Kimi became 8th consecutive driver to win Spanish GP from pole position … Felipe Massa finished second and Ferrari achieved another 1-2 finish.
Fernando Alonso, who qualified 2nd for the race had forgettable race, he was running fifth when his engine blew up.
Heikki Kovalainen should consider lucky after his high speed accident without broken bones and CT scan performed at the hospital confirm that he has no head injuries, he crashed his McLaren heavily after a front-end failure (the front-left tyre and rim to separate) in 22nd lap.
Fisichella finished on 10th position to give acceptable result for Force India ... In end clear instructions were coming for Fisichella from Force India pit crew - 'Push Fisi, PH (Push Hard) PH' ...
FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008, Barcelona, Spain - Final Result Pos Driver Team Laps Time/Retired
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 66 1:38:19.051
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 66 +3.2 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 66 +4.1 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 66 +5.6 secs
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 66 +35.9 secs
6 Jenson Button Honda 66 +53.0 secs
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 66 +58.2 secs
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 66 +59.4 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 66 +63.0 secs
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 65 +1 Lap
11 Timo Glock Toyota 65 +1 Lap
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 65 +1 Lap
13 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 65 +1 Lap
Ret Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 41 Mechanical
Ret Fernando Alonso Renault 34 Engine
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 34 Accident
Ret Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 21 Accident
Ret Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 8 Radiator damage
Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 7 Accident
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 6 Accident
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0 Accident
Ret Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0 Accident
Massa captured pole position to bid for a hat-trick of wins at Istanbul Park ... McLaren produced better performance to grab 2nd and 3rd position on grid.
Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella dropped three places on the Turkish Grand Prix starting grid for exiting the pit lane under a red light in Friday practice, so he is starting from 19th position.
2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX, Istanbul, Turkey - Qualifying Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.994 1:26.192 1:27.617
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.736 1:26.290 1:27.808
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.192 1:26.477 1:27.923
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.457 1:26.050 1:27.936
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.761 1:26.129 1:28.390
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.773 1:26.466 1:28.417
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.836 1:26.522 1:28.422
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.695 1:26.822 1:28.836
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:27.107 1:26.607 1:28.882
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:26.939 1:26.520 1:29.959
11 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:27.367 1:27.012
12 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:27.355 1:27.219
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:27.428 1:27.298
14 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:27.442 1:27.412
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.614 1:27.806
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:27.547
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:27.568
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.621
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:27.807
20 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:28.325
Massa completed his hat-trick of victories at Istanbul Park to move joint second in the driver standings ... Massa and Lewis r 7 pts behind Kimi in championship race.
2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX, Istanbul, Turkey - Race Result Pos Driver Team Laps Time/Retired
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 1:26:49.451
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +3.7 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +4.2 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58 +21.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +38.7 secs
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +53.7 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 +64.2 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +71.4 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +75.2 secs
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 +76.3 secs
11 Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap
13 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +1 Lap
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +1 Lap
16 Adrian Sutil Force India 57 +1 Lap
17 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap
Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 24 Spin
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1 Accident
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0 Accident
The Turkish circuit is probably the most technical racetrack (i.e. non-street) circuit in F1. Small wonder that Massa does well every time, since he probably has the most pure racing nous of the current set of drivers. He doesn't seem to have the pure speed to keep up with Raikkonen/Hamilton on the simpler circuits though.
Ferrari is on front row and McLaren in second ... But Force India qualified on last row and they remained the only team who didn't complete lap inside 1m 17secs.
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008 - Qualifying
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.190 1:15.110 1:15.787
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.717 1:15.404 1:15.815
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.582 1:15.322 1:15.839
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.295 1:15.389 1:16.165
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.977 1:15.483 1:16.171
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.935 1:15.287 1:16.548
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.646 1:15.827 1:16.852
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.306 1:15.598 1:17.203
9 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.074 1:15.745 1:17.343
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.086 1:15.839 no time
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.285 1:15.907
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.259 1:16.101
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.650 1:16.455
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.756 1:16.479
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.208 1:16.537
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.806
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.933
18 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.955
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:17.225
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:17.823
In the race curtailed to 2 hours, Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) win the race with 76 laps completed. Kubica (BMW Sauber) & Massa (Ferrari) takes the other positions in the podium.
