Brits on Pole

F1: Canadian Grand Prix in six words

By Andy Darley

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

 

We don’t know what sort of words were exchanged between Hamiltons senior and junior when Lewis made it back to the McLaren garage after his accident – and we’ll probably never find out. So, instead, here are our six-word summaries of how all the teams and drivers performed.

Overall race report

Lacked only Dick Dastardly and Muttley

The drivers

1st: Robert Kubica

Opens F1 account with memorable win

2nd: Nick Heidfeld

His podium trip was tragic disappointment

3rd: David Coulthard

Is this good enough for naysayers?

4th: Timo Glock

Trulli suffered for his only error

5th: Felipe Massa

Must be due team-orders karma

6th: Jarno Trulli

Never recovered from wrong qualifying setup

7th: Rubens Barrichello

Much skilful defensive driving protected points

8th: Sebastian Vettel

More could not have been expected

9th: Heikki Kovavlainen

Wasted opportunity to kick-start season

10th: Nico Rosberg

Another victim of pit lane rashness

11th: Jenson Button

Why couldn’t he match Barrichello’s impact?

12th: Mark Webber

Vanished from contention after pit stop

13th: Sebastien Bourdais

Well, at least he hit nothing

DNF: Giancarlo Fisichella

Nothing went right, made no impact

DNF: Kazuki Nakajima

Developing well, but not there yet

DNF: Fernando Alonso

Team advised ignoring brake problems… mistake!

DNF: Nelson Piquet

Reversed across track – stupid, dangerous move

DNF: Lewis Hamilton

Who’s laughing at Dad now, sonny?

DNF: Kimi Raikkonen

Now he feels Adrian Sutil’s pain…

DNF: Adrian Sutil

Gearbox problem rude awakening after Monaco

The teams

Ferrari

Massa red hot, strategy stone cold

BMW

And about time too, we say

McLaren

Theirs to lose – and they lost

Red Bull

One day, both drivers will shine…

Toyota

They’re dancing in the boardroom tonight

Williams

Something not quite gelling for them

Renault

Lost their heads – and their opportunity

Honda

Led race, but no big breakthrough

Toro Rosso

Made successful raid on points positions

Force India

Looked like back-of-grid team

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Author: Andy Darley. Ex-journalist, fan of Mark Webber and anyone who ever drove or tested for Minardi and didn't say rude things about the team afterwards. Owns a Triumph Spitfire and hopes that, one day, it'll be on the road again. Andy has written 744 articles for us.