| The April 27, 2008 Grand Prix was quite an adrenaline | | | | Kubica maintained a less-than-three-second following |
| rush for Formula One fans around the world. Close | | | | behind Hamilton and finished the race in fourth position. |
| calls, one potentially-serious accident and pressure to | | | | Race fans cheered their favourite drivers on, as the |
| perform dominated the Barcelona race. | | | | race for second and third was quite an event in itself. |
| During the race, Raikkonen followed a well-built | | | | 'We did our homework and we brought home two |
| strategy and emerged victorious. Sunday's success | | | | Ferraris first and second, which is a great position for |
| was his 17th career win. In a post-race interview | | | | the championships', said Massa. |
| Raikkonen said, 'I didn't make the perfect start but did | | | | Heikki Kovalainen was unable to complete the race |
| enough to stay in front.' He went on to say, 'If we | | | | after the 21st lap due to a nasty accident that |
| wanted, we could have gone a bit faster, but there | | | | embedded his car in the tyre barrier. A breakage in the |
| was no point in pushing more than we need to.' | | | | left front wheel area is believed to have caused the |
| This steady speed and exceptional use of common | | | | accident. Kovalainen gave a thumbs up to the crowd |
| sense likely had a great positive impact on the end | | | | after it took the on-site medical team 10 minutes to |
| result. Raikkonen's win on Sunday placed him nine | | | | remove him from the car. He was taken to the |
| points ahead of Lewis Hamilton in driver standings. | | | | hospital for a medical check-up, but no injuries have |
| Hamilton had a rocky start in this year's championship | | | | been reported. |
| standings. The Australian Grand Prix, the first Formula | | | | In response to the accident involving Kovalainen, fellow |
| One race of the season, was Hamilton's best race to | | | | drivers have expressed concern for his well-being. |
| date. He was able to dominate the track and take the | | | | Hamilton said, 'It was a bad day for Heikki, but I'm glad |
| checkered flag with relative ease. The following two | | | | he's OK. Ron [Dennis] came on the radio and told me |
| races, however, saw very different endings for the | | | | he was OK. I'm sure he'll bounce back and we will |
| McLaren-Mercedes driver. | | | | keep pushing forwards.' |
| In Malaysia, he finished 5th and then 13th in Bahrain, | | | | Early pit stops seem to be a growing strategy among |
| causing quite a setback in championship standings. | | | | Formula One drivers. Alonso made a pit stop much |
| Hamilton said in a post-race interview, 'After two bad | | | | earlier than expected, with Felipe Massa making his |
| races, to be back on the podium is fantastic. It's a | | | | first pit stop only three laps later. Alonso was forced to |
| great relief.' He also said, 'When we qualified fifth, we | | | | retire from the race on lap 34 after serious engine |
| knew it would be very difficult to match the Ferraris.' | | | | problems. 'We had an engine problem; we blew up. |
| The race for second position was hard-won for | | | | Unfortunately, it was not the right place, as it's my |
| Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa. Lewis Hamilton wasn't | | | | home Grand Prix, but I am very happy', said Alonso. |
| backing down in his quest for another win. In turn, | | | | |