I don’t usually agree with reprinting verbatim an F1 team’s press release, but considering all the furor surrounding Timo Glock yesterday, I figure it’s best to get this interview with him up as it is…
How did the rain at the end of the race affect your strategy?
“In the final laps we saw that we had the opportunity to make up some places due to the rain. It started to rain lighty on parts of the circuit with around six laps to go and at that stage everyone was on dry tyres. We took the decision to stay out on dry tyres even though the intensity of the rain was increasing we were sure we could make up positions when the other cars pitted for wet weather tyres and because it was only on the last couple of laps that the wet tyre was superior. We stayed out and I was up to fourth but it was not easy in those conditions in the last laps.”
What was it like in wet conditions with dry tyres?
“It was not so bad until the final lap when the rain really began to come down very heavily and it was just impossible. It was so difficult to just keep the car on the track because it was very wet and the car was basically undriveable in those conditions. I was sliding everywhere, with absolutely no grip at all.”
Were you taking it easy on the final lap?
“Absolutely not! It was completely the opposite; the final lap was one of the hardest laps I have done in Formula 1 because there was no grip at all and on dry tyres it was almost impossible to keep the car on track. I was pushing really hard to keep fourth place and if you look at the lap times I was actually faster than Jarno [Trulli] on the final lap and he was the only other car on dry tyres at that stage.”
Was it the right decision to stay on dry tyres?
“Absolutely no doubt about it. We were running seventh before the rain came and we would have probably finished there if it had been totally dry. Instead we finished sixth so that shows the strategy was the right one.”
Did you realise the significance of Lewis Hamilton fighting with you on the final lap?
“To be honest I was racing for Toyota and my place which is the correct thing to do. I didn’t even know that Lewis was directly behind me. The team told me that Sebastian Vettel was catching me and they kept me updated on his position but I was concentrating so hard on keeping the car on the track. I didn’t even know that Lewis had overtaken me until after the race. I was passed by three or four cars on the final lap and it was not easy to keep track of what was going on.”
Sums it up really, only the sore loosers will ignore the evidence. Great job hamilton, feel sorry for massa poor guy.
you have to admit though, it was suspicious. what did it for me was that he went to congratulate hamilton as Lewis was removing his steering wheel from his car. At the time it seemed to me like his way of saying “you owe me a couple of beers!”
Either way, bloody good finale! I practically died from tension on the last lap!
a few other drivers also did the same so I don’t think that was the case. But people are giong to burn holes in this like no tomorrow.
hamilton is the best in the world
I think it was the perfect ending of a great season, in wich everybody got what they deserved. Both Massa and Hamilton fought very long and hard, and gave us plenty of thrills, and I can’t wait for Massa to revenge himself next year
Glock couldn’t have said it better. The outcome might have been the same if he had changed his tyres but he didn’t and gained a position. Like “FIA hater” said, “only the sore loosers will ignore the evidence.”
isn’t he sweet?
with reference to ash’s comment…
…i was s***ing myself when the steering wheel wouldn’t go back in lewis’ car, i thought he’d leave it and no doubt the FIA woulda been right in there to disqualify him lol.
I thought glock let them through at the time, but then i saw his and trulli’s lap times and it was clearly just the tyres.
boring year boring race whats happend to f1? night races were a waste of time no difference seeing as they had lights covering the whole track same 2 teams finish in top its about time something interesting happens everyone complanes that the other one is cheating no close racing as that is seen as dangerous drivers totally rely on how good the car is yes there is skill involved but no matter how good you are if your not in ferrari or mclaren you might as well be no where
que, were you watching a different race or something? it was so tense and thrilling like a movie. were you watching a DVD of the European Grand Prix?
So close to win last year but this one was better! More pressure which scared my mum!
Good try Lewis!
But next year please dont put too much pressure!
Thank goodness he stayed on the wet tyres
But nevertheless Hamilton was one lucky boy
Wow… ‘que’ could you be more wrong?!
Sorry mate, but how was that race even slightly boring?! And no close racing? Hamilton snatched the championship with half a mile and 15 seconds to go! And as for “if your not in ferrari or mclaren you might as well be no where”, kubica was close to the championship too, and if it wasnt for some poor qualifications and the team focusing on 09, he would have been closer. Plus, vettel and alonso etc won races. Yes, there may have been some boring races, but thats the nature of motorsport, whatever discipline. You say whats happened to F1, well, were you finding it more interesting when Schumacher won nearly every race and won the championship half way through the season? I doubt it! Sorry mate, but you are just so so wrong.
i dont understand how glock lost 15 seconds on the last lap. martin brundle said half way through the penultimate lap that glocks sector times were fine,….its the shortest lap of the year,…it just doesnt add up. the rain didnt look that much heavier on the last lap. also can i just say that if hamilton didnt get that stroke of luck then all you fans and the british media would be ganging up on him again,.. “why wasnt he fast enough to keep vettel back,…why didnt mclaren get him on pole, why didnt he stay on dry tyres”. so stop sayin hes the best, he deserved it etc…., because you wouldnt be saying that if glock woz just 4 seconds quicker on the last lap. he lucked in,…and you all know it. both massa and lewis went into the weekend with a job 2 do, massa did his in fine style. hamilton did his thanks to a stroke of luck!
Que, the difference in a night race is it messes with the “normal” 12pm race start and throws the drivers off a little. Not the most exciting year with only 3 or 4 really exciting races eg. Melbourne, Monaco, maybe Monza and Brazil, but this has really got me pumped for 2009. Hopefully with the regulation changes the stewards will try to interfere a little less. Everyone has respect for the top 10 drivers who do well in every race but even more respect is earned by the drivers who are struggling but shine in some races and this season proved it, like with Sutils performance in Monaco.
Hamilton Number 1
Well done Timo, I am sure you are expecting a big fat paycheck from mclaren any day now, nice work! Felipe drove the race of his life, thoroughly deserving the title and for what? Timo to gift it to hamilton. After the race they said that they knew they were going to catch Timo on the lap lap BEFORE it started raining heavier, why? Because they had told Timo ‘give hamilton 5th and we will give you a wad of cash, perhaps Kovy’s seat as well’!
Hi all, if i have to be sincere this has been the worst f1 year ever, who cares about who won if most of us just saw a couple of races because, it´s too boring. i was just a huge fan of f1 but this year i cannot more.between this year and last one with all the problems on mclaren seems that people is most interested on see what hamilton says about ferrari than enjoy what matters here, which is DRIVE!
I just hope all were a little more pure, it´s becoming like football, lots of money but it is no more fun than see a bunch of go-karts full of stickers and formalities. congratulations to the winner but not to F1 big boss/es.
And the worst thing is that next year i´m sure it´s going to be even worst. i´m sorry but actual F1 sucks.
Yesssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssss! Lewis Is The Champion Sorry Massa I Thought Timo Let Hamilton Though So He Could Win But It Was Because Of An Acadent I Was So Sad When Hamilton Whent 6th And Lost The Title And Then Hamilton Came 5th
I was crying in the last few laps, it was so tense! It was an amazing season, better than last year! Can’t wait til next year!
Vettel Was Very Good This Season.
I’m So Sorry For David Coulthard Crashing On The First Lap At The First Corner In His Final Race
The Stig 4 F1 Next Season
what’s left to be said now..if it didn’t happen i’d have been sorry for lewis but now i’m almost running out of tears for Massa…. I hope God gives him a better deal in the future…
Long live Felipe Massa!
hi i think hamilton deserved the title more than massa because of the concerted effort of the stewards on ferrari’s behalf as exhibited by bourdais demotion. i have heard that 2 of the stewards were ex ferrari employees. let’s hope for a cleaner fight next year. cheers to you all
I also was scared when the steering wheel wouldn’t go back in lewis’ car, its probobly because the car in front was burning
and plus the other emotions.
The Stig or Hamilton for the title next year. Well done Hamilton, fell sorry for Massa
On another hand, he will not say that he messed up or let Lewis take him over…
The only thing he could say was what he sai “it’s the tires fault, we didn’t make any mistakes…and i didn’t know about Lewis…”
Pointless subject. I think Ferrari will accept the fact that Massa lost…
I just don’t think that Lewis deserve it now, he is a great driver but sometimes he wants to “show off” a bit to much…
He also has to realise that, it’s not because he is a Merc driver that Hondas in front of him have to get the f*** out of his way and let him go… Sort of stuff he would have learned if he started in a team like Redbull or Honda or so…
Again, he is a bloody good driver (like most of the F1 pilots), the only thing that makes the difference is the car’s performance.
I’d like to see Vettle in a Merc and Lewis in a Torro Rosso just to see if he would have won the tittle…
For me, the most impressive team of the year was Torro rosso. The job those guys made is incredible.
Knowing that they don’t have a factory like Merc, Ferrari and so on, and knowing that they have less money than those teams makes the job they did really amazing !
Well done Hamilton!!, but I would like to see next year ( It should start the 2009 F1 Championship tomorrow) Hamilton against Alonso & Massa.
I need more F1!!!
Well done hamilton you taught ferrari a lesson they will never forget.
Hope you can teach them another lesson next season.
Congrations on becoming the youngest F1 champion ever
COMMENT 11
YOU MEAN DRY TIRES
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No better way to end the Grand Prix, I had gone past the point of just nail biting in the last lap, infact, by the end of it; my whole hand had been bitten off. It was like the world had ended when I saw Vettel overtake Hamilton and put him in sixth place. I couldn’t believe it, my hero had lost the world championship on the penultimate lap, and then the commentators were like he can’t catch Vettel, its all over for Hamilton, I was distraught. I had a £10 bet that he would win. I couldn’t really afford to lose £10, so I was devasted. Then, when I saw the rain coming down halfway through the last lap, I was so desperate, in couldn’t even watch, all I knew was that it would take a miracle for Hamilton to win, then the commentator just started screaming the commentary like there was no tomorrow, my miracle had come. Glocks mistake to put intermediates on in the wet weather had cost him, and he slipped two places on the last and second to last corners, putting Hamilton in the place he needed to take the championship. I just started crying I was so happy for him, and so relived for him. Hamilton had won! He has worked so so hard, and alot of people say he is arrogant because of it, but come on, he is only 23, let him brag, there isn’t anyone in the world who has won the world championship as young as he has. WELL DONE LEWIS!!!!!
Please see the fishy difference between Martin Whitmarsh’s account of the situation and Lewis Hamiltons account as reported after teh race on the BBC sport website. Whitmarsh says it was planned and on schedule and they were telling lewis he was gonna take Glock.
Lewis says he had no idea what was happening and it was a complete surprise as such.
Please look for yourself and comment.
Why would they make up something as both accounts cant be correct and they are both significant figures.
Your right there is a mssive difference in their account of events. I wonder why this would be . . . ??
MY BIG WORRY IS THAT WITH COMPLETE NEW SETS OF RULES MCLAREN HAVE GONE RIGHT TO BRAZIL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERE CAR AND TEAMS LIKE BMW (I HOPE)FORCE INDIA AND RENAULT HAVE ENDED THEY’RE DEVELOPMENT HALF WAY THOUGH THE SEASON MAY HAVE THE EDGE NEXT SEASON AND I CAN JUST HOPE THAT MCLAREN DON’T END UP AT THE BACK NEXT YEAR.
McLaren had to win the drivers title, otherwise it would have been a PR nightmare trying to explain what is happening to this great team.
The best was this year was Monaco and Monza, and that Vettel Overtake of Hamilton. Senna VS Shumi Next Generation.
I cant believe Lewis Hamilton is arrogant enough to compare himself to Senna. Surely that is a judgement for others to make,
Also why is wearing the same colours as Senna??? Who nominated him for this?
Mass is my champion.
I looked at the difference on the BBC account between whitmarsh and lewis and theres definately something odd there!!!
So very happy Lewis won, but feel sorry for Massa because he had a great season. They both deserved the title but Hamilton came out on top.
I had my fingers crossed all throughout the race for Hamilton, and when Vettel got past Hamilton and he wasn’t making any ground I gave up and uncrossed them. Very disappointed, but then Timo slowed considerably and Hamilton got past. YAAAAY!!! I swear, this has been the most exciting and tense race I’ve ever watched. Awesome action.
As for Glock letting Hamilton past on purpose, I seriously doubt it. Glock is a racing driver and I don’t believe he’d do something like that. He races for himself and his team, just like everyone else.
Very lucky for Hamilton that Glock lost it a bit, but that doesn’t mean he deserves the title any less.
Excellent drives by both Hamilton and Massa
Looking forward to the battle next season.
BBC and Adrian, I’ve told you the reason, its because they have given glock a big fat paycheck for hamilton to win the title, talk about desperate!
You really think he would admit letting him pass?
Martin Whitmarsh (Mclaren Chief Operating Officer) said 3.11.08 :
The teams have GPS maps showing them the exact location of all the cars at all times and Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren’s chief operating officer, said the team’s computer data was telling them Hamilton would catch Glock on the final lap.
“We were obviously telling Lewis throughout that what was happening so he knew he had to keep it together, not panic, not do anything dangerous with Vettel and just to do his job to catch Glock and win the world championship.
“As we went through that last lap, we could see Glock falling back and the predictions were we would catch him, but until we did, we were nervous to say the least”
Lewis Hamilton Said 2.11.08 :
“The team didn’t say anything so I thought I was shot,” said Hamilton, who became Britain’s ninth world champion and the first since Damon Hill in 1996.
“I didn’t know where Glock was and Vettel was the guy to beat and I couldn’t catch him, so at that point I was going to finish sixth. My heart was in my mouth,” said Hamilton.
“When it started to drizzle, I didn’t want to take any risks but at the final corner I got past Glock and I couldn’t believe it.
Yes the difference on accounts sounds dodgy as to me . . .
Like they had to get a story straight so bring our Martin Whitmarsh (no on argues with him) and get him to start saying this and that
Yes I looked up the BBC interviews and it does seem that there has been some story told that differes massively from what Lewis said after the race.
Why would they need to do that unless soemthing needed to be covered up!!!!!????
look, this is the first ‘odd’ thing to happen in favour of mclaren this season. how many times this season has it happened in favour of ferrari and massa this season??
many.
Vettel’s No. 1.
Is everyone forgetting how much Hamilton has had thrown at him by the FIA trying to stop him. Massa was handed a win in Begium and Hamilton relegated to 3rd. Massa was not penalised in european grand prix. Massa smashed Hamilton off the track in Japan and should have had at least a stop go but only had a drive through, plus he gained a place because someone dared to defend their position legally. Then he was gifted a place by his team mate in China. If you add all that up it comes to 11 extra points that Hamilton should have had over Massa going to Brazil and hence should have been the champion. Then he had to contend with the most extreme pressure and pulled it off in style.Hamilton had no help at all in a worse car. He is a true Champion. Never gave up against all odds. Even some of his own country men are against him which is a discrace. I hope he goes on to become the greatest of them all and I think he’s gota chance of doing it. The guy is a great racer with the ability to deal wih any thing at such a young age.
Oh yea, thought the race was brilliant and he showed nerves of steel and deserved the title. I couldnt be happier for him and his family and he makes me proud to be British.
Boring Boring Boring the whole F1 Circus
great race but i agree it was very suspicious and from what i saw it didn’t look like he spun or anything, just looked like he put the brakes on hard for the second to last corner.
Why can you guys not just be proud that we finally have a decent British driver who has slogged his guts off over the years to get where he is?
Enough with the conspiracies !
(when i say he i mean glock) Amazing race hamilton and unlucky massa.
the only other car with dry tyres was jarno trulli and glocks last lap was faster than his, so hamilton desrved it fully.
i think over the whole of the season hamilton and massa had equal amounts of bad and good luck.
And even if hamilton was more lucky think of last year when he lost due to a gearbox faliure, team orders not being penalised, and low ambient fuel temperatures going unpenalised.
you’d have to be stupid to think glock let him past on porpouse.
on the other hand, i’m not less pissed with him, why couldn’t he do what Vettel did? first by staying in Massa’s rearview for half the race and then for taking Lewis the way he did, it’s a shame he’s leaving TorroRosso, i don’t think RedBull will be competitive enough next year, if it were for me i’d put him in Ferrari.
every JMB1 said in post 46 is true
So many people know nothing.
Hamilton has had silver lined racing card since the age of about 12 when he had mclaren support.
You would have fathers that really worked hard for their talented sons getting blitzed by hamilton in a mclaren prepared formula ford. So they had no chance against him.
People that comment on here saying he slogged his guts out are so wrong and obviously have not been in the paddocks of the UK racing circuit.
Go to a formula ford or renault meet and see real teams and familys struggling. Not mclaren sponsored media opportunitys.
I saw drivers blitzing lewis hamilton in karts BEFORE mclaren started turning on the money taps.
Seriously, dont bother u lot just keep eating the media rubbish.
