Kimi Räikkönen and Ferrari are of return. After a pair of dissapointing races the Finn retook the victorious footpath and obtained his second triumph of the season, first had been in the opening of the world-wide one, in Melbourne Australia.
Ferrari with their pilots Massa and Räikkönen demonstrated their strength from same Friday dominating the session of training clearly. Saturday the Brazilian Massa obtained his seventh pole position after surpassing by little margin to the pilot of McLaren Lewis Hamilton, in as much Räikkönen was third party.
The bichampion of the world Fernando Alonso remained with the empty hands the day Saturday after undergoing a mechanical problem that he prevented to mark a time him in the Q3. Of this form the Asturian one had to start from the tenth position, to make matters worse with a car that never satisfied throughout the weekend.

The race already leaved and quickly Massa and Räikkönen establish difference with respect to Hamilton. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

The released one of Massa and Räikkönen was perfect, still more the one of Kimi that it clearly advanced to Hamilton. With this simple Kimi action it had a great occasion to obtain his second triumph of the year, since of to have been suspended back of Hamilton him it had been impossible to follow the frenetic rate of his coequiper.
“Finally! Everything came out well in my race. He was vital to have happened to Hamilton in the beginning and soon I tried to be always with Felipe. It knew that it had some returns in track more, but before my first shutdown in boxes I had a little traffic and I could not be with the leadership. Later, in the second shutdown the situation changed and I could leave in the first place. We have been strong from the beginning of the weekend and this victory is the reward by all the duro work that we have carried out in the last weeks. Now we must continue improving the car, because still it lacks enough, beginning by the next race, that we would have to confront it in the same way that here in Magny-Cours”, declared the Räikkönen winner.
In as much Fernando Alonso one used one's wits them to gain some positions but when arriving at the tail of the BMW of Nick Heidfeld to him it became impossible to try an advancement. The German legitimately became the nightmare of the Spanish retaining it during great part of the fight.
In the first curve an accident between Vitantonio Liuzzi and Anthony Davidson took place. He was the Briton who took ahead to the Italian bringing about the immediate retirement of the race of both. Another incident of consideration happened in the bracket “Adelaida”, when Jarno Trulli also wore to the Renault de Kovalainen. The Finn could continue with the hurt car, whereas Trulli left.

Kovalainen of con hand after to be struck by Trulli. Luckily it hit it to nobody. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

“Again my race did not last much. I felt that somebody struck to me behind. probably Davidson, I did I spin a top and soon I believe that we touched ourselves again. She is one suffers because we had a strategy, rained or no, that I believe that it could have given good results. Everything what we can do now is to wait for Silverstone and to hope that the improvement that we did of its fruits. We already deserve some points”, explained Liuzzi.
Meanwhile in the end Felipe Massa it traveled very fast lowering its own times returned to return. Kimi persecuted always it to a prudent distance whereas Hamilton, third party, with great difficulty could stay to a reasonable difference of the Ferrari.
Who thought that the Ferrari dominated to travel with little combustible were mistaken, since it was Hamilton first in resupplying itself. Felipe Massa paused three returns before his coequiper Räikkönen and managed to maintain the leadership in the first part. Nevertheless the difference between both was reduced of 4 to only 2 seconds. It was clear that if these 2 seconds stayed and Kimi it returned to refuel after Felipe, was clear chance to advance it in boxes.

Kimi already surpassed to Massa in boxes and triumph of the year is directed towards its second. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

In the average and key part of the competition Felipe Massa it failed. The Brazilian was not so capable to surpass stragglers as his companion did, who returned to trim difference to him being placed in a certainly threatening position.
On the other hand Lewis Hamilton withdrew much after his first resupply, for that McLaren reason decided that colored person went to 3 shutdowns instead of 2. A somewhat confused strategy that did not give the awaited result, that is to say to reach and to beat to the Ferrari de Massa-Räikkönen.
In return 47 everything changed for Felipe Massa who until that then dominated the test. After completing their second resupply before three returns, saw as his coequiper Räikkönen his with a considerable advantage for the situation returned ahead to the track. From the Finn never it would more leave the leadership there until the end of the test. Massa could not try to trim the advantage to him and to fight the triumph to him to Kimi either, because its moral had already vanished.
“In the first place I must say that I am in favor happy of the equipment, since it needed east type result, after a difficult period. By all means that I had liked to win, but I was myself delayed by the traffic in the decisive phase of the race, in which it knew that the leadership had to strengthen a little on Kimi to be in front of him during the shutdowns in boxes. With the today cars, you begin to even have turbulence of the cars that are to certain distance in front of you and is difficult to advance, to the slowest cars, if they are not really made to a side. My car was almost perfect and when I had the free track I was fastest. Anyway, we have advanced in both championships and now we must continue thus, beginning from Silverstone”, ended up saying Massa.

