hamilton is out!!! --- jk he's 12th

massa first, raikkonen second by a lot

alonso third and falling behind

ferrari HAS to let raikkonen pass massa. if that happens, raikkonen and alonso would end up tied in points but raikkonen taking the tiebreaker. 55 laps to go. insanity!

 

8 laps left.

if it ended now, ferrari's raikkonen would take the championship. the two ferraris have commanding lead over alonso who's in 3rd.

hamilton is currently 8th and way behind 7th. he needs to finish 5th or higher to steal the championship back.

 

what a sad race...

whoever decided hamiltons pitstop strategy needs to be shot

However... well deserved :happysad:

 

I really didn't think there was a chance in hell that Hamilton wouldn't win :eek5r:

I suppose just not enough experience(yet) to go along with his natural talent.

I'm happy Riakkonen won in the end. I agree that he deserved it, so many years of the team/car letting him down when he had a real shot at the title.


BTW, apparently the Sauber and Williams teams were found to be using fuel that was too cold in comparison to the ambient temperature (yes, really) and normally they would either be excluded or given a large time penalty for that.

However, the marshals at the track decided not to take any action (saying the temp. wasn't taken correctly) but the McLaren team said they will appeal the decision.

In theory the FIA could still decide to exclude those cars, meaning Hamilton would win, but it's very unlikely - especially as it would affect the outcome of the championship. They wouldn't want to overturn the results after one driver was already declared World Champion.

All that according to Peter Windsor on SPEED channel.

 

riakkonen ftw.

i have it dvr'd, i'm gonna watch it tomorrow

 

yeah good race. I love watching the Brazilian cause they use some absolutely amzing camera shots. I think they must have some huge rail system for the cameras that spans the whole track.

 

they also use the same cable system used in the NFL.

 

these would have to go so fast to catch up with the cars, and have to come back to its initial position real quick so it can do it all over again. but yea, the same tech is being also used in NFL (usually see it on sunday/monday night games)