Ferrari shows top form as Felipe Massa went on for a strong finish after overtaking BMW Sauer’s Robert Kubica in pole position early in the race. Teammate and defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen finished second giving him the push to overtake McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in the points board for the world championship.

In probably the worst turn of events for the young Brit, Hamilton finished in unlucky 13th place after a disaster-marred race. Hamilton gave up his 3rd spot in the grid due to a bad start and had to make pit stops after a minor collision with Fernando Alonso. The incident damaged his front wing and had to refit to effectively continue the race.

Hamilton’s teammate, Heikki Kovalainen posted the fastest lap but only finished 5th. Following the Ferraris are the BMW Sauers with Robert Kubica at 3rd and Nick Heidfeld at 4th.

View the race results after the cut.

1 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari one hour 31 minutes 6.970 seconds
2 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari +3.339 secs
3 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber +4.998
4 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber +8.409
5 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +26.789
6 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota +41.314
7 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault +45.473
8 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota +55.889
9 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota +1:09.500
10 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault +1:17.181
11 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Honda +1:17.862
12 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari one lap behind
13 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes one lap
14 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota one lap
15 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari one lap
16 Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda one lap
17 Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda one lap
18 David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault one lap
19 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari two laps
R Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault 40 laps completed
R Jenson Button (GB) Honda 19 laps
R Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 laps

Fastest lap: Kovalainen, 1:33.193, lap 49.

Key: R = retired

Source: BBC Sport