I’ve been lucky enough to see a few world championship finales but I’ve never before witnessed one like this. After more than 3,400 miles of racing in 18 Grands Prix, it all came down to the last half mile. Quite incredible.
I saw Richard Cregan, the team manager of Toyota, ducking the rain and rushing through the paddock clutching a coffee. ‘I’m getting outta here!’ he joked, while jerking his thumb towards the Ferrari garage before diving into the Toyota office.
He was referring, of course, to Toyota having played a major but unwitting part in the outcome of the championship. Anyone who thinks Timo Glock deliberately backed off to drop from fourth to sixth in order to give the title to Lewis Hamilton only needs to look at the lap times.
Toyota’s gamble of leaving their cars on dry weather tyres while the leaders changed to wets with five laps to go almost paid off. But, as the rain intensified in the last lap, Glock’s lap time extended. Sebastian Vettel may have passed Hamilton and apparently put Hamilton out of the championship, but the McLaren team were trying to remain calm by telling themselves that Glock’s progress was going to decide this championship. It was going to be agonisingly close.
On the penultimate lap, Glock went round in 1m 28.041; Hamilton 25.567s. On the final lap: Glock 1m 44.731, Hamilton 1m 26.126. Did Glock slow deliberately? Not if you see that Jarno Trulli, also on dries and a couple of places further back, went round in 1m 44.800. Anyway, there’s no way Glock was going to give up fourth place just to help Hamilton.
As Hamilton started the last lap, he got the radio message: ‘You’ve got to pass Glock, you’ve got to pass Glock!’
‘I passed Glock but didn’t know if I’d won,’ said Hamilton. ‘I crossed the line saying: “Did I do it? Did I do it?” They said I had. I couldn’t believe it.’
In the end, McLaren were able to don their orange shirts and gather in the cramped garage for the traditional world champion’s photograph in front of a mob of snappers. A few doors up, Ferrari were packing up quietly. It is one thing to know you are losing the championship in the closing stages, quite another to actually think, for a few seconds, that you’ve done it and then see the timing screen showing Glock in sixth place.
Massa was extremely dignified in defeat. He’d done nothing wrong. But it all came down to events half a minute behind him in the final half mile.
Extraordinary end to a great season.
he is going to be sooo much better then schumacer
One of the most thrilling last laps in F1 history. I hope for another great season next year with the BBC.
Cane down to the last 3 corners..
..amazing!
Congrats to Hamilton as well: a worthy champion
what did i say them following massa would be sad
p.s. we will be behind u all the way nex year from me and all the people from norton canes stafford
le W is ham I lto N
WIN!
ive been on other websites where theyve claimed glock backed off because of his friendship to hamilton, not only does trullis time rubbish this theory, but vettel overtook hamilton and he is one of hamiltons best friends on the track. Its all irrelevant anyway, it would have been over last week if it weren’t for ferrari international assistance.
Well done lewis
Epic race, stunning end to the championship. Fully deserved championship for Hamilton. Had he finished sixth and ended the year tied on points with Massa, losing the title because of that disgraceful decision at Spa, F1 would have looked awful. Instead, we can celebrate a magnificent end to the season and a worthy world champion. Commiserations to Massa, that’s a brutal way to lose – and then have to stand on the podium.
Congratulations to all the drivers. It was truly a fantastic season. Funny how everybody said that this was going to be such a boring season due to all of the favoritism towards Ferrari. Where’s your boredom now? Can’t wait until 2009.
this gif is EPIC!! LOL
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Suberb end to the F1 season. A Great last lap aswell, but it was extremely tense.
Good luck to Lewis next season!
well done Lewis! they should make a movie out of this season! what a finish!
i knew you could do it Lewis! WORLD DRIVER’S CHAMPION!!!
LEWIS #1!!!
there were breaks literally every 5 laps. it pissed me off but at least the thrilling climax was interruption free.
the big million dollar question now is;
WHAT CAN THE FIA GIVE HAMILTON A PENALTY FOR THIS TIME?
They’ve got to find somethng wrong with the drive, like winning the world championship
GLOCK you T**T!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done to Lewis and Ferrari on achieving championship status in the drivers’ and constructors’ battle. Massa drove impeccably well though in all three stints of the race.
