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Formula BMW Europe podium

Formula BMW Europe podium

Juergen Hubbert im Gespraech mit BMW-Vorstand Dr. B. Goeschel

Refueling machine.

A Chinese photographer trips over and lands on Rosberg's Williams.

A Chinese photographer trips over and lands on Rosberg's Williams.

Renault's official test driver.

Compulsory drivers' weighing.

Refueling machine

Track cleaning

Johnnie Walker ad on a rear view mirror.

Renault's official test driver.

Brake coolers.

Track cleaning

Police helmet

Allsport's Alex Molina

Compulsory drivers' weighing.

Dry ice for cooling.

Sebastian Vettel's dad Norbert.

Waiting for the drivers parade.

Nico Hulkenberg on podium

A burst tyre on Nakajima's Williams.

Nico Hulkenberg, podium

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

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

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

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

Guess the quote...

TV camera man's reading break between two sessions

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Corinna Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Corinna Schumacher

European GP 1995

Mika Häkkinen phones home

Dorint-Hotel am Nürburgring

Streckenabschnitt am Nürburgring

Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Safety car

Fans flowing through the merchandising area

Happy grid girls warm a driver's heart up

The grid girls (and grid boys!) wait in line before the drivers parade

A large poster anounces the race throughout Valencia city

Some beauties watch the action from a Paddock Club balcony

Cheering fans

Main sponsor Telefonica supplies heavy belt buckles to the grid girls

Grid clearing

Spanish marshals wait for action

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

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

A Ferrari followed by a McLaren towards the bridge

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

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

A beautiful, very Spanish looking advertising for sunglasses

The red carpet is removed after drivers parade

Fresh fish on the market

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

Cured ham in uncountable yummy variations

A butcher in the market hall

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

People play with water guns on Valencia's Plaza Ayuntamiento

Larrousse driver Hideki Noda

Benetton's technical director Ross Brawn

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari principal Luca di Montezemolo

European GP 1997

Father and son Rosberg

Damon Hill squeezes his head into the helmet

Father and son Rosberg

Mika Salo

Williams

Williams from the back

Mechanic at work

Williams

Mechanic at work

Barrichello's grid girl

Nurburgring section

Nick Heidfeld

Mercedes-Tribüne an der gleichnamigen Arena am Nürburgring

McLaren conning bridge

Hotel Dorint full with spectators

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

A marshal's view on the pit lane entrance

Felipe Massa

Renault cooling fan

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher

Sunny morning view over paddock at Nuerburg landmark, fans already waiting for action

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher's race engineer Chris Dyer

Michael Schumacher

Colleagues shooting through the safety fence windows

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Toro Rosso pitwall with Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher gives autograph

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher

Jean Todt

Red Bull and Toro Rosso motorbikes waiting for their event

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari in parc fermé

Funny view on Renault "dwarf" mechanics

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Jean Todt

Ross Brawn

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso

A blonde guardian angel in front of Klien's car

Felipe Massa

Nuerburg castle

The Ferrari mechanics work on a lifted car on Thursday evening

Bernie Ecclestone keeps an eye on the snapper

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen discusses with his former team manager at Sauber Beat Zehnder

Sun shines on Hamilton's grid girl

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore jokes around with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Renault's official test driver.

FIA photographers delegate Pat Behar

Main sponsor Telefonica donated stylish uniforms

The drivers wave at the grandstands from the driver parade truck

Kovalainen passes the pitboards

The sun sets over Valencia's media parking

The front part without nose cover of a Brawn Mercedes car

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

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

Reflection of the paddock in a glass building

Marshals watch Nakajima racing

Start preparations on the crowded grid

Kubica's grid girl

The team trucks are well fit into the large harbour halls

The paddock and a VIP entrance

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

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

Grid clearing

Michael Schumacher visits Stefano Domenicali at Ferrari command center

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

Sir Jackie Stewart

Kimi Raikkonen walks

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

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

McLaren mechanics prepare the tyres

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

A crowded grid after the field left

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

Safety car period after the crash between Webber and Kovalainen

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

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

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

Michael Schumacher driving out of the pits

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

Another fan on the balcony

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

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli of Renault

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

European GP 1994

Podium ceremony of European Grand Prix

Mika Häkkinen

Michael Schumacher's deliberate crash captured on TV screen.

Portrait of Coulthard

Ferrari Fans

Schumacher in the Ferrari

Mechanics working at suspention

Juergen Hubbert of Mercedes.

A fan

Montoyas car in the pits

Schumacher in the Ferrari

Fans from the back

David beeing interviewed

David beeing interviewed

Williams mechanic

Felipe Massa

BMW-Haus als Sitz der Rennleitung am Nürburgring

Busy marshals cleaning up after each session

Fans waiting for their idol behind a fence

Hotel Dorint

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Champagne for the team

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Williams crew waiting for Rosberg

Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher

start field in first corner

Ferrari test driver Marc Gené

Michael Schumacher

start field with backmarkers

Renault mechanics

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

A dash of champagne for the mechanics

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Even Ferrari fans can visit the unique BMW Sauber F1 experience park for free

Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button in the paddock

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Number One Fernando Alonso

Ferrari logistics manager Miodrag Kotur signals for Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Close-up on a pitboard

Luca Baldisserri, responsible for race strategy

Michael Schumacher

At the Nuerburgring's European GP 2006, Jenson Button retires after 28 laps with an engine failure

Happy fans with their rich booty

start field

Felipe Massa

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Fernando Alonso leads the start field

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso leads the start field

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso in front of the Ferraris

Renault mechanics

Fernando Alonso leads the start field

Michael Schumacher pit stop

Michael Schumacher

Alonso lost the lead

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso leads the start field

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber (left;)

Michael Schumacher

Honda mechanics waiting in the pits for their use

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Champagne on podium

Niki Lauda had a long charity engagement last night

Michael Schumacher takes the chequered flag

Heidfeld in front of Montoya and Fisichella, leaving "Dunlop-Kehre" hairpin

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher pit stop

Nuerburg castle

Wheel nut screw driver

Wheel nut screw driver

Wheel nut screw driver

Williams mechanics roll the car back to their pits from scrutineering, always trying to hide the rear with the diffusers

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer replaces the injured Felipe Massa

Race fans from Poland present a meaningful national banner

The leading driver in GP2 World Championship Romain Grosjean takes over the Renault's cockpit from Nelson Piquet jr.

