmet design

Press arranges interviews between press center and art sculptures.

Nico Rosberg with Sam Michael, technical director of the Williams F1 Team

The 'melting pot' Australia has fans of every team, and they go together well.

Nico Rosberg with Sam Michael, technical director of the Williams F1 Team

Proud polesetter Robert Kubica during drivers presentation

Three press ladies meet after the race in front of the media centre

Little wings added to a McLarens rear

Lewis Hamilton climbs the stairs up to the autograph area

A Formula 1 Ferrari 246 Dino GP of 1958

The Sakhir tower illuminated at night

Blue sky reflects on a Williams nose cone

'Extreme horizonal mobile phoning' is THE ultramodern evening relaxation exercise

The Sakhir tower is illuminated whilst the paddock prepares for Thursday evening party

Spanish grid girls, sponsored by Spanish "movistar" Telefonica

Spanish grid girls pose with a local VIP

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

Spanish grid girls

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

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

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore leans backwards

View at the back of the paddock club puppets

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits with David Coulthard

Kubica's grid girl

The grid as seen from front

A friendly Bridgestone promotion lady

Turkish race fans take the opportunity to relax in a comfortable seat at the public area

Reflections at an FIA truck

A happy grid girl guards Kubica's car

A reflection of the Casino on a shiny sculpture on a garden fountain

The safety car leads the queue with Hamilton in front

The McLaren pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton's grid girl

A Ferrari rear mirror

Lewis Hamilton and test driver De la Rosa have fun together in McLaren pits

A world-weary groundhog very close to danger

Safety car phase in lap 19, Nick Heidfeld on first position because the race leaders collided in pitlane

Sir Jackie Stewart is being interviewed by Canadian TV

Three hospitality ladies take a rest for a snack at the lake

Busy marshals clean the track from dust and rubber marbles

A Red Bull Una plays with her necklaces

The performers of the British national anthem stand still on the grid

many cars

mtz

A female marshal at the pitwall

Teams rush across the grid

The conductor's polished silver baton

A drummer in parade uniform

Teams prepare to rush across the grid

The performers of the British national anthem take position on the grid

A pit for the marshals

Ross Brawn meets friends in the paddock

drivers parade

Ex-F1 driver turned DTM Mercedes driver Ralf Schumacher visits his old playground.

Ralf Sc humacher visits the paddock in the new look of his recent employer

Raikkonen's grid girl

The crowded grid in front of a large 'Motodrom' grandstand

The reanimation kit of the german Red Cross for photographers surprisingly includes The Red Bulletin and GEO :)

A professional photoshooting of the Red Bull 'Formula Unas' in the paddock

Three Brazilians: Whilst Rubens Barrichello chats with Kubica, Massa and Piquet exchange the latest rumours

An austrian fan seems to dislike the german beer

Ferrari mechanics roll the car to Thursday evening scrutineering

Kimi Raikkonen poses with an 'official' fan :)

The Red Bull Formula Unas are being welcomed on Thursday afternoon

The grid girls await the drivers to the drivers parade

Ferrari mechanics unload the van which delivered new carbon fibre car body parts

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are welcomed at the Red Bull Energy Station with a glass of champagne

Reflection of the paddock in a glass building

Marshals watch Nakajima racing

Start preparations on the crowded grid

Kubica's grid girl

The team trucks are well fit into the large harbour halls

The paddock and a VIP entrance

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are well trained to show who their employer is }:-)

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug checks the new track on a scooter

Grid clearing

Michael Schumacher visits Stefano Domenicali at Ferrari command center

On early evening the teams work busy in their trucks and pits

Sir Jackie Stewart

Kimi Raikkonen walks

Drivers parade

German tifosi give a warm welcome at paddock entry.

During his farewell party in the Red Bull energy station on Thursday evening, David Coulthard inaugurates a photo exhibition

Emerson Fittipaldi is warmly welcomed by Sir Jackie

Vettel's grid girls in front of the Toro Rosso car

Red Bull Formula Unas pose for friendly photographers only

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A fire marshal under his umbrella during a rain-suspended session

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Austrian journallist Heinz Prueller with the famous italian 'F1 priest' Don Sergio Mantovani

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher with colleague Luca Badoer at the Ferrari pit wall command center

Force India's Kingfisher promotion girls took the opportunity of a sunny moment for a promenade

One of the italian grid girls

Nico Rosberg

Rosberg's grid girls

Alonso accelerates between the fences

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Red Bull Racing's pitwall command center

Crowded Marina Bay Gallery grandstand at night

Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner passes the security check at paddock entrance

Felipe Massa leads in front of Hamilton and Raikkonen

BMW Sauber pitwall command center

Toyota pit crew watchs the race on a screen in pits, the team's medical doctor Ceccarelli

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

Sebastian Vettel walks through pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, crosses Anderson bridge

Track sightseeing on Wednesday

Polesetter Felipe Massa

Thoughtful view of polesitter Felipe Massa

The Scuderia Toro Rosso pitwall command center

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, in front of Piquet

Jarno Trulli races behind the fence

McLaren engineers and mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Lewis Hamilton is being interviewed

Scuderia Ferrari's pitwall command center

Massa exits pit lane

The two Todts, father Jean and son Nicolas

Ferrari mechanics run through the pitlane in order to remove the refueling hose from Massa's car

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Alonso passes cheering fans

FIA observer Herbie Blash waves at the marshals during an inspection lap of the safety car

Renault F1 pitwall command center, team boss Briatore in a blue shirt

Because Sir Frank Williams lost a bet to triple world champion and fellow knight Sir Jackie Stewart earlier this year he wears Jackie's tartan colours as trousers.

Grid girls in a row

The paddock entrance

Between the sessions, marshals clean the track from rubber and dirt

Adrian Sutil talks with Lewis Hamilton

Tyre washing after practice session

The Chinese Ferrari fan club reserved many places on the main grandstand

The McLaren mechanics practise pitstops

Felipe Massa's wife Raffaela.

A large Mercedes billboard besides the Shanghai motorway advertises Formula 1

Button's grid girl

The Chinese national flag flares up in the evening sunlight

A Chinese dance artist

Waiting for the start of the drivers parade - Bourdais and Button with Coulthard and Vettel

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, after qualification

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

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

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Bridgestone Motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa

Is Kimi searching his race engine?

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

The Ferrari engine seems to sound really strange already on Saturday practice...

Toro Rosso's new driver Sébastien Bourdais

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull's gentleman driver David Coulthard

Honda driver Jenson Button

As a bad omen for the race, Ferrari experiences engine problems on Saturday's qualifying session.

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps (right hand)

Ted Toleman, founder of the original Toleman F1 team in 1981 (which then became Benetton and Renault)

Since twenty years in F1, BMW Sauber's team manager Beat Zehnder is never 100% happy with any result.

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

A devoted BMW fan has painted his face

Jenson Button's gloves

Close-up on Kimi Raikkonen's helmet

Timo Glock's gloves

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

What might cause this Ferrari engineer a headache?

Safety car leads the field after start incident

Giancarlo Fisichella crosses the track during a safety car period after start crash

Toyota driver Timo Glock already collected a lot of experience in F1

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Toro Rosso's talented Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull rider Mark Webber puts his helmet on

Jenson Button, Honda

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Felipe Massa

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica firmly holds his new helmet during drivers presentation

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel

Annual group photo shooting with all drivers

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Force India's Adrian Sutil

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld during a thoughtful moment in pits

Probably F1's most innovative engineer, Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey

Ladies pose for photographers as live Petronas advertising

Tyres are being marked as spare wheels by spray and stencil

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

Finnish fans

Felipe Massa jumps out of his Ferrari

Gulf Air's mega air show

Renault mechanics work at their car in pits

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull Racings David Coulthard

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Williams mechanics between festively decorated palm trees

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Honda

Nelson Piquet jr. looks a little bit frustrated

Little new rear wings and rear suspension of a Williams

Felipe Massa, still unhappy

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais

A Ferrari 250 Testarossa sports car of 1957, worth 12 million dollars

A Shell fuel hose

Former F1 driver, Italian Riccardo Patrese

Jarno Trulli goes practicing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld concentrates on preparing for practice

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A Formula 1 advertising billboard in Bahrains capitol Manama

Panasonic Toyotas Timo Glock

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton is searching his head

Fernando Alonso, Renault

The filigree suspension of a Williams connects brake system with gearbox

Trullis Toyota wheel-less on grid

Ferrari mechanics work at a gearbox

View on the long straight from last corner

Force India team mates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella

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

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

Force India technical director Mike Gascoyne

Fernando Alonso, Renault

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

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Alonso fans cheer for their idol on Thursday pitwalk

Ambitioned Adrian Sutil

Fernando Alonso expresses his pleasure about qualifying second

Michael Schumacher was a well welcomed guest at paddock this weekend

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A happy Kimi Raikkonen leaves the paddock

Three Turkish Red Bull Unas pose with two paddock club puppets representing Hamilton and Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Nick Heidfeld

Heikki Kovalainen

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton

Heikki Kovalainen

Felipe Massa besides the grid with his race engineer Rob Smedly and his manager Nicolas Todt

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, awaits the 'GO' at his pitstop during qualification session. The number 257 besides his cockpit indicates that at the Istanbul Grand Prix he takes over Patrese's record of 256 driven F1 races.

McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen puts his helmet on

Adrian Sutil is being consulted by a reporter

Unlucky Fisichella crosses the track after crashing into Nakajima at first corner

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

The large Bridgestone sign in the mechandising area says 'Formula 1®, the only and only best'

Nico Rosberg

Timo Glock watches his screen in pits

Mark Webber

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

A prancing horse on a Ferrari truck

Lewis Hamilton passes lurking photographers at pitlane exit

The photographers get ready for stunning driver photos

FIA president Max Mosley walks through Monaco pitlane

Lewis Hamilton waves to fans

Drivers end their parade at Rascasse

Fernando Alonso walks through pitlane to his work place

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica, winner of the Canadian Grand Prix and present Formula One World Championship leader

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Safety car driver Bernd Mayländer (middle) with Dennis Kern and Daniel Vordermeier of AMG who take care of the powerful Mercedes vehicles.

A Ferrari fan, obviously.

Jarno Trulli on the grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ron Dennis CBE, team principal of the McLaren Formula One team.

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Moko reads The Red Bulleting, showing Rainer's photo of a Le Mans start of 1964 when F1 drivers competed in sportscars, too

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Hamilton barkes and swerves for the danger-seeking marmot

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, thoughtful

World Champion Fernando Alonso

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica dresses up for the race

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration

A peeved looking Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A Red Bull Formula Una

Cheering fans approach the podium ceremony

Massa's tidy pitwall signal box

A Red Bull Formula Una

A clean floor with artwork at Ferrari pits

FIA race director Charlie Whiting looks forward to starting an exciting race

A spy view at parts of Sutil's telemetric printouts

A Red Bull Formula Una

The pitboard for Felipe Massa

David Coulthard in Red Bull pits

Legendary McLaren team manager Jo Ramirez was happy to visit the home of British motor racing

Red Bull's advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to the words of Coulthard

Two paddock policemen watch the podium ceremony from pitlane

Grid girl clothing was adapted to the British summer weather

Former F1 manager Peter Collins still helps to promote and manage young drivers

Jenson Button and the Honda mechanics practise a pit stop

Nico Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Two german Red Bull 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer in front of the 'Toro Rosso'

Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Group photo of second placed Piquet, winner Hamilton and third placed Massa and masses of fans in front of the podium

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen during a press conference

Race fans always find a warm comfortable camping place in the woods around the 'ring

Jenson Button, Honda, lines up at pit lane exit

The stickers in front of the BMW Sauber garage. Swiss, Bavarian, German and Polish flags, representing Sauber, BMW, Heidfeld and Kubica.

Pitlane was opened for a public pitwalk on Thursday afternoon

Hamilton's grid girl

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Michael Schumacher watches the drivers parade from the pitwall

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in the pits

The final corner emitted dangerous fountains of dust

Covered secrets at McLaren pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Alonso's grid girl

Jenson Button, Honda

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

Ferrari mechanics check the fuel hoses and nozzles

Two plain-clothed grid girls in front of the Force India motorhome

Even a few Schumacher fans could been spotted between the numberous polish flags

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

True love only exists between men :)

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

Red Bull's energy station invites to culinary treats, the five Austrian chiefs cook and prepare up to 12000 plates and dishes with delicious fingerfood and larger tasty titbits - per weekend!

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the Renault team practices pitstops

The drivers greet their fans from the truck

Front bonnet of a Ferrari truck at night

Glock turns to main straight

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

The start field ejects from grid

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld with helmet on

A very unusual photographer's shuttle - that was fun!

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Jarno Trulli in front of Vettel on the swingbridge, Valencia circuit's landmark at harbour entrance

Massa enlarges the distance to Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg

Three cars on the bridge near the container cranes

Renault mechanics carry a carbon fibre survival cell to the pits

Bridgestone celebrates its 200th Grand Prix and displays two golden tyres

Local hero Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ambulance helpers bring the injured Ferrari mechanic to medical center

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, on the bridge

Williams team co-owner Patrick Head

Two helmets of Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Honda's Jenson Button behind Hamilton

First lap, Massa leads

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Two helmets of Heikki Kovalainen

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

An old garage near the docks

Timo Glock takes the fast track

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger sits relaxed at the pitwall

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Williams pitwall command center

Jenson Button, Honda

Alonso's grid girl

Lewis Hamilton and his teammate Kovalainen joke around in McLaren Mercedes pits

Nick Heidfeld

Rubber laying in front of Toyota pits

Fernando Alonso sits in a glass cabinet at the rear of Renault pits

Kubica exits Eau Rouge

Hamilton approaches Eau Rouge

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Raikkonen's fans display a banner

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Thoughtful Nick Heidfeld in BMW Sauber pits

Heavy rain embraces Ferrari pit wall command center

Williams pit crew

Sebastian Vettel rings up his boss Dietrich Mateschitz

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Ex-F1 and DTM racer Jean Alesi amongst other VIPs in passock

Nick Heidfeld is armed with his own umbrella

Jenson Button, Honda

David Coulthard enjoys his last european race weekend

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Toro Rosso team co-owner Gerhard Berger

Sebastian Vettel

The two McLaren drivers Kovalainen and Hamilton stroll through paddock

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz with Flavio Briatore

Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer runs through the rain to Ferrari pits

Celebrated polesitter Sebastian Vettel strollst calmly through the paddock to drivers parade

Ferrari team principal Stefano Dmenicali in front of a screen at Ferrari's pit wall command center

The Ecclestone daughters with their boy friends

Renault mechanics try to keep the water masses away from pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer at Ferrari pit wall command center

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Slavica Ecclestone on grid with a VIP

Even heavy rain does not spoil the joy of watching

Red lights indicate stopped practice due to weather conditions 'raining cats and dogs'

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Sir Frank Williams

Red Bull mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Ferrari mechanics return with their prey to Ferrari pits - a boa constrictor looking-like refueling hose from Massa's car

Renault's Fernando Alonso at drivers parade

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Red Bull Racing's pitwall command center

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara keeps himself fit by jogging on the track on Wednesday evening

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

With pitlane still closed, all team's mechanics get ready for the yellow phase pitstop rush

Handshake between Timo Glock and Hick Heidfeld (relating to their fight on track at Monza)

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kubica and his car are being prepared inside BMW Sauber pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Ferrari mechanics wrap their equipment for its long journey to Japan

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Sebastian Vettel returns from drives parade

Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

Vettel and Glock chat with Christian Menzel who became second in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

Both Ferrari drivers sit in their cars in pits

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Double F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen attends the race as an honoury guest of McLaren Mercedes

The organised box of Ferrari pitboard panels at pitwall signaling area, now even with its own official timing screen

Winner Fernando Alonso cheers at the waving arms from the top of the rostrum

Kimi Raikkonen is being interviewed

Rosberg and his car are being prepared inside Williams pits

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of the classy Fullerton Hotel

Felipe Massa is being prepared for racing

Felipe Massa prepares for racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Renault mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Felipe Massa at Ferrari pits watches the oldfashioned lollipop carefully

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen rushes through the paddock

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The friendly McLaren hospitality area invites to a sunny breakfast, even Hamilton has a relaxed chat

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

A Honda car in front of the cloud-crowned Mount Fuji

Raikkonen exits the Ferrari car it his grid position

Kimi Raikkonen

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne and a Bridgestone tyre manager on the grid

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

Two well-gifted TV presenters (as we combine after reading their passes)

Ferrari advisor Jean Todt enters the paddock

The Chinese grid girls march on the grid

Finnish and Spanish flags wave from the grandstand

A Chinese firemarshal with protective gloves

McLaren pitstop practice

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with VIP guests on the grid

A fast Kubica passes the main grandstand

Sebastian Vettel peeps at his screen through the gap between visor and helmet

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The Shanghai main grandstand watches a Force India passing by

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

A manhole cover

Chinese fans run after reigning World Champion Kimi Raikkonen

Bernie Ecclestone

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Chinese grid girls walk home at the end of the work day

Brazilian officials hold their national flags which will be used for the drivers parade later

A Brazilian Red Bull Formula Una

Friendly smiling Brazilian grid girls

The VIP macho man seemingly wonders why someone takes a photo of him...

