Hamilton penalised, Massa handed win
| By Sopon Ongkara | September 7th 2008, 16:18 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton has lost his victory at the Belgian Grand Prix after he was given a penalty for cutting a chicane when fighting with Kimi Raikkonen.
The stewards gave Hamilton a drive-through penalty after the race had ended, meaning 25 seconds were added to his time.
The win goes to Brazilian Felipe Massa, second in the race. The penalty has dropped Hamilton to third place in the race.
Revised race results and standings:
Pos Driver Team 1. Massa Ferrari 2. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 4. Alonso Renault 5. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6. Kubica BMW Sauber 7. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8. Webber Red Bull-Renault 9. Glock Toyota 10. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 11. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 12. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 13. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 15. Button Honda 16. Trulli Toyota 17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 18. Raikkonen Ferrari Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:47.930 Not classified: Driver Team On lap Barrichello Honda (B) 21 Piquet Renault (B) 14 World Championship standings, round 13: Drivers: Constructors: 1. Hamilton 76 1. Ferrari 131 2. Massa 74 2. McLaren-Mercedes 119 3. Kubica 58 3. BMW Sauber 107 4. Raikkonen 57 4. Toyota 41 5. Heidfeld 49 5. Renault 36 6. Kovalainen 43 6. Red Bull-Renault 25 7. Trulli 26 7. Williams-Toyota 17 8. Alonso 23 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17 9. Webber 19 9. Honda 14 10. Glock 16 11. Vettel 13 12. Piquet 13 13. Barrichello 11 14. Rosberg 9 15. Nakajima 8 16. Coulthard 6 17. Bourdais 4 18. Button 3
PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS
Belgian Grand Prix 08.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1h22.44.933
2. Massa Ferrari (B) + 14.461
3. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 23.844
4. Alonso Renault (B) + 28.939
5. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 29.037
6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 29.498
7. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 31.196
8. Glock Toyota (B) + 56.506
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 57.237
10. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 1 lap
11. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) + 1 lap
12. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 1 lap
13. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) + 1 lap
14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 1 lap
15. Button Honda (B) + 1 lap
16. Trulli Toyota (B) + 1 lap
17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) + 1 lap
18. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) + 2 laps
Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:47.930
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Barrichello Honda (B) 21
Piquet Renault (B) 14
World Championship standings, round 13:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Hamilton 80 1. Ferrari 129
2. Massa 72 2. McLaren-Mercedes 123
3. Kubica 58 3. BMW Sauber 105
4. Raikkonen 57 4. Toyota 42
5. Heidfeld 47 5. Renault 36
6. Kovalainen 43 6. Red Bull-Renault 24
7. Trulli 26 7. Williams-Toyota 17
8. Alonso 23 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17
9. Webber 18 9. Honda 14
10. Glock 16
11. Vettel 13
12. Piquet 13
13. Barrichello 11
14. Rosberg 9
15. Nakajima 8
16. Coulthard 6
17. Bourdais 4
18. Button 3
Results Qualifying Belgian GP 08
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.887 1:46.088 1:47.338 12 2. Massa Ferrari 1:46.873 1:46.391 1:47.678 16 3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.812 1:46.037 1:47.815 16 4. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:46.960 1:46.298 1:47.992 14 5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:47.419 1:46.311 1:48.315 18 6. Alonso Renault 1:47.154 1:46.491 1:48.504 18 7. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:47.270 1:46.814 1:48.736 19 8. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:47.093 1:46.494 1:48.763 20 9. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:46.777 1:46.544 1:48.951 19 10. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:47.152 1:46.804 1:50.319 16 11. Trulli Toyota 1:47.400 1:46.949 13 12. Piquet Renault 1:47.052 1:46.965 15 13. Glock Toyota 1:47.359 1:46.995 13 14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:47.132 1:47.018 15 15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:47.503 1:47.429 12 16. Barrichello Honda 1:48.153 9 17. Button Honda 1:48.211 9 18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.226 9 19. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:48.268 9 20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:48.447 9
Results Practice 3 Belgian GP
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:47.876 19 2. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:48.165 + 0.289 10 3. Alonso Renault (B) 1:48.307 + 0.431 19 4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:48.356 + 0.480 10 5. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:48.692 + 0.816 6 6. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.768 + 0.892 16 7. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:48.815 + 0.939 10 8. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:48.836 + 0.960 13 9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:48.946 + 1.070 17 10. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:49.054 + 1.178 14 11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:49.057 + 1.181 16 12. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:49.125 + 1.249 11 13. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:49.250 + 1.374 12 14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:49.256 + 1.380 19 15. Glock Toyota (B) 1:49.535 + 1.659 18 16. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:49.830 + 1.954 12 17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:49.949 + 2.073 16 18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:50.034 + 2.158 16 19. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:50.061 + 2.185 17 20. Button Honda (B) No time
Results Practice 2 belgian GP
