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with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

Ricardo Teixeira, second Test Driver of Team Lotus

first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze

first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze

Toro Rosso test driver

Toro Rosso test driver

Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze

Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer

Ricardo Teixeira, second Test Driver of Team Lotus

Ricardo Teixeira, second Test Driver of Team Lotus

FIA official

with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

Toro Rosso test driver

Toro Rosso test driver

first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze

Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

Toro Rosso test driver

David Tremayne

with Walter Rohl

police

with Walter Rohl

Toro Rosso test driver

Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

with Walter Rohl

police

with Walter Rohl

police

Ricardo Teixeira, second Test Driver of Team Lotus

first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze

A grafitto on a contruction site wall in the historic city center

The red carpet is removed after drivers parade

Fresh fish on the market

Cured ham in uncountable yummy variations

A butcher in the market hall

Marshals clean the track after the start accident

The numbers for parc ferme are already prepared

British twins

The new Pirelli tyres undergo close inspections

The Brazilian national banner in a row with the others

National banners are prepared for the grid girls

National banners in a row

The Chinese grid girls wear black boots

Red Bull mechanics clean the tyres properly

The Chinese national banner amongst other flags

A Chinese grid girl

The pitlane marshals stand in line for the drivers parade

A marshal guards the national banners for the grid girls

The DHL sponsored grid girls wait for the drivers

Legs that reach the ground.

A top grid girl for a top driver?

Always good looking grid girls.

Maldonado's grid girl.

Rain water is pushed from the race track whilst the race is suspended

The fans endure in heavy rain on the stands

Mobile pumps clear the track

And a Valencian grid girl

Red Bull mechanics prepare the tyres

Paddock beauties (who can feel the camera) take a break in the shade from racing

Race fans leave the facilities after the event

Colourful national banners of all in F1 participating countries

McLaren mechanics prepare the tyres

The slick tyre is used again after a thin layer of the surface is removed

Another fan on the balcony

The legs of a grid girl

Legs of grid girls

Drivers parade

Alonso's fans wait at the paddock gates

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari leaves the car in parc ferme after the race

The priest of Maranello blesses the paddock with his regular visit

Fans behind the fence

Sponsor SingTel burns a glittering advertising lightshow after the race

An incognito Ferrari fan

The Ninjas of the Prancing Horse

Timo Glock speaks with d'Ambrosio and Liuzzi

and a grid girl

An Australian grid girl

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel (who took his helmet off) and Mark Webber return together from qualifying - Vettel as polesetter, Webber as third on grid

a grid girl

Legendary racer Jack Brabham and first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze stand still for a photo call

...and a grid girl...

and more grid girl

Two young Ferrari fans

Even dark clouds could not spoil the viewing pleasure of the Australian fans on Friday and Saturday

Jenson Button chats with Nico Rosberg

...and one more grid girl

Everybody thinks of the victims after the desaster in Japan

a pole dancer?

A Ferrari fan family

Hamilton's grid girl

Like a movie advertising - Mercedes Formula One banners in Chinese language hang above the recreation area

The marshals enjoy their deserved lunch break

Mercedes bill board uses huge claims to succeed at the eastern markets

Perez' grid girl

The drivers wave from the drivers parade van

A Pirelli technician checks the marks of the mechanics on the tyres

Renault's Petrov returns to pits after becoming fourth in Q2, not able to attend Q3

Motivated German fans visit the Chinese GP on early Sunday morning

The Chinese national banner waves above the racetrack

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Sebastian Vettel after the press conference

Race cars approach turn one

Rubens Barrichello besides a flower field (yes, the rain was good!)

Fans of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber present a cryptyc message on their banner

Schumacher's grid girl

A Mercedes car reflects on the sunglasses of a grid girl

Button's grid girl

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chats with Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali and Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti

Still life in pit lane

Photographers capture the action at pitlane exit

The Turkish fans cheer for their idols on the stand

Fernando Alonso passes the grandstands filled with his fans.

Alonso's Ferrari ready on the grid.

Grid girl of Lewis Hamilton.

Alonso's fans are delighted with the progress of their hero driver.

All lined up for action...

Grid girls rehearsal.

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) revealing his plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

Fans watch with interest as the teams bring their cars for initial scrutineering.

Team Lotus staff carry some heavy luggage into paddock.

Sold out grandstands at Circuit de Catalunya.

Grid girls getting ready.

Local hero Fernando Alonso greets the fans during the drivers' parade.

Quelques jolies dames en promenade au course.

Wonderful Monaco grid girls.

Vettel's fan base assumes the viewer position.

Fans climb the hill to catch the best views on track.

Fans gather above Cafe de Paris on a terrace.

The familiar Schumacher fan.

A fan of Sebastian Vettel.

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone

Alonso's pit board signals eighth position for the restart

The retired 'Rambo' Hamilton chats with VIP guests in McLaren pits

The shiny clean riding boots of a Mounty officer

A wet track without a car - the race is suspended due to heavy rain

A lollipop takes Liuzzi's sight

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car on the grid

Felipe Massa caresses Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone leaves the Red Bull office after a meeting with Christian Horner

The race is resumed, heavy traffic leaves some debris behind which is cleared by 'the cleaners'

A Mounty's collar plate

Vettel's grid girl

Full stands with weatherproof Canadian fans

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner behind the safety car

The grid girls leave the grid for the action

The safety car again in front of Vettel, Hamilton's crashed McLaren blockes the track

Super soft (red) and soft Pirelli tyres at Lotus Renault pits

Alonso's grid girl

Mexican Sauber driver Sergio Perez feels well again after an injury break

Lotus' third driver Karun Chandhok

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A scenic view at the boats and America's Cup abandoned storage halls

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, enters the fast straight after the bridge

A Valencian grid girl

Lewis Hamilton walks in the paddock

Local hero Fernando Alonso walks in the paddock

McLaren principal Martin Witmarsh chats with Ilmor engineering founder Mario Illien

Renault team principal Eric Boullier

Jaime Alguersuari is interviewed in the Toro Rosso motorhome - under the eyes of his team mate Buemi

Di Resta's grid girl

Spanish fans enjoy the drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

The drivers parade on historic cars comes to the main straight

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Marshals collect the debris and wing parts after the start collision

Bernie Ecclestone is busy on the phone

Petrov's grid girl

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, before the race

Sebastian Vettel speaks to Red Bull Racing engineer Rocquelin

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car on ninth grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix with race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the middle

The race car drive a lap to their grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

After the start accident caused by Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT, the race has ended for Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg, too

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Bernie Ecclestone waits in the door of his motorhome for a photoshooting with VIPs

Michael Schumacher's race mechanics prepare the Mercedes car on the eighth grid position

Sebastian Vettel sticks a smilie for each of his victories in the cockpit of 'Kinky Kylie' ...

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone

The safety car on track inspection

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Michael Schumacher arrives in the paddock on his pedelec

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari in parc ferme after the race

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, takes his helmet off in parc ferme after the race

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Fans behind the fence

A short break between the sessions for the marshals

A Rolls-Royce parked in front of the Fullerton Hotel

Spectators with parasols wait in queues in front of the race track entrance

McLaren mechanics take care of the Pirelli pneus

Firework flowers mark the end of a hot race

Singapore, sculptures near by a bridge

Japanese fans on the stand

World Champion Sebastian Vettel

Sebastien Buemi is returned to paddock after his Toro Rosso-Ferrari lost a wheel

A Japanese prayer on the Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Press parking lot guards

Shiny sousaphones of the Navy orchestra

Former Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey

Schumacher on screen during qualifying part 2

Rallye legend Walter Roehrl

Triple World Champion Jack Brabham chats with Vern Schuppan

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India third driver

Sergio Perez, Sauber

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey

Red Bull Team boss Christian Horner at the pit wall

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Schumacher on screen, could not pass qualifying part 2

Ricardo Teixeira, second Test Driver of Team Lotus

Lotus Renault GP's team boss Eric Boullier

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh

Timo Glock and Virgin Racing team mate d'Ambrosio

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The safety car marks the front of the grid

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Hispania Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

A thoughtful Mark Webber of Red Bull

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes his earphones out on his grid position

Jarno Trulli's helmet with a Japanese national banner

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Virgin new driver Jerome d'Ambrosio

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli's helmet with a Japanese national banner

...and more grid girls...

Sebastian Vettel shows off in a historic Porsche for the press department

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel speaks with his physio Tommi Parmakoski

Sebastian Vettel arrives in a historic Porsche

Nick Fry, CEO of MIA member MERCEDES GP PETRONAS and confirmed as one of the Coalition Government's new Business Ambassadors

A happy Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Triple F1 World Champion (1959, 1960 and 1966) Jack Brabham with the ambitioned Mark Webber

Two Red Bulls autographed by Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lotus test driver Chandhok damaged the car during practice on Friday

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Hispania Racing

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso's third driver

Michael Schumacher puts his balaclava on

F1 season 2011 annual drivers presentation group photo, this year's motto is 'We pray for Japan'

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Familar face in a new team - Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP, the former Renault team

A colourful local dance group cheers the fans up for the formula one event

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko watches the race in Lotus Renault GP pits

A 'Save Japan' sticker on the lens of a colleague

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lotus Renault GP test driver Bruno Senna

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes GP pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3 in front of Button

The Mercedes pit wall command center during the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

An inked Pirelli technician removes the dirty layer from the black gold

The fans chase Michael Schumacher with cameras and pencils

The suspension of a Ferrai car

The medical car's signal under full stands overlooking turn one

The curious tension can be seen in the face of the eager journalists whilst they wait for the driver to arrive for an interview

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The medical car waits for the start at the end of the pit lane

Two pretty Chinese fans collect drivers autographs

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Chinese Tifosi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is interviewed after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is pushed back to pits as the session is stopped after Vettel's crash on Friday afternoon

After the race, Hamilton's fans from Bosnia invade the track

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The McLaren motor home is disassembled on Sunday evening

All the F1 drivers stand still for a photo shooting in front of the Pirelli motorhome with Pirelli's President Marco Tronchetti

The victorious Red Bull-Renault in parc ferme after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button during practice in McLaren pits

The McLaren motor home is disassembled on Sunday evening

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone jokes around on the grid with mit Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director

Paul di Resta watches the practice action on screen in Force India pits

Jenson Button during practice in McLaren pits

Felipe Massa listens to Rob Smedley (does this watch fit into a race car?)

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa disembarks from the Ferrari car after Q3

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The Red Bull-Renault car fitted with KERS high voltage warning.

Happy fans and relaxed Sebastian Vettel.

Technical view on the rear part and suspension of Williams Cosworth.

The Red Bull-Renault car fitted with KERS high voltage warning.

Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes

Orginality without a doubt as the fans put on display who their one and only favourite is.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Frank Williams

Ex-F1 driver Philippe Streiff is a regular visitor to Formula 1 paddock.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Champagne celebrations on podium with Vettel and Button.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Rubens Barrichello's grid girl

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing poses for a fan on Thursday afternoon.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, through the New Holland corner.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

An unusual view into the rear of Williams motor car.

Felipe Massa and tyre marbles.

Sebastian Vettel interacts with the fans.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel looking ahead.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ex-F1 driver Philippe Streiff is a regular visitor to Formula 1 paddock.

Fernando Alonso passing the main grandstand.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Bernie Ecclestone relaxed on the grid.

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Alonso's fans.

The Spanish grid girls.

Bernie Ecclestone chatting up with Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner on the grid.

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso's helmet detail

Bernie Ecclestone's grid visit.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Mark Webber on grid with his race engineer.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The Mercedes safety and medical vehicles do a final track inspection.

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

A grid girl.

Ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice)

Lovely grid girl.

Safety car period.

The sun and waiting makes everyone tired.

Passing the Monaco apartment houses during the drivers' parade.

The track marshals in a positive mood.

A bit of botanics at the famous Fairmont hotel hairpin.

Safety car period after Massa's accident.

Blue hour in Monaco's harbour

The safety car is in the pit lane and the race resumes, the first cars come to pits

The Ferraristi wait for the end of the rain in the pits

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

A girl on the grid in Canada

A Canadian girl on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton is visited by Andrew Bynum, LA Lakers Baseball player, on Saturday afternoon

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher on the grid shortly before the race

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg on the FIA scales after qualifying

Andrew Bynum, LA Lakers Baseball player

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Even the Mounties have no free access to pit lane nowadays

A grid girl in Canada

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

A busy crowd on the grid hopes for a soon restart of the race

Former F1 and DTM driver Jean Alesi won the Canadian F1 GP in 1995, remarkably his only one and on his 31st birthday!

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mercedes constructed a tent on the grid

Nico Rosberg thinks about an answer for a seemingly uncomfortable question

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, already running slick tyres

Lewis Hamilton's TAG Heuer Carrera watch

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fabiana Flosi listens to Bernie Ecclestone

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

The slick tyre can be used again after a thin layer of the surface is removed

Nico Rosberg awaits the race besides the grid

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

The field turns to second lap after a rolling start behind the safety car

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Bernie Ecclestone

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali jokes around with Peter Sauber and chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn

Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes just bought 200 new planes for his airline Air Asia

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, gets ready for the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Button's grid girl

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Moko the paddock flower

F1 Supremo Bernard Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

HRT's Tonio Liuzzi puts his shoes on

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

The owners of a snack bar in the city show their devotion to Bernie and his sport

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes old friends in the paddock

A fluffy looking Eddie Jordan

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, gives an interview

Mark Webber talks on the grid with Red Bull race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam

Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Busy mechanics work in Mercedes pits on Thursday afternoon

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Alonso's Ferrari car is returned to pits after the race, ultra light with low fuel

Unused tyre walls

The grid girls walk in line on the grid (GP2 race)

The grid girls stand in line at the red carpet for the drivers parade

A rainbow stretches over the media parking in the evening

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna's grid girl

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Sevent times motorcycle racing and once Formula One World Champion on Ferrari, Sir John Surtees

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes GP pits

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel on the podium during the ceremony after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

The Lotus Renault GP pit crew waits for their driver

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jubilar Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, celebrates his 20th year in Formula One with a new helmet design

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Racing legend and local hero Jacky Ickx delights the paddock with his visit on race day

Bruno Senna, the former Lotus Renault GP third driver replaced Nick Heidfeld in the 'red' car

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher celebrates his 20th year in Formula One with a new helmet design

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The McLaren pit crew practises pit stops

Always good for a joke - former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore shows his skills

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali and his drivers introduce the elephant 'Nello' as a new marketing instrument for charity purposes

Sergio Perez enjoys the walkover to drivers parade through the cheering grid girls

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Adrian Sutil walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

The drivers wait in the FIA garage for their call to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel celebrates 150 years of Italian unity with a special helmet

Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore chats with Mark Webber in the paddock

FIA employess who work in parc ferme are protected against KERS strikes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Italian Grand Prix 2011

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg's bright yellow helmet

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is prepared before the race

Former BRDC president and F1 World Champion of 1996, Damon Hill

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, and Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, walk together after the Italian GP

Bernie Ecclestone receives an honoury trophy from Brembo brakes chairman Alberto Bombassei

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes

Michael Schumacher sits down in the Mercedes GP car

Kovalainen to Team Lotus pits

FIAT chairman Luca di Montezemolo

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with American racer Nicky Hayden, Moto GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Grid girls hold the Formula One banner