Lewis Hamilton, fresh Formula One World Champion 2008, gives an interview together with his brother Nicolas

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

As the World Champion's teammate, Massa's Ferrari has a large '2' on the nose cone

Renault's Nelsinho Piquet

Honda driver Takuma Sato enjoys to autograph everything for his fans

Retired Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel is being guided by a doctor

Sunnyboy Nico Rosberg gives away many autographs

BMW test driver Christian Klien with his father and manager Johannes Klien

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sometimes tactics affect race end standings already in pit lane

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Rising Toro Rosso star Sebastian Vettel spends much time on the autograph mile

Kimi Raikkonen could spend hours autographing for frenetically cheering fans

Jenson Button

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton turns to first corner

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Toyota's new driver Timo Glock

McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen break their way through questing photographers to drivers parade.

Nico Rosberg keeps the reins slack

Honda driver Jenson Button

Kimis Ferrari stands well guarded on grid

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Heikki Kovalainen besides 'his' parade car

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Renaults Fernando Alonso makes autographing to his favorite leisure activities

Toro Rosso's new driver Sébastien Bourdais appears as experienced autographer

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

Lewis Hamilton prepares for the race

Zoom of Honda driver Jenson Button

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

Kimi Raikkonen comments on his 'time-less' qualifying results.

An experienced looking Malaysian marshal

Bijou designer Moko shows his collection of rings

Sebastian Vettel should become sponsored by a toothpaste company

Youngster Sebastian Vettel teases Kubica about the surprised expression on his face when he was suddenly stopped by a bodyguard

A Renault carbon fibre safety cell

Policeman Hambazi and his motorbike colleagues attend the 10th Malaysian Grand Prix

Malaysian beauties line up for a ride ;-)

In first lap Massa slightly slides away from ideal line

Chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne entertains his wife and another Force India team member in the afternoon sun

Close-up on a Ferrari air fan

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton has put his helmet on

Robert Kubica's helmet and HANS device

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa expresses his indignation about the Q3 results to Nico Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton attaches his helmet to the HANS device

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid together with Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, chairman and executive director of Banco Santander

BMW Sauber mechanics work at the cars rear

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' guard Kubicas BMW Sauber at starting line

Technical director and Williams shareholder Patrick Head

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Honda driver Jenson Button behind Webbers Red Bull

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, obviously happy about 19 points in the championship lead, chats with his manager Robertson

Nico Rosberg sweats pretty much today ;-)

Nico Rosberg, Williams

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Honda's driver Jenson Button and his team principal Ross Brawn walk through the paddock

Sir Jackie and Paul Stewart

View at a Super Aguri cockpit, scrutineering finished

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Vettel broke his cars nose during two collisions in first lap

Red Bull mechanics brighten the inside of a gearbox with an endoscope

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

Former F1 driver, Italian Riccardo Patrese

Sir Frank Williams during his evening pit inspection

Sir Jackie Stewart on grid sightseeing with Williams VIP guest and 'richest Scot' Sir Tom Hunter

Inside the Red Bull pits

Photographer Mark Thompson takes pictures of a Bahrain folklore show during drivers presentation

McLarens Hamilton chats with Sutil

A BMW Sauber cars in park ferme after the race

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Keke Rosberg

Twice vice world champion 1969 and 1970 Jacky Ickx with vice world champ 2007 Lewis Hamilton

Raikkonen at Ferrari pits in lap 20

Racing legend Jacky Ickx with Martin Whitaker, CEO of the Bahrain International Circuit

Kimi Raikkonen , Ferrari

Honda mechanics work on the manifold under the car

Robert Kubicas BMW Sauber is already positioned on pole position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Massas Ferrari is being pushed to second grid place

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

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

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

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

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Robert Kubica

Alonso ends his first pit stop

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Massa, Heidfeld, Rosberg and Sutil arrive at drivers parade

Confident looking Roman Giancarlo Fisichella

Alonso pits first for fuel in lap 16

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

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

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

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

Zoom of Fernando Alonso, Renault

Sunnyboy Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso donates autographs to pushing fans

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

Local hero Fernando Alonso is being interviewed between the grid girls

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

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Fernando Alonso with helmet on

The middle of a Red Bull rear wing

A Red Bull right front suspension

The McLaren pit crew pushes Kovalainen backward after his Q3 stint

Ferrai mechanics prepare for pitstop practice on Thursday afternoon

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen in pits

BMW Sauber engineers work with notebooks at Kubica's car on the grid

Robert Kubica

Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Bourdais without earplugs in pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa shares his bottle of champagne with the team, too and drops it from the podium

Heikki Kovalainen jokes around with Felipe Massa after drivers parade

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen at pitlane exit

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

A part of Hamilton's McLaren, sprayed with champagne

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton shares his bottle of champagne with the team and lets it fall from the podium

Nick Heidfeld out of garage for practice

Lewis Hamilton gets ready for action

Close-up at a fly-sprinkled Toyota rearview mirror

Nick Heidfeld puts his helmet on

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton

Honda driver Jenson Button at pitlane exit on Friday afternoon practice session

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A mechanic works at a Renault's brake disk

Lewis Hamilton approaches pit lane exit on Saturday morning practice

The real Robert Kubica under the helmet

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton brakes into a steep corner

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A happy papa Massa after qualifying

Robert Kubica still keeps his position in front of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sponsor's diamonds on Hamilton's helmet.

Briatore's friend Elisabetta Gregoraci

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber under the umbrella on the grid, Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko behind him

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

On Friday evening's media party Red Bull presented an exhibition of Rainer's historical Monaco photos on their energy station in Monaco's harbour. Have a look <a href="http://www.schlegelmilch.com/archive/index.php?PHPSESSID=1&topshots=1&topshot_special=15703" style="color:#f9131d;">here</a>

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton on Thursday morning in McLaren pits with race engineer Phil Rew and McLaren's CEO Martin Whitmarsh

Colleagues photograph Nick Heidfeld at Nouvelle Chicane

Sponsor's diamonds on Kovalainen's helmet.

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Toyota's Timo Glock jumps at Nouvelle Chicane curbs

Ferrari's Felipe Massa jumps at Nouvelle Chicane curbs

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Massa's Ferrari on the grid, surrounded by engineers, mechanics and guests

Jenson Button, Honda

Sponsor's diamonds on Hamilton's helmet.

Jenson Button, Honda

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa

A Renault / Alonso fan and a Ferrari / Raikkonen fan pose together with BMW / Dr. Theissen for a souvenir photo

Felipe Massa zooms through pitlane

Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

The left front suspension of a Ferrari

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli with his patron and four-time F1 World Champion Alain Prost

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Robert Kubica far in front of Railkkonen

Nick Heidfeld becomes second placed and passes his cheering BMW Sauber team

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf admires Massa's Ferrari

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE, French racing driver and four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion

Felipe Massa slides around the corner

Gerhard Berger, co-owner of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A Renault steering wheel

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa on the track's dirt, in the background the pitlane exit with the damaged cars of Hamilton and Raikkonen

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa speaks stereo

Adrian Sutil of Force India prepares for racing

The BMW Sauber team celebrates besides parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton brakes in front of Kubica

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

A Canadian grid girl in front of Massa's Ferrari

A rear mirror of a Renault

Grid girls guard the grid at finish line

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, thoughtful

Force India driver Adrian Sutil

Race winner and championship leader Robert Kubica is being interviewed

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jenson Button returns from drivers parade

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen jumps at turn 16

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Renault's Fernando Alonso

A Red Bull Formula Una

A Renault emblem on a nose cone

A BMW Sauber's front wing

Robert Kubica after the race with Ferrari mechanics

Fernando Alonso, Renault

McLaren pit crew awaits Lewis Hamilton in lap 52

Ferrari pit crew between two pit stops

Jenson Button's sparkling eye

The BMW Sauber pit crew practices a pit stop

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sir Frank Williams reflects in the front of a mirror-walled motorhome

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A piece of a Ferrari's rear wing

A tyre glows in the sun

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer

Felipe Massa plugs his earphones

Race winner Felipe Massa, Ferrari

black gold

The two Ferraris roar on an empty straight

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Trulli's shiny helmet rests on his Toyota car on the grid

Massa arrives at parc ferme

A thoughtful Robert Kubica in pits

Toro Rosso driver and local hero Sebastien Bourdais

After one lap Raikkonen leads the pair of Ferraris already with a wide distance margin

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen chauffeurs Miss France

The nose cone tip of a Red Bull car

The Red Bull Unas are welcomed at the Energy Station with a glass of champagne on Thursday afternoon

The Ferrari pit crew practices a pit stop

A nose-taped confident Felipe Massa is being interviewed on the grid

Felipe Massa jumps at turn 16

A forest of grid number boards rises into the air

The tricolour being held by a grid beauty

Sebastian Vettel of Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for a sharp contest besides his grid position

Williams drivers Nico Rosberg

Fan flags and Union Jacks on fishing poles

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen after Q3

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Bourdais looks forward to an exciting race

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Many supporting fans appreciated an exciting wet race

Promising Toro Rosso driver Sebatsian Vettel, still slightly raddled from his balaclava

Jenson Button of Honda

Williams technical director Sam Michael looks ahead to a good performance of driver Rosberg

Photographers position themselves on the pitwall for a group photo of a promotional presentation of the Batmobile and a Toyota car on the grid

David Coulthard in Red Bull pits

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for a sharp contest besides his grid position

McLaren's local hero Lewis Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

An here we go for a lap

Felipe Massa approaches Ferrari pits in lap 30

Two 'Bobbies' represent law and friendliness at the paddock entrance

Honda's Jenson Button

Wrinkles of experience sign Rubens Barrichello

Toyota organises a promotional presentation of the Batmobile driving besides a Toyota car

The starting lights just went off

A thoughtful David Coulthard in Red Bull pits

Williams drivers Nico Rosberg

Fernando Alonso, Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Webber's left rear wheel is being exchanged

Timo Glock at the Toyota piwall

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg during drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica puts his balaclava on

Fernando Alonso, Renault, passes the 'Motodrom' grand stand

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

The fans already know that Michael Schumacher visits the event

A thoughtul expression on Kimi's face

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bourdais follows the queue to turn 1

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock stands to his fans

Alonso, Trulli and Kubica head to first corner, Hamilton pulls away

A McLaren car is being rolled through the phalanx of grid girls

A souvenir photo of the whole family with Sebastian Vettel (except daddy who takes the picture)

Raikkonen's pit stop in lap 22

Fernando Alonso at drivers parade

Alonso ends his pit stop

Lewis Hamilton waves at the spectators from a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jenson Button waves at fans during drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

The safety car and the medical car clear the track together

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

The Toyota pit crew practices a pit stop with Timo Glock

Bernie Ecclestone goes for a walk through pitlane

Cool Kimi, freshly shaved

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota, runs over fresh paint at pit lane exit

Alonso leaves the Renault pits

Adrian Sutil greets from a historic car at drivers parade

Alonso receives a service in lap 19

Kimi Raikkonen is being interviewed whilst he prepares for drivers parade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda on the grid

Jarno Trulli unter pressure?

Windsurfing legend Brian 'Irie man' Talma from Barbados was invited as VIP guest to the Panasonic Toyota team

Timo Glock steers his Toyota against the centrifugal forces

A Toyota mechanic quenches his thirst from cheering with Glock's champagne

Jenson Button, Honda

The McLaren Mercedes team trucks

Adrin Sutil and his father take a walk through the paddock and watch Hamilton in front of the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

An evening view on the paddock's motorhome alley, the McLaren Mercedes 'villa' towers above Toyota's twin trucks

Alonso leads Raikkonen over a long period of the race

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to his fans

Fashion victim Kubica tries the latest warm weather hat trend

Fisichella seems to be in a hurry to find a water slide

Ferrari mechanics check the fuel hoses and nozzles

An evening view on the paddock's motorhome alley, the media 'block' of Ferrari in front of BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle'

A lucid McLaren Mercedes motorhome at night

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone is being picked up in the paddock by his reliable chauffeur

Mark Webber

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

All media was invited to a curry party in the Force India motorhome, even the grid girls in civvies grab a second serving

Flags wave above the grid

Sebastian Vettel

Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber pits

Nico Rosberg

Robert Kubica besides the grid

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

The shiny Ferrari media motorhome after sunset

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello is being serviced at Honda pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock with Rita Barbera Nolla, mayor of Valencia

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Massa celebrates his victory on podium

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore with McLaren's Ron Dennis

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton chat in the paddock

Kimi Raikkonen shakes hands with Hiroshi Yasukawa, director of Bridgestone Motorsport

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa on the bridge

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Hamilton lifts a wheel at a corner

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Race winner Massa celebrates his victory on podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg rushes through the concrete channel

Japanese TV presenter

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello leaves Honda pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Massa's Ferrari is being pushed to grid by mechanics

Local matador Fernando Alonso had to give many autographs this weekend

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen edges behind the bridge

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed on the grid

Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and crew on grid

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Briatore and Fry enter the Toyota motorhome meeting room

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Second placed Hamilton celebrates on podium

A view on a America's Cup shipowner's building from between two Williams team trucks

Massa's pitboard signals first position

Drivers parade in front of grandstands full of spectators

Rubens Barrichello leaves Honda pits

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica prepares for practice

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone arrives at the team boss meeting under comprehensive TV camera supervision

Nico Rosberg explains something to Lewis Hamilton with wide gestures

Sebastian Vettel

On Thursday, Nico Rosberg walks around the track

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Third placed Kubica celebrates on podium

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, on the bridge

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Start field back markers at La Source exit

Kubica in front of Glock and Vettel

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

It's cold in Spa as the drivers meet up before the drivers parade on Sunday

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Toyota pit crew awaits the driver

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

The McLaren pit crew waits for their operation

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Force Inda pitwall command center

Ferrari mechanics wait in pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Polesetter Hamilton exits his car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Raikkonen fans cheer up for their idol

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A race view from La Source to Eau Rouge

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

A sad retired Raikkonen walks back to pits after the race finish

Cheering fans celebrate on the grid in front of the rostrum

Jenson Button, Honda

With three laps to go, Raikkonen leads in front of Hamilton, pitboard signals third position to Massa

Ross Brawn watches the screens at Honda pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais puts his helmet on with a scrutinising look to the sky

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Alonso and Massa on their way to press conference

Drivers meet before drivers parade - Bourdais, Massa and Fisichella

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore speaks to BMW Motorsport director Dr Mario Theissen on the grid

Ron Dennis' mimics speaks volumes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Watered but joyful tifosi

Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Massa's pit board

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Water masses are being swept out of Ferrari pits

Jenson Button, Honda

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Toyota advisor Frank Dernie with manager Peter Collins

Victorious Sebastian Vettel expesses his joy about his success as youngest GP winner of all times

Happy race winner Sebastian Vettel runs on to podium

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, at Prima Variante

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Clean dryness at BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Sir Frank Williams and Sir Jackie Stewart sit close together in the Williams motorhome

Mark Webber, David Coultard and Jenson Button have a relaxed chat in Red Bull's energy station

Norbert Haug endows a souvenir photo of DC's first victory with former employer McLaren (1997 in Melbourne)

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods in Monza's pitlane

FIA president Max Mosley visits the grid

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by Austrian media

BMW Sauber drivers Kubica and Heidfeld walk to press conference

Double Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and Triple Formula One World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart joke together for Rainer's lens

Sebastian Vettel greets fans from drivers parade truck

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Even Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher seems to have no clue

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

A panoramic view at the Singapore skyline and the Esplanade drive hairpain - many thanks to The Fullerton Hotel manager Sharad Rattan for giving us the kind permission and opportunity to take these beautiful photographs.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Champagne shower from Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel autographs with pleasure a grid girl's ticklish back

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen passes Marina Bay Gallery grandstand

Polesetter Massa arrives at parc ferme after Q3

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda, in front of the classy Fullerton Hotel

Nico Rosberg

A panoramic view at the Singapore skyline and the Esplanade drive hairpain - many thanks to The Fullerton Hotel manager Sharad Rattan for giving us the kind permission and opportunity to take these beautiful photographs.

