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- November 2, 2008

Finale

51149_2 The last race of the season turned out to be a right belter.

Well done first and foremost to Felipe Massa, he drove a great, mature and thoroughly deserved win.

Also well done to Lewis, he managed to win the world title, but required a little help, so thanks to Timo Glock for handing the win over to McLaren and Lewis. Lewis did deserve the championship this year, after the over harsh decisions against him and the team during the year.

I must mention that the Brazilian crowd really need to be told off, booing the world champion was bad form, Brazil are usually such a good F1 crowd.

Capture Some other great drives today, the Renault with Fernando looked good again today, as did the STR’s especially in the hands of Vettel who looked at one point to have ended Lewis’s championship hopes as he passed the McLaren with a few laps to go.

I’ll put together a full rundown of the race later, but for now, Well don Lewis and McLaren.

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 Winner 1 10
2 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 71 +13.2 secs 6 8
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 +16.2 secs 3 6
4 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 71 +38.0 secs 7 5
5 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 71 +38.9 secs 4 4
6 12 Timo Glock Toyota 71 +44.3 secs 10 3
7 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +55.0 secs 5 2
8 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 71 +68.4 secs 2 1
9 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 71 +79.6 secs 12  
10 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +1 Lap 8  
11 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +1 Lap 13  
12 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +1 Lap 18  
13 16 Jenson Button Honda 70 +1 Lap 17  
14 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 9  
15 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 +1 Lap 15  
16 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps 20  
17 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +2 Laps 16  
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps 19  
Ret 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0 +71 Laps 11  
Ret 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0 + 71 Laps 14  

  1. One Response to “Finale”

  2. What a Race, and what a turn of Events.

    True… Hamilton gave a great performance throughout the championship.
    True… Hamilton just missed the chmapionship last year to a dicision.

    The truth is, both Massa and Hamilton deserve the championship. They both put on a show every race. And now it is only Fair that Hamilton walks away with the championship.

    But it is not fair for T. Glock to give a championship away to Hamilton at the last second and last corner, knowing Massa will loose the championship, which is a great bias, that we do not normally experience in F1.

    Massa earned that championship, and Glock has no right to take it away.

    Nevertheless, Congrats to the Hamilton.

    By Kamil Sawalha on Nov 3, 2008

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