Security check at the track gates

A balloon-shaped lantern in front of Singapore skyline

Sebastien Buemi and his father Antoine arrive in the paddock

Two laps to go for Sebastian Vettel

Grid girls

Spanish fans cheer from the stand

HRT team boss Colin Kolles

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Adrian Newey arrives at the paddock with his wife Marigold

Grid girls

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Grid girls

Vettel's grid girl

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Race fans make their souvenir photos

A Button fan

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy

Vettel's fans

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Global F1 sponsor LG operates a large information tent in the fan area

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

Korean grid girls

Petrov's fan have put a banner on a stand

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

And one more Korean grid girl

Healthy snacks wait for the marshals session break

The Korean grid girls are ready for the action

And another Korean grid girl

Two advertising ladies on the grid

Dancing acrobates wear colourful custumes during the on-track display before the race

Stock car F1 support race

Rubens Barrichello of Williams

Shortly before his first pit stop, McLaren's Hamilton rides far out as the tyres become slippery

Happy sunnyboy Vettel cheers from podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at the grid

Fernando Alonso takes his helmet off before the race

Moko is back with the pack, wearing his shirt as reminiscence to the Japanese national banner

The Red Bull mechanics hide Newey's recent secrets

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Australian gentleman driver legend 'Black Jack' Brabham gives autographs to the true fans

Fresh World Champion Sebastian Vettel is welcomed by a cheering crowd

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

A proud looking World Campion Sebastian Vettel stands the annual driver photo shooting

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault

Mark Webber amidst first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze and legendary Jack Brabham

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel greets the fans on TV after setting the pole position

A Mercedes GP car is safely guarded on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen signs photographs for eager fans at the racetrack entrance

Michael Schumacher puts his helmet and HANS device on

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a sunny drivers parade

Former McLaren team boss Ron Dennis with actual team boss Martin Whitmarsh chat at the pit wall

Michael Schumacher's new race engineer Mark Slade, who already speeded up the cars of the three Finns Hakkinen, Raikkonen and Kovalainen at McLaren

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mercedes GP team boss has a better overlook

A Sauber F1 engineer expresses his joy about Kamui Kobayashi's ninth grid position

A quite unhappy Webber skips the honoury lap after the race and leaves the Red Bull-Renault in the pitlane

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel (who takes his helmet off) and Mark Webber return together from qualifying - Vettel as polesetter, Webber as third on grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Former McLaren team boss Ron Dennis with actual driving license owner Martin Whitmarsh talk in the pit lane

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull Team boss Christian Horner

Rain falls during the annual drivers presentation, no shelter for the snappers

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel whispers into his physio's ear

Bernie Ecclestone

A Malaysian grid girl

The international media is warmly welcomed at the Malaysian Grand Prix

The race drivers group up with gifted kids for drivers parade, one is still busy ...

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

Jarno Trulli talks to Alguersuari before drivers parade

A Malaysian grid girl holds the German national banner

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit at the Red Bull pitwall

Another beautyful grid girl

Aerodynamically shaped Malaysian grid girls

Michael Schumacher listens to Vitantonio Liuzzi and Karthikeyan

Quick Nick Heidfeld in the Lotus sponsored Renault car besides Nico Rosberg's Mercedes arrive at parc ferme after Q3

A used front wing on a Mercedes car after the Chinese GP

Michael Schumacher returns from drivers parade

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The McLaren pit crew after Lewis Hamilton is gone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Hamilton's fans on a stand

McLaren's Jenson Button arrives at his second grid position

The Red Bull Racing pit wall command center during the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Third placed Mark Webber of Red Bull in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Red Bull mechanics check their Pirelli tyres' measurements

Nick Heidfeld presents the champagne bottle for his third place at the previous race in Sepang in Lotus Renault pits

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

The Ferrari team sends best wishes to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull press officer Britta Roeske leads World Champion Sebastian Vettel to the press conference

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

The McLaren pit crew awaits Lewis Hamilton

Detail shot of a front wing part of a McLaren-Mercedes car after the Chinese GP

German Lotus Renault race driver Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Vettel's Red Bull-Renault on pole position as usual

Charlie Whiting, FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Mercedes GP team boss Ross 'the Brain' Brawn

Second placed Vettel caresses race winner Lewis Hamilton after the podium ceremony of the Chinese GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A confident looking Sebastian Vettel is interrogated

FIA race steward and former F1 driver, the Roman Emanuele Pirro with German TV commentator and former F1 driver Christian Danner

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel besides the grid before the race

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A used front wing of a Ferrari car after the Chinese GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, celebrates on the podium after the Chinese GP

The adjustable tricolore rear wing of a Ferrai car

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton adopts a positive attitude

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The Red Bull mechanics play their typical hide-and-run on grid game

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel exchange gossip and hints after the press conference

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Jenson Button enjoys a second grid position

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel is interviewed before the race besides the grid by a BBC TV presenter

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Wheel service for Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Ferrari mechanics watch Michael Schumacher's third pit stop in lap 30

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, after the race in parc ferme with McLaren's Button

HRT team owner Jose Ramon Carabante

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone flirts on the grid with Afef Jnifen, wife of Pirelli's president Marco Tronchetti Provera

Michael Schumacher's helmet and HANS besides the grid

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on the grid

A Turkish girl on the grid (GP2)

Sebastian Vettel climbs from the drivers parade truck behind Schumacher

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is interviewed after the Turkish GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, drives out

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is interviewed after the Turkish GP

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, celebrates in parc ferme

Jenson Button is interviewed on thegrid by former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The two Germans Sebastian Vettel and Nick Heidfeld chat on their way to drivers parade

Karun Chandhok and Sebastian Vettel walk back together from drivers' briefing

Nico Rosberg at third grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel during drivers' parade.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, with huge track advertising.

Jaime Alguersuari, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Manager Julian Jakobi (i.e. Ayrton Senna, Jacques Villeneuve) with former team owner Eddie Jordan.

Ross Brawn, Mercedes GP Team Principal

The usual spying game - Red Bull protects its secrets!

Sebastian Vettel surrounded by fans and media frenzy on Thursday afternoon.

Michael Schumacher signs autographs for fans.

The winning driver Sebastian Vettel on podium.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Jackie Stewart, 3-times World Champion

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari, takes the last corner.

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso preparing for the race.

Sebastian Vettel joins other drivers in obligatory fans-meet-the-drivers autograph session.

More autographs to be given by World Champion Sebastian Vettel.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, passing the pit straight.

Red Bull mechanics make sure no one can see what they're cooking.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault

Michael Schumacher signs autographs for fans.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, exits his car in parc ferme.

Michael Schumacher signs autographs for fans.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, attacks the curbs in the last chicane.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) sporting a rather metrosexual look.

Sebastian Vettel leaving the drivers' parade.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber gives autographs for eager fans who flood pit-lane on Thursday afternoon.

Michael Schumacher signs autographs for fans.

The winning driver Sebastian Vettel on podium.

A zoom of black-golden Lotus Renault GP car of Nick Heidfeld.

Sebastian Vettel greeting the fans during drivers' parade.

Bernie Ecclestone awarding the official F1 commentator Bob Constanduros for reaching the 500 Grands Prix record.

Monaco harbour filled with luxurious and sometimes less luxurious boats and yachts.

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya.

Mika Hakkinen visits the paddock with his girlfriend.

Red Bull chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer in front of the pits.

A Bugatti Veyron waits in queue to leave the Principaute after the race weekend.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Cat's eyes of a grid girl.

Bernie Ecclestone visits the McLaren people in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone checks the credentials of some cheaky Mercedes VIPs ;-)

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP with his manager.

Red Bull star Sebastian Vettel chats on the grid with Bernie Ecclestone.

Fernando Alonso celebrates with his team.

Again a safety car period

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, squeezes his helmet on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The qualifying is stopped due to Perez's accident.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

The cars pass gamorous harbour.

Felipe Massa hugs the Brazilian lawyer Fabiana Flosi, carefully watched by Bernie Ecclestone

A happy and victorious Jenson Button on the podium after the Canadian Grand Prix 2011, his first win after the Chinese GP back in 2010

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Seemingly his engineer doesn't want to listen to Michael Schumacher on the loud grid

Fernando Alonso walks to drivers parade with Pastor Maldonado

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A grid girl holds the Canadian national banner on the finish line

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A Ferrari car sits like a beast under the rain cover

Michael Schumacher gives an autograph

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is rescued from the track during the first session on Friday morning

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Green lights for Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The race is resumed, slightly heavy traffic occurs in the hairpin

Fellow photographers swarm around Vettel's grid girl

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The safety car deploys again after Heidfeld's crash - Vettel, Schumacher (yes, second race position indeed!) and Webber follow close behind

Raindrops on the Canadian fire fighter pit chief's helmet visor

Double F1 World Champion (1972 and 1974) and winner of 14 Grands Prix Emerson Fittipaldi is one of three FIA-appointed stewards this weekend

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Nico Rosberg's gear waits besides the grid

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is rescued from the track during the first session on Friday morning

Michael Schumacher, Nick Heidfeld and Sebastian Vettel climb out of their cars in parc ferme after qualifying

Felipe Massa jokes around with the other drivers before their parade

As the race is re-started, Red Bull mechanics dry the tarmac in front of the pits for Vettel's stops

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview before the race

As the race is re-started, Red Bull mechanics dry the tarmac in front of the pits for Vettel's stops

On Sunday morning, Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko and Sebastian Vettel have a chat after breakfast

Lewis Hamilton and Heidfeld walk to drivers parade

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

The Canadian fire fighter pit chief likes the humidity

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The Lotus pit crew is prepared for the pit stop

Williams' technical director Sam Michael

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Fernando Alonso walks to drivers parade

Third placed Mark Webber caresses his track enemy, second placed Alonso, in parc ferme after the race

Former McLaren team manager Jo Ramirez

Lewis Hamilton walks to drivers parade

HRT team owner Jose Ramon Carabante

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

The start

Trulli's Lotus-Renault on the grid

Michael Schumacher walks to drivers parade

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The cars head to formation lap

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates on the podium

Busy mechanics work in Sauber pits on Thursday afternoon

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Busy mechanics work in Ferrari pits on Thursday afternoon

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sutil's grid girl poses for an FOM camera man

Fernando Alonso is interrogated by the italian press

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Many pit boards

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid (first position as usual)

Sebastian Vettel and Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull Racing pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The grid girls from Germany walk to the grid in Silverstone

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

A VIP pass and a gold chain around a shaved neck

Red Bull chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer's communication devices

Grid girls

Fans watch the race on screen, the battle between the McLaren team mates is even more exciting due to the still wet main straight

A KERS warning signal in McLaren pits

The Paddock Bobby likes the new facilities

The bulky stuff and heavy lenses wait besides the grid until the photographers grab them on their way to turn one

Heidfeld's grid girl

Rosberg's grid girl

The Mercedes grand stand at the end of the main straight

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in the lead but still to stop at pits

The grid girls return from their chilled employment

Grid girls

The grid girls get their insructions

Grid girls

The Slovenian journalist Miran Alisic shows off with his historic Renault R4 in original Williams livery and his self made Senna helmet

A driver in the Lotus Ladies Cup Series shows up as a guest in Renault pits

After our arrival in Hungary, we cross the Margit chain bridge in Budapest under cold and rainy weather conditions and it stays pretty much like this for the whole race weekend (except Saturday as you will see.. :)

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher invited everybody to his 20th anniversary party with Koelsch beer and Currywurst

A double rainbow raises above the paddock in the Ardennes on Saturday evening

Renault's Bruno Senna walks to drivers parade with Timo Glock

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jubilar Michael Schumacher waves at the fans during drivers parade and celebrates his 20th year in Formula One, starting his carreer here in Spa on a Jordan in 1991

The drivers parade, this time as a historic car corso, defiles through Eau Rouge

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Mercedes mechanics await the race car

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher invited everybody to his 20th anniversary party with Koelsch beer and Currywurst

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Belgian flower grows in the pitlane

Rubens Barrichello walks with Alonso

A reflection of the green pit signal on the outgoing Mercedes race car

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, comes to parc ferme after Q3

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Felipe Massa with Sebastien Buemi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, greets the fans during drivers parade - and the busy fellow photographers check their achievements

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Virgin's local hero Jerome D'Ambrosio with Kobayashi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A reflection of the red pit signal on the outgoing Mercedes race car

Architect Hermann Tilke is always busy

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, on a wet track in one of the few sunny moments

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gains pole position in Monza and celebrates after qualifying in parc ferme

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shares his bottle of champagne after the Italian Grand Prix

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

After the start accident the race has ended for Nico Rosberg, but he poses politely with souvenir chasing locals

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Parc ferme after qualifying, Michael Schumacher in a Mercedes, Massa on Ferrari besides him and Bruno Senna receives congrats for 10th grid position

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are pushed backwards into Ferrari pits during qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Red Bull Racing race engineer Stefano Sordo and winner Sebastian Vettel cheer on the podium after the Italian Grand Prix

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, walks to podium ceremony

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Champagne showers for race winner Sebastian Vettel after the Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

After the start accident caused by Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT the race has ended for Nico Rosberg and Vitaly Petrov

FIA race observer Charlie Whiting whispers into the ear of Patrick Head, Williams

McLaren's Jenson Button raises his trophy for second place after the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Mercedes GP mechanics in pits during the race

Ferrari mechanics in pits during the race

Lotus Renault pits

A female Renault mechanic in pits during the race

A grid girl holds the German national banner

Lotus Renault pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Williams pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Team Lotus pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT, is interrogated

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, leads Mark Webber

Grid girls hold the happy driver's portraits

Sauber pits

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Third qualifier Jenson Button of McLaren is interviewed after qualifying

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, retires during practice session

Bruno Senna discovers the power of G-force on his Lotus Renault GP car

Third placed and new World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Bruno Senna's damaged Lotus Renault GP car is removed from the track during practice session

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Third placed and newly crowned World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on podium and kisses his trophy

Third placed and newly crowned World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on podium and shakes his trophy towards the Japanese sky

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vettel's grid girl

Bruno Senna's grid girl

A red car advertises the second Korean Grand Prix

Button's grid girl

An incognito pit lane marshal

A Korean grid girl

A red car advertises the second Korean Grand Prix

A Korean grid girl's tattoo

The FIA Formula One officials congratulate their president Jean Todt to his birthday

The marshal's damp gloves wait in order to be worn for the practice session

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The start of the 2011 Australian GP

Podium ceremony after the Turkish GP 2011

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen and Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes pose in front of the pits

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali chats with his fans as he arrives at the paddock

Anthony Hamilton, father of World Champion Lewis Hamilton, signs as the new manager of Paul di Resta (here he puts an autograph on a photo of McLaren driver Button)

Race winner Vettel sprays champagne after the podium ceremony

Red Bull's Mark Webber shakes the hand of his greatest idol Jack Brabham

Sebastian Vettel stands in the Red Bull car in parc ferme and greets the fans on TV

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel listens to Niki Lauda and Walter Roehrl

Mark Webber gives an interview on the grid

Champagne showers for Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer

Nick Heidfeld, Renault

Lewis Hamilton with McLaren race engineer Andy Latham

Force India's new second driver Paul di Resta, DTM champion 2010

Shortly before his first pit stop, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel scratches the curbs as the tyres lose grip

A Mercedes GP mechanic works at large bodywork parts

Vitaly Petrov of Lotus Renault GP celebrates his achievement in parc ferme, in front of the dancing pair Sebastian Vettel and Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer

After qualifying, the drivers are called to the FIA scales

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Polesitter Vettel congratulates Renault's Petrov to his fabulous 6th grid position

A Button fan in love

Entrepreneur and former F1 and sports cars driver Vern Schuppan chats with Triple World Champion Jack Brabham

Race winner Vettel appreciates a sip of champagne after the podium ceremony

Fernando Alonso during qualifying at Ferrari pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel admires his shiny trophy

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Red Bull's Dr. Helmut Marko discusses with Christian Horner

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony on the grid with his son

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, proves to be the fastest Russian, he earned a fabulous third position and his first podium, he also is the first Russian on podium ever

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Niki Lauda and Walter Roehrl chat in the Red Bull hospitality

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony on the grid with his son

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommy enjoy a cruise in a historic Porsche for a press event

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Race winner Sebastian Vettel proudly presents his trophy

'Yes, we can'

More champagne for race winner Sebastian Vettel from second Hamilton after the podium ceremony

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Franz Tost, Toro Rosso team boss

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Looks like Michael Schumacher makes a serious phone call to ...