A panoramic view at the Singapore skyline and the Esplanade drive hairpain - many thanks to The Fullerton Hotel manager Sharad Rattan for giving us the kind permission and opportunity to take these beautiful photographs.

Toro Rosso mechanics watch their car racing on a screen in pits

Jenson Button arrives at Honda pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Honda's Jenson Button passes Marina Bay Gallery grandstand

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits with a fuel hose still attached

Ferrari mechanics practise a pitstop with Raikkonen and the electronic lollipop

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

A delighted seconnd placed Nico Rosberg is being chased by press after the race

Alonso and his car are being prepared inside Renault pits

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

After Massa's pit stop the refueling nozzle is still stuck in the tank of the Ferrari car

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Heidfeld approaches a fenced corner whilst the skyline fades away in twilight

The happy winner Fernando Alonso is being interviewed after the race

Media crowds up for a team victory photo shooting at Renault pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Alonso's physio

Fernando Alonso in the lead with a few laps to go

Kimi's physio

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

Kimi's physio

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Before drivers parade, Trulli and Raikkonen joke a bit around with Kimi's personal assistant

Glock's grid girl

Silhouette of Chris Dyer, Ferrari race engineer

The grid accelerates to formation lap

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Michelle Yeoh, live-in partner of Jean Todt

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

BMW Sauber mechanis watch the race in pits

Felipe Massa

Raikkonen in pits

Unlucky backmarker Hamilton

Massa ready at Ferrari pits

Tyres in row at parc ferme

Whilst the Red Bull mechanics work hard, the Red Bull Unas work, too :)

Ferrari mechanis watch the race in pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

McLaren's Ron Dennis

Jarno Trulli gets service at Toyota pits

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen comes down from the drivers parade truck

Champagne shower for McLaren's sporting director Dave Ryan

Podium ceremony

Jenson Button, Honda, concentrates during qualification session

John Townsend

Toyota's Jarno Trulli slightly besides the curbs

John Townsend

Toro Rosso associate Gerhard Berger

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne

The two Britons Jenson Button and David Coulthard

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes driver, after achieving pole position

Part of a McLaren front wing

Toro Rosso's Gerhard Berger seems to suffer a jet lag

Alonso evaporates wood from his Renault car's bottom

Jenson Button, Honda

Close-up at the reflection on a McLaren nose cone

Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg comes down from the drivers parade truck

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

The official opening ceremony for an exciting F1 carnival Sunday

An ING DIBA (Renault's main sponsor) advertising billbard lets Alonso walk on the wall

Faster than a black horse? A Ferrari mechanic on a Bridgestone tyre during pitstop practice

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head jokes around with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh and Williams team manager Adam Parr

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg climbs on the drivers parade truck

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen climbs on the drivers parade truck

Packed grandstands at first turn

Jarno Trulli comes down from the drivers parade truck

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Antti Puskala and Wolfgang Wilhelm

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The two Britons Jenson Button and David Coulthard

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica discusses setup with a mechanic

A Ferrari fan with his stylish pet

David Coulthard

A reddened tattoo on the back of a stylish VIP

The McLaren pit crew waits for Lewis to swap tyres

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatiore with Heikki Kovalainen

A Brazilian tifoso on his Ferrari bike

Toro Rosso's Gerhard Berger discusses with FIA race ebserver Herbie Blash

Heidfeld ends his second stop at BMW Sauber pits in lap 41 of the Malaysaian GP 2008

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber is being well prepared

Alonso pits in front of a dark smoke emitting McLaren pit stop

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

McLaren principal Ron Dennis proudly raises his trophy for the winning constructor.

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

New BMW test driver Christian Klien

Perhaps the two most promising German drivers: Adrian Sutil and Timo Glock

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya's credentials

Kovalainen leaves his fast pit crew

Vice World Champion Lewis Hamilton poses for the annual season start drivers presentation

Lewis Hamilton pushes hard to widen the gap to his followers

Renault's new hope Sébastien Bourdais

Red Bull driver Mark Webber turns to first corner

Ferrari steering wheel

Rivals Alonso and Hamilton together, probably sharing a pencil?

Even father Anthony Hamilton is asked to donate autographs to Lewis' fans

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Annual drivers group photo shooting on the grid

Ferrari left front suspension

Legendary Sir Jackie Stewart most probably gives good advice to Anthony Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Race winner Lewis Hamilton jumps onto podium

Honda driver Jenson Button poses for the annual season start drivers presentation

'Melt away, girls!'

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Close-up on a Williams' rear

Again-Renault driver Fernando Alonso with his new unfamiliar helmet

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Toyota's new German driver Timo Glock puts his helmet on

Fans show overwhelming profession of sympathy for Lewis Hamilton

Sébastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Five laps before race finish Raikkonen walks back trough pitlane after retiring with failing engine in lap 53

Williams driver Nico Rosberg poses for the annual season start drivers presentation

Kovalainen appoaches McLaren pits for his second stop in lap 47 whilst the Renault pit crew awaits Alonso.

New McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen leaves the drivers presentation with a smile

Brief inspection of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber concludes with retirement in lap 47

Race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates on podium.

Fresh teammates Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen

Renault's new main driver 'Nelsinho' Nelson Piquet jr.

Malaysian grid girls await the drivers for parade

Helpful hand from FOM TV crew hold the Malaysian flag ...

Felipe Massa lifts a wheel of his Ferrari

Litter is being removed several times a day to keep everything clean and tidy

Jenson Button, Honda

A small sticker tells more than one story about Ferraris succeedings

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

Robert Kubica watches a sceen at the pitwall command center

The Honda team's new principal Ross 'The Brain' Brawn

Jenson Button, Honda

Sebastian Vettel cools down besides the grid with a damp towel

Force India team principal Colin Kolles

Father and son Todt on the way through pitlane

Kimi Raikkonen takes seat in his Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Two hours after the race the whole Ferrari crew waits patiently for the other teams to roll their cars back from FIA scrutineering so that they can get ready for the group photo shooting

A Force India awaits scrutineering

The Ferrari pits during qualifyication session part 3

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Trullis manager Lucio Cavuto

Sir Jackie Stewart japes with Stefan Johansson and Johnny Herbert

An potentially delighted Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore

Heikki Kovalainen puts his race helmet on

Our Lithuanian relative Harald Schlegelmilch carries a name which is very difficult to spell :)

Yeah, we love to see one of us racing!

Jenson Button, Honda

Proud father Niki Lauda

Timo Glock chills down besides the grid with rock music

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Raikkonens manger David Robertson with his son Steve and Ferraris Head of Motor Sport Press Office Luca Colajanni attentively watch the times screen in Ferrari pits.

Malaysian Ferrari fans

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Sebastian Vettel with a wet towel besides the grid

Kubica seems a bit surprised as a bodyguard shovels space for a Malaysian VIP guest

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

... to suddenly unveil the most beautiful Malaysian girls who pose for the TV camera

Nelson Piquet jr walks to drivers parade, Alonso behind him

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ross Brawn, Honda's new technical director

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa with his manager Nicolas Todt

Pit stop of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica in lap 17

Red Bull rider David Coulthard lifts a wheel at a curb

Mark Webber leaves the line after braking too hard

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Felipe Massa celebrates his first victory and point score this season

Kazuki Nakajima carried most fuel and pits in lap 32

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kubica out of pits

Here fans can get really close to their idols

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld pits in lap 23

Glowing rear lights of a Williams car

A Force India wheel suspension

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica arrives at his pole position on grid

Ferraris Felipe Massa caresses BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Refueling for Massa in lap 23

Nico Rosberg cannot avoid to talk again with Massa about yesterdays Q3

Kubica out of pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

FIA scrutineering after the race

Adrian Sutil grabs the steering wheel

Jenson Button decelerates

Old champ Stefan Johansson retires in a Speedcar race

Autograph session with Lewis Hamilton and Jacky Ickx

Fast wheel exchange service for Alonso in lap 20

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer takes a quick breakfast

Jenson Buttun arrives at parc ferme with smoking brakes after qualifying

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A delighted BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen after Q3

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A Ferrari mechanic vents the braking system

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

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

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

Bernie Ecclestone called for a teamboss meeting at Toyota motorhome

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Fernando Alonso puts his balaclava on

Winning makes thirsty

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

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

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Champagne shower for Massa and technical director Aldo Costa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button takes his helmet off after finishing sixth

Can Heikki Kovalainen already foresee his accident in lap 22?

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced during Saturday morning practice

Heidfeld pits in lap 45

Jenson Button, Honda

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

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in front of Kubica

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

A thoughtful Niki Lauda

Ferrari crew surrounds parc ferme after a successful race

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

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

A BMW Sauber is being scrutineered by FIA officials

Jenson Button, Honda

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Heidfeld out of pits in lap 45

Kazuki Nakajima at Williams pits in lap 51

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld in the reflection of the windows above pitlane

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Kubica pits in lap 47

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Force India team boss Colin Kolles

Felipe Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nelsinho Piquet sees the blue flag at pit lane exit

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Rubens Barrichello at pitlane exit signal

Rubens Barrichello

Carbon fibre at its most beautiful shape

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The Formula One drivers descent from the parade truck, Sebastian Vettel commences

Toro Rosso boss Gerhard Berger and Flavio Briatore of Renault

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Adrian Sutil (Force India) return from drivers meeting in a good mood

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A view on an uncovered Ferrari engine - not really a spy shot...

A close view at a Renault's carbon fibre rear suspension

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld

Race winner Felipe Massa passes his cheering Ferrari team and frenetic Paddock Club spectators

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Webber's steering wheel on a Red Bull car

Hamilton sprays a fountain of champagne

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica receives a brief service during qualification part 3

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld

Ferrari driver Massa leads the McLaren of Hamilton

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen overlaps Sebastian Vettel's Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica waits at pitlane exit

The steering wheel is laid out ready for Nick Heidfeld

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

On the grid, Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

Nelsinho Piquet at pit lane exit signal

Robert Kubica at the pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A cool thumbs up from Felipe Massa after gaining pole position

Robert Kubica is being serviced by a quick BMW Sauber team

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head with Ex-Williams and now Red Bull Racing technical director engineer Geoff Willis and a McLaren engineer

Timo Glock arrives at pitlane on Thurrsday morning

Adrian Sutil anters the harbour after tunnel exit

Jenson Button, Honda

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen right after Portier

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen in front of the terrace of L´Hôtel de Paris

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button, Honda

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Fernando Alonso with a broken rear wing still attached to his ING Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

David Coulthard walks back under yellow flag after his slide and collision with Bourdais in lap 7

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nico Rosberg concentrates before the race

'Uh, the diamonds on my helmet are so shiny!' :)

Fernando Alonso, Renault

A cheering McLaren team lift up their hero Hamilton

Nico Rosberg's Williams carries a broken front wing after its meeting with Alonso at Loews hairpin

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa takes a sip through his balaclava's drink hole

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Famous actress Brigitte Nielsen visited the paddock on Sunday

Robert Kubica close to the boats at Tabac

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa concentrates before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari's Felipe Massa at Casino

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton

Timo Glock exits the tunnel

Fernando Alonso, ING Renault

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Race winner Robert Kubica proudly presents his trophy

A Force India steering wheel

Reflections on a Renault's bodywork

Happy BMW Sauber F1 mechanics celebrate with Kubica's champagne bottle after the podium ceremony of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen and manager Steve Robertson both seem to like lemons ;)

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica celebrates his achivement and leads the championship with 42 points

The steering wheel of a Ferrari - count the buttons!

Jenson Button, Honda

Podium ceremony with the first polish Grand Prix winner Robert Kubica

Interviewers withhold BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen from drinking off the champagne bottle

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Happy BMW Sauber mechanics celebrate with Kubica's champagne bottle

A Force India car's front, parts of the front wing not yet attached

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Aerodynamical bodywork at the front of a McLaren

Kimi Raikkonen

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Patrick Head, co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team, gives an inrterview in font of Nakajima's grid place

David Coulthard presents his trophy for gaining third position

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehner congratulates Quick Nick

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Renault

BMW Sauber mechanics celebrate with Swiss flags

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Manager family Robertson watchs the grid's scenery

Nick Heidfeld watches the pit lane scenery

Nick Heidfeld is being interviewed

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton ejoys an oldtimer ride offered by his chauffeur and team mate Heikki Kovalainen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica , BMW Sauber

Raikkonen at Ferrari pits in lap 52

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Toyota's Timo Glock jokes around with an interviewer

Does Nico Rosberg's mimic explains his opinion about deodorisers?

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, still out of car at his grid position

Timo Glock lets his Toyota fly over the curbs

Raikkonen at Ferrari pits in lap 52

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Raikkonen pits out from Ferrari pits in lap 52

A happy third placed Trulli signals his joy

Jarno Trulli at pit lane entry

Ferrari F1 team boss Stefano Domenicali

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Rubens Barrichello enters the pit lane

A Red Bull's airbox

Jenson Button enters pit lane

Honda driver Jenson Button

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

German Toyota driver Timo Glock is being pushed backwards by many helping hands

'Quick' Nick Heidfeld jumps with a BMW Sauber

Renault's Nelsinho Piquet with both wheels off ground

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Massa has taken over the lead from Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Piquet close in front of Hamilton

Fisichella at the end of the start field brakes hard at the straight's end

Last preparations are being made at Piquet's Renault

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Heikki Kovalainen bites?

