Michael Schumacher did what he could, but second position was as good as it was ever going to get unless Alonso had a problem – and he did not. Schumacher made up one position on Fisichella in the first round of pit stops, but could do nothing about the pace of the leading R26.

Giancarlo Fisichella took the lower podium position 24 seconds behind his team-leader. A mistake mid-race saw him run though the gravel trap and lose six seconds, but in reality it made little difference to his race result.

Felipe Massa started fourth and finished in the same position, recording the fastest lap of the race prior to his second stop. For whatever reason the Brazilian was not able to show that pace over the entire race distance, as he finished six seconds behind Fisichella.