KIMI F1 CHAMP 2007

Jules · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:52 am

Just finished watching the race.....WUHOOOO.....KIMI is the champ and a deserving one too amidst all the year's controversial issues!!!

Yes, he let his driving did the talking!

RocK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:06 am

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Lewis Hamilton has promised to ignore the FIA's advice that he stick strictly to the rules if he is crowned F1's first rookie world champion on Sunday.

McLaren boss Ron Dennis revealed at Interlagos that the team has been warned not to stray from the sport's rigid post-race procedures in the event that the title is won by a Mercedes-powered driver.

But Hamilton vowed to draw on flamboyant MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi's example if he stays atop the drivers' classification after the Brazilian finale just outside Sao Paulo.

"Look at the way the fans hug him on the bike after a race," the Briton told the Mirror.

"I'm not saying I want everyone to hug me but it would be cool to do the things he does. It does so much for the sport.

"If someone passes me a Union Jack on the slowing down lap it'd be cool to fly it. My hero Ayrton Senna used to do it here. Massa did it last year. That'd be cool," he added.

Hamilton said he would also do a 'donut' on the slowing down lap -- a manoeuvre that is frowned upon by formula one's authorities.

He also said the teams don't like their drivers indulging in the tyre-screeching moves.

"If I win I'll definitely do it," said Hamilton. "When a race finishes it's dull. You never see drivers doing donuts.

"It would be cool to finish a race and do a donut.

"The teams don't like it because you could break something but if it breaks I'll pay for it. I doubt they'd be happy but I'd do it anyway."

Source: Sun

lol, next year perhaps

TJ Koyen · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:43 am

What a brilliant race. Kimi definately deserved this one. Poor Felipe, you could see he was sad that he couldn't get the win.

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:48 am

RocK wrote:

lol, next year perhaps

...looks like they were a little bit too confident coming in to Brazil...

That was nailbiteing stuff even near the end with Rosberg/Kubica almost taking each other out several times which would've meant Hamilton champion. :lol:

Ferrari really got a car together for Brazil!

Was interesting with a handful of laps remaining Kimi still had the confidence to push to take the fastest lap away from Hamilton, and Massa tried to take it from Kimi on the final lap but just missed it.

Hamilton went the entire season without a mechanical DNF... although I'm sure the little technical glitch today feels like a catastrophic failure to him.

RocK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:07 am

TJ Koyen wrote:

Poor Felipe, you could see he was sad that he couldn't get the win.

did he give the win? to me it looks like Kimi win outright.

Mikko Nassi wrote:

...looks like they were a little bit too confident coming in to Brazil...

i got no problem being confident within the team. but telling the media what you're gonna do before you even win, thats dumb to me.. :roll:

look out on ebay.uk for Lewis Hamilton 2007 world champion t-shirts

Dillon Felber · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:25 am

IT WAS ALL CONSPIRACY AGAINST LOUIS>>> FA BLOCKED HIM AND HAD THE TEAM BREAK HIS CLUTCH >>>> ALL CONSPIRACY !!! :lol:

Kidding

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:51 pm

Apparently Lewis' technical glitch was caused by him when he went wide past the curbing, so once again he was pushing too hard when he should've just secured the championship.

Now there's issues with the fuel temperatures of BMW and Williams which could hand Lewis the title, but that seems very unlikely imo particularly after the stewards explained their decision to not dq them...

Alonso also thinks it would be wrong:

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"It would be a joke, and we've had too many already," he told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser. "If something like that happened, it would end up burying the sport."

Wonder what he would've said if he was in Lewis' position. :lol:

TJ Koyen · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:14 pm

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did he give the win? to me it looks like Kimi win outright.

?! it was clear that he did give it up for Kimi. Massa even said something like, "It was unfortunate that I could not win in front of my fans but I know the team was fighting for a championship and I wanted to do all I could to help." They pitted Massa early so Kimi could push and then they got Kimi out ahead of Massa. Since you can't have team orders and just let Kimi by on the track, they had to make it look like it was all racing.