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Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock's Toyota with a condolatory black ribbon for Toyota's former team boss and founder Ove Andersson

Toyota's Timo Glock concentrates on the upcoming race besides the grid

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Hamilton fans support their idol with an optimistic banner

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

The performance of the Toyota crew's ballet is being started with the 'Lollipop man dance'

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Toro Rosso ace Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed on the grid by Austrian TV

Jarno Trulli accelerates away from Toyota pits

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Cool design even under the feet of the Ferrari crew in pits

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Felipe Massa is being interrogated by the international press

The field departs in a cloud of spray

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jarno Trulli is being serviced by a seemingly dancing Toyota crew, too

Mark Webber puts his race helmet on

Sebastian Vettel took this opportunity to try on the team's new winter testing wardrope

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber is being pushed back into pits

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Alonso is being serviced by the Renault pit crew in lap 20

Red Bull's advisor Dr. Helmut Marko speaks with gestures to David Coulthard

Felipe Massa in pit lane

Kovalainen's car is being prepared at its grid position

Standing straight at Kovalainens front row position, the brave grid girls seems to be familiar with the British weather conditions

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

The ING lion on the lollipop hides Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen concentrates on the imminent race

Felipe Massa's Ferrari is being refueled in lap 30

David Coulthard with gladiatoral face expression in Red Bull pits

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa receives a Ferrari-fast service in lap 30

Timo Glock is being serviced by a seemingly dancing Toyota crew

Felipe Massa ends his pit stop

It might become a bit difficult to service the Batmobile under 8 seconds ;)

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Rubens Barrichello zooms forward to a surprising result

Red Bull's advisor Dr. Helmut Marko speaks with David Coulthard

Jenson Button, Honda

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen in pits with Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer and team boss Stefano Domenicali

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Race leader Hamilton is being serviced in lap 18

Janso Button in the pits

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, passes a giant screen which shows his teammate's onboard camera view

Line-up of the BMW M1 race cars

Michael Schumacher gives autographs whilst his morning power walk through the paddock

Kubica pits early in lap 18

Jenson Button brakes at the hairpin

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with driver Robert Kubica, Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and team physio Jo Leberer

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

The BMW Sauber mechanics prepare Robert Kubica and his car for racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Second grid placed Massa arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

After arriving at parc ferme Hamilton jumps from his McLaren car

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Flavio Briatore, his team boss of his rookie times

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, navigates around a piece of pulled-out grass at hairpin

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock rushes away from a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

Dieter Quester drives a historic BMW M1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Prinz Leopold 'Poldi' von Bayern and Michael Hinderer were honoured to drive Regazzoni's former racing BMW M1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A frog's view at Robert Kubica who talks with Fisichella (left) and Barrichello (right hand), in the back Piquet jr., Button, Alonso and Trulli

... then at Honda, ...

Force India's little crystal Tadj Mahal at sunset

Red Bull's and Toro Rosso's so-called 'energy station' ensures thirst-quenching pit stops

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Opera singer Placido Domingo (middle) with Bernie Ecclestone and an incognito VIP

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to eager fans

Jenson Button, Honda

A thoughtful Nick Heidfeld leaves the parc ferme of the further arrivers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

... and now at McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Raikkonen is being pushed by Ferrari mechanics to his grid position

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to eagerly pushing fans

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the Ferrari team practices pitstops

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed on the grid under the alert eyes (and ears) of Renault press officer Patrizia Spinelli

Zoomed Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Zoom of Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced in Q2

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A bird's view on the paddock

Robert Kubica in the shade

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Zoom of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Massa parks the perished Ferrari on the straight besides the pitwall

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Surrounded by waiting media, the three fastest qualifiers arrive for the group photo

Honda nose cones with attached front wings

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello arrives at Honda pits

A frustrated Raikkonen walks to Ferrari pits

Third placed Kubica greets the spectators from parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Williams

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen chats with famous guest Michael Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen leaves the retired Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Massa's Ferrari arrives at pole position

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Jenson Button, Honda

Race winner Massa and second Hamilton arrive at parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A frustrated Raikkonen walks away from a retired Ferrari car

Massa celebrates his victory after crossing finish line

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Massa quickly draws away from the field in first lap

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Heikki Kovalainen still in pits

Old friends meet on the grid - Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen's chat with famous guest Michael Schumacher is being interrupted by a busy mobile phone

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton

The two Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen have fun together

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

The start from behind

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel's Toro Rosso on grid

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Robert Kubica leaves BMW Sauber pits

Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton shake hands before the group photo session

Nico Rosberg leaves pits after quick service

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, on the bridge

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa goes out to practice

Massa wins the European Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg

Williams' Kazuki Nakajima

Nelsinho Piquet shaves the hairpin

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock finishes service at Toyota pits

Jarno Trulli's helmet strapped to HANS

Timo Glock is being serviced at Toyota pits

Second placed Massa takes the chequered flag

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes La Source

Jenson Button, Honda

Felipe Massa on grid

Jacky Ickx speaks with Dr. Helmut Marko

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock is being serviced at Toyota pits

Raikkonen crashes in second last lap, teammate Massa and overlapped Coulthard pass the retired Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen on the grid

Raikkonen is being pushed to his grid position

Jacques Bernard 'Jacky' Ickx, the most successful all-round racing driver ever

Felipe Massa takes his race helmet off

Raikkonen is being eagerly awaited by the media at his grid position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India, at La Source

Timo Glock arrives at Toyota pits for service

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Felipe Massa talks to Rob Smedley

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubica in front of his BMW Sauber teammate Nick Heidfeld

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Lewis Hamilton returns from a rainy drivers parade

Happy Lewis jumps on the podium

Lewis Hamilton begins his flying lap during qualifying

Kovalainen's grid girl

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota, climbs Raidillon out of Eau Rouge on intermediate tyres

Felipe Massa ends his pit stop

Felipe Massa ends his pit stop

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Massa's Ferrari on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Felipe Massa talks to Rob Smedley

Last lap: Kubica keeps Kovalainen behind him whilst Hamilton can be seen on the screen in the back braking at Les Combes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Red Bull pit crew in waiting position

Thoughtful Giancarlo Fisichella

Kimi Raikkonen returns from a rainy drivers parade

Felipe Massa ends his pit stop

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, enters pit lane

A cloud of spray with blinking red lights roars through first chicane

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel at the post qualifying press conference on a TV monitor

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber's Kubica in front of Hamilton

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz and Slavica Ecclestone meet Max Mosley

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica takes the curbs surrounded by autumn leaves

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard enters pitlane at first practice session

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Alonso before turning to Variante Ascari

A very proud Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger raises the trophy for the winning constructor

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Racing legends Sir Jackie Stewart and Emerson Fittipaldi are being interviewed

Nico Rosberg's Williams spits fire

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso engineers on the grid at pole position

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Drivers meet before drivers parade - Kovalainen and Piquet jr.

Honda F1 executives Nick Fry and Ross Brawn

Toro Rosso team mates Vettel and Bourdais celebrate their unexpected grid positions

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld rushes to BMW Sauber pits during qualification part 2

Emerson Fittipaldi with Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Heikki's McLaren car is being prepared on the grid

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld behind Robert Kubica, both BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Ferrari pit wall commanders await the end of Friday morning's heavy rain

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Toro Rosso team group photo after gaining fabulous pole and fourth grid position

Racing legend Alessandro Zanardi with FOM's Pasquale Lattuneddu

Norbert Haug endows a souvenir photo of DC's first victory with former employer McLaren (1997 in Melbourne). On the right sporting director Christian Horner of the Red Bull F1 Racing Team.

A well-behaved start behind the safety car approaches first chicane

Sebastian Vettel celebrates his amazing pole position achievement in parc ferme

DC gives a speech to the guests of his farewell party

Cheering fans cheer at and take photos of the passing drivers parade truck

Youngest Grand Prix winner of all times Sebastian Vettel showers his Toro Rosso team with champagne

Lewis Hamiton goes out to Q2 on intermediate tyres

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Champagne showers

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, starts from third position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber's physio Jo Leberer signs also responsible for the pitwall signal and carefully checks the lap times on his screen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica joyfully prepares for racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen halts at McLaren Mercedes pits

Vettel and Glock rush side by side through first hairpin

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton is being accompanied to the grid by his physio Adam Costanzo

Massa stops at the end of the pitlane and waits for his mechanics to remove the refueling hose

Ferrari press officer Luca Colajanni speaks to Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, crosses Anderson bridge

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg shares his champagne with the team

Felipe Massa out of pits

Jarno Trulli and Robert Kubica return from drives parade

Ferrari mechanics try hard to remove the stuck refueling hose from Massa's car

Massa and Raikkonen (in the back) return from drivers parade

Colourful lampions aflame the spectator areas

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Kimi Raikkonen out of pits

Polesetter Massa arrives at parc ferme after Q3

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Ferrari mechanics succeed to remove the stuck refueling hose from Massa's car

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Hamilton's pitboard signals to pit during Q3

The McLaren pit crew wears heavy safety garment

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton's pitstop in qualifying part 3

Sebastien Bourdais after Friday afternoon practice

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nelson Piquet jr. is being refueled at Renault pits

Alonso splashs out a dash of champagne

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso is being pushed back to Renault pits during practice session

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Raikkonen finishes a successful pitstop

Smoke from the dry ice in the coolers rises besides Hamilton's helmet on a McLaren's sidepod

Lewis Hamilton gives interviews after qualifying

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Close-up on a Ferrari exhaust

A generous second placed Kubica showers winner Alonso with his champagne

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Raikkonen's Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton in parc ferme after qualifying

Pitstop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

The Raikkonen fans know where to get the good photos from ;)

Pitstop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya stands in the paddock like a statue

Junction of a McLaren nose cone and the front wings

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering during paddock club pitwalk

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Barrichello's Honda on its grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica and Fisichella between Chinese grid girls

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber puts his Puma gloves on

John Townsend

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Chinese fans show their devotion to Rubens Barrichello

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Friend and colleague Martin Trenkler carries 'light weight equipment' of a 'Photogarupher' ;-)

Pitstop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Pitstop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Alonso fans cheer from the main grandstand

Lewis Hamilton waves to the fans

John Townsend

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leaves to grid

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Pitstop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Sparks from the bottom of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Pitstop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Podium group photo after the Chinese Grand Prix 2008: second placed Massa, winner Hamilton and third placed Raikkonen

ING DIBA's lion on the Renault team's lollipop during a pitstop practice

Fernando Alonso listens to the national anthem during podium ceremony

Red Bull's Mark Webber

Ferrari test driver Marc Gene

David Coulthard puts his helmet on

Massa's Ferrari is being prepared for scrutineering after Q3

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Whilst the photographers position themselves for the annual season end group photo, the grid girls line up on the grid

Jarno Trulli

Local hero Felipe Massa

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

The drivers meet in groups on the drivers parade truck

During drivers parade some of the drivers greet the fans with the Brazilian national banner

The Toro Rosso tyre manager

Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer watches Hamilton on his screen

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Father and brother Massa are the first to hug the polesitter

Rubens Barrichello and his boys joke around with Giancarlo Fisichella and manager Enrico Zanarini

Massa's Ferrari on pole position is being prepared for the important race

David Coultard gives an interview

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The drivers wave with the Brazilian national banner from the drivers parade truck

Briton Jenson Button

Jarno Trulli carries his helmet

An unknown lady in red

The annual season's end group photo of all drivers together

Niki Lauda with his wife Birgit Wetzinger

McLaren team principal Ron Dennis gives an interview after the successful race

Sebastian Vettel whispers to Gerhard Berger

Mark Webber looks at the screen

Robert Kubica

Giancarlo Fisichella

Timo Glock

The silver bracelet identifies all Formula Unas worldwide

During drivers parade some of the drivers greet the fans with the Brazilian national banner

Kimi Raikkonen listens to the national anthem during podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel

Triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) watches his son getting ready in the Renault car's cockpit

Bernie Ecclestone

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Kovalainen ejects from his pit service

A quite amused third placed Nico Rosberg shakes his tropy skywards.

Little time for a chat before drivers parade between Alonso, Kubica and Webber.

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Famous singer and experienced F1 guest Danii Minogue

Toyota's Timo Glock besides the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico's physio Oliver Fengler should better have not bet with people from Williams team on a podium finish of Nico, he had to cut his beautiful blond thatch off (and does not even seem to be sad about it :).

'Werdriver' Fernando Alonso with Renault communications manager Patrizia Spinelli

Cheering crowds celebrate their heroes.

Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber in pits, a former collision of Nakajima's Williams with his rear causes his retirement in lap 47 (formula1.com: 'at the end of the third safety car period Nakajima crashed into the rear of my car and I had to stop').

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

TV presenter Karen Minier takes care of her fiancé David Coulthard's hair style

Rubens Barrichello keeps his Honda for a while in front of Raikkonen's catching up Ferrari

A disappointed Sebastian Vettel is being pushed out of danger with a broken nose

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Race winner Lewis Hamilton caresses third placed Nico Rosberg on podium.

Takuma Sato greets the fans alongside the grid

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr.

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Zoom of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nico Rosberg

Jean Alesi climbs out of his car after winning the Saturday Speedcar race

Sebastian Vettels name at the side of the Toro Rosso cockpit

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson chat with Sir Jackie Stewart

Heidfelds jacked-up BMW Sauber on its grid position

Nick Heidfeld prepares for racing

Niki's son Mathias Lauda appreciates a blow of cooled air before the Speedcar race

Raikkonen in Ferrari pits during 18th lap, taking the lead from teammate Massa

Happy Ferrari team group photo

Toro Rosso rider Sebastien Bourdais

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

A McLaren airgun with attached flange for wheel hub cap

Jenson Button escorted by Kazuki Nakajima

Fourth grid position for Robert Kubica

Renault driver Fernando Alonso

A Honda steering wheel

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld puts his helmet on

Familiar expression on Trullis face

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

The rear end of a BMW Sauber car

Toro Rosso rider Sebastian Vettel

Handshake beween polesetter Kubica and later race winner Massa

Nick Heidfeld

A BMW Sauber nose cone tip

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore with his boss, Renault president Carlos Ghosn

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Winner Massa proudly shakes his trophy on podium

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nico Rosberg

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari drivers Raikkonen and Massa wait together before drivers parade

Johanssons damaged Speedcar

BMW Sauber nose cone wings

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer watches the arrival of temporary grid girl Gulf Air stewardesses

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

A very proud third placed Kubica celebrates his achievement

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Rose water instead of champagne amuses the Ferrari teammates

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Buttons Honda on grid position

Robert Kubica is being interviewed on the grid

Force India mechanic caresses the Ferrari engine

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Nelson Piquet jr. is being serviced at Renault pits in lap 17

The damaged side of Johanssons Speedcar

Honda driver Jenson Button with Honda F1 team boss Ross Brawn

Raikonnen pushes his Ferrari in front of Kubica in second lap

All drivers line up on a rostrum for the drivers presentation, this time not going around the track

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Reflection of Robert Kubica

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

Nelsinho Piquet, Renault

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Kimi Raikkonen with Massa's Ferrari close behind

Fourth placed Robert Kubica walks towards parc ferme after the race

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from the track

Kimi Raikkonen jumps on his Ferrari in parc ferme

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

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

Championship sticker at a Ferrari airbox

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

Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Coulthard at Red Bull pits in lap 52

The start

Adrian Sutil, Force India

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

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld huns through the fan-filled grandstands

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Massa leads the start field after the first corner, with Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen close behind him.

Lewis Hamilton's helmet, prepared for action

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kazuki Nakajima retires at first corner after he has been broken by Fisichella

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Heikki Kovalainen is being pushed back to McLaren garage after his qualification stint

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso), Fernando Alonso (Renault), Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) behind the three and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

Is it Robert Kubica staring at us from a BMW Sauber F1 Team truck?

Two Ferraris and two McLarens battle for best position before the first corner

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso), Lucas di Grassi (Renault) and Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) on their way through paddock after drivers parade

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start frield expands

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Despite Hamilton pushes hard from behind, Massa defends his leading position

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Green lights for Robert Kubica

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda, uphill

Right after the start, Messa in the lead

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima in front of a Ferrari

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

A Force India front wing

Kubica and Alonso wave at the cheering fans at the start of the drivers parade

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jarno Trulli cuts Grand Hotel hairpin's apex

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld at the flat Piscine curbs

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of the terrace of L´Hôtel de Paris

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Only photographers like the rain in Monaco

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

FIA president Max Mosley and FIA director of communications Richard Woods walk through Monaco pitlane and a swarm of snappers chasing them

Nico Rosberg lifts both front wheels of his Williams car at Casino barrow

VIPs have fun together at Red Bull energy station

Fernando Alonso slides at Casino

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button, Honda

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton lifts a wheel at Mirabeau

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Lewis Hamilton greets the audience in front of Casino

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen at Grand Hotel hairpin

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton lifts a wheel of his McLaren Mercedes at Casino

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Real diamonds sprinkle on Lewis' helmet

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica sprays champagne

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Jenson Button, Honda

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Race winner Robert Kubica on podium

The two BMW Saubers arrive at parc ferme after the successful race

Unlucky Force India driver Adrian Sutil retires with gearbox failure in lap 13

Nick Heidfeld sprays champagne

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld pits in Q3

Nick Heidfeld overlooks the new front of the BMW Sauber, now without the distinctive winglets attached to the nose cone

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The two fastest Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen

David Coulthard and Lewis Hamilton walk to drivers parade

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, rushes through the green

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Movie actor Michael Douglas

Hamilton besides the McLaren car on pole position

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview to pay TV

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso out of pits

Details of a Renault wing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica returns from drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen returns from drivers parade

Sir John Young Stewart, OBE, better known as Jackie and nicknamed 'The Flying Scot', is being interviewed by Canadian Media

Sutil's Force India car is being removed from the track

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Red Bull rider Mark Webber concentrates on the upcoming rodeo

Felipe Massa ends his pit stop in Q3

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton leads the drivers parade

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber returns from drivers parade

Jenson Button lifts his wheels at last turn

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso seems to be under pressure...

An exhaust problems at Kimi's car causes anxious faces at the Ferrari pit wall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

McLaren pit crew services Lewis Hamilton in lap 52

Massa's first pit stop in lap 23

Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr. zooms through pitlane

McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr. jumps at turn 16

Bernard Ecclestone introduces BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica to a pleased VIP guest on the grid

Felipe Massa puts his helmet on

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in pit lane

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, in front of the new colourful grandstand seating

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen 'vaders' around in parc ferme

Toyota driver Timo Glock slides over the curbs

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Nick Heidfeld exits BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

The nose cone of a Red Bull car

A Red Bull car is being scrutineered in parc ferme after qualification

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bernard Ecclestone visits the already prepared Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen on the pole position

Kimi Raikkonen and his Ferrari are being prepared on the grid

A Red Bull prances on a rear wing

Finally arrived second in parc ferme, Raikkonen checks his Ferrari's exhaust for visible damage

A highly delighted Trulli rises his trophy for the third place

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore and Bernard Ecclestone on the grid

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Raikkonen's Ferrari is being prepared on the grid

Massa celebrates in parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

The nose cone of a Red Bull car

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Nick Heidfeld in pits during lap 38

Hamilton stops at McLaren pits in lap 38

Fernando Alonso gives interview

Nico Rosberg pits out in lap 24

Example for continuous corporate design: The Red Bull on Sebastian Vettel's pitboard

Coulthard's steering wheel is ready

Massa spun out on wet track with intermediate tyres

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Polesitter Heikki Kovalainen cheers up to his supporting fans

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton poses with young fans for a souvenir photo

Nico Rosberg pits in lap 24

David Coulthard climbs on to his Red Bull

Ninth placed Nico Rosberg in parc ferme

mtz

Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Lift off to formation lap

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Raikkonen descends from the drivers parade truck

A race-driver is a bad co-driver ;) no really the weather was not funny for sun-spoiled world citizens

Race leader Hamilton on the long start & finish straight with a cloud of spray behind him

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

BMW Sauber mechanics push a car backwards into pits

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Quick Nick Heidfeld's steering wheel displays useful information

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

A very happy Rubens Barrichello sprays champagne

Williams drivers Nico Rosberg

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Quick Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber shows that he deserves his >nick

The safety follows close behind the water wall

Nick Heidfeld was not rain-swept off the drivers parade truck

Elisabetta (Gregoraci) waits for her husband Flavio Briatore

Hamilton recives service at McLaren pits in lap 38

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Renault's Nelson Piquet jr.

Heikki Kovalainen's car is being pushed to pole position with the helping hand of a Ferrari mechanic

Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits in lap 38

Felipe Massa rides out on the green after missing the curb

Lewis Hamilton celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Cars lined up in parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld prepares to lay some rubber on his pit place

Being passed by Bourdais, Ferrari's Massa exits pit lane

Nick Heidfeld rushes to grid formation

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso approaches his Renault pit crew for a stop during Q3 (qualifying part 3)

Hamilton's first pit stop

Timo Glock and Sebastian Vettel walk to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Webber's physio Roger Cleary prepares the pitboard

Rubens Barrichello and Nico Rosberg

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Neslon Piquet jr. surprises with a spectacular second place

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

The start to the historical BMW M1 display race

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Polesitter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Timo Glock practices a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

Timo Glock practices a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

On the grid Hamilton takes the seat in a McLaren car without wheels

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica arrives at the fourth grid position with the help of the BMW Sauber mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen celebrates his victory in parc ferme in front of a cheering McLaren team

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock so far surely has the best race in his life

Jenson Button, Honda

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock out of pits into pitlane

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen

Kazuki Nakajima in front of Fisichella and many fans on a hillside

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the BMW Sauber team practices pitstops

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A very happy and overwhelmed Toyota team cheers for second placed Timo Glock at parc ferme fence

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr talks to a model in front the Renault motorhome

Timo Glock on the grid wears a red towel and a self-autographed cap

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica had the most of the fans on the grandstands

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Lewis Hamilton in pits with his father Anthony

Heikki Kovalainen

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya walks on the grid (thanks for the tasty curry invitation!)

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Zoom of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

The sunset coloured sky and Rainer are reflected in the mirror glass of Force India's motorhome

BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle' motorhome at dusk in Budapest's paddock

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Second placed Timo Glock sprays champagne

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Robert Kubica

Massa in front of Hamilton and a full grandstand

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton at the silver grid front row

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Heikki Kovalainen sprays champagne

Second placed Timo Glock shares his champagne with the Toyota mechanics

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica takes his helmet off

Nico Rosberg, Williams, in front of the colourful aquaworld water slides nearby the racetrack

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Kazuki Nakajima into Williams pits

Hamilton in front of Kubica, Kovalainen and Raikkonen

Red Bull mechanics finished scrutineering

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

Honda's Rubens Barrichello in front of Kubica

Cars leave grid for formation lap

Third placed Kubica and fourth Kovalainen approach finish line

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Tamara Ecclestone interviews Michael Schumacher

Friendly handshake between rivals Alonso and Hamilton

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Force India nosecones in front of the pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

The start

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kovalainen lifts a wheel in front of Raikkonen and Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Despite the command has not yet been given, Kimi exits from pits and pulls a refueling mechanic with him

Race winner Massa jumps on his car in parc ferme

Massa, Bourdais, Button and Rosberg return from drivers parade

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nakajima damaged his front wing in first lap

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The field follow Kovalainen

Despite the command has not yet been given, Kimi exits from pits and pulls a refueling mechanic with him

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Belgian colleague Georges de Coster snaps Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg enters pitlane

The Williams pit wall command center

Raikkonen's car is being pushed backwards into pits

The start

Fisichella, Alonso and Barrichello

Race winner Massa strokes his winning Ferrari in parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton arrives at pole position

Pit stop of Barrichello in lap 17

Barrichello in front of Coulthard at La Source

Raikkonen arrives at his grid position

Heikki Kovalainen arrives at parc ferme after gaining third grid position

Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld stroll to drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fisichella's damaged Force India car is being returned to pits after a spin on Friday afternoon

Robert Kubica ends his pit stop at BMW Sauber pits

Timo Glock in front of Heidfeld

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Honda's Button enters La Source

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Renault test driver Lucas di Grassi looks out for raindrops at pitwall

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Happy winner Lewis Hamilton shakes his tropy

Barrichello retires with gearbox failure at Honda pits

Race leader Raikkonen in front of Hamilton and teammate Massa

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jacques Bernard 'Jacky' Ickx, the most successful all-round racing driver ever

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton on his way to grid formation

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

A BMW Sauber leads the two Ferraris

Lewis Hamilton takes a shortcut over the lawn at Les Combes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica watches the BMW Sauber mechanics preparing his car

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The two Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen walk to drivers parade

After the safety car disappears Vettel is set free to run the race of his life

All three Brazilians Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello and Nelson Piquet jr.

Pure joy amongst the mechanics as Vettel embraces them all

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Drivers meet before drivers parade - Jarno Trulli, Sebastian Vettel, Sebastien Bourdais

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Force India test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi impresses Coulthard and Barrichello with his sophisticated mobile phone

Mark Webber and Robert Kubica

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock with Sebastian Vettel

Drivers meet before drivers parade - Barrichello and Hamilton watch the handshake between Button and Sutil

Slavica Ecclestone asks Ferrari's logistics manager Kotur for the way in front of Bernie's motorhome

Celebrating Toro Rosso mechanics await race winner Sebastian Vettel at parc ferme

Austrian journallist Heinz Prueller shakes hands with the famous italian 'F1 priest' Don Sergio Mantovani

Pure joy amongst the mechanics as Vettel embraces them all

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Rubens Barrichello is being interviewed on his way to press conference

One finger up for first pole position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastian Vettel takes the chequered flag and breaks the record as youngest Grand Prix winner ever

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger carries the two well deserved trophies

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel embraces a Toro Rosso engineer

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubice spins the wheels during a pit stop at glossy wet BMW Sauber pits in qualifying

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Ferrari's Kimi Raikonen in front of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Honda

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil and Lewis Hamilton walk to drivers parade

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld in front of Glock

Sebastian Vettel slides with his Toro Rosso at first chicane

Nico Rosberg arrives at grid position

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, on the lawn

Later race winner Alonso is being interviewed by Bob Constanduros

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Kazuki Nakajima on the way to his Williams pits whilst a Ferrari is in pits and Kubica approaches BMW Sauber pits

Mechanics rush to Felipe Massa (Ferrari) after he left the pits earlier than the refueling had stopped. Massa carried a torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, crosses Anderson bridge

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Very happy Nico Rosberg becomes a glorious second placed

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen returns from drivers parade

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, in front of the City Hall building

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Hamilton being second behind Massa leads the chasers

Red Bull's David Coulthard passes Marina Bay Gallery grandstand

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

After arriving at parc ferme as an unpredicted winner, Fernando Alonso jumps on his Renault car and celebrates his proof of ability to still win races

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

The remains of Fisichella's nose cone tip after his accident during Saturday's first practice at Cricket Club chicane

The start, Massa in the lead

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, rushes through pitlane

Ferrari mechanics carry a torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane after Felipe Massa left the pits earlier than the refueling had finished.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

A marshal helps to position Fisichella's damaged Force India car on the tow-away truck

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, crosses Anderson bridge

Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh visit Ferrari's grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) leaves the pits earlier than the refueling stops and carries the torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane.

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, leaves his pits

Ferrari mechanics carry a torn-away fuel rig down the pit lane after Felipe Massa left the pits earlier than the refueling had finished.

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

A BMW Sauber car amongst others after qualifying in parc ferme

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Marshals stay alert at the hairpin

Alonso arives at his grid position

Lewis Hamilton's pitstop in qualifying part 3

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Formula One racing shows its support for the FIA's Make Cars Green campaign by running on unique green-grooved tyres

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Massa exits pitlane

Sebastien Bourdais watches his Toro Rosso car at grid position

Nico Rosberg navigates his Williams through the wavy pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Shortly before the start

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

After one lap, Hamilton sets the pace and speeds away from the two Ferraris close behind

Lewis Hamilton approaches McLaren Mercedes pits for a service

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at first grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Curious Hamilton checks his trophy for hidden surprises

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg puts rubber on the pitlane at Williams pits

Nico Rosberg receives fuel at Williams pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Green lights for Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Toro Rosso car is being brought to scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton climbs on the drivers parade truck

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Advertising towers of McLaren's sponsor aigo besides the street to Shanghai circuit

Finished pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

The two Brazilian drivers Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg puts rubber on the pitlane at Williams pits

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Piquet and Barrichello

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and physio Jo Leberer on the grid

Pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start field squeezes through first bottleneck

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Going through first chicane on the wet track after start, Coulthard gets slightly pushed by Rosberg's Williams

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen prepares for the race

Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger

At a brief service in lap 66 Raikkonen changes to intermediate tyres

Bodyguards give way to polesetter Massa on the way to press conference

Toyota's Timo Glock enters pit lane

At a brief service in lap 66 Raikkonen changes to intermediate tyres

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Alonso at Renault pits in lap 66

Ferrari's Felipe Massa celebrates his pole position in parc ferme after Q3

The start field crowds up in first turn

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A very touched Felipe Massa listens to the national anthem during podium ceremony

Sebastien Bourdais discusses with Toro Rosso engineers on the grid

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen says good-bye to David Coulthard

Lewis Hamilton, fresh Formula One World Champion 2008, greets his supporters with a Union Jack around his neck

McLaren team mates Hamilton and Kovalainen

Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

The safety car goes out in front of Massa and Trulli, followed by Raikkonen, Hamilton and Vettel

A McLaren mechanic holds Hamilton's helmet

Heikki Kovalainen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Late pitter Massa leaves his Ferrari pit crew with spinning tyres in lap 67

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Gerhard Berger of Toro Rosso

BMW Sauber mechanics and engineers prepare Heidfeld's car on the grid

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Outgoing Coulthard documents his own farewell

A seemingly sad David Coulthard greets his fans after retiring so early at his farewell F1 race

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Podium ceremony above a rainy parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton before the final race

Kimi Raikkonen

After the qualifying group photo polesetter Massa greets the media

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, with the helmet design of fellow Brazilian F1 driver "Paulista" Ingo Hoffmann

World Champions on McLaren Mercedes make historical hand prints: Lewis Hamilton (2008) and Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999)

The new born Formula One World Champion 2008 Lewis Hamilton caresses his brother Nicolas at parc ferme fence

World Champion Kimi Raikkonen poses for the annual season start drivers presentation

Red Bull driver Mark Webber launches through pit lane

Happy third placed Nico Rosberg is being welcomed by a cheering Williams team

A red view into Ferrari pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race leader Lewis Hamilton not far ahead of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld steers his BMW Sauber to park ferme

Williams driver Nico Rosberg in front of four further pushing cars

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

The delighted couple of winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Nico Rosberg - for their first podium reunion since their carting days eight years ago.