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso Renault (B) 1:48.454 21 2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:48.504 + 0.050 15 3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:48.740 + 0.286 19 4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:48.805 + 0.351 17 5. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:49.328 + 0.874 10 6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:49.405 + 0.951 17 7. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:49.427 + 0.973 28 8. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:49.585 + 1.131 22 9. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:49.715 + 1.261 22 10. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:49.725 + 1.271 21 11. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:49.875 + 1.421 22 12. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:49.922 + 1.468 20 13. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:49.948 + 1.494 20 14. Glock Toyota (B) 1:50.281 + 1.827 23 15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:50.364 + 1.910 20 16. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:50.740 + 2.286 11 17. Button Honda (B) 1:50.925 + 2.471 18 18. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:51.238 + 2.784 22 19. Piquet Renault (B) 1:51.334 + 2.880 18 20. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:51.640 + 3.186 7
Results Practice 1 Belgian GP
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:47.284 26 2. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:47.623 + 0.339 26 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:47.878 + 0.594 27 4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:47.932 + 0.648 24 5. Alonso Renault (B) 1:48.104 + 0.820 26 6. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:48.428 + 1.144 29 7. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.557 + 1.273 31 8. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.958 + 1.674 24 9. Glock Toyota (B) 1:48.997 + 1.713 26 10. Piquet Renault (B) 1:49.068 + 1.784 25 11. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:49.139 + 1.855 25 12. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:49.185 + 1.901 26 13. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:49.611 + 2.327 30 14. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:49.625 + 2.341 14 15. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:49.849 + 2.565 18 16. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:49.986 + 2.702 27 17. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:50.117 + 2.833 19 18. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:50.125 + 2.841 30 19. Button Honda (B) 1:50.464 + 3.180 25 20. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:50.905 + 3.621 25 All Timing Unofficial
Race results subject to changePROVISIONAL RESULTS European Grand Prix.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1h35:32.339
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 5.611
3. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 37.353
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 39.703
5. Trulli Toyota (B) + 50.684
6. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 52.625
7. Glock Toyota (B) + 1:07.990
8. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 1:11.457
9. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 1:22.177
10. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 1:29.794
11. Piquet Renault (B) + 1:32.717
12. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 1 lap
13. Button Honda (B) + 1 lap
14. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) + 1 lap
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 1 lap
16. Barrichello Honda (B) + 1 lap
17. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) + 1 lap
Fastest lap: Massa, 1:38.708
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 46
Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 42
Alonso Renault (B) 1
World Championship standings, round 12:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Hamilton 70 1. Ferrari 121
2. Massa 64 2. McLaren-Mercedes 113
3. Raikkonen 57 3. BMW Sauber 96
4. Kubica 55 4. Toyota 41
5. Kovalainen 43 5. Renault 31
6. Heidfeld 41 6. Red Bull-Renault 24
7. Trulli 26 7. Williams-Toyota 17
8. Alonso 18 8. Honda 14
9. Webber 18 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11
10. Glock 15
11. Piquet 13
12. Barrichello 11
13. Vettel 9
14. Rosberg 9
15. Nakajima 8
16. Coulthard 6
17. Button 3
18. Bourdais 2
Results Qualifying European GP 2008
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1. Massa Ferrari 1:38.176 1:37.859 1:38.989 19 2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.464 1:37.954 1:39.199 15 3. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:38.347 1:38.050 1:39.392 18 4. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:38.703 1:38.229 1:39.488 21 5. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.656 1:38.120 1:39.937 18 6. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.141 1:37.842 1:40.142 19 7. Trulli Toyota 1:37.948 1:37.928 1:40.309 21 8. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:38.738 1:37.859 1:40.631 19 9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:38.595 1:38.336 1:40.721 18 10. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.622 1:38.417 1:40.750 18 11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:38.667 1:38.428 15 12. Alonso Renault 1:38.268 1:38.435 12 13. Glock Toyota 1:38.532 1:38.499 14 14. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.559 1:38.515 15 15. Piquet Renault 1:38.787 1:38.744 15 16. Button Honda 1:38.880 6 17. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:39.235 9 18. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:39.268 10 19. Barrichello Honda 1:39.811 10 20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:39.943 9
Results Practice 3 European GP
| POS | DRIVER | NATIONALITY | ENTRANT | TIME |
| 1. | Robert Kubica | Poland | BMW Sauber | 1:38.754 |
| 2. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Williams-Toyota | 1:38.877 |
| 3. | Sebastien Bourdais | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.009 |
| 4. | Kazuki Nakajima | Japan | Williams-Toyota | 1:39.270 |
| 5. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:39.276 |
| 6. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.300 |
| 7. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.314 |
| 8. | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | BMW Sauber | 1:39.335 |
| 9. | David Coulthard | Britain | Red Bull-Renault | 1:39.421 |
| 10. | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Renault | 1:39.452 |
| 11. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:39.597 |
| 12. | Jenson Button | Britain | Honda | 1:39.628 |
| 13. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Renault | 1:39.652 |
| 14. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.802 |
| 15. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Ferrari | 1:39.810 |
| 16. | Timo Glock | Germany | Toyota | 1:39.919 |
| 17. | Adrian Sutil | Germany | Force India-Ferrari | 1:40.019 |
| 18. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Force India-Ferrari | 1:40.059 |
| 19. | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Honda | 1:40.512 |
| 20. | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Toyota | No Time |
Results Practice 2 European GP
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:39.477 30 2. Alonso Renault (B) 1:39.497 + 0.020 39 3. Button Honda (B) 1:39.546 + 0.069 35 4. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:39.678 + 0.201 31 5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:39.712 + 0.235 31 6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:39.954 + 0.477 30 7. Glock Toyota (B) 1:39.967 + 0.490 32 8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:40.149 + 0.672 35 9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:40.439 + 0.962 32 10. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:40.500 + 1.023 23 11. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:40.585 + 1.108 24 12. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:40.607 + 1.130 34 13. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:40.696 + 1.219 23 14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:40.742 + 1.265 34 15. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:40.877 + 1.400 32 16. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:40.982 + 1.505 36 17. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:40.999 + 1.522 32 18. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:41.084 + 1.607 35 19. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:41.246 + 1.769 38 20. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:41.377 + 1.900 31
Results Practice 1 European GP
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:40.496 29 2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:40.654 + 0.158 27 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:40.822 + 0.326 14 4. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:41.099 + 0.603 31 5. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:41.163 + 0.667 23 6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:41.281 + 0.785 24 7. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:41.317 + 0.821 27 8. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:41.329 + 0.833 26 9. Alonso Renault (B) 1:41.385 + 0.889 31 10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:41.706 + 1.210 22 11. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:41.830 + 1.334 27 12. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:41.930 + 1.434 27 13. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:41.951 + 1.455 23 14. Glock Toyota (B) 1:42.036 + 1.540 27 15. Piquet Renault (B) 1:42.107 + 1.611 32 16. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:42.453 + 1.957 23 17. Button Honda (B) 1:42.460 + 1.964 29 19. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:43.075 + 2.579 25 19. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:43.312 + 2.816 23 20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:43.524 + 3.028 24
Flavio Briatore and business
CVC, the finance firm which owns Formula One, must be green with envy. According to a report in today's Telegraph newspaper by a well known F1 business reporter, Christian Sylt, the one F1 television rights deal which is not sold directly by the F1 Group has made a rather large fortune for its owner Flavio Briatore.
The TV rights are for Spain and the Telegraph reports that in 2007 Briatore paid himself £5.8 million from his UK company Stacourt that owns them.
Briatore's windfall was made up of a £1.1 million one-off annual payment and £4.7 million in consultancy fees paid to his Virgin Islands-based firm Formula FB Business-strange name. His total take is up £1m on the previous year and it is due to a boost in Stacourt's performance.
In 2007 its revenues rose 14% to £12.1 million with the vast majority of this coming from a deal with Spanish broadcaster Telecinco which screens F1 in Spain. Stacourt's after-tax profits surged 42% year-on-year to £675,000 but CVC is missing out on it at a time when it needs it most.
The F1 Group is making over £100 million in interest payments on the billions of dollars of debt it has which was used by CVC to buy the business. CVC has control of the F1 Group with just one share in the hands of Bernie Ecclestone who is its chief executive. Things were very different when Ecclestone did the deal with Briatore and it was a big gamble for him.
When Stacourt was incorporated in 2002 F1 was not shown on free-to-air broadcasting in Spain as none of the national channels bid for the rights. However, Briatore had an ace up his sleeve. He was manager of rising Spanish star Fernando Alonso and in 2003 Briatore made him a driver for his Renault team. After 13 races Alonso became the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix and the value of the Spanish rights moved up as was Flavio prediction.
In 2004, Telecinco bought the rights for two years for an estimated annual price of £3.5 million. After just five races in 2005, Telecinco had an audience share of 48.8% with 3.9m viewers. That year's Spanish Grand Prix became the most watched race in the history of Spanish television with 6m viewers tuning in. On the back of Alonso's first F1 world championship in 2005, Telecinco signed a new contract and in 2006, the first year of the deal, Stacourt's turnover almost doubled to £10.7 million.
Stacourt has no staff and its £10.4 million annual costs are believed to be comprised of a payment to the F1 Group as well as the consultancy fees to Briatore. It has enabled him to take a total of £15.7 million from the company since it was set up. It has also amassed a stash of £5 million cash - more than that held in the bank by the Renault,Red Bull and Williams F1 teams combined.
The accounts state that revenue and profits are expected to increase this year. However, there is an end in sight to Stacourt's growth.
Telecinco will no longer broadcast F1 from 2009 until at least 2013 having lost out to the Spanish La Sexta channel. The deal was announced in May last year and estimates have suggested that it could be worth as much as triple the amount currently being paid by Telecinco. The announcement added that the station had signed the contract with the F1 Group, not Stacourt. This was one deal that CVC will have wanted to get back under its wing.