We don’t know what sort of words were exchanged between Hamiltons senior and junior when Lewis made it back to the McLaren garage after his accident – and we’ll probably never find out. So, instead, here are our six-word summaries of how all the teams and drivers performed.
Overall race report
Lacked only Dick Dastardly and Muttley
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The drivers
- 1st: Robert Kubica
- Opens F1 account with memorable win
- 2nd: Nick Heidfeld
- His podium trip was tragic disappointment
- 3rd: David Coulthard
- Is this good enough for naysayers?
- 4th: Timo Glock
- Trulli suffered for his only error
- 5th: Felipe Massa
- Must be due team-orders karma
- 6th: Jarno Trulli
- Never recovered from wrong qualifying setup
- 7th: Rubens Barrichello
- Much skilful defensive driving protected points
- 8th: Sebastian Vettel
- More could not have been expected
- 9th: Heikki Kovavlainen
- Wasted opportunity to kick-start season
- 10th: Nico Rosberg
- Another victim of pit lane rashness
- 11th: Jenson Button
- Why couldn’t he match Barrichello’s impact?
- 12th: Mark Webber
- Vanished from contention after pit stop
- 13th: Sebastien Bourdais
- Well, at least he hit nothing
- DNF: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Nothing went right, made no impact
- DNF: Kazuki Nakajima
- Developing well, but not there yet
- DNF: Fernando Alonso
- Team advised ignoring brake problems… mistake!
- DNF: Nelson Piquet
- Reversed across track – stupid, dangerous move
- DNF: Lewis Hamilton
- Who’s laughing at Dad now, sonny?
- DNF: Kimi Raikkonen
- Now he feels Adrian Sutil’s pain…
- DNF: Adrian Sutil
- Gearbox problem rude awakening after Monaco
The teams
- Ferrari
- Massa red hot, strategy stone cold
- BMW
- And about time too, we say
- McLaren
- Theirs to lose – and they lost
- Red Bull
- One day, both drivers will shine…
- Toyota
- They’re dancing in the boardroom tonight
- Williams
- Something not quite gelling for them
- Renault
- Lost their heads – and their opportunity
- Honda
- Led race, but no big breakthrough
- Toro Rosso
- Made successful raid on points positions
- Force India
- Looked like back-of-grid team
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