Well played by Ferrari, well played indeed. The Hamilton fairytale ends in tears and Mclaren comes away from a spectacular season without any title hardware and carrying the ballast of a detached and moody two-time world champ on the payroll for next season.
Best rumour I've heard so far is that Alonso could sit and Mika Hakkinen could return as Mclaren number two. Mika was spotted in the pits again on Sunday and he's still on solid terms with Mercedes (through his DTM effort). An experienced, methodical sibling/coach for young Lewis could be the final ingredient this team is lacking if it wants to pry the driver's and constructor's away from Ferrari in 2008.
In the meantime, fathers lock up your daughters: the Kimibot should be unplugged and on the loose again tonight.
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So was that a totally intentional pick by Massa at the start? Hehehe. You could definitely tell he was a bit cheesed at not winning a race he knew he could win, and WOULD win without pit shenanigans, but Ferrari had to win the driver's championship.
IMO, this also invalidates the McLaren 'we're the real champions' meme for the constructors, at least a bit.
Well I can't think of a more appropriate way to wrap up this ridiculous season than a penalty appeal by Mclaren.
Once those FIA sharks are through with it, we may have an official champ by next summer.
I didn't realize it when I posted before, but Ferrari would have won the constructor's title straight up with the 1-2 finish in Brazil, assuming the Hungarian penalties stood.
A pretty unbelievable late season charge by the Scuderia, and a pretty uncharacteristic collapse by McLaren.
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