F1 2008 Round 10 - German Grand Prix, Hockenheimring 18th-20th July 2008

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The 2008 German Grand Prix is the tenth race of the 2008 Formula One season. It is to be held on 18 July–20 July
at the Hockenheimring circuit in Germany. It will be the 55th German Grand Prix which has been an event in a world
championship.

The German Grand Prix will return after a year absence from the calendar. From 2007 to 2010, the Grand Prix in
Germany will alternate between the Hockenheimring and the Nürburgring. However officials at the AVD, the automobile
club who organises GP race at the Hockenheimring, own the rights for the name, 'German Grand Prix'. Therefore the
2007 race at the Nürburgring was known as the 2007 European Grand Prix.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and the Ferrari pair of Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa all head into the German Grand
Prix tied on 48 points in the Drivers' Championship, with Hamilton ahead of Massa and Massa ahead of the 2007
World Champion on countback. BMW's Robert Kubica is a further 2 points back.

Scuderia Ferrari lead the Constructors' Championship by 14 points from BMW Sauber, with McLaren-Mercedes a further
10 points behind. Toyota lead Red Bull-Renault by 1 point for 4th place, although 47 points behind McLaren.

The 2007 European Grand Prix, the last Formula One race in Germany, was won by Fernando Alonso of McLaren-Mercedes.
The last German Grand Prix, held in 2006 was won by German seven-times World Champion Michael Schumacher. Two
former Hockenheim winners are in the field this year, with 2005 winner and 2005 World Champion Fernando Alonso
racing for Renault and the winner of 2000's chaotic race, Rubens Barrichello, in a Honda.

World Champion Kimi Räikkönen has never won the German Grand Prix or the European Grand Prix in Germany. His
only finish at Hockenheim was a 3rd place in 2006 for McLaren.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

Drivers standings AFTER the British GP

	Driver	Team	Nationality	Points
	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes		48

Constructors standings

	Team	Points
	Ferrari	96

German GP: Recent Results

Year	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
2007	Not Held
2006	Michael Schumacher	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen
2005	Fernando Alonso	Juan Pablo Montoya	Jenson Button

	Driver	Laptime
2006 fastest lap	Michael Schumacher	1.16.357
2006 pole position	Kimi Räikkönen	1.14.070
Lap record	Kimi Räikkönen	1.13.780(2004)

Weather Links

7day Forecast: www.weatherbug.com
Satelite Images: www.sat24.com
Rainfall Radar: www.meteox.com (zoom out to see a bit better)

German Grand Prix Time Table (local)

DAY	LOCAL Time	UK Time
Fri 18th July 2008
Friday Practice 1	10:00-11:30	09:00-10:30
Friday Practice2	14:00-15:30	13:00:14:30
Sat 19th July 2008
Saturday Practice	11:00-12:00	10:00-11:00
Qualifying	14:00	13:00
Sun 20th July 2008
Race	14:00	13:00

German Grand Prix LIVE Chat

Please don't forget to join us in the ten-tenths chat room for live coverage of the Grand Prix!

You can log-in through the web here, and if it boots you out half way through for no apparent reason
you can log straight back in again. If you can change the "Racer" nickname to your tenths name that
will be helpfull also.

Or, if you have an IRC client, or know what the means, you can log-in through that at irc.phishy.net,
port 6667 and the channel is #motorsport

Other Links

Live Timing
Race Schedule (and other f1 news)
F1 Predictions Competition

And that is pretty much all from me! Enjoy the race!!