What should have been the crowning of the first rookie Formula 1 World Champion, turned into a wild race that now keeps the championship open to three drivers. Lewis Hamilton had the championship in hand but the rain that fell on this race was his downfall unlike helping him last week in Japan.
After the first pit stops where all the drivers stayed on the original intermediate rain tires, the track started to dry and Kimi Raikkonen caught Hamilton up quickly. Instead of giving way to Kimi, Hamilton raced him hard doing further damage to his wounded tires. On his pit entrance he slid off into the gravel patch thus giving Raikkonen the lead and eliminating any hope of securing the championship. It looks as though the pressure finally got to this impressive rookie and his mistake cost him dearly.
But for Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen it was a nearly flawless race and a superb effort by the "Flying Fin" who once again showed how brilliant a driver he is. With Fernando Alonso finishing second we now have a three way battle for the drivers title going into the final race in Brazil. Hamilton still has the upper hand as he has four points on Alonso and seven on Raikkonen. As I stated before, I fear that once again Raikkonen will win the most races and fall short of the grand prize on racing's biggest stage. Don't miss what might happen in two weeks because in racing you never know!
After the first pit stops where all the drivers stayed on the original intermediate rain tires, the track started to dry and Kimi Raikkonen caught Hamilton up quickly. Instead of giving way to Kimi, Hamilton raced him hard doing further damage to his wounded tires. On his pit entrance he slid off into the gravel patch thus giving Raikkonen the lead and eliminating any hope of securing the championship. It looks as though the pressure finally got to this impressive rookie and his mistake cost him dearly.
But for Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen it was a nearly flawless race and a superb effort by the "Flying Fin" who once again showed how brilliant a driver he is. With Fernando Alonso finishing second we now have a three way battle for the drivers title going into the final race in Brazil. Hamilton still has the upper hand as he has four points on Alonso and seven on Raikkonen. As I stated before, I fear that once again Raikkonen will win the most races and fall short of the grand prize on racing's biggest stage. Don't miss what might happen in two weeks because in racing you never know!
Kimi Raikkonen
2 comments:
Small chance the Ferrari team can still win the championship. One never knows what Brazil will bring!!!!
Tom
Good article. At least this year there is better racing and I think it does the sport good to have the last race decide the champion.
Anthony
Next year i want to go to Monaco.
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