Jules · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:34 pm

well the manner how the track was laid out....it would be hard for Massa to pussy foot around and still come so damm close to overhauling Kimi.....

I dun know but it sure did look like it was a proper race unless someone was tweaking Massa's car carburation duirng the crucial lap..... :wink:

All in all, kudos to Massa for his "assistance" and Kimi for completing the task.....

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:03 pm

I'd say that from as early as the 2nd lap of the race Kimi wasn't pushing in an attempt to get past Massa - it would've been utterly stupid to overheat his car staying close to Massa and risking an off in the turbulent airflow. Like kimi said they (both drivers) could've gone much faster.

It wasn't a race between the two ferrari drivers after the first few laps anymore... it was just waiting and making sure they switch positions before 75% of the race was run (if Hamilton was out of the top 5).

If it would've been the first race of the season rather than the last the Kimi vs. Massa "battle" would've been completely different. Kimi had the strategy advantage this time starting on heavier fuel and setting the fastest lap so would've been in a better position but it's impossible to know who was actually capable of taking the win in a straight out fight between the two.

Massa helped Kimi late in the season by often having enough pace to finish in 2nd, and especially in Brazil where a poor Massa performance would've meant no chance for Kimi in the title chase, in China he let Kimi down by not being capable of beating Alonso but that didn't matter in the end.

If Alonso would've been in 3rd and Hamilton in 6th with 1 lap to go Mclaren would've asked Alonso to drop back to 6th and have Hamilton in 5th to clinch the title, not doing so would've been stupid, although I somehow doubt Alonso would've done it.

RocK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:19 pm

Mikko Nassi wrote:

Alonso also thinks it would be wrong:

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"It would be a joke, and we've had too many already," he told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser. "If something like that happened, it would end up burying the sport."

Wonder what he would've said if he was in Lewis' position. :lol:

"This is a joke, and we've had too many already," he told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser. "If nothing happen, it would end up burying the sport."

RocK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:34 pm

Mikko Nassi wrote:

Apparently Lewis' technical glitch was caused by him when he went wide past the curbing.

Pitpass reliable source claims that Hamilton caused his gearbox to fail by touching the wrong button (the Start button). As a result he had to reload the system/software. Earlier in the race, another mistake saw the Englishman go wide, losing several positions, as he attempted to make up for a poor start.

Previously, team boss Ron Dennis claimed that the gearbox fault was a team error: "There was an incorrect command given to the system," Dennis told reporters. "That fault, why did the system get an incorrect command, we don't know yet. It could be a sensor."

RocK · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:40 pm

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that his bid for this year's Formula One Championship seemingly came to an end during the last race of the season following a moment of human error.

"My finger slipped on the steering wheel and I accidentally pressed the button used for the starting sequence," Hamilton confided several hours after the event, according to Montreal's French-language daily newspaper La Presse.

That error cut power to his McLaren for an interminable minute, dropping him down to 18th place as the Brazilian Grand Prix entered its eighth lap on the Interlagos circuit.

"The car went into neutral and I had to reinitialize the system, that is, reload the gearbox management program,"

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HK · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:24 pm

Mikko Nassi wrote:

.......Alonso also thinks it would be wrong:

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"It would be a joke, and we've had too many already," he told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser. "If something like that happened, it would end up burying the sport."

Wonder what he would've said if he was in Lewis' position. :lol:

To be honest, I did't like Alonso before, and I hate him now!!

HK · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:28 pm

Mikko Nassi wrote:

...If Alonso would've been in 3rd and Hamilton in 6th with 1 lap to go Mclaren would've asked Alonso to drop back to 6th and have Hamilton in 5th to clinch the title, not doing so would've been stupid, although I somehow doubt Alonso would've done it.

That's ture!
Don't know why they are not doing it.......maybe Ron Dennis already gave the command to Alonso , it's just Alonso don't wanna let Hamilton win the tittle.
Don't U see he's smiling quite happily after Kimi wins.

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