Who will win 2007 F1 Championship ? Poll !

[Jims5543]

Massa is in a good place to make sure Hammi does not finish. That would never happen.... would it?


You have to wonder how light Hammi and Massa are. Massa was blistering fast and even admitted he messed up and though he lost pole. I know Ferrari was not going to gamble 1st place but Massa is historically fast there and I have to wonder if he has a good fuel strategy.

I have to wonder (or is it hope) that McLarens reliability streak may end here. They have not had any issues all season that I can recall, maybe once with Alonso's car.

It seems like MS could not catch a break last year maybe the gremlins will move to the other team now?

Off to watch last years race in anticipation of the excitement tomorrow.

[Jims5543]

I thought it was odd Hammi came out in front of Kimi twice, and after watching Q3 a second time can understand now why he was being called out on it.




Hamilton embroiled in yet more controversy
http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_2814273,00.html

Lewis Hamilton became embroiled in yet another row on the eve of hoped-for victory in the Formula One World Championship.

McLaren and controversy have gone hand in hand this season as one furore has followed another, so no surprises ahead of tomorrow's finale that Hamilton should be drawn into a further rumpus.

A particular foreign journalist took umbrage with Hamilton's exit from the pit lane during qualifying as he twice emerged when title rival Kimi Raikkonen approached on a flying lap.

The suggestion was Hamilton, who leads Ferrari star Raikkonen by seven points and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso by four ahead of the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix, had impeded the Finn.

Hamilton was forced to defend himself within 24 hours of potentially becoming the first rookie and the youngest driver to win the Championship.

"There's no reason for me to do anything to Kimi," said Hamilton, who will start from second on the grid, splitting the Ferraris of pole man Felipe Massa and Raikkonen, with Alonso fourth.

"I came out of the pits, and because Fernando was behind me I knew I couldn't hold him up, but I was told I would be coming out close to Kimi.

"So I came out and when you're at that sort of speed your mirrors are vibrating and you can't see too much.

"I realised he was close, so I slowed. I can't attack the corner like he did, so I backed off and he went past me."

That drew the reply: "You never showed him clearly that you would give him a free track," to which Hamilton joked: "What do you want me to do? Put the indicators on?

"I did the best job, and I do apologise to him if I did get in his way."

An unnecessary exchange took place for a few seconds, and again at the end of the post-qualifying press conference.

The journalist asked: "Do you think you can do anything you want, and then just apologise? Is it the way it works in Formula One?"

Hamilton replied: "I'm not going to answer that," and when asked as to why, he added: "I don't really want to talk to you to be honest."

Bearing in mind an FIA scrutineer was overseeing all that unfolded in the McLaren garage today, Hamilton put an honest appraisal on his role.

"I need to do a completely clean job, and that means not making mistakes and not being investigated for certain things," he added.

"That's what we are trying to do as a team, and for myself.

[MFAFF]

What a start LH has lost so much already P8.....

Brilliant race developing.....

Big crash; waved yellows...

[legion]

Is Alonso cooperating with Ferrari? Hmm.....

[CurtEgerer]

Hamilton has thrown it away. Now we just need Alonso to do something stupid!

[MFAFF]

No,

LH f##ked up his start or shall we say Ferrari gave him some pay back for yesterday..

Now his engine is giving him grief....

I hope he carries on to fight it out tho...

[MFAFF]

FA passed by a BMW... Robert K, very interesting...

[legion]

Maybe he's working his way back to take out LH?

I just hope Hammy can get to 5th.

[CurtEgerer]

The Iceman cometh

[Jims5543]

Kimis Miracle?

[don911]

I would have like to see Hamilton win but if he couldn't, glad Alonso didn't. Congrats to mush mouth.

[Jims5543]

Coming into todays race I had concluded the kid did a great job this season and deserved the win. I just did not want to see Alonso get it.

But, as the Speed announcers said, Hamilton beat Hamilton. Why he was racing Alonso in the Senna S's is beyond me, why he raced Kimi in China was another blunder. He learned a lot this year and will be up there fighting again next year, I only see good things for this kid.

In the meantime...... I predicted Kimi at the beginning of the season, and while it took some miracles he did it, I expected a more commanding season from him. Awesome!!

[Henry Schmidt]

1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 Winner 3 10
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 +1.4 secs 1 8
3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 71 +57.0 secs 4 6
4 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 71 +62.8 secs 10 5
5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 71 +70.9 secs 7 4
6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 71 +71.3 secs 6 3
7 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 2 2


Constuctors Championship Ferrari

Drivers World Championship Kimi Räikkönen

Enough said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[911teo]

Well done to Kimi. A deserving world champion.

Glad the season is over...

MMMmmmm LH gives up 17 points in 2 races, McLaren has hydraulic problems in the last race after being bullet proof all season, LH stops 3 times.... I think it was a set up.

Kimi is a deserving world champion and everybody would have brought up the "spy story" had FA or LH won it.

The sponsors are happy (they can blame LH for losing it to pressure)....

LH had more fuel than any of the other drivers....

Never mind.... Again well done Kimi....

PS
I thought team orders were not allowed in F1....

[legion]

Like I said before, Raikonnen will take it...the FIA doesn't want McLaren to win anything.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by legion

Like I said before, Raikonnen will take it...the FIA doesn't want McLaren to win anything.

Interesting: I heard post-race rumors that BMW and Williams were summoned for some sort of altered fuel investigation, but that the FIA dropped the inquiry due to lack of evidence. (Were BMW and Williams to have been DQ'd, Hamilton would have bumped up 3 more spots and taken the title.)

[sammyg2]

McLaren needs to put one of these stickers on hampster's steering wheel

[jannek]

Whew... what a race! And also unbelievable ending for the season.

I hope Finns can win both championships again as Häkkinen and Mäkinen did in 1998.

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by legion

Like I said before, Raikonnen will take it...the FIA doesn't want McLaren to win anything.

Originally Posted by Noah930

Interesting: I heard post-race rumors that BMW and Williams were summoned for some sort of altered fuel investigation, but that the FIA dropped the inquiry due to lack of evidence. (Were BMW and Williams to have been DQ'd, Hamilton would have bumped up 3 more spots and taken the title.)

If on the third lap a rabid squirrel would have run on to the track, jumped into Massa cockpit then attacked him with such vigor to cause him to swerve uncontrollably into Kimi taking both of them out then Fred would have been promoted to first and the hamster would have moved into 5th.
Who could say what would have happened next but with all the debris on the track we could easily see blow tires and off track excursions that would only be described as bizarre.
Then throw into the mix the revelation that the FIA has a covert, wild squirrel training facility on the Island of Malta for just such an occasion and we get scenarios that would make Oliver Stone proud.

[911teo]

Henry I agree... I guess Jim was just teasing with the conspiracy theory...

Also Kubica, Rosberg and Heidfeld could have taken each other out several times, giving LH the WC.

Again I am not a Ferrari fan (funny, being born and raised in Italy... but that is different story) but I am glad Kimi won the WC.