This circuit is one of the very few (this season only 3) which the direction of the race is opposite clock wise… as most races’ direction is clock wise… as a result this race is quite hard and heavy on the drivers necks, as their bodies and necks are more used to the usual direction…
Number of laps: 58, circuit length: 5.338 km, race distance: 309.396 km, and lap record held by JP Montoya: 1:24.770 in (2005)
As Kimi Räikkönen had problems with his gear box yesterday I was quite worried with him starting at 4th position…
And as I was happy to see Heikki Kovalainen is back in track with out any problems… And he even started in second position!
Lap1; safety car was out already… Kovalainen pushed Räikkönen back so ended up behind Alonso is 6th… Kovalainen lost his second position for that act and was 4th, and also as a result of his act Hamilton got the 2nd as he was 3rd…
Lap 2; Vettel, Sutil and Nakajima pit…
Lap 3; Kovalainen pits. And Räikkönen takes a pass on Alonso and with no problems gets 4th position back to his hands…
Lap 4; Massa sets a lap record with 1:28.174…
Lap5; Kovalainen 18th and Räikkönen closing up on Kubica.
Lap 7; Hamilton gets the lap record with 1:27.427.
Lap 9; Kovalainen seemed to be too heavy as he was going relatively slow… Trulli closing on Coulthard…
Lap 10; Hamilton pushing hard and he sets a new lap record with 1:27.162….
Lap12; A new fastest lap for Hamilton…
Lap13; Kovalainen finally passed Sutil and was 17th position.
Lap14; Trulli is catching up Coulthard… and Hamilton sets a new lap just to break it again…
Lap15; 1:26.641 even a faster lap for Hamilton. And we saw the replay for Piquet passing Vettel.
Lap16; Alonso pits, Hamilton after him from position 2… earlier than most expected… Massa still leads…
Lap 18; Kovalainen passes Vettel and in 16th… Hamilton in 6th position…
Lap 19; Webber pits, and takes harder tyres… Massa pits, takes harder tyres and gets out in front of Hamilton..
Lap 20; Räikkönen sets fastest lap with 1:26.506…
Lap 21; Räikkönen pits and gets out in front of Kubica.
Lap 22; Massa leads, Hamilton in second and Räikkönen in 3rd… and Sutil pits from 18th position..
Lap 23; Vettel pits from 16th position..
Lap 24; Hamilton passes Massa and takes the lead… Coulthard pits, and Vettel pits again (seems he had a problem).
Lap 25; Rosberg pits from 5th… and Hamilton seems so light that he just flies in the lead…
Lap 26; Hamilton pulls even feather from Massa… Bourdais is out after spinning off to the gravel…
Lap 27; Kovalainen pits…
Lap 28; Barrichello pits from 9th position…
Lap 31; Hamilton still flying… and seemed Kubica was having some problems with the radio with the team…
Lap 32; Button and Glock pit…
Lap 34; Hamilton pits and seems he’s going for 3 stops strategy… coming out behind Räikkönen in 3rd!
Lap 35; Kovalainen fighting hard with Glock for the 13th position… amazing pass… it was really great one!!!
Lap 36; Piquet gives a nice show passing Button… but just to find Kovalainen pressing on him for position 11.
Lap 39; Hamilton getting closer to Räikkönen… and Sutil goes for his 3rd stop.
Lap 41; Massa pits and Räikkönen takes the lead… and Hamilton in 2nd… seems Ferrari is racing Hamilton.
Lap 43; Heidfeld pits from position 4.
Lap 44; Räikkönen pits from the lead and takes harder tyres and gets out to take 3rd position.
Lap 45; Hamilton pits from the lead and get out in front of Räikkönen in second position.
Lap 46; Coulthard pits, following him Piquet… and Kovalainen get his place in 12th position.
Lap 47; Hamilton is between the Ferraris with Räikkönen pressing hard on him. And as he came out with softer tyres which he doesn’t really like, that gives Räikkönen a better chance to pass him, but that we needed to wait and see…
Lap 49; Kovalainen passes Coulthard and I thought he would be getting a point… just to see him pit in the next lap…
Lap 51; Kimi is so close to Hamilton… big chance to take over… but all I could do is hold my breath and wait!
Lap 53; Hamilton is still under pressure from Räikkönen!!!
Lap 55; Kovalainen passes Glock taking 12th position.
Final lap; Massa finishes 1st for the third time in a raw… 2nd Hamilton and third for Räikkönen.
Great race… with only 3 retirements… I did enjoy it even my hopes were for Räikkönen in second, but it’s a race and never know what the results may be… 
