The large crowd at this weekend’s British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone were willing rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton to win, but had to watch him settle for another podium placing. Despite Hamilton gaining pole position in qualifying the race was dominated by the visibly quicker Ferraris. Felipe Massa stalled his red car on the grid and had to start from pit lane. The sheer speed of his Ferrari coupled with an excellent drive saw him carve his way up from the back of the field to a 5th place finish.
Meanwhile at the head of the field, Kimi Raikkonen (above) once more showed the pace that had given him victory in France last week. The only way he was headed was when McLaren deliberatly short fueled Fernando Alonso’s car to give him a tempoary lead after the first round of pit stops. As soon as the field settled into place after the last round of refuleeing Kimi sailed away to an apparently trouble free and effortless win.
The Top 10 finishers were:
- Kimi Raikkonnen (Ferrari)
- Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
- Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
- Robert Kubica (BMW)
- Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
- Nick Heidfeld (BMW)
- Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)
- Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
- Rubens Barrichello (Honda)
- Jenson Button (Honda)
Just to show how fast Kimi was, here’s some on-board footage from the race…
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Massa’s fight back through the field was good – but he had a healthy dose of luck early on to get past Rosberg and Coulthard so quickly – the kind of luck Alonso would have killed for in France.
When he caught Kubica at the final stint he never looked like getting past the BMW which, considering how quick the Ferrari was, was disappointing. Fair play to Kubica though, he drove brilliantly.