Hamilton wins Championship!!!!!

[88Mariner]

what an amazing finish to Brasil. just stunning. so happy to see him win the driver's title.

if there's anything to indicate how crazy the finish was, check this vid out.



[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLZa-pphx0[/YOUTUBE]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igu8p8Y8ex4[/youtube]

[ddr]

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still have yet to watch this... hopefully will watch it later tonight or tomorrow.

[fabric8]

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crazy finish, Timo couldn't nurse the car home on slicks in the rain, Hamilton passes and clinches as Massa's crew and family celebrate what they thought was their championship, LOL


** best race of the year, the kid deserves the title

[dylan.lindgren]

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Massa deserved the championship more. He was the better driver this year - made less mistakes and was faster. I'm so impressed by how he has come along as a driver - it seems like only yesterday that he was the erratic, reactive hot head - now he is cool calm and collected... very Schumacheresqe this year. Pity his team failed him so many times this year. Engine failure @ Australia. Engine failure @ Hungary. Abysmal car whenever it rained. Utterly stupid error in pitlane @ Shanghai (although I cant complain as I'm an Alonso fan haha).

On deservedness I think that this years Constructors and Drivers titles are the wrong way around - McLaren should have won the constructors, and Massa should have won the drivers.

GREAT race though! Exciting right down until the last corner! This reminds me why I love F1 and Motorsport so much.

[ddr]

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wow, what a finish.

Timo just couldnt handle it for 2 more turns, damn sad.

what has impressed me the most is Trulli. that guy came out of nowhere and took it to Ferrari and McLaren really hard. he is going to be huge next year if he has a good car with him.

here's hoping BMW get their act together for next year.

[simonr]

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Massa deserved the championship more. He was the better driver this year - made less mistakes and was faster. I'm so impressed by how he has come along as a driver - it seems like only yesterday that he was the erratic, reactive hot head - now he is cool calm and collected... very Schumacheresqe this year. Pity his team failed him so many times this year. Engine failure @ Australia. Engine failure @ Hungary. Abysmal car whenever it rained. Utterly stupid error in pitlane @ Shanghai (although I cant complain as I'm an Alonso fan haha).

I may have agreed ... but the for ridiculous docking of points, which I assume was aimed at extending interest upto the final race.

It'd be nice if Massa wins it next year.

[Huggie Smiles]

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anyone got a working link to the last lap please?

[88Mariner]

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^ it's up on youtube above.

[dylan.lindgren]

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I may have agreed ... but the for ridiculous docking of points, which I assume was aimed at extending interest upto the final race.

It'd be nice if Massa wins it next year.

What many people without a racing background don't understand though, is that Hamilton deserved to have all those points docked/penalties given, as in each case he or the team committed some kind of offense that was worthy of them. There is a lot of bias in the media though that seems to think that Hamilton should be able to get away with doing anything on the track - most likely because the majority of the English speaking press is English.

d.

[88Mariner]

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^oh not this shit again!

[davetlv]

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what has impressed me the most is Trulli. that guy came out of nowhere and took it to Ferrari and McLaren really hard. he is going to be huge next year if he has a good car with him.

Sorry but was this the first race you have seen? Trulli is an F1 veteran having raced since Australia in 1997 - to date he has driven for Toyota, Renault, Jordan, Prost and Minardi.

He's a great one lapper but even when he has had a fairly decent car has been unable to do anything with it. In his career to date he has achieved only one win and has scored about the same amount of points in all those years, that Lewis has scored in the last two.

What many people without a racing background don't understand though, is that Hamilton deserved to have all those points docked/penalties given, as in each case he or the team committed some kind of offense that was worthy of them.

In part you are right - however what you omit is that with most 'infringement of the rules' in F1 there are a number of 'punishments' available for the stewards to hand out - it seems objectively speaking (I like Hamilton but I'm a Button and Honda man) that Lewis's punishments were always the harshest available.

[kassios]

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"Is that Glock is that Glock'

[Huggie Smiles]

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^ it's up on youtube above.

it still says - sorry this video not available - as it has all day.

[88Mariner]

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well shit, you know, a quick youtube search maybe is in order?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUCmyqOsyE

[88Mariner]

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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbDt8Z5mKA[/YOUTUBE]