Lewis Hamilton has taken himself forwards another step towards the world championship title with an assured, mature drive at the Chinese GP that saw him dominating the whole race and shading the Ferraris at every turn.
But blimey, what a boring processional race it was. Kimi Raikkonen letting Felipe Massa past for second place was almost the most exciting thing of the race, after the first corner scamper.
(And wasn’t it funny seeing the Ferrari drivers talking about the pass in the press conference? Apparently, that was Massa’s strongest part of the race.)
Lewis showed that he’s learnt how to drive without his hot head however, not making an error all weekend, and now has a seven point margin from Massa going in to the final race of the year where the championship will be decided.
Can you imagine the pressure that Massa’s going to be under, racing at home in Brazil, potentially for the driver’s championship? That’s a lot riding on one’s shoulders, whereas Lewis just needs to finish fifth or better, which says a lot for the mindsets each will have.
So anyway, what did you think about the race?
fantastic race lewis, well done.
I now a wait some sort of penalty from the FIA
good race by lewis! nice job!
Well done Lewis.
Its good to see a clean reace from the front runners, and no stupid steward enquirys
Bring on 2 weeks, and remember Lewis 5th is enough………. be calm and just do what you do best, drive that silver car very fast, and for Gods sake stay out of trouble
I wish Hamilton could maintain this level of composure and win comprehensively all season but I think I’d lose my temper on a regular basis if I had to exist in such an overtly corrupt atmosphere.
Good on yer Lewis.
Business as usual, Hamilton being unstoppable. Real shame was that Kovalainen had to retire. Although I doubt anyone was watching because everyone was probably sleeping. It was SO BORING! Reminds me of big schu days.
Good result for Hamilton – but another dull-as-dishwater race on a featureless track (pit facilities aside)- I hope the new Abu Dhabi race is a worthy replacement for the Canadian GP next year, proving that new tracks can be as exciting for racing as the older ones.
That’s the perfect race, congratulations Hamilton, I guess step by step he’s learning how to drive with head instead of with heart. The only championship problem this year was the lack of competitors… If ALonso was in Ferrari and Hamilton would have won the championship, no one would say anything else apart: You’re the best.
Good work Hamilton, lets see the same thing again next time…
I think they are going in the wrong direction with the track situation… I like Shanghai, but its just not comparable with Montreal, and I dont think Abu Dhabi will be either…no character..
*waits for the usual Hamilton is rubbish crowd to come posting abuse about how he’s the worst driver in the history of F1 ever proven by the fact he locked his right wheel a couple of times in the race*
Well that was easy. And totally predictable, as Lewis had been dominating the whole weekend. James Allen was right (for once) to call Massa passing Kimi “the most predictable overtake of the year”.
I think we can all assume Massa will win in Sao Paolo, so Hamilton only needs to finish 5th – and maybe qualify behind Alonso and the Ferraris so they can’t take him out.
Sorry to the Ferrari fans for the onslaught of “Lewis Rules” comments you are probably about to read, but you have to admit this time, he kinda did.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..
Perfect race from Lewis, but I was dreaming of rain.
He will be winning in a German car. But i am sure you all know this
And the utter brown nosing of the press is making sundays unbearable now, other good drivers are not getting credit because the commentators are not watching anyone else..
Lets hope it is a worthy end to the year, and if Lewis wins Ron dennis actually smiles on live TV.
Good luck to them all.
well I hope that shut the anti-hamiltons up. We’ve had too much criticism saying that Hamilton can only be competitive by running everyone else off the track, that he’s too dangerous etc. He drove maturely and safely and he still thrashed the ferraris. Poor Massa never had a chance, looking at the time differences!
I’m also glad to see the smile wiped from Kubica’s face. Telling the press that you think you can ‘do a raikonnen’ and steal the championship away from Massa and Hamilton just smacks of sheer arrogance given his position (that is, he’s in an inferior car and was quite a ways behind on points).
It was sad to see Massa look so dejected approaching the podium though, but frankly so he should be. Raikonnen was just able to keep the gap between him and hamilton from widening, but Massa kept dropping pace. It almost appeared as though Raikonnen had to drop back slowly to let Massa overtake. In my eyes, Raikkonnen came second today, not third.