Force India clearly unlucky here. Adrial Sutil was in the 4th position, and on lap 68 Raikkonen breaks late and bumps into the back of Sutil pushing him out of the race. This could have been a memorable day for Force India.
A super race from Adrian Sutil who kept out of trouble all through the race. Real bad luck getting bumped from behind by Kimi. I think that bump cost Force India a million dollars or what ever one gets for getting into the points table. Ferrari better pay up
Fisi must have had problems as he kept getting overtaken easily.
what would have been a glorious day for Force India team, turned out to be a real disappointment!
Adrian Sutil, Force India (DNF):
"I can't believe it, it was so close. It feels like a pain in my heart. It is like a dream gone to a nightmare - suddenly you are in the car and it looks all fantastic, then you have to accept it is not going to happen. We had a really good strategy and it seemed to work and we were so close to the podium and the points. It was after the restart after the final safety car that Kimi had a problem under braking and crashed into the back of my car. The race was over and it was a real shock. A few tears came out as the adrenaline was high - I just can't explain it. All the same I am so pleased that we did show what we can finally do as a team."
Yes, very unlucky incident for Sutil and Force India ... In this race Force India used good strategy as per race track and Sutil responded well but Kmis had different plan ...
So good pole position for Hamilton but today's race also predicted as wet race so anything can happen.
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008, Montreal - Qualifying Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.909 1:17.034 1:17.886
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.471 1:17.679 1:18.498
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:17.301 1:17.364 1:18.735
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.415 1:17.488 1:18.746
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.991 1:17.891 1:18.844
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.231 1:17.353 1:19.048
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.287 1:17.684 1:19.089
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:18.082 1:17.781 1:19.633
9 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:18.256 1:18.020 1:20.848
10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.582 1:17.523 no time
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:18.321 1:18.031
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.638 1:18.062
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:18.168 1:18.238
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.039 1:18.327
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:18.505 1:18.393
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:18.916
17 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:19.108
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:19.165
19 Jenson Button Honda 1:23.565
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari no time
Hamilton's stupid mistake cost him and Kimi the race but Robert Kubica take full advantage of this incidents filled race to scored his and BMW Sauber long due maiden victory in Montreal.
With this win Kubica is leading with 42 pts ... Hamilton and Massa r second with 38 pts and Kimi is on 4th position with 35 pts.
All of the leaders pitted on Lap 19, and as Hamilton rejoined, having dropped behind Raikkonen and Kubica after a longer stop, he ran into the back of the Finn, whom he suddenly realised was stopped by the red pit-lane exit light. Both the Ferrari and the McLaren were too damaged to continue. Nico Rosberg also damaged his Williams by running into the rear of Hamilton in the incident.
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008, Montreal - Race Result
Pos Driver Team Laps Time/Retired
1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 1:36:24.447
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +16.4 secs
3 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +23.3 secs
4 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +42.6 secs
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 +43.9 secs
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +47.7 secs
7 Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 +53.5 secs
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 70 +54.1 secs
9 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +54.4 secs
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +57.7 secs
11 Jenson Button Honda 70 +67.5 secs
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +71.2 secs
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap
Ret Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 51 Accident
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 46 Accident
Ret Fernando Alonso Renault 44 Accident
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 39 Brakes
Ret Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 19 Accident
Ret Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 Accident
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India 13 Gearbox
As expected, race stewards penalized McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Williams’ Nico Rosberg for their pit-lane incident in Canada, they will drop 10 places on the grid at the next round of the championship in France as penalty.
After watching the incident, that is a mild penalty for Hamilton. It was a completely boneheaded mistake. Wonder why he swerved at the last minute & took out Kimi instead of the other car that was more directly in front of him. Top F1 driver can't see a red light?
