Formula 1: Ferrari celebrates one-two finish at Hockenheim
Victory for ZF Sachs partner Ferrari in the German GP: In front of thousands of enthusiastic fans Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, whose cars are equipped with ZF Sachs Race Engineering dampers, celebrated a one-two finish. For Ferrari it was the second one-two following the season opener in Bahrain.
Massa took the lead at Hockenheim immediately after the start, defended it convincingly up to lap 49 before allowing his team mate Fernando Alonso to take first place.
The prestigious German duel in the Mercedes GP team was again won by Nico Rosberg. The German, who also relies on ZF Sachs dampers in his car, finished eighth ahead of his team mate Michael Schumacher. As a result the two drivers collected valuable points in their home event.
No technical problems and both cars across the finish line � this was the summary of both Sauber drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa, who finished the German GP in eleventh and fourteenth positions. The two drivers also rely on dampers of the ZF Sachs brand in their cars.
Result German GP (D), round 11, FIA Formula World Championship, 23.07-25.07.2010:
1. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1h 27m 38.864s, ZF Sachs
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, + 4.196s, ZF Sachs
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, + 5.121s.
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, + 26.896s.
5. Jenson Button, McLaren, + 29.482s.
6. Mark Webber, Red Bull, + 43.606s.
7. Robert Kubica, Renault, - 1 lap
8. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
9. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
10. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, - 1 lap.
Drivers� World Championship standings:
1. Lewis Hamilton, 157 points; 2. Jenson Button, 143; 3. Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, 136; 5. Fernando Alonso, 123; 6. Nico Rosberg, 94; 7. Robert Kubica, 89; 8. Felipe Massa, 85; 9. Michael Schumacher, 38; 10. Adrian Sutil, 35.
Manufacturers� World Championship standings:
1. McLaren, 300 points; 2. Red Bull, 272; 3. Ferrari, 208; 4. Mercedes, 132; 5. Renault, 96; 6. Force India, 47; 7. Williams, 31; 8. Sauber, 15; 9. Scuderia Toro Rosso, 10.
Other results:
Result Hockenheim (D), round 7, Supercup, 23.07-25.07.2010:
1. Nicolas Armindo, Porsche, 24m 22.602s, ZF Sachs
2. Jan Seyffarth, Porsche, + 2.226s, ZF Sachs
3. Christian Engelhart, Porsche, + 2.944s, ZF Sachs
4. Stefan Rosina, Porsche, + 5.416s, ZF Sachs
5. Jaap van Lagen, Porsche, + 6.104s, ZF Sachs
6. Norbert Siedler, Porsche, + 9.606s, ZF Sachs
7. Martin Ragginger, Porsche, + 12.394s, ZF Sachs
8. Sebastiaan Bleekemolen, Porsche, + 13.315s, ZF Sachs
9. Matthew Halliday, Porsche, + 13.697s, ZF Sachs
10. Patrick Huisman, Porsche, + 15.687s, ZF Sachs
Drivers� Championship standings:
1. Ren�Rast, 106 points; 2. Nick Tandy, 90; 3. Stefan Rosina, 89; 4. Norbert Siedler, 80; 5. Jeroen Bleekemolen, 74; 6. Jaap van Lagen, 68.