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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:26 pm
by Ed
And Coulthard suffers a puncture!
Glock pits and replaces the front wing
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:27 pm
by Ed
Coulthard pits and changes his tyres
Meanwhile Heidfeld finally makes it past Fisichella
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:29 pm
by Ed
10 laps to go and the order is: Raikkonen, Massa, Hamilton, Kubica, Webber, Button, Nakajima and Trulli.
Retirements: Sutil, Vettel, Piquet, Bourdais, Davidson. Kovalainen, Barrichello, Alonso, Rosberg
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:30 pm
by Ed
Hamilton and Kubica are lapping quicker than Massa
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:33 pm
by Ed
Massa has responded so unless there are mechanical failures the order at the front should remain the same
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:33 pm
by Ed
Coulthard is all over Sato for 12th. He should pass him easily!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:37 pm
by Ed
Coulthard finally passes Sato!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:38 pm
by Ed
At the front, nothing much has changed. Raikkonen leads Massa by 3.1 seconds with Hamilton now 1.6 seconds behind.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:39 pm
by Ed
2 laps to go!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:40 pm
by Ed
Massa, Hamilton and Kubica lap Fisichella in the Force India
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:41 pm
by Ed
Final lap and Hamilton has closed in on Massa!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:42 pm
by Ed
Kimi Raikkonen wins the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:43 pm
by Ed
Kubica is 4th ahead of Webber, Button, Nakajima and Trulli
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:45 pm
by Ed
Heidfeld is 9th ahead of Fisichella, Glock, Coulthard and Sato.
Retired: Vettel, Sutil, Piquet, Bourdais, Davidson, Kovalainen, Barrichello, Alonso and Rosberg
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:57 pm
by Ed
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 ?