Ferrari's test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer looks forward to an eventful weekend

A seemingly gutted Sebastian Vettel leaves parc ferme after qualifying whilst polesitter Hamilton gives thumbs up

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica on the grid under Jo's parasol

Toyota advisor Frank Dernie denies closer access to grid formation

Force India's Adrian Sutil is being interrogated by Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer, who replaces the injured Felipe Massa, puts his helmet on

Two ladies seem to enjoy the photographer's attention

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren Mercedes pits

A mechanic works on a Toyota's gear unit

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer replaces the injured Felipe Massa

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

The followers of the group in front fight for a good alignment

The nose cone tip of a Williams-Toyota car

A thoughtful Lewis Hamilton

The leading driver in GP2 World Championship to date Romain Grosjean takes over the Renault cockpit from Nelson Piquet jr.

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari's pitwall

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

A nearly full-carbon fibre and steel brake system and its suspension on a McLaren Mercedes car

Public pit lane walk about on Thursday afternoon

Ferrari's first choice Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock to advise test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer

The start

Renault body work parts stacked in front of the pits

Ross Brawn at the pitwall command center

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Michael Schumacher gives helpful advice to test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer who sits in his car in Ferrari pits

Michael Kunkel

Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren Mercedes car

McLaren director Martin Whitmarsh explains his plans to BBC in front of his shiny motorhome

Former McLaren team manager Jo Ramirez

Glock turns to main straight

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

The start field ejects from grid

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld with helmet on

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

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

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

Massa enlarges the distance to Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg

Three cars on the bridge near the container cranes

Renault mechanics carry a carbon fibre survival cell to the pits

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

Local hero Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ambulance helpers bring the injured Ferrari mechanic to medical center

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, on the bridge

Williams team co-owner Patrick Head

Two helmets of Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Honda's Jenson Button behind Hamilton

First lap, Massa leads

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Two helmets of Heikki Kovalainen

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

An old garage near the docks

Timo Glock takes the fast track

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

Lotus' tyre man prepares the black gold for the weekend

Renault team principal Eric Boullier

Robert Kubica, Renault

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Local Torero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

Bernie Ecclestone poses with local marshals for a souvenir photo

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

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Di Resta's grid girl

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Sauber's physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

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

The German national banner waves across the grid

Spanish fans enjoy the drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Alonso's grid girl proudly holds the number board

Jarno Trulli is cooling down during practice session

Michael Schumacher attentively watches the lap times

Local hero Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

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

Green lights for formation lap

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Robert Kubica, Renault

A happy Tony Fernandes, Lotus Racing Team boss

Nelson Piquet in the 1.5 t/c Brabham BT53-BMW 4, watched by Bernie Ecclestone, Gordon Murray and Paul Rosche

Jenson Button in his BAR-Honda

Benetton's technical director Ross Brawn receives congrats from his team for Michael Schumacher victory at the 1995 European GP

European GP 1995

Michael Schumacher

Norberto Fontana

European GP 1997

Ferrari principal Luca di Montezemolo

Mika Häkkinen spying on Ferrari of Michael Schumacher on the grid before the race.

European GP 2000

European GP 2000

Michael Schumacher passing Ralf Schumacher in the pits for the lead.

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Williams mechanics

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Theissen with Briatore

Mika running to stand still

Cars

Jenson Button

Williams mechanics on the grid

Ross Brawn

Berger and Goeschel

The stand in the back

Kimi Raikkonen

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Williams mechanics

Fisichella

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

drivers parade

Michael Schumacher passing the stands

David talking to engineer

Williams mechanics on the grid

Williams mechanics on the grid

Jean Alesi

Felipe Massa

Rubens Barrichello already in a good mood

Nick Heidfeld

Fernando Alonso

Nick Heidfeld

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher sprinting away

Jacques Villeneuve

Fans are able to practice and to perform a timed pitstop on a real F1 car

Fernando Alonso leads the two Ferraris

Nick Heidfeld signing memorabilia and posters of visitors of the experience park during the "autograph hour"

Michael Schumacher in front of team mate Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso

Heikki Kovalainen

Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa presents his trophy

Felipe Massa

Fisichella exiting pit lane after receiving his first service in lap 26 but sticks behind Jacques Villeneuve (like in the "qualifying incidence")

Ex-Marlboro cowboy Arturo Merzario smoking with a kindred spirit

Reliant Jenson Button at drivers parade

Fernando Alonso

Cooler device attached to sidepod

Alonso doing his second pit stop in lap 38 as first before all the others

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher arrives in parc fermé

Alonso leads the leaders

Ross Brawn presents his trophy for the winning contructor

Rubens Barrichello, Lucky Strike Honda

Michael Schumacher

Tiago Monteiro, Midland (thank you for the T-shirts!:)

Michael Schumacher

Champagne shower for the audience

Safety car leading for one lap after start incidence

Cooler device attached to sidepod

Renault car in parc fermé

Michael Schumacher receives his trophy

Giancarlo Fisichella

Champagne shower for Michael Schumacher

Liuzzi with a flat right rear tire, Rosberg yet last

Team bosses Flavio Briatore (Renault F1) and Gerhard Berger (Scuderia Toro Rosso)

Willy Rampf in command under race contition with Mario Theissen and Beat Zehnder

Felipe Massa gets a hairwash

Giancarlo Fisichella

Michael Schumacher receives his trophy

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher presents his trophy

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso

Ross Brawn presents his trophy for the winning contructor

Michael Schumacher approaching parc fermé

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher leaving his retired car

Fisichella being serviced

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella

Michael Schumacher rising from his seat after positioning his car at second grid place

Michael Schumacher raises his trophy

Michael Schumacher raises his trophy

Heikki Kovalainen

Dr. Mario Theissen

Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa presents his trophy

Fernando Alonso

Red Bull pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Not a Red Bull motorhome but a team garage truck with tent topping

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso leads the two Ferraris

Two Red Bull mechanics ready to roll out the car (reminds me of Innes Ireland's autobiography All Arms and Elbows)

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Jean Todt sits besides Michael

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

A deep view into a Toyota's ... hm ... at its rear

Cheaky Markus Winkelhock returns from practice on a motorcycle with pick-up marshal (questions: is the marshal really a police officer? if so, is markus arrested for not wearing his helmet?;)

Wheel nut screw driver

Lewis Hamilton

Michael Schumacher with his manager Willi Weber in Ferrari Pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The signs for the top three victors are ready in place at parc ferme

A confident Sebastian Vettel before the race

Sebastian Vettel's physio Tommi keeps himself fit with helmet lifting

A very seldom broad smile flits across Kimi Raikkonen's face

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

Race winner Rubens Barrichello cheers up on podium

The steering wheel of a Williams-Toyota car

Sebastian Vettel sits in the Red Bull Racing-Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, the new Renault F1 driver

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Deep procedures on Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes car

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after qualifying, seemingly disappointed about his fourth grid position

The steering wheel of Trulli's Toyota

Bodywork parts of a Williams-Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Rubens Barrichello on podium

Ferrari's test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer speaks to international press

The filigree suspension of a Red Bull Racing Renault car

Brawn mechanics maintain the fuel supply machinery

Toro Rosso airbox cover

A mechanic injects brake fluid into a Force India-Mercedes' brake system

Lewis Hamilton arrives in the McLaren Mercedes car on his pole position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, out of the car on the grid

Ross Brawn

KERS and the FIA-approved black control box

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Ready for formation lap

Silver coated fuel hoses

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello made his helmet colors fit to the good wishes to his injured fellow countyman Massa

Luca Badoer, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello is being serviced at Honda pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Massa celebrates his victory on podium

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore with McLaren's Ron Dennis

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton chat in the paddock

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

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa on the bridge

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Hamilton lifts a wheel at a corner

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Race winner Massa celebrates his victory on podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg rushes through the concrete channel

Japanese TV presenter

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello leaves Honda pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Massa's Ferrari is being pushed to grid by mechanics

Local matador Fernando Alonso had to give many autographs this weekend

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen edges behind the bridge

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed on the grid

Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and crew on grid

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Briatore and Fry enter the Toyota motorhome meeting room

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Second placed Hamilton celebrates on podium

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

Massa's pitboard signals first position

Drivers parade in front of grandstands full of spectators

Rubens Barrichello leaves Honda pits

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica prepares for practice

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

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

Nico Rosberg explains something to Lewis Hamilton with wide gestures

Sebastian Vettel

On Thursday, Nico Rosberg walks around the track

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Third placed Kubica celebrates on podium

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, on the bridge

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares for the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

McLaren Team principal Martin Whitmarsh listens to F1 godfather Bernie Ecclestone

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Button's grid girl

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

Moko the paddock flower

F1 Supremo Bernard Ecclestone

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

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, is interrogated before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

HRT's Tonio Liuzzi puts his shoes on

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

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

Hamilton's fiance Nicole Scherzinger

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

Robert Kubica, Renault

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

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

The Lotus pit crew practises pit stops on Thursday afternoon

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes old friends in the paddock

A fluffy looking Eddie Jordan

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

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

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, gives an interview

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

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

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

Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

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

Busy mechanics work in Mercedes pits on Thursday afternoon

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, already concentrates on the race

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner

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

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Michael Schumacher of Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes, in front of the large new Mercedes grandstand at the end of Nuerburgring's start/finish straight

Michael Schumacher.

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher shaving the curbs

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes

Felipe Massa

European GP 1993

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Ford

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

European GP 1994

European GP 1994

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Mimmo Schiattarella during European GP weekend 1994

Winner Michael Schumacher on podium of European GP

Michael Schumacher

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

European GP 1996

Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari president

Michael Schumacher

Jan Magnussen braking

European GP 1997

European GP 1997

European GP 1997

Nico Rosberg, son of former Word Champion Keke Rosberg, and Erja Hakkinen in the McLaren-Mercedes pits

European GP 2000

Pedro Diniz

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Coulthard's McLaren on it's grid position

Montoya in his Williams

Michael Schumacher, zoom

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Williams mechanics pushing back the car

Ralf Schumacher, pits

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Montoya in his Williams

Exit of the pits

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams, zoom

Mechanic behind grid-girl

Williams mechanics pushing back the car

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Montoya in his Williams

Montoya in his Williams

Frentzen

Montoya in his Williams

Gerhard Berger

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Jenson Button during practice in the pits

Montoya in his Williams

Felipe Massa

Drivers presentation

Supercup grid girl

Nick Heidfeld

Michael Schumacher - Red Passion

Two of many more Schumi Fans

VIP Boris Becker & son

Dorint hotel

Michael Schumacher lifting a wheel at Nuerburgring's first corner

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes, lifting a wheel at Nurburgring's first corner

Michael Schumacher

Nick Heidfeld

Norbert Haug / Mercedes motorsport director

Anthony Davidson, Lucky Strike Honda, became second on Friday practice

Juan Pablo Motoya

Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Michael Schumacher in front of the Mercedes-Benz grandstand, landmark at track segment "Mercedes-Arena"

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso with the two Ferraris behind him

Michael Schumacher

Alonso leads the two Ferraris

Couple Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid

Giancarlo Fisichella

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Michael Schumacher stands on his car in parc fermé and thanks his team

Raikkonen leads the field

... a high jump

Dr. Mario Theissen at pitwall command centre wtaching the pit crew in practice

Champagne shower for the audience

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Flavio Briatore with Pat Symonds, ING Renault F1 Team’s Executive Director of Engineering

Michael Schumacher passes his cheering team

Ralf Schumacher walking his way back to the pits

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher and Willi Weber

Schumacher's fuel lasting three laps longer

Giancarlo Fisichella

Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella

After the first pitstop of both Schumacher and Alonso the positions on top stay the same as before

Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso baste Felipe Massa with champagne

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Rubber marks at pit lane exit

Fernando Alonso

Jacques Villeneuve curbing through the NGK chicane

Alonso still leading the two Ferraris

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher presenting his trophy

Kimi Raikkonen lifting off

Michael Schumacher stands on his car in parc fermé and thanks his team

Couple Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid

Flavio Briatore with Gerhard Berger

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher passes his cheering team

Michael Schumacher

Champagne on podium

Giancarlo Fisichella

Fernando Alonso in front of Michael Schumacher

Rubber marks at the end of the pit lane

Michael Schumacher at the grid

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

BMW Sauber technical director Willy Rampf

Willi Weber giving Tatjana Gsell a warm welcome

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Michael Schumacher pit stop

Michael Schumacher with his HANS device

Flavio Briatore with Gerhard Berger

"Jarno, bring the wheels with you...!"

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso baste Felipe Massa with champagne

Fernando Alonso

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Felipe Massa

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Schumacher jumping ...

Michael Schumacher passes his cheering team

Michael Schumacher

Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Fernando Alonso

Scott Speed

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Michael Schumacher

First encouragement for German test driver Adrian Sutil of MidlandF1 on Friday afternoon practice

Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher with a confident smile during an RTL TV interview

Renault's Flavio Briatore with Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher pit stop

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Empty sweeped pit area during the rain race

Ralf Schumacher appreciates a comfortable cruise in front of his home fans

Markus Winkelhock experiences his first F1 qualification assignment

Fisichella's pit stop in lap 30

Ralf Schumacher

Parking of retired cars besides pit lane

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen celebrates his pole position in parc fermé

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Markus Winkelhock's HANS

Markus Winkelhock enjoys his first drivers parade

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen in the rain, in background Raikkonen leaving pit lane and Sutil

Kimi Raikkonen at first corner

An optimistic thumbs-up from Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Ralf Schumacher, too

Massa leaves Dunlop hairpin in front of Alonso and Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen becomes the 'Iceman'

Massa's Ferrari with impressive built-in entertainment switch board

Inferior fighter Massa slips out of his Ferrari cockpit in parc fermé after the race, under the alert eyes of FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Alexander Wurz, Williams

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Michael Schumacher smiles at pit wall during a visit at his native ground

Massa pits in lap 38

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Massa pits out in lap 38

Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore chat with VIP guests

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Markus Winkelhock, Spyker

Safety car now in bright sunlight

Heikki Kovalainen's Renault

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld pits during qualifying

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A fine zoom shot of Jarno Trulli in pit lane

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen being belted

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The Robertsons, manager father & son

Massa pits in lap 38

Massa pits in lap 38

Paddock reflection in McLaren-Mercedes' motorhome

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Rubens Barrichello shows his trophies to the worldwide audience

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari pits

Brawn GP mechanics and engineers shimmer around Jenson's car

Nico Rosberg, Williams, with wet hair before he puts the helmet on

Pit stop of Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Brawn Grand Prix' Rubens Barrichello celebrates in parc ferme

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton jumps on his McLaren Mercedes car in parc ferme

A Red Bull Racing car's steering wheel

A wheel rim attached to an air gun at Brawn GP's pits

Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer, who replaces the injured Felipe Massa, puts his helmet on

Flavio Briatore listens to Dr. Mario Theissen

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Rubens Barrichello shakes his tropy on podium

Race winner Rubens Barrichello enjoys the deserved champagne shower

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jorge Sutil and his son Adrian promenade through paddock

Ferrari mechanics roll Kimi's car backwars into pits during a practice session

Hamilton's girlfriend and Pussy Cat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Pit stop of Luca Badoer, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

A tyre puncture forces Nakajima to drive slowly back to pits

Michael Schumacher sits at Ferrari's pit wall command center

Race winner Rubens Barrichello enjoys a dash of champagne

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

A tyre puncture on Nakajima's Williams

Race winner Rubens Barrichello enjoys a dash of champagne

Ferrari's advisor Michael Schumacher watches the busy Ferrari pits. Due to his neck problems he wasn't able to help Ferrari by standing in for the injured Felipe Massa.

Nico Rosberg, Williams

A tyre puncture forces Nakajima to drive slowly back to pits

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Pit stop finished for Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton with his customized HANS on the grid

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello arrives at Honda pits

A frustrated Raikkonen walks to Ferrari pits

Third placed Kubica greets the spectators from parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Williams

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

Kimi Raikkonen leaves the retired Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Massa's Ferrari arrives at pole position

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Jenson Button, Honda

Race winner Massa and second Hamilton arrive at parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A frustrated Raikkonen walks away from a retired Ferrari car

Massa celebrates his victory after crossing finish line

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Massa quickly draws away from the field in first lap

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Heikki Kovalainen still in pits

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

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

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton

The two Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen have fun together

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

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

The start from behind

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel's Toro Rosso on grid

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

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

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Robert Kubica leaves BMW Sauber pits

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

Nico Rosberg leaves pits after quick service

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, on the bridge

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa goes out to practice

Massa wins the European Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg

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

The glossy bodywork of a McLaren-Mercedes car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Michael Schumacher walks to drivers parade

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The cars head to formation lap

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Jarno Trulli with his Lotus Racing crew swarmig around him

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates on the podium

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

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

Busy mechanics work in Sauber pits on Thursday afternoon

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Busy mechanics work in Ferrari pits on Thursday afternoon

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Heikki Kovalainen prepares for action in Lotus Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

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

Sutil's grid girl poses for an FOM camera man

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso is interrogated by the italian press

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, boosts through pitlane

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

Many pit boards

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

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

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

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

A broad McLaren-Mercedes waits for scutineering

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

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

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

One second after he start of the 2010 European Grand Prix

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Jarno Trulli at Lotus Racing pits

Tony Fernandes' Air Asia stewardesses visit the paddock

Patrick Tambay beside his damaged Renault during practice

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Start of the European Grand Prix

All (Ex-) Williams engineers: Frank Dernie, James Robinson of Jordan and Geoffrey Willis of BAR

Ralf's broken nose cone

European GP 1994

European GP 1994

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Panoramic view at 'Dunlop-Kehre'

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is being interviewed (with Ferrari's director of communications, Antonio Ghini, in the background)

Jacques Villeneuve wins the European Grand Prix 1996 not even a second ahead of Michael Schumacher

Jacques Villeneuve is welcomed by his cheering team and wins the European Grand Prix 1996

European GP 1996

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is being interviewed (with Ferrari's director of communications, Antonio Ghini, in the background)

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is being interviewed (with Ferrari's director of communications, Antonio Ghini, in the background)

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is being interviewed (with Ferrari's director of communications, Antonio Ghini, in the background)

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn at the pitwall with Niki Lauda and Jean Todt

Johnny Herbert leads the rainy race

Winner Johnny Herbert sprays champagne on European Grand Prix podium

German chancellor Gerhard Schroder interviewed by German TV presenter Kai Ebel of RTL.

