Lewis Hamilton edges Felipe Massa to take pole position for German GP and give McLaren boost

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the German Grand Prix on Saturday to lead a dominant McLaren ready to take the lead on Ferrari in F1's tight championship race.

Hungarian GP preview: Ferrari

Budapest has changed a great deal since the first time Formula 1 visited here in 1986, when it provided an exotic taste of life behind the Iron Curtain. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has won five times in those twenty two years and two of those victories stand out: in 1989, Nigel Mansell won from twelfth on the grid, which defied the odds on a track known for the difficulty of passing another car and in 1998, Michael Schumacher won with an unusual three stop strategy.

Ferrari lock-out is double trouble for poor Hamilton

"The penalty doesn't help," Lewis Hamilton said pensively yesterday, as the punishment for his Canadian Grand Prix gaffe pushed him down from a solid third on the grid in Magny-Cours to 13th, a long way behind the Ferraris on the front row.

Stefano Domenicali QandA ahead of the British GP

With the British GP in sight, the ninth race of the season, we met Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal of the Scuderia Ferrari, for a summary of the first part of this Championship.

Kovalainen completes McLaren sweep of German GP practice after edging Ferrari's Massa

McLaren completed a sweep of German Grand Prix practice on Saturday with Heikki Kovalainen edging Ferrari's Felipe Massa in the final test before qualifying for Sunday's race.

Felipe Massa misfortune helps Hamilton but Ferrari raise stakes in power struggle

Lewis Hamilton has driven and spoken lately like a man who senses that missing the world title last year was merely destiny deferred by 12 months. It is hard to say whether this race enhanced or harmed that notion as an afternoon of extremes for the Briton produced a middling result.