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya with his new driver Giancarlo Fisichella and Fisico's manager Enrico Zanarini

A Ferrari nose cone tip

Technical discussion between Ferrari engineers and driver: Stefano Domenicali, Chris Dyer, Kimi Raikkonen and physio Mark Arnall

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen in front of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3 in parc fermé: Third grid placed Heikki Kovalainen and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

After qualifying the front liners arrive at park fermé: Second grid place for Raikkonen, pole position for Massa

A Toro Rosso steering wheel

GP2 racer Harald Schlegelmilch

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

Lewis Hamilton walks to grid with his physio Adam Costanzo

Swedish racer Stefan Johansson gives thumbs-up to his old friend Rainer (see also www.sjwatch.net)

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Honda driver Jenson Button

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa gets ready besides the grid, seemingly being motivated by his manager Nicolas Todt

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Ex Formula 1 and DTM driver Jean Alesi is one of the founders of the Speedcar series which hold races in Asia

A sun-drenched Honda rear wing

Close-up on a Honda exhaust weldseam

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Force India steering wheel

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica leaves pits quickly

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

Close-up on a fuel tank seal device

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Alonso enters Renault pits in lap 22

TV presenter and Ex F1 driver Christian Danner in his Speedcar

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

Winner Kimi Raikkonen raises his trophy

Massa waves at media after setting pole

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A Force India nose cone tip

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

During FIA scrutineering Ferrari driver Felipe Massa discusses his frustration because he thinks that he was slowed down in Q3 by Nico Rosberg

Third placed Kubica shakes hands with winner Massa in parc ferme

Robert Kubica during Q3 executes a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Jacques Villeneuve is being interviewed after a Speedcar challenge

Robert Kubicas second pit stop in lap 41

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

12th placed Fisichella and 13th placed Hamilton get out of their cars

Polesetter Robert Kubica arrives at Bahrain's parc ferme

Mark Webber brakes

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Adrian Sutil, Force India, overwhelmed by centrifugal force

Jacques Villeneuve as Speedcar driver

Physio Jo Leberer informs Heidfeld about his position

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Felipe Massa talks with Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni

At the start Massa managed to squeeze himself in front of Kubica

Nico Rosberg leads the rest of the field

Nelsinho Piquet brakes hard

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel zooms through pitlane

Robert Kubica stalls a front wheel

Heidfeld overtakes Kovalainen in the inside of a corner

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Lewis Hamilton during the first yellow flag phase in lap 2

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelsinho Piquet

Nick Heidfeld's service in qualification part 3

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel on a slight excursion

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

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

Fernando Alonso passes his fans

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

David Coulthard, Red Bull

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

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

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

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

Polesetter Felipe Massa exits his Ferrari after qualifying

BMW Sauber physio Jo Leberer signals Nick Heidfeld his position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Massa jumps on his car in parc ferme and announces with three fingers his three victories in a row

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, lifts a wheel

Nelson Piquet arrives at Renault pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa takes the chequered flag

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica rushes through pitlane during qualification part 3

Late braker Fisichella exits his car at first corner

Kovalainen's McLaren at the end of the field suffers a slow puncture

Champagne shower from Hamilton and Raikkonen

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Group photo after qualifying: On second position Kovalainen, polesitter Massa, second positioned Hamilton

Rainer takes photos whilst Ferrari mechanics wait for FIA scrutineering in the evening

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Two Ferraris and two McLarens battle for best position before the first corner

First lap completed with safety car leading Massa, Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kubica in front of Raikkonen and Alonso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Podium group photo of second placed Lewis Hamilton, winner Felipe Massa, third placed Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari's chief engineer Francesco Uguzzoni

The tip of a Ferrari's nose cone

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, shaves the Piscine curbs

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Lewis Hamilton shortcuts at Piscine chicane

Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel in front of the Hôtel de Paris - and Kimi Raikkonen

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, at Portier

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start field reaches Ste. Devote, Hamilton manages to overtake Kimi's second position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Jenson Button, Honda

Boris Becker is a well known guest and commentator in the paddock

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Red Bull rider Mark Webber at Hôtel de Paris

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade between Kazuki Nakajima (left hand) and Robert Kubica

Maria Teresa de Filippis (grandprix.com: This attractive woman from Rome raced six-cylinder Maserati sports cars before trying a 250F in the 1958 Belgian, Portuguese and Italian Grands Prix. She retired after failing to qualify the Behra Porsche Formula 2 special at Monaco the following year. Birth: November 11, 1926)

Jacques-Henri Laffite, French former racing driver, expresses his opinion ;)

A close-up from behind on a Ferrari's airbox

Robert Kubica exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton leads the start field in front of Kubica and Raikkonen

After Adrian Sutil retires with gearbox failure in lap 13, the brakes of the Force India car need a relief of a fire extinguisher

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen and Nick Heidfeld

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld raises his trophy for second place

Honda driver Barrichello in front of Kovalainen

Lewis Hamilton leads the start field in front of Kubica and Raikkonen

A mechanic polishes a wing's surface of a McLaren car

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Physio Jo Loberer and technical director Willy Rampf celebrate the victory together

Lewis Hamilton leads the start field in front of Kubica and Raikkonen

French motor federation chief Nicolas Deschaux is being warmly welcomed on the grid by F1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, squeezed into the safe cockpit of his car on the grid position

Ferrari team mates Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen

Green lights and blue warning lights at pit lane exit for Piquet's Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Massa's first pit stop in lap 23

Blue warning lights at pit lane exit for Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber

Honda drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button enjoy their ride in an oldtimer car

The field starts to formation lap

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Green lights and blue warning lights at pit lane exit for Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren

Rear wing detail of Bourdais' Toro Rosso

Polesetter Kimi Raikkonen gives thumbs up

Ferrari team mates Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen arrive at the crowded grid

Force India team mates Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil

BMW Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug and former F1 and DTM driver Jean Alesi leave together the glittering palace of McLaren

An excited Lewis Hamilton jumps on the first winning car of a French GP

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Massa's first pit stop in lap 23

Heikki Kovalainen chauffeurs Lewis Hamilton in an oldtimer

Toyota team mates Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli

The start field flows through the first corner, both Ferraris in the lead with Raikkonen in front

First placed Massa presents a well earned trophy

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Piquet with McLaren's Kovalainen in his Renault's neck

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa

Toro Rosso team mates Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel in a beautiful old Ferrari

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

At the start of the drivers parade, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen roll though a phalanx of photographers on the grid

Winning the French GP, Massa passes his cheering Ferrari team

Local hero Sebastien Bourdais in his Toro Rosso car

Toro Rosso rider Sebastien Bourdais jumps at turn 16

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Toyota drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli pose for the media in front of the Batmobile and a Toyota race car as a promotion for the new Batman movie 'The Dark Knight'

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton rides on the curbs

Close view at a Ferrari car's wheel with open brake system

Kovalainen and Alonso go for a walk to drivers parade

Mark Webber is being serviced at Red Bull pits in lap 28

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber arrives at Red Bull pits with quite used intermediates in lap 28

Mark Webber is being pushed backwards to pits

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nick Heidfeld's pitboard signals second place

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nick Heidfeld pits out

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber is being serviced at Red Bull pits in lap 28

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi's Ferrari mechanics practise a pit stop

Mark Webber is being refueled at Red Bull pits in lap 28

Jenson Button and fashion designer Tamara Ecclestone present Silverstones new T-shirt edition

Details on a Red Bull's front wing

Whilst Sutil and Glock chat on their way to drivers parade, Hamilton smiles at the camera

Third placed Rubens Barrichello passes a frenetically cheering Honda team

Reflections on a Red Bull's nose cone

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Mark Webber blows up dust behind a curb

BMW Sauber engineers perform last preparations at the car on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton thanks his fans for their strong support

Details of a Red Bull's front wing

Nelson Piquet jr. seems well prepared for a rainy drivers parade

Renault's Fernando Alonso over a hill in front of Sutil

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber on his grid position

Mark Webber accelereates from Red Bull pits in lap 28

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen talks on the grid with his Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer

Lewis Hamilton on grid in secluded dialogue with his McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Jarno Trulli sees a green flag under a cloudy island sky

Red Bull rider David Coulthard

Traffic jam in lap 35 at Honda pits for the exchange to 'heavy wets'

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso and Piquet

Former sportscars racer, author and team boss Jochen Neerpasch prepares to race a BMW M1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, passes his own onboard camera image on screen

Parc ferme

Timo Glock rushes away from a pit stop practice with smoking tyres

Familiar faces amongst the drivers of historic BMW M1 race - Christian Klien and Joerg Mueller await their challenge

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Wladimir Klitschko smiles despite the ambivalent weather conditions

After trying to avoid the final corner's dangerous dust fountains, Timo Glock loses control and crashes into pitwall

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Flavio Briatore, his team boss in his rookie times

Lewis Hamilton passes his cheering team and wins the German Grand Prix

Hamilton leads Massa and the rest of the field to first turn

The two finns stroll to drivers parade - Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Vettel and Alonso navigate through the Toyota's carbon fibre debris

Race winner Hamilton caresses his brother Nicolas at parc ferme fence

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Champagne shower for Norbert Haug

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Arrived in park ferme, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole position

Raikkonen and Vettel enter the sunglasses contest

Robert Kubica at his grid position, BMW Sauber mechanics buzz around the car

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Lewis Hamilton brakes with smoking tires

Robert Kubica in a hurry during Q2

Heikki Kovalainen drifts with smoking tires

Red Bull's and Toro Rosso's so-called 'energy station' ensures thirst-quenching pit stops

Raikkonen checks his fan's mails (or bank account?;)

Austrian TV presenter Walter Zipser interviews Sutil on the left hand side and the two finns Raikkonen and Kovalainen socialise on the drivers parade truck

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

After qualifying drivers meet in parc ferme - Glock on fifth grid position, Alonso seventh

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme besides second grid place holder and McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, hurries out of pits in front of Massa's red projectile

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Heikki Kovalainen sprints to victory

Massa leads the field into turn 2

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, zooms through pitlane in front of a red car

Unlucky Massa's ambitions for victory evaporate into greasy smoke three laps before the chequered flag

Adrian Sutil, Force India

David Coulthard walks through rows of cars in parc ferme after a hot race

Timo Glock arrives at park ferme in front of a frenetically cheering Toyota team

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, speeds over the curbs in front of a grandstand

Barrichello in front of a pushing Vettel

Nick Heidfeld escapes a hard braking Button

Robert Kubica exits car at grid position

Pit stop of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica rushes through pitlane

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, pits in qualification part 2

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock in front of Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

McLaren CEO Whitmarsh and Kovalainen congratulate each other on the podium

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica approaches turn 2 with smoking tires

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Kovalainen passess the cheering McLaren mechanics with a raised fist

Kovalainen presents his porcelaine trophy to the jubilating spectators

Sebastien Bourdais and Nelsinho Piquet

Kubica's car is being prepared on grid

Third placed Kubica passes the pitboards

Race winner Massa enjoys his victory

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

A delighted and motivated bunch of photographers in their shuttle boat to the race track.

Kimi Raikkonen leaves the retired Ferrari

Kovalainen leads Raikkonen, Vettel and Trulli

While Oliver holds the parasol, papa Keke Rosberg awaits son Nico on the grid

Lewis Hamilton arrives at second grid position

David Coulthard brakes into last corner

Fourth placed Kovalainen and fifth Raikkonen in front of colourful pitboards

Celebration on podium

Team bosses are invited to meeting with Bernie on Friday - Colin Kolles (Force India), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) and Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)

Despite the command has not yet been given, Kimi exits from pits and pulls a refueling mechanic with him

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Fisichella in front of Barrichello and Sutil

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton on the way to McLaren pits

The Williams pit wall command center

Shortly before the start

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber arrives at Red Bull pits

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber is being serviced

Kimi Raikkonen's damaged Ferrari is being brought to pits during podium ceremony

A happy Nick Heidfeld celebrates in parc ferme

Zoomy queue at pitlane exit

Heikki Kovalainen and his McLaren crew perform a pit stop

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Mark Webber is being serviced

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A spread start field at beginning of lap two

Now race leading Hamilton goes into last lap

Kubica leads the queue of followers

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, exits pit lane

Third placed Nick Heidfeld

Lewis Hamilton arrives at pole position

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali on the grid with Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Jacky Ickx meets Niki Lauda in the paddock

Mechanics friendship across teams - BMW Sauber's Alex Baecker and Markus Buechel of Toyota give thumbs up for an exciting race

Heikki Kovalainen's helmet and drink bottles await their application

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

Nick Heidfeld discusses with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara in BMW Sauber pits

The end of the last lap, leader Hamilton comes around last chicane

Race winner Hamilton approaches his cheering McLaren team

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Whilst first placed Vettel hugs his team boss Gerhard Berger, second Kovalainen enjoys his champagne

FIA president Max Mosley under his ubrella on the grid

Force India's Adrian Sutil after a spin at Seconda Variante

Raikkonen's pit board

Ferrari's Kimi Raikonen now in the neck of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

With many lenses focused on him, Sebastian Vettel celebrates his pole position in parc ferme

Another memorable trophy for race winner Vettel and team boss Berger

Winner Vettel showers Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger with champagne

First placed and youngest Grand Prix winner of all times Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Amazing polesetter Sebastian Vettel climbs out of his Toro Rosso car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Race winner Sebastian Vettel approaches parc ferme

BMW Sauber physio Jo Leberer takes care of Heidfeld's health and pitbard

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Chequered flag for second incomer Kovalainen

Race winner Sebastian Vettel embraces Renault's Alonso in parc ferme

Rosberg keeps Massa still behind him

Incredible polesetter Sebastian Vettel arrives at parc ferme

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1, in front of Kubica

Heidfeld in front of Trulli and Rosberg

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After Piquet's crash the safety car deploys just behind Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, with a damaged front wing during Q1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, emits sparks on the track surface

Jarno Trulli's drivers parade oldtimer needs a strong official push from the FIA

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, crosses Anderson bridge

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg stops for a service at Williams pits

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Podium group photo of second placed Rosberg, winner Alonso and third placed Hamilton

Because the curbs at Cricket Club are subject to controversal discussions ...