Bourdais needs a shakeup too, if what trulli says was true. Going inside and then diving wide is a schoolboy error, and Trulli suffered for it. I think the fact that Bourdais got away with it makes up for the injustice dealt to him in Fuji.
A processional race perhaps, but hamilton proved a lot today, so for me it wasn’t as ‘boring’ as some people here apparently think.
Lewis what a talent! Alonso confirms that he needs to be taken into account in brazil.
the race started well with Alonso and Kovalainen. then no real excitment at the front. Webber did nice overtakings in the S. Bourdais is 4 time Champ car champion but behaved like a rookie. that’s an evidence tht he does not feel confortable in F1. what future?
lol.. where are the Hamilton haters now? :p
Hamilton drove really well today.. mature, not taking to many chances and boring as hell…
If there is still a single soul who denies that it is Hamilton who makes the races exciting, then they should just stop watching F1… cause right now it’s REALLY obvious… Every race were Hamilton drives like a lunatic turn out to be great races (Silverstone, Spa, Monza, …) whenever he takes it calm we end up with a race that looks more like a veteran’s day parade…
I honestly can’t blame him for giving us boring races though, right now the championship is all that matters
F1Yankee?
edgars?
How can we penalise Lewis now?
Well done Lewis, you derserved that 100%. fantastic driving….
But what a boring race ‘ZZZZZZZZZZ’
now i cant wait to see what crap the “Anti-Hamilton” poos come out with
comment #12 said:
“He will be winning in a German car. But i am sure you all know this”
You mean german as in built in britain by a team based in Woking, Surrey (which is in the UK)? I suppose that makes up for the fact that people consider Aston Martins to be british supercars when in fact the CEO is german, the main HQ is in germany, and the engines are built in Germany.
One thing I noticed on the grid before the race – Ferrari’s axles are british, built by the company BBS. Put a little smile on my face when i noticed it.
Surely history will not repeat itself.
BUT, main difference from last year is that Lewis is going into the final race with confidence as today, he blew the Ferarris away.
Good luck lewis, about time to have a British world champion, we’ve waiting long enough
congrats on the title lewis if u werent robbed at spa u d have it by now
Lewis deserves the title he’s the best driver in my opinion, at least the Constructors title will be going to Maranello again forza Ferrari.
FIRST MATURE DRIVE BY HIM. GOOD DISCIPLINE DRIVING. BUT AN ABSOLUTE BORING RACE.HOW MANY OF U AGREE THAT CHINESE GRAND PRIX IS NOT AN THRILLER???
im still waiting for the 1000000 point penalty for breathing to heavily on the start line. Massa is crap, and he should give up now, rather then trying to stay in by using team orders. if kovalenien does that for hamilton in brazil, both will be penalised.
Catersam unfortunately Kovaleinen is too slow to be up there with Lewis and i don’t know why. The way Hamilton blew him away this weekend, i would be concerned. He’s behind Alonso in the championship in seventh place. Apart from in 2006 where McLaren had two second drivers, the last driver as bad as that at McLaren was Coulthard in 2004. With still one race to go, there is still a chance for massa to bag the title, but he needs some luck with Hamilton encountering problems. Ferrari are strong around Interlagos so expect a Massa win but perhaps not a championship.
Puts a smile on my face when a strong McLaren Mercedes team can’t beat a very average ferrari team which has made too many stupid mistakes this year LOL!
HA! NOW THE FERRARI FANATICS AND ANTI-HAMILTONS ARE AS SILENT AS A TOMB! SO ARE THE FIA STEWARDS!
BOURDAIS PUSHING TRULLI OFF AND DAMAGING HIS CAR AT TURN ONE – NO PENALTY GIVEN! STEWARDS BLIND OR ASLEEP OR MAYBE IT’S NOT HAMILTON AT FAULT! PROOF THAT IS ONLY HAMILTON THEY ARE CLOSELY MONITORING FOR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INFRACTION WORTHY OF PENALTY! MORE BIASED INCONSISTENCIES BY THE FIA AS EXPECTED!
