Brawn
Jenson Button, P1
Rubens Barrichello, P5
Button made the most of the opening lap to move from fifth to third, and took control of the race once the Toyotas stopped. Thereafter he only lost the lead during his own refuelling stops, and his main concern was babying the engine temperatures in the closing laps. And an electrical box in the cockpit that overheated and burned his left leg. Otherwise, he described his race as his finest ever, after extending his championship lead. Barrichello had an adventurous afternoon running a three-stop strategy, and was a little disappointed to take only fifth.
Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel P2
Mark Webber, P11
Vettel got tucked up in the first corner by Hamilton on his right and Button on his left, and that lost him what should have been a good chance of the win because he ran longest of the main runners in that opening stint. Stuck behind Hamilton, his tyres degraded quickly and he lost further ground, but grabbed second back when Trulli lost pace during his middle stint on prime rubber. Webber initially charged up the field from his P19 grid slot, but got stuck behind Piquet’s KERS-equipped Renault and eventually had to settle for 11th.
Toyota
Jarno Trulli, P3
Timo Glock, P7
Glock led from the start with his lighter fuel load, but pitted on lap 11 and dropped to 10th on the prime tyres, Trulli then led for a lap before pitting, dropped to sixth also on primes, and lost so much time on them that he dropped behind Vettel by the time he went back to super softs for his last stint. After the two TF109s wrapped up the front row in qualifying, third was a disappointment.
McLaren
Lewis Hamilton, P4
Heikki Kovalainen, P12
Hamilton made a blinding start to snatch second briefly from Trulli before running wide and dropping back to third. Button then passed him before the end of the opening lap, but thereafter he ran to a consistent fourth place. Kovalainen was fuelled heavy and ran the prime tyres from the start, which left him to a tough race stuck in the midfield.
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