[Colonol Dekker]

Whoop whoop. Youngest ever winner, didn't see it but congrats for the win.

[Snail]

Did he? Cool.

[Mefustae]

Who the hell is Lewis Hamilto- Wait, stop, don't care.

[Mobius]

He won because Timo Glock in the last 5 secs of the race slowed down(possibly due to a temporary malfunction). Damn, I was so happy at the end because Vettel was seriously compromising Hamilton's race but, urgh...the last 5 seconds turned the tide of the Championship...

At least the Ferrari won the Constructor championship, that's the most important one...

[Molybdenum]

I'm frustrated that Robert Kubica got knocked out of the top 3. He is now 4th tied in points with Raikonnen but having won one less race. It's all BMW Saubers fault for managing the team badly in the last one.

[Mobius]

Speaking of teams' faults Massa could have cared less about the GP of Brasil had the team planned a few things in a better way during the Championship. He would have easily been 20 points ahead of Hamilton before the last GP. I really respect Robert Kubica(his Italian is quite good, he spent many years here ) but that's how things work in F1 - if two pilots have the same amount of points the one with the highest number of victories takes the contested place.

I hope the fact that this time a Ferrari pilot didn't win the Championship will lead Red technicians to work hard on reliability. Ferrari lost what, 40+ points during the Championship due to malfunctions? Each pilot lost 20 or so points. Everyone knows the Ferrari has enough potential to win both Championships a few GPs before the Brasilian one by outrunning any rival...the point is that so many malfunctions prevent it from happening.

One clear example: the GP of Hungary. I've never seen anything like it, a Red has a malfunction 2 laps before the end. 10 missed points.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Hamilton won? Great!

Now, let's get on with life.

[McCall]

Drive a flashy car around really, really fast. Win something so that everyone thinks you're great. Get loads of money. Top it off by going home with the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls...

Damn, that kid had one hell of a good weekend. Certainly beats doing DIY.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I just read about how Hamilton won, and you have to admit that he and McLaren-Mercedes were housing Lady Luck at that time. 400m was so close.

[Colonol Dekker]

Yep, the fates / karma / destiny all played their part........


in other words, lucky git still it was a fine race from what i saw. Maybe he's the stig?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I beg to differ, unless he can match, second-for-second, The Stig's lap record around the Top Gear track under the same weather conditions.

I liked the way he did the track. Jeremy Clarkson was wondering how he could do such a fast lap WHILE SINGING. You have seen that video, haven't you, Colonel?

[karajorma]

Drive a flashy car around really, really fast. Win something so that everyone thinks you're great. Get loads of money. Top it off by going home with the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls...

Damn, that kid had one hell of a good weekend. Certainly beats doing DIY.

This guy had one almost as good though.

[Colonol Dekker]

I beg to differ, unless he can match, second-for-second, The Stig's lap record around the Top Gear track under the same weather conditions.

I liked the way he did the track. Jeremy Clarkson was wondering how he could do such a fast lap WHILE SINGING. You have seen that video, haven't you, Colonel?

I'm still getting over the clarkson prostitute comment from the last show to be honest

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Yeah well. That's what makes him so likeable. My writing and speech styles have been influenced by him over the past year, and I own two of his books.

BBC Two's not a channel available in Singapore, so I get my kicks from YouTube, which is good enough for me at the moment.

[Kie99]

Hamilton wasn't actually lucky, it was an excellent tactical decision from McLaren.  At first I thought he was but I later realised that had Glock changed to tyres that would have allowed him to drive faster than he could run, he would have come out behind Hamilton anyway, the ridiculous allegations that Glock cheated are totally unfounded, as Jarno Trulli posted an almost identical lap time when he was in the same car on the same tyres.  Well done McLaren, well done Hamilton.

[Mobius]

Don't talk about a single race, please note that there was a Championship.

When Kimi Raikkonen won the Championship in 2007 the difference between him and Lewis Hamilton was 1 point, the same difference between Massa and Hamilton in this Championship. Back in 2007 not everyone agreed on considering Raikkonen the best and he kept his status of "Meh Champion". One point is nothing, guys.

I'm amazed of the fact that Hamilton is now considered the best. This statement is questionable.

- First two GPs of the Championship: Massa got 0 points.

- GP of Hungary: Massa leads the race and experiences a malfunction 2-3 minutes from the end. Kovalainen wins the race.

- GP of Singapore(God damn Snail!!!): Massa leads the race and experiences a major problem upon refuelling, thus compromising the whole race.

With a rought estimate we can say that Massa lost 25+ points to issues that have nothing to do with his skills.

- Lewis Hamilton, upon refuelling and for strange reasons, hits Raikkonen. Both pilots abandon the race. Raikkonen was performing well while Hamilton wasn't going to get a high number of points. Lewis gets a well deserved penalty for the accident.

Overall Lewis Hamilton lost 2-4 potential points.

At the end of the Championship, no matter of what, Massa ends with 97 points and Hamilton with 98. One point of difference. By analyzing what I posted above it's pretty obvious to claim that Massa performed well and deserved to win the Championship. It didn't happen but he's surely going to have more luck in the future. I have great hopes.

It's pretty absurd to ignore pilots like Vettel, Alonso and Kubica. They had no Ferrari or McLaren to speak of and got extraordinary results...Personally, I consider Alonso the best pilot in circulation. They didn't have a chance of winning the Championship simply because their cars weren't top notch ones.

Seriously, let Hamilton drive a Force India and tell me if you can still consider him the best. Pilots usually start with second/third class teams and end up their careers with Ferrari and/or McLaren. Hamilton started with the McLaren and for this reasons, unlike the most, he had a chance of winning the Championship.

[karajorma]

Hamilton started with the McLaren and for this reasons, unlike the most, he had a chance of winning the Championship.

And McClaren decided to hire this unknown why?

[StarSlayer]

Hamilton started with the McLaren and for this reasons, unlike the most, he had a chance of winning the Championship.

And McClaren decided to hire this unknown why?

they asked an 8-ball?

[captain-custard]

maybe this unknown international carting champion wasnt so unknown and at the end of the day a ferrari is just a fiat while a mclaren is a mercedes....

and 1point is 1 point

lifes tough at the top

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Hamilton started with the McLaren and for this reasons, unlike the most, he had a chance of winning the Championship.

And McClaren decided to hire this unknown why?

I don't think McLaren hired him on their own. It seems that Hamilton came to them because they have a car that he wants.