As I was out role-playing from before race start to 10-ish, I decided to watch the highlights programme rather than tape the whole race and watch it. Possibly just as well, as I only had 50 mins or so of tension, rather than the full 90+. I tried to aboid seeing anything on the news beforehand, but the schedule was running 15 mins late. So I glimpsed a couple of items that suggested Lewis might have won (or at least, not lost) but wasn't 100% sure. So was on the edge of my seat for the last lap - or would have been if not for having two cats on my lap.
Kudos to Felipe Massa, who drove well and was dignified in defeat. He seems like a nice guy, and I'd rather have him win the championship than Kimi Raikonnen. Just imagine the celebrations if Massa had won the championship, and won it in Brazil. We'd be able to hear the celebrations from here !
I'm glad that Massa won in front of his home crowd. In other circumstances I might have been rooting for him to win the championship. It must have been awful to cross the finish line, thinking you had won the title, only to lose it half a minute after your race had ended. He seemed to take it really well, all things considering.
The last five laps were incredibly painful to watch!
Not the best way to win the title. Hamilton really had no answer to Vettel's pace so to win through another driver fading away leaves a unsettling after taste.
That said, it was another freak occurrence that left him that lost him the title last year so maybe it's karma. (Ferrari have certainly had enough dodgy decisions in their favour this year to warrant a little karmic retribution).
Not at all. Hamilton was in fourth before the rain started again and looked comfortable to take the title. He didn't need to beat Vettel. Glock's "fading away" was the result of the same decision that put him ahead and Hamilton in sixth to begin with. McLaren (like most of the field) opted to pit for intermediate tyres, whilst Toyota gambled on staying out on slicks - a decision which gave them track position but cost both cars 20 seconds a lap.
Hamilton won his championship fair and square through his own ability and good McLaren teamwork. Though I wish he hadn't made it quite so nerve-racking for us!
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Date: 2008-11-03 01:15 am (UTC)Kudos to Felipe Massa, who drove well and was dignified in defeat. He seems like a nice guy, and I'd rather have him win the championship than Kimi Raikonnen. Just imagine the celebrations if Massa had won the championship, and won it in Brazil. We'd be able to hear the celebrations from here !
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Date: 2008-11-03 08:29 am (UTC)The last five laps were incredibly painful to watch!
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Date: 2008-11-03 02:41 am (UTC)That said, it was another freak occurrence that left him that lost him the title last year so maybe it's karma. (Ferrari have certainly had enough dodgy decisions in their favour this year to warrant a little karmic retribution).
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Date: 2008-11-03 08:24 am (UTC)Hamilton won his championship fair and square through his own ability and good McLaren teamwork. Though I wish he hadn't made it quite so nerve-racking for us!
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