Glock obviously slowed and the difference in accounts is of course them trying to explain it.
It is a grate shame for British motorsport.
An all you who think that he should automatically be supported by british because he is british are not really worth listening.
or are u just sore that u havn’t won
Boon – So what you are saying he has no talent then, its all because Mclaren put some money his way? Oh ok, sorry didnt realise that, there was me thinking it was his skill behind the wheel that won him the championship…
It’s up to you who you support, i myself have been a Mclaren Fan for many years and above all an F1 fan, this season has had a lot of faults, but above all it delivered a dramatic finale which will of pleased many fans.. few exceptions obviously on here
so there are two different accounts on one website…unusual that..there are different ones on all the websites…they are called soundbites..your meant to read between them and fill in the gaps..not make up theory’s with no substance!!! glocks lap was the same as trullis..do you think mclaren paid them both to do the same lap time!! oh and if you want a conspiracy look at mclaren’s 10 penalties in 18 races and work that one out…both massa and lewis were valiant drivers this year but lewis won it..kimi won it last year from lewis and personally I think he deserved it, same as lewis this year..get over it!!!
While i’d agree that that the last few laps were more that a bit iffy, both Massa and Hamilton both deserved the title but, Hamilton got it. Last season i’d have said Hamilton deserved it but he didn’t get it. Tough sh*t for him. That’s sport. That’s what this is – sport.
Yes there’s controversy and more than it’s fair share especially in F1 right now but put it this way – we’ve now got some exciting racing and even more coming up with more younger guys coming up and yet more rule changes.
Let’s face it, motorspot has never had the perfect formulae as far as the view is concerned – all we can be greatful for now is that we’re back on to the Beeb therefore no more adverts!!!!
And well done Lewis and Fellipe – looking foward to next season
yer lewis deserved it this year and last year, kimi won on team orders, and massa may complain his engine didn’t work but that has cost maclaran in the past, its a shame coulthard never won.
clearly lewis is one of the best drivers on the track, matched only by massa and vettel, alonso is good but i dont like him so much, same with shchumi, i hope hamilton doest end up cheating.
cos alonso and schumi where good at racing and didn’t need to, and i dislike them for.
and hamiltons driving style is racing not cheating or dangerous to all u criticsa, u want to see a train of cars go park in london
If English isn’t your first language please say so because I can barely understand what you’re saying.
Lewis Hamilton F1 Champion 2008
Get over it
I admit it was suspicious, despite how thrilled I am he won, but what’s done is done. You’re not going to be able to change the results, so just live with them:
Lewis Hamilton is World Champion. get over it.
Boring the whole F1 Circus
Well done Lewis! Well deserved but he wont have it all his own way if Vettel can get even a half decent car. I make Vettel as driver of the season and the best on the grid.
a) I’m worried Massa may not get another go at the championship, while I’m pretty confident Hami will be in the Schumi league.
b) In spite of the whole season, it really does feel like Hami got a present from Glock. No matter if it’s true or not.
c) At a prompt from Massa, the guys from Toyota left the circuit in borrowed Renault livery, in order to escape getting lynched by the mob. According to Massa himself, anyway.
Therefor I think it would’ve been better for Massa to win the title, this time round. But the suspense of that final lap was brilliant! First time I was on the edge of my seat for F1 in years.
Oh, right. Useless & Tb: please get lost, do us all a favor.
i thought that hamilton only overtook glock because glock was biased towards him as he used to race him in gp2 and had a good reletionship with him.
Gotta luv teh intarweb for conspiracees ;o)
FFS – loads of people have spent the season crying ‘Its a Ferrari conspiracy!’ and now a Macca wins the championship there’s another one? Make up your minds!
Cast you minds back as far as Spa – can you remember what happened to the laptimes on dry tyres at the end? As soon as they cooled a little, they lost grip, which meant they cooled a *LOT*. The laptimes rocketed up and all the people who pitted to spend one lap on inters stormed through the field (Heidfeld being the biggest winner from that I remember?). Please can all the conspiracy theorists remove their heads from their arses and remember very recent precedent on tyre performance.
Massa won the race. Lewis, who I really don’t like very much won the championship – but fair play to him, it was clean and he won it fair and square. At the end of the day he had more points, job done.
Next year I hope Kimi’s heavy winter testing regime means he stuffs ‘em both
)
For all those that think it was all boring boring boring – find something else to do on you sundays – maybe go to church, do the gardening or go shopping.
F1 today is as exciting as it has ever been. You lot (or your equivalents) will be sitting back in 20 years time saying how boring F1 is and how great it was back in the noughties.
Face facts, you just dont like watching a bunch of cars driving round in circles for a couple of hours.
Brilliant race, my whole familly was on the edge of their seats.
Any thought that Glock deliberately slowed down was rubbish, it was raining so hard at the end it look like late evening! You can clearly see him struggling with rear-end grip on the last couple of corners.
A well deserved 1st championship win by Lewis!!
Congrats also to Massa for leading Ferrari to the constructors title.
And best of luck to DC, shame the race didn’t work out for him!
I think it was all pretty clean, whilst I’d like to see more of Glock’s last lap, the slick dry tyres obviously didn’t give him the grip.
As for post 37, he wears Senna’s colours because Senna is his idol. You don’t have to be nominated to wear a yellow helmet.
If his comparison with Senna is for others to judge, lets compare their points tally for their first two seasons:
Hamilton: 207
Senna: 51
Hamilton also has bettered Senna’s highest points tally.
Don’t they speak for themselves?
Hamilton was graced with a good car from the start, so I’m not saying he is a better driver, but they are certainly comparable.
Right first off
“Go to a formula ford or renault meet and see real teams and familys struggling. Not mclaren sponsored media opportunitys”
No. they may be the ‘feeder sports’ for F1, but they suck.
This happens in every sport mate, people who you dont think deserve to be sponsored get sponsored. Get over it.
other than that, you can see glocks car being an absolute handle on the climb up to the finish line in the replay’s so it was obv that he wasn’t applying brakes or any other theory. Like glock would have ever let a position drop!
As for hamilton, this was the worst race i’ve ever seen him in. it was boring and could have been raced by any driver. Its not hamilton to say ‘All we’ve come for is fifth’. Like Hell. Try and win the race damnit!
I can’t believe some people still think Glock threw it.
Have they even read the evidence?
If he were a real racing driver he wouldn’t have ended the race in 5th!I can’t believe no one sees this!All comparisons between him and Schumacher or Senna are clearly out of place.
So good luck in joining Villeneuve and Damon Hill in the list of REALLY talented drivers
And for all the people saying F1 is not boring,you should watch MotoGP more often(at least if lewis did,he might have learnt something from Rossi)
Before I say this I’m not having a go at anyone, but you are all wrong as to why Lewis wears a yellow helmet, it’s not an homage to Senna but it’s from his early racing days so his dad could pick him out from all the other drivers.
On a completely separate note, as I have already said on another post, Glock did not slow down for Hamilton. Do you all not realise that the FIA listen to all team talk and so would have found out pretty quickly!!! He won, stop these load of crap conspiracy theories just because you didn’t want him to win!
As far as I know there is no rule stating the champion must finish higher than 5th.
Can’t believe anyone sees this as important.
I think when Hamilton overtook that force india on the wet part of the track, is an example of why Lewis deserves to be would champion!
Poeple seem to forget that Lewis worked ALL YEAR for the title,not just brazil.
The FIAt took it off him last year and shut down the gearbox for 30 secs to keep the dancing donkeys happy.
Our first champ for 12 years.
WELL DONE LEWIS
PCATaylor, you’re right about the helmet, my bad!
Hamilton’s chosen colours are the green, blue and red ribbons. Not sure of the relevance, maybe to do with Granada though…
Edge of the seat stuff…
I wish all sporting Dad’s would support their 23 year old sons as much..
At first I too thought Timo must have ordered a new Merc but the lap times show that Timo was trying to race, that’s not to say Lewis didn’t buy him a beer before the race though.
When big money is involved anything goes, just like politics, they take sides, but who’s camp is Toyota in? The Boy Scouts or the Girl Guides???
In my humble opinion, Bernie and the FIA have made a complete PR f**** up of F1 this season, talk about lack of vision and poor leadership. Some of the penalty decisions during the season along with the recent ‘Spying’ case and the Mr ‘Whippy’ Ice cream pics, all have left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth… what next??? Strictly Come Dancing F1 style?? Brucie or Bernie?? lol
Yes you need luck, the best car and a silver spoon to do well in racing. Out of all the spoons racing though, the Lewis Hamilton one is shinning the most..
