Monday, April 28, 2008

Raikkonen Wins Spanish GP

After a three week break, the F1 season resumed and Ferrari have picked up where they left off with their second 1-2 finish in a row with World Champion Kimi Raikkonen taking the chequered flag followed by team-mate Felipe Massa closely behind with Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.

For the last seven years the Barcelona Grand Prix has been won by the driver standing in pole position and Kimi wasn't about to let the run come to a halt. Despite the close times of the top drivers, the Flying Finn was always very comfortable with no real challenge coming from Massa for the lead.

Lewis Hamilton has had a troublesome few weeks after a disastrous Bahrain Grand Prix in which the Briton finished 13th resulting in a large amount of criticism coming his way. His third position came from a very solid race and could signal the return to form for last seasons runner up.

Things didn't go so well for his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, who crashed out on lap 23 on turn nine when his MP4-23 suffered front left wheel failure sending the Finn into the tyre wall head on, fortunately he got away with a concussion.

The result extends Raikkonen's championship lead to nine points over Lewis who moves up to second, just one point ahead of Massa.

Full Results

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Kimi R�ikk�nen Ferrari 66 1:38:19.051 1 10
2 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 66 +3.2 secs 3 8
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 66 +4.1 secs 5 6
4 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 66 +5.6 secs 4 5
5 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 66 +35.9 secs 7 4
6 16 Jenson Button Honda 66 +53.0 secs 13 3
7 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 66 +58.2 secs 12 2
8 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 66 +59.4 secs 8 1
9 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 66 +63.0 secs 9
10 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 65 +1 Lap 19
11 12 Timo Glock Toyota 65 +1 Lap 14
12 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 65 +1 Lap 17
13 18 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 65 +1 Lap 22
Ret 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 41 Mechanical 15
Ret 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 34 Engine 2
Ret 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 34 Accident 11
Ret 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 21 Accident 6
Ret 19 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 8 Radiator damage 21
Ret 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 7 Accident 16
Ret 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 6 Accident 10
Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0 Accident 20
Ret 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0 Accident 18

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