Originally Posted by khimera 
If its not the actual standings and official boards that u r considering, then consider this - Accident yamamoto and fisichella's car was damaged. Yamamoto went onto the pits first and retired. fisichella went to the pits after yamamoto(if i am correct) and then he followed the same suit. If right after the accident, fischella's car is so badly damaged that he could not even make it to the pits before yamamoto, doesn't it logically mean that he was the first casualty of the race? I didn't happen to see the accident coz as soon as first lap into the last corner i got a call which i quickly disconnected but by the time i came back to the hall, this incident was over. Its upto u guys to decided
I just luv the fact that Ferrari won
If fisichella had retired without making it into the pits, he would have been the first to retire.
If Fisi had gone to the pits and driven directly into the garage, he would have been the first to retire.
but instead, what happened was, Fisi followed Yamamoto into the pits (11.2 secs behind which is a HUUGE amount in F1 terms. enough to complete refilling and changing the tyres).
Yamamoto entered the pits 11.2 secs ahead and then his mechanics tried changing the front wing of his car. they abandoned it as there was too much damage.
fisi followed him in and then stood in the pit lane as his mechanics examined his car. they even started some work at the back of his car, then decided that it was too much.
This is why we have concluded that Yamamoto was the first to retire