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey watches the competitors carefully

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber at the Red Bull pitwall

Felipe Massa climbs out of the Ferrari car in parc ferme after Q3

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

On Saturday evening, Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony watch the busy team in the McLaren Mercedes pits

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kovalainen's grid girl

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The Ferrari team sends best wishes from the grid to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher's pit board signals 13th position after 28 laps

Fourth placed Jenson Button of McLaren in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Nico Rosberg's pit board signals third position from Mercedes pit wall command center

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel goes out to Q3 behind Button

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's Mark Webber presents his trophy for third place after the Chinese GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A motion shot of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned slightly messed up after a spin in practice

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy for second place after the Chinese GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3 with Matteo Bonciani, FIA F1 Head of Communications

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Podium ceremony after the Chinese GP

The back side of a Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton jumps on the car in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides second placed Vettel

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade

The Williams team admires Rainer's new Lotus book (see http://www.edel.com/de/buch/releases/details/artist-discography//rainer-schlegelmilch/team-lotus-in-formula-1/)

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, presents his trophy after the Chinese GP

Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli gives test driver Luiz Razia the advantage on Friday morning

A busy Team Lotus pits on Friday morning

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned slightly messed up after a spin in practice

Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber sprays champagne after the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg walks to drivers parade in front of Kovalainen and Hamilton

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides second placed Vettel

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, celebrates in parc ferme

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, celebrates after the race in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel concentrates besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone and VIPs on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Again, Sebastian Vettel gains pole position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso ejects from Ferrari pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

HRT's Narain Karthikeyan returns from drivers parade

Team bosses meet in Pirelli motorhome - Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali, Pirelli COO Francesco Gori and Peter Sauber

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing take a closer look at a Ferrari car after qualification

Michael Schumacher on his fourth stop at Mercedes GP pits in lap 45

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, with a special ink to make the aerodynamical streams visible on the front wing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, celebrates in parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Race winner Sebastian Vettel sprays champagne from the podium

Fernando Alonso stops for the third time at Ferrari pits in lap 36

Fernando Alonso stops for the third time at Ferrari pits in lap 36

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg sits in the Mercedes car again

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A devoted Turkish fan of Alonso probably exaggerates the claim on the banner

Alonso shakes hands with a grid girl on his way to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, presents his trophy for winning the Turkish GP 2011

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, caught a flat tyre

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher on his fourth stop at Mercedes GP pits in lap 45

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sam Michael, Williams' technical director, on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The usually shy racing drivers flirt with the grid girls during drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg is interviewed on the grid

Lewis Hamilton concentrates on the race

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, drives out

The victorious Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is chased by the media after the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits in lap 46 after his fourth pit stop

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, negotiates the last chicane.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) chased by Jenson Button (McLaren).

Michael Schumacher showed a good pace in his Mercedes GP car.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, followed by other cars through the last chicane.

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

The Red Bull-Renault car fitted with KERS high voltage warning.

Sheer joy of winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme.

Michael Schumacher outpacing even his team mate Nico Rosberg.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in a speed blur.

Fernando Alonso still in front of both Red Bulls.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

A paddock regular bijou designer Moko advertises our very own firm.

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Champagne celebrations on podium with Vettel, Hamilton and Button.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A zoom of Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone and RBR Team Principal Christian Horner before the race.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

Zoomy Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mechanics hiding the secrets of super fast Red Bull-Renault.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The winning team and driver with their trophies.

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari leads the pack during the first stint.

Sebastian Vettel lifts the winner's trophy.

Mark Webber giving last interviews before the start.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

McLaren's front wing is also brought for Thursday inspection.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Mansour Ojjeh chatting with Lewis Hamilton in front of the McLaren motor home.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari. The qualifying is stopped due to Perez's accident.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Bernie Ecclestone chatting and checking the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, behind the medical car

Bernie Ecclestone posing with the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell visit the Red Bull float-a-home.

Exotic Force India girls.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Monaco's happy third placed Jenson Button sprays his champagne at the photographers

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.

Fans at the Hotel de Paris.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg's smashed Mercedes GP car brought back to pits after the third free practice.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Paul di Resta, Force India.

Amazing panorama of Monaco.

Bernie Ecclestone checking the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams, enters the piscine chicane

Bernie Ecclestone with ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell on grid.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

A self-portrait of the Rainer after the race.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates between the photographers in front of the Monaco podium

Felipe Massa's Ferrari car is returned to pits after the race.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Pastor Maldonado, Williams.

Former Acclaim boss Rod Cousens, now CEO of British game publisher Codemasters, jokes around in the paddock with Sir Jackie Stewart.

Classic car display during an UBS customer event in Monaco - Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari 312B3 of 1974 with Rainer's original photo in the back and a girl styled in contemporary knitwear

Pastor Maldonado, Williams.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP. The qualifying is stopped due to Perez's accident.

Michael Schumacher rides a Pedelec.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing.

Sporting the Monaco-look.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Former McLaren boss Ron Dennis.

Tamara and Petra Ecclestone with their boyfriends and ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (middle)

Congratulations and kisses from Charlene Wittstock - Prince Albert's fiance.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Classic car display during an UBS customer event in Monaco - a Mercedes GP F1 2010 car together with one of Rainer's original Monaco photos from last year

Monte Carlo reflections on McLaren's motor home.

Sebastian Vettel climbs the drivers' parade truck.

Classic car display during an UBS customer event in Monaco - Christijan Albers' Spyker F1 of 2007 with Rainer's original photo in the back

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Lewis Hamilton jumbs of the truck just after the drivers' parade lap.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel's damaged Red Bull-Renault is collected by the mechanics on Friday morning

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa substitutes Segio Perez at Sauber. The Mexican rookie felt unwell following Friday morning practice.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Green lights for Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Polesetter Sebatian Vettel gives interviews after qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

McLaren pit wall command center

Happy race winner Jenson Button presents his deserved trophy

Ferrari replacement nose cones

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull mechanics cover Vettel's damaged car

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Dark sheets cover the Red Bull-Renault on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Ferrari pilot in deep thoughts

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, in front of Webber and team mate Petrov

Fernando Alonso exits the Ferrari pits

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Polesetter Sebatian Vettel walks through parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso focuses on the race

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

Whilst Webber is in pits, Ferrari's Felipe Massa boosts to pitlane behind Kobayashi

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The race is re-started behind the safety car, Jenson Button follows

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Maldonado

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

A disappointed second placed Vettel congratulates victorious Jenson Button, who overtook him after a small mistake under pressure

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button celebrates his victory with much champagne on the podium

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Public pitlane walkabout on Thursday afternoon - see lower left corner where Vettel signs autographs

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Second placed Alonso sprays champagne from the podium

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet and HANS on

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads team mate Webber

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso in Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso as third in the field in front of Ferrari team mate Massa, Hamilton and Rosberg

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A large sip of champagne for race winner Sebastian Vettel on the podium

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, just managed to overtake Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso in Ferrari pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel receives congrats from FIA observer Herbie Blash in parc ferme

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India's 3rd driver

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

Fernando Alonso stays on track whilst Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy on the podium

Moko the paddock flower

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet and HANS on

Nico Rosberg receives new tyres at Mercedes pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Hamilton

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa inspects the track on Thursday afternoon

Mobile ambulance on bicycles

Sir Frank Williams in the pits

A Red Bull VIP poses with his favourite drink

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing , enters the new 'International Straight'

Drivers parade

The drivers parade can continue with Alonso on board

A grid girl

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn jokes around with McLaren's Whitmarsh

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A red signal needs explanation at Ferrari pits ;)

Grid girls

Grid girls

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Team Lotus principal Tony Fernandes at the pitwall

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug

Standing on the strip

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fans from Japan express their devotion to Michael Schumacher

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Nick Heidfeld's helmet bears the winning drawings of a design contest

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The field goes around turn one and heads Mercedes arena, Hamilton in the lead

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, between railing and billboards

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A happy McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The Nuerburg sits enthroned above the satellite dishes of the TV combound

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Race winner Hamilton returns from his McLaren mechanics to parc ferme through a bunch of photographers

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa at the Dunlop hairpin exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A queue of cars roars over the clean side of the track

The Slovenian journalist Miran Alisic shows off with his historic Renault R4 in original Williams livery (and his self made Senna helmet:) - and the strict man on the left is the creative hope for Slovakia's motor racing, Martin Trenkler

Hungarian McLaren fans express their hot love for the team

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull Racing pits

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey listens to a gesticulating Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey talks to Sebastian Vettel

A female VIP guest checks her digital achievements

Race fans love the track invasion during the podium ceremony

Webber is pushed backwards into Red Bull pits

Drivers on the parade truck

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir Nigel Mansell and Sir John Surtees

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi crawls back to pits after Sauber's Perez ran into his rear wing

Happy hellos between the legendary Belgian Jacky Ickx and multiple World Champion Sir John Surtees

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault arrives at parc ferme besides polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes GP car is returned to the pits after his crash in Q1 where he was overtaken by a loose right rear wheel, throwing him to the back of the grid

The warm welcome gesture between legendary Belgian Jacky Ickx and multiple World Champion Sir John Surtees is watched by the father of Toro Rosso driver Jaimi Alguersuari

Bruno Senna is interviewed on the grid, seemingly happy with his 7th position

Fernando Alonso has passed his Ferrari team mate and now chases Nico Rosberg's Mercedes who defends his second position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

British Formula One World Champions pose for a photo on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP now on second position, being pushed by the two Ferrari drivers

After one lap of the race, Rosberg leads the Belgian GP in front of Vettel and Massa

HRT driver Vitantonio Liuzzi walks to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Jacky Ickx on the grid

Petrov's manager Oksana Kozachenko rejoices the rare sunshine in front of the Renault motorhome with a VIP

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone embraces Jacky Ickx on the grid

British Formula One World Champions meet on the Belgian grid - Sir John Surtees and FIA steward Sir Nigel Mansell

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus third driver

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, goes out to a rainy practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Second placed Mark Webber congratulates winning team mate Vettel on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix

Champagne showers soak the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

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

FIA's Formula One medical doctor Gary Hartstein listens to Moko

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, wave at the world's media in parc ferme

Bernie Ecclestone listens to Jacky Ickx on the grid

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The start field goes around turn one, Alonso on Ferrari in the lead

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on the podium after the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull Racing crew are prepared on the pole position

Vettel's steering wheel on the Red Bull race car called of 'Kinky Kylie'

Rainer Schlegelmilch's surprise party in the Ferrari motorhome includes a new honoury pass, drinks, fingerfood and a huge cake - 50 Years in Formula One, 568 Grands Prix - Keep Zooming, Rainer! (Mille grazie a Stefano, Luca, Vincenzo e Vittorio!) Photo © Trenkler's

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The start field approaches turn one, Alonso on Ferrari jumped to the front

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

A Lotus Renault is prepared on the grid

Red Bull Racing race engineer Stefano Sordo and winner Sebastian Vettel leave the podium after the Italian Grand Prix

Mark Webber and Michael Schumacher chat on their way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The start field squeezes through turn one with Alonso on Ferrari in the lead and a powerless Liuzzi slides over the lawn, soon crashing into the into the queue

Felipe Massa and his wife arrive in the Monza paddock on Sunday morning

Jenson Button backs to McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel holds his steering wheel with the many buttons

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet as a symbol of tribute for the victims of the Russian plane crash earlier this week

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is surrounded by photographers and TV crews as he departs to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull Racing drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber wave at their fans during drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Press conference with Timo Glock, Sebastien Buemi, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg

A motivated Jarno Trulli jumps from the drivers parade vehicle

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone gives Ferrari's Felipe Massa a squeeze

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel salutes his fans during drivers parade

Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso enjoys the drivers parade

Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes enjoys the drivers parade

Renault's engineers sit at their pitwall command centre

Toro Rosso mechanics in pits during the race

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team enjoys the drivers parade

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's Mark Webber rushes to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his PA Britta Roeske

Force India mechanics in pits during the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race during a safety car phase

Third placed and new World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of a competitive Massa of Ferrari

A bird's view on Jenson Button and his McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

A Ferrari fan banner on a stand

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, answers questions to the press

Rosberg's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after the Korean GP

Green flag, Senna in the field passes the pit boards

Another friendly grid girl

Fresh double F1 champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Petrov's Renault on the grid

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh

Sergio Perez does stretching exercises before the race under the eyes of Sauber F1 Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn and his manager

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gives an interview

Red Bull Racing Team boss Christian Horner

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A group photo with Korean VIPs on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Welcome to the Formula One Village

The colourfully inked arms of a Pirelli mechanic

Cuervo (Sauber's Tequila sponsor) advertising girls

The six different Pirelli tyre mixtures on display

On the driveway from the race track to Sao Paulo city

Race fans cheer for the drivers parade

Rubens Barrichello, local hero and the driver that has started the most Grands Prix in the field, obviously enjoyed his (probably last) drivers parade in F1 and the cheering fans around the race track

macht einen spass mit rainer

Nelson Piquet's Brabham BT49 is already well packed for transportation after the honoury lap before the Brazilian GP

Sebastian Vettel approaches the drivers parade truck with a blink in his eyes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Button's McLaren

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Alonso's Ferrari roars past the photographers at pit lane exit

Red Bull's Mark Webber poses for photographers at the annual driver photo shooting

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Vettel's car is placed at pole position

Winner Vettel and third Petrov celebrate on the podium

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso's third driver

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso gives an interview on the grid

Vettel's car is pushed to pole position

A happy second placed Lewis Hamilton arrives at parc ferme after the race

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Mark Webber practises pit stops with the Red Bull Racing pit crew

Mark Webber practises pit stops with the Red Bull Racing pit crew

Session stopped, Nico Rosberg sees red lights

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Force India drivers Sutil and Huelkenberg attended the annual driver photo shooting

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vettel's car is pushed to pole position

The fastest Russian Vitaly Petrov walks with Jaime Alguersuari and Sergio Perez

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Webber

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony wihes Timo Glock a good luck

