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What a climax! What a tragedy!

Kimi in the last penultimate lap spun and rammed into the barrier breaking his front and along with it his quest for 2008 championship. Hamilton despite spinning won the GP. Massa was careful to get points and was very cautious.  He finished second. Inthis commotion Nick Hiedfeld over took 2 STRs and one more which one I was not sure. He finished  surprise third. 

Alonso who was keeping track of the rain all along went for a pit stop to change to intermediate. He came back and almost made it to the podium finishing fourth.

Rain also helped Vettel who was trailing behind  his team mate. Bourdais fairy tale race gave him a 2 race ponits. May be STR will have a closer look at him before deciding on the next year line up. Sutil, the rain expert finsihed a credible 13th for Force India.

This race has given us the indicator that it is going to be a battle for Driver’s between Hamilton and Mass. Kimi has no choice but has to support his team mate and the team to secure the constructor’s.

 

Here is the finishing line up

 

Classified:

 

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time

 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1h22.44.933

 2.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    14.461

 3.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +    23.844

 4.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    28.939

 5.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    29.037

 6.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    29.498

 7.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +    31.196

 8.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +    56.506

 9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    57.237

10.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap

11.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     1 lap

12.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap

13.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +     1 lap

14.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     1 lap

15.  Button        Honda                 (B)  +     1 lap

16.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +     1 lap

17.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)  +     1 lap

18.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    2 laps

 

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:47.930

 

Not classified/retirements:

 

Driver        Team                      On lap

Barrichello   Honda                 (B)    21

Piquet        Renault               (B)    14

 

 

World Championship standings, round 13:                

 

Drivers:                             

 1.  Hamilton      80      

 2.  Massa         72       

 3.  Kubica        58        

 4.  Raikkonen     57     

 5.  Heidfeld      47        

 6.  Kovalainen    43       

 7.  Trulli        26        

 8.  Alonso        23        

 9.  Webber        18       

10.  Glock         16       

11.  Vettel        13       

12.  Piquet        13       

13.  Barrichello   11       

14.  Rosberg        9       

15.  Nakajima       8       

16.  Coulthard      6       

17.  Bourdais       4       

18.  Button         3       

 

Constructors:  

  1.  Ferrari               129 

 2.  McLaren-Mercedes      123

3.  BMW Sauber            105

   4.  Toyota                 42

5.  Renault                36

 6.  Red Bull-Renault       24

7.  Williams-Toyota        17

8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari     17

 9.  Honda                  14