Formula One News — July 2007

European GP - Sunday Photos

European GP - Sunday Press Conference

European GP - Sunday Team Quotes

European GP - Race Incidents

European GP - Race Results

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is pleased to confirm that Lewis Hamilton has been cleared to race in today™s European Grand Prix by the FIA Medical Delegate Dr Gary Hartstein and the Chief Medical Officer of the event, Dr Klaus Zerbian. Hamilton will thus start 10th on the grid for the race.

The heavy accident that befell Lewis Hamilton with five minutes to go in qualifying for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring probably skewed the results of qualifying for the race.

European GP - Saturday Photos

European GP - Saturday Press Conference

European GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Lewis Hamilton has returned to the F1 paddock after undergoing medical tests at the Bundeswehrezentralkrankenhaus in Koblenz. The team will now decided whether Hamilton will race tomorrow. There is little doubt that he will be on the grid on Sunday.

European GP - Qualifying Results

Lewis Hamilton has no broken bones and no pain but will be staying in the Medical Centre at the Nurburgring under observation for a couple of hours to make sure that the G-forces involved in his accident did not cause him any serious damage.

Lewis Hamilton had a sizeable accident in the final minutes of qualifying for the European Grand Prix when his McLaren suffered a tyre or wheel failure on the right front at the high-speed Turn 8.

Kimi Raikkonen continued to lead the way at the Nurburging, setting the fastest lap of the morning session on Saturday with a time that two-tenths of a second faster than McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

European GP - Practice 3 Results

Kimi Raikkonen ended the second practice session for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring at the top of the timesheets, beating Lewis Hamilton by a tenth of a second.

European GP - Friday Photos

European GP - Friday Press Conference

European GP - Friday Team Quotes

European GP - Practice 2 Results

The French motorsport federation (FFSA) says that it is hoping to organise a French GP in 2008, despite suggestions (from Bernie Ecclestone and others) that the race will not happen next year.

Lewis Hamilton took his McLaren to the top of the timesheets at the Nurburgring, two-tenths of a second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari. The Finn was two-tenths clear of Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso.

European GP - Practice 1 Results

European GP - Thursday Press Conference