Oh boy.. I was actually hoping for Felipe Massa to win the Formula One Drivers Championship. Lol. But it's over.. The final race at Brazil was last weekend.. I hope you people did catch the race.. I myself did not catch the race. But I know about it. Lol. I am quite a fan of Formula One I can say.. I think. Lol. I love the final top three placing of the Brazil race. Lol
First - Felipe Massa
Second - Fernando Alonso
Third - Kimi Räikkönen
There's Alonso and Massa.
Sorry I just can't get the picture of all of them. :(
Oh so nice.. Ain't it? Too bad Lewis Hamilton came in Fifth place and therefore he grabs the Drivers Championships at last. Lo. Just one point ahead of Felipe Massa.
From the Official Formula One Website.. Here are the results for the final Brazilian Grand Prix.
1 Felipe Massa
2 Fernando Alonso
3 Kimi Räikkönen
4 Sebastian Vettel
5 Lewis Hamilton
6 Timo Glock
7 Heikki Kovalainen
8 Jarno Trulli Toyota
9 Mark Webber
10 Nick Heidfeld
11 Robert Kubica
12 Nico Rosberg
13 Jenson Button
14 Sebastien Bourdais
15 Rubens Barrichello
16 Adrian Sutil
17 Kazuki Nakajima
18 Giancarlo Fisichella
Ret Nelsinho Piquet
Ret David Coulthard
Here's the news from Formula One site too..
Massa victorious, Hamilton champion after nail-biting finish in Brazil
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton is the 30th - and youngest-ever - world champion. Lady Luck was on his side after title rival Felipe Massa dominated at Interlagos. The Brazilian crossed the line first after a pluperfect performance - and seemed to have achieved the impossible - as Hamilton trailed in sixth.
Rain in the closing stages had prompted the first five - Massa, Renault’s Fernando Alonso, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, Hamilton and Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel - to pit for wet tyres. Crucially, Timo Glock, running sixth for Toyota, did not.
Massa, Alonso and Raikkonen resumed in first to third places, but Hamilton and Vettel fell behind Glock. That was still good enough for Hamilton. But then, under pressure on the 70th lap, he made a crucial mistake and slid wide. It was all Vettel needed and the Toro Rosso driver pushed through to snatch away the fifth place that Hamilton needed to become champion.
Even as Massa crossed the line, Hamilton was only sixth and the Brazilian was the champion. But as Vettel and Hamilton slammed out of the final corner, Glock’s Toyota was slowing in front of them, the German struggling for grip on his increasingly unsuitable rubber. From the jaws of defeat, the British driver snatched back the crown in one of the most dramatic title deciders in history. No Hollywood script could have been more exciting.
Rain at the start had added to the drama, and saw Red Bull’s David Coulthard make an undignified exit from his last Grand Prix after he was tapped into a spin by Williams’ Nico Rosberg, which then involved Rosberg’s team mate Kazuki Nakajima. Coulthard was out on the spot, while Renault’s Nelson Piquet went off in Turn Three and was also out.
Massa controlled things throughout, with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli soon falling back from an initially strong second-place run as everyone began changing from wet to dry-weather tyres after seven laps. Vettel, running a different fuel strategy to the other leaders, was always a threat, running second ahead of Alonso and pressuring Massa several times before stopping earlier for fuel. Raikkonen ran some way behind this trio, but closed in rapidly on Alonso in the final stages and was close to him as Massa crossed the line 13.2s ahead.
Hamilton took few chances, was always around fourth or fifth, and looked easily on target until that dramatic battle at the end. Glock finished sixth, limping across the line well ahead of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen, and Trulli, the final points scorers.
Mark Webber brought his Red Bull home ninth, ahead of the BMW Saubers of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, the team thus failing to score for the first time in 2008. Rosberg was 12th ahead of Honda’s Jenson Button, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais (whose chances of points were ruined after a clash with Trulli in Turn One), Honda’s Rubens Barrichello, Force India’s Adrian Sutil, Nakajima and Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian Force India driver was the first to stop for dry tyres on Lap Two, and ran as high as fifth before the inevitable decline as faster machinery hit its stride.
After those gripping final laps there was almost disbelief at McLaren as Hamilton scraped home, but Massa had that covered as he graciously conceded defeat.
“We need to congratulate Lewis,” he said. “He did a great championship, and he scored more points than us, so deserves to be champion.”
Ferrari’s consolation was to win the constructors’ world championship but, ultimately, and in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable, this was Lewis Hamilton’s and McLaren’s day.
want more?? Go to their site to get more alright? Lol. Here's the Constructors Championship. It goes to...
1 Ferrari 172
2 McLaren-Mercedes 151
3 BMW Sauber 135
4 Renault 80
5 Toyota 56
6 STR-Ferrari 39
7 Red Bull-Renault 29
8 Williams-Toyota 26
9 Honda 14
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
11 Super Aguri-Honda 0
And I give you the Drivers Championship standings too..
1 Lewis Hamilton 98
2 Felipe Massa 97
3 Kimi Räikkönen 75
4 Robert Kubica 75
5 Fernando Alonso 61
6 Nick Heidfeld 60
7 Heikki Kovalainen 53
8 Sebastian Vettel 35
9 Jarno Trulli 31
10 Timo Glock 25
11 Mark Webber 21
12 Nelsinho Piquet 19
13 Nico Rosberg 17
14 Rubens Barrichello 11
15 Kazuki Nakajima 9
16 David Coulthard 8
17 Sebastien Bourdais 4
18 Jenson Button 3
19 Giancarlo Fisichella 0
20 Adrian Sutil 0
21 Takuma Sato 0
22 Anthony Davidson 0
Well.. Congrats too Lewis Hamilton! :) Lol. He finally got the Drivers Championship after battling so hard for it last year.. Lol. He made history.. Being the youngest rookie as well as a black driver to grab the Drivers Championship. Anyway.. I can go on and on.. I've got many pictures of past races and all.. Lol. Especially Kimi Räikkönen. Ice man.. Haha.. Lol. Yes. I admit I think he's still a great driver. Lol. Cute too you know ;) Hahaha.. Oh dear.. Oh dear.. I think I'll still stick to Wang Lee Hom. Haha.. Anyway.. To end it.. Here's a few pictures of the Top three drivers alright.. Adios :)
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