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FINISH: However with Massa's pit stop still under investigation it remains to be seen whether he will hold onto the win

FINISH: Kubica is third ahead of Kovalainen, Trulli, Vettel, Glock and Rosberg

Lap 57: Massa crosses the line to win the 2008 European GP ahead of Hamilton, taking two points out of the McLaren driver's Championship lead

Lap 57: Final lap for Massa, who is on track to winning F1's inaugural Valencia GP

Lap 56: Heidfeld in ninth place is 14s behind Rosberg and poses no threat to the Williams driver's point

Lap 55: Raikkonen's retirement means Rosberg is now in the points in eighth place

Lap 54: Good race from Vettel who is P6 and on course for another points-scoring finish for Toro Rosso

Lap 53: Nakajima passes Barrichello for P15

Lap 52: Massa continues to lead in Valencia by 7.2s over Hamilton

Lap 51: Raikkonen refuses to chat to Louise Goodman, running away as she tries to get a quote

Lap 50: Ferrari have confirmed that the mechanic is on his way to the medical centre to be checked out by the doctor while the team's press officer says he would be surprised if Massa was penalised as other stops have been just as "hot" this year. He also says that Raikkonen left the pit a bit too early

Lap 49: Raikkonen has stormed out of the back of the Ferrari garage. He is not a happy chappy

Lap 48: What an afternoon for Ferrari

Lap 47: And Raikkonen's race is over. His Ferrari engine blows in spectacular fashion, pouring smoke out over the track

Lap 46: Massa's incident will only be investigated after the race while Raikkonen's mechanic is on his way to the medical centre. It was a pretty bad incident

Lap 45: Kovalainen and Raikkonen both pit. It's a pit stop race and is won by Kovalainen as Raikkonen tries to leave too early and he takes out one of his mechanics. The Finn also has the fuel hose still attached and to stop and wait while Ferrari disconnect it. Dreadful for Ferrari. Raikkonen comes out behind Trulli

Lap 44: Sutil has crashed his car into a tyre barrier

Lap 43: Trulli pits from fifth place. Heidfeld is also in for his second stop

Lap 42: Kubica pitted from third place, coming out P6

Lap 41: Vettel pit

Lap 40: Hamilton pits from the lead. He comes out in second place

Lap 40: Massa is under investigation for an unsafe release in the pit lane. Is the Brazilian about to lose a second race win in a row?

Lap 39: Rosberg pits from seventh place

Lap 38: Bourdais pits

Lap 38: Massa pits for 8.5s and comes across the Force India of Sutil in the pit lane. The two narrowly avoid a collision with Massa backing off

Lap 37: Ferrari mechanics are out

Lap 36: Another new fastest lap time from Massa. He is flying

Lap 35: Vettel, who is P7, sets his best lap time of the race

Lap 34: Massa sets a new fastest lap of the race, a 1:38.840

Lap 34: Piquet Jr pits from 11th place. He was the last driver in need of a stop

Lap 33: Coulthard pits. He is last, just behind Barrichello and Nakajima on the track

Lap 32: Barrichello and Nakajima pit

Lap 32: Massa now has an 8s lead over Hamilton

Lap 31: Glock pits leaving only Piquet Jr and Barrichello still in need of fuel

Lap 30: Button pits

Lap 29: Glock is most defintely one-stopping. As the German qualified P13 he could opt for whatever fuel strategy he wanted

Lap 28: Massa's lead is now 6.5s over Hamilton

Lap 27: Piquet Jr has a damaged front wing with a piece flapping away

Lap 26: Not much going on out on track at the moment. It's Monaco, only quicker

Lap 25: The biggest faller in the first round of stops was Bourdais who dropped from P11 to P15

Lap 24: Hamilton has fallen off Massa's pace the last two laps, dropping 1.6s in two laps

Lap 23: After the first round of stops Massa is once again leading with Hamilton second, Kubica third and Kovalainen fourth. Raikkonen failed to get ahead of Kovalainen while Trulli has taken a position off Vettel

Lap 22: And with that Heidfeld pits from fourth place. He stops for 8.5s

Lap 22: Of the top eight Heidfeld and Glock are the only two who still have to stop

Lap 21: Kovalainen pits from the lead. He's stationary for 9.7s and comes out just ahead of the BMW of Heidfeld

Lap 20: Sutil pits as well

Lap 20: Trull pits from fourth place. There is a lot of dust as the drivers stop in their pit boxes