A championship is more than one race
Well done Lewis, bring us all some Swiss Chocy back mate..
the Lewis-haters saying Glock slowed are complete idiots! I can’t believe they are still saying Glock slowed, even after all the definitive evidence has been shown.
Final Lap Times of the Last 2 Cars on Dry Tires (coincidently, both toyotas):
GLOCK: 1min44.7
TRULLI: 1min44.8
Lewis-haters, try to explain to me how McLaren could get BOTH toyotas to slow down and run lap times within a tenth of a second of each other.
Come on already!!!
GLOCK DIDN’T SLOW DOWN! END OF STORY! Glock said he didn’t, Trulli’s lap time said he didn’t, and LOGIC says he didn’t!
LEWIS #1!!!
WORLD CHAMPION FAIR AND SQUARE!!!
glock didnt let him through, but mclaren and lewis cocked up that race and only won the title on luck. whitmarsh tried 2 claim that it was all under control but hamiltons comments show thats not true, and im sure he’ll get a telling of for telling the truth. u c mclaren r stuck up, and dont want to admit that they nearly lost it again by cocking up. ur a lucky lucky boy lewis. enjoy it. cuz it will be your last.
I don’t know why peoble say that Glock let Hamilton pass him while nobody mentioned how badly Kemi made it for Mass in Chaina and gave him two more points , any way Hamilton deserve it no doubt about that he is the best driver in the world and let them say what they want , LH#1
y is all this talk a bout massa shold have one not at all if the cheating F.I.A did not back ferrari most of the seson lewis would have one 3 or 4 races a go and ferrari would be criying in there bear but fore that it gave us a good last race.now lewis is champ he can keep it cool and do over 7 times champ.anyway glock or not if the F.I.A was clean threre would be no talk about how he one but there you go ferrari cant win them all and now i hope they never do a gene honda or red bull i do not minde but not ferrari. well done lewis
the thing is lewis won ´cause made more points than any other, is more regular. won more races ? …no massa did…well done but for christ´s sake dont´n compare with senna ,senna came from little teams and pay his debs ,hamilton came to F1 in top team and all the chances a driver can get,is not point of comparation let´s wait and see if hamilton have the hunger of winning …….i dont´n see that
beep beep beep….
*i will own all of f1 drivers next year*
*especially eyebrow man*
ok for all you halfwits who are to blind to see maybe this will help..but maybe not…maybe mclaren paid both of them to do these lap times…wake up and smell the coffee…
Timo Glock
69 1:18.688
70 1:28.041
71 1:44.731
Jarno Trulli
69 1:22.428
70 1:33.539
71 1:44.800
you’re a sore loser
Lewis is Champion because of skill not money
I think Glock let Hamilton through because they were in GP2 together.
LH won the WDC fair and square, with a little luck on the last lap. Although I would question McLarens game plan for Brazil! Even though LH only needed 5th place to take the WDC, I’d have thought that aiming for 2nd or 3rd would have been a better plan. I realise that would have put LH and KR in direct competition, but it was still a bit dodgy aiming for 5th place!
Well Done to FM for winning his home GP, he didn’t put a foot wrong throughout the race and deserved the victory. Congrats to LH for winning the WDC, but please don’t make it so dramatic next season!
Oh, Amy? You’ve not got a clue what you’re talking about. Watch F1 for a few more years and learn about it before you come out with such ridiculous comments!
Glock definitely let Hamilton through no doubt!…Do you really think he would come out and say! Oh yeh! I let him through? I love Hamilton but unfortunately, thats not how a real champion should win! Vettel was the man and Massa deserved the title……but a professional cheat or help by Glock who obviously slowed down like a car that was being lapped let them through….as for Trulli dont forget that Trulli was way behind and he would have been affected by the rain worse!…..Glock nice cheat though! poor hamilton… had he lost again, he would have cried his ass off! but Glock that wasn’t fare considering the fact that the man everyone loves and has been criticised manytimes, MASSA was robbed after all his efforts! Massa you reign!
Massa trully is a champion…goog luck Hamilton, I agree with 49man, Glock cheated no doubt about that and I dont wonna hear any excuses, he is a cheat! congrats hamilton though!….Massa its all yours next season!
Well Done, Hamilton, i watched it all back again last night and you can see that Glock was struggling to keep the car straight because of his tyres, great season, great last race ! Well Done Hamilton, Christmas come early with Nicole there with you too, ha ha
well done luis hamation you are good
you are were good sunday and i like it when you were got tankuing over then you got him back well done hamilton you are good we all love you
So what if Glock cheated.The way Hamilton got the championship fits well into to what the sport has become.Remember the whole thing with Kimi,losing 4 pionts to Massa.Also kimmi clearly giving 2nd to massa while Lewis won the race from the start.If glock cheated,only he will know.
Lewis is a great driver and was more consistand this season…
massa will take it from him next yaer
Yes Hamilton won!, he drove a poor race though and was off pace of most of the top drivers and theres no denying that luck played a factor in his race, Massa on the other hand did not need luck, he drove brilliantly, and in my opinion deserved more. People should remember that Massa was driving like this in Singapore before his fuel pipe incident, and theres no doupt he would have EASILY won that race as he did sundays.
It will be interesting to see how next years rule changes affect certain drivers. I for one am very interested in Sebastian Vettel, he also drove a very solid race on sunday and was quicker than Hamilton for most of the race, if he joins a decent team in the near future you can forget Hamilton and Massa because I believe F1 has found it’s new Schumacher in this guy!
Guys there are conspiracy theories every year since
Ferrari stopped dominating the F1 by winning more than 10 races in a season…I am a Ferrari fan and think Alonso did not deserve any of his championships (the first should be Raikkonen’s, so many blown tyres and engines in the last laps/ The second to Schumi, lost it because of an engine failure in Suzuka ).
Both Kimi last year and Lewis this one deserved their titles..Its true that it looks odd that the champion is 5th by a stroke of luck(not cheating) and the claimer wins the race but HOW MANY RACES DID MASSA FINISH this year?? Hamilton has been more consistent, and it paid off..period..
I THINK THERE COULD NOT BE A BETTER WAY OF FINISHING THE GRAND PRIX,ALSO I HEARD JEREMEY IS GOING TO BE SUSPENDED OVER SAT MURDERING PROSITUTES ON SUNDAY WHICH IS TOTALLY A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY NOT OFFENCIVE
I THINH HAMILTON DROVE PERFECTLY AND IS A GREAT GUY AND I HOPE HE WILL WON SOME CHAMPINSHIP
So he won it. It’s not as if anything can change that. Let’s just look forward to 2009. No use arguing if he deserved this or that, etc.
Thanks for posting this Jamie although I agree you shouldn’t have to. Some people will never accept the fact Hamilton is champion and will believe they know better (or can drive better) than those who were trying to cope with the rain. The facts are it rained much harder on the last lap and Glock would have lost all tyre temperature meaning he couldn’t brake, turn or accelerate as well as those on intermediates. How more simple could it be? (Have we conveniently forgotten Brundle’s excellent piece demonstrating the difference between slicks, inters and wets?)
Those who say Hamilton was lucky should maybe consider Glock unlucky that his gamble didn’t pay off with a 4th place finish. Even if he gifted Hamilton the position we should recall Ferrari swapped positions in China to give Massa more points.
Finally, the Italian media has accepted the result without question. There have been far more controversial last race incidents, Senna and Prost, Schumacher and Hill etc. How insulting to Glock to suggest he didn’t try to get the best finish he could for Toyota, Panasonic and all the other sponsors. In a multi million business “letting” drivers pass for position would not be considered or tolerated. Do people really think Toyota pay Glock his wages to let drivers finish ahead of him? Of course not, but the Hamilton haters will argue because they know better, don’t you?
Lets just face facts lewis is now the youngest ever F1 world champion, so will all you cynics get off all your conspiracy theories about Glock letting him through and just have some national pride in having a world champion.
any1 huu thinks tht lewis did not deserve his win can stick their head into a buckett of dun…….
WELL DONE Lewis, the FIA with their unfair decisions throught the season did their best to rob you of the title and make it a re run of 2007. You showed.
Good on yer
Sorry for the poor typing I think you know waht I mean though
at the end of the day, massa had should have scored points earlier on in the season i.e.first 2 races and not been so bloody useless in the wet!! Everyone blaming Glock are just sore losers.