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner cheers on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey takes a closer look at a Ferrai car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car is prepared on 11th grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The Lotus Renault GP pitwall command center from above, Jenson Button passes by (Got him, Keith?;)

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Nico Rosberg prepares for the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey carefully watches the well performing Renault works car

Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus is prepared on the grid before the race

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

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

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes car gets a load of dry ice

A Mercedes GP car's steering wheel

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull-Renault arrives at the front of the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

The steering wheel of a Lotus Renault GP car

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A group shot of the grid girls

Timo Glock and Nico Rosberg wait for the drivers parade

A view in to the busy Ferrari pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is briefly serviced in pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Vettel's tyres are prepared for the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enjoys a good sip of champagne after winning the Chinese GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads haunter Vettel

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi Parmakoski prepare for the race besides the grid

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is briefly serviced in pits

Red Bull mechanics cheer for second placed Vettel in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Ferrari's fifth grid positioned Fernando Alonso in parc ferme after qualifying besides fourth placed Rosberg

Heidfeld's dirty tyres need a special cleaning treatment after a spin in practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld stops at Lotus Renault GP pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher at Mercedes pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, still leads the race in front of team mate Hamilton

Michael Schumacher at Mercedes pits

Third placed Mark Webber celebrates with Red Bull mechanics in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The McLaren pit crew awaits Lewis Hamilton

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in front of Vettel

Nico Rosberg and Kamui Kobayashi dare to lead the drivers to their parade

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates with mechanics in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Heidfeld's dirty tyres after a spin in practice

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enjoys a good sip of champagne after the Chinese GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade with di Resta and Trulli

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads the field in front of Vettel, Rosberg and Massa

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

The safety car waits until its deployment to formation lap in front of the grid

Sebastian Vettel answers questions of the international media

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, goes out to a rainy practice on Friday morning

Nico Rosberg gets congrats from a Mercedes GP mechanic after gaining third grid position on Saturday afternoon

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, at pitlane exit

Red Bull team manager Jon Wheatley hugs Mark Webber during the team's celebration after the Turkish GP

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed team mate Mark Webber pose with their team in front of the Red Bull motor home after the Turkish GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

A used tyre of a Red Bull-Renault car in parc ferme after the race

Red Bull mechanics carry collected parts from Vettels destroyed car on Friday morning

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed team mate Mark Webber pose with their team in front of the Red Bull motor home after the Turkish GP

The winner of the Turkish GP, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, talks to his team mate Mark Webber after the race in parc ferme

Fourth stop in lap 46, Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Pastor Maldonado of Williams and Alguersuari of Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber joke around behind Maldonado on the way to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso sourrounded by Ferrari mechanics

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Toroo Rosso's third driver Daniel Ricciardo

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Team bosses meet in Pirelli motorhome - Renault's Eric Boullier, Robert Fearnley of Force India and McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Lewis Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa on their way to drivers parade

Third and last stop in lap 39 of Jenson Button at McLaren pits

Sergio Perez on his fourth stop at Sauber pits in lap 42

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Fourth stop in lap 46, Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sauber mechanics exchange the rear right wheel of Kamui Kabayashi on his 3. stop in lap 38

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Third and last stop in lap 39 of Jenson Button at McLaren pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Team bosses meet in Pirelli motorhome - Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery, Renault's Eric Boullier, Robert Fearnley of Force India and McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme, receiving congrats from the cheering Red Bull team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel arrives at the Red Bull motor home for the team's celebration after the Turkish GP

Fourth stop in lap 46, Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Third and last stop in lap 39 of Jenson Button at McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jerome d'Ambrosio and Timo Glock of Marussia Virgin team.

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault

Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth, with colourful track painting in the back.

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault

Fernando Alonso up in front after the first corner.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault

McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button sport a rather dark team clothing on a sunny day.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, leaving the pit lane.

Fernando Alonso up in front after the first corner.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Pit stop of Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth.

Sebastian Vettel on podium with second placed Lewis Hamilton and third Jenson Button.

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault on start/finish straight.

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Jaime Alguersuari, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, leaving his pit stop crew.

Start of the race from a different angle, Alonso takes the lead.

Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus-Renault) is pushed back to the pits.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP in a speed blur, shot from race control tower.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault passing the start/finish straight.

Mercedes GP nose cone and front wing.

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone revealing Vettel's plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Mercedes GP nose cone in detail.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Renault

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus-Renault, followed by his team mate.

Alonso followed by both Red Bulls after the start.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Renault

A speedy Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

A sunny view at the harbour chicane

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Classic car display during an UBS customer event in Monaco - Jim Clark's Lotus-Cosworth of 1967 with Rainer's original photo in the back and a girl styled in contemporary fashion

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Boris Becker visits the grid.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Albert II, Prince of Monaco does his parade lap.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

A crowded grid prepares for the restart of the race with 6 laps to go, Red Bull mechanics swirl around Vettel's car in the first row.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg's smashed Mercedes GP car brought back to pits after the third free practice.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Hospitality at Red Bull.

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP in front of Hamilton.

Photographers enjoy once-in-a-year opportunity to get a real close look at the action.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Wonderful Monaco grid girls at the drivers' parade with Nico Rosberg, followed by other drivers.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Classic car display during an UBS customer event in Monaco - Fangio's Maserati 250F of 1957 with a girl styled in contemporary fashion

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus.

Sebastian Vettel grabs his trophy.

A part-time paddock returnee Flavio Briatore.

Felipe Massa of Ferrari leading Maldonado.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Jenson Button climbs out of his McLaren-Mercedes cockpit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, heads to Casino square

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel caresses 'godfather' Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race.

Jenson Button celebrates on podium.

Jenson Button is briefly serviced at McLaren pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Pastor Maldonado's Williams car is pushed away after crashing into the wall

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The race is resumed, slightly heavy traffic occurs in the hairpin and leaves debris behind

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi Parmakoski walk to the Red Bull pits in order to wait for the restart of the race

After his collision with Alonso, Jenson Button comes for an unexpected stop to McLaren pits with a flat tyre and gets a new front wing, too

Green lights for Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

After his collision with Alonso, Jenson Button comes for an unexpected stop to McLaren pits with a flat tyre and gets a new front wing, too

Pastor Maldonado's damaged Williams car is pushed away after crashing into the wall

Vitantonio Liuzzi gesticulates at Nico Rosberg before drivers parade

And again but vice versa on the podium, a disappointed second placed Vettel receives congratulations from the lucky Jenson Button, who overtook him after a small mistake under pressure

After changing to intermediate tyres, Williams' Rubens Barrichello roars through a wet pitlane in front of Buemi

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

After his collision with Alonso, Jenson Button comes for an unexpected stop to McLaren pits with a flat tyre and gets a new front wing, too

After his collision with Alonso, Jenson Button comes for an unexpected stop to McLaren pits with a flat tyre, the safety car deploys again

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi Parmakoski walk to the Red Bull pits in order to wait for the restart of the race

Green lights for Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

After his collision with Alonso, Jenson Button had come for an unexpected stop to McLaren pits with a flat tyre and got a new front wing, too

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado gets out of his damaged Williams car

Rain drops on Red Bull replacement nose cones

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, participates in the first practice session only, then hands over to de la Rosa for the remaining weekend

Former F1 pilot Martin Brundle interviews double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with an attacking Webber in his neck

The race is re-started behind the safety car

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher and his wife Corinna express their emotional attachment

The safety car stands in position for a soon restart of the rainy race

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel investigates a Ferrari car in parc ferme after qualifying

Jenson Button is briefly serviced at McLaren pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa substitutes the still injured Segio Perez at Sauber from Friday afternoon on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, still in front of Webber and Button

Sebastian Vettel searches the right words for Bob

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Rosberg and team mate Button

Jenson Button in McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his physio Tommy Parmakoski

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads team mate Webber

Sebastian Vettel is pushed to first grid position by a Red Bull mechanic

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton pose for the press in parc ferme after qualification

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shakes team hands in parc ferme

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa talks with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley besides the grid

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme with Ian Morgan, Red Bull Racing Head of Race Engineering

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, gives an interview before the race

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy and the bottle of champagne on the podium

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, in front of Maldonado

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta with a disturbing problem showing up at the rear of his Force India-Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy and the bottle of champagne on the podium

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

British race fans watch the marching band on the grid

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

A friendly police woman helps to secure the Energy Station

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg is reversed to Mercedes GP pits after practice

HRT owner Jose Ramon Carabante visits the pitwall command center

Winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a relieved interview after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo replaces Karthikeyan at HRT

Second placed Sebastian Vettel answers many questions after the race

As part of the F1 60th annual celebration, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso drives two laps in Froilan Gonzalez's Ferrari 357 F1 which scores the first victory for Ferrari in Silverstone 1951

The friendly policemen protect the pretty Red Bull employees with their helmets, presumably getting a perfect capuccino in return

Jaime Alguersuari's helmet in different design evolution states

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey checks his records on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

HRT team boss Colin Colles protests against the cold weather

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner in the pits

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso takes a sshortcut over the lawn

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The Red Bull bouncers guard their vehicle well

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Rubens Barrichello practises stops at Williams pits

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello is well prepared for a chilled round on the Nuerburgring

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

The Ferrari pit crew waits for Massa

After qualifying, polesetter Mark Webber waves for the media in parc ferme

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of his team mate

Sebastian Vettel freezes a bit on his way to the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

A young Ferrari fan shows his signed treasure

Lewis Hamilton's pit board signals position one leading by 2,7 seconds

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, greets Rainer at the pitlane entrance

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso feels cold on his way to the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The grid girls take their positions under Moko's surveillance

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leaves parc ferme after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, overtakes Vettel

Anthony Hamilton

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Alex Wurz, co-commentator for the Austrian ORF TV station and F1 advisor

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A busy HRT mechanic pulls a tyre train from Pirelli to his garage

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP third driver, in the pit lane on Friday morning

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP third driver

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Alonso's Ferrari car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A McLaren mechanic dries the pit stop spots

A grid girl

Paddock Club guests watch the busy pit lane (Kobayashi, Sauber) from above

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso walks through the paddock

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of the water park's slide pipes

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button in McLaren pits

Race cars in line - Petrov, Buemi, Barrichello and Alguersuari head to the last corner

A grid girl holds the Union Jack

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, leaves to a slippery ride which ends in a crash on Friday morning

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Petrov

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone brightens up the mood on the cloudy race day and shakes hands with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on their way to drivers parade

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The fabulous seventh grid positioned Bruno Senna on Renault receives congrats in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton with quite used looking Pirelli tyres on his McLaren Mercedes car

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, is a glowing pearl in the chain for practice session

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

In the last third of the race Nico Rosberg on Mercedes is constantly under attack by Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna ejects from Lotus Renault GP pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the bottom of Eau Rouge

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Paul di Resta, Force India, with a damaged side pod after the collision at the start with Glock

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Vitaly Petrov and Sergio Perez listen to Kamui Kobayashi

Timo Glock strolls along with Vitantonio Liuzzi

Journalists and TV crews stick to the lips of Sebastian Vettel after qualifying

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Fernando Alonso on Ferrari in the middle of the start field

Sunshine over Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and the race track of Spa-Francorchamps

A zoom of Jaime Alguersuari in front of Toro Rosso pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011 - Button's rear-wing endplate broke off later in the race after a collision at the start

Mark Webber climbs into the Red Bull Racing car on the grid

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Italian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gains pole position in Monza and celebrates after qualifying in parc ferme

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone talks with the Red Bull drivers Vettel and Webber in front of his motorhome

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes is prepared on second grid position

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates with second placed Jenson Button of McLaren in parc ferme

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton left hand and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the right hand side

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, sticks in front of the two McLarens

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, raises his trophy after the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso throws a quick signature on a souvenir photo for fellow colleague Martin Trenkler

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the deserved trophy after the Italian Grand Prix

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Teo Chee Hean (SIN) Deput Prime Minister of Singapore with Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon present the winner's and constructor's trophies after podium ceremony

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel gives a champagne shower to Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon during podium ceremony

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his team mate Mark Webber and Jenson Button after the race in parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Safety car and medical car do their laps

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of McLaren's Hamilton

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his victory with a 'Vettel finger' in parc ferme

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy during podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions to BBC's Brundle

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso at Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his 9th victory of this season after the race in parc ferme

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso at Ferrari pits

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

A busy grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel kisses his trophy during podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Alonso's Ferrari

A last sip of champagne after the podium ceremony for winner Button and third placed new World Champion Vettel

Champagne showers for the newly crowned World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso-Ferrari lost a wheel after a tyre change and is removed from the gravel trap

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

After qualifying, McLaren's Hamilton and Button return from the scales

Race winner Sebastian Vettel answers the media's questions after the podium ceremony of the Korean GP

Petrov's Renault on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on the podium after winning the Korean GP

A Korean grid girl proudly wears the F1 icon

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Safety car driver Bernd Maylaender has his own fan club

A pretty pit lane marshal blows the pipe

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, descends from drivers parade truck

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel teases Fernando Alonso before the Thursday press conference

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with his race engineer in Red Bull Racing pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, looks forward to an exciting race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin in Red Bull Racing pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, descends from drivers parade truck

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton sits besides Vettel and Alonso, answering questions during a press conference

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, descends from drivers parade truck

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

After qualifying, Petrov on Renault arrives in the parc ferme

Nico Rosberg chats with his physio Daniel Schloesser and his PR manager Georg Nolte in front of the Mercedes GP pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Second placed Lewis Hamilton answers the media's questions after the Korean GP

The large Indian key-visual welcomes the spectators on Sunday morning

FIA and Formula One banners wave in the desert wind

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel in a technical discussion with his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin

McLaren CEO Ron Dennis speaks with his new employee Sam Michael, who leaves his position as technical director at Williams yet empty

Salvatore organises the office behind the Ferrari Media motorhome

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword, and Pasquale points at a very memorable photo

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil's brother drops the idea of growing as much hair as his father

The 2011 Formula 1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The cone tip of a McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A very proud third placed Vitaly Petrov raises his trophy on the podium

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber in Red Bull pits before Q3

Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer, and race winner Sebastian Vettel raise their trophies after podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel cools down at Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel gets hugs and kisses from Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer

Sebastien Buemi after Q3

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso returns to Ferrari pits

Second placed Lewis Hamilton presents his trophy during podium ceremony

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Button's McLaren

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel climbs out of his car on pole position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The fastest three drivers congratulate each other in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

New Force India driver Paul di Resta poses for the photographers

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of third positioned Webber

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Green lights for Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP ends the pit stop with fresh tyres

Sauber's Kamui Kabayashi with Rubens Barrichello of Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

The rear side of a McLaren-Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher signs autographs under the lenses of eager TV cameras

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP and Timo Glock of Virgin Racing

Third grid positioned Mark Webber gets out of the Red Bull-Renault car besides Renault's Petrov after Q3

Karthikeyan's HRT-Cosworth is returned from scrutineering

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner presents his trophy on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Bernie Ecclestone and Michael Schumacher meet in the paddock

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko discusses with team boss Christian Horner and Toro Rosso's Franz Tost

Bernie Ecclestone chats with the Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in the paddock

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

Michael Schumacher prepares for racing besides the busy Mercedes grid place

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel jumps on his car in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Nick Heidfeld's Renault car is checked by FIA stewards and Renault engineers after qualifying

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner kisses his trophy on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Two grid girls unfold the Malaysian national banner behind the safety car

Mercedes star Michael Schumacher has a good start and comes out in front of Webber and Kobayashi

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes rolls to fourth grid position

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso-Ferrari is prepared on the grid before the race

While Adrian Newey celebrates the Red Bull victory with his mechanics, second placed Jenson Button on McLaren Mercedes already parks in parc ferme. The outstanding winner Vettel arrives from the backside.

