On a very damp track in Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton gave his home fans a race to remember, after being in a class of his own, building a lead that went over a minute from his nearest competitor.
"It is by far the best victory I’ve ever had", he said in the beginning of the press conference, as he indeed was phenomenal right from the start, after being placed fourth on the grid.
Nick Heidfeld scored an amazing second place, after a magnificent performance as well, giving BMW some consolation to their champion's retirement, and giving everyone a reminder of what the German is truly capable of.
In third place came Rubens Barrichello, who has finally made it back to the podium for the first time since 2005, leading Honda to their first one in almost two years. The achievement could be attributed to Team Principal Ross Brawn though, who made a very clever decision shifting his drivers to extreme wet tyres on Lap 35.
Former champion Kimi Raikkonen came in 4th position after a wrong decision by Ferrari cost them the Grand Prix, as they chose not to change his tyres on his first stop and leave him with his worn ones.
"We really did not expect it to start raining", were indeed his words after the race, and this was definitely a turning point in Silverstone.
A late battle for P5 was won by Kovalainen as he finally got past Alonso in the 59th lap, after being on his tale for more than five laps prior to that.
Jarno Trulli, who started 14th on the grid, was able to clinch 7th position in the final metres of the race, as he overtook Nakajima, who was in turn trying to overtake Alonso.
Mark Webber had a sad afternoon after spinning on his first lap to go back from 2nd place to 20th, and by that Toyota grabs 4th position from Red Bull after a great set of performances by the Japanese team.
Felipe Massa also had a terrible day, as he was in fact acting like an amateur, spinning every few corners and ending up last among those who finished.
Robert Kubica was another victim of the rain, as he lost control over his BMW on Lap 41 to end his race and delay his hopes of regaining his top spot in the drivers championship.
With the British Grand Prix over, the top three drivers (Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen) are tied at 48 points each, two points ahead from BMW's Robert Kubica who couldn't make it to the finish line on Sunday.
"It is by far the best victory I’ve ever had", he said in the beginning of the press conference, as he indeed was phenomenal right from the start, after being placed fourth on the grid.
Nick Heidfeld scored an amazing second place, after a magnificent performance as well, giving BMW some consolation to their champion's retirement, and giving everyone a reminder of what the German is truly capable of.
In third place came Rubens Barrichello, who has finally made it back to the podium for the first time since 2005, leading Honda to their first one in almost two years. The achievement could be attributed to Team Principal Ross Brawn though, who made a very clever decision shifting his drivers to extreme wet tyres on Lap 35.
Former champion Kimi Raikkonen came in 4th position after a wrong decision by Ferrari cost them the Grand Prix, as they chose not to change his tyres on his first stop and leave him with his worn ones.
"We really did not expect it to start raining", were indeed his words after the race, and this was definitely a turning point in Silverstone.
A late battle for P5 was won by Kovalainen as he finally got past Alonso in the 59th lap, after being on his tale for more than five laps prior to that.
Jarno Trulli, who started 14th on the grid, was able to clinch 7th position in the final metres of the race, as he overtook Nakajima, who was in turn trying to overtake Alonso.
Mark Webber had a sad afternoon after spinning on his first lap to go back from 2nd place to 20th, and by that Toyota grabs 4th position from Red Bull after a great set of performances by the Japanese team.
Felipe Massa also had a terrible day, as he was in fact acting like an amateur, spinning every few corners and ending up last among those who finished.
Robert Kubica was another victim of the rain, as he lost control over his BMW on Lap 41 to end his race and delay his hopes of regaining his top spot in the drivers championship.
With the British Grand Prix over, the top three drivers (Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen) are tied at 48 points each, two points ahead from BMW's Robert Kubica who couldn't make it to the finish line on Sunday.
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