A brilliant first victory by Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel, the youngest man ever to win a grand prix, has made up for a lot of the disappointment felt by fans following Spa. To get an effort-free low-down on how everyone else did, read on.
Overall race report
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Drivers
- 1. Sebastian Vettel
- Brilliant and well-deserved race victory
- 2. Heikki Kovalainen
- Potential winner failed to impress – again
- 3. Robert Kubica
- He recovered best from poor qualifying
- 4. Fernando Alonso
- Quietly made most of tempestuous race
- 5. Nick Heidfeld
- Feisty performance that gained him points
- 6. Felipe Massa
- Low profile – started sixth, finished sixth
- 7. Lewis Hamilton
- Partially compensated for his awful qualifying
- 8. Mark Webber
- Must be eyeing 2009 with trepidation
- 9. Kimi Raikkonen
- Decisively waved goodbye to the championship
- 10. Nelson A Piquet
- Has he ever considered endurance racing?
- 11. Timo Glock
- More proof he deserves Toyota drive
- 12. Kazuki Nakajima
- Eventful race climaxed in late contact
- 13. Jarno Trulli
- Reliable old hand’s rare off-day
- 14. Nico Rosberg
- Needed oxygen while fifth on grid
- 15. Jenson Button
- Was he spotted once or twice?
- 16. David Coulthard
- Today just wasn’t about him, sadly
- 17. Rubens Barrichello
- Repeated tyre gambles showed team’s desperation
- 18. Sebastien Bourdais
- Only heartless couldn’t feel for him
- 19. Adrian Sutil
- Held his own, best he could
- DNF: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Nosecone disintegrated and off he went
Teams
- 1. Toro Rosso
- Best day of their racing career
- 2. McLaren
- Should have challenged leader – and failed
- 3. BMW Sauber
- Consolidated their drivers’ and constructors’ places
- 4. Renault
- Alonso drove tank onto Toyota’s lawn
- 5. Ferrari
- Outclassed by customer team at Monza
- 6. Red Bull
- Outclassed by B team – full stop
- 7. Toyota
- An off-day for midfield leaders
- 8. Williams
- Couldn’t make rain opportunity pay off
- 9. Honda
- Invisible in the murk of mediocrity
- 10. Force India
- Nearly succeeding in making some impact
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