Marco, It puts a smile on your face that two rookies can’t beat two experienced drivers? What do you expect?
Well make that one rookie actually, the other one is outperforming everyone else in the field.
Mature? He started the race….drove around the track the number of times he needed to and won.
Certainly not an immature race but mature? Mature would be being passed by kimi and then just sitting there infront of Massa the rest of the race and letting Kimi win.
Incredibly boring race though, shame the stewards couldnt have just randomly penalised Hamilton for say…driving too boringly and not letting the other cars have a chance to win the race.
Matt, Hammy has plenty experience in motorsport GP2 plus carting at a very young age he’s one hell of a fast talented driver no matter what anyone thinks thats fact.
The Ferrari team is mostly new and very average at the moment, McLaren Mercedes haven’t really made that many changes apart from taking advantage of confidential Ferrari material
The last post was mine.
Poor Massa he has not got it without FIA or kimis help.How the F**K can he claim to be a racer having been given that place,Kimi had to keep slowing down for him to be passed I reckon he couldn’t see through the tears.
Should be a stewards inquiry into deliberate team orders, Kimi was will pissed off.
I have to say well done to Lewis for todays win, but i still dont want him to win, because he still is a little dickweed.
Hope everything will finally go right for Kimi next year…
Hope Lewis crashes out in Brazil!!
I doubt its gonna happen though. More likely looks like he’s got the championship this year. But he was in the same situation last year and he cocked it up!
Though it does look like Lewis is learning from his mistakes.
Its also good to see Kimi back and strong… a bit late, but still gives hope for the next year that he’s still overall the fastest driver out there and can win the championship if he’s in the right mood for it!!
Good to see Alonso back strong too. Showing he’s another guy still strong to win a championship.
I never could see Massa as a world championship and i think its showing now towards the end of the season. He seems to be losing his consistency and thats not a sign of a world champion!
i knew kubica wouldn’t win the championship. shame on the people who were supporting him and not jenson.
Was it just me or was that the most boring race this year, with the exception of a spin in the first corner nothing happened. I, rather sadly may I add, got up early to watch it live and have to say I would have been in bed for an extra couple of hours, these new wide tracks although look fantastic but they do not make for great racing, Well done to to Lewis all the same, not his greatest fan in the world but I would much prefer him to win it than anyone from Ferrari.
‘jenson button to win’, I agree that kovaleinen is to slow to be anywhere near the ferraris usually, but he won a race this year, sometimes he races well. hopefully the same will happen in brazil.
Aaawww… That’s a shame about Kubica.
Now lets see what blunder golden pockets will make in Brazil this year. Maybe he’ll push the wrong button on his playstation this year again.
boooooooooooooooooooooooo oring race.
If Hamilton does indeed win the WC in Brazil, millions of F1 fans around the world will feel disappointed. Someone take him off please, let Felipe win and do the sport justice.
Even James Allen admitted Massa would already be champion if Ferrari hadn’t been so poor. Massa has driven a much better season than Hamilton.
Competent and mature drive by Hamilton but totally unremarkable – it’s a shame Raikkonen wasn’t fighting for the championship still: he would have closed right up on Hamilton and we would have had a race instead of total monotony but instead a racy Raikkonen had to let the lacklustre Massa through…but luckily,I watched MotoGP just before it-Superb racing as usual!!!
As Martin Brundle pointed out, Hamilton has only had 1 or 2 fastest laps this season. Raikkonnen? About 11 I think – so Lewis is consistant with a reliable car but fast?Not really.Anyway,well-done Lewis!I’m not a fan and don’t rate you that much but you did well today.Massa-you were shite!!Roll-on 2009!!
lewis did a wicked job, and im sure he’ll keep the high standards up
A BORING RACE: ONLY FOR THE ANTI-HAMILTONs, FOR THE SORE LOSER FERRARI FANATICS, FOR THE OTHERS WHOSE FAVORITE DRIVER DIDNT WIN, AND OF COURSE FOR THE BIASED FIA RACE STEWARDS WHO DIDNT FIND ANYTHING AGAINST LEWIS THROUGHOUT THE RACE!
