Ferrari 1-2 at Magny-Cours (French GP)

BAMBINO:

Kimi Raikkonen answers the call. A brilliant drive for the Finn who was seriously underachieving with La Scuderia Ferrari. Kimi started 3rd on the grid and on his second stint, was able to reel off some hot laps, a la Schumi, when race leader and team mate Felipe Massa pitted on lap 43. When Kimi pitted 3 laps later, he had built up a good enough lead that when he exited, he was 2 seconds ahead of Felipe. Kimi then led a Ferrari procession to the chequered flag. A good win for Raikkonen and Ferrari.

Rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton continues his assault into the record books by finishing in the final podium position making him the only F1 driver to stand on the podium in every race he has started so far. He is truly a breath of fresh air post Schumacher. His team mate and defending two time champion, Fernando Alonso, had a pretty awful race and finished 7th. His body language says it all.

The BMW team did extraordinarily well as Robert Kubica, fresh from his horrible crash at Montreal, finished 4th with Nick Heidfeld 5th. Giancarlo Fisichella and Jenson Button finished 6th and 8th respectively. This race might have been the last race in France for the foreseeable future. As usual French politics and F1 not seeing eye to eye.

FINAL RESULTS:

1) Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari

2) Felipe Massa - Ferrari

3) Lewis Hamilton - McLaren - Mercedes

4) Robert Kubica - BMW

5) Nick Heidfeld - BMW

6) Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault

7) Fernando Alonso - McLaren - Mercedes

8) Jenson Button - Honda