A zoom of Vitaly Petrov's stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

After a not too good start, Nico Rosberg's Mercedes lines up in the middle of the field

Lewis Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel before drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner receives a champagne shower from second placed Button on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli's Lotus is shoved back to pits with clutch sensor problem.

Fernando Alonso on Ferrari in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Red Bull's Vettel in front of Rosberg, Massa and Alonso

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, in front of Hamilton

After a fabulous start, the McLarens lead the field through turn one with Jenson Button in the lead followed by team mate Hamilton, then Vettel and Rosberg

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel's physio Tommi Parmakoski signals second position now, with 4 laps to retrieve leadership

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button picks new tyres up at McLaren pits

After a fabulous start, the McLarens lead the field through the first chicane with Jenson Button in front, followed by team mate Hamilton, then Vettel and Rosberg

Second placed Vettel and third Webber celebrate in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme after the Chinese GP, Kovalainen wants to congratulate him

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides chaser Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The McLaren pit crew welcomes Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel gets the signal from his physio Tommi Parmakoski that he is still in first position with 11 laps to go

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his win of the Chinese GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Third stop in lap 40 for Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel chat after the drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello leads the middle field from 11th grid position (arriving 15th)

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Third stop in lap 40 for Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

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

The nose cone tip of a McLaren car

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The female marshals often had to do the hardest work - like pushing HRT's retired Karthikeyan away from the track

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Red Bull chief engineer Mark Ellis receives a champagne shower from winner Vettel and team mate Webber

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Third stop in lap 40 for Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso shakes his trophy for third place

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The two McLarens cars with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton on the seats, showed a good performance and provided a great entertainment by chasing each other

Race winner Sebastian Vettel receives congratulations after the Turkish GP

Sebastian Vettel leading the race.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

An arty speed blur of Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

Pit stop of Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth

Mark Webber celebrates his Pole Position with second placed Sebastian Vettel and third Lewis Hamilton.

Fernando Alonso shakes hands with winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme.

Champagne celebrations on podium with Vettel, Hamilton and Button.

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT-Cosworth

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone revealing Vettel's plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Lewis Hamilton congratulates winner Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Liuzzi's wrecked HRT is brought back to pits.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

A marshal signals Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing to slow down

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Always welcoming and rich looking Red Bull floating motor home.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Always welcoming and rich looking Red Bull floating motor home.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes. The qualifying is stopped due to Perez's accident.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel rolls to his front row grid position.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel at the front row grid position.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Bernie Ecclestone with ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.

Dr. Helmut Marko with Christian Horner in Red Bull pits.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT.

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team.

Jenson Button welcomes his former McLaren boss Ron Dennis on the grid.

Pastor Maldonado, Williams.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Sebastian Vettel, the winner of Monaco Grand Prix.

Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes in front of Ferrari's Alonso.

Fans at the Hotel de Paris.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso.

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing.

Bernie Ecclestone in a friendly chat with Michelle Yeoh.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes.

Unique Monte Carlo views and tight streets for racing.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel's damaged nose cone of the Red Bull-Renault

'Come to my age and any trophy makes you happy!' ;)

Ron Dennis claps his hands for a magnificient McLaren driver Jenson Button

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Third placed Mark Webber is welcomed at parc ferme by cheering Red Bull mechanics

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, with his team mate Petrov following

After the safety car left the track, the show goes on and Alonso attacks race leader Vettel

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel changes from wet to intermediate tyres at Red Bull pits

Paul di Resta, Force India, slips out

Red Bull's Mark Webber is interviewed after Hamilton attacked him not nicely during the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Champagne showers on the podium

Mark Webber backs to Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel changes from wet to intermediate tyres at Red Bull pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Ferrari's Felipe Massa and his team mate Fernando Alonso as second on the grid

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso zooms through pitlane

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali talks on the grid with Massa's manager Nicolas Todt and race engineer Rob Smedley

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel changes from wet to intermediate tyres at Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel changes from wet to intermediate tyres at Red Bull pits

Champagne showers on the podium

Bob Constanduros (on his 501st GP:) interviews Sebastian Vettel before his 69th GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Second placed Alonso congratulates race winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of a pushing Alonso

Cheers for the Red Bull Racing team

First lap: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads the field already with a fine gap

Sebastien Buemi stops at Toro Rosso pits

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, breaks hard

Sebastian Vettel arrives on the grid, passing Glock's grid girl

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari stops at Toro Rosso pits

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid (first position as usual)

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in the pitlane

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Vitantonio Liuzzi in HRT pits

The first three turn to the straight after formation lap in order to take their grid places for the start

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The two Lotus enter the start-finish straight

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

A crowded grid before the start

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button steps in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Karun Chandhok talks to Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes at the pitwall

A view into Ferrari's pits

The honourables escape the podium champagne showers unsuccessfully

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi joke around on their way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg is fitted into the cockpit of the Mercedes car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, rides through the gravel

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

FIA president Jean Todt welcomes the sunshine

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso takes a derivation behind the gravel trap

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is pushed by mechanics to third grid position

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button amidst McLaren engineers on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, enters the pit lane and reflects in the new pit building's wall

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey signs autographs

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button walks back to McLaren pits after retiring with a loose wheel nut

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

HRT team boss Colin Colles walks with Cosworth managers

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh and Heikki Kovalainen of Lotus have fun in the paddock after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Shooting star Sebastian Vettel wears the yellow glasses for a fan

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Virgin's Timo Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio enjoy a hot dog during the CARS 2 movie sneak preview on Friday evening

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Moko collects colourful memories at parc ferme fence

Jenson Button is reversed to McLaren pits

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

After qualifying, Nico Rosberg and Webber get out of their cars in parc ferme

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button in front of McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt listens to Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley who reports to Stefano Domenicali and Felipe Massa on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates with champagne on the podium after the German GP

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov of Lotus Renault GP passes the Mercedes grandstand

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of team mate Vettel

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on the podium with Simon Roberts, spraying campagne at the McLaren operations director after the German GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Vettel and Kobayashi

Champagne for race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Tommi Parmakoski holds Vettel's pit board

Champagne showers for second placed Alonso and third Webber

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, enters the chicane after the Dunlop hairpin named after him - Michael-Schumacher-S

Timo Glock poses for a souvenir photo with Ring architect Hermann Tilke and wind power entrepreneur Willi Balz of Windreich AG

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mechanics work on the Ferrari engine in the pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

A Red Bull mechanic cleans a soft Pirelli tyre (red = super soft)

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, on his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Green lights for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Vettel's pit board signals third position

Michael Schumacher, on the grid with Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes GP chief race engineer

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

A silver bracelet, not made but held by Moko, is a present of Bernie to Rainer

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of the water park's slide pipes

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali answers curious questions

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, about to race his 100th F1 race

Sparks and dust rised by a widely turning Massa

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso gives a motivated interview

The Mercedes Grand Prix pit crew awaits the driver

A retired Trulli walks back to pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, at pit lane exit in front of his team mate

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton puts on his protective spats

Drivers on the parade truck

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops with the McLaren pit crew

Michael Schumacher practises a rainy stop at Mercedes GP pits

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Force India owner Vijay Mallya on the grid

Pastor Maldonado comes to Williams pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey raises the winning constructor's trophy on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

After one lap of the race, Rosberg leads the Belgian GP in front of Vettel and Massa

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A happy Jenson Button of McLaren raises his trophy for third place on the podium after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel cheers at the crowd after the podium ceremony of the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Webber's fast champagne shower for Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren stand still for the national anthem during the podium ceremony after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A large flush of champagne for the face of McLaren's third placed Jenson Button after the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Race drivers chat before the parade on Sunday - Lewis Hamilton with sunglasses, Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car spits small sparks after overtaking Kobayashi at Eau Rouge

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, practises pit stops

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel's pit board signals first position from Red Bull Racing pit wall, with a large gap to Webber and seven laps to go

Rubens Barrichello, Williams, during a safety car period

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, sticks in front of the two McLarens

Podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix with race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the middle (is that a small tear?)

Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso walk to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, sticks in front of the McLaren's Hamilton

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello

After the start accident the cars line up behind the safety car

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull Racing race engineer Stefano Sordo, winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone autographs Felipe Massa's T-Shirt

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, in front of Alguersuari and Petrov

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, watches the race cars of his competitors in parc ferme after qualifying

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari returns from drivers parade

Red Bull Racing's reigning F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is interviewed by RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Niki Lauda

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone talks with Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

FIA president Jean Todt on the grid with his wife Michelle Yeoh (find Jean Alesi on the left)

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko chats with Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya and his wife Daranee

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of team mate Barrichello

German RTL TV's Kai Ebel interviews Bernie Ecclestone and Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button of McLaren walk together to the drivers parade

Ferrari pits

Red Bull engineers investigate their screens

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone meets Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button of McLaren walk together to the drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

A bird's view on Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull-Renault car on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, keeps position three behind Alonso and race leader Button

The newly crowned youngest double World Champion Sebastian Vettel comes to his waiting Red Bull Racing team to celebrate his achievement

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and becomes second placed of the Korean Grand Prix in front of Webber

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, looks at his car in parc ferme after finishing the race as 13th

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, walks to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Fernando Alonso is serviced in Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Massa's Ferrari on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Second placed Lewis Hamilton present his trophy on the podium after the Korean GP

Renault's Bruno Senna accelerates after a spin

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mercedes mechanics have fun on the grid

Champagne showers from winning Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions during a press conference

Vettel fans on a stand

Champagne showers for the winning Red Bull team on the podium after the Korean GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of team mate Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of a Renault car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, answers questions during a press conference

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to pits

After qualifying, McLaren's Button and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull chat on their way back from the scales

A large sip of champagne for winning Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Korean GP

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, walks to drivers parade

The grid girls hold the panels for drivers parade

A large advertising board welcomes the fans at the newest F1 circuit

Russian tyre promotion beauties show off in the pitlane on Sunday morning

A fan poses for a souvenir photo

A cow herd travels besides the motorway near the circuit

Russian tyre promotion beauties hang around in the pitlane on Sunday morning

A herd of goats and their goatherds on the street

The local monoposto racing cars already look quite used

Large broad lanes guide to the entrance of the newest F1 circuit

A local shopping mall

The illuminated Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir building attracts the local crowds in the evening

McLaren fans sit on the lawn in the fan village

Russian tyre promotion beauties show off in the pitlane on Sunday morning

Colourful scarfs, blankets and tissues are sold on the market

An Indian grid girl holds a number panel

It seems that the tickets for the event are all sold out as the panel says.

Fans cheer from the main stand

Renault's Senna heads under the bridge

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh

A perfectly made up stewardess of the main sponsor Etihad airlines

A stewardess of the main sponsor Etihad airlines on the grid

Local VIP beauties pose for a souvenir photo

A Ferrari fan poses on the stand

Sun sets behind Abu Dhabi paddock

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner listen to advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Renault team boss Eric Boullier

Pit lane marshals distribute Brazilian banners for waving during the drivers parade

Team Lotus mechanics take intensive care of their 'black gold'

Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel recommends Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Sebastian Vettel chats in front of Red Bull Racing pits

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton's helmet for the Brazilian GP 2011 - as a tribute to the great Senna, the back part (with allowance of the family) shows Ayrton's original helmet design 20 years after he won his last title in 1991

A Red Bull Racing mechanic directs Vettels attention to the next picture

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword

Double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) signs his chapter in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Jenson Button listens to a McLaren race engineer in pits

The Red Bull Racing team prepares in the pitlane for the season's final group shot

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The well-known parrot on a Force India nose cone

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Triple World Champion Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971 and 1973) speaks to Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

BBC TV presenter and former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan knows how to tie a knot of ribbons

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after gaining the season's ultimate pole position, braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Felipe Massa and Adrian Sutil return from the drivers parade

Ayrton Senna's sister and mother of Bruno, Viviane Senna, also leads the charitable Senna Foundation

The drivers on the parade truck wave with Brazilian flags towards the fans on the stand

The nose cone tip on a Renault, Lotus Renault GP

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey inspects the car's bottom

Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer, watches the making of the final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Lewis Hamilton, race winner Sebastian Vettel and a very happy third placed Vitaly Petrov

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Lewis Hamilton, race winner Sebastian Vettel and a very happy third placed Vitaly Petrov

Mark Webber rolls through pit lane in front of Toro Rosso driver Alguersuari

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The cheering winner Sebastian Vettel approaches parc ferme after the first GP in 2011

The start of the 2011 Australian GP, Mark Webber drifts as third behind Hamilton's McLaren

Winner Vettel savours the podium ceremony besides second placed Hamilton and third placed Petrov

Group photo of a bunch of Australian heroes: The first Australian GP driver Tony Gaze, legendary (Triple World Champion 1959, 1960 and 1966) Jack Brabham, Mark Webber, Alan Jones (F1 World Champion 1980) and motorsport legend Vern Schuppan

The start of the 2011 Australian GP, Vettel in the lead

Paul di Resta, Force India

Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes blocks the pit access for too curious snappers

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Podium ceremony after the Australian GP 2011 - Vettel wins again!

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button backs to McLaren pits

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner presents his souvenirs from the Malaysian Grand Prix

Mark Webber ejects from Red Bull Racing pits

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

The rear side of a Red Bull-Renault

Michael Schumacher listens to Mercedes GP race engineer Mark Slade

Mark Webber watches the screens at the Red Bull pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton receives a quick service at McLaren pits

On Saturday evening, Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony discuss in front of the McLaren Mercedes pits

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

The Red Bull pit wall command center during qualifying

Felipe Massa ends his stop at Ferrari pits

A zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher chats with Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan before drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Virgin driver Timo Glock arrives at the paddock with his girl friend Isabell Reis

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A zoom of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Mark Webber enters the Red Bull Racing pits for a service

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel speaks with his physio Tommi Parmakoski on the grid

The sponsor Venezuela on the rear wing of Maldonado's Williams car can still be read properly as it is not yet set to its flat position

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of team mate Sutil, Schumacher and Alguersuari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The rear wings of Maldonado's Williams car are now set to flat position and press it against the curbs

Nick Heidfeld approaches Lotus Renault GP pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Sebastian Vettel, race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's Managing Director Jonathan Neale and third placed Mark Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso arrives at Ferrari pits

Adrian Sutil and Jaime Alguersuari in the middle of the start field

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber enters the Red Bull Racing pits for a service

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan on HRT marks the back of the field

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes pits

Michael Schumacher takes off from Mercedes pits

Nick Heidfeld ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Again winning 1-2, the victorious Red Bulls Mark Webber and winner Seb Vettel get out of their cars in parc ferme in their personal manner

After the start of the Turkish GP 2011, Sebastian Vettel keeps his position in front of the field

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, chief engineer Mark Ellis, race winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Timo Glock, Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen return from the drivers' briefing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag

After the start of the Turkish GP 2011, Nico Rosberg gets between the two Red Bulls with Vettel in the lead

Sebastian Vettel clelebrates his victory standing on the Red Bull-Renault in parc ferme

Paul di Resta, Force India

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme, receiving congrats from his father Norbert

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault.

