Raikkonen’s mechanical woes and Trulli’s desperate defending meant that what might have been a processional race retained interest to the end. Here are our six word summaries of how all the drivers and teams performed.
Overall race report
Ferrari rampant, Toyota scores tribute podium
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Drivers
- 1: Felipe Massa
- Lucky to win… he won’t complain
- 2: Kimi Raikkonen
- Did excellent job nursing sick car
- 3: Jarno Trulli
- Wily veteran defended like a trooper
- 4: Heikki Kovalainen
- Impressive – but should have had third
- 5: Robert Kubica
- Mr Consistency slips just a little
- 6: Mark Webber
- Pushed hard, got maximum from strategy
- 7: Nelson Piquet Jr
- This should be a confidence boost
- 8: Fernando Alonso
- Podium ambitions dashed, error cost seventh
- 9: David Coulthard
- Frustrated to lose places at start
- 10: Lewis Hamilton
- Just wasn’t his day at all
- 11: Timo Glock
- Lost points hopes in pit stops
- 12: Sebastian Vettel
- Very pleased to beat a BMW
- 13: Nick Heidfeld
- Another who suffered from poor start
- 14: Rubens Barrichello
- Did his best with difficult car
- 15: Kazuki Nakajima
- Plodded away – not much on offer
- 16: Nico Rosberg
- Very disillusioned at running near back
- 17: Sebastien Bourdais
- Slipped off pace early, never recovered
- 18: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Pleased with reliability, unhappy with pace
- 19: Adrian Sutil
- Aggressive strategy sunk by blue flags
- NC: Jenson Button
- First-corner impact eventually felled him
Teams
- Ferrari
- Bits fall off, they still dominate
- BMW Sauber
- Back to reality after Canadian glory
- McLaren
- The score: stewards three, McLaren nil
- Red Bull
- Both cars compromised by poor starts
- Toyota
- They wanted a result – Trulli delivered
- Williams
- “Mediocre”, they said – difficult to disagree
- Renault
- A double points finish at last
- Honda
- All horribly reminiscent of last season
- Toro Rosso
- Results didn’t demonstrate their improved performance
- Force India
- Celebrated much-needed increase in reliability
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