Vettel – Started in pole, then a puncture from just after the start put him back into last place. A fantastic drive overtaking most of the field put him up into 7th place, finishing in the points. He wins my Driver of the Day award, and is doing okay at fourth in the rankings.
Alguersuari – Started low, and fought through to get as high as fifth at one point, but ended up going out. He gets my Worst Retirement award. It's his first retirement of the season.
Button – Started in fourteenth after a bad qualification, and with no car troubles pushed himself up to fourth. He remains second in the points behind Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton and Webber – both good races. Hamilton got into second behind Webber from the start, and stayed there. When they pitted, they were both so far ahead of the other drivers that they remained in their positions. Hamilton is top of the driver's league so far, and Webber is third.
Alonso – he had a terribly bad race. After a reasonable start, he clashed with Kubica and was deemed to have unfairly overtaken him by cutting the corner. Then Kubica went out, but Alonso was still forced to do a drive through penalty. But before he could take it, Sutil clashed with De La Rosa, and cast debris on the track. The safety car came out, and Alonso had to wait until after the car had gone back in to take his penalty, leaving him at the back of the field. His only consolation is that he got the fastest lap of the race: 1.30.874
Massa – like Vettel, he got a puncture in the first lap, but Vettel managed to overtake him during the race, and more tyre problems left him finishing fifteenth behind Alonso. It's been an unlucky season for Ferrari.
Barrichello and Kobayashi – continued to do well, finishing fifth and sixth. They've improved a lot this season.
Best of the New Teams is Lotus with Kovalainen and Trulli finishing 16 and 17 ahead of Glock, Chandhok and Yamamoto.
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