F1 is boring???What it lacks in overtaking it more than makes up in the edge of seat, adrenaline-fuelled action throughout the season. And I always knew Interlagos would deliver again this time around. I mean what a race!!!!
Massa is the loser this year but the kid has tremendous courage and he will be a threat next year. The winner this year is Lewis Hamilton but it has to be said the biggest winner this year is Formula One, the pinnacle of motorsport. What a season!!!
Im a Lewis Hamilton fan but he was very very lucky in that race. I think he deserved the championship but not in that race. But the faces in the Ferrari garage were funny. they went from dancing around to very disappointed in a matter of seconds. That made me laugh but i did feel sorry for Massa especially.
jensons engine failed at the end. sums up his year
ten penalties in 18 races and people say that ferrari is not favoured…job well done Mclaren and Lewis..you should have given them all the two finger salute as you crossed the line!!
enough with “Glock-gate” already! look at the times that BOTH toyotas ran on the final lap: GLOCK: 1m44.7s…TRULLI 1m44.8s
to suggest that one could orchestrate 2 cars slowing and running lap times within A TENTH OF A SECOND of each other is ridiculous. oh, and do this with 2 laps to go? impossible.
no excuses Ferrari fans! Hamilton won it fair and square!
LEWIS #1!!!
P.S. was there some sort of ceremony for Lewis’s championship? the SPEED channel here in the U.S. filled the final minutes of their broadcast with commercials so i couldnt tell.
Well Done Lewis You Trully Deseved It
Job look at the facts. Glock’s because it was too wet to be on dries so Glock didnt slow down to give him the win he simply didnt have the grip to keep up with everyones race pace. Another thing that defends Glock is that his teammate Trulli who was also on dries did roughly the same time as him and he wouldnt have needed to go slow as it wouldnt affect Lewis anyway. Also if it didnt rain in those last 2 laps lewis wouldnt have won as Glock wouldnt have lost grip
i ran home from town so iwasnt late then i was runnign bo twaiting for the start that was bloody nervous exspecially the last 7 laps when vettel overtook hamilton i thourght hes goin to try somethin stupid and dive up the inside and take them both out well done lewis i wanted him to win but could not help myself for felling soryy for felipe bieng tokld he had done then finding out he did no does any1 know y the honda cuaght fire at the end?? anyways looking for to the bbc coverage next year im hoping no more breaks:)and some good presenters are any of the topgear writers presenting the coverage of f1??? p.s will some1 tell me what qulificatoin si need to get your jib its my dream job!!!!
Massa is much better than Hamilton, because he always “faint” in important moments. In Brazil they call it “Amarelar”. Massa was the best in Bahrein, Monaco, and other races, I don´t think that Hamilton won the championship, that fact is that FERRARI lost it! Massa was totally in disavantage because Ferrari was making mistakes every single race! Aplauses to Massa for his personality in face of the defeat and the amazing person that he is, Congrats for Hamilton and f*ck you Ferrari!
most nerve-racking race ive ever watched thank god hamilton did it or i dont think i would have ever recovered.
I dont particularly like Ferrari, nor do I hate Hamilton, but I’m pretty bummed at this result. But whatever, at the end of the day the driver with the most points is the winner, and if that has to be Hamilton, then so be it.
It wont last though, this WILL be the one and only championship of his career.
I’m sorry but what a load of rubbish – Massa still has to prove that he can come through the field to win a Grand Prix. All of Massa’s victories have come when he’s been on the front row of the grid.
Let’s hope the BBC can continue the top quality coverage that their predecessors started (without the commerical breaks!)
definitely heart in mouth action, last 3 laps i could see my heart pounding through my top ! Roll on 2009
Analist – Massa was best in Monaco? I seem to remember Hamilton driving a superb race to win while Massa was third but I must have missed something your scarlet tinted glasses picked up on. Great race, great season, hopefully next year will be even better if Renault, BMW and Seb Vettel maintain late season promise. Hears hoping that the stewards don’t wreck it!
Was quite funny to hear even Steve Ryder (on the final piece to camera on the highlights) admit the ITV F1 years were tarnished by the annoying ad breaks!
how was massa best in Monaco!?! Hamilton came back from a rear puncture to win the race in a great fashion
WELL DONE HAMILTON!!!!!!!
unlucky for massa though he drove a brilliant race did all he cud do from his end.