Lap 19: And with that Kubica pits for 8.9s. Raikkonen pits as well for 9.9s. The Ferrari driver comes out behind the Toyota of Glock

Lap 19: Kubica is now leading the grand prix with Kovalainen and Massa behind him

Lap 18: Vettel pits from sixth place and comes out P9

Lap 17: Hamilton pits just two laps after Massa. Has he made up the 4 sec deficit? He's in for 8.9s and comes out behind the two Ferraris

Lap 17: Hamilton is leading in Valencia and it is all smiles for McLaren

Lap 16: Massa comes out just ahead of Raikkonen. Problems for Ferrari as a heavy Massa is now holding up Raikkonen while both Ferraris are stuck behind the McLaren of Kovalainen

Lap 15: Massa is pitting from the lead. The Brazilian is in for 9.1s and McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh is all smiles about Massa's early stop

Lap 14: Trulli has caught up to the back of Vettel's Toro Rosso as the train behind Kubica now includes four other cars

Lap 13: Massa sets a new fastest lap of the grand prix, a 1:39.167

Lap 13: Raikkonen is less than half a second behind Kovalainen but given how tight the circuit is he can't find a way through

Lap 12: Massa continues to lead here in Valencia by 4sec over Hamilton. Kubica in third place is a further 10.2s adrift

Lap 11: Coulthard passes Barrichello as the Brazilian runs wide

Lap 10: Kubica's lack of pace has allowed not only Kovalainen and Raikkonen to close up on him but also Vettel to move up to the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari. His mechanics, though, have returned to the team's garage

Lap 9: BMW mechanics are out with a new nosecone. Not sure who is coming in though

Lap 8: Kovalainen has closed right up on Kubica and almost tags the BMW driver under braking. Kubica is currently P3 ahead of Kovalainen and Riakkonen

Lap 7: Coulthard brakes late trying to get up the inside of Sutil but instead gets wacked by the Force India driver putting DC into a spin and losing pieces of bodywork as well as a few places

Lap 6: Sutil is getting a bit upset about being stuck behind his team-mate Fisichella and tells his team that he wants to pass the Roman

Lap 5: Coulthard passes Piquet Jr for 16th place. The duo are behind Sutil who has had a great start despite starting from the pit lane

Lap 4: Nakajima has rejioned the race with a new nose while Alonso has retired

Lap 3: Great opening part of the race for Vettel who is holding onto this sixth place. His team-mate Bourdais, though, has dropped out of the top ten

Lap 2: Massa is pulling away from Hamilton and after just one lap has a 1.4s lead over teh chasing McLaren

Lap 1: Problems for Alonso who is touring at the back of the pack while Nakajima lost his nose on the back of Alonso's car. Both pit for repairs

Lap 1: Massa gets a good start while Hamilton is quick to defend against Kubica. Kovalainen takes Raikkonen for third place

START: And it's go in Valencia

13H03: The grid reforms and the drivers are ready for the start of the 2008 European GP

13H01: All the drivers are starting on the harder option Bridgestone tyres except for Nico Rosberg

13H00: The formation lap gets underway

12H55: It's a hot day out in Spain with the air temperature sitting about the 30'C mark

12H50: Adrian Sutil, who had qualified P20, is starting from the pit lane as is the Honda of Rubens Barrichello. The Brazilian had qualified P19

12H45: The rich, famous and powerful take a walk down the grid, waving at the fans who are really close to the track given where the grandstands are placed. The stands are packed, it's a sell-out crowd here this afternoon

12H40: The two Toro Rossos are both starting today's race in the top ten with Seb Vettel in sixth place just behind Kovalainen and Seb Bourdais P10

12H30: The pit lane is open for the cars to head to the grid. They have 15 minutes to line up on the grid slots

12H25: Kimi Raikkonen, who is P4, will also be on the dirty side, having being outpaced by BMW's Robert Kubica in qualifying. The pole

12H20: Prior to qualifying the FIA announced a change of the grid positions with pole position behind moved to the right-hand side of the grid. This means Hamilton will be starting on the dirty, less gripy side of the grid

12H15: Felipe Massa is starting the grand prix on pole position having outpaced Lewis Hamilton during Saturday's qualifying

12H05: Faster than Monaco but just as tight in places with hard braking zones today's grand prix could offer a festival of mishaps - or it could just prove to be a procession... only time will tell

12H00: Welcome to coverage of the 2008 European GP, which takes place at the new Valencia street circuit