A team duel of Mercedes GP, with Michael Schumacher leading.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault, heading for a pit stop.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault, leaving his pit crew.

Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes

The winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault.

Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus-Renault, heading for a pit stop.

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault.

Pit stop of Narain Karthikeyan, HRT-Cosworth

Celebrations on podium with Vettel, Hamilton and Button.

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault.

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives in parc ferme.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari.

Adrian Sutil, Force India.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waits for the race to be re-started.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sergio Perez' wreckage is removed from the track

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP. Presentation of typical work conditions in modern F1 photography.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Always welcoming and rich looking Red Bull floating motor home.

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waits for the race to be re-started.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel explains something to Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits.

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button enjoy the moments after podium celebrations.

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP.

Champagne celebrations for Vettel and his team.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Rubens Barrichello, Williams.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus.

The top three on podium: Sebastian Vettel with the second Fernando Alonso and third placed Jenson Button.

Photographers getting as close to the cars as it gets in modern F1.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing in front of Ferrai's Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

The field passes the boats at harbour chicane.

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team.

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber walk round Button's winning McLaren-Mercedes in parc ferme

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber F1 Team

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi out of pits

Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher clique on their walk to drivers parade

Final podium ceremony group photo of Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel, McLaren Technical Director Paddy Lowe, winner Jenson Button and third placed Mark Webber after the Canadian GP 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber walk round Button's winning McLaren-Mercedes in parc ferme

Jenson Button, Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen chat on their way to drivers parade

After the safety car left the track, the show goes on and Alonso attacks race leader Vettel

Niki Lauda jokes around in the McLaren pits

Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber F1 Team, awaits the end of the rain period in the car

Jaime Alguersuari comes to Toro Rosso pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

Paul di Resta, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, overlaps Schumacher's Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button practise pit stops with the McLaren team for a BBC movie

Lewis Hamilton leaves McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in parc ferme after qualification

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, Red Bull head of race engineering Ian Morgan, race winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Mark Webber

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The grid from the rear

German journalist Burkhard Nuppeney poses with Moko

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber approaches Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of the new Silverstone landmark

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, pointing at his steering wheel

Michael Schumacher performs a regular stop at Mercedes GP ppits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates with his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Condensation trails stick to Hamilton's rear wings

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of Barrichello and Massa

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel got the yellow glasses from a fan

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher serves a stop-n-go penalty at Mercedes GP pits for coming together with Kobayashi, Ron Meadows takes the 10 seconds

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari raises his trophy on the podium

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari kisses his deserved trophy on the podium

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, leading Schumacher and Alguersuari

Second placed Sebastian Vettel greets the world from parc ferme

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Alonso rushes away from Ferrari pits in order to overtake Vettel who is still in the pitting

Sauber's Sergio Perez poses with a happy fan

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid

Alsonso missed the drivers parade truck and runs after his colleagues

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso transverses over the curbs behind Webber's spray

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A friendly chat between Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, team boss Christian Horner, driver Sebastian Vettel and FIA's F1 delegate Charlie Whiting

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, stays in front of Felipe Massa's Ferrari

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, brakes hard into turn one

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, retires with hydraulics issues

Moko shows his documentation tool

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of Michael Schumacher

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel answers questions of Niki Lauda

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Mercedes engineers use their notebooks besides Rosberg's car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa and Sutil

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing needs guidance to the FIA scales by Herbie Blash

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

On the grid before the race, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets best wishes and a clap from his friend Bernie Ecclestone

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in parc ferme after the race

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus, stalls the engine at pit lane exit

Lewis Hamilton is lifted with a jack at McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes GP pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button is pushed by McLaren mechanics to his third grid posion

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher lifts off Mercedes GP pits after changing from intermediate to super soft Pirelli pneus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Petrov's manager Oksana Kozachenko

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kinky Kylie's steering wheel (Vettel's Red Bull-Renault :)

Nico Rosberg ejects from a stop at Mercedes GP pits

Sebastian Vettel speaks into numerous microphones of the TV journalists

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waves at the international media after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Brazilian drivers Bruno Senna and Rubens Barrichello stroll through the paddock after the drivers briefing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren carries his deserved trophy after the podium ceremony

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

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates with his mechanics besides parc ferme, covered by eager media representatives

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates on his way to parc ferme, closing his honoury lap

The F1 family celebrate their heroes on the podium together with the Hungarian fans - second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren race engineer Dave Robson, race winner Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

The start field after turning around the first corner

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits, changing from intermediate to super soft Pirelli pneus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

FIA's Formula One chief of medicine Dr. Gary Hartstein prepares for the next race (see http://www.motorsport-total.com/microsite/randstad/paddockpeople - german language only)

FIA's Formula One chief of medicine Dr. Gary Hartstein takes a break in the paddock (see http://www.motorsport-total.com/microsite/randstad/paddockpeople - german language only)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg brakes for a stop at Mercedes GP pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Exhausts and coolers are fitted to the Mercedes-Benz V8 engine

A hopeful message sticks on a Lotus-Renault's barge board

Second placed Sebastian Vettel congatulates race winner Jenson Button of McLaren in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin besides the Red Bull-Renault on pole position

Bruno Senna stops at Lotus Renault GP pits

The start, Vettel still leads the field

Rubens Barrichello in front of Williams team mate Pastor Maldonado

FIA's Formula One medical doctor Gary Hartstein and jewellery designer Moko chat in the sunshine

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Maldonado

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

After Friday practice the drivers practise start manoeuvres on a wet track

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

The long safety car phase keeps Vettel on third position

Felipe Massa in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, receives the deserved trophy after the Italian Grand Prix

Tanja Bauer interviews Sebastian Vettel before drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone hands over Rainer Schlegelmilch's new honoury pass as the crescendo to his surprise party in the Ferrari motorhome (Photo © Trenkler's)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Mark Webber battles for fifth position and takes the curbs too optimistically, damaging his front wing at Massa's rear side and pushing im aside

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Bernie Ecclestone receives an honoury trophy from Brembo brakes chairman Alberto Bombassei, alongside stand Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber and Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, brakes before turn one with Hamilton on his outside

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on the podium after the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Bruno Senna ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his 9th victory in this season, only one point away from World Championship

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel gives a champagne shower to second placed Jenson Button of McLaren during podium ceremony

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Bruno Senna ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, receives congratulations from his team mate Mark Webber after the race in parc ferme

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is interviewed after drivers parade

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curb

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Green lights for Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel ejects from a stop at Red Bull Racing pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curb

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, in front of Ricciardo

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads the two following McLaren-Mercedes cars through turn one

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes the pit boards behind his team mate

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The safety car on tour for track inspection 15 minutes before practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, kisses his trophy on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Second qualifier Sebastian Vettel studdies his competitor's car in parc ferme

Bruno Senna end his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, in front of fellow countryman Vettel

Kinky Kylie's nose

Kinky Kylie's cockpit under surveillance of a spy

Renault's Bruno Senna faces the wrong direction after a spin

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jerome d'Ambrosio in a Virgin-Cosworth

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrates their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP with a new golden T-shirt edition

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo on a HRT-Cosworth

After qualifying, the tyres of Petrov's Renault car smoke (after rolling through a puddle)

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, receives congrats from second placed Lewis Hamilton on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing team after winning the F1 constructor championship

Is this a prancing horse or a red bull?

The radiator mascot of the 1929 'Stutz Pikes Peak Special'

Playing children run down the stairs of Jama Masjid

Legions of flower pots are watered so that the decoration of the circuit for the visitors viewing pleeasure is ensured

Clever transportation solutions can be seen on the way to the new circuit

A typical local transportation vehicle on its dusty way to the recently built race track

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

FIA president Jean Todt hispers into his son Nicola's ear

Busy mechanics make space on the grid for Webbers arriving Red Bull-Renault car

The large square in front of the Jama Masjid is crowded by believers and tourists

A young woman with a henna hand tattoo takes a photograph of Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir with her mobile phone

A statue of a serious looking Indian goddess

One of a billion three-wheeled tuk-tuks in the traffic

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, is in a good mood on Friday morning

Russian tyre promotion beauties shorten the waiting time before the race

Security controls in front of the entrance of the newest F1 circuit

The advertising key visual of the newest F1 circuit behind a security officer

Rickshaws everywhere

Policemen make a break

An "Emily" statue grows on the radiator of a historic Rolls Royce

Security controls guard the entrance to the circuit

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

Russian tyre promotion beauties take photographs of each other in the pitlane

Champagne showers for winner Vettel

Racing fans cheer on the grandstand during the drivers parade

Clever transportation solutions can be seen on the motorway to the new circuit

Covered women are carried on the load area of a lorry

Colourful scarfs, blankets and tissues are sold on the market by a smiling saleswoman

The drivers parade chauffeur for HRT's Narain Karthikeyan concentrates on his task

Children play on the square in front of the temple

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, enters the paddock with father John

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an interview after qualifying

A happy race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes enjoys to explain his achievent to the interviewers after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sutil's grid girl

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari flies over the curbs

Formula One legend Niki Lauda gives some pepper and salt in form of fond memories to the pictures in Rainer W. Schlegelmilch's new book 'The Roaring 70s'

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Green lights for Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP

Fabiana Flosi and a VIP greet Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls, waiting for the Formula One drivers besides the red carpet

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa of Ferrari listens to his race engineer Rob Smedley besides the grid

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel's helmet from above

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, besides his team boss Christian Horner

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Local hero Bruno Senna of Renault

Fernando Alonso and Jerome d'Ambrosio climb on the drivers parade truck

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

All Formula One drivers pose for the annual season ending group shot

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Icy eyes of Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Glitter on the nose of the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

After signing his chapter in Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany), Fernando Alonso poses with the senior photographer for a souvenir photo

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

The Red Bull Racing team prepares in the pitlane for the season's final group shot

Williams' Patrick Head at the pitlane command center

The other race drivers - Buemi, Alonso and Kovalainen - have finished the race and walk towards parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on before the season's final race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone shows the direction of Formula One

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Glitter on the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil's father Jorge with his other son in the paddock

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The other race drivers - Rosberg and Alguersuari - have finished the race and walk towards parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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

Rob Marshall, Red Bull Racing Chief Designer, caresses race winner Sebastian Vettel, a very happy third placed Vitaly Petrov waits besides

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

Sebastian Vettel, Christian Geistdoerfer, Niki Lauda and Walter Roehrl

Sebastian Vettel, Christian Geistdoerfer, Niki Lauda and Walter Roehrl

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

SM Nasarudin, CEO and executive chairman of NAZA Group with entourage

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

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing takes his helmet off in parc ferme after qualifying

Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT looks for sponsors with 'this could be you' on the side pod

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

One lap after the start, Red Bull's Vettel already enlarges the gap to second positioned Heidfeld and chaser Hamilton

Second placed Jenson Button gets congrats from the outstanding winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil makes a stop at Force India pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed Jenson Button take a champagne shower after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello with Sebastian Vettel

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Photographers swarm around Sebastian Vettel whilst he talks to Red Bull engineer Rocquelin on the grid

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

SM Nasarudin, CEO and executive chairman of NAZA Group with entourage

World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner showers Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey with champagne after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button ends his stop at McLaren pits

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned to pits slightly messed up after a spin in practice

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as second on the grid (note the special driver suits)

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche visits Red Bull on the grid

Lewis Hamilton ends his stop at McLaren pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, in front of Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, in front of di Resta

Again winning 1-2, the victorious Red Bulls arrive in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Race winner Sebastian Vettel jumps from the Red Bull-Renault car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and wins his fourth GP out of five so far this season

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, zoomed.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Champagne celebrations on podium with Vettel, Hamilton and Button.

Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line to take yet another victory.

Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line to take yet another victory.

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Paul di Resta, Force India, in the middle of the start field

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads the pack at the start.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads the pack after the start and up the hill.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari drifting at Casino square.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

The tyre marbles scattered across the swimming pool chicane.

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP.

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber comes for a change to intermediate tyres to Red Bull pits

The race is re-started behind the safety car, Vettel is in the lead

Jenson Button scores an unexpected win for McLaren and crosses the finish line in front of Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, overlaps Schumacher's Mercedes

FIA stewart Heinz-Harald Frentzen with RTL TV presenters Christian Danner and Kai Ebel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads team mate Webber

Race winner Vettel and third placed Red Bull team mate Webber greet the audience from parc ferme

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and his sixth win of the season

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Jenson Button is ready seated in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari and Nico Rosberg walk waving to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The Red Bull team on Vettel's helmet

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of team mate Heidfeld

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Vettel's pit board signals P2

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, raises a fountain for the fans in the rain

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi 's crashed race car after his crash in Friday morning practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton is prepared in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his team mate Sebastian Vettel as second on the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India's third driver, practises on Friday morning

The mechanics and engineers rush across the grid as the cars proceed to formation lap

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali and an engineer listen to Fernando Alonso

The first three arrivers stand in line in parc ferme

Sparks emit from Alguersuari's buttom

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Champagne douche for Ferrari's Alonso

The Ferrari team members cheer and celebrate behind the parc ferme fencing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

The Red Bull pit crew watches the race on a screen

Jenson Button ejects from McLaren pits despite a loose wheel nut right front

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug asks David Coulthard to handle the silver gem carefully ('no donuts, pal';)

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

Two silver arrows starting for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team drivers David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg, Massa and Schumacher

Karun Chandhok receives a fast service at Team Lotus pits

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard, who puts his helmet on, and Mika Hakkinen

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton in the lead

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren enters the pitlane after the race

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in front of the photographers who surround parc ferme after the race

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, leads Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race in front of Red Bull's Webber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, receives a set of new tyres

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Ferrari's Alonso

Both Mercedes drivers Rosberg and Schumacher get out of their cars in parc ferme after the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber is pushed to grid by the Red Bull mechanics

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso do not enjoy the weather during drivers parade

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid

Lewis Hamilton gives an autograph in the paddock as he returns from drivers briefing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade between the grid girls

Jenson Button's pit board signals second race position

Ferrai's Massa in front of the two Force India-Mercedes cars

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jerome d'Ambrosio and Pastor Maldonado chat on their way to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, practises pit stops on Friday morning

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, in front of Heidfeld, Sutil and Perez

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, greets the spectators from parc ferme

Michael Schumacher shakes Alonso's hand

A view into McLaren pits during an exciting race

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, between DHL billboards

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, uses his brakes

One of the six pit stops of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, starts from second position on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race in front of team mate Hamilton and Red Bull's Vettel

Moko poses with a proud Rainer and his greatest honoury achievement - a silver bracelet bearing a 500 and the engraved back side reads 'Rainer Schlegelmilch is now a member of the 500 Club, having participated in more than 500 Formula 1 World Championship events'

Sevent times motorcycle racing and once Formula One World Champion on Ferrari, Sir John Surtees, enjoys the company of the renowned British journalists Nigel Roebuck and David Tremayne (right hand)

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops with the McLaren pit crew

