Risky strategy but Lewis wins in German GP

Lewis Hamilton center the 4th victory this year on Hockenheim circuit. As “usual” a great start for hime gaining half/one second per lap. At lap 36 safety car enters on the track due to an accident to Timo Glock. All the top drivers decide to make the pit stop but, with big surprise, McLaren keep Lewis on the track. Lewis is 1st and with 14 secs on Massa but he is now obliged to stop, re-entering on the track in 5th position (lap 51). Lewis in 9 laps overcome Kovalainen, Massa and then Piquet (Heidfeld stopped for his 2nd pit) reaching the first position and the victory.

1 Lewis Hamilton 1:31:20.874
2 Nelson Piquet 5.586
3 Felipe Massa 9.339
4 Nick Heidfeld 9.825
5 Heikki Kovalainen 12.411
6 Kimi Räikkönen 14.483
7 Robert Kubica 22.603
8 Sebastien Vettel 33.282
9 Jarno Trulli 37.199
10 Nico Rosberg 37.658
11 Fernando Alonso
12 Sebastien Bourdais
13 David Coulthard
14 Kazuki Nakajima
15 Adrian Sutil
16 Giancarlo Fisichella
17 Jenson Button

Posted by admin July 2008

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