Not much happened on track in Valencia, but Ferrari’s pitlane perils and Lewis Hamilton’s near-withdrawal on health grounds meant there was still plenty to talk about. As usual, we’ve compressed the performance of each driver and team down to just six words.
![Jenson Button likes to be beside the seaside Jenson Button likes to be beside the seaside](https://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/button-valencia-race-300x122.jpg)
Overall race report
Much-hyped circuit serves up procession
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Drivers
- 1. Felipe Massa
- Drove skilfully, controlled race, regrettable incident
- 2. Lewis Hamilton
- Not bad, given his Man Flu
- 3. Robert Kubica
- Keeping the championship big-hitters honest
- 4. Heikki Kovalainen
- Upped the ante after Hungary boost
- 5. Jarno Trulli
- Yet another reliable points-paying performance
- 6. Sebastian Vettel
- Deserved more points for superb weekend
- 7. Timo Glock
- Great start, great strategy, points payoff
- 8. Nico Rosberg
- Wasn’t pointless for once (boom boom!)
- 9. Nick Heidfeld
- Continues to be embarrassed by Kubica
- 10. Sebastien Bourdais
- Broken wing cost him better result
- 11. Nelson A Piquet
- Struggled with damage and poor start
- 12. Mark Webber
- Hoped in vain for safety car
- 13. Jenson Button
- Flying start, made no progress thereafter
- 14. Giancarlo Fisichella
- Happy with improvements to car’s competitiveness
- 15. Kazuki Nakajima
- Currently, most unpopular man in Spain
- 16. Rubens Barrichello
- Never managed to diagnose brakes issue
- 17. David Coulthard
- No last hurrah here before retirement
- DNF: Kimi Raikkonen
- Can’t work miracles without an engine
- DNF: Adrian Sutil
- Might consider hiring a bodyguard soon
- DNF: Fernando Alonso
- Took disastrous race on the chin
Teams
![Lewis Hamilton laps the Valencia Street Circuit Lewis Hamilton laps the Valencia Street Circuit](https://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hamilton-valencia-race-300x122.jpg)
- 1. Ferrari
- Drivers have class – team lacks it
- 2. McLaren
- Playing safe earns points without excitement
- 3. BMW Sauber
- Their star is rising once again
- 4. Toyota
- Gathering momentum in battle for fourth
- 5. Renault
- Did nothing to advance cause today
- 6. Red Bull
- Lacked speed, power – looked distinctly average
- 7. Williams
- A mini-fightback, but still welcome
- 8. Honda
- Nothing to write home about, again
- 9. Toro Rosso
- A good weekend deserved greater reward
- 10. Force India
- Continually improving, despite lack of results
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