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**Salty25** · 27-04-2008

Official Race Classification | Full Story

Another successful Sunday for Ferrari has rubber stamped the Reds superiority over title challengers McLaren.

Leading the line, and the Championship, was Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn got off to a wonderful start, made all the better when teammate Felipe Massa beat 2nd on the grid Fernando Alonso to the first corner. The pair never looked back, and Raikkonen won the race just over 3 seconds ahead of Massa.

Ferrari’s blissful afternoon was in stark contrast to those behind.

A multiple collision between Sutil, Coulthard and Vettel in lap 1 saw the safety car make its first appearance in the race. Nelson Piquet was the first of top 10 runners to drop out in lap 8.

Lap 22 saw the nasty high speed exit of Heikki Kovalainen. Medical staff were on the scene quickly to attend to the Finn who went nose-first into the tyre barrier, and thankfully latest reports confirm that Heikki is fit and well.

Lewis Hamilton, starting in 5th, had to work hard to achieve a 3rd place podium finish. He stuck closely to former McLaren driver Alonso for 4th place prior to the first round of pit stops. Later, Lewis was chasing Massa, and the then long gone Alonso had to retire with engine failure from 5th.

Hamilton remained in 3rd, unable to mount a challenge on Massa, but Robert Kubica appeared to be closing in on Lewis, and although the Pole finished up 1.5 secs behind the Brit in 4th, it suggests that he (and the BMW) have what it takes to threaten in future races.

The mass retirements, 9 in all, gave opportunities to score points to those in lesser cars. 5th and 6th were Mark Webber and Jenson Button, while Kazuki Nakajima scored points for the second time in his F1 career by finishing 7th. 8th was Jarno Trulli, miles ahead of Nick Heidfeld who had to take a time penalty for refuelling under safety car conditions.

Drivers’ Championship

Kimi’s lead is 9pts over the now 2nd placeLewis Hamilton. Nick Heidfeld drops from 2nd to 5th, as Kubica and Mass leapfrog the German.

Constructors’ Championship

Heidfeld’s blank day has also seen BMW displaced from the top of the team champs, with Ferrari now in the ascendancy.

SupaLiga 2008

(Full table available in attachment)

Another 100+ points (108 as a matter of fact) day has seen champions F1 Aberdeen take top spot for the first time this season. Pre-race leaders Team Oily had a terrible afternoon, scoring a petty 44pts and falling down to 6th.

I was 2nd best in the scoring today, and my Auto-Dynamo team now sit 2nd in the standings, but with a 19pt deficit to make up with Norm’s team, I’m not expecting to catch up any time soon!

10 pts behind me in 3rd and 4th place are pazinho’s Outcasts and wod.

Climbing higher that anyone after this GP is mrminibus, whose Pro-Drive outfit move up a mighty 6 places. Also doing really well this Sunday were Honda-Williams (5th) and Linhas BMW, who although bottom won’t remain there for much longer should they continue such fine form.

Norm in the Pure FF1 Cup > The return of Mac also made waves in the Cup, as the Supa team propelled themselves to 33rd – just one place outside the all-important top 32.

NEXT RACE > TURKISH GP @ ISTANBUL PARK > MAY 11