A different race but the same winner. Felipe Massa secured his third consecutive pole position and back to back win to firmly establish himself as a serious title contender. Felipe hardly put a foot wrong as he crossed the finishing line about 7 seconds clear of second place man, Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari still retains 100% success rate in all 2007 qualifying events.
Fernando Alonso threw away his superb start when he decided to take a shortcut across the gravel traps after a minor collision with Massa at the start of the Grand Prix. Alonso, however recovered from the mishap and was able to rejoin the race at 4th place. An electrical failure for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen after 7 laps into the race ensured Alonso the final podium place.
After 4 races, its the new comer Hamilton who’s leading the championship with 30 points, just 2 ahead of his McLaren team mate Alonso. Massa is 3rd on 27 points after another stunning race while Kimi is 4th with 22 points after his first DNF of the season. Lets hope Kimi doesn’t end up repeating his Mclaren days at Ferrari. In Constructors table, Mclaren leads with 58 from Ferrari who are just 9 points behind. Next race will be held at Monaco in three days time and it promises to be as exciting. Kimi must bounce back in time to keep his chances alive.
The final race results are as follows -
1 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 65 - 1:31:36.230
2 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 65 - +6.7 secs
3 - Fernando Alonso - McLaren-Mercedes - 65 - +17.4 secs
4 - Robert Kubica - BMW - 65 - +31.6 secs
5 - David Coulthard - Red Bull-Renault - 65 - +58.3 secs
6 - Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota - 65 - +59.5 secs
7 - Heikki Kovalainen - Renault - 65 - +62.1 secs
8 - Takuma Sato - Super Aguri-Honda - 64 - +1 Lap
9 - Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault - 64 - +1 Lap
10 - Rubens Barrichello - Honda - 64 - +1 Lap
11 - Anthony Davidson - Super Aguri-Honda - 64 - +1 Lap
12 - Jenson Button - Honda - 64 - +1 Lap
13 - Adrian Sutil - Spyker-Ferrari - 63 - +2 Laps
14 - Christijan Albers - Spyker-Ferrari - 63 - +2 Laps
Ret - Nick Heidfeld - BMW - 46 - Gearbox
Ret - Ralf Schumacher - Toyota - 44 - Accident Damage
Ret - Vitantonio Liuzzi - STR-Ferrari - 19 - Hydraulics
Ret - Scott Speed - STR-Ferrari - 9 - Tyre
Ret - Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 9 - Electrical
Ret - Jarno Trulli - Toyota - 8 - Fuel Line
Ret - Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault - 7 - Transmission
Ret - Alexander Wurz - Williams-Toyota - 1 - Accident
