Brits on Pole

With a rain-hit finish and a controversial stewards’ decision, a lot of words will be written about this race. Save yourself the work of reading them with our six-word guide to every team and driver.

Overall race report

Stewards render track action utterly irrelevant

Drivers

1. Felipe Massa

Played it safe, reaped unexpected reward

2. Nick Heidfeld

Intelligent tyre gamble paid off handsomely

3. Lewis Hamilton

Must wonder why he showed up

4. Fernando Alonso

Cashed in sound weekend for points

5. Sebastian Vettel

Lost podium in last few meters

6. Robert Kubica

Quieter weekend than team-mate, unusually

7. Sebastien Bourdais

Raced well, but still kicking himself

8. Mark Webber

Aggressive strategy rewarded, despite Kovalainen knock

9. Timo Glock

Overtook under yellow and lost point

10. Heikki Kovalainen

Not a top driver’s performance, alas

11. David Coulthard

His tyre switch came too late

12. Nico Rosberg

Got most available in forgettable performance

13. Adrian Sutil

Had fun, made dry tyres work

14. Kazuki Nakajima

Couldn’t make one-stop strategy work

15. Jenson Button

Endless list of problems with car

16. Jarno Trulli

Starting heroics negated by Bourdais shunt

17. Giancarlo Fisichella

Early shunt wrecked his race hopes

DNF: Kimi Raikkonen

Waved goodbye to his world title

DNF: Rubens Barrichello

Retirement was the safe, sensible option

DNF: Nelson A Piquet

Some gambles you win – he lost

Teams

1. Ferrari

Emerged smelling of roses once again

2. McLaren

Need patience of saint after this…

3. BMW

Made up ground in constructors’ battle

4. Toyota

Recent momentum came to abrupt halt

5. Renault

Alonso impressed, Piquet’s gamble was silly

6. Red Bull

Never front-runners, lucked into point

7. Williams

Just a dull, uninspiring race performance

8. Toro Rosso

Ran like an upper-midfield team

9. Honda

Sent drivers out in wheelie-bins

10. Force India

They’re improving but never see results

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