Well it looks ominous to me - Ferrari are simply in a league of their own really - without the two safety car periods they'd have been half a lap down the road from third place at least. British Interests Lewis Hamilton did a great job hanging on for third place - he did all the hard work at the start when Eyebrows and Massa caused Kubica to slow a little allowing Lewis to go to the inside narrowly missing Kovalainen in the process. He kept his foot in and emerged in fourth place behind the two Ferraris (Massa got ahead of Eyebrows) and behind a glory-hunting Eyebrows running light. Jenson Button drove one of his finest races in a resurgent Honda team finally beginning to make some progress thanks largely due to Ross Brawn's experience and leadership - Button did a "Schumacher" and drove some blistering (by their standards) laps to leapfrog people in the pits. David Couthard described himself as a "moving target" after Bahrain and guess what - he got hit twice in this race - once by Adrian Sutil banzaii first lap "oh crap I've run out of track" moment and then by Timo Glock later on in the race - Coulthard's car was heavily damaged by Glock - the Toyota driver came from far back to surprise Coulthard down the inside - it worked - Couthard was utterly surprised to see Glock's car there when he turned in. Anthony Davidson had some bad luck once again in his Super Aguri when a stone got inside the radiator and punctured spilling fluid - he retired very shortly after. Eyebrows and Renault They're looking much better and they could be up there challenging for the last podium spot if this carries on. Kovalainen Crash He's okay so it's also okay to not open the analysis with this - it was a horrible crash to watch - his car bounced through the gravel and speared the tyre barrier so much that only the rear end of the car was visible. Rewind to Nurburgring last year when Hamilton had a very similar crash due to a front wheel failure. Hmm ... Rewind to 1999 when Michael Schumacher speared the tyres at Silverstone after a rear brake failure resulting in a broken leg. The difference was the construction of the tyre barrier - in 1999, Michael's Ferrari split the tyres and just ploughed straight through into the concrete. Ouch. In 2008 at Catalunya, the tyres were much better positioned and although the monocoque was broken underneath, it wasn't utterly split like the Ferrari was in 1999. Conclusion Safety cars kept it interesting to a degree but Ferrari looked untouchable. Lewis drove a sensible race settling for the third place - he has to realise he can't win them all and he is doing so - he learned his lesson from Bahrain well.
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