Pastor Maldonado's Williams runs over debris after turn one

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme besides a fabulous seventh positioned Bruno Senna on Renault

A good last sip of champagne for second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren after the podium ceremony following the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interviev to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel

Paul di Resta, Force India

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and stays in front of McLaren's Button whilst team mate Webber blocks Hamilton on the other side of the start field

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shows the 'Vettel finger' during podium ceremony

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and takes the lead of the start field heading turn one

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed McLaren's Jenson Button, race winner Sebastian Vettel, his third placed team mate Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Norbert Vettel wishes his son much success before the qualifying

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button celebrates his victory with the whole McLaren team

Triple World Champion Niki Lauda lifts his red cap for the newly crowned youngest double World Champion Sebastian Vettel

The newly crowned youngest double World Champion Sebastian Vettel and the Constructor's Champion Red Bull Racing team celebrate their achievement

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

After qualifying, McLaren's Hamilton gets out of his car in the parc ferme as polesitter

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads Hamilton and the followers during a safety car period

Daniel Ricciardo in a HRT-Cosworth

After the start, McLaren's Hamilton leads the field into turn one

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor of the championship after the podium ceremony of the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, walks to drivers parade

Final podium ceremony photo of race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor of the championship

Red Bull Team boss Christian Horner at the pit wall command center

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, climbs out of his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Bruno Senna end his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Champagne showers for the winning Red Bull team on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, already leads the race after a few laps in front of Hamilton

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

An empty parc ferme after the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing team after winning the F1 constructor championship

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso arrives at Ferrari pits

Mark Webber stops for a service at Red Bull Racing pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Renault's Bruno Senna accelerates after a spin

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, walks to drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone, the drivers and key personnel observe a minute's silence in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Michael Schumacher now in front of Mercedes GP team mate Rosberg

Pretty women and girls meet after the prayers in front of the Jama Masjid temple

Vitaly Petrov expresses his emotions in Lotus Renault GP pits

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus driver and son of vice-president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India Vicky Chandhok

A traditional police car

Formula 1 director Bernie Ecclestone is interrogated by local journalists

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

The sun drops behind the grandstand on Thursday afternoon

Bernie Ecclestone and all Formula One drivers stand still for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel is allowed to test the technically advanced track marking system

Local hero Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Oversized McLaren race drivers stick on a large tourist bus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Ross Brawn, Mercedes Grand Prix team boss

Di Restas grid girl attends the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Two pretty grid girls span the Indian national banner over the grid

Indian Ferrari fans just got their cheering devices

Another transportation vehicle without stickers - but fully booked

Sebastien Buemi's race ends because the Toro Rosso-Ferrari engine had a rare failure

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton wipes his sweat off with a towel in McLaren pits

Russian tyre promotion beauties take photographs of each other in the pitlane

A friendly pit lane marshal guards the Red Bull pits

Local marshals cheer with the Indian banner

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel admires the impressive architecture of the up-to-date race track

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing smiles at the world after winning his 11th race of the season

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, arrives in the paddock

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Muslim believers wash their faces and feet in the fountain before they attend the prayers in the Jama Masjid temple

Karun Chandhok's portrait welcomes the tourists and car drivers at the motorway paypoint

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Colin Kolles, HRT team boss

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

TV camera teams take up positions in front of the circuit entrance

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, wears Marco Simoncellis helmet design as a tribute to the recently deceased MotoGP icon

Michael Schumacher puts the ear phones in

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel stands still on the podium

Lewis Hamilton comes to drivers parade

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A patient double World Champion Sebastian Vettel poses with devoted fans for a souvenir photo

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

The 2011 GP2 series champion Romain Grosjean, Renault, drives on Friday only

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel enjoys every drivers parade

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview before the race

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, with a hint of a new moustache

FIA race steward and former Formula 1 driver Derek Warwick looks at Pasquale Lattuneddu

Formula One Management's Pasquale Lattuneddu listens to Sir Fank Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button talks to a McLaren engineer on the grid

A Brazilian fan cheers for Hamilton with a Senna-related banner

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Third placed Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes presents his trophy on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

A large sip of champagne for third placed Jenson Button after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of di Resta

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel in pits with Red Bull's Horner and Marko

Sebastian Vettel's custom helmet design bears samba dancers and a feathered beauty with two golden stars which each represents one Formula One World Championship title

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, brakes before turn one

Champagne showers from Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber for his second placed team mate Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Champagne showers for Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber presents his trophy for the winning driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview to BBC after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

It is loud in the paddock, and Eddie Jordan seems to tell a secret to Bernie Ecclestone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, has put the car on position on the grid before the season's final race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve introduces his girl friend

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, caresses his car called 'Kylie' for gaining pole position again

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the season's final race

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals seriously discuss in the paddock (Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984)

Renault's third driver Romain Grosjean drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

A large sip of champagne for second placed Sebastian Vettel after the Brazilian Grand Prix

A temporarily disabled fan enjoys an autograph on his leg in plaster from his idol Vettel in front of the pits

Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

McLaren front wings and body parts

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Glitter on the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Adrian Sutil in the paddock with father Jorge and his brother

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

The Red Bull mechanics hug their winner Sebastian Vettel for his great achievement

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and an unexpected third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing greets his fans from parc ferme after qualifying

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane, Heidfeld squeezes into second position after a brilliant start

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

Polesitter Vettel of Red Bull is still in the lead flanked by McLaren's Hamilton and after a great start both Lotus Renault GP cars on the outside

Felipe Massa's manager Nicolas Todt and father Luiz Antonio Massa in Ferrari pits

Polesitter Vettel of Red Bull is still in the lead flanked by McLaren's Hamilton and after a great start both Lotus Renault GP cars on the outside

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, crosses the finish line and becomes second this time

Red Bull's polesetter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3, receiving congrats from second positioned Button in a special driver suit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, crosses the finish line to win the Chinese Grand Prix 2011

Pastor Maldonado on Williams rows up for Q2

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Jenson Button drives through the waiting Red Bull pit crew

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull team manager Jonathan Wheatley are chased by photographers after the Turkish GP

The pack flows through turn one

Tommi Parmakoski signals first place and seven laps to go for Sebastian Vettel

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault.

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault.

Fernando Alonso and another local Jaime Alguersuari take the chequered flag.

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrates with race winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme.

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus.

Race re-start, Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Paul di Resta, Force India.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes.

FIA president Jean Todt with partner Michelle Yeoh on the way to the grid.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa overtakes Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari within the last inches before the finish line

Wet tyres on Kovalainen's Lotus-Renault

The pitlane is open for the cars to line up on the grid

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, overlaps Glock

Second placed Alonso congratulates race winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT, in front of new team mate Ricciardo

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, pointing at his steering wheel

Mark Webber follows his Red Bull team mate Vettel into lap two

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari jumps on the podium

Pit stop of Mark Webber at Red Bull Racing pits

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher ejects from pits after a stop-n-go penalty

Sebastian Vettel is serviced at Red Bull Racing pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button of McLaren in front of Ferrari's Massa and team mate Hamilton

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher comes to settle a stop-n-go penalty at Mercedes GP pits for coming together with Kobayashi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Fernando Alonso takes the chequered flag and wins for Ferrari 60 years after Gonzalez did in Silverstone

Champagne shower for second placed Vettel

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, third placed Webber arrives in front

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren operations director Simon Roberts, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Mark Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, falls back after a spin. Behind him are Rosberg and Massa

Racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck chats on the grid with minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate Kurt Beck

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

FIA's Herbie Blash observes the nose cones of a Mercedes and a Ferrari car after qualifying in parc ferme

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, jumps at the curbs

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, passes the photographers at pit lane exit closely

Second placed Sebastian Vettel lifts his trophy

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Second placed Sebastian Vettel watches race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrating with his mechanics besides parc ferme

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Force India's di Resta

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, changes to super soft tyres again

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, keeps his position in front of Red Bull's Vettel

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Kovalainen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium for winner Jenson Button

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and race winner Jenson Button of McLaren drink champagne together after the podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel gives a comment after the parade

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren returns from celebrating with his mechanics besides parc ferme

Race cars wait in row for a green signal

Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey of Red Bull, second placed Mark Webber, his winning team mate Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren pose together for the media after the podium ceremony of the Belgian Grand Prix 2011

The start field passes Eau Rouge with Vettel in the lead and Rosberg second after a super start

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field has passed turn one and approaches Eau Rouge with Rosberg second after a super start

After the safety car cleared the track, Alonso and Vettel lead the field as Massa and Webber battle for fifth position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and stays in front

Jenson Button, McLaren, answers questions to Bob Constanduros

Jenson Button, McLaren, answers questions to Bob Constanduros

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives in parce ferme after Barrichello and in front of team mate Webber

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, walks to drivers parade

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Tommi Parmakoski signals Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, P1 with 10 laps to go

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel ends his stop at Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, walks to drivers parade

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Second qualifier Sebastian Vettel gets out of his car in parc ferme

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton passes the McLaren pit wall signals in front of a pushing Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, already leads the race after the first lap

Jean-Eric Vergne on a Toro Rosso-Ferrari

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel right hand and Hamilton's team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

Vitaly Petrov retires in Lotus Renault GP pits after a collision with Schumacher

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sauber physio Jo Leberer teaches a pretty pit lane marshal the basics of how to boost a race driver

A track marshal is responsible for the signaling in his area

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of the two Ferrari cars

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A typical local family poses for a souvenir photo on the square in front of the Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP waves at the fans on the grand stand

A row of cars lines up on the main straight during the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

On the grid Bernie Ecclestone listens to Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player

A champagne-soaked Red Bull Racing technical director, Adrian Newey, proudly presents the shiny trophy for the winning constructor after the podium ceremony

German photographer Mirko Stange explains the outcome of a professional outdoor photo shooting to some interested racing fans

Local hero Narain Karthikeyan greets his fans at the drivers parade lap

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

A family is traveling on a motorbike near the circuit

Kamui Kobayashi of the Sauber F1 Team rides a historic car for drivers parade

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, shakes hands on the grid with Airtel's representative

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

An FOM camera man with his digital TV camera

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A shy Vitaly Petrov prepares for a lap of drivers parade

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel and his entourage is followed by photographers and TV crews

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh answers questions to the press

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi enjoys the mood of the drivers parade

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives interviews after the race

Jean-Michel with Sebastian Vettel for the fans on the stands during the drivers parade

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's rear side

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team at the parc ferme fencing

McLarens Lewis Hamilton jumps out of the historic car after the lap of drivers parade

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Second placed Jenson Button of McLaren answers questions to the press after the race

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel is followed by photographers and TV crews

A champagne-soaked Red Bull Racing technical director, Adrian Newey, proudly presents the shiny trophy for the winning constructor after the podium ceremony

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa walks back from the drivers parade line-up

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko in pits

Sebastian Vettel's view goes far before the race

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt under supervision of chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton takes a large sip of orange flower flavoured sparkling water after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix podium ceremony

Chilled mood in the Force India team oasis, with Nico Hulkenberg on the right

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes passes the pit boards in front of the followers

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats on the grid with Vettel

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, passes the pit wall signals in front of Button and a queue of following cars

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Fabiana Flosi and VIPs pose with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner for a souvenir photo on the grid

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of a line of followers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes presents his deserved trophy after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Niki Lauda jokes around with Johnny Herbert, both former F1 drivers and now advisers and TV presenters

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes kisses his trophy after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet performs an honoury lap on his original 1981 Championship winnning Brabham BT49

All Formula One drivers get in position for the annual season ending group shot

German fans cheer for the drivers during drivers parade

Sergio Perez stops at Sauber pits

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The F1 race drivers wave on their parade lap

The race drivers on the parade truck enjoy the cheering crowds

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The two Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari stroll together

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

HRT's third driver Jan Charouz drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Team Lotus' third driver Razia Luiz drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, detaches the steering wheel

Paul di Resta, Force India

One second before the start of the Turkish GP 2011

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Buemi

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A last sip of champagne on the podium after the Malaysian GP for second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and takes the chequered flag for a second time after two races of the season so far

A Red Bull-Renault is checked in parc ferme after qualifying

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and takes the chequered flag for a second time after two races of the season so far

McLaren's Jenson Button drives through the waiting Red Bull pit crew

The two Toro Rosso cars parked in parc ferme after qualifying

Massa loses the fight with McLaren's Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and wins his fourth GP out of five so far this season

After the start of the Turkish GP 2011, Nico Rosberg manages to get between the two Red Bulls

Start of the race and the cars rush into the braking zone for the first corner.

Side by side at the start.

Start of the race and Alonso makes a surprise attack.

Rubens Barrichello and Narain Karthikeyan roar past packed grandstands.

The start of the race with Webber still leading.

Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line to take yet another victory.

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on his lap of honour.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing.

HRT's Karthikeyan marks the end of the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and his sixth win of the season

The start field reaches turn one, Sebastian Vettel in the lead

Resigned BRDC president Damon Hill walks through the paddock with Prince Henry 'Harry' of Wales

Sir Jackie chats with Prince Harry

Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen get on the drivers parade truck

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Polesetter Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vettel and Webber of Red Bull finish as second and third

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, rising his steering wheel

A grin is engraved into Alonso's face after two laps in a historic Ferarri race car

Paul di Resta, Force India

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari receives congratulations from second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull in parc ferme

Triple F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart with Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Felipe Massa of Ferrari finaly overtakes Rosberg's Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello locks the brakes of his Williams-Cosworth car

McLaren mechanics cheer for race winner Hamilton

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Barrichello

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

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren raises his trophy on the podium after the German GP

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gets a lift to parc ferme from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

Daniel Ricciardo sets the HRT-Cosworth's steering wheel buttons

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the leading Sebastian Vettel - unsuccessful in this lap

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel ejects from Red Bull Racing pits and jumps in front of Alonso's pitting Ferrari

The start field arrives at turn two, Vettel still leads in front of Hamilton and Button

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, ends his pit stop

Lewis Hamilton is serviced at McLaren pits

The drivers come to the FIA scales after qualifying

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, receives congrats from third placed Alonso in parc ferme

Moko and Boris seem to discuss serious things ...