Montoya pitting

Ralf in the pits

Head beeing interviewed

Montoya in 2. place

Post cows

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher, interview

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

In the parc ferme

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher, portrait

Juan-Pablo Montoya

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Drivers waving

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

German singer Juliette being chased by the paparazzi

Villeneuve lifting a wheel

Panis in front of Hotel Dorint

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in pits during qualifying

Nick Heidfeld and team boss Peter Sauber

Montoya watching soccer world championship in the Compaq motorhome

David Richards

Queuing up at pit lane exit

Williams-BMW's Ralf Schumacher wins the European Grand Prix 2003 at the Nürburgring

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Battle for many laps between Montoya and Heidfeld

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Michael Schumacher approaches parc fermé and shakes his fist

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher approaches parc fermé followed by Alonso and Massa

Fernando Alonso

Last preparations at Trulli's company car

Nick Heidfeld cutting first corner

Busy engineers executing last setup improvements

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg at last on his second pit stop

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Giancarlo Fisichella

The start

Champagne shower for the audience

Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli for once in front of Alonso ;)

Champagne shower for Michael Schumacher

Juan Pablo Montoya

David Coulthard lifting his front wheels

Dr. Mario Theissen and Beat Zehnder behind Willy Rampf watching the pitwall screens

Both Ferraris at the pits

David Coulthard

Jarno Trulli, Toyota

Heidfeld leading Montoya

Giancarlo Fisichella

Mark Webber in front of a Renault

Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Montoya pit stop

Button's automobile under busy influence

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Before the race, organisers and officials precisely check timing and weather conditions - from left to right: a bodyguard, politician Kurt Beck, Nuerburgring boss Walter Kafitz and politician Ingolf Deubel

Hamilton pits in lap 54

Winner Alonso sprays champagne

Mercedes always provides a Maybach to Mr. Ecclestone - are the colours matching his motorhome on purpose?

Swiss colleague Dani Reinhard pictures Quick Nick during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Massa yet in front of Alonso

Nick Heidfeld talks with his favorite interviewer

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

The two Toyotas pass the curbs of 'NGK-Schikane'

Hamilton finishes his pit stop in lap 54

Hamilton finishes his pit stop in lap 54

Kimi in a slight drift on an already slippy track

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Giancarlo Fisichella in front of Mercedes grandstand

The roaring flock from behind

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfeld puts some rubber on launch ground

Jenson Button, Honda

Massa and the rest rush through Mercedes Arena exit

Rubens Barrichello in front of his chasers Fisichella, Schumacher and Kubica

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Hamilton under service in lap 54

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard is being interviewed by BBC colleague Eddie Jordan

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Winner Rubens Barrichello celebrates with the mechanics in parc ferme

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, takes the chequered flag

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The drivers wait in the race control building's shade before the drivers parade

Local hero Fernando Alonso is being led to press conference centre

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastien Buemi and Adrian Sutil

Brawn Grand Prix' Rubens Barrichello celebrates in parc ferme and dedicates his victory to his injured friend Massa

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Brawn Grand Prix' race winner Rubens Barrichello celebrates in parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Adrian Sutil, Force India

In lap 37, Hamilton loses about 5 seconds in pits and his lead to Barrichello as his tyres were not ready in time

The cars get in line on the 'dirty' side

In lap 37, Hamilton loses about 5 seconds in pits and his lead to Barrichello as his tyres were not ready in time

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The Ferrari motorhomes are being polished as shiny as a mirror

Robert Kubica and Rubens Barrichello

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

In lap 37, Hamilton loses about 5 seconds in pits and his lead to Barrichello as his tyres were not ready in time

Behind Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix, Sutil tries to overtake Heidfeld's BMW Sauber

After the start, Raikkonen in front of Rosberg

Brawn Grand Prix' Rubens Barrichello celebrates in parc ferme and dedicates his victory to his injured friend Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

Winning driver Rubens Barrichello sprays champagne

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

New Renault F1 driver and GP2 ace Romain Grosjean introduces himself to Sebastien Buemi and to Formula One

Kazuki Nakajima into Williams pits

Hamilton in front of Kubica, Kovalainen and Raikkonen

Red Bull mechanics finished scrutineering

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

Honda's Rubens Barrichello in front of Kubica

Cars leave grid for formation lap

Third placed Kubica and fourth Kovalainen approach finish line

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Tamara Ecclestone interviews Michael Schumacher

Friendly handshake between rivals Alonso and Hamilton

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Force India nosecones in front of the pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

The start

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kovalainen lifts a wheel in front of Raikkonen and Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi's Ferrari with mechanics on grid

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

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

Race winner Massa jumps on his car in parc ferme

Massa, Bourdais, Button and Rosberg return from drivers parade

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nakajima damaged his front wing in first lap

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The field follow Kovalainen

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

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

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

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg enters pitlane

The Williams pit wall command center

Raikkonen's car is being pushed backwards into pits

The start

Fisichella, Alonso and Barrichello

Race winner Massa strokes his winning Ferrari in parc ferme

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

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, just managed to overtake Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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

Fernando Alonso in Ferrari pits

An extremely well shaped Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Burning rubber under Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car

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

Rubens Barrichello on Williams locks the brakes

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

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

Nico Rosberg receives new tyres at Mercedes pits

Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa Walk together to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Happy Red Bull mechanics celebrate besides parc ferme

Nico Rosberg's physio holds a huge cooling hose

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko on the grid

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Hamilton

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

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Renault, brakes on the bridge

Kamui Kobayashi stalls the wheel of his Sauber-Ferrari

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

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

Giancarlo Fisichella

Michael Schumacher giving autographs to his young fans

Michael Schumacher of Ferrari, German GP Nuerburgring 2004

The well-known Schumi fist

The BMW.Williams teams's lucky pig

Michael Schumacher watches the qualifying performance of his competitor Damon Hill

Michael Schumacher facing the press after the final race of the season 1997, the European Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain

Pedro Diniz car is towed away after start accident, with the roll bar cut off

Ralf Schumacher, braking

Ralf congratulating Michael for the pole

Montoya in his Williams, pan-shot

Michael Schumacher jumping on podium

Montoya, pan-shot

McLaren key people

David Coulthard over the curbs

Kimi Raikkonen

The two Williams drivers

Quick Nick Heidfeld approaches the new Mercedes Arena

Ferrari leading 1-2

David Coulthard lifting a wheel at the new turn

David Coulthard greeting Mercedes fans on his way back to the pits

Rubens Barrichello gets a fast service from his Ferrari team

Kimi Raikkonen

Montoya pit stop with wheel exchange

Montoya pit stop with wheel exchange

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Flavio Briatore with Jean-Francois Caubet, ING Renault F1 Team Head of Communications