I don’t know whats happened to F1 in the last few years. Qualifing is boring and to be honest so is the racing and the drivers. I used to watch F1 as a child with my Father and it was so exciting. All these silly rule changes ahve ruined it. The FIA should be ashamed of themselves, I can’t even be bothered to watch anymore.
Congratulations to Hamilton.
hamilton is in a class of his own and pmsl at massa and all the ferrari team that thought they had won.
also big respect to clarkson for his comments about lorry drivers and when will the bbc put ross and clarkson on there own show,well done to all the above for doing, saying and annnoying all the norms that complain for the sake of it ?????????
Glock actually seemed like a back marker to me… nevertheless, Felipe did exactly what he was supposed to do. I commend the guy on this one, and he walked away still a better man. The world knows exactly what you’re made of, Felipe! Lewis, on the other hand, was given a miracle and he did not take it for granted. He fought like crazy out there and I can only imagine how much faster his heart was pumping compared to the car he was driving. Both drivers were amazing, and for a brief moment, made the world forget all its financial problems and gave the world one of the greatest races it has ever seen.
goed gedaaan glock (klok)!!!! dankje.
Well F1 is full of conspiracies. Look at last year and McLaren. They gotta cheat to win. Thank the good lord they got found out. As for the Brazil grandprix…I am quite sure its fixed. Face it – F1 was at a real decline when Ferrari was just winning all the races, now they gave what the world wanted to see – The world wanted to see Lewis win (along with the media) and the world wanted Ferrari to win. Well the world got what it wants. So cheers.
glock is a bloody savour 4 lewis amelton he is the best driver in the world you no it i no it he no’s it and glock no’s it well glock 4 mclaren bruno senna 4 red bull or honda come on who’s wth me
How can you say glock let hamilton past?
Does everybody saying it was a fix not realise that the TWO drivers who stayed on DRY tyres at the end of the race both had slow times.
And the fact that glocks final lap was faster than trulli’s final lap (both on dry tyres) would suggest that glock was trying to maintain his position!
At the end of the day, hamilton has had MORE penalties, and still won because he is a more efficient and reliable driver than massa
Bring on 2009
hamelton is da best ok MASSA LIVE WITH IT!!!!!!!
glock let lewis past
MASSA BETTER LUK NEXT YEAR!!!???
thx 4 da kind words but any 1 who dnt like me can go and #### there mums!!!!!!!!!
da germans like us now look at glock he did a GOOD thing fo lewis
yeah and trulli managed to get a lap to within a tenth of glocks time on the same lap to make it look as if glock didnt let him through.oh wait, on second thoughts, SHUT UP
with regards to 119.
To all of you who are slagging the drivers off : how about trying to appreciate what ALL drivers and teams do for the sport? And why don’t you try 40 laps at HALF the speed & power before shooting you mouthes off about the professionals?
Perhaps…
Skippy, I utterly agree!
Glock did not save Hamilton people! Weren’t you watching the same race? If Glock had pitted Hammy would have one anyway. Instead Glock stayed out on the super slick tyres. Hammy would have caught up with him either way because there was no grip and I think there traction control were removed(I might be wrong about traction control). For all those people who know nothing about cars. Get into a F1 car with dry tyres and race around a very wet. Then tell me how fast your lap time was or how long it took you to end up in a wall.
I’ve trawled through the utter garbage some of you have written here and come to the conclusion that ALL the anti Hamilton/British writers are either
1 verbally incontintent (you talk s**t)
2 You are weekend motor sport viewers with no historic knowledge of the sport or completely brainwashed by your local hack newswriters
3 you work for a company who’s cars are painted red
or you accidentally switched over tv channels from “Nordic skiiing for the lonely” and watched what we, the well informed F1 fans can all agree as not only the most exciting race in decades, but a season which has kept us all watching till the last yard (for those reading in metric that’s about a metre).
Lewis Hamilton was so easily recognisable as a naturally talented driver from a very young age, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realise a top F1 team would be so willing to help develope him (furrari were so in love with Herr Shuntmaker at the time, they failed to look at anyone who was coming through the ranks).
Get over it you bunch of loosers and be willing to watch a true and honest racer win.
Message to Lewis
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay long enough in F1 to win 7 championships honestly and wipe the plastic doll smile of Mikey mouse Shueys fizzog
You’re wasting your breath. The Ferrari-philes will never accept the result because their man didn’t win. They’ll find any excuse they can, make up theories that don’t stand up to proper scrutiny.
Hamilton won because he was the fastest and most consistent driver throughout the season. He only retired from one race compared to Massa’s two. His lowest place finish was 13 compared to 17th (although technically he didn’t finish). Out of all the drivers, only Heidfeld finished every race. It’s consistency and speed that wins a world championship, and that means everything – driver, car and team – have to be at their best all the time. Singapore shows what happens when it goes wrong.
Is there a rule over the use of Flashing Red lights on your car if you are running Slicks? I’m sure they said on the telly that is the case but… Hamilton was still showing a red light AFTER changing onto intermediates! I hate to bring this up – just in case the FIA impose a late penalty but they have done a lot worse for a lot less.
Toyota,Timo Glock & Mclaren should be investigated by the FIA.Mclaren & Ron Dennis are no strangers to dirty tactics, remember the spying incident last year on ferrari?
Barack Mccain, remember the China result with that retarded pass by Massa over Kimi to gain more points? Why don’t the FIA investigate that?
at the end of the day hamilton won fairly or un-fairly upto you if he did cheat he knows it but i doubt it seeing as f1 has already got its problems, im not a hamilton fan though im british as i think though he is a very good driver due to the fact he was looked after from a very young age by mclaren so we never will know how good he was when he was on a level playing field.
in my mind i think hamilton deserved it but mclaren did not
Can’t believe people use this board to post insults and not decent comments! So easy when they’re hiding behind the internet but not so easy if it were in person. As if there’s not enough fighting and trouble in the world without people being damn right nasty on here!
People tend to forget that a championship is based on performance throughout the year – including any penalties etc. – and not just the last race! That’s just the culmination to the season and whether 5th place or any other, Lewis drove like a start all year. As Skippy said, let’s see half of the people complaining drive around a track at a fraction the speed that the professionals do! Ha.
Sport is sport and F1 is no different [except that you can be seriously injured]. Some teams are better, some have more money, some are in different ‘leagues’ and some are more fortunate than others. That’s the nature of sport.
Serioulsy well done Lewis. You deserve your title and I’m sure there will be many more to follow…..
Why would anyone listen to someone who dares to put Barack and McCain in the same line???
The championship is over, Hamilton won, the end. If Massa wins next year, then that’s good for him. He has matured over the years. If Hamilton wins again, well he already proved himself. Both are bloody good drivers beyond any of our capabilities.
Watch out for more Kubica, Vettel and Glock. These younsters (even though I’m only 20) are very fast and can be a threat but most importantly, make F1 exciting.
Okay so F1 might be a bit dull but races with that level of excitement are a good enough reason to watch it for me. those last few seconds felt like a lifetime, i managed to burn what i was cooking, chew my finger nails down to my elbows and didn’t realise till after the race that my girlfriend couldn’t cope with all the excitement and had left me!
well done hamilton!
can’t wait for advertless decent bbc coverage next year bring it on! (and the classic f1 theme!)
that is a load of bull it was cheating and tim oglock totally stopped and gave hamilton the place and there not even time mate. i think kimi should o crash in to hamilton and see what would of happen then.
RWF.COZ THEY ARE TEAMMATES!!! Massa is in the race for the championship so he obviously needs all the points that he can get. Its the teams decision to let massa pass. the FIA can’t do anything about this. Its an internal thing you know. This has always happened in the past seasons!how long have you been watching F1 anyway?! Are you from mclaren?I think you should also be investigated by the FIA!
I don’t think Glock let him past “On Purpose”, I think Glock genuinly couldn’t hold his position(s), but neverless, Glock did an AMAZING job keeping on the track & not spinning all over the place, I don’t think anyone on here has giving him credit for that, that was a great bit of driving from him, dispite him dropping back. Not many F1 drivers can do that!
And thanks to Glock dropping back, that was the MAIN reason for Lewis winning the chapionship, like it or not, it’s a fact, live with it!!!
But at the end of the day, Lewis won it, and well done to him, but I feel that Massa deserved it more than he did, always next year. And if Lewis thinks he can sit back, relax & win next years championship with ease….He’s got another thing coming, MASSA, that guy is gonna be a man on a mission with a saturn 5 rocket wedged firmly up his rear end!!! Mark my words, he’s gonna be more hungry & determined than EVERYONE ELSE!! You could easily tell by his body language on the podium in Brazil, as if to say; Bring on 2009!!