Full congrats to Lewis! but being an avid Ferrari fan i have to say in my view massa put together the better season and the better race! He will deffinatly go on to win a championship no one can challenge that but thisshoudl have been his first! No offence to lewis and not saying he had any part in it but 2nd to last lap Glock is fine 2 out of 3 sectors hes fine then all of a sudden mid way through the last sector he has no pace! tires dont go that quickly and that wasnt the wettest part of the circuit! but like i said Massa wil have his day but today well done lewis
I was guttered when glock slowed down.. it was done on purpose i reckon. Hamilton shouldnt of won. Massa.. you let us down!
can we not start all the “Glock deliberately slowed down to let Hamilton through” crap on this blog. Go to ‘Lewis is king’, there’s about 400 of you on there. I’m going to say this once loud and clear;
GLOCK WAS ON DRY TYRES.
THE LAST LAP WAS RACED WITH IT PISSING IT DOWN.
INTERS WERE THE ONLY TYRE TO BE ON.
GLOCKS LAST LAP 1:44
TRULLIS LAST LAP (ALSO ON DRY TYRES) 1:44
THE BOY HAD NO GRIP AND COULDNT DEFEND.
You lost – just accept it!
people need to stop being jealous of louis he’s doing well so get a grip and get use to it and f*** the racism stop that s***
Such a very nervous ending to this incredible championship… As a brazilian, I have to say how painful is to watch our guy loosing the championship in last curves… Massa did a great job this year, and I wonder how could it be if Ferrari had performed as well as in Schumacher times…
Congrats for all the drivers of this race.. Specially
for Massa and Hamilton who made us sit on the edge of
our seats.
wat the heck is wrong with kubica
No. 26 – Why does it matter that all Massa’s race wins came from being on the front of the grid? He still won most races this season – not taking anything away from Hamilton with that btw, they were both kinda inconsistent.
Personally – gutted, cuz Massa is my fave. But Ferrari made too many mistakes this season, and Massa didn’t help with poor showings in GB, Valencia, Singapore.
Hamilton deserved it. Could have made it a bit easier for himself tho
i totally acccept hamiltons win and congrat him but it just dosent happen that int he space of half a sector u go from fine to not fine due to wet or dry tires!
I would have liked Massa to win.
Massa deserved the championship, Hamilton´s a n00b.
Massa won more races,had 2 DNFs, plus several errors from the team, and still had the chance to win.
for the Ferrari fans who doubt Lewis’s ability, go watch a replay of the German GP and try to tell me Hamilton isn’t an AMAZING talent. it was a truly epic drive.
Lewis is champion! It feels so awesome to be able to say that after all the crap the FIA and Ferrari pulled! he did it despite all the backroom crap!
LEWIS #1!!!
As a Mclaren fan this victory is superb.
After 10 years of our last championship this is the best. Lewis is a highly-gifted person due to his personallity on track, on car, and under any circumstance. With only 23 years of age he just drive as a veteran of motorsport
He’s got a lot to win in F 1, and we suport him 100%. We want for more titles in the future!!
Mc Laren rules!!!
Alfred Uruguay
ohhh what a finale!!!!!!!
Great work Hamilton,
Good show alonso.
It was was funny how raikonen was talking in post race
Great race, even better than Belgium in the last few laps! This one is the last few corners :O it was the most scariest thing in my life. WELL DONE LEWIS HAMILTON, Britain knows that you can do it!
Poor David COULTHARD, last race is a retirement!
I completely agree with you, Alfred Uruguay! Kewis has got a lot to win in F1, and we do support him 100%. We have more titles to win though, like the Constructors. GO MCLAREN ! GO HAMILTON ! GO HEIKKI !
Sorry I meant *Lewis!
How brilliant was Vettel’s move?! I’m soooo sorry for Massa, he totally deserved it!! Next year, Kimi back for the championship!
Massa deserved the title! He is a much better person besides! He doesn’t love himself like Hamilton and he’s properly proud of Brazil, Lewis is just an idiot and he’ll never be better than Alonso or Schumaccer
Massa deserved it, and Heiki is awful at backing Lewis! Alonso will be back next year! Then it’ll be interesting!
vettel has rung the death bells i suppose…….poor massa ..i don thing he can better this season..n kimi willllll strike back…FERRARI WONT EVER BE TOUCHED
Lewis congrats!
