SeaCoupe

Gonna be fun watching you and your ferrari friends eat crow on Sunday.

Only thing is that I'm not going to watch the race till the evening, so, I won't comment till then.

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Nola

If they qualify in the order of Practice 2, Lewis has an uphill battle. If they finish the race in that order, Lewis will have choked for the second year in a row.

Oh, and I think the Donkey will take it, unless he can gift the WDC to Massa.

tthoang1

No hate here. I have love for both manufacturers. Best of luck to both McLaren and Ferrari for the constructors, but I would like to see Hami take the title.

hakaida442

I can't. I've hated scuderia since the 80's and the tifosi are idiots. I usually watch f1 races with a ITV feed and go to a international f1 race chatroom and the smack talking there is way more hostile than here. I've waited a long time for Macca to have a great driver. Mika retired way too early.

hatem

obviously they both made several mistakes and if there was a quality driver like Kubica or Alonso driving for either team he would have wrapped up this championship in the european leg.

I dont know about the chances of rain, however it looks probable and in that case Massa should only aim to finish.
Lots of different possibilities for that season finale, lots of preassure also for Hamilton & Massa.
I cant wait

kchristos

Where do you get the ITV feed in USA?

itcrashed

wahoo!!! was that one of the most exciting qualis or what?!?!?!

SeaCoupe

Agreed, but this is not good for us. Jarno is going to hold things up and Alonso is going to thinking, "Mr. Payback is a mother..."

We shall see.

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itcrashed

"Us?" lol did you fail to see my avatar? lol im a kimi fan before anything, but i guess that puts me in the ferrari camp.

one way or another, i just hope its a "clean" race although with FA right behind LH and JT in front of him, LH has got some work to do.

BMWEATR

I was just wondering about the rain and have been study'n the forecast. rain is 90% between 10am and 1pm then it drops off to like 80% I think Mclaren put a "safe"set up on the car to compensate for the rain? just a guess though.

I have to admit hearing the crowed over the sound of the F1 cars on the tv made me have goose bumps! they were frik'n going psycho! I loved it!(even though they were cheering massa) now i know why they get so many good drivers out of that country.

Nola

The only thing that has to happen is that Lewis and Heikki come out 4th and 5th after the first corner and they can let the 2 Ferraris run away. Heikki will stay put all race long and you have a new youngest ever WDC because who will challenge them? 2 lower tiered cars passing the 2 Mclarens is a long shot. I think I will puke.

kchristos

If it is raining a lot of things can happen. On the dry, you are absolutely right.

FThornton666

All lewis has to do is maintain his grid position. I really hope he doesnt fall asleep at the line like he has done in a few races. Fernando will be the issue at hand. Hes going to overtake Heikki easily at the first corner and try and get lewis into a fight with him. Hopefully lewis will just let him pass and go on about is business.

itcrashed

that very well maybe the bogey in the equation for LH winning the title. he has to keep his cool and not make another rookie move by fighting with alonso. but i do think trulli will be the bigger issue cuz if he holds up hamilton, that will allow alonso more influence.

its gonna be crazy!

MB-BOB

If Massa wins, Hamilton can afford to drop only one spot. He has to finish 5th or better. 6th is a points tie (if Massa wins), with Massa getting the tie-break nod on total race wins.

Raikkonen will be a good soldier and protect his 3rd position. (He could dispose of Trulli in short order, but then Hamilton will gobble him up in a heartbeat, to no benefit... so better to keep Trulli ahead, me thinks.)

Then, all Massa has to do is finish in first, and (ironically) hope that Kimi, Alonso and Trulli finish ahead of Hamilton, and that Hamilton has a brief off that lets one more by. That's a lot of hoping...

I don't really care who wins, but the way the Brazilian crowd goes crazy when any Brazilian leads, it's difficult not to smile at the prospect.

tthoang1

You're not the only person who thinks this. I think McLaren is running more wing in anticipation of the rain and possibly more fuel. In China, I think Hami was able to run a few more laps than Felipe. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This allowed him to avoid a crowded pit lane.

tthoang1

Here's the detailed forecast for Sao Paulo Brazil at race time:

Time, Condition, Feels Like, Chance Precip, Dew Point, Humid, Wind
3pm, Rain, 75°F, 75°F, 70%, 64°F, 68%, From WSW 9 mph

4pm, Rain, 75°F, 75°F, 70%, 64°F, 68%, From SW 9 mph

5pm, Rain, 74°F, 74°F, 70%, 64°F, 71%, From SW 9 mph

FThornton666

O M F G!!!!!! WHAT A LAST 2 LAPS!!!!! I AM SHAKING AS I TYPE THIS!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO LEWIS HAMILTON! 2008 WORLD DRIVERS CHAMPION!!!!!!!!:bow :

kchristos

Yeap, what an amazing finish. For a moment there, I thought that Glock did it to give it up the championship to Hamilton but apparently the rain caught up on him and lost it on the last corner. Wow! Both Lewis and Felipe deserved to win it in my mind. Hamilton better buy Glock a FAT present

Congratulations to Lewis !

FThornton666

This race is exactly why Formula 1 is the pinnacle of racing. This whole season has been just excellent race overall. I am loving the post schumi years.

Nola

Oh Gosh I'm puking... at tleast I got to celebrate for 30 seconds... how sweet it was. Trulli and Glock are idiots.

EdoubleNickel

LOL. IM SO HAPPY, I am going to name my next son Lewis Hamilton. BTW He is Due in January!

Gullwing

Last corner of the last lap of the last race.
So glad Hamilton won

Nola

Hey congrats!!! I wouldn't name him that if I were you... get ready to see Lewis Hamilton emulate Jacques Villenueve.

You can name him Nola!

tasho3

Great race ... well deserved to leweis