Stunning lap secures pole for Lewis Hamilton at Spa

Lewis Hamilton secured the 11th pole position of his Formula One career ahead of tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix. The world championship leader produced a stunning display around the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to leave Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, his title rivals, in his wake. Hamilton clinched top spot on the grid with a lap of 1min 47.338sec for his fifth pole of the year, with Massa on the front row, but more than 0.3secs down.

Sutil is secretly gay?

Aug.10 (GMM) Adrian Sutil, the 25-year-old race driver for Force India, says he has chosen to not have a girlfriend during the early phase of his formula one career. The German, who made his debut for the outfit's previous incarnation Spyker in 2007, wrote in a column for Formule 1 Race Report that - in frequenting the paddock as a grand prix star - it would not be difficult to end his spell as a bachelor.

Indian GP still on track for 2010 - Mallya

Jul.25 (GMM) Preparations for an inaugural grand prix in India are still on track for 2010, Force India team boss Vijay Mallya says. The Indian billionaire, who is also head of the Indian national motor sporting federation, said recently that organisers have obtained land, set aside race fees, and will build a circuit outside the capital city Delhi.

Hamilton hunts down rivals after chaos of Glock's shunt

Lewis Hamilton drove to a sensational victory at the German Grand Prix here yesterday - but we can all thank Timo Glock for injecting desperately needed excitement into what at one stage threatened to be a McLaren-Mercedes walkover.

Team-by-team summary: Saturday, Germany

Jul.19 (GMM) MCLAREN-MERCEDES Heikki Kovalainen took a turn at the top of the morning timesheet, but Lewis Hamilton's consistently quicker qualifying pace netted him pole position over Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Kovalainen was just a couple of tenths shy in Q1 and Q2, but some self-confessed rally-crossing leaves him P3.

Kovalainen takes pole at British GP

Heikki Kovalainen secured the first pole position of his Formula One career to put McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the shade.