Raikkonen is a ROBOT!!! argh!
I knew this would happen… but then what else could happen on the chinese track, entirely unimaginative. The 2 sets of tightening right-left-rights and a load of straights.
Even the trophies were poor quality!!
Good on ya hammy though.
Well done Lewis….bring the title home!
The funniest part of the whole thing was in the press conference where Ferraris place swapping was almost passed off as Massa suddenly finding a bit of pace! haha
Well Done Hamilton!.
But huh!..
we have to wait and see how the last race will turn.
Either it’s a history created.. or THE MOST DIRTY PLAY FROMMMMMMM.. Ferrari International Association?
I Bet it will 80% be!
I’ve said before about the tracks being boring, all the new ones are, and blame only needs to be lain at the door of one person: Hermann Tilke. The new tracks all need someone to make a cockup or rain in order to host an interesting race. Get rid of Tilke and get someone with more radical track designs that will provide better races.
Onto the race, it was clear to see which the better car was today. And just how useless Kovalainen is and how he’s pretty much always going to be an understudy to Hamilton. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if McLaren keep Kovi as long as possible because they don’t care that he’s not winning races, he’s not even a second driver (he’s not fast enough for that). He is filling his role perfectly, make Lewis look as good as possible ! Fisichella being a knob and not letting people past properly was funny to watch though and probably the most entertaining part of the race.
At the end of the day Hamilton drove a solid race and if he manages to lose the title this year in any way other than a mechanical fault, then you must question whether he’ll ever deserve to win it in his career. He should clinch it with ease in Brazil, with Massa dominating the race and hoping something happens to Hamilton.
I think this season has shown something important anyway and its nothing to do with the front four. Its shown which are the drivers and teams who should star in the future. Alonso and Renault have shown their ability for developping cars and Alonso has underlined his talent with some stellar performances. Vettel, Bourdais and Toro Rosso have been great. Bourdais has been somewhat in Vettel’s shadow but he’s still been very good this year. We all know what Vettel has done, no need to delve into that, but the rate at which Toro Rosso has improved this year points to the ability of their drivers to develop and improve a car. And ofcourse, Glock has shone for me aswell. Some damn good performances and has been generally competetive with Trulli who is a great driver and probably the best qualifier on the grid, along with Massa.
Disappointments of the season ? All the Ferrari’s and Mclaren’s. Kimi and Heikki the biggest disappointments but Massa, Hamilton and the teams also for so many rookie mistakes through the season. Ferrari have also had terrible reliability and if that had been better Massa would have been champion a fair few races ago. I’m tempted to say Honda aswell, but everyone knows they’ve only been working on the 2009 pretty much all season.
Most unfortunate drivers ? Easily Sutil and Piquet. Sutil for what happened in Monaco. Piquet because he’s not been great, but hes also had to compete with maybe the best driver on the grid, Alonso, in what was until recently a very poor car. Since the cars gotten better, he himself has put in a some good strong performances.
Who to look out for in 2009 ? Kimi, with all the testing he’s got in the winter (around 9000 miles or 30 full races). Alonso, depending on where he is. The amount of time Honda have spent developping their 09 car they should be strong and Button can prove hes interested in doing something other than just driving around at the back of the pack. Vettel. Red Bull are getting stronger each year with Newey’s cars and if the Red Bull is competetive, Vettel will be at the top a lot. And finally, a great name returning to F1, Senna. Not the same Senna we used to love (that’d be weird on a whole new level lol), but his nephew Bruno Senna. Will he be in a Renault next year or in the vacant Toro Rosso, either way I’m hopeful he’ll have a fairly competitive car so we can see what he can do.
As for 2008, surely Hamilton can’t lose it now …
I am a huge Raikkonen fan but even i have to admit that the McLaren and Hamilton were the best all weekend, but that race was SO boring! It was a very good drive by Hamilton.
However, what is interesting is what the singapore commentators said: Lewis has yet to have a mechanical failure in his career! That is pretty damn lucky and Heikki’s had 2 in 2 weeks, you’ve got to feel sorry for Kovalainen!