A postcard of the race. Alonso persecuting to the BMW of Heidfeld that did not do the far from easy life to him. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

After a hardest race Fernando Alonso finally it arrived seventh just behind its ex- companion of Renault Giancar it Fisichella. Alonso lost a great occasion to finish in front of Fisichella and Heidfeld after having undergone a slight confusion in curve two. The last victory of Alonso was in Monaco and from that one race it began to withdraw at the hands of his sorpendente to coequiper Hamilton.
“Today I have given the maximum of me, but we knew that it would be difficult releasing from 10ª position, with a strategy that originally was thought to be between the three first positions. That has meant that after the shutdowns in boxes always returned in another position and finished behind those who already it had surpassed. The fight with Nick Heidfeld has been funny, but much work has cost me. Also I have done a good one moved with Giancar it. I am in the fight by the world-wide championship, so it had to do what outside necessary today and not to worry me about the risks. It is a dissapointing result, but we must try to improve the next week, where we would have to be strong”, thought Fernando Alonso.
The Polish pilot Robert Kubica was brilliant in his return to the category after the spectacular accident that suffered in Canada. Kubica had an excellent performance and arrived quarter surpassing clearly at his coequiper Nick Heidfeld. Kubica used a strategy of 2 shutdowns, like his coequiper.

Hand by hand between Kubica and Hamilton. The faithful Briton to his surpassed it style in a dangerous maneuver. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

“It has been a great race for the equipment when the finishing in fourth and fifth position, and has been an excellent weekend for me. The race has been very calm. I have sallied quite good but it was in the dirty side with Lewis Hamilton, reason why I have not had opportunity to advance. After that moment, only I have once approached, when he has left boxes and we have maintained a brief fight, but he it took new tires, it has restrained behind schedule in the bracket and one has moved away again. Last the 20 returns have been a question to be preservative to provide a good result to him to the equipment, since Lewis was very ahead and had to Nick behind. The car has worked and I am very well to the one hundred percent, as much physical as mentally. It could dispute another race right now”, commented the Kubica Pole.
Giancar it Fisichella it arrived fifth and it could not fulfill with the aim of Renault, to finish in front of both BMW cars. At least Physical it could culminate in front of Fernando Alonso and add some small points. Kovalainen fought with a wounded car product of the blow offered by Jarno Trulli in the first return to finalize fifteenth, very far from all.

Fisichella reduces a turn to him to his coequiper. The Italian returned to add points, but nothing else that… Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

I have done “It as well as possible. Our rate are been very next to the one of BMW and even also nearer the one of the equipment leaders, it demonstrates as it the fact that I have been able to maintain behind to Fernando with equal propellent charge in the final section of the race. It is clear that we continued improving and making progresses. Nevertheless, this behind schedule there am lost a position in race and that is not good, especially when BMW is ahead. The greater problem has been the subturn that I have accused with the high propellent charge that took in the second stint, that has made me waste long time. I have fought a small battle with Fernando in the beginning of the race, but it went much more light and he has happened to me. But in the end we have become to find and the things were much more even”, said Fisichella.
The last point of the Great Prize was for Jenson Button after completing the test with a single resupply. This point is first that Honda obtains in the season after the failure that supposed its car version 2007. Rubens Barrichello on the other hand was eleventh after throughout battling the Great Prize with Ralf Schumacher.
Nico Rosberg started ninth and has finished in the same position in a frustrating race for the equipment Williams Toyota. His companion Alex Wurz did not have any opportunity after a poor qualification and I conclude 14º.
After this result, Lewis Hamilton, who accumulates eight races followed without lowering of podio, follows in the leadership of the championship, now with 14 points of advantage on Fernando Alonso, 17 on Felipe Massa and 22 with respect to Kimi Räikkönen.

Hamilton extended its advantage in the championship and it is outlined like the great candidate to title 2007. Photo: http://f1.racing-live.com/

“I am contented of to have finalized third today and to have continued with my gust of wind of podios in Formula 1. I did not do the best one released and I do not know exactly which was the reason. My car was in the first part of the race and I pressed very well hard to try to surpass to Kimi, but lamentably I did not obtain it. We had decided on a strategy to three shutdowns. I am in favor happy of my equipment, since still we continued leading the championship of pilots and the one of constructors. Now we will concentrate ourselves in the Great Prize of Great Britain of the next week, where I believe that we will be competitive again. I am trusting for the Great Prize of house, since all in the equipment are working very hard, they do since it in each race”, commented Hamilton.
The next Great Prize will be the next Sunday in Great Britain, in the circuit of Silverstone.

<<<EXTRA>>>

The key of the GP: The wonderful operation of the F2007 de Ferrari and the perfect strategy of race.

The maneuver of the GP: The released brilliant of Kimi Räikkönen. It clearly surpassed Lewis Hamilton, key maneuver later to gain the competition.

Outstanding pilot I: Kimi Räikkönen. One always stayed on the lookout of Felipe Massa and at the time of it exceeded it clearly to the strategy. It won with much intelligence.

Outstanding pilot II: Robert Kubica. After having been on the brink of madness the death in the GP of Canada he returned and how! , he arrived in a brilliant fourth position.

The surprise: The rollover of errors from the bichampion Alonso in its attempt to recover positions. It was not his day.

Deception I: The touch between Kovalainen and Trulli in the first return. Both could have fought by the points. The Italian was mistaken.

Deception II: In spite of to have obtained the put second, Felipe Massa not this for anything happy…

© Alexander Lucardi
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