Lewis Hamilton used the momentum from his first Formula 1 win in Montreal last week to capitalize at the US Grand Prix this weekend. Hamilton scored another pole, which turned into another win.

His teammate Fernando Alonso was second, and the Ferrari boys got back on track with Felipe Massa third and Kimi Raikkonen fourth. Fifth was Renault's Heikki Kovalainen, who is turning his season around.

Falling even further out of favor is Toyota's Ralf Schumacher, who was involved in a three car shunt at the first turn. You have to wonder just how long Ralf will stay in that seat.

Third driver (aka test driver) Sebastian Vettel filled in for Robert Kubica, still recovering from his spectacular accident last week, at Williams Toyota. Vettel scored a point in his first Grand Prix. Kubica is expected to be back at the next Grand Prix.

The rest of the year should be very interesting as it appears McLaren Mercedes has inflicted the “have-at-it” rule between their

The start of the USGP. (Photo: Ferrari)

2007 United States Grand Prix Race Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 73 Winner 1 10
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 73 +1.5 secs 2 8
3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 73 +12.8 secs

Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton, after Hamilton won his second straight Grand Prix. (Photo: Ferrari)

If F1 doesn't come back to Indy, how about the 24 Hours of Indy... it works in France and the 12 hour version at Daytona. (Photo: ALMS)

The Future of the USGP

So, I'll let you hear the quotes from Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Joie Chitwood on the talks between Bernie Ecclestone and Tony George about the future of the USGP, then I'll play interpreter for you.

"Tony has stressed to Bernie in these meetings that we want to continue the event," said Chitwood. "We believe he feels the same.”

Uh, Joie, if you were meeting with him, why not ask him. The rough translation is Bernie wants more money.

Chitwood went on to say, “With eight years experience with the USGP, both Tony and Bernie know what the challenges are. They are exploring

Carl Edwards ended a 52 week winless streak at Michigan... it was also only the second Ford victory of the year. (Photo: Autostock)

Basically it seems it went like this. Bernie wants more money, Tony said no – those are the “challenges”. Then Tony tried hardball, saying that we have to have it done by July 12 or goodbye F1.

Bernie is not likely to fold under this kind of tactic with Singapore and others waiting for GPs, and a one week trip to Canada would suit the teams fine.

Like always, the issue is money, and it seems at this point Bernie is happy to go elsewhere. Tony clearly has his head in the clouds – look at what the Indy 500 has become ...

Edwards at Michigan

Breaking news ... a Hendrick car didn't win this week! RoushFord driver Carl Edwards ended a 52-race Nextel Cup winless streak by holding off Martin Truex Jr. at Michigan

Audi won Le Mans... again. But this time only one of the three factory R10TDI cars finished. (Photo: Audi)

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