Kubica -> twelve?
The highlight of the race for me was when Vettel overtook Hamilton in a Torro Rosso in wet conditions. I suspect he is going to be one of the top wet drivers for many years to come.
I am disappointed Coulthard did not finish as he was going to do donuts across the checkered flag. I wonder if they fine per donut or is based on groups of 10.
The Champion is the driver with the most points!
Parispeach(comment22) the first qualification you need is spelling.
Congrat to Lewis, but Ferrari don’t deserve their constructor championship. Ferrari screw Massa’s chance to become the champion. Massa did not lost from Lewis, he lost it from ferrari.
what a joke. Massa deserved that win! ITV were totally biased towards Hamilton too and Coulthard hardly got a mention considering it was his last ever race, even before he crashed out early on!! F1 on ITV has become ‘The Lewis Hamilton Show’ and its a joke!
AM I THE ONLY ONE TO NOTICE THAT GLOCK DROPPED TO 7TH OR 8TH (OK I JUST CHECKED AND IT WAS 2 OR 3 LAPPED CARS OVER TAKING GLOCK AND HE DID FINNISH 6TH).
BUT THERE’S NO WAY HE WOULD LET 5 CARS PASSED JUST TO HELP HAMILTON.
HAMILTON WON BECAUSE HE WAS THE BEST,
AND THAT DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TOTAL OF 10 OR 12 POINTS TAKEN OFF HIM THROUGH OUT THE SEASON!
(BUT DON’T START THAT ARGUMENT AGAIN I WAS JUST POINTING OUT HOW GO HAMILTON IS)
GLOCK would HAVE no WAY to TELL if THEY where LAPPED CARS OR NOT
SO JUST POINTING OUT THAT HAMILTON IS THE BEST!
(THAT WHAT THAT NEW VERY BIG TROPHY OF LEWIS’S IS ALL ABOUT)
The ones that compare Lewis Hamilton to Schumacher must be crazy. Lewis lost the championship last year and won it this year with extreme luck, and by extreme i mean EXTREME! luck. Just face it, Ferrari lost the title all by themselves. Lewis is an average drive with a bullet car. and we’ll see what happens next year. Honestly, i don’t see him taking it. I trully believe he has used ALL his luck with this average perfomance.
Nobody “deserves” to win something. You win by comming first and scoring more points than everyone else, not by being a nice chap.
Massa isn’t as good as a lot of people make out – look at his performance at Silverstone. He’s been with Ferrari for a lot longer than Hamilton has been with McLaren, yet he’s still not consistent. I think a lot of the drivers around at the moment have become too complacent, letting the electronics handle the car.
Hamilton, on the other hand, has come from GP2, where they don’t have traction control, and shown he has the talent to drive an F1 car. He also has a lot of confidence in his own abilities, something a lot of people seem to take as being “cocky”.
What I don’t understand is the open hostility towards him – you don’t see it directed towards any other driver. Is it because he’s too good, or is racial?
I AM SO SAD FOR COULTHARD.
HIS LAST RACE AND A RETIREMENT.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM DO SOME DOUGHNUTS AT THE END, AND THE FIA COULDN’T DO ANY THING TO HIM CAUSE IT’S HIS LAST RACE AND THE RACE WOULD’VE FINISHED SO IT !WOULD! HAVE BEEN GOOD!
POOR COULTHARD!
Toad….For the love of God! Massa is crap, but hamilton has taken the title in the last turn and has finished 1 point ahead of Massa which means that he is crap too! and Lewis came from GP2 but a lot of the other drivers too.
It’s not cause he is too good! as Vettel showed as yesterday for example, and it’s not racial, because modern day civilisations are way past the black or white BULLS**T…It’s simply because he is an average driver with the besta car (Like Massa, And Kimi and Heikki) and he still wins by luck and boasts about it.
COMMENT 59 John said..
IS A TOTAL IDIOT HE MUST HAVE AN IQ JUST BIG ENOUGH TO WRITE AND SPEAK AND WATCH TV(JUST NOT AT THE SAME TIME OF COURSE)!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JOHN (I HOPE YOU’RE READING) YOU ARE A COMPLETE IDIOT!!!!!!!!!