Massa! 6-1-2 no that is not a Ferrari model number or a race finishing order. It is the World Championship points GIFTED to Massa, Spa, Fugi and today. Morally Lewis has already won. Even if he has a DNF in Brazil Massa can not really claim the championship, no more than Kimmy could last year, a win by default is never as satisfying as one earned. The real issue with Mclaren is the awful season by Kovalenien, which has lost them the constructors championship
how can people not like hamilton he’s a brilliant driver and he is BRITISH he deserves to win the championship
Fair play to Lewis, for the most boring procession….
Does anyone remember the days when the top 3 used to celebrate and spray each other with champagne ?? Not today looked like Kimi and Felipe could not get out of there fast enough !!
Everyone says about the anti hamiltons, most of them are F1 drivers, not because he is leading the championship, just because he is a big headed t**t.
Bit crap when no one wants to celebrate with you. SHAME !!
yeah i agree with Lewis Fan Club ????
he can have it
he deserves it if he wins it
good luck to hamilton
and i just wish he learns some respect to fellow drivers
he is too selfish no wonder nobody likes him
he may have beaten all the records however the one he has beaten is being the most disliked driver in formula 1 history
and that is a fact!!!
and it makes me wonder why so many people do not like him to win
and i have no answer
so this year he may have his dream but, is it where he stops dreaming maybe..?
Boring race… I dare anyone to review the telementary from kimi’s car when massa passed him.. Sounds like its at 6th gear (about 15k rpm) not at Top Gear… =) Darn those race orders… Good job on Lewis though.. =)
Hamilton is motoring Marmite.
Love or hate, we all have an opinion.
James Allen seemed to think Hamilton had a new attitude this weekend. Normally James Allen is wrong but I do hope he is right this time.
Hamilton needs to grow up before he turns into another Schumacher (Ralf not Michael!).
I still want Lewis to win the Championship, but only because he is British. Massa is the nicer guy.
british people are so arrogant, thinking ur best all the time. “make way for the british, we think we’re supperior to everyone else” pfft that is exactly how most british people are. and u allways try n defend urself with something either invoulving football or war lols. I read through some comments and had a giggle, just look at what ur writing. ur all nationalists going “YEAH WE ARE THE BEST” it’s dead funny
MATURE- because he finished the race, or did not put somebody off the track or didn’t spoil the race for a couple of other drivers.
I think he doesn’t deserve to be the champion for a couple of reasons:
-he has more luck than real skills ( I mean a wide range of skills which are needed here),
- heiki has been acting as his accomplice since the beginning, ( that’s why they decided to hire him, and they fired alonso who did not agree to such arrangement) When lewis was behind him, heiki seemed to be relly worried, he was concentrating on how to let “ham” immediately
- for the way he treats other people, not only other drivers,
I hope that…-
- he will cock it up completely next time
- his car will break down
- one of the drivers ( who was affected by lewis’s and dangerous and barely legal manoeuvres) will teach “the spoilt brat” a lesson
Anyway, I’m not his fan. I don’t care if he wins or not. What will it change. I and millions of other people who watch motor sport won’t buy products endorsed by him.
You may get excited that he wins in a German car,
lol at u:
Max wondered if you wanted a job in our race relations department.
Lewis just shut the FIA up with that performance, how long before the “boring” race becomes “dangerous” because Lewis was leading the way. That deserves a stop and start i say. Funny how Hamilton rhyms with Number 1 and Felipe or Massa doesnt !
One day Hamilton might do a Rossi and switch to an inferior team and then still win. That’ll shut racists like lol at u up.
He gave a stunning performance today. I won’t say it was perfect. It never is. but stunning non-the-less.
Every driver out there has the talent to become F1 World Champion but if they don’t have the equipment to get there or abuse their equipment like Massa did at the start of the season. Then they’ll never be F1 champ.
Whoever wins it in the end deserves it.
Hamilton wins!!
Yeaaaahh!!
Lewis wins!!
McLaren wins!!
BRITAIN WINS!!
