If you don't agree with me
Ferrari MUST Appeal
- by steve jones
I've read all the comments and now watched the 'overtake' a number of times on Sky+ and there can be no doubt whatsoever that this was the most blatant cheating move in the history of F1 and every person (including impartial observers and Hamilton fans) I've discussed the matter with agrees the result was very obviously fixed.
There have been team orders in the past and there have been team mates working together to secure the title, both of which are fully understandable and regulated heavily.
However, it is an utter disgrace to suggest that this type of obvious cheating is acceptable purely because it gifts an English person a title he neither deserves nor justifies as it denies the sport of a true champion.
If the tables were turned and it was Ferrari who had colluded with another team in this manner to rob Hamilton of the title, we would all be screaming at the governing bodies to act and the English media would have launched an all out attack.
But there is no mention of the Glock and Hamilton's scandal on English news bulletins and neither are they saying a single word about the massive anger and resentment about the disgraceful rigged result that is all over forums and the media throughout the world. It is exactly this type of rascist and biased misreporting that has resulted in the English media being rightly branded as easily the worst on the planet and paints a shocking picture of our country.
Surely, in the interests of natural justice, Ferrari absolutely MUST appeal this rigged result and the FIA MUST right this terrible wrong as soon as possible.
RIGGED RACE - Corrupt Glock Robs Real F1 Champion
- by steve jones
As a lifelong F1 fan I am appalled and disgusted this year's championship has been decided by the corrupt actions of one driver and his team.
I wanted Hamilton to win this championship but he will never be the 2008 title holder in my or any genuine F1 fan's eyes and Glock MUST have his license removed for this dreadful and unforgivable robbery and his team MUST be stripped of all their constructor's points...as McLaren were last year for exactly the same offence - cheating.
Felipe Massa is the REAL 2008 F1 World Champion and whole heartedly deserves the title from genuine F1 fans.
WHAT A DISGRACE
- by glitsy
The Hamiltons wonder why they get Booed & hardly anyone likes them they should take a long hard look at themselves and the way they treat people.
Look at the way Massa spoke to the press moments after being robbed of the WDC He came across very polite and sporting accepting defeat in true sportmanship and even extending his congratulations to the winner even though his emotions were allover.
In contrast to the Hamiltons just pushed the press away and disappeared into a motor home and they have just won. Its this total arrogance that makes them so unpopular around the world.
People say you should support him because he s British personally I find it offensive to be represented by such arrogant & ignorant sportsmen such as LH and no Idont think LH deserves to be a WC as it takes a lot more than just driving a car to become a true WC.
HAMILTON SHOULD THANK GLOCK, NOT GOD
- by enzo 10
T Glock the born loser
I thought every place in the race meant everything to the driver fighting for it look at S.Vettel,he fought for the extra place till the last of the race,again a true champ
But do you know who's a born loser driving car like a donkey yes you are right its T.Glock,if he hadn't given his place to Hamster the midget it would have been a complete different story
Moral of the story:Glock Sucks big time
The loser
BBC say on Glock and the race
BBC say that Glock was on slick tires and the track was slippery that is why Hamilton over took him,I say Rubbish he could have stopped him
Here is the article:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7705230.stm
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton became the youngest world champion in Formula One history by the skin of his teeth after a nail-biting Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 23-year-old Englishman's title rival Felipe Massa won the race in his Ferrari but Hamilton grabbed the fifth place he needed at the last corner.
A late-race rain shower looked to have cost Hamilton the title when he dropped to sixth after a stop for wet tyres.
But he passed Toyota's Timo Glock as they entered the pit straight.
Renault's Fernando Alonso, the previous youngest champion, was second ahead of Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton's success buries the ghosts of last year, when after a remarkable debut season he let slip a massive lead in the final two races and Raikkonen sneaked in to win the title.
Ultimately, there were no similar mistakes this time around - but as he entered the final lap Hamilton was not going to win the title.
I thought do I have it? Do I have it? And when they told me I was ecstatic Lewis Hamilton |
He - like Massa - had stopped to change to wet tyres as the rain fell in the closing laps.
But while the Brazilian held on to his lead, Hamilton dropped to fifth place behind Glock - who stayed on dry tyres.
Hamilton then lost that position - which was the minimum he needed if Massa won - when he was passed at the start of the penultimate lap by Vettel.
