I woke up today and the first thought I had in my head was the German GP at Hockenheim. I tried to keep myself busy until the beginning of the Grand Prix, but I just couldn’t stop thinking about it.

I knew inside, after watching qualifying, that something special was going to happen, and it did. That special feeling that I had? It’s the Lewis Hamilton feeling.

What a race at Hockenheim! Lots of overtaking, and a safety car thrown in. No rain this time round for the German GP, but the tension created at this race was still immense.

At the lights out, Hamilton, on pole position, made a great start. Kubica starting in seventh position made a lightning start, ending up fourth position at the end of lap 1. Can Kubica sustain his points position near the top this weekend? He has to.

Through out the first stint of the race, we could begin to see the pace of the McLarens vs. Ferrari. It was easy to see who was faster. The McLaren of Lewis Hamilton was basically 0.8 of a second faster than second place Felipe Massa. Hamilton was setting faster sector times almost each lap, pulling away and setting a great margin between himself and Felipe.

The battle behind was also heating up, as Jarno Trulli, who started fourth, had Raikkonen and Alonso behind him. The midfield battle was as intense as ever, all the cars quite close together battling for position. Button of Honda and DC of Red Bull Racing had another battle for position.

At lap 8, Lewis had a lead of 5.5 seconds, and he looked comfortable. It looked like nothing but a mechanical failure or situation beyond his control was going to stop him. Good consistent sector times followed, and he set another fastest lap time on lap 11. So far, so good.

Jarno Trulli in fifth place, was now looking comfortable with a small margin between him and Kimi Raikkonen. The pace of the Ferrari was nowhere it seemed, and Kimi knew he was in for a long day.

He was hoping for high temperatures, he didn’t get them. The track was at a low level of temperature throughout the Grand Prix, with its highest temperatures being right at the beginning of the race, and right at the end. Either way, Kimi was slow.

McLaren, in the hands of Lewis Hamilton, were looking very strong, and had an easy 0.4 to 0.8 seconds advantage over Ferrari. I’m really beginning to feel that McLaren have made some good progress with the car now, and the facts proved it.

Meanwhile, in the midfield, DC was battling with Jenson Button, and eventually dived down the inside to take Button for 13^th position, leaving Button into the clutches of Williams’ Nico Rosberg, one of the five German drivers taking part in this years German Grand Prix.

At the back of the field, the two Force India cars had a fight, with Adrian Sutil passing Giancarlo Fisichella.

In Williams’ other car, Kazuki Nakajima spins on lap 18, and lets past Sutil and the one stopping Nelson Piquet of Renault. Renault was down the field due to Piquet only qualifying in 17^th

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