Bridgestone Results 1st M Schumacher 1:24:42.700 Fastest Lap 1:18.739 lap 14; 2nd R Barrichello 1:24:45.814; 6th G Fisichella 1:24:55.588, 9th F Massa 1:25:06.723; 15th N Heidfeld 1:25:29.729 (1 lap), 16th G Bruni 1:25:12.423 (4 laps), DNF G Pantano (47 laps), DNF Z Baumgartner (29 laps)

Hisao Suganuma – Technical Manager – Bridgestone Motorsport
“Win number ten and another podium for Rubens – fantastic! I’m delighted this win was Michael’s 80th of his career, it is a remarkable feat. Today’s
race highlighted the strong points of the Bridgestone tyre performance. I was very pleased with the tyres we brought here this weekend which, as Ferrari and Sauber both demonstrated, were ideally suited to giving our runners the best possible chance. It was particularly pleasing to see Giancarlo take another three points although a shame for Felipe who just missed out on a points scoring position. Nevertheless it was a great performance today. On a final note I would like to mention the brave performance of the Minardi team today who competed under very difficult circumstances.”

Ross Brawn – Technical Director – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
“We’d seen during testing that the Bridgestone tyres were very consistent but Michael wasn’t entirely happy with the car going into qualifying so we thought we’d play it a little conservative. Rubens was much happier with the car and wanted to have an aggressive strategy. As it turned out, Michael’s car was good in the race and Rubens’ car wasn’t quite there. Probably the conditions that came up – the overnight rain or the wind – just tilted it in Michael’s favour. He put in one of the most stunning laps and I was shocked when he came out in front of Kimi because I knew it would be close but I hadn’t appreciated how much of a gap he’d managed to make on him. Our Bridgestone tyres are fantastic. But for me it was very special to be up on the podium today, you never get tired of it! ”

Willy Rampf – Technical Director – Sauber Petronas
“We’ve made a clear step forward in our performance with the new aero package for Silverstone which gives us more downforce and more stability. The Bridgestone tyre we’ve had here has been very consistent and the race pace has been at a very high level. We lost some time behind the Michelin cars: Montoya and Webber were clearly slower than us. Bridgestone tyres were very quick today and to finish 12 seconds behind the leader is very encouraging.”

Temperatures Air Track Weather
Afternoon 28-20C 25-28-25C Overcast