F1: Raikkonen wins Belgian GP

Kimi Raikkonen became the sixth different winner in the last six races, according to Formula1.com. This snapped a 25-race winless streak and was Ferrari's first win of the season.

Our View After Jenson Button won six of the first seven races, it is wonderful to see this kind of parity.

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F1: Turkey's last four races

To date, there have been only four Turkish Grand Prixs, as Formula 1 continues to expand into the Middle and Near East and so far, this has been Felipe Massa's personal playground. He's won the last three editions of this race, and if not for a failure to finish in the inaugural race of 2005—he might have been absolutely perfect.

Kimi Raikkonen is the only other winner this track has seen, and of course he took that first event. He hasn't been bad lately either with a second in 2007 and an eighth last year.

Average finish, last four races

Driver	Avg Finish	2008	2007	2006	Inaugural 2005
Juan Montoya	3.00				3
Fernando Alonso	3.25	6	3	2	2
Lewis Hamilton	3.50	2	5
Pedro de la Rosa	5.00			5
Felipe Massa	5.50	1	1	1	19
Kimi Raikkonen	6.75	3	2	21	1
Robert Kubica	8.00	4	8	12
Jenson Button	8.25	11	13	4	5
Heikki Kovalainen	9.00	12	6
Christian Klien	9.50			11	8
Giancarlo Fisichella	9.75	20	9	6	4
Michael Schumacher	10.00			3	17
Jarno Trulli	10.25	10	16	9	6
Nick Heidfeld	10.25	5	4	14	18
David Coulthard	10.25	9	10	15	7
Ralf Schumacher	10.33		12	7	12
Alexander Wurz	11.00		11
Jacques Villeneuve Jr	11.00				11
Nico Rosberg	11.00	8	7	18
Rubens Barrichello	12.25	14	17	8	10
Timo Glock	13.00	13
Robert Doornbos	13.00				13
Scott Speed	13.00			13
Anthony Davidson	14.00		14
Narain Karthikeyan	14.00				14
Takuma Sato	14.67		18	17	9
Mark Webber	14.75	7	22	10	20
Nelson Piquet Jr	15.00	15
Christijan Albers	16.00			16	16
Vitantonio Liuzzi	17.50		15	20
Sebastian Bourdais	18.00	18
Sebastian Vettel	18.00	17	19
Tiago Monteiro	18.50			22	15
Adrian Sutil	18.50	16	21
Kazuki Nakajima	19.00	19
Sakon Yamamoto	19.50		20	19

F1: Monaco GP Lineup

Jenson button continues to be the hottest driver on the Formula 1 circuit. Despite an average starting position of nearly 12th in seven attempts, he put down a blistering fast lap of one minute, 14.902 seconds and will roll off from the pole. That is critical to success on the tight, twisty Monaco road course.

Kimi Raikkonen is in the second position in a Ferrari.

Button is not the only Brawn driver at the front of the field. This new organization has topped the Unified Power Rankings in recent weeks, and teammate Rubens Barrichello starts third.

Lewis Hamilton's struggles continue. He crashed barely four laps into qualification and will have to roll off the grid deep in the field in 16th. He will be lucky to earn a single championship point and should not be considered a good bet to win.

Lineup

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Jenson Button	11.14	11.71	7
2	Kimi Raikkonen	10.25	6.25	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	8.81	8.94	16
4	Sebastian Vettel	5.00	19.00	1
5	Felipe Massa	7.17	10.83	6
6	Nico Rosberg	15.67	6.33	3
7	Heikki Kovalainen	10.50	9.50	2
8	Mark Webber	10.20	10.20	5
9	Fernando Alonso	6.57	5.71	7
10	Kazuki Nakajima	7.00	13.00	1
11	Sebastian Buemi
12	Nelson Piquet Jr	17.00	17.00	1
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	9.69	9.38	13
14	Sebastian Bourdais	20.00	16.00	1
15	Adrian Sutil	17.50	18.50	2
16	Lewis Hamilton	1.50	2.50	2
17	Nick Heidfeld	9.44	13.56	9
18	Robert Kubica	3.50	6.50	2
19	Jarno Trulli	11.25	7.50	12
20	Timo Glock	12.00	10.00	1

F1: Barrichello draws first blood

Rubens Barrichello drew first blood in practice for the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix according to PlanetF1.com, posting a time of one minute, 17.189 seconds and narrowly beating Felipe Massa.

Our View: Third-best Lewis Hamilton is still hoping to turn his season around, while Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen rounded out the top five.

Practice One Speeds

Rank	Driver	Best Time	Laps
1	Rubens Barrichello	1:17.189	25
2	Felipe Massa	1:17.499	30
3	Lewis Hamilton	1:17.578	25
4	Heikki Kovalainen	1:17.686	29
5	Kimi Räikkönen	1:17.839	29
6	Kazuki Nakajima	1:18.000	29
7	Nico Rosberg	1:18.024	27
8	Jenson Button	1:18.080	27
9	Fernando Alonso	1:18.283	30
10	Mark Webber	1:18.348	22
11	Sebastian Buemi	1:18.695	36
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1:19.204	36
13	Sebastian Vettel	1:19.233	16
14	Sebastian Bourdais	1:19.255	31
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:19.534	28
16	Robert Kubica	1:19.555	31
17	Nick Heidfeld	1:19.579	23
18	Adrian Sutil	1:19.600	24
19	Timo Glock	1:19.698	24
20	Jarno Trulli	1:19.831	28

F1: Ferrari Spanish GP preview

The season may already have four races under its belt, but the emotional start to the year happens when the series runs its first European race, according to a press release from Ferrari.

Our View: Ferrari will be challenged with a new chassis and aero-package this week and their thoughts about how this will impact Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa can be found in this release.

F1: Spanish GP Avg. Finishes

The Spanish Grand Prix is just around the corner and here is a little help to set your roster.

Lewis Hamilton tops the average finish charts for the Spanish Grand Prix, although he has yet to win and started only two previous races. He finished second in 2007 and third in 2008. Las year's winner Kimi Raikkonen might not be your best choice this week since he has only the seventh best average result.

Spanish Grand Prix Average Finish
Last Five Years

Driver	5 Yr Avg Finish	Avg Start	Attempts
Lewis Hamilton	2.50	4.50	2
Robert Kubica	4.00	4.50	2
Fernando Alonso	5.00	3.20	5
Felipe Massa	5.40	7.00	5
Michael Schumacher	6.00	4.00	3
Giancarlo Fisichella	6.80	9.80	5
Kimi Raikkonen	7.40	5.40	5
Mark Webber	7.67	6.00	3
Jenson Button	8.00	12.25	4
Jarno Trulli	8.80	6.00	5
Rubens Barrichello	8.80	9.80	5
David Coulthard	9.80	13.20	5
Nico Rosberg	10.33	13.00	3
Takuma Sato	10.75	14.25	4
Ralf Schumacher	11.50	8.25	4
Heikki Kovalainen	12.00	7.00	2
Nick Heidfeld	12.00	11.60	5
Tiago Monteiro	14.00	17.50	2
Juan Montoya	14.33	7.00	3
Christian Klien	14.50	15.00	2
Anthony Davidson	14.50	18.00	2
Mark Weber	15.00	15.00	2
Christijan Albers	16.00	17.67	3
Vitantonio Liuzzi	16.67	13.33	3
Adrian Sutil	17.00	20.00	2
Scott Speed	18.50	19.00	2