And Coulthard suffers a puncture!
Glock pits and replaces the front wing
The 2008 Spanish Grand Prix Thread
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Congratulations to Raikkonen on winning the Spanish Grand Prix. He drove faultless race and was never threatened by Massa.
Massa didn't seem to have a good weekend. He struggled at times in qualifying and in the race. He still managed to finish second and that is important for the championship.
Hamilton finished 3rd and whilst not able to challenge the Ferraris, this result will give Hamilton a bit of a boost following the poor result in Bahrain.
Kubica did well finishing 4th, himself, Hamilton and Massa were pretty much running at the same pace.
Webber, Button and Nakajima benefited from a few retirements and finished 5th, 6th and 7th respectively, well done.
Trulli only managed 8th but the safety car situation didn't help him.
Looks like the Renault has indeed improved, Alonso's fuel load wasn't that light (around 3 laps) and it was surprising to see the Renault engine fail.
It was also a surprise to see the Toyota engine fail in Rosberg's car.
There were a number of on track incidents, Sutil - Coulthard - Vettel, Piquet - Bourdais, Glock - Coulthard. Interesting to see if any would be penalised after the race.
Lets hope Kovalainen was on the stretcher as a precautionary measure and we see him back at the wheel of the McLaren in Turkey.
Your thoughts and the driver of the day ?
Massa didn't seem to have a good weekend. He struggled at times in qualifying and in the race. He still managed to finish second and that is important for the championship.
Hamilton finished 3rd and whilst not able to challenge the Ferraris, this result will give Hamilton a bit of a boost following the poor result in Bahrain.
Kubica did well finishing 4th, himself, Hamilton and Massa were pretty much running at the same pace.
Webber, Button and Nakajima benefited from a few retirements and finished 5th, 6th and 7th respectively, well done.
Trulli only managed 8th but the safety car situation didn't help him.
Looks like the Renault has indeed improved, Alonso's fuel load wasn't that light (around 3 laps) and it was surprising to see the Renault engine fail.
It was also a surprise to see the Toyota engine fail in Rosberg's car.
There were a number of on track incidents, Sutil - Coulthard - Vettel, Piquet - Bourdais, Glock - Coulthard. Interesting to see if any would be penalised after the race.
Lets hope Kovalainen was on the stretcher as a precautionary measure and we see him back at the wheel of the McLaren in Turkey.
Your thoughts and the driver of the day ?