And all this sh*t about Ferrari & FIA having sh*t against Lewis & Mclaren….Ohhh please, give it a rest, if that was the case, then how come they didn’t give Lewis a penalty for taking Webber off the track in Italy?….Says it all really doesn’t it…
my post is gone..
honestly i believe it was removed because of me telling something that someone in charge did not like..
sad…
top gear sunday afternoon club sucks
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
Edgars, you see where you swore in your post? Well that means it gets automatically deleted by our moderator system.
Cheers,
Jamie
Ha ha edgars you ‘honestly believed’ that and you were totally wrong! shows how much of the rest of your posts are true!!! too many conspiracy theories in your head!!! Jeez.
Lets stop this whole conspiracy theory rubbish and let lewis have his day, you would think we didnt want a Brit to win let alone in such stlye. He deserved it all not only cause he had the points/should have won last year/and is a great great driver but also cause hes a nice guy. Get a life! if you thought this is an ellaborate plan you might as well think we didnt land on the moon.
To settle this once and for all, toyota should just publish on board footage of Glock’s last lap, to show he wasn’t talking rubbish. Glock tried his best, but it is difficult to stay on when it is thundering down and you’re on dry tyres.
lewis will end up better than schumacher,i PROMISE you!
If Hamilton got a present from Glock, then didn’t Massa get a present from Kimi in China? and another from the FIA in Belgium and Japan?
JMB1 is right. and there is NOTHING that can replace natural talent. as for Boon, there is only so much money and fine tuning can do. in a formula ford or renault class of racing cars are so standard. no extra aerofoils are allowed on cars, they must be of identical length and height, their rear wings are of regulation size and length. this leaves only minimal advantage between teams with good tuning / aerodynamic knowhow.
even then, Hamilton has only been in F1 for 2 seasons, and in this short span he has managed second on his first year in F1, taken the championship after so many obstacles, and become the youngest driver to do so. Kudos to Massa for a fine, fine race and my heart goes out to him and his family, but the man of the year is without a doubt a one Lewis Hamilton.
LEWIS IS KING.
something tells me youll be eating those words in a few years time theres always younger and better drivers coming through
Massa deserved the title…. Hamilton made all of his own mistakes e.g Bahrain, Canada, Fuji…. But Ferrari made all of Massa’s mistakes e.g Monaco, Canada, Silverstone (wrong set up), Singapore… Also, Massa drove a brilliant race, did all he could, and Hamilton did the bare minimum, winning on the last lap after doing jack for 70 laps
very suspicious
NP
thats true massa is a much more worthy champion hamilton lost his drive in the last race only when it was given to him on a plate did he do anything wheras dispite all the set backs massa had he never complained and just got on with the job in hand and even had the courage to say well done to hamilton after the race would hamilton of acted like this if it had been him? doubt it
Ferrari are champions, Lewis is the champion.
honestly, anyone that says massa is consistant, and a good driver is a nob. Where was massa last year? I’m not saying hamiltons better though. Just seems to be more consistant.
‘Que’ – ‘even had the courage to say well done to hamilton after the race would hamilton of acted like this if it had been him? doubt it’
Did you see the 07 season? hamilton congratulated raikkenen after he was beaten. Stop jipping LH, he won it fair and square, and it was a good race.
We should be taking the p**s out of Massa, he was the one who lost, didnt you ever get taught that in school? Bullys are cool! And if silverstone was anything to go by, Massa’s the worst driver ever, he came off like 10 times!
If im not mistaken… Team orders are against the rules. It is down to the driver, at the time of question, wether they allow another driver past. Teams CANNOT have any say or influence in the matter. So Kimi wasnt under team orders in china.
just to clear that up
I was over the moon when Glock didnt go in for new tyres, it meant hamilton had to fight with vettel, instead of not caring if he passed.
Anyone who has watched F1 for a few years would have calculated how much Glock was going to slow down, once they saw the amount of rain… im just surprised he didnt slow down more, sooner, so good job to him.
GJ to all, bring on next year!
and 1 more thing… anyone writing to the BBC to complain about TopGear should be bound, gagged and dropped into the sea…… damn flavour of the month followers…
THANK GOD FOR MOTOGP&sbk f1 is fixed and boring
Glock is talking shit.
any way thanks to Glock…
Hamilton deserved victory from what he achieved over the course of the season. I think Glock did slow down because 2 cars managed to easily pass him and it’s a strange thing to do on the last lap and final corner when all your focused on is the finish line. However alot of controversial things happened this season so all in all the right result played out.
My money’s on Alonso next year and Vettel long term!
PS: Bruno Senna has got a drive next season!
cheers jamie!
and my appologies!!
good luck to everyone!!!
see you next year!!!
Aaah the conspiracy theorists will just be getting going. Incidentally, I saw Elvis at the local supermarket. He admitted to beng behind all those crop circle mysteries.
well done to Massa – a great drive from a brilliant driver. Even more well done to Hamilton for hanging in there and persevering.
Ultimately the right close result for the championship IMHO.
LOTP
Barack Mccain, if you anything about F1, you will not be talking a bunch of crap. It’s a new rule, because of Ferrari, that was introduced where team order should not interfere with the results of the race. So investigate that you know-nothing.
i think you need some money put in your because if it wasnt for you massa would have one the championship. that is my opinion and the whole of my familys
i think you need some money put in your because if it wasnt for you massa would have one the championship. that is my opinion and the whole of my family
WOW Hamiltons even better than i thought he was , the way he let Vettel by on purpose so he could just add to the drama was awesome , then he makes out he didn’t know what was going on.He knew exactly what was going on a second or a mile you still win. This sounds as reasonable as Glock letting Hamilton by to win the championship ! If Toyota/Glock wanted Hamilton to win why didn’t they just pit like everyone else oh because he wanted to stay out on the wrong tyres to gain positions so he could slow down at the end and let his rivals by. Luck! what was the commentary to one of the drivers in the race “no more rain expected before the end of the race” what happens it rains with 6 laps to go how lucky was that for Hamilton no rain no drama. It just highlights the Hamilton skill level more that even with the weather against him he still finished in the position he needed to to win the championship. On another note did Raikkonen deserve to be campion last year last race Massa clearly the best in brazil lets him by so that he can win the championship Hamilton was lucky that year and his team mate really helped him in his first season didn’t he. Hamiltons so talentless he could only beat a two time world champion in the same team in his first season and that was because he got preferential treatment and no doubt more wages than Alonso. Hamilton bashers you are so “YAWN” Boring. Not sure what your (racist) problems are but just get over it.
hazza…sorry ….what?
I’m bored of all this conspiracy rubbish now. Massa put up a good fight and was the most improved driver over the course of the season. It was only the beginning of ‘08 that he ran into Coulthard, destroying his car, span it into a wall all on his own because of the lack of TC and the following race where he went off track all on his own.
Hamilton was consistently bringing home the points throughout the course of the season, despite being in a below average car (look at Heikki’s performance for proof), and it took a handful of penalties to get that engineered last race battle.
Lewis won a deserved title, Massa was second, but if Massa continues this improvement he will be a harder driver to beat next year.
Seven race winners in one year, and who would’ve thought a rebranded Minardi would win a race at the fastest race track of the season. Great Year, great end, best result.
cant remeber the track but i do remeber kimi slowing down to allow massa to get in front of him when massa was quite far behind. if massa didnt get that extra point hamilton would have been fine in sixth
Hahaha!!!!Couldnt agree more with “v1c_vega” post!
Over the past couple of days i have spent a lot of time reading through the various blogs on here and you just have to laugh at the negative comments made about Hamilton. If you seriously think that there is a conspiracy theory to be found here then some of the past events surrounding Ferrari have to definately be corrupt.
End of the day, Hamilton has answered his critics, unbelievable finish to an unbelievable season, what a fantastic and entertaining driver. I do feel sorry for Massa, personally i really like his driving style and he seems a decent bloke but im glad to say that we are going to see some more of him over the coming years.
Cant wait for next year, the skill level among the drivers has never been so high or so close, its going to be amazing. Also look forward to the coverage being back on BBC
Lets have an Independent or FIA inquiry examining the onboard data. Its the only way to have this matter resolved once and for all.
Until then we know nothing for sure.All comments made are valid and theres no need to be personal or call anyone an ‘idiot’ or ’stupid’ unless you know something we dont.
Everyone is entitled to their point of view and thee comments are appreciated, until the evidence comes out and we know for certain.
