Spanish Grand Prix – Barcelona, 27th April 2008
Driver Position Time Gap Laps Chassis
K. Raikkonen 1st 1:38.19.051 - 66 270
F. Massa 2nd 1:38.22.279 + 3.228 66 267
Weather: air temperature 26/24 °C, track temperature
41/37 °C, sunny then partially cloudy
Third win and second consecutive one-two finish of the season
for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, with Kimi Raikkonen on his
second victory in first place and Felipe Massa second. This
is win number 204 from 762 Grands Prix entered by Ferrari,
the seventeenth from 126 races for Kimi.
Stefano Domenicali: “We are obviously
delighted with this result, the best one possible. It comes
as a result of the work done in preparing for the race throughout
the weekend and I want to thank the whole team, both those
who are here at the track and those back in Maranello, for
their efforts. We have to continue in this way, paying great
attention to every little detail. We are up against very strong
opponents and it takes just the slightest thing for a good
result to slip through ones fingers. We are leading both championships
and we have to keep on down this path.”
Kimi Raikkonen: “It would be hard
to do better than this! Yesterday pole, today the win, rounded
off with a second place for Felipe. We are leading both championships
which I’m happy about. The whole weekend went well and
we managed to get the result we came here for. It was not
an easy win, but what matters is the ten points, not the lead
you have when you cross the line. I did not get a perfect
start, but it was enough to keep the lead and then we tried
to control the situation. The two Safety Car periods complicated
things slightly, wiping out the lead we had built up in the
first part, but we never lost the lead of the race. The car
handled very well and had a great balance. We are leading
the world championship, but we know we cannot let up at all:
it takes nothing to drop down the order. Heikki’s accident?
I was very happy when the team told me he was alright and
that’s the most important thing.”
Felipe Massa: “These are eight very
important points. It is not always possible to win as I did
manage in Bahrain a fortnight ago. I made a great start and
managed to pass Alonso, getting very close to Kimi. I knew
I was stopping a lap before my team-mate and that therefore
it would have been very difficult to get ahead of him. That’s
why I think that today, I did the most I could have done in
this situation, bringing home valuable points for myself and
for the team. Even this year, despite the banning of electronic
driver aids, overtaking is pretty much impossible and the
result of qualifying, along with strategy, remains crucial
for deciding the finishing order.”
Luca Baldisserri: “A very satisfying
one-two, the second of the season. Usually, the Spanish Grand
Prix is the litmus test for the pecking order down the grid
after the first run of races outside Europe: from what we
saw, it seems we are maintaining a slight advantage, which
means we can be reasonably confident about the rest of the
season, as long we don’t make any mistakes and continue
to develop the car. All the same, this race was very closely
contested. All key elements worked well – the team,
the drivers, the car – and when that happens, the results
follow. We have to continue like this.”
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