TOAD IS SMART COMMENT 60
“fed up said… F1 ON ITV HAS BECOME THE HAMILTON SHOW”
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT
MY BROTHER THINKS F1 IS THE MOST BORING THING EVER BUT NOW WATCHES IT BECAUSE OF HAMILTON
BBC HAD BETTER IMPROVE THEY’RE F1 SITE
THEY SHOULD PROBABLY GET ONE AS IT’S A PAGE AT THE MOMENT
Turned out nice again.
Well done Lewis, the most entertainment I have ad in 5 minutes.
I’m a Ferrari fan through and through and I almost cried for Massa.
You have had the luckiest year ever, even more so than Kimi last year. Massa had you beaten hands down, but had so much bad luck.
Well done mate, you deserve it.
I just hope to the BBC commisioners gods that they don’t hire Brundle and Allen, there totally bias coverage has ruined what was a dodgy year for the sport. They didn’t even mention the unsafe release of the Honda which went unpunished. People think F1 is biased against Hamilton, total rubbish, it’s always been against Ferrari. Ferrari would of been punished for that Yet Messers Allen and Brundle said zilch.
Coulthard you should of never started the season, you have been terrible all year long.
I wanted Massa to win but the team let him down this season unluckly, next year is a clean slate for everyone with Kers, slicks and no little aero bits. I hope Mr Jenson Button is in a winning Honda backed by Ross Brawn and Rubeno as his wing man next year. Two winning ‘British’ drivers is better than one and everybody on the grid in formula 1 has the talent to win in a good car as it is formula 1.
Can we stop this ‘Lewis was massively lucky’ stuff? It’s truer to say that he was very nearly massively unlucky – a sudden spurt of rain, too close to the end of the race, left Glock well out of his `normal’ position. Glock finished the race exactly where he would have finished if he’d changed to the correct tyres, like everyone else! He chanced it, and it very nearly paid off, but that’s racing.
Belgium is happy that hamilton won!!!!
as much as I dislike James Allen, I hope the BBC take on Martin Brundle. His insights during a race are fantastic and it tends to be Allen doing the Hamilton bias, Brundle just gets forced to talk to him.
That said, I doubt it’ll be as funny without Allen making all the factual errors for Brundle to correct.
Be glad not to hear from Ted (“that’s 6 seconds of fuel in the Ferrari James!!!” “we know Ted we’ve got a Timing screen in our commentary box”) Kravitz and Louise (“I’m a serious F1 reporter, look ive got a race suit and everything”) Goodman during races, always seemed to interupt at important points.
USELESS FIA ARE DUMB….are you the justice maker? You really think that Hamilton is one of the greats because he won by won point in the last turn of the last lap of the last race?? i believe he was extremely lucky, and lets not forget his perfomance last year, when he LOST it by one point in the last race of the year, when he came in leading by 7 points….You my friend are the only dumb F**K here and the one that is blinded by the nationality of Hamilton. Cause of he wasn’t british, you’d be saying how lucky he was. Just don’t comment, you are useless.
OMG LEWIS HAMILTON IS THE BEES KNEES WELL DONE MATE THAT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE RACE EVER!!!
That was the most intense lap I have ever experienced in any race I have watched. I love it!!! Thanks for a great season to all of you. No matter what team. You made this season what it is. Thanks for the memories Coulthard. I hope next year will be even better.
So the fact that over the last two seasons, Hamilton has scored more points than any other driver means nothing?
2007 – Hamilton, 109 pts, Massa, 94 pts
2008 – Hamilton, 98 pts, Massa, 97 pts
You can’t tell me he was lucky all last year as well? Hamilton has proven beyond doubt (at least to those who are open-minded) that he is a very good driver. He may go on to win more, he may not, who can say?
i honestly think that it all came down to luck, you have to admitt that for a minute there hamilton lost it and started panicking as soon as vettel pased him, he was not even fighting for the position and i honestly dont think he knew the slightest clue about glock’s problems. no offense but felipe drove like a champ and lewis drove like a chump
The next season’s going to be a stinker…..my bet is that Hamilton will do it again and properly this time. I just hope he doesnt neuter his exuberant driving style or else were gonna go back to brain numbingly boring races…
Hamilton is a f8888ng king.