There should be nothing to hide.
Has anyone seen any onboard footgae from Glocks car of the final lap yet?
Has Mclaren made any further comment on the differing accounts of the last lap between martin whitmarsh and Lewis?
Unfortunnatey our trust is in the FIA who should be in possesion of all downloaded data.
Trulli was so far ahead of Webber that a 2minute last lap would still have earned him a point which would have made no difference to either driver or their teams.
either Merc bought Toyota in two minutes(the hedge funds would hate that),or they, Toyota,were running a Prius or two, which hated water,neither are likely but as plauseable as Glocks explanation,was there not a time when teams could swap cars/drivers ?so whats wrong with a bit of cooperation ?
i am a hamilton supporter but i dare say hamilton was one lucky boy in this race. Massa fully deserved da championship and he wud had got it long time back… but the reliability of tht FERRARI….. it’s shit. I do feel sorry for Massa…. but Hamilton has been a true contender aswell
In a fast car but still can’t win a championship?
FIA don’t seem to like you?
Had a bit too many crashes this year and the big bad Ferrari’s are coming to take your title?
What you need is a Glock!!
(What it includes)
Moving over policy-
Been overcautious?
Getting your but kicked by a Toro Rosso?
Need another place for the championship?
No worries!! With our move over policy we will go up to 30 seconds a lap slower so YOU can have the championship you always dreamed of!
Anti-overtaking policy
Going a bit too slow?
Are the Big Bad Ferrari’s holding you up?
A force India in front of you?
Don’t worry about attacks from behind, with our anti-overtaking policy we will ensure that no driver overtakes Glock to challenge you, just keep on cruising your way home!
Testing duties
Don’t know what tyre choice you should take?
No worries, we will test it first to see what you should do, a glock, always minimising YOUR risk!!
If you are not fully satidfied with our policies, please bear in mind a glock can help you more than your own team mate, he’s got the record to prove it!
Do you remember last season hamilton should have won that season because bmw cheated with there tyres by filling them with an illegal gas which gave them an unfair advantage and should have been disqualified which would have given hamilton a 2 place increase which would have allowed him to win the championship. This rule is in the rulebook and all what the FIA was just let them off and let him keep the title.
Also may i add look on formula one offical website and see the lap times of glock and trulli they were pretty much the same and they were alot slower than the rest of the field which makes it obvious that they didnt slow down on purpose for hamilton because trulli wouldnt need to and the times are too similar for them to have slowed down on purpose
Some of you people are retarded and most likely shouldn’t operate any machinery or eat without supervision.
People want to complain about Ferrari fans trying to find excuses to take away from Lewis’ work? Seriously? So the articles about the possibility that someone will take Lewis out of the race in Brazil, or the FIA are out for him when he gets a penalty is what exactly? Creating excuses in the chance their man doesn’t make it out with a championship! Nice job at being raving hypocrites.
I’ve noticed that I cannot find an article in which Lewis congratulates his rivals on a job well done and a good battle. Everyone else who was involved with the fight has expressed their contragulations to him, yet, Lewis can’t seem to get over himself and his trophy to recognise his rivals. That’s called being a self-centered jackass.
But wait, calling Lewis out as a jerk is either showing that you’re a racists or your jealous, oh, darn… there they go making excuses again to mask their Jesus from criticism.
once again I will post for those who have trouble seeing…
Timo Glock
69 1:18.688
70 1:28.041
71 1:44.731
Jarno Trulli
69 1:22.428
70 1:33.539
71 1:44.800
Mclaren….10 penalties in 18 races and still win..maybe Ron paid both Toyota drivers!!! If glock had pitted he would actually finished lower than he did in sixth, he was seventh before everyone put on wets so he actually gained a spot, and does anyone seriously think he would have thrown away all those constructors points worth millions. Oh and Amy where did you get your wonderful humour from, I seem to recall seeing something similar on other sites!!clever!! Get a life and post something with a degree of fact, not childish bullsh1t.
he ran slower because he is a weaker driver (no offense, to be in f1 hes still amazing), his car is slower, and he didnt swap tires. on the last turn he lost grip, causing him slide out of the correct line. hamilton and vettel, who both were on the correct tires, did not lose grip and so accelerated past. its a shame hamilton won though, as massa drove ridiculously well that race.
I agree lets have an FIA inquiry with the data reviewed and have the matter resolved once and for all. So we know one way or the other.
It would be prudent if the matter was even addressed by the FIA, notably the British Media have failed to pick up on the controversy to date.
Like or dislike Hamilton, given the situation, for the good of the sport this matter should be addressed by its governing body.
I dont care how hard he has or hasnt worked or where he comes from. But racing is racing and Formula 1 should be the best racing.
timo glock was the fastest person on dry tyres in the rain on the last lap. which means he did not gift it to hamilton as he was pushing hard and a formula 1 car is on the edge all the time the slightest change or thing wrong such as tyres just destorys the cars performance and if he did simply choose to let hamilton past y did 4 other cars pass him
NP and Que…
Don’t be biased to the point that you can’t see the facts.Lewis made all his own mistakes?Ferrari caused all of Massas mistakes?So…
What happened when Massa spun out of the first and second race of the season,scoring no points,prompting Di Montezemelo to say his showing was,”disappointing”?Which fault was it in his car that caused him to spin five times in one race at Silverstone?Hmmmmm…How long have you two been watching F1?Since the Hungarian Grand Prix?
did noone see him skating around as if on ice seconds after hamilton passed him?
oh and… hamilton would have had the title under his belt weeks ago if Stefano Domenicali wasn’t sleeping with Max Mosley.
Ohh gosh why Ferrari fans still arguing about Massa loosing. It’s over let it go. I like Ferrari and McLaren and matter of fact all the F1 teams. I enjoy the sport for the hell of it. I can imagine what crap people are going to say next year. The 2008 season is over. Let it go. Hammy earned it, Massa lost it. Last year Hammy lost it, but you don’t see McLaren fans bitchi*g about it. I can’t wait for 2009!!!
I told Glock to slow down.
If Glock didn’t slow down , our forces were going to invade Germany
Wayne said “And thanks to Glock dropping back, that was the MAIN reason for Lewis winning the chapionship, like it or not, it’s a fact, live with it!!!”
Hmmmm, so the 5 races and numerous podiums he scored has nothing to do with it then?????
A few comments from the press:
Michael Schumacher: “I congratulate Lewis Hamilton and I am sending very warm greetings to Felipe and all our guys in Brazil.”
Luca de Montezemelo: “”I would like to send my congratulations to Lewis, the youngest world champion. He was a very powerful rival and his win was well deserved.”
It’s a shame some people here can’t accept the result and move on with their lives. It’s done – moaning about it won’t change anything, except maybe make you feel a bit better.
Whew lucky we stole that info from Ferrari last year or who knows where we would have come.
I’ve seen the race on television and I think that you can’t blame Timo for staying out on dry weather tyres. A lot of people say that there is a complot between Glock and Hamilton but less is thrue!
hamilton won the championship yes but hes gone straight into one of the best teams so its expected however he is not the best or better than schumi for the simple reason schumi built ferrai up just like he did with benetton so the abilty to make a bad team good is what shows you are good and then going even further by winning all the championships with them proved his worth.
And to people that say that other people are racist just because they dont support hamilton is a load of …. I doubt it if they know what the team means. Thats like calling a liverpool fan a racist because he doesnt support celtic.
I’m fairly certain it was McLaren’s decision to develop Hamilton as a future F1 driver, not the other way around. If you read what the head of Hamilton’s Kart Club has to say, there are ways to spot the good drivers from the average. If McLaren hadn’t spotted him early, I’m sure one of the other teams would have – they’re always on the look-out for talent in the same way football clubs are.
Also, McLaren may have one of the best cars (although I think the Ferrari is better), but without a good driver it’s useless.
Di Montezemolo said yesterday that they’d like to see the old scoresystem again. For once I agree: 10pts for 1st place, 8 for 2nd is just lame. A win should mean more than 2pts diff. The will to win is at the root of every competition, right?
All the Hammy suppoerters pointing fingers at Kimi slowing down for Massa to pass are idiots with selective memory. Didn’t Heikki slow down for Hammilton as well in Germany? yes he did and no one made noise on that occassions. Stop watching F1 and go play with your bloody fingers instead of criticising one team when elevating another to immortal status. F1 is bloody unpredictable. This year Lewis has won it so be it. Next year we may see Vettel take it and i bet Massa and Hammys fans will be full of pot belly excuses. What a bunch of chickens.
