Who got lost in France?

Five winners:

1. Felipe Massa (1st) Won a race that he didn’t really deserve to win, though that’s no criticism of Ferrari’s No.2, who could yet win the world title - especially if Kimi continues to have zero luck.

2. Nelson Piquet Jnr (7th) Wouhou, at last! Junior brings his Renault home in a points-paying position. Now we could see a totally different Piquet. Or not.

3. Jarno Trulli (3rd) The veteran Italian is quietly compiling one of the best seasons of his career. Did well to resist the attention of Heikki Kovalainen’s McLaren.

4. Mark Webber (6th) Another steady race from Steady Webby. Not much else to report.

5. Heikki Kovalainen (4th) He’s a winner, just, and with major reservations. France saw his second-highest finish of the season, but when team-mate Lewis Hamilton is struggling, Kovi should really be doing a better job to hassle the Ferraris and get on the podium. He wasn’t helped by an unfortunate penalty after blocking Webber in quali, but he should have found a way to get past Trulli and into third.

And five losers:

1. Lewis Hamilton (10th) No points for the second race in a row, and the victim of a dubious steward’s decision, some might argue for the second race in a row also. If Lewis was paranoid, he might think the FIA was out to get him. That said, he could have driven better this weekend - he ran wide trying to get past Seb Vettel on the first lap, a sign that he was, predictably, trying too hard to make things happen.

2.The FIA Consistent only in their wild inconsistency. They penalised Lewis for missing the chicane as he overtook Vettel. Fair enough, you might say - but Vettel did pretty much the same thing to Kovi in Montreal; the German kept the Finn behind him only by missing the apex on a chicane. Hamilton is brought in for a stop-go, Vettel goes unpunished. What gives? Also, Kovi was punished for blocking Webber in qualifying; it appeared that Massa did the same to Bourdais. Ferrari got away with it, McLaren didn’t. Where have we heard that before?

3. Robert Kubica (5th) Bobby’s run of podiums is over. Okay, fifth place is still decent, but there was something about BMW’s performance in France that suggested the team doesn’t believe their No.1 driver can really challenge for the title.

4. Nick Heidfeld (13th) Rinsed by Kubica again. Not-so-Quick Nick must already be looking for a new drive in 2009.

5. Jenson Button (DNF) The only driver not to make it to the end of the race. Having a torrid time at Honda, to the point of being outperformed by Rubens Barrichello, who is clearly past it.