Technical director Willy Rampf and Nick Heidfeld on the grid

Michael Schumacher passes his cheering team and is overtaken by his competitors

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Flavio Briatore with Jean-Francois Caubet, ING Renault F1 Team Head of Communications

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber on their way to drivers presentation

Honda F1 drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello

Giancarlo Fisichella

Champagne shower for Ross Brawn

Champagne shower for Michael Schumacher

Scott Speed trying to keep his line

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

BMW Power on the grid

Jean-Francois Caubet, ING Renault F1 Team Head of Communications

start field leaves first corner

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher

Dutch Christijan Albers jumping at last chicane combination

Champagne shower for Michael Schumacher

Starting field turning in first corner, Barrichello nearly hitting Raikkonen's rear

Takuma Sato at first corner

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

BMW Sauber engineers at Villeneuve's car

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Mark Webber, Williams

Giancarlo Fisichella

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Takuma Sato on a right drift

Note Liuzzi being nudged by Ralf Schumacher, suffering of a resulting tire damage in due course

Giancarlo Fisichella and Tonio Liuzzi

Champagne shower for Michael Schumacher

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari pit wall signal for Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher's engine emitting blue smoke in lap 44

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Michael Schumacher jumping at Ross Brawn

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

Heidfeld changes tyres in lap 53

Fisichella leads Kubica

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The two BMW Sauber cars of Kubica and Heidfeld

While third placed Webber claps the hands for his team, winner Alonso plays the air guitar for his amused boss

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton approaches pits during qualifying session

Kubica tries it on the outside of Schumacher

Heidfeld pits in lap 37

Zoom of Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen zooms through pitlane

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Winkelhock, still on 'heavy rain tyres' is being overtaken by Hamilton who was first to change to dry condition tyres

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber goes qualifying

Quite a photo-demanding crowd in front of Hamilton's pits

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nearly all retired cars together - What a race, how exiting F1 can be!!! Willkommen am Nürburgring! :)

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Heidfeld pits in lap 53

Lewis Hamilton jumps out of the drivers parade car (congrats for the speedy recover from quali crash, you tough sticker!;)

While Ralf just can keep his track, in the background Sato slides out on the sudden aquaplaning

With the race meanwhile red-flagged the two Toro Rosso cars can be recovered

Winkelhock falls back

Felipe Massa at first corner's apex

Massa and Alonso commence second lap with briefly installed intermediate tyres

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Now free Hamilton quickly returns to dry pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Ferrari test driver and Massa's replacement Luca Badoer faces press with Ferrari's communications director Luca Colajanni

Ready for formation lap

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, closely followed by Barrichello's Brawn-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello presents his today's achivements

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Second positioned Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren Mercedes, his team mate and polesitter Lewis Hamilton and third grid placed Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

One lap after the start, Barrichello is still in thrid position

The start

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, ends his long pit stop

Nico Rosberg

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, ens his pit stop

Mansour Ojjeh meets with Renault's Flavio Briatore and Jean-Francois Caubet on the grid

Pit stop of Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

McLaren team-mates Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

In lap 37, Hamilton loses about 5 seconds in pits and his lead to Barrichello as his tyres were not ready in time

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Brawn Grand Prix' race winner Rubens Barrichello celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The red colour on top of one of the two on-board cameras attached to the airbox indicate that it is Hamilton's car

A Red Bull's carbon fibre wheel rim

Singer and songwriter Eric Clapton is being interrogated on the grid

Sebastien Bourdais and Nelsinho Piquet

Kubica's car is being prepared on grid

Third placed Kubica passes the pitboards

Race winner Massa enjoys his victory

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Kimi Raikkonen leaves the retired Ferrari

Kovalainen leads Raikkonen, Vettel and Trulli

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

Lewis Hamilton arrives at second grid position

David Coulthard brakes into last corner

Fourth placed Kovalainen and fifth Raikkonen in front of colourful pitboards

Celebration on podium

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

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

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Fisichella in front of Barrichello and Sutil

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton on the way to McLaren pits

The Williams pit wall command center

Shortly before the start

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, 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

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

The start of the 2010 European Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

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

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

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

Champagne showers

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, in front of Maldonado

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

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

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, passes the pit signals behind Sutil

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

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

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

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

Podium ceremony after the 2010 European Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel enjoys his achievement on the podium

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The start from another angle

Juan Pablo Montoya of BMW.WilliamsF1

Ralf Schumacher being chased by a Ferrari

Cristiano da Matta of Toyota

Michael Schumacher passing his cheering team

European GP 1993

European GP 1993

Schumacher's manager Willi Weber

Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn at the pitwall with Jean Todt and Niki Lauda

Mika Hakkinen celebrates his first ever victory in the season's last race with his team-mates and company principals. From left to right: Juergen Schremp of Mercedes, David Coulthard, Norbert Haug, Mario Illien, Mika Hakkinen and Juergen Hubbert of Mercedes.

Mika Hakkinen calls his wife Erja from his motorhome, after winning his first and the last Grand Prix of season 1997, making together with David Coulthard a 1-2 for McLaren-Mercedes

Jacques Villeneuve

Handshake between former Williams team-mates and now both world champions Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve

Johnny Herbert and Rubens Barrichello celebrate the great 1-3 victory for Stewart at the European Grand Prix in 1999

Michael Schumacher wins the European GP 2000

Start

Mark Webber, BMW-Williams

Montoya braking, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher leads the queue, brother Michael Schumacher already went away in to the lead

Montoya braking, pan-shot

Champagne shower for a very happy Rubens

Rubens jumps in the Parc Ferme

European GP 2002: Flavio Briatore (left) and Jarno Trulli (right) of Renault with the new team test driver Fernando Alonso

Montoya

Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher

Marshals Club group photo with Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher with two Ferraris in his neck

Ralf Schumacher hugging his mechanics

Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed jumping to 11th finish position

Fernando Alonso interviewed by Premiere's Tanja Bauer

Michael Schumacher approaches parc fermé and shakes his fist

Ross Brawn, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher on podium

Felipe Massa being champagned

Michael Schumacher jumps at Ross Brawn

Michael Schumacher in parc fermé

Heidfeld and Montoya close together

VIPs Tatjana Gsell and Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern

Ross Brawn, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher on podium

Juan Pablo Montoya smoking

Ross Brawn, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher on podium

Michael Schumacher receiving ovations, note Jean Todt climbing the fence

Felipe Massa watches his timing monitor

Takuma Sato decelerates the Super Aguri car at first corner

Lewis Hamilton leaves pits during qualifying session

Proud McLaren team boss Ron Dennis leads his World Champion to the scales

Alonso's, Kimi's und Massa's cars after qualification session

Markus Winkelhock stalls tyres

Alonso sprays champagne besides thirsty Massa

Flavio Briatore with cult director (his younger brother?;) Quentin Tarantino on the grid - need a hand?

Both leading Ferraris at first corner

Saturday's quickest three qualifiers, Raikkonen on pole position

Robert Kubica slows his BMW Sauber car down

Second placed Massa presents his booby prize ;)

Markus Winkelhock slows his Spyker down

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Hamilton is being brought back to trackwith a strong lifter

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sutil retires at first corner photo position

Winner Alonso passes his cheering McLaren team

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Coulthard ploughs through the puddles

Unexpected third placed Mark Webber slowly passes his frenetically celebrating Red Bull team

Whilst Schumacher seems to be not very amused, Ron Dennis practices new gestures

Very happy Webber shakes his well earned trophy

Lewis Hamilton brakes in his McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso wins the European Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton approaches pits during qualifying session

Hamilton awaits help from intervention officials with running engine

Final podium group photo of second placed Hamilton, winner Barrichello and third placed Raikkonen

A tyre puncture forces Nakajima to drive slowly back to pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Shortly after the start, both McLaren-Mercedes with Hamilton and Kovalainen in the lead

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, approaches parc ferme after his honoury lap

After two laps, Lewis Hamilton; McLaren-Mercedes, built up a good distance to his following team-mate

The cars end their formation lap

Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso, backed up by new Renault driver Romain Grosjean

Red Bull addicts Raikkonen and Vettel

An airbox with two cameras on Mark Webber's Red Bull Racing Renault car

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

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

Timo Glock, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg at drivers parade

Massa in front of Hamilton passes the pit wall signals

Kovalainen and Raikkonen enter pit lane in lap 43

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

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

Alonso's Renault passes a crowded grandstand

Polesetter Massa jumps from his Ferrari in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen shake hands

The three fastest qualifiers leave parc ferme after the group photo

Fisichella in front of Sutil

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

A bunch of cars turns to main straight

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull pits

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

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

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

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

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

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

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

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

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

Takuma Sato pitting in

start incident

Ralf Schumacher dunks his Williams FW26-BMW P84 into the gravel at the first corner after a jump over da Matta's Toyota right after the start of the 2004 European GP at the Nuerburgring

Coulthard in the Williams leads the race, behind him Schumacher's Benetton and Irvine's Jordan

European GP 1995

Mika Hakkinen with team boss Ron Dennis, team manager Jo Ramirez, Steve Nichols (right) and Mika's race engineer on the grid

Jaguar driver Eddie Irvine and Verstappen in an Arrows

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes, European Grand Prix, Nuerburgring 2005

European GP 2005

Kimi Raikkonen, European Grand Prix, Nuerburgring 2005

Michael leading Ralf

Cora und Ralf Schumacher flanieren Arm in Arm durch das Fahrerlager

Liuzzi blocked the track after spinnig on his flat tire and had to be towed away

Bernie Ecclestone with Rhinelands premier minister Kurt Beck and Wilhelm Lyding of the ADAC

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Nico Rosberg braking into first corner

Yellow press snappers darting local VIPs Tatjana Gsell and Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Michael Schumacher being cheered by his prosecutor, teammate and minister president Kurt Beck

Willi Weber joking with his old driver colleague Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern and Tatjana Gsell

Fernando Alonso leads Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher passes his cheering team surrounded by his competitors

Remarkable third placed Felipe Massa being carried to podium ceremony

Mark Webber

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

A safe kiss between the winner and his haunter

Michael Schumacher shakes hands with pursuer Alonso

Takuma Sato at pitlane exit

Alonso in front of the two Ferraris

Sutil overtakes Raikkonen with a ballet-like spin

At the exit of Mercedes Arena photographers can get close to the action

Liuzzi's the next in gravel trap

Restart behind safety car, Winkelhock leads the race into fifth lap

Scott Speed smokes

Kubica being swiftly serviced in lap 39

Sutil gyrates into gravel which is still flying in the foreground raised by Button's Honda

Scott Speed, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Alonso celebrates his victory after having gained leadership from Massa just four laps before chequered flag

Hamilton lapped back and is allowed to pass safety car

In third lap the safety car is deployed so that rookie Winkelhock becomes unexpected race leader - he meanwhile changed to heavy rain tyres

BMW driver Kubica leads Schumacher's Toyota and teammate Heidfeld

The retired cars of Button and Speed are being towed away

The 'first' start

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Podium group photo: second placed Massa, winner Alonso and third placed Webber

Race winner Rubens Barrichello raises his tropy at podium ceremony

Brawn Grand Prix' Rubens Barrichello and second placed Hamilton celebrate in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Massa takes the chequered flag

Jean Todt and a Ferrari mechanic look after a tumbled colleague after Kimi's pit stop

McLaren mechanics and engineers prepare Kovalainen's car

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

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel raises his trophy

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

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

Mark Webber approaches Red Bull Racing pits

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

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

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

Piquet in his Brabham-BMW. Next to him are team designer Gordon Murray (headphones on) and Paul Rosche of BMW. 1984, European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, Germany.

Anthony Davidson of BAR-Honda

David Coulthard of McLaren-Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa with their physio Jo Leberer

The new World Champion celebrates his title: Canadian Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve, carried on the shoulders by McLaren drivers David Coulthard and race winner Mika Hakkinen.

Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Hakkinen chat in parc ferme - McLaren-Mercedes celebrates Hakkinen's first victory and Villeneuve becomes world champion for Williams

Start crash between the Schumacher brothers, European GP Jerez 1997

1st victory for Stewart Racing: Johnny Herbert is being welcomed by his cheering team behind the finish line.