Whisper my boy , you need to get laid. Or masturbate with your left hand so it feels like you are getting laid.
In another interview Glock called anybody who thought he had let Hamilton past “stupid”. I couldn’t agree more.
Chris36 does that s**t just roll off your tounge or do you have to think about what your saying
I love F1 and have done for the last 12 years, I am a huge ferrari fan and no one will ever out do Schumi, but for all the crap outsiders give F1
(its just cars going round in circles)and the crap races we have to sit through(valencia 08) there are days like last sunday that contain all the drama, excitement, heart wrenching disapointment, and sheer ecstacy that make it the best sport in the world and us glad we got to see it and be there.
To try to take away from Hamilton’s achievement is both unfair and ignorant of f1 as a whole, both Massa and Lewis deserved the title, both drove unbelievable races this year and both made stupid mistakes and the fact that it all came down to the last corner of the last race shows how close it was, and makes Lewis’s achievement all the more spectacular.
Roll on March 09
As one could see at the beginning of the race it doesn’t take much for the rain to drop in buckets. Glock couldn’t get grip, Vettel and Hamilton passed him. He won. Shit happens. Also I couldn’t agree more with those of you who’ve observed the double-standards regarding the “witch hunts” against other teams (most notably Ferrari) for doing something McLaren has done. If Ferrari come out on top of any decision it’s FIA favoritism, however if McLaren come out on top of any decisions it’s down right proper. Kimi lets Massa pass, prep the gallows! Keikki lets Lewis pass, look the other way!
Bunch of fools.
It’s really true, its just hip to hate on Ferrari. I haven’t seen so many people jump on a band wagon since Lewis showed up.
Hey, how come we don’t hear mounds of praise for Button anymore? Oh, right he’s not winning! Maybe he should keep a seat warm for Hamilton when he starts losing, you bunch of posers. I’ve never seen a nation who quickly AWOLs on their supposed heroes when they aren’t winning, as fast as you lot.
Shallow fans like you select people are jokes. Anything you say or think about the matter is just as funny, considering where you’re coming from.
excuse me, Heikki.
Ferrari won the constructors and i’m happy we did, Hamilton won the drivers and i’m happy he did. At the end of the day bull shit aside it’s decided on the track.
Next season we will see who’s who on the track and the truth will come out!
good is make believe…lucky is wat he is…no need to argue…as they can’t even be bothered with u folks comments…hahahahhaaa
comments here really childish…who cares who happy…the champ dun share their $ wif u dixk head…
i listen to speakers make of stone…do u know..why go so fast and risk losing ur ears.
hahahahahahahahaha….
we will put back the no.1 on our car…trust me.
it’s mine.
timo glock was first hired by eddie jordan because he thought he was irish.
I think that the last word on this subject should go to Felipe Massa, who told Gazetta dello Sport:
“I want to meet Hamilton and his father to tell them they deserved the title.
“I re-watched the race on TV: for Lewis that last lap was a drama, he was locking the wheels everywhere as he was trying to recover.
“Glock didn’t let himself be overtaken on purpose.”
Now that should be good enough for anyone.
Nicely put Jamie.. Hopefully that will close this farce off now!
Whisper, I think you need to go watch a replay of the German GP again. Heikki, did not slow down for Lewis. Lewis passed Heikki, THEN passed Massa, THEN passed Piquet Jr. If Lewis was quick enough to catch Massa and pass him, then catch Piquet Jr. and pass him, it clearly means he didn’t need Heikki to slow down and “let” him pass. So do your research before you try to sound like an expert and talk down to people. If you’re having trouble findind footage of the German GP, go watch the video on formula1.com
LEWIS #1!!! We have our first black F1 champion, and now our first black U.S. president! magnificent! this is history!
P.S. and if any of you claim I’m being reverse-racist for pointing out Lewis and Obama’s races, bite me.
AMY, you are downright silly. After seeing the last lap times of BOTH toyotas, and Lewis’s last lap time, and having a general understanding of math and physics, explain to me how you still think Glock slowed down (instead of making unfunny and ignorant posts).
Let’s tackle the math part first: Glock ran a 1:44.7 on his last lap, and Lewis ran a 1:20-something. So simple math will tell you that Lewis will make up around 24 seconds on Glock during that lap, passing him in the process.
Now the physics part: BOTH toyotas ran 1:44’s. Orchestrating one car slowing down is one thing, but asking both toyotas to slow down and do so in such a way that both cars run a lap within a TENTH OF A SECOND of each other is basically impossible (imagine trying to back off the throttle or brake longer or something AND running a practically identical lap as another car trying to do the same thing. impossible).
As for Vettel “kicking Lewis’s butt,” consider this: The McLaren was running a very low downforce, almost “Monza-spec” rear wing. The Toro Rosso took a gamble and ran a high-downforce setup with their rear wing.
And as you probably know, rain is the great equalizer. All those tens of millions of dollars that McLaren spent on aero developments to gain those few extra tenths in the dry that make the difference between a McLaren and a Toro Rosso, no longer matter in the rain. What matters is how much downforce you’re running, and how much power you have, so:
Conditions: Wet
McLaren: Low-downforce rear wing; Mercedes engine
Toro Rosso: High-downforce rear wing; Ferrari engine
So, in the wet conditions in Brazil, the Toro Rosso was actually the superior and faster car, before even taking who’s driving the cars into consideration.
So, next time you try to make a clever post, do some research so you don’t end up sounding ignorant.
LION (post 111), um did you watch the 2000-2004 seasons and skip 2005 and 2006 for some reason? (Alonso’s years).
And about you claiming McLaren are cheaters because of “Stephny-gate,” it was a Ferrari guy who gave a McLaren guy the information in question. One guy at McLaren had the information, and there was never any proof that it was used. And consider this: the information in question was regarding specs of the F2007 as it was before the season started. And people who know F1 know that a car at mid-season or the end of the season will be practically an entirely different car than the one run at the start of the season because of the continuous development that happens.
So, let’s play devil’s advocate. Let’s say McLaren had the specs of the “start-of-the-season F2007″ and built an exact copy, basically an F2007 painted silver and black. That car would be obsolete by race 2 or 3, because Ferrari would have been developing their car all the while.
But, this little scenario is flawed to begin with because the guy at McLaren who received the information in question received it mid-season. So, pray tell, what kind of advantage could McLaren possibly have gained by having the specs of an obsolete car at their disposal?
In my opinion, McLaren were wrongly fined 100 million dollars and stripped of their constructors points based on the actions of one bad apple. And if you don’t think McLaren were put at a disadvantage for THIS season because of that fine, you are sorely mistaken.
Sorry for being off topic, but it always bugs me when the uninformed chime in and claim McLaren are cheaters because of “Stephney-gate,” all the while being ignorant of the facts.
I know why massa not win.
because GOD also hate Massa and Ferrari with all this CRAP!.. Hahaha..
that’s why they didn’t win.
maybe some of you should read this…if lewis had stayed out on dry tyres even with fall off in temp he might have finished second, so now say glock cheated!!!
http://www.itv-f1.com/Fea ture.aspx?Type=Mark_Hughe s&id=44571
Last year when Hamilton’s car cut out was a definite conspiracy, no question, this year he won fair and square but the sport has been for ever tainted with corruption and look no further than the silver fox.
Thanks for the link stickyrubber.
It shows what an impossible task tyre choice is sometimes.
Some people seem to ignore that if Hamilton had NOT won the championship, it would have been extremely unlucky too. He couldn’t control the weather, if it had stayed dry it would have been an easy top-5 finish. But it didn’t. He was unlucky enough that he had to work extra hard in the last few laps rather than take an easy finish of at least 5th place.
jacky, but he was the one who was overtaken by Vettel. That’s not unlucky, that’s mediocre.
Great job for both leaders. Finally F1 gives us a race we can sink our teeths in.
gabriel maybe you should have some understanding of the physics involved in running high and low down force configurations, maybe then you would understand why Lewis’ performance was not mediocre and Vettel’s was not outstanding!
Next year: BBC, “None of those annoying commercial breaks” as Steve Rider put it. Which means even more tension as we’ll have more to watch. Commentators? Well, Richard Hammond would probably make one of the worst commentators I’ve ever heard: “And they’re off! Amd they all pile into the first corner… Now my Oliver could handle better than that…”
I reckon we should get Murray out retirement just for a race weekend… just for fun
i like were you keep you message and you are all good and well done lewis hamation
The Stig is the best!
hamilton just won from luck
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