Hamilton Vs Kovalainen
Kovalainen's qualifying came to an end early, as his gear box decided to go AWOL in the second session. This, and the extra five place drop, put him at the tail end of the grid. Plus, to add to his horrible luck, Hamilton grabbed pole by a whopping 0.6 seconds.
The race was a different story. Hamilton's brakes failed on him, which is why he couldn't pull away from the Red Bull fast enough to get back out infront of him. Infact, his car was pretty much crippled, as he pulled in a few laps later to retire from the race. His first ever Mechanical DNF in Formula One. Kovalainen's race started off well, he jumped five places on the first lap, but then got stuck behind Raikkonen. Poor Kovi has finished with the same points as Massa, which is hugely embarrasing compared to his team mates two wins. Mclaren also clinched third by one point, and Hamilton took fourth from Raikkonen by the same margin.
Winner: Hamilton.
Fisichella VS Raikkonen
Fisichella's ferrari nightmare continued. Qualifying dead last is definitely, but it probably makes Luca Badoer feel better about himself. Fisichella spent all race doing nothing, except one rash move on Grosjean. Raikkonen tried, but ended up one place behind where he started thanks to the Japanese sensation that is Kamui Kobayashi. Overall disappointing race for both, but Raikkonen did more than Fisichella. They will both be gutted at how their time at Ferrari came to an end. Yes, even Raikkonen will be feeling it inside, even if he doesn't show it.
Winner: Raikkonen
Heidfeld VS Kubica
Heidfeld was out qualified by 0.4 seconds, and started a position behind Kubica. However, Heidfeld had ten kilograms more fuel on board. Which, I think, means he out qualifed Kubica fuel corrected.
In the race Heidfeld drove well to finish fifth, and take BMW's last points, whilst Kubica got into a scrap with Buemi, and spun on some oil whilst overtaking. It shows Nick isn't that bad compared to Kubica, but he gets none of the praise his Polish counterpart does.
Winner: Heidfeld
Alonso VS Grosjean
The Renault was obviously a real dog this weekend. Alonso was knocked out in the first session, and only out qualified Grosjean by three tenths. I personally think Alonso was just going through the motions of a grand prix weekend, and was just waiting to get back home and try on his new Ferrari overalls in front of the mirror. He still beat Grosjean though. Didn't actually see to much of them this weekend.
Winner: Alonso
Trulli VS Kobayashi
Trulli is well know for being a qualifying master, but having poor race pace. He qualified sixth, whilst Kobayashi qualified twelfth. But yet again Kobayashi proved his has balls and took the Toyota by the scruff of its neck and dragged it into sixth place by the end of the race. In front of Trulli in seventh. On the way Kobayashi forced Button into a mistake, and took him, and had the common sense to let Alonso past, and not waste time defending. It was a drive of a seasoned veteran and it made him the new love child of many F1 fans. I'm certainly a fan, he is a racer, and his clean overtaking and defending is great for a man with only 2 races.
Winner: Kobayashi
Alguersuari VS Buemi
Buemi got the Toro Rosso into the top ten in qualifying, which was a great achievement. He defending harshly against Kubica, squeezing him onto the curbs under breaking, but other than that, his race was good. He beat many other faster cars.
Alguersuari is out of his depth, but you can't really blame him. He is really lacking experience in lower formulas. Taking a step back and trying for F1 again after maybe two years in GP2 would do him a load of good.
Winner: Buemi
Webber VS Vettel
Really this was the perfect race for Vettel. Even if Hamilton had working brakes, it was unlikely that he could have held of Vettel at the pitstops. He started in front of Webber with a heavier car, he pulled away, and stuck to Hamilton's tail. His laps before the stops were great too. Webber has a good race, and his defending in the last two laps were good. He didn't have to resort to the Webber wallop this time.
Winner: Vettel
Rosberg VS Nakajima
If I was Nakajima, I'd be pretty embarrassed about this season. Zero points to thirty four and a half? Then to have another Japanese driver come in and punt you out of a race, then score points, but cut deep. Shame really, cause he might have still got the Toyota seat if Kobayashi failed miserably. But he didn't so Nakajima probably should look around for drives in Le Mans or something. Rosberg qualified and finished ahead in a lackluster race for Williams. Will they finally return to winning ways next year with the Hulk,Barrichello and a Cosworth engine?
Winner: Rosberg
Sutil VS Liuzzi
Poor race by Sutil. Did Trulli's photographs and comments ruin his mindset? He was beaten in both race and qualifying by Liuzzi, and drove around pretty aimlessly only just beating Grosjean. Liuzzi wins, but it's not like he did much either.
Winner: Liuzzi
Button VS Barrichello
Apart from being schooled by Kobayashi, Button drove a good race. Which proved the Brawn did not lose its pace, but Button had lost his nerve. When the pressure was off, Button drove like he drove in the first half of the season. Barrichello might have been closer if he had the full front wing, but it was unlikely. Button does need to be more aggressive, he should have found a way past Webber. He is just too nice.
Oh and congratulations to Button on his upcoming marriage. ;)
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