F1 Standings

<table align="center" border="0" width="416"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td class="statsTableRowLightGrey" colspan="4" align="left" valign="top" width="298"> Drivers' world championship 2008</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Name </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Car </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Nat </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Points</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 1 Lewis Hamilton </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> McLaren-Mercedes </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 70 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 2 Felipe Massa </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 64 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 3 Kimi Raikkonen </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fin </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 57 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 4 Robert Kubica </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Pol </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 55 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 5 Heikki Kovalainen </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> McLaren </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fin </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 43 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 6 Nick Heidfeld </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 41 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 7 Jarno Trulli </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ita </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 26 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 8 Fernando Alonso </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Spa </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 18 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 9 Mark Webber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Red Bull-Renault</td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Aus </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 18 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 10 Timo Glock </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 15 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 11 Nelson Piquet Jr </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 13 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 12 Rubens Barrichello </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 11</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 13 Nico Rosberg </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Williams-Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 9 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 14 Sebastian Vettel</td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toro Rosso-Ferrari</td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 9 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 15 Kazuki Nakajima </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Williams </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Jpn </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 8 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 16 David Coulthard </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Red Bull-Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 6 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 17 Jenson Button </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 18 Sebastien Bourdais </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toro Rosso-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fra </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 2 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Giancarlo Fisichella </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ita </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Adrian Sutil </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Anthony Davidson* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Super Aguri-Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Takuma Sato* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Super Aguri-Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Jpn </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E ITAB --> <!-- S ITAB -->
<table align="center" border="0" width="416"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td class="statsTableRowLightGrey" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="299"> Constructors' world championship 2008</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> Team </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> Points</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 1 Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 121 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 2 McLaren-Mercedes </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 113 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 2 BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 96 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 4 Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 41 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 5 Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 31 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 6 Red Bull-Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 24 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 7 Williams-Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 17 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 8 Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 14 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 11 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 10 Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 11 Super Aguri-Honda* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

For anyone that's interested. Lets hope Hamilton can win the Championship on his 2nd season.

 

He came so close to winning last year. In the last two races there were moments where I just sat in front of the TV, open-mouthed, astonished at what had just happened. First, in China McLaren let Hamilton's tyres get so worn that he skidded off the track in the pitlane into the gravel. I remember willing that car to roll out of the gravel, but it didn't. Then, in Brazil, his engine cut out for 30 seconds whilst there was an ads break on ITV. One moment he was fine, in something like 2nd or 3rd, then 4 minutes later after the ads he was stone last and couldn't recover to win. It was devastating for him, as he would have been the first debutant to win the Championship (other than the first winner, of course). Hopefully this will be his year.

 

What about when he smashed into the back of Raikkonen during a pit stop.

 

<table align="center" border="0" width="416"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td class="statsTableRowLightGrey" colspan="4" align="left" valign="top" width="298"> Drivers' world championship 2008</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Name </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Car </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Nat </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Points</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 1 Lewis Hamilton </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> McLaren-Mercedes </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 76 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 2 Felipe Massa </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 74 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 3 Robert Kubica </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Pol </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 58 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 4 Kimi Raikkonen </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fin </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 57 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 5 Nick Heidfeld </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 49 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 6 Heikki Kovalainen </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> McLaren </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fin </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 43 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 7 Jarno Trulli </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ita </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 26 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 8 Fernando Alonso </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Spa </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 23 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 9 Mark Webber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Red Bull-Renault</td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Aus </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 10 Timo Glock </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 15 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 11 Nelson Piquet </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 13 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 12 Sebastian Vettel </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toro Rosso-Ferrari</td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 13 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 13 Rubens Barrichello </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Brz </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 11</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 14 Nico Rosberg </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Williams-Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 9 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 15 Kazuki Nakajima </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Williams </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Jpn </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 8 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 16 David Coulthard </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Red Bull-Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 6 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 17 Sebastien Bourdais </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Toro Rosso-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Fra </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 4 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 18 Jenson Button </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Giancarlo Fisichella </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ita </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Adrian Sutil </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Ger </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Anthony Davidson* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Super Aguri-Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> GB </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 19 Takuma Sato* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Super Aguri-Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> Jpn </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="212"> 0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E ITAB --> <!-- S ITAB -->
<table align="center" border="0" width="416"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td class="statsTableRowLightGrey" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="299"> Constructors' world championship 2008</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> Team </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> Points</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 1 Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 131 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 2 McLaren-Mercedes </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 119 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 2 BMW Sauber </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 107 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 4 Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 41 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 5 Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 36 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 6 Red Bull-Renault </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 25 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 7 Williams-Toyota </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 17 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 8 Toro Rosso-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 17 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 9 Honda </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 14 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 10 Force India-Ferrari </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 11 Super Aguri-Honda* </td><td class="statsTableRow" align="left" valign="top" width="255"> 0 </td></tr></tbody></table>