Pedro Diniz being rescued after start accident

Benetton driver Alex Wurz retires trapped in the start accident, Williams driver Alessandro Zanardi (in foreground)manages to sidestep

A magnificent victory after a stunning rain race: First placed Johnny Herbert, team boss Jackie Stewart and third placed Rubens Barrichello raise their trophies on the podium of the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring 1999

Jacques Villeneuve sliding into gravel trap

Start with Michael in the lead

Michael Schumacher brakes hard on the straight

Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher passing the cheering team

Visitors witness a seldomly seen "donut" making (performed by BMW Sauber F1 test driver Dirk Mueller), which is under F1 conditions seriously prohibited by the FIA

Felipe Massa lifted by Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn

Champagne shower for Ross Brawn

Sutil slides into wet gravel

Start field squeezes through first corner

Start field enters first corner, both Ferraris in the lead

Rushing out to pit lane from his pit stop, Alonso squeezes his McLaren in front of Kovalainen's Renault

A very happy McLaren team boss Ron Dennis gets the winning constructor's trophy handed over from Michael Schumacher himself

Beginning lap 9 now without safety car, the free field expands around backholding Winkelhock

In third lap the safety car is deployed so that rookie Winkelhock becomes unexpected race leader - he meanwhile changed to heavy rain tyres

Safety car leads the queue with rookie Winkelhock in the lead

Adrian Sutil flies over the curbs at turn 14

Nick Heidfeld with BMW Sauber team mate Kubica in his neck

Massa's replacement and test driver Luca Badoer receives last advice before the race from Michael Schumacher

The two leading McLaren's of Hamilton and Kovalainen pass the pitwall signals

Second placed Lewis Hamilton sprays champagne together with third placed Raikkonen and winner Barrichello

F1 photography doyen Paul-Henry Cahier flashes at Kubica who exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, overlaps Schumacher's Mercedes

FIA stewart Heinz-Harald Frentzen with RTL TV presenters Christian Danner and Kai Ebel

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads team mate Webber

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

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

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

Freshly crowned world champion Jacques Villeneuve on the shoulders of the happy McLaren-Mercedes drivers Coulthard and Hakkinen

Friends forever? Williams-BMW drivers Montoya and Ralf Schumacher shake hands after reserving the grid's front row for their team at the 2002 European GP

Thrilling hunting scenes

Michael Schumacher crossing the finish line to win the European Grand Prix at Nuerburgring

Red happy podium with a serious blue spot

Hamilton jumps from position 10 to 4, Kubica spins after an approach by teammate Heidfeld

Hamilton looses his just gained fourth position with a flat right rear tyre

Winning his 1st Grand Prix after 2004, Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, takes the chequered flag

Cars leave grid for formation lap

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

Podium group photo: Massa's race engineer Rob Smedley, second placed Lewis Hamilton, race winner Felipe Massa and third placed Robert Kubica

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

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

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

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

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

Race winner Mika Hakkinen hugs new 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve in parc ferme (who let both McLaren's pass to secure his champioonship)

European GP 1997 at Jerez: The final battle for the Championship between Jacques Villeneuve, Williams, and Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fair handshake between second placed Jarno Trulli and winner Johnny Herbert

The start of the 2002 European GP at the Nuerburgring, both Williams-BMWs lead wheel-to-wheel

Michael Schumacher wins again, less than 4 seconds ahead Alonso

Happy Felipe Massa shaking his trophy and fist

Bernie Ecclestone giving an interview to Niki Lauda, his rescuer Arturo Merzario and Florian Koenig of RTL

Ross Brawn, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Final podium group photo

Ross Brawn, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Ross Brawn, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa on podium

Ross Brawn, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Ross Brawn, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa

Politician Kurt Beck (on the right) honours BMW bosses at BMW Sauber's grid position: Norbert Reithofer, Klaus Draeger, Joachim Milberg and Mario Theissen

Hamilton waves the marshals to lift his car out while Speed's Toro Rosso slips into his back and Davidson's Super Aguri already approaches in dangerous drift

Mario Theissen, Joachim Milberg, Klaus Draeger and Norbert Reithofer of BMW are visited on the grid for a chat by politician Kurt Beck

Massa fights Alonso back in the rain, both battling side to side on the straight

Michael Schumacher is being interviewed by ex-partner RTL

Exciting duel between Coulthard and Piquet

Team executives meeting on Friday: Colin Kolles (Force India) , Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Nick Fry (Honda) and Adam Parr (Williams)

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

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

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

Rubens hugs his team mate Michael for the support

Fights under blue sky

Race winner Alonso raises his trophy

The fastest Mercedes powered three qualifiers pose for the TV after qualifying in parc ferme behind two Red Bull Racing cars: Second positioned Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren Mercedes, his team mate and polesitter Lewis Hamilton and third grid placed Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP

European GP 2000

Button climbs the fence to protect himself against further onspinning cars which slide into gravel like on ice

Hamilton keeps his engine running and gives signs to the busy marshals to help him out of the gravel trap

Exciting 1-2 victory for the McLaren-Merecedes team with Juergen Schrempp, David Coulthard, Norbert Haug, Mario Illien, Mika Hakkinen and Juergen Hubbert, Jerez, Spain, 1997

Mika Hakkinen celebrates his 1st Formula 1 victory

Michael Schumacher passing a frenetic team, surrounded by his competitors

Heidfeld manages to keep his car on track while many other cars meet in the gravel

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

The winners of a farewell Bridgestone Europe photography competition: Masakazu Miyata, Mark Sutton and Clive Mason with Hiroshi Yasukawa, Bridgestone Director of Motorsport

Lotus Racing team principal Tony Fernades with VIP guests Ian Burrows, Commercial Director of Haymarket Motorsport (left hand), Nino Judge, Head of Driver Development Manager Europe, and James Penrose, HANS President (right hand)

Team principals and the McLaren drivers attend the Bridgestone's farewell party in the paddock club: Norbert Haug, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Whitmarsh, Stefano Domenicali, Des Collins of Bridgestone Europe, Jenson Button, Vijay Mallya, Monisha Kaltenborn, Tony Fernandes, Eric Boullier and Hiroshi Yasukawa

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.

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Jochen Rindt

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

mit stewart

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

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

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

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)

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

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

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

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

Helmut Marko (A)

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962