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Europe race analysis - Ferrari and McLaren both winners
As in Hungary, Felipe Massa controlled the European Grand Prix from the front. But this time he stayed there to win - despite that controversial pit stop - as Ferrari's technical gremlins chose to pick on team mate Kimi Raikkonen.
The champions had the pace, but not reliability. Their second engine failure in as many races left McLaren victorious in the numbers game. Lewis Hamilton extended his advantage atop the drivers' standings, while Ferrari's constructors' lead fell into single figures...
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The Bridgestone e-reporter GP2 diary - Europe
Since its inception in 2004, the GP2 Series has established itself as a serious breeding ground for Formula One talent - with the likes of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton as evidence. And official tyre suppliers to the series, Bridgestone, are helping to do the same for motorsport journalism, with their e-reporter competition.
The nine 2008 finalists will each get to report from one European round of the series, and will be supplying Formula1.com with details of the GP2 action, plus a diary reflecting their experience as a first-time paddock correspondent. For Europe, it's 21 year-old Spanish writer, Tabatha Valls Halling...
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Paddock Postcard from Valencia
Sir Jackie Stewart, Patrick Tambay and four-time world champion touring car racer Andy Priaulx were among the racing celebrities. Valencia is America's Cup country, so it was appropriate that one of Honda's guests was New Zealander Mike Sanderson. A sailor since the age of five, his successes include victory in the 1993-94 Whitbread Race and the transatlantic speed record onboard Mari Cha IV. The 34 year-old is also an experienced America's Cup competitor...
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Qualifying analysis - everything to play for in Valencia
As in Hungary, changing track conditions kept teams on their mettle throughout practice and qualifying for the European Grand Prix. With overtaking an unknown quantity on the new Valencia Street Circuit, pole man Felipe Massa starts as race favourite, but expect Lewis Hamilton to push him all the way.
Toro Rosso will be aiming for their best-ever result after a sensational qualifying, and with a high probability of one or more safety-car periods there may well be other surprises on Sunday...
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Friday analysis - Ferrari lead Valencia learning curve
The first day of running on Valencia's new track was a matter of letting conditions improve as more rubber went down, tuning the set-ups, and avoiding the offline dust as everyone developed baselines to compare against their simulations.
At the end of it all, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen led the way, but only by a whisker from Renault's Fernando Alonso and Honda's Jenson Button. We take a team-by-team look at progress…
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