Current WDC Kimi Raikkonen, who seems to be in a slump of form right now, started the race in sixth and seemed to be having great difficulty in overtaking former world champion Fernando Alonso.
He only managed to gain that position through a pit overlap, so questions are still being asked of the Finn this season.
Ferrari had Massa’s car RPM turned down in the slowdown of the race due to the massive lead he had accumulated, but then three laps from the end, Felipe’s car gave up and decided to pour its feelings out the rear of the car.
Reconstruction: “Okay Felipe, you are leading the race with Heikki a whole 18 seconds behind you, just turn the engine RPM down and take it easy, save your tyres and bring that car home, we have your beans on toast ready for you”
** Seconds Later **
BOOM... Is that smoke coming out of the back of Felipe’s car?
Race over for the No. 2 car, so close and so very unlucky after such a great drive. The No. 1 car of Kimi Raikkonen had also been given the orders to turn down the engine but for a completely different engine problem.
At this crucial time in the season, do the Ferrari’s really need more reliability issues like they did in the early stages of this amazing season?
Just when we all think we have a race on our hands, the red cars that we so commonly see dominating, throw a spanner into the works to make us question just where do they stand in terms of pace. Ferrari certainly has the impetus.
BMW Sauber
Another tricky one here, BMW were making some tasty headlines in tabloids, and word on the street was that Robert Kubica was going to be Mr. Reliable and Mr. Consistent and be the one to say that this year there would be a BMW in the fight.
After a maiden victory in Canada, our mate Bobby was even being tagged with headlines that had the word ‘Champion’ in them.
To tie in with this maiden win, BMW scored themselves a 1-2 victory, something that only Ferrari have managed to do this year. A lot of F1 fans were beginning to mutter the unthinkable, yes that's right. Bobby might become F1’s youngest-ever champion.
But it doesn’t seem to be as it has been quoted and then re-quoted and then re-re-quoted all over again, saying that BMW will be concentrating on 2009, or would they, or wouldn’t they, but then again would they? Who honestly knows?
Big Mario had the following to say: “We won't reduce our development pace for the remainder of the season. Our goal for the remaining three European rounds and four overseas races is to build on the good results scored in the first half of the season. We still have several improvements in the pipeline that should help us return to the road to success.
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