Massa celebrates his 100th Grand Prix win in Valencia

Valencia proved to be a lucky race for Felipe Massa as he had made up for his last-race disappointment in Hungary by dominating Sunday’s European Grand Prix from start to finish. He had managed to finish ahead of F1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica.

A fine of 10,000 euros was put on the Brazilian when the stewards found that he had been released unsafely in the path of Force India's Adrian Sutil from the pit lane. It was tough race for Lewis as he had made up his mind that he would not be able to catch up with Massa which had a lead of about 5.67 secs, but managed to hold Robert Kubica for his 2nd position in the race.

Dramas for Kimi. On the 43rd lap when Kimi Raikkonen was released from his pit stop before the refueling hose had been detached from his F2008. A mechanic was struck by the red car’s rear wing in the melee, and as he was being stretchered to the medical centre, the second incident occurred when Raikkonen’s engine apparently exploded as he went into his 46th lap.

Race Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 57 1:35:32.339
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 57 +5.6 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 57 +37.3 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +39.7 secs
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +50.6 secs
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 +52.6 secs
7 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +67.9 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 57 +71.4 secs
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 57 +82.1 secs
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 57 +89.7 secs
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +92.7 secs
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +1 Lap
13 Jenson Button Honda 56 +1 Lap
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 56 +1 Lap
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 56 +1 Lap
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 56 +1 Lap