Wow!
What a race! Qualifying started it all off when for the first time this season, a Red Bull car was not on pole position. Instead the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton took the front spot off Mark Webber by two tenths of a second. On row two was Sebastian Vettel and the resurgent Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. Behind them was Hamilton teammate Jenson Button and Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi. Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Renault's Robert Kubica were on row four. The top ten was filled out by Liuzzi's teammate Adrian Sutil and Mercedes' Nico Rosberg. The notable absence from the top ten was the seven time world Champion Michael Schumacher who qualified 13th behind the two Williams cars of Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hülkenberg.
Turkey was a 4 horse race. Canada was a 5 horse race at the end but the beginning was chaos. Back markers getting in the way, Drive through penalties been issued, multiple pit stops called, tyre changes, the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi leading the race. When it all settled down it was a fight between the McLarens, the Red Bulls and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. Even then there was the problem of back markers like Karun Chandhok's Hispania and Jarno Trulli's Lotus. The victim of these two was Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton took the lead off Alonso going around Chandhok while Jenson Button beat him going past Trulli. The Red Bull's tyre choices saw them slip back from Alonso who was slipping back from the McLaren's especially Hamilton. As you might be able to tell by the picture, it was a McLaren one-two
So Lewis Hamilton won, Jenson Button was second. Ferrari found new signs of life after Alonso finsihed 3rd. The Red Bull's domination is now contention only after a Webber leading Vettel to a four-five. Nico Rosberg continued Mercedes' above average performance with a 6th place ahead of Renault's Robert Kubica who happened to be the last finisher who wasn't lapped. Sebastien Buemi finished a solid 8th continuing to keep Toro Rosso moving. Finally the Force Indias of Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil beat Michael Schumacher for 9th and 10th. Our next stop is Valencia for the European Grand Prix
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