
Controversial win for Alonso in Germany
Fernando Alonso lead a Ferrari one-two at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim after Felipe Massa is given coded team orders to let his team-mate past.
Massa, who trailed his team-mate by 31 points prior to the race, was told by Ferrari chief engineer Rob Smedley over team radio: “Alonso is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?” – to which he responded by letting Alonso through on Turn Six moments later.
Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel was third & Hamilton fourth.
After Massa took the lead with a dream start and Alonso squeezed past Sebastian Vettel into second place, the Ferrari team-mates waged an intense duel for 49 laps in which the balance of advantage constantly fluctuated.
Alonso’s win took him to within 34 points of Hamilton, who has 157 points. Defending champion Button is second with 143 points, while Webber and Vettel are equal third with 136 points.
1 ALONSO Ferrari 1h27m38.864s
2 MASSA Ferrari +4.1s
3 VETTEL Red Bull +5.1s
4 HAMILTON McLaren +26.8s
5 BUTTON McLaren +29.4s
6 WEBBER Red Bull +43.6
7 KUBICA Renault +1 lap
8 ROSBERG Mercedes +1 lap
9 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +1 lap
10 PETROV Renault +1 lap
11 KOBAYASHI Sauber +1 lap
12 BARRICHELLO Williams +1 lap
13 HULKENBERG Williams +1 lap
14 DE LA ROSA Sauber +1 lap
15 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +1 lap
16 LIUZZI Force India +2 laps
17 SUTIL Force India +2 laps
18 GLOCK Virgin +3 laps
19 SENNA HRT +4 laps
R KOVALAINEN Lotus +11 laps
R DI GRASSI Virgin +17 laps
R YAMAMOTO HRT +48 laps
R TRULLI Lotus +64 laps
R BUEMI Toro Rosso +66 laps

Vettel on pole - German Grand Prix 2010
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will start on pole position at his home Grand Prix in Germany after he edged out Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso by 0.002 seconds.
After Red Bull’s Mark Webber made a mistake in the first sector of his final run, he was jumped by Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari, who thus starts third after a lap of 1m 14.290s. Webber is fourth on 1m 14.347s.
Alonso had looked set to end Ferrari’s long wait for a pole – which stretches back to the final round of 2008 – after impressively topping the first two qualifying segments and then setting the pace in the early Q3 forays.
“We have to be happy, we are in the first row for the first time, that’s a step forward for us,” said Alonso.
“We expected the Red Bulls to give something more in Q3 as we have seen them do before.
“We are in a way surprised to be that close and finally fighting for pole position after 10 races, it took a little bit of a long time but now we are very close.”
German Grand Prix 2010 Grid
1 VETTEL Red Bull
2 ALONSO Ferrari
3 MASSA Ferrari
4 WEBBER Red Bull
5 BUTTON McLaren
6 HAMILTON McLaren
7 KUBICA Renault
8 BARRICHELLO Williams
9 ROSBERG Mercedes
10 HULKENBERG Williams
11 SCHUMACHER Mercedes
12 KOBAYASHI Sauber
13 PETROV Renault
14 DE LA ROSA Sauber
15 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
16 BUEMI Toro Rosso
17 TRULLI Lotus
18 KOVALAINEN Lotus
19 SUTIL Force India
20 SENNA HRT
21 LIUZZI Force India
22 YAMAMOTO HRT
23 DI GRASSI Virgin
24 GLOCK Virgin
German Grand Prix 2010
23 – 25 July, Hockenheim, Germany
Gernam Grand Prix 2010 – Race Report
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| Viewing Area | Entry | Price (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Haupttribune | Fri – Sun | 430 |
| Innentribune B Covered | Fri – Sun | 239 |
| Mercedes Middle (Rows 4-24) Covered | Fri – Sun | 287 |
| Nordtribune C (Zone 5) Covered | Fri – Sun | 239 |
| Sudtribune G Middle Uncovered | Fri – Sun | 287 |
| Sudtribune A (Zone 1) Covered | Fri – Sun | 191 |
| Sudtribune A Middle (Zone 1) Uncovered | Fri – Sun | 143 |
| General Admission – Spitzkehre 1 | Fri – Sun | 143 |
| General Admission – Parabolika | Fri – Sun | 95 |
German Grand Prix 2010
23 – 25 July, Hockenheim, Germany
Gernam Grand Prix 2010 – Race Report
German Grand Prix 2010 – Qualifying
The German Grand Prix is back at Hockenheim in 2010. This has always been a popular event, especially so in recent years thanks to Michael Schumacher and all the other German drivers on the grid.
The future of the even may be in uncertain but one thing is for sure, thousands of F1 fans will fill the stands at Hockenheim hoping for another memorable race in 2010.
German Grand Prix 2010 Tickets are on sale now.
What fans say about Hockenheim:
“We went to Hockenheim in 2006, viewing from the pits straight grandstand. Hockenheim is quite flat so you don’t see a great amount of the track but by standing at the top of the grandstand you can see across to Sachskurve and many people took advantage of this. Tickets in this grandstand were 150 euros for the weekend.”
“Do not camp at the circuit campsites unless you like not washing for three days and listening to German drinking songs at 4am”
The first ever German Grand Prix was organized back in 1926, but because of Germany’s expulsion from international events after the WWII, the German GP didn’t return to the Formula 1 calendar until 1951.
There was a controversy about the name of the event in 2009 because it took place at Nürburgring while the Hockenheim holds the rights to the German Grand Prix.
German Grand Prix 2010 is back at Hockenheim but the future of the event remains uncertain because the organisers, city and state officials are unhappy about the high fees demanded by Bernie Ecclestone.
Michael Schumacher is the driver with the most wins, 4 in total – 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006.
Recent German Grand Prix winners
2009 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2007 Cancelled
2006 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Fernando Alonso Renault
2004 Michael Schumacher Hockenheimring
2003 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW