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Whats' this I've just heard on the BBC news about some investigations into the BMW team, providing Lewis a "slither of hope" according to the BBC?
Wouldn't be surprised if the FIA punishes the BMWs and gives the title to Hamilton.
And so they should . The Beamers did look toooo quick though and Kimi would pass it over because you could tell after the race that he realised he got lucky ..Massa should get punished also for not keeping his foot firmly pressed on the gas when he was easily leading , its was a race was it not ..
The BMW's have been fast for a while. Besides, it's one thing to catch then and quite another to pass, as you know. If the fuel temperatures were as reported, I don't think it will make a difference that is noticeable by us sitting at home. I mean, both BMW and Williams were relatively quick but one must keep in mind that as teams have stopped development of their 07 cars, it is natural that the slower/smaller teams catch up. Anyway, I'm no expert, but since the FIA said it's fine, I'm not going to argue.
Just a little reminder, in 2007 Kimi won more races than anyone else and he has more fastest laps than Alonso and Hamilton combined. So it's be a bit rich to say he 'got lucky' I'd say. What BMW and Williams did were beyond his control, very much in the same way that what Coughland did was beyond's Lewis control so neither should have been penalised. Besides, had their fuel temps been within limits I don't think it would have changed things much. The closest he did get to Heidfeld was ~8 seconds on lap 55. His electronics went ape on about lap 10 so we're talking about 8/(55-10) = 0.18s per lap. Besides, if we look at Nakajima whose fuel was 12deg below at the first stop but only 10deg below at the second, if anything he was going faster after his 2nd.
As for Massa deliberately going slowly, did you see the lap times? When Massa pitted the second time, Kimi put in 2 laps that would have been (the 3rd being and in lap) in the 1'12s. or something like that. I'm pretty certain that it's actually built in to their strategy that Kimi will be ahead as long as he keeps within x seconds of Massa and that's exactly what happened for them. Massa lap times out of the pits were also not artificially slow. He came out to some traffic going into the 2nd sector which wasn't the best of things.
Sure, after the 2nd stop, he didn't keep that pace. Mainly because there's little use going ape$hit to catch Kimi, it would just add risk to his own points and the standings (should he bin it). Plus Alonso was some way behind.
I'm pretty sure the FIA or someone else would protest if Massa did anything 'wrong' anyway, so far, no protest so I guess that settles that.
As for McLaren, well I'm not entirely sure about the 3 stop strategy considering the pit lane speed limit here is lower than usual plus it's long and complicated. I guess they were banking on Lewis not tripping over on his own team mate while he could have just stayed put and be patient. Had that happened, all he had to do was finish the race, pretty much, and the 3 stopper would allow for any freak weather or super-softs having problems.
Anyway, it's nice to see the Champion is who it should be. The fastest guy in F1. Very nicely done Mr.Raikkonen. You even smiled.
p.s. With a nearly 100% certainty of bagging the Championship, no chance of anyone behind catching him, to no benefits to the number of points he has, and about 6 laps to go, anyone with an ounce of sanity would have back off. Kimi put in a fastest lap of the race 0.123s behind his qualifying time. He's a hero.