2008 British Grand Prix - Results

Going in to the grand prix, many people had one question on their mind.  How did Heikki out qualify his teammate Lewis Hamilton by almost a full second?  The answer...he was gambling that it would be a dry race on Sunday.  Lewis chose the correct strategy and car setup and left everybody else in his wake.  Heikki, with his dry leaning setup, slipped and twitched his way to P5.

Ferrari as well had two drivers split between setups and it showed as Massa's car swapped ends numerous times throughout the race.  Kimi on the other hand was doing quite well and even cutting into Hamilton's lead until Ferrari made a horrible decision and put him and Massa out on the track with their used intermediates.  The race appeared to be over for both drivers, but Kimi found his way up to P4 by the end while Massa was already too far behind and out of the points.

Nick Heidfeld finally got to grips with his BMW Sauber and came in a distant second to Hamilton.  He drove a very clean race and stayed out of trouble to the end.  Kubica was not doing quite as well, but was quick on track up until he got caught out by the changing conditions and beached his car in a gravel trap.

Rounding out the slightly strange podium was Rubens Barrichelo with an enormous grin on his face.  There may have been a few tears as well knowing Rubhino.  Jenson Button didn't fare as well spinning out on lap 38.  Even though there were mixed emotions in the Honda camp, I'm sure they were very happy with the points Rubens brought home.

Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli and Kaz Nakajima rounded out the top eight in what was the most chaotic grand prix of the year so far.  Personally, I can't wait for more!

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	60	1:39:09.440
2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	60	+68.5 secs
3	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	60	+82.2 secs
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	59	+1 Lap
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	59	+1 Lap
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	59	+1 Lap
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	59	+1 Lap
8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	59	+1 Lap
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	59	+1 Lap
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	59	+1 Lap
11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap
12	Timo Glock	Toyota	59	+1 Lap
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+2 Laps
Ret	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	39	Spin
Ret	Jenson Button	Honda	38	Spin
Ret	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	35	Spin
Ret	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	26	Spin
Ret	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	10	Spin
Ret	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	0	Spin
Ret	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	0	Spin