European Grand Prix
After a four week break the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship resumes in Valencia for the European Grand Prix on August 23rd. You can watch Formula 1 live online at www.livef1.net and see who can tame the Spanish street circuit.
It has been a turbulent few weeks for motor racing. Following the tragic death of Henry Surtees in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was left critically injured after a crash in Formula 1 qualifying at the Hungaroring. Both accidents were caused by objects from other cars striking the driver’s crash helmet.
With the focus firmly on safety Renault has been suspended from the European Grand Prix after being accused of releasing Fernando Alonso’s car from the pits in Hungary with a loose wheel which later detached. Watch the European Grand Prix live online at www.livef1.net to see if the FIA will overturn the decision and allow Alonso to race in front of his home crowd. Nelson Piquet has lost his Renault drive and will most likely be replaced by GP2 driver Romain Grosjean.
Massa has now left hospital in his native Brazil and Valencia was due to see the much anticipated return of Michael Schumacher to Formula 1. The seven times F1 World Champion was set to replace Massa at Ferrari after an absence of nearly three years from Grand Prix racing, but cancelled his comeback due to a neck injury. You can watch live online Formula 1 streaming at www.livef1.net and find out who does eventually land the second Ferrari seat.
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button still leads the Formula 1 World Championship but the Englishman hasn’t looked like winning recently. Last time out in Hungary Lewis Hamilton scored his maiden victory of the season. You can follow the European GP live online here at www.livef1.net as the defending F1 World Champion tries to make it two Grand Prix wins in a row.
Button’s main threats in the world title fight are Red Bull team-mates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Webber finished second at the Hungaroring to further narrow the gap to Button in the points standings. Follow F1 live online at www.livef1.net as the popular Australian continues to chase his first Formula 1 World Championship.
The Valencia street circuit first staged a Formula 1 race last year, with Massa winning from pole position. The track has an astonishing 25 corners, crammed into just 5.419 km (3.367 miles). The 2009 European Grand Prix will take place over 57 laps of the circuit and you can follow all the action here at www.livef1.net. The lap record also belongs to Massa, in a time of 1minute, 38.708 seconds.
Take advantage of live F1 streaming to watch the 2009 European Grand Prix from Valencia live online at www.livef1.net. In addition to live Formula 1 coverage you can also follow other major racing series, including NASCAR and MotoGP.
