F1: British Grand Prix in six words

By LJ Hutchins

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Short of time, patience or attention? Get the low-down on the British Grand Prix in less than a minute with our six-word summaries of drivers, teams and the overall race.

Overall race report

Hamilton superb in wet home race

Drivers

1. Lewis Hamilton: Amazed insiders with wet driving skills
2. Nick Heidfeld: Gave faltering team much-needed momentum
3. Rubens Barrichello: Who couldn’t be happy for him?
4. Kimi Raikkonen: Let down by terrible team tactics
5. Heikki Kovalainen: How did pace vanish following qualifying?
6. Fernando Alonso: Kept pushing despite tyres like skates
7. Jarno Trulli: Another points-paying race for veteran
8. Kazuki Nakajima: Creditable performance on this treacherous track
9. Nico Rosberg: Recovered well from his pitlane start
10.Mark Webber: Stellar qualifying, valiant driving, no result
11. Sebastien Bourdais: His F1 career’s fading into anonymity
12. Timo Glock: Spent longer spinning than driving straight
13. Felipe Massa: Car never fully under his control
DNF: Robert Kubica: Binned it, otherwise a podium beckoned
DNF: Jenson Button: Disappeared into murk, not seen again
DNF: Nelson A Piquet: Showed impressive maturity before spinning out
DNF: Giancarlo Fisichella: Followed teammate into synchronised crash exhibition
DNF: Adrian Sutil: Air Sutil in full flight today
DNF: Sebastian Vettel: Coulthard shunted his qualifying opportunity away
DNF: David Coulthard: A tragic final British GP result

Teams

McLaren: Hamilton back in drivers’ championship hunt
BMW Sauber: Reports of their demise were premature
Honda: That old Brawn magic secured this
Ferrari: Left the handbook back at Maranello
Renault: Might reasonably have expected better results
Toyota: Must be thankful they signed Trulli
Williams: Points always a good Williams outcome
Red Bull: Why did they bother turning up?
Toro Rosso: Won’t have either driver next year
Force India: Wasted opportunity for wet race glory

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Read more about British Grand Prix, Silverstone.

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