Italian Grand Prix has always been one of the most interesting and exciting. But this time, it was a real thriller. Well, right from the qualification yesterday it was clear that the race would be exciting but not to this extent.

Who could have imagined that Sebastian Vettel at the age of 21 would storm his Toro Rosso to the winning position? Vettel is the youngest driver ever to win a Formula One Grand Prix. But this is not the only surprise. Let's not forget that the car that vettel was driving does not belong to the top runners.

I would like to congratulate Sebastian Vettel with this marvelous victory and the whole Toro Rosso team. Great job done.

Unfortunately, Giancarlo Fisichella was the only driver to retire from this race.

Things were not that well for the reds but still Massa managed to achieve his main task (finished 6th) a bit - win one more point from his main rival Luis Hamilton (finished 7th).

The bad luck still follows Kimi Raikkonen who was not able to score at all.

BWM was quite strong with Robert Kubica finishing on the podium (3rd) and Nick Heidfeld finishing the 5th.

Fernando Alonso's result is quite far from the one that a two times world champion would have expected, however taking into consideration the bad performance of the season's leader, Fernando looked quite strong and managed to get the 4th place.

I'm glad to announce that we are in Valencia attending the Grand Prix of Europe and I will do my best to transfer the excitement that goes along with this Grand Prix. The atmosphere in Valencia is fantastic. The circuit is great and the race is very promising. Today's qualification was really exciting. We were sitting right among the Mercedes-McLaren and Renault fans.

Unfortunately, the qualification for Alonso did not go that well and it was a major disappointment both for him and his numerous fans here in Spain. Lewis Hamilton's fans got really wild when the Briton managed to take the first position from Massa but that did not keep long. Within a moment, the Brazilian was able to push his Ferrari to the max and secure so much needed pole position.

Things don't go that well for Ferrari's the other driver. Kimi Räikkönen still does not seem to be in an optimal shape. While he will be starting from the fourth position tomorrow, I believe all of his fans and the team require and expect more from him. Let's hope that Kimi will manage to show his best tomorrow.

BMW looks very strong in Valencia as well and I think if Mario Theissen's guys are careful tomorrow, they may get quite good results.

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Nelson Piquet Jr. has had his best race in Germany. The young driver started from the 17th position and ended on the podium. You will agree that this was totally unexpected. If I had known I would have done some betting online. But hey, that's why we love Formula One, don't we?

As of writing this, the Formula One official website has a very interesting poll with a question:

"After his podium in Germany, will Nelson Piquet score again in Hungary next weekend?".

I'm not sure how many people have participated in the poll but right now slightly less than 5% of voters think that Piquet will Definitely score again. Almost 25% of the voters think that he Piquet will possibly score again and 70% of the voters think that it is unlikely that Piquet will score again.

My answer was Possibly. I think Piquet Jr. is a talented driver and maybe his car is not the best, but the driver has enormous motivation to push hard. I think Piquet has a chance to score again in Hungary and once again surprise us with his fantastic performance. And finally, let's not forget the factor of Flavio Briatore, one of the Formula One geniuses.

Formula One cars feature one of the most complex and advanced engines (for example compare F1 engine's 20,000 RPM to 6,000-7,000 RPM of a good road car's engine) and that's not a surprise. After all, Formula One is a sport where a thousands of a second can make a difference between winning and losing. Because of this, FIA does not allow any kind of engine alternation from the original specifications which are set by FIA at the beginning of the season.

We live in a world that is far from being perfect and the teams may have temptations to tweak their engines to gain advantage over their competitors. To keep the game fair, FIA checks all Formula One engines. The aim of the test is to reveal any changes that the engine manufactures may have made after the start of the season.

This year Mercedes-Benz is the first manufacturer whose engine will be checked. Tests of other engines will follow for sure.

Hopefully, the engine checks will go without any problems for the teams. The sport has already lost Super Aguri in this season because of the financial problems and it would be pity to see any other team disqualified.

Photo source: http://www.cartuningcentral.com

The German Grand Prix, as expected, turned out very interesting and fascinating. It looks like that after a couple of unsuccessful races, Lewis Hamilton is back and he's unstoppable.

The Briton started the race from the pole position and he was driving pretty confidently for the first middle of the race. However, Glock's accident shook up the things and the whole advantage that Hamiton had created from the start disappeared.

For a moment, it seemed that Renault's Piquet Junior and Ferrari's Felipe Massa would manage to keep their positions. After all, only 15 or so laps were before the finish. However, Hamilton was fast, very fast and managed to quickly turn the race to his advantage.

Nelsinho Piquet's second position was a real sensation. Moreover, the young Brazilian driver started the race from the 17th position. Congratulations to Nelsinho and all to all his and Renault's with a marvelous race and fantastic results.

It looks like that there are some problems in Scuderia Ferrari. The race was quite okay for the red cars, but unfortunately not enough to compete against McLaren-Mercedes. For now, Hamilton is ahead of both Massa and Räikkönen. If this tendency continues for the next couple of races, it will bring serious problems to both Massa and Räikkönen.

The Formula One 2008 season has gone past the middle and as a result speculations have intensified regarding the new faces and the possible transfers of the drivers for the upcoming season.

There is an opinion that GP2 Series race-winners Bruno Senna and Sébastien Buemi may both become regular Formula One drivers in 2009. According to the rumours, Senna will be joining STR and Buemi will head to BMW-Sauber.

Buemi drove the Red Bull RB3 at the F1 test session in Jerez on September 18, 2007 and in January of 2008 he joined Red Bull as a test and reserve driver.

In April we wrote about the Singapore's race and the special lighting system that will be deployed there. The race, which will take place by the end of September will be the first night race in the history of Formula One. At the same time, like the Grand Prix in Monca, the race in Singapore will take place in the streets. However, this is not the only similarity with Monaco. There is an opinion that the race in Singapore will be as great as that of Monaco. If we take into consideration the fact that Formula One is a business and a sport at the same time, then the race in Singapore has all chances to compete with Monaco in terms of interest, sponsors, advertising, etc.

Last week the new pit building was inaugurated and it looks like that the preparations are progressing well. I really envy all those people who will be attending this fantastic event.