Alonso's back!!!

My favourite Formula 1 driver, Fernando Alonso, and his team, Renault, are back! And that in his home race in Barcelona, Spain.

Alonso today almost got pole position after a hard season so far. Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari just beat him to pole, so he starts in 2nd place.

I'm totally ecstatic, and it ought to be a great race tomorrow.

Here are the full qualifying results, as well as some great Alonso pics from today's qualifying session.

1 Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari
2 Fernando Alonso - Renault
3 Felipe Massa - Ferrari
4 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber
5 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
6 Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren-Mercedes
7 Mark Webber - Red Bull
8 Jarno Trulli - Toyota
9 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
10 Nelsinho Piquet - Renault
11 Rubens Barrichello - Honda
12 Kazuki Nakajima - Williams-Toyota
13 Jenson Button - Honda
14 Timo Glock - Toyota
15 Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota
16 Sebastien Bourdais - STR-Ferrari
17 David Coulthard - Red Bull-Renault
18 Sebastian Vettel - STR-Ferrari
19 Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India-Ferrari
20 Adrian Sutil - Force India-Ferrari
21 Anthony Davidson - Super Aguri-Honda
22 Takuma Sato - Super Aguri-Honda

Massa takes 2nd Bahrain victory

Felipe Massa from Brazil won the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row today in his Ferrari.

His teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, took second, giving Ferrari a solid 1-2 finish.

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) drove into the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault, causing him to finish outside of the points in 13th place.




























The complete results were as follows:

1 Felipe Massa - Ferrari
2 Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari
3 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber
4 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
5 Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren-Mercedes
6 Jarno Trulli - Toyota
7 Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
8 Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota
9 Timo Glock - Toyota
10 Fernando Alonso - Renault
11 Rubens Barrichello - Honda
12 Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India-Ferrari
13 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
14 Kazuki Nakajima - Williams-Toyota
15 Sébastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16 Anthony Davidson - Super Aguri-Honda
17 Takuma Sato - Super Aguri-Honda
18 David Coulthard - Red Bull-Renault
19 Adrian Sutil - Force India-Ferrari
Ret Nelson Piquet Jr. - Renault
Ret Jenson Button - Honda
Ret Sebastian Vettel - Toro Rosso-Ferrari

The next Formula 1 race takes place in Barcelona, Spain in 3 weeks time.

Kubica takes first ever pole

Robert Kubica from Poland took his first ever pole position in Formula 1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix today.

This was also BMW's maiden pole position.




















Above: Robert Kubica just after taking pole.




















Above: 2 times world champion (and my favourite driver), Fernando Alonso, congratulates Kubica.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) will start alongside Kubica in 2nd place, and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) behind him in 3rd.

The race starts at 13:30 South African time tomorrow. Don't miss it!

Liverpool and Arsenal draw again

For the second time in the space of 3 days Liverpool drew 1-1 with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool in the first half, but Nicklas Bendtner equalised for Arsenal in the second half.


















Above: Peter Crouch celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the match.

No other goals were scored. The 2 teams meet again at Anfield on Tuesday night for the 2nd leg of their quarter final clash, with Liverpool at an advantage with an away goal.

Blog now in english

Hey guys!

Sorry for being so quiet the last few months.
I'm only going to write in english from now on, as more people will be able to read my blog, and not only the Afrikaans people.

Have a great weekend further!

Tharina