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica leads the queue with Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli et al

Whilst mechanics buzz around the car, Hamilton prepares for racing besides the McLaren Mercedes on pole position

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica leads the queue with Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli et al

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Alonso's physio Fabricio Borra signals position 1 with the pitboard

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Podium group photo: second placed Kubica, winner Alonso and third placed Raikkonen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

A pulk of two Honda cars and a Force India car takes a corner

Timo Glock's Japanese helmet design

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen in front of Raikkonen's Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen at McLaren Mercedes pits

Ferrai's Felipe Massa on grid with race engineer Rob Smedley

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Vettel and Button walk to drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber in front of many cars

A Toro Rosso car's nose cone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, goes practising

Close-up at the reflection on a McLaren nose cone

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The start field at first corner led by Lewis Hamilton

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya (note Rainer and Martin in the suglasses' reflection:)

Winner Hamilton jumps on the McLaren car in parc ferme after the race and celebrates his victory

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid for a national TV station

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Toro Rosso team principals Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India, in front of Bourdais and teammate Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Massa unmounts his Ferrari's steering wheel in parc ferme after the race

A Toro Rosso car is being brought to scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, in front of Alonso

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Toro Rosso boss Gerhard Berger

Raffaela Massa claps her hands for her polesetting husband

Legendary Austrian journalist Heinz Prueller chats with fellow countrymen Franz Tost of Toro Rosso and triple World Champion Niki Lauda

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

Polesetter Felipe Massa arrives at parc ferme after Q3

Legendary F1 driver Emerson Fittipaldi chats with McLaren's Mansour Ojjeh

Winner Felipe Massa beats on his heart at Interlagos podium

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Overwhelmed by his feelings, in parc ferme after the final race Massa touches his heart and bows his head to honour his supporters in his home country

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Overwhelmed by his feelings Massa touches his heart in parc ferme after the final race in his home country

Felipe Massa celebrates his race victory on the podium

All F1 drivers line up for David Coulthard's farewell photo behind a special livery Red Bull car which should draw your attention to www.wingsforlife.com - have a look, it concerns you too! (copy and paste: http://www.wingsforlife.com/news_detail.php?id=118)

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Honda's Jenson Button brakes into first turn

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed in his McLaren car to his grid position

Heikki Kovalainen ends his pit stop at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton's girl friend and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger

The painted horns of the Bull in front of the sidepods of a Toro Rosso car

Hamilton's pit board showes his reqired 5th position to achieve the championship

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Waygiving former World Champion Raikkonen soothes a disenchanted title contender Massa on the podium

Sebastian Vettel takes a seat in the Toro Rosso car shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel concentrates before the start

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

View at the rear end of a Toro Rosso car

Hamilton end his stop at McLaren pits

Nakajima gets a quick service at Williams pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Race winner Massa in parc ferme after the season's final race

The new born Formula One World Champion 2008 Lewis Hamilton celebrates with family and team members at parc ferme fence

Eagerly awaitet by the media, Hamilton arrives at his grid position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Photographers buzz around a celebrating Massa after he gained pole position

Massa won the race but lost the World Championship

Mark Webber refuels energy

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Robert Kubica accelerates from BMW Sauber pits

The 2nd Monaco victory for Lewis Hamilton after his 1st in 2008, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

A fan captured a lot of booty in Silverstonhe: a Force India-Mercedes engine cover from the season 2008

Robert Kubica leads Hamiltons chasers

Happy quick Nick presents his tropy for gaining second place.

Race winner Lewis Hamilton presents his first place trophy.

The start field with leading Hamilton passes first chicane, Massa spins in the backround

Drivers rendevouz for safety car polishing before drivers parade: Fisichella, Button, Davidson, Heidfeld and Sato

BMW Sauber nose cone tip

With race track clear again after second safety car phase, Kovalainen already awaits Raikkonens attack

Williams F1 team still honours legendary Ayrton Senna with a sticker on the front wing

Cars jacked up for scrutineering after qualifying

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld leaves to race track

Under the eyes of alert officials and accompanied by soothing Ferrari engineer Chris Dyer, a seemingly disappointed Raikkonen walks back trough pitlane after retiring five laps before race end.

Giancarlo Fisichella shows a sad season debut

Felipe Massa with Ferrari engineers on the grid

Having arrived in park fermé after a lonely race Raikkonen jumps out of the winning Ferrari

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

McLarens Kovalainen in front of Coulthard, Alonso and Piquet

Kingfisher branded rear wings of a Force India car

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

A close look through a Toro Rosso rear end

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Winning Finn Kimi Raikkonen with physio Mark Arnall

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

McLarens number one Lewis Hamilton in front of Trulli

In a tidy BMW Sauber pits, Heidfeld waits for roll out to installation lap

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Talent Sebastian Vettel is being honored by a little slap on his shoulder from Bernie Ecclestone

Adrian Sutil takes a wee dram of cool water

The parc fermé for the remaining contestants

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica brakes hard

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

FIA executives Herbie Blash and Charlie Whiting

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

A Force India carbon fibre detail

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, is being interviewed

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Robert Kubica leaves the pits in Q3 to gain pole position

Red Bull rider Mark Webber in front of Buttons Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Raikkonens physio Mark Arnall holds out the pit signal board

Due to his second grid position, a quite disappointed Felipe Massa climbs out of his Ferrari in parc ferme after qualifying

A familiar helmet to be seen here - Jacques Villeneuve was one of the famous Speedcar guest drivers

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica managed to gain pole position

The two Renault drivers Alonso and Piquet jr.

Lewis Hamilton slowly approaches McLaren pits at the end of the pitlane

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Lewis Hamilton arrives at park ferme after qualification part 3

Red Bull driver Mark Webber gives an interview besides the grid

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Bernie Ecclestone and Juan Carlos, King of Spain

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen arrives at Ferrari pits

The field of backmarkers follow

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen out of pits

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen with Sebastian Vettel, probably talking about their engines

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

Safety car in front of the two Ferraris

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa takes place at his grid position

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Hand in hand, the Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided through the crowds at Ferrari's grid position by Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel exits pitlane

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided over the grid by Bernie Ecclestone

After his accident at the Spanish GP, Heikki Kovalainen is now approved to race after a final examination by the FIA doctors

Bernie Ecclestone offers an exclusive sightseeing tour to the Turkish president Abdullah Gül

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Robert Kubica arrives at the BMW Sauber crew for service during qualification part 3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella and Kazuki Nakajima both retire at first corner

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Alert marshals watch the action at Rascasse corner

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton is being caressed by his father Anthony and brother Nicolas

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton on the grid pulls his helmet tight

Brothers in arms Massa and Kubica congratulate each other for a fair race - and arriving safely...

A herd of cars squeezes through Ste. Devote chicane

The start field reaches Ste. Devote, Hamilton manages to overtake Kimi's second position

The safety car leads the two Ferraris to Tabac corner

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Happy second placed Robert Kubica arrives at parc ferme

Happy second placed Robert Kubica raises his deserved cup

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen speeds towards Piscine

Adrian Sutil cuts the curb at Nouvelle Chicane

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Force India's Adrian Sutil, the true hero of the Monaco GP this year, at Rascasse corner

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, Honda

Honda's Jenson Button lifts a wheel at the Hotel de Paris

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race drivers chat together before the drivers parade commences

Lewis Hamilton returns from drivers parade

The start field passes first corner

Famous actor Michael Douglas is being interviewed on the grid

Proud BMW sauber drivers Heidfeld and Kubica pose for the media

An overcoat protects a sharp aerodynamical edge of Kimi's Ferrari

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3: Third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen (right hand) and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes (middle) with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Busy snappers take photographs of Lewis Hamilton and David Coulthard

Heikki Kovalainen in front of Massa

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Busy BMW Sauber engineers under pressure on the grid before the race

BMW Sauber cars lead 1-2 at the 2008 Canadian GP with Robert Kubica in front of his team mate Heidfeld

All race driver's weight is being checked after qualification at the FIA scales

Green lights for Sebastien Bourdais

Williams driver Nico Rosberg, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Massa's first pit stop in lap 23

Red Bull Racing team mates Mark Webber and David Coulthard

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli is being interviewed on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India

The field starts, both Ferraris in front

Passing the green pit lane entry lights, Nelson Piquet jr. aims at the Renault pit crew

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Massa's first pit stop in lap 23

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet jr.

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Green lights for Giancarlo Fisichella's Force India car

Whilst his car is being electronically checked, Nick Heidfeld speaks with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Nick Heidfeld in conversation with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Champagne showers down the podium from celebrating Heidfeld and Barrichello

Red Bull rider David Coulthard in front of Button

Barrichello and Coulthard stroll to a rainy drivers parade

McLaren's local hero Lewis Hamilton

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Winner Lewis Hamilton shakes his golden trophy

Sebastien Bourdais looks at the rear mirror

Second winner Heidfeld and third Barrichello swap champagne shots, Barrichello seems to be thirsty

Nick Heidfeld waits on his grid position in a jacked BMW Sauber car

Surrounded by photographers, Lewis Hamilton gives an autograph to one of his youngest fans

Kimi Raikkonen under dark clouds approaches first corner

Local hero Lewis Hamilton passes his happy McLaren mechanics

Nakajima pushes the queue of backmarkers through turn 1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica under a bavarian style blue sky

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld presents the artistical second place tropy

Massa and Hamilton expess good (foreseeing) mood on their way to drivers parade

Kimi's Ferrari mechanics practise refueling during a pit stop

Slightly customised digits on Kubica's steering wheel display

Alonso gives Webber, who surprises with a spectacular second grid position in front row, a pally slap on the back

Race winner Lewis Hamilton thanks his cheering fans for their support

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld pits during Q3

David Coulthard drives through pit lane

David Coulthard practices a pitstop with the Red Bull pit crew

DaimlerChrysler chairman of the board 'Dr. Z.' Dieter Zetzsche arrives at Hockenheim paddock

Nelsinho Piquet and Fernando Alonso celebrate their birthday anniversaries in advance with Flavio Briatore in front of the Renault motorhome

David Coulthard leaves Red Bull pits

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso on their way to the drivers parade

Second placed Nelsinho Piquet is being showered

A very happy Nelson Piquet jr. raises trophy and fist

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Piquet and Massa get together in parc ferme under the eyes of FIA officials

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Former F1 driver and TV presenter Christian Danner with TV chef Tim Maelzer before the historic BMW M1 race

The two finns cannot raise their champagne bottles fast enough ;)

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Massa in front of Hamilton

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, zoomy

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Timo Glock kisses his deserved trophy for second place

A pat on the helmet for the polesetter

Robert Kubica through the BMW Sauber pits in Q2

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Kovalainen takes the chequered flag to win the Hungarian Grand Prix

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Timo Glock on his maiden podium points to the sky

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Winner Kovalainen and third placed Raikkonen spray champagne

Massa's Ferrari engine distributes oil on the track and smoke in the air

The start, Hamilton leads

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, after being serviced in Q2

FIA race doctor Jacques Tropenat and FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

In lap 45, Raikkonen's Ferrari emits a wall of smoke and halts

Timo Glock, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg at drivers parade

Massa in front of Hamilton passes the pit wall signals

Kovalainen and Raikkonen enter pit lane in lap 43

Bridgestone celebrates the company's 200th supplied Grand Prix with a drivers group photo together with motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa and Hirohide Hamashida, director of motorsport tyre development

Bridgestone celebrates the company's 200th supplied Grand Prix with a drivers group photo together with motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa and Hirohide Hamashida, director of motorsport tyre development

Alonso's Renault passes a crowded grandstand

Polesetter Massa jumps from his Ferrari in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen shake hands

The three fastest qualifiers leave parc ferme after the group photo

Fisichella in front of Sutil

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3 in parc fermé: Second positioned Felipe Massa of Ferrari, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and his third grid placed McLaren Mercedes teammate Heikki Kovalainen

Lewis Hamilton at his grid position with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa, his race engineer Phil Prew and physio Adam Costanzo

Hamilton sticks behind Raikkonen

Race winner Lewis Hamilton jumps on his car in parc ferme

Coulthard climbs Raidillon

Delighted Nick Heidfeld raises his third place tropy

Nick Heidfeld takes a group shot of the photographers

Hamilton hits the bottom of Eau Rouge

The start field with Hamilton in the lead

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

The start field enters La Source, tyre smoke of Vettel braking hard

Green lights for Robert Kubica

Felipe Massa lifts his second place trophy

Giancarlo Fisichella close behind Coulthard

First placed and youngest Grand Prix winner of all times Sebastian Vettel expesses his joy on podium

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

Kovalainen's McLaren passes a full grandstand

Sebastian Vettel leads the watered queue through Prima Variante

BMW Sauber's Kubica in front of Lewis Hamilton who just overtook Glock's Toyota

Williams' Rosberg in front of Ferrari's Massa

The 'Kingfisher' Force India F1 Team principal Vijay Mallya is flanked by his promotion beauties

Speed TV presenter Peter Windsor interviews Mark Webber on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Victorious Sebastian Vettel expesses his joy about his success as youngest GP winner of all times during podium ceremony

Sebastien Bourdais is being guided to the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A serious looking Ferrari team watchs the race on a small screen in pits, in the back sits Massa's father and manager Nicolas Todt

Winner Alonso enjoys a fair handshake with second placed Rosberg

Giancarlo Fisichella ends his practice stint

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Ferrari mechanics practice pitstops

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Lewis Hamilton in the lead rushes through the first chicane

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Media chases Kubica who was promising a title contender

Lewis Hamilton puts rubber on the pitlane at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Lewis Hamilton puts rubber on the pitlane at McLaren pits

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jenson Button, Honda

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard shakes hands with the two remaining Briton F1 drivers

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

On Friday's afternoon session the Ferrari mechanics practice redueling

Felipe Massa before the vital race in discussion with his Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen speak with Lewis Hamilton

Giancarlo Fisichella, Sebastien Bourdais and David Coulthard

Pit stop of Adrian Sutil, Force India

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

F1 drivers cluster before the annual season ending group photo

The wings on the airbox of a Toro Rosso

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Rubens Barrichello out of Honda pits

Glock enters first chicane

The three fastest qualifiers finish posing for the photographers: third qualified Trulli, polesetter Massa and second qualified Raikkonen

Felipe Massa discusses with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley beside pole position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Champagne shower for race winner Felipe Massa

Massa and Coulthard joke together

Massa says good-bye to David Coulthard

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli gives an interview to former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The McLaren pit crew acclaims Hamilton to a fast tyre exchange

Robert Kubica takes the chequered flag, wins the Canadian Grand Prix 2008 and takes the lead of the World Championship

The two McLarens turn around first corner, Massa squeezes behind

BMW test driver Christian Klien poses together with sound artist Leo Sayer

A beautifully unexpected podium group photo: second placed Heidfeld, winner Hamilton and third placed Rosberg.

Marshals try to push Vettel out to track again

Vettel and Massa spin out in first corner

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of Alonso's Renault

Sébastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Champagne showers for second placed Heidfeld, winner Hamilton and third placed Rosberg.