as a true and loyal formula 1 fan i have to agree with john
as a proud brit u can imagine my disgust that hamitlon won.Hamilton is everything that is wrong with f1. He has had his career handed to him. He had the best equipment all the time and that mclaren this year was the best car by miles and he could only just win the title. Any1 who compares hamilton to any of the greats (schumacher senna prost nuvolari fangio) is completely stupid. When any of those had the car that was the class of the field they smashed the opposition. Also hamilton has proven himself to be arrogant despite his best efforts to prove himself to be saint which i find sickening. Schumacher and senna did stuff that was outside the rules and admitted it and did get penalised some times. Hamilton does it and claims to be a saint and everyone says who u cant penalise saint lewis and the fia is biased its just rubbish. Hamilton is little worm who was paid his way through the carrer thinks he is something special and proves that with the best equipment any one can win the title. The best driver in the field was in the toro rosso vettel. Vettel drives that car like a legend in the making. He got more out that car than should be possible. He is the next great in f1.
Bring back Murray Walker,
afterall back in July, Murray reprised his role as commentator for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for BBC Radio 5 Live.
and while being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, Walker was asked if he’d consider a return to the TV commentary box when Formula 1 returns to the BBC in 2009. He answered “Never say never”.
that coupled with the old bbc F1 theme music would provide a brilliant stage for the new season!
i agree with john!!!
average is the best way to describe it!!!
watch out for vettel next year!!!
he is going to scare the shit out of hamilton!!!
and alonso with the better car!!!
and raikkonen for that matter!!!
and massa!!!
the guy does not have a chance and if the title will be decided by yhe most wins than even more!!!
hamiltonshinesness is behind the clouds of greatness of drivers with the mentality to drive and compete like a true sportsman with each other and with respect to what their competetors do!!!
and thats my friend is what hamilton has not got!!!
remember monza when he did not even know vettel name!!!
he was very lucky with this one!!!
*Stands and applauds Massa, ITV, and King Lewis*
Very very exciting race after a long time. All though I am not a big Hamilton fan, I guess after the way he lost out the last year championship so closely, it was but fair that he won it this time. Kimi -who missed out on the championship atleast twice due to sheer bad luck and poor reliability of MCLAREN, finally had his turn last year. the same way, Hamilton got his turn this time. But I doubt, Hamilton can repeat this next year. Massa has only grown in strength after 2008 and I can clearly see challenges coming from Alonso, Vettel , Kubica and of course Kimi ( if he becomes more serious about winning titles )
Both Massa and Hamilton are great racers. Only Massa was let down by his car in some races ( especially Hungary 3 laps before the end..).
Gratz to Hamilton.. I feel sorry for Massa , but next year he will win the title because he has got the motivation now like Hamilton had this year.
bring on the BBC, bring on no adverts, and most importanly…
..bring back the fleetwood mac themetune!!!
Either way you look at it , it’s all bullshit , and we the millions of fans are the suckers who pay the price.
AWESOME RACE!!! Massa did everything in his power, but GOD favoured Lewis on that day!!! GLOCK didnt deliebrately back off, he did it for safety as it was raining heavily and he had DRY tires on. Well done Lewis, you’ve made a yourself, your family, your fans, your team and country very very proud. Massively deserved win. Felt sorry for Massa though, tough luck, but he was calm and dignified in defeat. He’ll feel like rubbish when he see’s how much he lost by, 5.4secs!!!
I found it interesting during the build-up yesterday, it was the first time that they had ever mentioned what Massa’s family had to do to get him to the stage he is now – they had to work just as hard as Hamilton’s family, except they had to work for a long time after Massa had turned 12, unlike Hamilton. Who’s career has been bankrolled by McLaren.
Yes it’s proven to be a sound investment by McLaren – they have a title now to prove that. But does that make him better than the likes of Massa, Kubica and, to an extent, Vettel who have had to work their backsides off to scrape the money through seasons past to get to this stage?
I’m not disputing that Hamilton is a very good, capable driver – I just don’t think he’s great, nor do I believe he has had to work at getting there like others have. I just hope to God that Renault give Alonso a quick car next year…
An unbelievable finish to an unbelievable year! Last corner on the last lap, who would have thought?
