Lewis Hamilton takes the world championship title. I’m going to allow myself a little ‘hell yeeeeeeah!’ in there. But crikey it was tense wasn’t it? I can’t think how it could have been anymore edge of the seat than it was.
Lewis certainly proved he’s learned a thing or two since last season’s finish, and drove a brilliantly mature race. It did look like it might have been a bit too mature right at the end there mind you!
Felipe Massa did an awesome job also, and you’ve got to have the utmost respect for the way he drove and the way he handled himself after the event. I think those two are going to have many more tussles in the years to come.
Anyway, it’s not really about what I think, so I’ll leave it to you guys. And if those of you who were backing Massa could not do any booing like the Brazilian crowd, then that would be good.
And we haven’t even watched the new TG yet! This day can’t really get any better.
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Go Lewis! commented on this article
Monday November 10, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Blimey I have never seen so many rubbish uninformed comments! It’s a slurr on Glock to keep on about him, he drove his best race and didn’t give it to anyone. Do you think he wanted to finish behind Hamilton or Vettel for that matter? Other point is if Hamilton had stayed on dry tyres he would have been ahead of Glock by a long way and possibly Vettel too. The last race is only one in a whole season – every driver could have done things differently in many races so it’s a shame that all this attitude against certain drivers spoils what was probably the most exciting season for a long time.
BTW – to the guy who said Schumacher won in the middle of the season aren’t you forgetting his first title when he only won in the last race by driving into Damon Hill!!!! If that was today (with the FIA) he would have been disqualified!
Here’s to an even better 2009.
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Bradical commented on this article
Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Post 467 had it right- it was all about tires. This race was won on strategy and calculated risk as well as outstanding driving. And it was darn entertaining – I think I stopped breathing for the last lap.
Four of the leaders pitted for rain tires, one did not. (Strategy.) The rain came, and Glock had to slow as he was sliding in the turn. (Calculated risk – would the rain matter or not – turns out it did.) By pitting to swap tires, Hamilton was setting himself up for just such an opportunity. The saying is true: LUCK is what happens when PREPARATION meets OPPORTUNITY.
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Hamilton 4 EVA commented on this article
Monday February 9, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Hey, Is anyone still fuming about the belgein Grand Prix, The facts are below, H for Hamilton, R for Rakkion:
Immediately before the chicane, H is directly behind R – both going same speed.
After the chicane, at start line, H is directly behind R – both going same speed.
How then was there an advantage to H?
H passes R at next corner by better driving.
A lap later R deliberately sweeps very wide at a long left hand bend, well off the track clearly going faster than H. He then retains that momentum to pass H in the kerfuffle with a lapped car rejoining the track, but then fairly soon crashes.
H is found guilty of gaining an advantage by driving off the track!!!!! R is not even charged!!!!! R not featuring in the results is irrelevant.
No team shall overtake a Ferrari driver, at any point in the race unless that Car has crashed out or is in the pits.
This however is subject to conditions that Ferrari pay the FIA the most amount of money, if any other team choose to pay more than the rule changes in favour of whatever team that is.
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