Massa lets Alonso win.jpg "Image") Alonso won controversially in Germany
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was third at his home Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 5.1 seconds adrift of the Spaniard. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button never threatened the leaders but Hamilton's fourth-place finish means he still leads the drivers standings. Mark Webber was one place off Button in sixth for Red Bull after engine issues.
The result was a first one-two for Ferrari since the first race of the season in Bahrain, a race Alonso won, but the Spaniard's victory in Germany was soured by the coded team orders given with 18 laps to go. Ferrari were subsequently fined $100,000 for breaching sporting regulations.
The Italian team has also been referred to the sport's governing body, the FIA, after Felipe Massa slowed down to allow team-mate Fernando Alonso past to win. However the result of the race, won by Alonso from Massa, is unaffected. Ferrari continued to insist the incident was "a driver decision" and no instructions were given to Massa.
Team boss Stefano Domenicali said: "As for the stewards' decision, given after the race, in the interests of the sport, we have decided not to go through a procedure of appealing against it, confident that the World Council will know how to evaluate the overall facts correctly."
Ferrari have also been found guilty of breaching the sporting code, which states that "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition, or to the interests of motorsport generally" can be punished. The fine is the maximum the stewards are allowed to impose. Immediately following the race, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali had suggested he did not think the instruction apparently issued by Massa's race engineer Rob Smedley would be an issue with the FIA.
Smedley's exact words to Massa were: "OK, so, Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?" Massa, who finished second behind race winner Alonso, did not reply, but a few seconds later slowed his car on the exit of Turn Six, allowing Alonso to easily overtake.
Smedley then came back on the radio and said: "Good lad. Just stick with him now. Sorry." Then, at the end of the race Smedley told Massa he had been "very, very, very magnanimous" in his actions. | Pos | Country | Driver | Car | Team | Grid | Fastest lap | Race time | Points | | 1 | spain | Fernando Alonso | 8 | Ferrari | 2 | 1:15.880 | 1:27:38.864 | 25 | | 2 | brazil | Felipe Massa | 7 | Ferrari | 3 | 1:16.097 | +00:04.196 | 18 | | 3 | germany | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | Red Bull-Renault | 1 | 1:15.824 | +00:05.121 | 15 | | 4 | great britain | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | McLaren-Mercedes | 6 | 1:16.503 | +00:26.896 | 12 | | 5 | great britain | Jenson Button | 1 | McLaren-Mercedes | 5 | 1:16.451 | +00:29.482 | 10 | | 6 | australia | Mark Webber | 6 | Red Bull-Renault | 4 | 1:16.678 | +00:43.606 | 8 | | 7 | poland | Robert Kubica | 11 | Renault | 7 | 1:17.166 | lapped | 6 | | 8 | germany | Nico Rosberg | 4 | Mercedes GP | 9 | 1:16.609 | lapped | 4 | | 9 | germany | Michael Schumacher | 3 | Mercedes GP | 11 | 1:17.088 | lapped | 2 | | 10 | russia | Vitaly Petrov | 12 | Renault | 13 | 1:17.198 | lapped | 1 | | 11 | japan | Kamui Kobayashi | 23 | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 12 | 1:17.100 | lapped | | | 12 | brazil | Rubens Barrichello | 9 | Williams-Cosworth | 8 | 1:17.029 | lapped | | | 13 | germany | Nico Hulkenberg | 10 | Williams-Cosworth | 10 | 1:16.836 | lapped | | | 14 | spain | Pedro de la Rosa | 22 | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 14 | 1:16.527 | lapped | | | 15 | spain | Jaime Alguersuari | 17 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 15 | 1:16.971 | lapped | | | 16 | italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 15 | Force India-Mercedes | 21 | 1:16.596 | lapped | | | 17 | germany | Adrian Sutil | 14 | Force India-Mercedes | 19 | 1:16.687 | lapped | | | 18 | germany | Timo Glock | 24 | Virgin-Cosworth | 23 | 1:18.211 | lapped | | | 19 | brazil | Bruno Senna | 21 | Hispania-Cosworth | 20 | 1:20.861 | lapped | | | 20 | finland | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | Lotus-Cosworth | 18 | 1:20.664 | retired, 56 laps | | | 21 | brazil | Lucas di Grassi | 25 | Virgin-Cosworth | 24 | 1:20.703 | retired, 50 laps | | | 22 | japan | Sakon Yamamoto | 20 | Hispania-Cosworth | 22 | 1:23.541 | retired, 19 laps | | | 23 | italy | Jarno Trulli | 18 | Lotus-Cosworth | 17 | 2:14.452 | retired, 3 laps | |
