2011 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)

First off.... I would like to give a very proud congratulations to my better half for completing the KL Marathon. It is certainly quite a feat & without a doubt earn the the title 'better half'!

To give you an idea of the route, check out the map  & here are some of the photos taken.

Back to race, after quite an exhilarating Canadian GP, the Valencia GP was perhaps somewhat subdued but nevertheless, there was plenty of racing & the Ferraris are slowing inching towards both the Bulls & the McLarens. However, the legendary Ferrari Pit Crew is beginning to lose some of its shine.

Tires definitely played a big role given the heat in Valencia. Despite this, it should be noted that this is the first GP that ALL cars actually finished the race!

In the meantime, we're now coming towards mid-season & we can see some juggling of positions in our little league. Following are the results :

2011 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	57	39:36.2	1	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+10.8 secs	4	18
3	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	57	+27.2 secs	2	15
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+46.1 secs	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+51.7 secs	5	10
6	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+60.0 secs	6	8
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+98.0 secs	7	6
8	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	18	4
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 Lap	10	2
10	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+1 Lap	9	1
11	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	16
12	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1 Lap	13
13	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	17
14	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 Lap	12
15	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	+1 Lap	11
16	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	14
17	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+1 Lap	8
18	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1 Lap	15
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+2 Laps	19
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	55	+2 Laps	20
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	55	+2 Laps	21
22	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	55	+2 Laps	23
23	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	54	+3 Laps	22
24	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+3 Laps	24

2011 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
TC	SV	25	MW	15	LH	12	52	340	392	1
DF	SV	25	LH	12	FA	18	55	322	377	2
NF	SV	25	FA	18	FM	10	53	314	367	3
R&SW	SV	25	FA	18	LH	12	55	307	362	4
EDS	SV	25	MW	15	FA	18	58	304	362	5
VF	SV	25	MW	15	FA	18	58	302	360	6
C&AL	SV	25	LH	12	JB	8	45	314	359	7
CCK	SV	25	MW	15	JB	8	48	285	333	8