As a Brit I am familiar with sporting failure.
I am also aware of our less than successful car industry.
We also have a history of invading primitive nations & killing the natives!!
But when a British sportsman (and he is British) wins I like to rejoice in this rare occasion.
If Massa wins next week I will not be a sore loser,
I will not attack the nation of Brazil,
& I WILL NOT BE RACIST.
WE ALL WIN!!!! (Except Jenson and Coulthard)
I’m surprised that there wasn’t an investigation into the Ferrari team orders. I’m puzzled. I’m sure that team orders are illegal and i hope someone will explain why there was not even an investigation to me as i have no answer myself.
Also i thought Fisichella drove a blinder, getting in Raikkonen’s way in particular
Well Done Lewis Great Job In China Get 1st,2nd,3rd,4th or 5th And You Have Won The Title
p.s:Most Boring Race Ever In The History Of F1
p.s.s:Lewis To Win Title
p.s.s.s:Massa and Kimi Suck
p.s.s.s.s:Top Gear Rules
lol at u, you’re pathetic.
And if you hate Brits, don’t go on a British website.
Well that was a dire race, but Hamilton job done, title almost there. Leaving China with 7 pts but with the momentum of winning and not ending in the gravel trap.
If Massa would of become champ, don’t you think he’d be the most undeserving champ. Fair enough I understand Kimi letting Massa past, but how slow did Kimi have to go just to let Massa bye. Massa has improved a lot this season but the amount off help he has also received this season shows he isn’t championship material harsh it sounds. The only reason he’s been at Ferrari so long is because off Schuey. C’mon Ferrari do the right thing ditch Massa and get Alonso for next season. Well done Hamilton I’m not his biggest fan but I will congratulate when he deserves it. Surely he cant lose it this time??
on the blog ‘Chinese GP: Lewis vs Alonso, again?’ I claimed that Alonso was the lowest form of life. I would like to apologise profusely. In fact, the lowest form of life is ‘lol at u’. why don’t you go to austria? they like facists and racists there. maybe you’ll be able to bone hitler’s dead body.
With team orders being illegal and all, presumably ferrari’s going to be punished? Actually, I don’t want to see that, I’d rather see hamilton lose in an exciting manner than lose in a boring one. Let’s be honest, the FIA’s actions seem to have nicely balanced the many mistakes made by the ferrari pit crew… but let’s hope the next season is dominated by the drivers, not the officials. Still a great season though.
Apparently Massa passing Kimi was an arrangement between the drivers(legal) & not team orders(illegal).
Although Kimi did say “I know what the team expect of me.”
What a boring race!
Great performance by Hamilton… But the only man bringing some excitement in the beginning was Webber. Nice passes, shame it didn’t last…
Hamilton won as everyone back of as he’s dangerous. And Webber was great
People talking of team orders should remember Hockenheim where Kovalainen ‘outbreaked’ himself and decided not to accelerate until Lewis was about a cars length ahead. At the end of the day you’d expect Kimi to let Massa through anyway, team orders or not, as I doubt he’d want Hamilton to win the title, and the same would have happened with Heikki and Lewis, though probably that would have happened sooner aswell. They wont be investigated for that reason, if it was the kind of circumstance of Schumi and Barrichello in Austria a few years ago then you’d be investigated and penalised. In this instance nothing will happen because it was logical as opposed to team orders
interesting…5th or better…isn’t that what hamilton had to do last year in brazil to win the driver’s title, assuming raikonnen won the race? he botched it then, and probably will do so again. let’s bring it home, felipe!
If nothing else, today’s race and this blog reveals Hamilton fan base are average chavs…
Hamilton had a very fast car today, and avoided busy and difficult situations. It may be mature, or just fortunate.
