With a rain-hit finish and a controversial stewards’ decision, a lot of words will be written about this race. Save yourself the work of reading them with our six-word guide to every team and driver.
Overall race report
Stewards render track action utterly irrelevant
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Drivers
- 1. Felipe Massa
- Played it safe, reaped unexpected reward
- 2. Nick Heidfeld
- Intelligent tyre gamble paid off handsomely
- 3. Lewis Hamilton
- Must wonder why he showed up
- 4. Fernando Alonso
- Cashed in sound weekend for points
- 5. Sebastian Vettel
- Lost podium in last few meters
- 6. Robert Kubica
- Quieter weekend than team-mate, unusually
- 7. Sebastien Bourdais
- Raced well, but still kicking himself
- 8. Mark Webber
- Aggressive strategy rewarded, despite Kovalainen knock
- 9. Timo Glock
- Overtook under yellow and lost point
- 10. Heikki Kovalainen
- Not a top driver’s performance, alas
- 11. David Coulthard
- His tyre switch came too late
- 12. Nico Rosberg
- Got most available in forgettable performance
- 13. Adrian Sutil
- Had fun, made dry tyres work
- 14. Kazuki Nakajima
- Couldn’t make one-stop strategy work
- 15. Jenson Button
- Endless list of problems with car
- 16. Jarno Trulli
- Starting heroics negated by Bourdais shunt
- 17. Giancarlo Fisichella
- Early shunt wrecked his race hopes
- DNF: Kimi Raikkonen
- Waved goodbye to his world title
- DNF: Rubens Barrichello
- Retirement was the safe, sensible option
- DNF: Nelson A Piquet
- Some gambles you win – he lost
Teams
- 1. Ferrari
- Emerged smelling of roses once again
- 2. McLaren
- Need patience of saint after this…
- 3. BMW
- Made up ground in constructors’ battle
- 4. Toyota
- Recent momentum came to abrupt halt
- 5. Renault
- Alonso impressed, Piquet’s gamble was silly
- 6. Red Bull
- Never front-runners, lucked into point
- 7. Williams
- Just a dull, uninspiring race performance
- 8. Toro Rosso
- Ran like an upper-midfield team
- 9. Honda
- Sent drivers out in wheelie-bins
- 10. Force India
- They’re improving but never see results
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