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld leaves to race track

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Robert Kubica enters BMW Sauber pits during Q3

Lithuanian GP2 driver Harald Schlegelmilch wheelspins off in his Trident Racing car

Champagne shower

David Coulthard and his fiance Karen Minier meet the Scottish legend Sir Stewart

A Toro Rosso nose cone with front wings

Toro Rosso rider Sebastian Vettel in front of Sutil and Sato

David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien

Robert Kubica shakes his trophy for a well earned second place

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Adrian Sutil, Force India

A view at the rear of Hamiltons McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder jokes around with ex-F1 drivers and old comrades JJ Lehto and Johnny Herbert

Mathias Lauda

The start field approaches second corner, both Ferraris in the lead with Kubica third and Weber in fourth position

The start field approaches second corner, both Ferraris in the lead

Ferrari team mate handshake between winner Massa and second placed Raikkonen

BMW Saubers polesitter Robert Kubica gives thums up to his fans for their support, besides him McLarens Hamilton and Massa of Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Race winner Massa takes the chequered flag after 57 laps

Parc ferme after qualifying, the tree fastest drivers Kubica with Massa and Hamilton greet the audience

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

The Ferrari team cheers at parc ferme for the 1-2 winning Ferrari drivers

Kimi Raikkonen wins the Spanish Grand Prix

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Rubens Barrichello and Lewis Hamilton

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

Robert Kubica is being serviced

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen leads the start bunch at first corner

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

Robert Kubica out of pits

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 21

Lewis Hamilton parks at parc ferme after gaining third grid position

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Fisico at the end of the start field already emits smoke from hard braking

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Actress Brigitte Nielsen poses with a sexy Red Bull Racing car

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica in front of Hamilton

The end of start field reaches Ste. Devote

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Felipe Massa listens to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley's words before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld leads a queue through a wet fenced channel

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

A crowded TV interview zone

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil of Force India, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Mark Webber in the start field behind Glock's Toyota

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

The rest of the start field follows

Long-time Ferrari team boss Jean Todt visits his successor Stefano Domenicali on the grid

Felipe Massa takes the chequered flag and crosses the finish line

The start field flows through the first corner, both Ferraris in the lead with Raikkonen in front

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's sporting director Luca Baldisserri and winner Massa leave the podium

The three fastest qualifiers in the FIA pits

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed in the pitlane by legendary german TV presenter Kai Ebel

Pole positioned Heikki Kovalainen jokes around with third grid placed fellow-countryman Kimi Raikkonen whilst second grid positioned Mark Webber seems to feel a bit unexpected at this place

Hamilton roars over the start & finish straight

Kimi's Ferrari mechanics watch their driver placing a rubber mark at the pit

Third placed Rubens Barrichello is being lifted from parc ferme by his happy team

Nelsinho Piquet sits under an umbrella in his Renault car

Podium group photo of BMW Sauber's second placed Nick Heidfeld, winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Rubens Barrichello

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Giancarlo Fisichella enters pitlane at the end of the qualifying session

Whilst journalist Lionel Froissard listens carefully, Hamilton discusses the car setup with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Norbert Haug squeezes the Hamilton brothers

Glock seems to be safe and the medical car leaves the accident scene whilst the safety car leads the field between pitboards and a wreck

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Kovalainen, polesetter Hamilton and second qualified Massa

Podium group photo of second placed Piquet, winner Hamilton and third placed Massa

Second placed Timo Glock shows both thumbs up in parc ferme

The rest of the start field heads to turn 2

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Opera singer Placido Domingo (left) and Bernie Ecclestone on McLaren's grid place with an incognito VIP

Local hero Robert Kubica gains fourth grid position

Kovalainen blows up dust behind the fast chicane

Massa goes ahead whilst Vettel and Raikkonen joke around on their way to drivers parade

Lax morals on the drivers parade truck - Trulli, Alonso, Vettel et al

Massa takes the chequered flag

Jean Todt and a Ferrari mechanic look after a tumbled colleague after Kimi's pit stop

McLaren mechanics and engineers prepare Kovalainen's car

Podium group photo: second placed Massa, winner Hamilton and third placed Heidfeld (before the FIA stewards' decision)

Hamilton in the lead

Hamilton leads the pack into first corner, tyre smoke of Vettel braking hard

Nick Heidfeld is being interviewed at his grid position by Speed TV presenter Peter Windsor

Celebrated polesitter Sebastian Vettel climbs on the Toro Rosso car in parc ferme

Special guest Maria Teresa de Filippis surrounded by Red Bull Unas. The legendary italian female racing driver was the first woman to compete in a Formula 1 Grand Prix, in Spa 1958 in a Maserati.

Group photo after qualifying in parc ferme: third qualified Webber, polesetter Vettel and second qualified Kovalainen

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Webber, polesetter Vettel and second qualified Kovalainen

Winner Alonso shakes his unexpected achievement

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Group photo after qualifying: third position for Kovalainen, polesitter Hamilton and second positioned Raikkonen

Close-up on a Toyota's on-board-camera on top of the airbox

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton exits the McLaren car on the grid

Winner Hamilton celebrates his victory at parc ferme with his mother Carmen Lockhart, stepmother Linda and brother Nicolas

Lewis Hamilton signals OK on his grid position

View at the parc ferme after the race with Hamilton's McLaren car and Massa's Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Champagne shower even for the TV camera men

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali caresses Ferrari driver Massa during podium ceremony

Reflections on a Toro Rosso car's body

Fisichella out of Force India pits

Hamilton enters first chicane

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen wave from the drivers parade truck

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, in pitlane

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, in a special painted car promoting Wings For Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Trulli, polesetter Massa and second qualified Raikkonen wave at the media

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

BMW Sauper pit crew practices pit stops with Robert Kubica

Coulthard still in front of Massa, right before their collision in lap 25

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Favourite Raikkonen is being interviewed by Bob Constanduros, the entertaining and legendary on-circuit commentator at all Grands Prix

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

The fenced parc fermé surrounded by cheering team members

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Start field comes around first corner, both Ferraris in front, Trulli pushes Heidfeld out of line

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Hamilton behind Webber in the middle of the followers

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

With the other Ferrari giving pressure in the neck, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica nearly manages to overtake Massa in the inside of the corner

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Piquet rushes out of Renault pits

Kubica nearly overtakes Massa after a small mistake of the Ferrari driver

Behind the two leaders follow Hamilton and Raikkonen then the rest of the pack

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen takes chequered flag

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

Podium group photo of second placed Lewis Hamilton, winner Felipe Massa, third placed Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari's chief engineer Francesco Uguzzoni

Like a deep sea animal, the front of a Ferrari is shaped for minimum drag

Giancarlo Fisichella and Kazuki Nakajima both retire at first corner

Winner Felipe Massa jumps from the podium

Race goes on after safety car phase, sliding Sutil still keeps his fourth place in front of Raikkonen and Webber

Yellow phase unter heavy rain at Piscine

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis congratulates his protegee Hamilton and proudly raises his winning constructor's trophy

Drivers parade...

Colleagues Darren Heath and Juergen Tap take pictures of McLaren's drivers helmets

BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen congratulates winning driver Robert Kubica with overwhelming emotions

A bear hug for victorious Kubica in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg leads the rest of the field

A highly delighted Trulli rises his trophy for the third place

Massa sprays champagne at Trulli whilst Raikkonen quenches his thirst

Winner Lewis Hamilton kisses his well-earned trophy

Winner Lewis Hamilton shakes his golden trophy

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer interviews Hamilton in front of excited fans

Heidfeld, Raikkonen and Vettel walk to rainy drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton accelerates from McLaren pits in lap 38

Hamilton is being serviced at McLaren pits in lap 38

Local hero Lewis Hamilton takes the chequered flag

Team bosses promenade through the paddock: Vijay Mallya (Force India), Flavio Briatore (Renault) and Ross Brawn (Honda)

Second placed Nick Heidfeld gats a friendly tap on the shoulder from winner Lewis Hamilton

Collaborative candle blowing produces an exciting media spectacle

Race winner Lewis Hamilton presents his trophy

Alonso keeps Raikkonen behind him for many laps

F1 photography doyen Paul-Henry Cahier flashes at Kubica who exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

The two Hondas take a wide exit

Champagne shower for everybody

Lewis Hamilton takes the chequered flag

BMW's member of the board Klaus Draeger and Dr. Mario Theissen chat with Renault F1 boss Briatore and Red Bull's Christian Horner

After the race the cars are being directed to parc ferme

A well-behaved start behind the safety car in first chicane

Waving drivers on drivers parade truck - Kovalainen, Raikonen, Glock and Vettel

David Coulthard in front of Bourdais

Whilst second grid positioned Raikkonen jumps out of his Ferrari, polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

The start field approaches first corner

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme and is warmly welcomed by a McLaren mechanic

Hamilton and Massa exit their cars in parc ferme after the race

Chief meeting of Dr. Helmut Marko and Christian Horner of Red Bull with Toro Rosso's Gerhard Berger

Coulthard and Nakajima slide out of the race, Piquet retires at the tyre barrier

Not having completed the first lap, Coulthard retires too early at his farewell Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, his father Anthony and brother Nicolas celebrate Lewis' new car number

The surprising Toro Rosso car is being prepared for the race on the grid

Pole position for Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, his 1st pole since the 2008 season with Ferrari. Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

The BMW Sauber F1 Team cheers up for a group photoshooting, celebrating the 1-2 victory at the 2008 Canadian GP

Red Bull driver David Coulthard brakes before leaving pitlane

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton adds some rubber marks to pit lane exit

Group photo after qualifying: On third position Kovalainen, polesitter Massa, second positioned Raikkonen

Champagne bath on podium

Third placed Kovalainen and second Kubica leave parc fermé in direction to the holy stairs leading to the podium ceremony

A FOM TV camera man is being showered by three spurts of champagne

Winning Ferrari driver Raikkonen crosses the finish line with two raised fists

New German Toyota driver Timo Glock enters the paddock with physio Axel Thielmann and team manager Richard Cregan

Champagne rain

Jean Alesi takes the chequered flag in the Speedcar race

Champagne shower

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Nico Rosberg speeds away after a Williams pit service in lap 29

Kubica exits pits in lap 21 after his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Red Bull rider Mark Webber passes the lotos-leaf looking grandstand

Mark Webbers speedy pit stop in lap 42

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül and Bernie Ecclestone visit the Ferrari team on the grid

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Mercedes-Benz A 150, 2004

Just a second before the lights go out for the start

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watches BMW Sauber drivers congratulating each other in parc ferme

Race winner Robert Kubica shares his champagne bottle with the BMW Sauber team

Trulli leads the followers of the start queue, Alonso drops places from 3rd to 5th, Kubica between them fourth

With Alonso still in front, Barrichello can now attack with the help of heavy wet tyres

The two McLarens lead the field which disappears in a cloud of spray

A lonely Ferrari just can watch from far behind how Hamilton fights for the lead with his team-mate Kovalainen

After qualifying in park ferme, sixth grid placed Alonso congratulates Mark Webber for gaining an incredible second grid position

Hamilton very close behind McLaren team-mate Kovalainen

A lonely Ferrari just can watch from far behind how Hamilton nearly overtakes team-mate Kovalainen

Hamilton nearly overtakes team-mate Kovalainen under loud cheerings from raging fans

A funny chat before the historic BMW M1 race on Sunday between Prinz Leopold von Bayern, Niki Lauda and Christian Danner

Everybody on the grid gets ready for formation lap

Robert Kubica is being presented in a historic BMW 503 cabriolet

The start with Hamilton and Massa in the lead

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Kovalainen, polesetter Hamilton and second qualified Massa

Third positioned Kovalainen in front of Glock and overtaken Kubica

Massa performs a fabulous speedy sprint start and overtakes Kovalainen's McLaren with smoking tires at first corner just before overtaking leading Hamilton

A BMW Sauber mechanic makes adjustments at Kubica's cockpit

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Massa manages to squeeze his Ferrari in between the two McLarens of Hamilton and Kovalainen

The three fastest qualifiers stand still for the group photo and wave at the lenses

Cars leave grid for formation lap

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

Podium group photo: Massa's race engineer Rob Smedley, second placed Lewis Hamilton, race winner Felipe Massa and third placed Robert Kubica

Hamilton lets Raikkonen pass after shortening his way around last chicane

Raikkonen and Hamilton fight hard and enter last chicane side-by-side

Raikkonen and Hamilton fight hard and enter last chicane side-by-side

Raikkonen and Hamilton rival side-by-side

The start, Raikkonen overtakes Hamilton

Hamilton in front of Raikkonen

Mark Webber puts rubber on the pitlane at Red Bull pits

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali embraces his Ferrari drivers Massa and Raikkonen at podium ceremony

Ferrari's Stefano Domenicaly and FIA race observer Herbie Blash console a very sad Massa after a highly exciting final race

A very happy Lewis Hamilton in parc ferme after gaining his 2nd World Championship titel after 2008, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board, receives a souvenir photo from the F1 World Champion of 2008, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Pay-TV presenter Tanja Bauer and Peter Lauterbach invited all the 'German' drivers: Vettel, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Glock and Sutil (outside of focus).

Minutes before the drivers parade

The three winning cars of the Malaysian Grand Prix lined up in a very tidy parc fermé

BMW Sauber F1 Team presentation

A happy BMW Sauber team rejoins after the race: BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, Nicks manager Werner Heinz, Nick Heidfeld and team manager Beat Zehnder

Podium group photo: Second placed Kimi Raikkonen, winner Massa, third Kubica and Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali give thumbs up

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

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

Smalltalk on the grid between Dr. Mario Theissen (BMW), Norbert Haug (Mercedes) and 'Dr. Z.' Dieter Zetsche (DaimlerChrysler)

Normally experienced Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella brakes too late and crashes into the rear of Kazuki Nakajima's Williams

Normally experienced Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella brakes too late and crashes into the rear of Kazuki Nakajima's Williams

Another safety car phase in lap 59, Sutil is being followed by Heidfeld around Grand Hotel hairpin

Jenson Button in front of Fisichella between Grand Hotel hairpin and Portier

After arriving at podium, Lewis Hamilton jumps from his McLaren car

1-2 BMW winners Kubica and Heidfeld spray champagne

Champagne shower for BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Local hero Lewis Hamilton takes the chequered flag

McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh seems to be highly amused by the sparkling champagne showers

A very proud Mercedes Motorsport director raises the trophy for the winning constructor

Group photo of the german F1 drivers: Nick Heidfeld, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil

Exciting duel between Coulthard and Piquet

Team executives meeting on Friday: Colin Kolles (Force India) , Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Nick Fry (Honda) and Adam Parr (Williams)

Milliseconds before the start

The start field with Hamilton in the lead

Hamilton fights Raikkonen back in lap two after spinning at La Source

Lewis Hamilton overtaks the second Toyota of Trulli

Coulthard slides backwards through the field of competitors

Ferrari's Stefano Domenicaly and FIA race observer Herbie Blash console a very sad Massa after a highly exciting final race

Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board

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

Kimi Raikkonen presents his trophy

Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella brakes too late and crashes into the rear of Kazuki Nakajima's Williams

Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella brakes too late and crashes into the rear of Kazuki Nakajima's Williams

Podium group photo: Second placed Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber team principal Dr. Mario Theissen, race winner Robert Kubica and third placed David Coulthard celebrate on Montreal's podium

Podium group photo: Second placed Kimi Raikkonen, winner Massa, third Trulli and Ferrari's sporting director Luca Baldisserri

Surprising second grid positioned Mark Webber, polesitter Heikki Kovalainen and third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen give thumbs up for the international media

The start field crosses starting line

Polesitter Hamilton and McLaren team mate Kovalainen congratulate each other for a silver grid front row

Massa brakes in front of Kovalainen's McLaren with smoking tires into first corner, ready to overtake leading Hamilton

Raikkonen takes his helmet off, cameras keep respectful distance

Tight overtaking attempts at first chicane

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

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

Winner Massa jumps from podium with his trophy raised high

Wheel to wheel Hamilton nearly overtakes McLaren team-mate Kovalainen

Raikkonen and Hamilton brake side-by-side into last chicane

Leading the start field after overtaking Raikkonen, Hamilton brakes too late into first corner

Podium group photo after the season's final race: Second placed Fernando Alonso, race winner Felipe Massa, third placed Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali

Bernie Ecclesone and Banco Santander's chairman of the board Emilio Botin meet on the grid

Right after the start Felipe Massa brakes into first corner, closely followed by the two McLaren followers

Cheering red Ferrari team group photo

All the 'German' drivers hold notes with their own prediction of who becomes World Champion and their own position, stated at the beginning of the 2008 season in Melbourne

Massa's 5 year old son Felipinho for sure overwhelmed, as his father achieved pole position for the first time since 2008, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

The start field approaches first corner, Hamilton manages to overtake second Webber in the inside

The McLaren team celebrates Hamilton's World Championship

The McLaren team celebrates Hamilton's World Championship with Union Jacks (the British national flag)

Coulthard slides backwards through the field of competitors and crashes with Nakajima

Cheerful Lewis Hamilton presents his trophy

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Helmut Marko (A)

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

Jochen Rindt

mit stewart

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974