Ferrari has a good chance for the constructor’s championship, which is the one they really care about.
i am posting this from the grave, as i have been thoroughly bored to death. it took 2 1/2 attempts at watching the race on american tv, i think i’ll pass on my usual itv viewing.
exactly the opposite of the road car industry, there is no doubt england has dominated the post-war era in race car development. for decades, f1 teams were entirely based in england, except for ferrari, regardless of what colors they wore. prodrive, lotus and lola have have met with a lot of success in other formulae. the reality of 2008 means that all racers will source parts from every corner of the globe, as needed.
strange, i didn’t see anyone complaining about team orders when kovalainen let hamilton by on at least 2 occasions this year. but, hey, objectivity would be inconvenient.
speedtv’s david hobbs brought up an interesting point at the top of the show: ferrari and mclaren have each thrown away 35-36 points this year. hardly championship form.
7 points is a lot to make up in one race. hamilton and massa each have 5 wins, but i’m not sure who would take the second round of tie breakers. if massa wins, hamilton must finish 5th or better to win the title. i expect both teams to qualify on light fuel loads, for qualifying position and early race pace.
be assured, i will be seeking the aid of a haitian witch doctor, a genie, and possibly a warlock.
Championship is over- it’s clear that Hamilton will win. There are 5 people who could win in Interlagos, these are:
Hamilton
Massa
Raikonnen
Alonso
Kovelinen
Hamilton will beat kovelinen even if it means he has to give up the place to Hamilton, so unless there is a big problem that occurs during the race, Hamilton will finish 4th at worst.
Anyone want to bet Ferrari find someway to say Lewis cheated again? It just seems like Eccelestone wants Ferrari at top regardless, J.C said years ago how it seems to be getting stage managed. I want to see Lewis win as I belive in his talent. It just seems like the WWE has bought F1!
very dull, at least lewis dominated the ferraris.
anyone else LOVE massa saying how he was catching up raikonnen? that tickled me
BTW…
brazil GP at 5pm GMT? … 2 hour race … bit of trophies… watch lewis smiling away and ferrari (+FIA) crying …
THEN TOP GEAR!!!
excellent sunday afternoon for all the family
Borin race but Lewis won!!!
Agree with Ed, whole evening’s entertainment planned
:D
Ed
For all the family?
Really.
My family would rather watch strictly on BBC 1 and am resigned to watch F1 upstairs
great race Lewis!!
just have to wait for a fortnight :S
please win please win
and was anyone else shocked by the stewards changing for every race?
brazil will belong to coulthard.
Who cares about this title fight? It’s coulthards last race. He’s scored more points than any other British driver and he’s fought with Schumacher. He won back to back british grands prix and his last win was at Australia 2003.
How dare Massa and Hamilton steal the limelight from a legend who replaced Senna at Williams in 1994.
Also without Coulthard, Red Bull would’ve been with Force India this year as he brought his experience and also his links with Adrian Newey which transferred him there. Hats off to Coulthard, making Red Bull as good as they are and kick starting their F1 life was his biggest accomplishment.
There is some proper idiots on here all this bull about how the brits take so much pride in our country and whatnot. How is that a flaw?
At least we’re not one of these idiots who would rather support a polish or brazilian driver just because they have something against the english.
I should add – I’m not hopeful since it’ll either be a boring race a la today or an exciting race spoiled by too much steward intervention…
Bit of a boring race but epic from Hamilton’s point of view. Clearly the best driver this weekend, especially being the only person to break into the 1:34 second barrier (Q2). Showed his real talent and ability. To finish 15 seconds infront of 2nd is an achievement on its own. He showed his real class, especially over team mate Kovalainen.
Although i dont agree with giving a place to a team mate, i knoew it was coming and know that all teams would do it in that situation. In fact it has happened to Hamilton earlier this year.
Hopefully Hamilton can keep his head in Brazil and rightfully take the title home: he has been the fastest driver of the past 2 years, and deserves the ultimate prize.
massa was nowhere today, felt really sorry for raikkonen having to slow down so much for the struggling massa to pass.
I dont much like hamilton, but its practically a given that he’s the new champ. Massa is always strong at interlagos even if he comes first, I very much doubt hamilton wil do worse than 5th place. Mclaren team will do everything in their power, and so long they dont make a mistake and not go for the constructors title they will have bagged a drivers world championship.
good clean bit off driving lewis keep your cool their shold be no problems
Superham: “it’s a shame Raikkonen wasn’t fighting for the championship still: he would have closed right up on Hamilton”
Raikkonen didn’t have the pace, period. If he did, as the commentators said, he would have closed up on Hamilton, overtaken him, and held him up so Massa could catch him up and overtake them both. Unfortunately for Ferrari, Kimi didn’t have it, so none of the rest was able to take place.
listen I don’t hate british people, but I don’t like the way you act all the time. ur pride just makes me sick and at the same time its a laugh =) i’m not a racist in any way, im just saying that the way u all act is ridiculous. simple as. maybe stop hanging up pictures of the queen and actually realise ur not the only country in this world
I sort of said Lewis would cock it up this weekend yesterday. It seems as if I am wrong…please don’t tell anyone.
A largely less-than-thrilling race on a less-than-thrilling (and depressingly grey) circuit, but it was nice to see a weekend unsullied by over-zealous and sometimes bizarre adjudication. It was also good to see a level-headed performance from Lewis. However, he needs to continue to drive in a level and mature fashion if he is to succeed in claiming the title. Looking forward to seeing how it goes, whatever the outcome.
Oh, and did anyone see the cropped photo the BBC used on the front page of the news website this morning? I notice it’s disappeared now, but it was hysterical – his face was streaked with champagne froth but it looked well dodgy!
LostPhil and sleepy_hollow, please stop having bizarre conversations about Britishness on here. This is neither the time nor the place.
Why don’t you swap email addresses and have it out in private so we can get on with talking about F1? Or I’ll just keep unapproving your conversations.
Cheers,
Jamie
@ lol at u.
Your ramblings are pretty deranged and baseless so can be dismissed as the musings of a complete waste of the earth’s oxygen.
I would very much like Lewis to win the chapionship, but can hardly credit those who say he or Massa does not deserve it. On their day they have been peerless (Hamilton; Silverstone, Monaco and China for example. Massa; Bahrain, Turkey being his most impressive (IMO) ). Forget about stewards’ decisions, engine blow outs etc, these are part and parcel of racing and I think both have had their share so it is right that it is down to the last race with honours almost even. Best of luck to both, I hope it is a clean race, decided fairly, regardless of outcome.
Time for a rant: Where do all these people who have “only watched half the season” get off with having high and mighty opinions? Entitled to you opinion for sure, but please keen said ill-informed opinons to yourselves.
Oh and just read Jamie Hibbard’s last post here, well said – much more polite than I
Apologies.
And I don’t have “high and mighty opinions” thanks, you have to admit that Massa has hardly been amazing lately has he?
I probably haven’t seen enough to be able to justify my opinions fully so forget it. I got back into it when I realised that post-schumacher, F1 can actually be quite good when I caught most of Spa. Although I guess Sunday kinda proved that it hasn’t really changed.
Hi LostPhil,
Actually I don’t have to admit that Massa has hardly been amazing lately. He probably would have won Singapore had events beyond his control not ocurred. Japan not his most stellar moment to be sure. China, well he was beaten on the day, fair and saquare by his main title rival. He also won back to back races in Valencia and Spa (Whatever you make about the Spa result, I am not looking to reopen that debate here)
What you are witnessing is the normal ebb and flow of a sason where there is more than one chanpionship protagonist. If you had watched the WHOLE season you would have seen Massa coming on very strong in the first part of the season; winning 3 out of 6 races between Bahrain and France and having podium finishes in the other two.
I think he will probably win Brasil, he tends to do well there, I also think Hmiltion will probably place 2nd or 3rd….Who knows, anything could happen really.
Fair enough Phil. I do agree that some races can be very processional. Here’s hoping the changes to the regs next produce more racing in normal conditions with stewards and weather intervening.
Keep the faith.
LOL @ u, who do you have in mind when you think of a British person? We don’t have pictures of QE II anywhere but on money. Don’t stereotype us please.
To make this comment F1-ish (soz Jamie), I want Hamilton to win so we don’t have to pressure him so much anymore and just concantrate on the actual raci- I mean FIA decisions.
By “have to” pressure him, I mean “feel the need to”.