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The British driver Lewis Hamilton was fined 500 Australian dollars (about $ 470 Canadian) on Monday by a judge for reckless driving in Melbourne in March alongside the Australian Grand Prix F1.

“This is a case about someone in a position of responsibility that leads to speeding,” said Magistrate Clive Alsop.

The Briton was taken last March 26, in flagrant speeding. He had just made a fishtail in a busy street, driving his Mercedes.

The 2007 world champion had apologized for his “silly conduct” immediately after his arrest.

The Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, said Hamilton “gave a bad example” and should, in addition to the fine, “for example to make a donation to an educational program designed to educate bad drivers to the risks of dangerous driving “.

Hamilton, 25, is currently second in the drivers standings Championship 2010. He had his license suspended for one month for driving in 196 km / h in France.

Alguersuari and Pedro Martínez de la Rosa commanded the third day of Formula 1 qualifying taking place at the Jerez circuit in a day in which he made an appearance again in the rain.

Hardly had one hour of real activity on the track. It was the time it gave the pilots meteorology. At that time, the two Spanish pilots made several short runs, probably with little fuel, which managed to make the best of times.

De la Rosa was the first to break the record of Massa, the early risers of all and he opened the timesheets. Then download it again until she fell in 1:20.736. Did not last long the first place because Alguersuari beat him with a 1:19.919, the second of the whole week off of 1:20.

Shortly afterwards the rain and the pilots took refuge in their garages. Only showed up in court for recognition and spin and check the status of it. The bravest was Rubens Barrichello, but despite being one of the most experienced of the grid in wet conditions, ended in the gravel at turn Angel Nieto.

The pilots took to the track a few times and just doing laps, but Barrichello, who was trying to complete 120 laps in the rain with all types of tires. The problem was that it did not rain enough to put on intermediate tires, but neither is the track to run on the dry end of the day unless it rained thoroughly.

The weather did not improve throughout the day, so that we can not draw broad conclusions. The only slightly positive for Ferrari was that Massa managed to be the fastest prominently in the rain without so much intensity. The F10 shot in time of 1:27 when the rest did it in 1:30 or more. For this Sunday announcing dry, though not certain.

So were the times:
1. Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 1:19.919 (76 laps)
2. Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (Sauber) 1:20.736 (58)
3. Adrian Sutil (Force India) 1:21.428 (48)
4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:21.603 (72)
5. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:21.783 (59)
6. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 1:22.000 (68)
7. Nico Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:22.820 (51)
8. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) 1:23.217 (120)
9. Lewis Hamilton (Team McLaren) 1:23.985 (68)
10. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin) 1:37.107 (8)

Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello took advantage of an error by Lewis Hamilton and his team during a pit stop to escape with victory at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday.

With 20 laps to do, Hamilton, who occupied the top position since the start of the race was likely a problem of communication with members of his team.

Barrichello took the opportunity to take the command position and spinning to their first win of the season. The pilot of the team Brawn wins a first victory since 2004 and a tenth career.

Rubens Barrichello

Despite that mistake that prevents him from winning a second consecutive Grand Prix, Hamilton takes to the second highest step of the podium.

After a second place in Hungary, the Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen finished third while Heikki Kovalainen, on the other McLaren-Mercedes, took fourth.

Nico Rosberg Williams puts his fifth, before Fernando Alonso (Renault), sixth before his audience. The Championship leader, Jenson Button, author of a bad start and a disappointing race, finished seventh, before the returning Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber).

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The other striking feature of the race Valencian, low overrun, is the dismal performance of Luca Badoer, replacing at short notice of Felipe Massa, seriously injured in Hungary, and Michael Schumacher in the neck is too weak to drive an F1 car again .

The Italian, who has stepped face-to-tail on the track and been overtaken by Romain Grosjean (Renault) wells, to the despair of the Scuderia, besides, has sentenced a stop penalty for went wide.

Grosjean, at its inception, has a roll sawtooth. Returning to Timo Glock (Toyota) in the first round, which sentenced him to a race anonymously, punctuated by a head to tail, then drove very fast honorable to classify fifteenth.

The pilot Lewis Hamilton was “thrilled” with the possibility that Michael Schumacher is involved in the next Grand Prix to be held in Valencia, which was a shame “that the German was withdrawn before it could” compete with him, “although cree would not be a surprise ahead of him.

Lewis Hamilton

“I am excited about the possibility that Schumacher returns to Formula 1, he is one of the best athletes, a legend and will be an honor and a privilege to race against him,” Hamilton said in statements to the ‘Mail on Sunday’, where opined that “the whole world will be watching his back” to the circuits.

However, although the McLaren is convinced that “knowledge, no problems sure to be at the top,” Hamilton explained that “reaching this stage of the season, Schumacher has the disadvantage of not having the same experience as the other pilots, “but ahead of him would not be so important.

“The whole world is watching your back”

Accident on Massa

The presence of Schumacher in the Formula 1 World possible by Felipe Massa suffered an accident, so Lewis Hamilton acknowledged that his “thoughts are still with Massa and his family after the terrible accident.”

“I know first hand the great fighting spirit of Massa, because we had a fantastic battle for the World Cup last year, was a gentleman, and I want you to know that we are all waiting,” wanted the pilot, who was not shocked the shock suffered by the Brazilian.

“It is clear that it was tragic, but I’m not shocked, I have always known how dangerous it is to this sport, I think there’s an element of danger, but that’s what makes it so exciting. None of us want to see anyone hurt, and we must take account of what happened a couple of weeks and try to find some ideas and try to prevent it does not happen again. “