For the last seven years the Barcelona Grand Prix has been won by the driver standing in pole position and Kimi wasn't about to let the run come to a halt. Despite the close times of the top drivers, the Flying Finn was always very comfortable with no real challenge coming from Massa for the lead.
Lewis Hamilton has had a troublesome few weeks after a disastrous Bahrain Grand Prix in which the Briton finished 13th resulting in a large amount of criticism coming his way. His third position came from a very solid race and could signal the return to form for last seasons runner up.
Things didn't go so well for his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, who crashed out on lap 23 on turn nine when his MP4-23 suffered front left wheel failure sending the Finn into the tyre wall head on, fortunately he got away with a concussion.
The result extends Raikkonen's championship lead to nine points over Lewis who moves up to second, just one point ahead of Massa.
Full Results
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
1 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 66 | 1:38:19.051 | 1 | 10 |
2 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 66 | +3.2 secs | 3 | 8 |
3 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 66 | +4.1 secs | 5 | 6 |
4 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 66 | +5.6 secs | 4 | 5 |
5 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 66 | +35.9 secs | 7 | 4 |
6 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 66 | +53.0 secs | 13 | 3 |
7 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 66 | +58.2 secs | 12 | 2 |
8 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 66 | +59.4 secs | 8 | 1 |
9 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 66 | +63.0 secs | 9 | |
10 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 65 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
11 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 65 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
12 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 65 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
13 | 18 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 65 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
Ret | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 41 | Mechanical | 15 | |
Ret | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 34 | Engine | 2 | |
Ret | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 34 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 21 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 19 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri-Honda | 8 | Radiator damage | 21 | |
Ret | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 7 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 6 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 18 |