Hamilton tried hard to get back past the German, but he could not get close enough to him and he would have thought he had lost the title until he came to the last two corners of the lap.
There, Glock - who had started the final lap 18 seconds ahead of Hamilton - was struggling badly on the now-slick track and the McLaren slipped passed the Toyota as it accelerated up the hill towards the finish line.
"It's pretty impossible to put into words," Hamilton said.
"I thought do I have it? Do I have it? And when they told me I was ecstastic."
We need to be proud of our race and our championship but for sure I'm very emotional Felipe Massa |
It was heartbreaking for Massa, whose family were celebrating what they thought was his success for a few seconds until they realised what had happened.
"It was an emotional day for me. You get here and you've almost done everything perfect but we saw Lewis passing Glock again and that mixed emotion.
"Unfortunately we missed [out] by one point but that's racing.
"We need to be proud of our race and our championship. It's one more day of our life when I will learn a lot but for sure I'm very emotional."
Massa could not hold back the tears as he realised he had lost out at the death |
His only consolation was that his victory helped secure the constructors' title for Ferrari.
The thrilling climax was a stark contrast to the rest of the race, which Hamilton had approached with the caution he felt was required to avoid mistakes.
The 23-year-old - watched from the sidelines by his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, singer with the Pussycat Dolls - went into the race knowing he only had to finish fifth even if Massa won his home event.
That luxury showed in the way in which he and his McLaren team approached the Grand Prix.
A shower of rain five minutes before the scheduled start introduced a random element that was exactly what Hamilton did not need.
It caused a five-minute delay and shaped the entire race.
The heavy shower doused the track in the area of the pits and some of the corners, but other areas remained dry.
Hamilton's pop-star girlfriend(She's hot) celebrates with his brother Nicholas(i am gonna get me some bo o b ty tonight HAAAAAAAA...) |
And with the sun shining as the race started, it was only a matter of time before drivers started to pit for dry tyres.
Hamilton and McLaren played it safe, leaving it as late as they could before coming in to change tyres.
Hamilton stopped a lap later than Massa on lap 11 - and two laps after Vettel and Alonso.
McLaren's decision was the right one in that it limited their risk, but it was not the best in terms of absolute pace.
Vettel and Alonso's early stops vaulted them up into second and third places behind Massa.
Hamilton, by contrast, was demoted from fourth to sixth behind Massa, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen and the Force India of Giancarlo Fisichella, who had changed to dry tyres as early as lap three.
McLaren were confident the required result was always within their grasp.
But that was reckoning without the unfolding drama ahead.
Hamilton did not pass Fisichella until lap 18, out-braking him in a brave move at the first corner on the still-slippery track.
That put Hamilton into the fifth place he needed, and he was promoted to fourth by the three-stop strategy chosen by Toro Rosso for Vettel in contrast to the two stops of the other leading teams.
Coulthard's final race ended unhappily with a first-lap crash |
Hamilton was only a couple of seconds ahead of Vettel by the time the Toro Rosso had made its stop and he had to up his pace to hold his rival off.
And a late shower increased the anxiety for Hamilton as he sought to close out the championship.
Hamilton stopped for wet tyres on lap 66 - a decision that could have cost him the title.
It dropped him to fifth place behind Glock, with Vettel right behind him.
Vettel pushed Hamilton hard and passed him with two laps to go, leading to the nail-biting finish.
Scot David Coulthard's final race ended at the first corner after he was knocked into a spin by Williams's Nico Rosberg, and was hit by the other Williams of Kazuki Nakajima.
Brazilian Grand Prix result:
1. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari one hour 34 minutes 11.435 seconds
2. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 13.298 seconds behind
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari +16.235
4. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari +38.011
5. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes +38.907
6. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota +44.368
7. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +55.074
8. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota +1:08.463
9. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault +1:19.666
10. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber one lap behind
11. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber one lap
12. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota one lap
13. Jenson Button (GB) Honda one lap
14. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari one lap
15. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda one lap
16. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari two laps
17. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota two laps
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari two laps
R Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 0 laps completed
R David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 0 laps
Key: R = retired
Fastest Lap: Massa 1:13.736 on lap 36(tell me that he dosen't deserve the title)