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I can’t believe people still banging on about who should have won the championship and all this bull-crap. Hammy won it because he deserved it. Massa said it himself. So deal with people and stop making yourselves look like a clown. This is racing, not primary school, or secondary school where you complain about useless junk. As far as I see, the people who are writing these useless posts have no common sense whatsoever. Racing = The best man wins, The End.
I usually try to be un-biased when i post here, but what the heck!!! I was screaming at the telly during the last 2 laps, when Vettel got through… I couldnt believe i was going to see victory taken from Hamilton’s arms again. But justice has been done. He has been quite incredable, remember this is the end of his second season.
He HAS scored more points than anyone else in tha last 2 years, and by a fair old margin, 207 points compared to Massa’ 191. And lets not forget that should be atleast 6 points higher (Spa)… possibly 8 if you count Massa’ “penalty” at Valencia. But so glad he finally did it.
Just hope he can carry it on into next year and into the future. And to Ross, i agree Alonso is a very capable driver, but Hamilton did just as well in his first year (109 points each). He is a better driver than Massa though, just look at where ALL of Massa’ victories have come from-Pole. That shows he can be quick, but he isnt a racer, and i believe the car flatters his ability. Just my opinion, but Hamilton is the champ. YAY!!
I agree RWF, except in Spa!! where that point clearly didnt run true with the stewards…
Just look…
In next year…
Massa Win!!!
I hate Hamilton. Cant congratulate him for winning, because it was only because of luck, but i just have to accept it and call him a world champion. But he still is a lucky little dickweed.
Hamilton won! So happy! I think we’re going to have a Senna/Prost/Piquet (etc.) situation on our hands:
Prost and Senna, or in this case Hamilton and Räikkönen alternate World Championship titles through the years.
Piquet (etc.), or in this case Massa, randomly win titles in between.
But we’ll have to see. Maybe I’m wrong.
FACTS, JUST FACTS, ONLY FACTS
FACTS THAT SHOULD SCARE EVERYONE
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ngoldfarb, let me guess…you’re a Ferrari fan right?
LOL
LEWIS #1!!!
Ross and others like him: what’s with all this meritocracy crap? in other words, making an issue about how “hard” a driver worked?
SENNA himself came from a very, very, very RICH family, so he didn’t exactly work in a coal mine to achieve his greatness either! and guess what, it shouldn’t matter!
take a look at other prominent figures in history, and not just racing drivers either. scientists, inventors, artists, musicians, astronauts, you name it…a vast majority of the ones who made great contributions to the world had lives that you would describe as “having everything handed to them on a silver platter.” but that doesnt change what they accomplished. the fact of the matter is that when someone has help in taking care of the “stressful” things in life, thats when true genius, innovation, and sheer greatness emerges because that person’s mind and ability has been allowed to focus solely on reaching a person’s full potential. reaching greatness.
I think it was Fangio who said, “right now, the greatest racing driver in the world is plowing a field somewhere.” meaning many many people have the potential to become greats in motorsports, but the responsibilities of life far too often hold them back.
so i for one am truly greatful that someone like Ron Dennis did help Lewis along, so that we could all enjoy seeing him become what he has. a truly great driver, and WORLD CHAMPION!!!
LEWIS #1!!!
1)i’m a ferrari fan
2) i had the same initial reaction as papa massa
3)left a mess on the couch there for had the same secondary reaction as well
4) in retrospect i dont care who took the title this time ’round it was a great f*@%ing race
p.s i like how clarkson called it on the show taped the wednesday before… kinda
bravo lewis hamilton …
its took me age’s 2 read through this crap so 1st god did not faver lewis, 2nd lewis did fuk up at spa!!!!3rd mclearn desirved nothing this year the fia wer not hard enough on them 4 the way they brought the sport in2 disrepute last year! on the other hand hamilton is a brill driver very talanted and as wearth a champ as any driver befor him. massa is just as good it jus didnt work out in his faver on sunday. now my biggest gryp is this hole british thing it is sicknin i hate national pride its a load of balls!! now iv got the bad stuff outa the way its great to see a black man win and do well in the sport because it has nevr happened b4 so any 1 that brings somthing new to the table has my vote, so well done lewis next year is going to be a vintage year for the sport there is sure to be 4 teams fit 2 win the construcion championship,ferrari,bmw, renault and mclearn. maybe 6 redbull,toyota. and there are deffo 5-6 drivers fit 2 win the championship masa,kimmi,alonso,lewis,r obert,vettle roll on 2009 yeha!!!
btcamp – yes Clarkson called it on the show, but it was also followed on the show with a comment along the lines of “or instead, oh unlucky Lewis” so he called BOTH scenarios on Sunday.
