Funnier moments in the conference.Hamilton says he was slightly quicker than Raikkonen in the early laps.So the question goes to Raikkonen,if Hamilton was “pushing him”.Kimi’s reply:

“I didn’t even look where he was, really. I knew that we were going to go longer than them so it wasn’t anything… even if he was close but he wasn’t ever close enough to even try.”

Iceman at work.

Great race by the Ferraris, great drive by Kimi, stealing the race win from Massa. Each driver has now won 2 GPs this season now, but Hamilton has a 14-point lead, shows his consistency.

Good race by Hamilton, which was basically damage limitation, but the 3-stop strategy ruined any chances of a 2nd place.

Alonso was really fighty on the track, overtaking several cars, but his overall lack of pace disappointed.

Great return by Kubica, I think it’s the first time this year that he’s finished higher than Heidfeld without his teammate retiring. Great drive.

And yes, it’s only for 8th place, but Button has a storming drive. According to the timesheets, he was the 5th fastest driver on the track (I think). If he had a 1-stop, he probably would have finished 5th or 6th, but the tyres might have grained, affecting his pace, so its marginal. Good development by Honda, they’ve gotta keep this up now!

On the whole, I’d give it a 3/5. Good on-track action, but not enough.

But I hope that Hamilton will come back to his winnings at Silverstone because that would be a great win.

Kimi – On the podium he was already thinking how to celebrate without the hangover affecting his Friday free practice

“It was Massa’s race to lose… and he lost it.” Your words are correct but that wasn’t the point of discussion. You made the statement, “Smart strategy put Kimi Raikkonen on the top step” and that’s wrong, there was no strategy, Massa got delayed and Kimi was the benefactor! That’s the luck of the game. Concerning “backmarkers today are desperately anxious to let drivers past…” TOMMY ROT!
What about all those who held up Mr. Alonso today. I didn’t see anyone “desparately anxious” to let him pass. No race car has an OBLIGATION to give way except when blue flagged while being LAPPED. That’s racing, I’m disappointed Massa made the silly remark but Kimi didn’t win this race on “Strategy”. He just got lucky! ………….or was it ‘team orders’? Hmmmmmmmm?
Like it or not Massa did build a 4.2 sec lead over Kimi early on and Massa also closed down the deficeit from 2.9 to 1.7 secs between lap 47 and lap 60. Massa also put 18 sec between he and Hamilton in the first 15 laps. He just got UN-lucky and cried about it.
For this I think he ought to suffer a grid penalty next race, or shall we strip him of some championship points, or how about a fine? MadMax, have you got a rule for this immature infraction of the “Sporting Code”?
My fingers are flying on the keyboard, I can’t hold mydelf back! HELP !!!

He shouldn’t have lost so much time in traffic – backmarkers today are desperately anxious to let drivers past (cf. Coulthard and Hamilton in this race). Raikkonen banged in the quick laps when Massa was in the pits. He very nearly got past Massa at the first round of stops.

Yes Massa had a whinge about the traffic when he got out of the car – we’ll add that to the list of things he’s whinged about this year (red lights, Silverstone) that it’s his responsibility to deal with.