The thrills, the spills, the near-misses – it might have been a bit processional at times but no-one could claim it wasn’t exciting too. At least, now we know that Heikki Kovalainen’s OK.
For anyone short of time, patience or attention, here’s our six-word summaries of race, teams and drivers.
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Overall race report
Pole sitter’s race winner – as usual
Drivers
- 1st: Kimi Raikkonen
- Won in qualifying, mustn’t get complacent
- 2nd: Felipe Massa
- Relegated to rear-gunner once more
- 3rd: Lewis Hamilton
- Turned recent bad fortune into podium
- 4th: Robert Kubica
- Proves he’s no one-race wonder
- 5th: Mark Webber
- This is more what we expected
- 6th: Jenson Button
- Kept his head, did Honda proud
- 7th: Kazuki Nakajima
- Scraped a couple of points together
- 8th: Jarno Trulli
- Slight step backwards for old campaigner
- 9th: Nick Heidfeld
- Poor qualifying, refuelling penalty killed recovery
- 10th: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Ran well but couldn’t crack breakthrough
- 11th: Timo Glock
- Must remember Formula One isn’t dodgems
- 12th: David Coulthard
- Rotten weekend from start to finish
- 13th: Takuma Sato
- Spirited run in face of adversity
- DNF: Nico Rosberg
- Steadily gaining ground when engine blew
- DNF: Fernando Alonso
- Disappointment strikes in home grand prix
- DNF: Rubens Barrichello
- Frustrating retirement spoiled his decent run
- DNF: Heikki Kovalainen
- Will remember this for wrong reasons
- DNF: Anthony Davidson
- Exit best described as character-building
- DNF: Sebastien Bourdais
- Champ Car was never like this
- DNF: Nelson Piquet Jr
- Inexperience trips him time after time
- DNF: Adrian Sutil
- Swap F1 for ice-dancing, mate
- DNF: Sebastian Vettel
- It’s a marathon, not a sprint…
Teams
- Ferrari
- Easy – but less easy than expected
- BMW Sauber
- Forward momentum checked but not halted
- McLaren-Mercedes
- Sod the racing – is Heikki OK?
- Williams
- Rosberg’s engine prevented still-better points
- Toyota
- Slipped back slightly in midfield battle
- Red Bull
- Need DC to match Webber’s results
- Renault
- One engine failure, one driver failure
- Honda
- Unexpected improvement starts to bear fruit
- Toro Rosso
- They can’t buy luck this season
- Force India
- Edging ever closer to a breakthrough
- Super Aguri
- Still fighting – Sato did ’em proud
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