Kimi Raikkonen - F1 World Champion

[HigherGround]

Ferrari in a class of their own. Alonso too slow, Hamilton - what can I say ... rookie mstakes? Overall awesome race/season.

 

[George P Burdell]

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari one hour 28 minutes 15.270 seconds
2. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1.493 secs behind
3. Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren-Mercedes +57.019

Hahaha, that's an awesome finish for Ferrari :thumbsup:

 

[Koing]

Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

 

[DivideBYZero]

One point is nothing to sniff about. Hamilton is the one to watch.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
One point is nothing to sniff about. Hamilton is the one to watch.

This season, more than anything else, shows that one point can make all the difference.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

People are acting like it's his first year racing. It isn't, but he did let his team mates previous aggressive driving get to him and he did lose it right there in the second and third corner.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2109553&enterthread=y

 

[Sable]

Inquiry casts doubt on F1 title

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h...ormula_one/7055644.stm

 

[Jahee]

Originally posted by: HigherGround
Ferrari in a class of their own. Alonso too slow, Hamilton - what can I say ... rookie mstakes? Overall awesome race/season.

The gearbox problem, which cost him the championship wasn't his fault.. I'm wondering whether it was sabotage! A very strange problem...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: Jahee

Originally posted by: HigherGround
Ferrari in a class of their own. Alonso too slow, Hamilton - what can I say ... rookie mstakes? Overall awesome race/season.

The gearbox problem, which cost him the championship wasn't his fault.. I'm wondering whether it was sabotage! A very strange problem...

no, it was beaching his car in china that cost him the title. and that is 100% his fault.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

People are acting like it's his first year racing. It isn't, but he did let his team mates previous aggressive driving get to him and he did lose it right there in the second and third corner.

It's his first season right at the pinnacle of his sport. Very different. 100% media coverage of everything he has done from the start of his season till the end. Much different to his other years of racing imo.

He made a mistake which cost him the title. He needed to have kept his cool when it mattered most and he didn't do it. He's human and it should come with experience. Very easy for us to say, but we're not in his shoes.

Koing

 

[dandruff]

I am soooooooooo happy ... as mater would say ... like a tornado in a trailer park.

GO FERRARI!

nyah nyah Hamilton!

Also: Ferrari would have still won the WCC by one point had McLaren NOT been expelled. Ferrari-204, Mclaren-203. So, to every McLaren whiners, Ferrari did win both "on track".

There's now no asterisk next to Ferrari's WCC, only next to McLaren's 0 points. Awesome. BEST. DAY. EVER.

FORZA FERRARI ! The 2007 Constructors and Driving Champions.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

People are acting like it's his first year racing. It isn't, but he did let his team mates previous aggressive driving get to him and he did lose it right there in the second and third corner.

It's his first season right at the pinnacle of his sport. Very different. 100% media coverage of everything he has done from the start of his season till the end. Much different to his other years of racing imo.

He made a mistake which cost him the title. He needed to have kept his cool when it mattered most and he didn't do it. He's human and it should come with experience. Very easy for us to say, but we're not in his shoes.

Koing

Made a mistake in the race in China also, he will learn from them and should be the one to watch next year no doubt.

 

[GoatMonkey]

Originally posted by: Sable
Inquiry casts doubt on F1 title

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h...ormula_one/7055644.stm

That would be absolutely horrible. I like Hamilton, but winning on a technicality would just be lame.

Raikkonen won the race, he's been good all season, and he deserves the title.

 

[Lonyo]

Ron Dennis must be gutted.
His team got disualified from the Constructors championship, his 2 drivers, who had been #1 and #2 ended up #2 and #3, and the driver who won the world championship was the driver he let go of at the end of last season.
A triple blow.

 

[Mo0o]

Can someone explain what happened w/ Hamilton? I stopped following F1but i thought in the first half of the season he was well ahead

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Can someone explain what happened w/ Hamilton? I stopped following F1but i thought in the first half of the season he was well ahead

He was ahead, then he dropped a little, and in the second to last race he retired, then in the final race he finished well down due to a driver mistake followed by a technical problem which cost him about 40 seconds.

Those 2 problems in 2 consecutive races cost him a lot of points, and Kimi/Alonso had made up a little ground in the previous races. It was just a case of catching up little by little in the middle of the season, followed by massive misjudgement and bad luck in the last 2 races for Hamilton.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Kimi confirmed as champion. The FIA finds fuel out spec, but takes no action.

"A technical report said that fuel samples taken from the BMW Sauber and Williams teams showed clear discrepancies in temperatures to those permitted, but the stewards did not punish them."

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/he...ail/071022021834.shtml

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
Kimi confirmed as champion. The FIA finds fuel out spec, but takes no action.

"A technical report said that fuel samples taken from the BMW Sauber and Williams teams showed clear discrepancies in temperatures to those permitted, but the stewards did not punish them."

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/he...ail/071022021834.shtml

LOL let the fireworks begin.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

People are acting like it's his first year racing. It isn't, but he did let his team mates previous aggressive driving get to him and he did lose it right there in the second and third corner.

It's his first season right at the pinnacle of his sport. Very different. 100% media coverage of everything he has done from the start of his season till the end. Much different to his other years of racing imo.

He made a mistake which cost him the title. He needed to have kept his cool when it mattered most and he didn't do it. He's human and it should come with experience. Very easy for us to say, but we're not in his shoes.

Koing

Made a mistake in the race in China also, he will learn from them and should be the one to watch next year no doubt.

He is definately the one to watch out for

Koing

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: Koing
Hamilton should have kept his his cooler and held it together after Alonso over took him.

Unlucky Hamilton

Koing

Rookie, enough said.

People are acting like it's his first year racing. It isn't, but he did let his team mates previous aggressive driving get to him and he did lose it right there in the second and third corner.

It's his first season right at the pinnacle of his sport. Very different. 100% media coverage of everything he has done from the start of his season till the end. Much different to his other years of racing imo.

He made a mistake which cost him the title. He needed to have kept his cool when it mattered most and he didn't do it. He's human and it should come with experience. Very easy for us to say, but we're not in his shoes.

Koing

Yes, he was under immense pressure this weekend and he cracked. That's what cost him the title. Kimi Raikkonen won the Championship because he kept his cool the entire season and never gave up. I'm a Raikkonen fan but I admit that I was kind of hoping Hamilton would win the Championship.

I'm just glad that Alonso didn't win. He certainly didn't deserve it.

 

[ades]

you bastard! i didn't get a chance to watch the last race yet
but congrats ferrari!

 

[alexruiz]

First, congrats to Kimi, the best driver in the world... now with the title to prove it!
Lewis lost the championship thanks tot he crappy race management by McLaren. They held him too long in China before the pits.. and you saw the result. For interlagos, everyone knew Ferrari was going to charge hard, so it was simple "Let Kimi pass you, let Fernando pass you... just stay with them" McLaren didn't do it.....