Sunday, July 08, 2007

Ferrari Raikkonen wins British GP!!!

British GP - Two in a row for Raikkonen as Hamilton fades
Eurosport - Sun, 08 Jul 14:40:00 2007
Kimi Raikkonen made it two wins in a row in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone as home hero Lewis Hamilton faded to third after leading the early stages of the race.

Ferrari driver Raikkonen trailed the McLaren of Hamilton's team-mate Fernando Alonso as the second round of pit-stops approached.

But he stopped five laps later than the Spaniard and used his low fuel load to bang in a series of quick laps, helping him to leapfrog his rival for the win by 2.459 seconds.

Britain's hero Hamilton lost any chance of victory when he tried to pull away from his first pit-stop with his fuel hose still attached.

The few seconds he lost were enough to drop him to third, where he finished, although that was enough to keep him in the lead of the world championship, by a reduced margin of 12 points from Alonso

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