The rain brought a heart stopping race to Silverstone this weekend. Lewis Hamilton showed himself to be a wet weather master with some fantastic driving which at times looked risky but resulted in him finishing over minute ahead of the rest of the field.

Kovalainen stole pole on Saturday with fourth being the best Hamilton was able to achieve. The start was always going to be exciting with Webber lined up alongside Heikki and Raikkonen starting in third and Hamilton alongside him. Hamilton made a fantastic start managing to pull down the inside of Mark Webber, almost getting past Kovalainen. It was then a tense couple of laps with Lewis climbing all over the back of Heikki until eventually he passed him at Stowe before pulling away down Hangar straight. It is fair to say both McLarens looked as though they were on rails this weekend. From that moment on Lewis pulled away and whilst others around him spun on the track he kept going, and made the right tyre choices at the right times, for his first home win. To say the crowd went wild, would be an under statement. Team mate Heikki spun twice but finished fifth.

Webber who did brilliantly to qualify in second, had a disastrous start. He spun on the first lap, managed to keep the car going but re-joined at the back of the field. It was such a shame although the McLarens and Ferraris would always have got past him, he could have got some good points for the team. Due to the conditions, he was also caught out with a number of spins and eventually finished tenth. However, his result was still better than Coulthard who, on the weekend he announced his retirement from racing, qualified eleventh and failed to finish the race. He tried to pass Vettel in his Toro Rosso and did not pull it off. The two of them spun off finishing in the gravel track on the first lap.

Just like Monaco, Ferrari got their wet weather strategy wrong. Massa's race we can write off as it was a disaster from beginning to end. In fact the whole weekend was a disaster for him, having had a big shunt in practice on Friday, he qualified ninth on Saturday and finished thirteenth in the race having spun five times. To be fair, he was lucky to finish the race at all as each of his spins kept him out of the barriers. Team mate Kimi qualified third and finished fourth but in his first pit stop, the team did not change his tyres on the assumption the track would dry out. This being Silverstone, the rain continued and he had no grip with old tyres.

Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber finished second having qualified fifth. I think he is the only person who managed not to spin for the entire race. He kept out of trouble and deserved his finish. Team mate Kubica qualified in tenth and failed to finish, aquaplaning off the track.

Kubica ended his race on the same lap as Button who also aquaplaned into the gravel track. It had not been a good race for Button in any event. He was doing no more than damage limitation at the back having qualified in seventeenth. Barrichello however, having qualified sixteenth, finished third as he changed onto the extreme wet tyres and therefore had the grip to pass the others and at times he was lapping four seconds faster than anyone else.

Alonso kept out of trouble in his Renault, qualifying and finishing in sixth. He used up his tyres very quickly and therefore was not able to put up much defence and Kovalainen was able to pass him on the last lap. He did, however, fare better than team mate Piquet who qualified seventh and failed to finish, yet another victim of the weather.

Trulli went away from the race with two points for a seventh place finish having qualified fourteenth. Team mate Glock qualified twelfth and finished twelfth. Trulli did better in the rain although both of them spun off, Glock suffering the most. Glock lapped Massa and he appeared to feel that Massa had not paid heed to the blue flags. The hand gestures between the two of them were just incredible bearing in mind the speed they were driving and the conditions they were driving in.

The Williams continued to slide backwards. Rosberg had a dreadful weekend starting from the pit lane after suspension problems meant a re-build of the car after qualifying. He did, however, finish ninth despite the fact he drove into the back of Glock. Nakajima had a much better race, qualifying fifteenth and taking points by finishing eighth. He lost seventh place to Trulli on the last lap. It was a shame for Nakajima but the team's decision to put him on extreme wets paid off after they had seen the success of Barrichello.

Vettel in his Toro Rosso had a brilliant qualifying, starting from eighth before he was taken out by Coulthard on the first lap. Team mate Bourdais qualified thirteenth and finished eleventh. Neither Force India finished the race, both spinning off the track.

Only thirteen cars finished this race, Massa being the last to cross the line, two laps down. When you have a rain filled race, it always brings an unpredictable result. The good news for McLaren is that they have won at a circuit which favours the design of the Ferrari. This win will also give Lewis a much needed boost and he will hopefully go into the next race with his head held high and ready to fight for the championship.