I would like to say that Sunday’s grand prix was a wonderful and thrilling race. It goes to show that you should never count your chickens before they hatch, as was demonstrated here when the Massa family started to celebrate a little prematurely only to have it snatched off them at the very last corner of the last lap. Yes Massa had a wonderful race and deserved to win and I take my hat off to him for this.
Hamilton has had an awful lot of pressure on him for such a young age as everybody has expected so much from him both emotionally and physically. He and his family have also had to endure racist gestures and comments which are in all honesty uncalled for and totally out of order. I find myself wondering what do these small minority of people hope to achieve out of this and what do they gain, nothing, in my opinion they are jealous of his success at such an early age. This has not been an easy road for Lewis Hamilton and his family. His family have backed him all the way and encouraged him as he had potential and he’s demonstrated this. The Hamilton family have done without financially for years so why shouldn’t they reep the rewards.
I think it’s wonderful and can’t wait for 2009.
Sometimes people forget that if the F.I.A had not intervened at Spa,firstly Lewis would have been the one who had won more races this season and secondly,with an eleven point lead going to Brazil,the race would have been academic…
And that is just one example of the F.I.A’s interference!Let it be people.It’s over.It’s done.Yes,your man hasn’t won the championship but at least he gave a good account of himself,and proved alot this year…
Ken Breeze,I’m sorry but even as an 18 year old guy who is pretty used to texting I find it hard to understand what you wrote.I agree that God did not favour Lewis Hamilton,I do no agree that McLaren deserved nothing this year.Perhaps you are unaware of this but constructors points are a major generator of income for a team,McLaren were stripped off all as well as receiving the $100m fine.Renault were found guilty of the exact same crime earlier this year,ironically against McLaren,and absolutely no penalty was imposed on them.Strange,no?
And as for the patriotism card,that has no place.I am as staunch a McLaren fan as you will find,but I’m not British.Or European.Or American…I’m from a little place called South Africa,and I take exception when someone lumps people like me with the “national pride” lot.I’ve been there,celebrated when Hakkinen won his first world title in 1998,when I was 8years old.I’ve shed the tears when his clutch gave out on the last lap of the Spanish Grand Prix in 2001,and again when he announced his retirement.I got upset when Raikkonens suspension failed at the Nurburgring in 2005,so it should be pretty clear that,for me,and many more people than you think,the passion is not for Lewis Hamilton alone,but for the fact that we once again have a leading driver in our team,who can compete at the sharp end.I couldn’t care less where he’s from,what colour his skin is or,to pick up on others points,that he signed for McLaren when he was 12.I care that he’s good enough to win championships for the team I support.And that’s it.Because I am a McLaren fan,and I am an Formula One fan.
And lastly.To all…Lewis got to where he is on talent.I’m pretty sure Ron Dennis would nt have had enough confidence to invest in a 12 year old if he wasn’t worth his salt.Yes,he has had an easy ride into a top team.But this is Formula One.The pinnacle of motorsport.If you want to see people working hard to get somewhere,sit in an a lecture in your local University,or a class at your local High School.That is not what this is about.I guarantee that Seb Vettel,Heikki Kovalainen and especially,Nelson Piquet Jr did not get into F1 based on their,or their fathers’,work ethic.That’s reserved for karts.Instead of hating the man for being where he is,why not admire the drive,talent,and balls it took to get to where he is?To approach Ron Dennis when you’re 12 and tell him you’d like to drive for him?That’s something.
Congratulations to Anthony Hamilton,this is as much his achievement as it is Lewis’.And as for the confidence that sometimes borders on arrogance…Nice guys finish last.Or second.Everyone seems to think Massa is such a nice guy.But Lewis is world champion.End of.And ’nuff said.
*sit in at a lecture
Hint….Watch next seasons F1 races in a Home Theater! We watched on my 120″ screen with the volume cranked! IT WAS AWESOME!!! Congratulations Lewis. Well deserved.