F1 Race Reports

Mark Webber wins the Brazilian Grand Prix, but fifth place proves enough for Jenson Button to become the 2009 F1 champion

In 1997, Damon Hill looked set for an entirely unheralded victory for Arrows in the Hungarian Grand Prix, having endured up until that point a desultory season as reigning F1 World Champion.

Mark Webber has transformed himself from a 'nearly man' to a 'really man' in becoming only the third Australian ever to win in the top flight by storming to a dominant triumph in the 2009 German Grand Prix at the N?rburgring - half a century on from Sir Jack Brabham's famous Monaco Grand Prix glo

It may have taken them 75 races to get there, but when they finally did so they did it in style, as Sebastian Vettel led team-mate Mark Webber home in a resounding Red Bull Racing one-two triumph in a water-logged Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today.

Formula 1's renaissance man Jenson Button has made it two from two in the second round of the 2009 world championship, after rising above the chaos and confusion with a flawless drive to triumph in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang - as the weather did its worst to add yet more uncertainty to wh

The last time Jenson Button began from pole position - also co-incidentally in Melbourne - he had taken the chequered flag tenth.

Lewis Hamilton is the youngest Formula 1 World Champion in history after the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos - but up until the very last corner of the very last lap, the crown was going the way of Ferrari rival Felipe Massa.

Lewis Hamilton has got his bid to become the youngest-ever Formula 1 World Champion firmly back on-track, as he responded to his critics of the past week and banished his unhappy memories of Shanghai 2007 in perfect style - by destroying Ferrari's challenge to consummately prevail in the Chinese

Following on from his Singapore triumph, Fernando Alonso sent out a clear message that former Formula 1 World Champions Renault are back with a bang in the top flight, by storming to a sensational second consecutive success in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji.

Fernando Alonso has returned Renault to the top of the rostrum in Formula 1 for the first time in almost two years by producing the drive of a champion to triumph in the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix night outing this weekend.

Sebastian Vettel broke another Formula One record on Sunday at Monza, but that won't remain in his mind as long as the feeling of standing on the top step of the podium in front of the tifosi having won the Italian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton laid out his Formula 1 World Championship credentials in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps today, by mastering truly treacherous conditions in the closing laps to secure one of the greatest victories of his fledgling career in the top flight - as Kimi Raikkonen assuredly

Felipe Massa sent out a clear message to his Ferrari employers that they should start to focus all their efforts on him for the remainder of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship campaign - after dominating the European Grand Prix from pole position.

Finnish drivers have always enjoyed success in the Hungarian Grand Prix - referring to it as their 'home' race - and Heikki Kovalainen made sure that tradition was maintained in the 2008 edition, as like subsequent world champions Damon Hill and Fernando Alonso before him, he secured the maiden v

Lewis Hamilton has driven home his Formula 1 World Championship credentials by coming from behind to triumph in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, after a bold strategy from his McLaren-Mercedes team left him with a job to do - a job he fulfilled to perfection.

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen delivered Ferrari an unchallenged one-two finish in the 2008 French Grand Prix - much as they had done this time last year, albeit the other way round - whilst further down the field the story was all about how Lewis Hamilton's season is threatening to fly off the

Lewis Hamilton emulated his hero Ayrton Senna by winning the Monaco Grand Prix in tricky conditions, but had to thank an early brush with the barriers for the break which put him in position to win.

Felipe Massa has finally opened his 2008 account by repeating his 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix victory in Sakhir - but the big news of the weekend is how BMW have replaced McLaren-Mercedes as the Scuderia's closest challengers for glory this year, and how Lewis Hamilton's championship bid is th

Kimi Raikkonen catapulted Ferrari back into the world title fight following the Prancing Horse's disastrous season-opening Australian Grand Prix just seven days ago, by storming to an unchallenged victory in Malaysia as McLaren wilted in the searing heat.

In a performance reminiscent of that which delivered him his breakthrough Formula 1 victory in Montreal last year, Lewis Hamilton got his 2008 title bid off to the perfect start by triumphing in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne - never putting a foot wrong as the heat and lack of traction c

And so it was the outsider once again, as it had been last time three drivers went into the Formula 1 season finale all with a chance of lifting the title, with Kimi Raikkonen coming out of almost nowhere to clinch his first drivers' crown, Lewis Hamilton seeing his championship dreams crumble in

The Formula One world championship is alive and kicking after a quiet afternoon in Shanghai turned into one of drama with Lewis Hamilton's first retirement of the season.

Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards becoming Formula One world champion in his rookie season after keeping his head where others lost theirs in treacherous conditions at Fuji Speedway.

Having scored a landmark win for 'justice' off the circuit, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa ensured Ferrari would also be victorious at what they do best in the same week with a crushing 1-2 result in the Belgian Grand Prix.