Europe 2009: Round 11 Results

A big congratulations to Kai-Star on winning the European Grand Prix. Its his first for Red Bull, the third of his career and his first since Brazil 2007. He's also jumped from 16th to 12th in one race. Nice work mate.

Gotta spare a quick moment to big up Rubens. What a legend! The only downside is I predicted him for the win at every race this year... until this one. Oh yes. I rule.

In the championship standings Brawn and Ferrari have swapped their championbship leads - Wooze takes over from former champ Karan whilst a little help from Revs has seen Ferrari retake the lead in the teams championship. Bommer falls from 4th to 7th after his first missed round of the year, leaving IceMan to move up behind team mate Hollywood and make it a Toyota 3-4. Toro Rosso drop to 6th after a double-DNE.

Australia's second win of the season sees them claw some ground back on the leading trio, but a top three spot still looks a big ask with just six rounds to go.

The glorious Spa-Francorchamps is up next. Early forecasts suggest a good chance of rain over the weekend. Click here for forecast details.

Roll on Belgium!!

Form updated: Luca Badoer and Romain Grosjean added

Yep, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Michael Schumacher will not in fact be replacing Massa after the F2007 testing demonstrated that the neck injuries he suffered from a motorbike accident in February aren't healed enough for a race return. Long-time Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer will be taking the seat instead. Its a shame about Schumi, but after 11 years with the team I think its justified reward for Luca. Plus we potentially have an Italian racing for Ferrari at Monza. Special indeed.

Do we think he'll hold on to the seat until Felipe's return? Maybe a chance for Marc Gene to get back on the grid?

The other change to the driver line up is Renault finally ditching Nelson Piquet Jr. Its about damn time. GP2 and Renault development driver Romain Grosjean has not yet been confirmed to replace him (Renault are yet to find out if their race ban appeal is successful) but it seems a forgone conclusion.

The form is now updated and ready to use.

Form updated: Michael Schumacher to stand in for injured Felipe Massa!

Today came the announcement that Ferrari will be drafting in some old bloke called Michael Schumacher to stand in for Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix.

Of the speculated possible stand ins discussed on F1Fanatic, I thought Valentino Rossi would have been the most fun, but bloody hell, thats pretty damn exciting news!

Meanwhile, doctors have reported that Massa stands a good chance of returning to the grid. This is great news.

The entry form is now updated. Bring on Valencia!

Hungary 2009: Round 10 Results

Congratulations to Flutterfly, who takes his first career victory in Hungary after being the only player to correctly predict Hamilton for the win. Not bad for the guy who was last in the championship. The result is Force India's first win in a little over a year and also means that both newcomers to the game this season have reached the top spot. Grats bud.

An unusual result in F1 made for low scores all round and little movement in the standings. The highest climber was IceMan, who jumps from 9th to 5th after making it a British 1-2 in Hungary. Flutterfly moves from the wooden spoon slot to 18th, relegating the BMW Saubers to the bottom two positions. The big news however is Karan retaking the championship lead yet again from Wooze. The two runaway leaders are now tied on 84 points each, with Karan ahead by virtue of his higher win scores. Its going to be an epic battle over the last seven races.

The teams championship sees a similar situation with Brawn and Ferrari also level pegging with 150 points apiece. Brawn hold the top spot with three wins to two. Impressive recent results for both IceMan and Hollywood see Toyota closing in.

Flutterfly's dominant win has had a big impact on the nation's standings, with Great Britain going top once again. Of the ten races so far this year, Britain and Canada have won eight.

Roll on Europe!

PS. Fingers crossed for Felipe Massa. Here's hoping he makes a full recovery soon and his eyesight is not affected (early signs are good). In the meantime, Mr Schumacher as a stand-in, anybody?

Form updated: Jaime Alguersuari replaces Sebastien Bourdais

I've updated the form to include Jaime Alguersuari, who replaces Sebastien Bourdais at Toro Rosso at next weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix and becomes F1's youngest ever driver.

Bit of a rough deal for Bourdais I think, but he really hasn't pulled out the results expected of a four time Champcar champion. A possible candidate for one of the new teams next year?