Lewis Hamilton ends his stop at McLaren pits

A bit more than one lap after the start, Vettel still leads in front of Hamilton

Another one of the six pit stops of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The second of the start

Mark Webber battles for fifth position and takes the curbs too optimistically, damaging his front wing at Massa's rear side

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello

A glowing pit stop of Jaime Alguersuari at Toro Rosso pits

Fragile looking carbon fiber suspension angles

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After the start, the field heads into turn one

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to pits right the the end of Jenson Button's stop at McLaren pits

Scrutineering after the Korean GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Red Bull Racing team boss Horner celebrates with Webber and Vettel in parc ferme after the Korean GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

The helmet of polesitter Sebastian Vettel shows the faces of the Red Bull Racing team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

McLaren's second placed chaser Button congratulates race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing in parc ferme after the race

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh talks with FIA president Jean Todt at the pitwall

Champagne showers for winner Vettel

Virgin Racing's Timo Glock walks in the pitlane with his physio Axel Thielmann

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, leading Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel gives Bob an interview before the drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing arrives at parc ferme after his honoury lap

Vitaly Petrov discusses with the Renault GP engineers in pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The helmet design of polesitter Sebastian Vettel shows the faces of the Red Bull Racing team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari pitwall command center

Sebastian Vettel signs autographs before doing his parade lap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

FIA president Jean Todt, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali along with other team bosses stand still with the Formula One drivers for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Previously sad but now happy again looking Fernando Alonso enjoyed a warm hug from Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov discusses with the Renault GP engineers in pits

F1 race drivers wait at the FIA scales after qualifying

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

As a rare shot Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car in front of the two Ferraris

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey presents his trophy for the winning constructor on the podium

Previously sad but now happy looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy on the podium

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, team advisor Dr. Helmut Marko and team boss Christian Horner celebrate their new victory at the pitwall command center

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrovs manager Oksana Kozachenko watches the action in the pitlane

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone who speaks a serious word

Previously sad but now enlightened looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Massive architecture and fresh tarmac on the newest F1 circuit near New Delhi

FOM's Pasquale Lattuneddu poses with Samir Gaur, CEO of the race organising Jaypee Sports agency, and two pitlane marshals

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, with an open DRS wing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher enjoys the ride in a 1929 Stutz Pikes Peak Special for drivers parade

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Vitaly Petrov discusses in the pits with the Renault GP engineers

McLaren mechanics sit on the pitwall and wait for the car to come in again

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

A Force India billboard advertises the 'national' team

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Race leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes passes the pit boards as the field turns to the main straight

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing concentrates in his car before the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, jumps over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Race winner Lewis Hamilton hugs Andy Latham of McLaren in parc ferme after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is prepared at his grid position

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes arrives in parc ferme after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Felipe Massa and Jaime Alguersuari chat on their way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is pushed to his grid position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing arrives in parc ferme after qualifying

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello and Jerome d'Ambrosio walk to drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz wishes his driver Sebastian Vettel best luck on the grid before the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP overtakes Toro Rosso's Alguersuari

French racing legend Jacques Laffite chats with his colleague journalist Karen Minier, wife of David Coulthard

Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel strokes his 'Kinky Kylie' in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix, finalising the superior season for Red Bull

Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso in front of Trulli

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull Racing pit stop crew pose with 'Kinky Kylie' for the season's final group shot

The Mercedes star on a McLaren nose cone tip

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel caress each other in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix, finalising the superior season for Red Bull

Brazilian Globo TV sets local hero Bruno Senna up for a larger interview

Brazilian Globo TV interviews local hero Bruno Senna

The whole Red Bull Racing team celebrates the superior success with Renault engineers subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Red Bull Racing chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer proudly poses between the glitter-spangled victorious RBR-Renaults after the podium ceremony of the Brazilian GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, overtakes d'Ambrosio's Virgin-Cosworth

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull adviser Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner

Sebastian Vettel takes a close look at a very cute statement of a fan and his mom

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Alguersuari

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing wins the Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber and second placed team mate Sebastian Vettel ashake hands on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

The whole RBR team celebrates the superior success subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified McLaren's Jenson Button, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Nico Rosberg browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany), probably seeking a matching christmas present for his father Keke

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch seeks a reflection on a firemarshal's helmet visor

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes second behind team mate Webber

Collected rubber marbles on Webber's RBR-Renault in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

The field passes turn one

Final podium ceremony group photo with Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and an unexpected third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

Bernie Eccleston stands on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

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

Bernie Eccleston walks on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull and Mercedes' Rosberg go through the first chicane battling side-by-side for third position

Vettel and Rosberg go through first chicane side-by-side on third position

Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull and Mercedes' Rosberg go through the first chicane battling side-by-side for third position

Alonso, followed by Vettel, negotiate the first corner after the start.

Race winner Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line and wins the Monaco GP 2011

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and his maiden Monaco victory.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing.

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Resigned BRDC president Damon Hill walks through the paddock with Prince Henry 'Harry' of Wales

After nearly one lap the large gap between leader Vettel and his chasers is already enormous

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi ploughs through wet lawn after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Prince Harry chats with Williams' Pastor Maldonado

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi hits the tyte barrier after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, takes a grainy shortcut to the pits

Alonso sprays champagne showers from the podium at the Ferrari team

Fernando Alonso missed the drivers parade truck and gets a lift from the medical cars

Fernando Alonso takes the chequered flag and wins for Ferrari 60 years after Gonzalez did in Silverstone

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India third driver

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi gets out of his damaged car after a slide and crash in Friday morning practice

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has parked the car besides the track as engine saving precaution and gets a lift from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium

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

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium

Sebastian Vettel rushes to Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, passes the finish line in front of a stand full of fans but becomes fourth at the end

The pack squeezes into turn one

Sebastian Vettel returns to the race after a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel gets a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton right hand and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

The start, Vettel leads in front of Hamilton and Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Sebastian Vettel gets a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

At the start, Webber goes slow and is overtaken by Rosberg's Mercedes

The start, Vettel leads the field

After the start accident the cars line up behind the safety car

The second before the start

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is surrounded by journalists during an interview with RTL TV presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig

Button and Rosberg battle for position in the pit lane

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing, followed by a Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vattel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa walk to drivers parade

Red Bull Racing's Webber and Vettel congratulate each other in parc ferme after the Korean GP

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits in front of a pushing Webber

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Daniel Ricciardo on HRT-Cosworth

Mark Webbers Red Bull-Renault car arrives on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, stops in pits

A golden glowing Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

At the beginning of his parade lap Fernando Alonso jokes around with the photographers

Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes GP team mate find themselves in the middle of the field at the apex of turn one

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Ferrari's Felipe Massa takes a drink for his fans sake at drivers parade

10 smilies in Kinky Kiley's cockpit

Paul di Resta, Force India, with an open DRS wing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton looks forward to his parade lap in a historic car

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari has a problem after a spin and touch at turn one after the start

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP in the middle of the field in turn one

FIA race observer Herbie Blash and race director Charlie Whiting walk in the pitlane

Renault's Vitaly Petrov behind Perez and the pack

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, kisses his shiny silver cup

Photographers swarm around Sebastian Vettels historic parade vehicle

Toro Rosso's Friday driver Jean-Eric Vergne

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Mark Webber makes his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

A white smile for the snappers

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the right (note the special McLaren driver suits)

Mark Webber ends his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

The two Brazilians chat after the race - Bruno Senna of Lotus Renault GP (16th placed) and Felipe Massa of Ferrari (5th)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Kovalainen

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Mark Webber makes his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

2011 World Champion Sebastian Vettel greets from the podium after the Brazilian GP

The whole Red Bull Racing team celebrates the superior success with Renault engineers subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says hello to Jean-François Caubet, now managing director of Renault Sport F1 (second from right), with other accompaigning Renault VIPs

Paul di Resta, Force India

The McLaren team poses for the season's final group shot

Sebastian Vettel speaks on the grid with his Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Toro Rosso's third driver Jean-Eric Vergne drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

Mark Webber ends his stop at Red Bull Racing pits

The Red Bull Racing team smiles for the season's final group shot

A crowded paddock with TV presenters Niki Lauda and Florian König in the middle, watched by countless journalists and bystanders

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and crosses the finish line again

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Green lights to formation lap

Sebastian Vettel passes his cheering Red Bull Racing team, winning his fourth GP out of five so far this season

After one lap the large gap between leader Sebastian Vettel and his chasers Webber and Alonso is already enormous

Race winner Fernando Alonso is caressed by Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali in parc ferme

Mark Webber comes to Red Bull Racing pits in front of pursuer Alonso

The field comes around Mercedes arena, Alonso leads fourth placed Vettel

Moko is always a good TV filler when there's nothing going on in the pitlane :)

The Hungarian fans celebrate the heroes on the podium - second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Jenson's race engineer Dave Robson, race winner Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, is about to be overlaped by race leader Jenson Button of McLaren

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes the finish line and crowns his 200th Grand Prix anniversary with a fine victory

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag, to win the Belgian Grand Prix and probably secures his second World Championship

A moment before the start

Fellow photographer Martin Trenkler takes a photo of a very fast Vettel at Eau Rouge

Mark Webber attacks Massa to gain fifth position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, tales a shortcut to squeeze between race leader Vettel and chasing Alonso

The start field squeezes through turn one as a powerless Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT slides over the lawn into the queue and ends the race for Rosberg, Petrov and nearly Barrichello

At the start, Jenson Button goes wide towards the lawn

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, race winner Sebastian Vettel, his third placed team mate Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor in their middle

Both Ferrari pass the pit board signals behind Rosberg's Mercedes

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel in the pits

Sebastian Vettel and his mechanics burst in laughs as the song 'Who let the dogs out?' is played in the pits whilst the session is stopped because a wild dog is hunted on the race track

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing-Renault car stops in the pitlane with a stalled engine

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are pushed backwards to pits during qualifying

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off in parc ferme after Q3

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, in front of Button's McLaren

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey is visited in Red Bull pits

Besides all the fun, Sebastian Vettel has to focus on setting up the race car for the new track

Sebastian Vettel listens to his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin in Red Bull Racing pits

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT in front of Hamilton and Kovalainen

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

A large sip of champagne for Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey

Sebastian Vettel is pushed backwards to pits during the qualifying pit stops by the Red Bull mechanics

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Eric Besson, French Minister of Industry, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, visit technical director Adrian Newey for an informational chat in Red Bull pits

Daniel Ricciardo in a HRT-Cosworth

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, in front of McLaren's Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel and his mechanics burst in laughs as the song 'Who let the dogs out?' is played in the pits whilst the session is stopped because a wild dog is hunted on the race track

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP greets the fans on the stand

Sebastian Vettel leads the row of race cars after one lap

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing follows Massa's Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes takes the chequered flag and wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Andy Latham, race winner Lewis Hamilton and his third placed team mate Jenson Button of McLaren

The cars brake into turn one after the start, Vettel leads the field in front of the two McLaren-Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Button

Paul di Resta, Force India

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats besides the grid with Sebastian Vettel and in front of many lenses

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel arrive in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel arrive in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) performs an honoury lap on his original 1981 Championship winnning Brabham BT49 and waves the flag of his Brazilian soccer club Vasco da Gama FC

Both Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari speak with their adviser Dr. Helmut Marko

Toro Rosso drivers smile with their team for the season's final group shot

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Sebastian Vettel, strategist Will Courtney, race winner Mark Webber (all Red Bull Racing) and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren

The start field squeezes through turn one, Senna and Schumacher already side-by-side promising a battle for later

Global sponsor Banco Santander's chairman of the board, Emilio Botin

The start of the Turkish GP 2011, both Red Bulls in the lead with Nico Rosberg close behind

Alonso on the edge as he climbs up front after the start.

Amazing start by Alonso who takes the lead at the first corner.

After being pushed aside by Hamilton, Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sticks behind Force India's Adrian Sutil

Final podium ceremony group photo of Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel, race winning Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, his team boss Stefano Domenicali and third placed Mark Webber of Red Bull on the podium after the British GP 2011 in Silverstone

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Tommi Parmakoski signals Vettel fifth position with the pit board

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

At the start, Hamilton overtakes polesitter Webber

At the start, Alonso on Ferrari overtakes polesitter Vettel and second starter Hamilton on the outside

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello

After the start, McLaren's Hamilton leads the field into turn one

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and the whole Red Bull Racing team celebrate winning the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field into turn one with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Sutil

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Official sponsor Hublot supplies the pitlane clock

Mark Webber is pushed backwards to Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel increases the distance to the other race cars after three laps

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

The qualifyings fastest Vettel, Webber and Hamilton return from the FIA weight control after qualifying

Whilst HRT's Karthikeyan passes turn one after the the start witout any problems, Barrichello's damaged Williams car is pushed into the foreground

Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Former F1 driver and team boss Gerhard Berger chauffeurs King Juan Carlos of Spain over the grid before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche chats with Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Chilled mooded H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak (UAE) Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa watch Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa who checks PMs on his mobile phone

The team bosses pose for a photo shooting in front of the Pirelli motorhome with Pirelli's President Marco Tronchetti (middle front)

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is about to overtake the race leader Sebastian Vettel

Now as the track beguines to dry, all cars come in for their obligatory pit stops

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the leading Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, fights back for the leading position against Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Jenson Button is about to pass Vettel, getting closer to his leading team mate Hamilton

Just as Nico Rosberg celebrates his 100th Grand Prix, the Mercedes-Benz FO 108X 2.4l V8 engine is presented by Michael Schumacher, motor sport director Norbert Haug and team boss Ross Brawn

Now Vettel faces a pushing Button from behind, quite understeering after he had to let Hamilton pass

Mark Webber battles for fifth position and takes the curbs too optimistically, damaging his front wing at Massa's rear side

Unbeatable double World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag to win the Korean Grand Prix

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel receives congratulations in parc ferme after Q3

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

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

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

FIA president Jean Todt speaks with Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

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

Already being double World Champion, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Grand Prix of India

Paul di Resta, Force India

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Prince Harry, Prince Michael and Sir Nigel chat with Sir Jackie on the grid

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

The race cars stand in line before the formation lap

At the start Sebastian Vettel sneaks in front of Red Bull team mate Webber

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen, here taking part of a group shout with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche amongst other managers and VIPs

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the still leading Sebastian Vettel - unsuccessful in this lap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Green lights to formation lap

Both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field into turn one with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Green lights for formation lap

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

A second before the start

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Final podium ceremony group photo with Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and as third Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Renault-Nissan group CEO Carlos Ghosn, Jean-Francois Caubet, Renault head of communications, and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner chat on the grid before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field

After the start of the Turkish GP 2011, Nico Rosberg jumps between the two Red Bulls

Action for road safety campaign shooting with Nick Heidfeld, Fernand Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, FIA president Jean Todt with his partner actress Michelle Yeoh.

One second before the start

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes turn one in front of Webber and Alonso

A crowded grid before formation lap

Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn introduce the Sauber F1 Team's driver line-up for the 2012 season: Esteban Gutierrez as third driver with Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi

The start field squeezes through turn one as a powerless Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT slides over the lawn into the queue and ends the race for Rosberg, Petrov and nearly Barrichello

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello - Kobayashi and D'Ambrosio pass around the hot spot

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey and Eric Besson, French Minister of Industry, pose for a group photo in front of Red Bull pits

President of the Bahrain Motor Federation and FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa jokes around with BBC TV presenters Eddie Jordan and Martin Whitaker (left hand)

The cars accelerate after the start signal, Vettel leads the field in front of the two McLaren-Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Button

After the start of the Turkish GP 2011, the rest of the field approaches turn one and Kovalainen breaks harder

The team bosses pose for a photo shooting in front of the Pirelli motorhome with Pirelli's President Marco Tronchetti (middle front)

The moment of the start

The cars accelerate after the start signal, Vettel leads in front of the McLarens of Hamilton and Button

The cars leave the grid to their formation lap

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug, Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche and FIA technical director Jo Bauer have fun on the grid before the race

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, battles for position with Force India's di Resta

The cars wait in line for the start signal, Vettel on pole positions besides Hamilton

The Mercedes management is on a quest for the lacking second: Mercedes Press officer Wolfgang Schattling, Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development

One more farewell in a weekend full of them: Force India paid tribute to Nico Hulkenberg, their Formula 1 driver from 2011-12 and 2014-16, with a party, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

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

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

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.

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Jochen Rindt

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

mit stewart

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

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)

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

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, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Helmut Marko (A)

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW