Official F1/Motorsport thread

[Paulos G]

One point in it. Great stuff.

[Senna]

Yep, hardly anybody suspected Raikkonen would come behind and take it. Great stuff, Im really chuffed for him.

And listen to Mr Allen's voice. Tame and calm. Take that ITV and you're blatant unprofessional broadcasting.

Good race, and a great championship.

Now, how long do you give it before McLaren sack Alonso. I give it tomorrow afternoon.

[Rossco]

Its amazing how the whole thing has changed in the last few months.

McLaren were tanking the constructers with Alonso and Hamilton leading the drivers then its all turned round to Ferrari being the car of the season and a Raikkonen win.

I'm so gutted by the way, was really really expecting a Hamilton win.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I believe Ferrari shouldn't win it.

* Rakkionen had the win handed on his plate,
* SpyFerrarigate distract McClaren from their job which mean wasting court time
* Tyres Extra knowledge help them with tyres.
* Alonso's misbehaviour disrupts the team.

Hamilton is just unlucky.

[VR46]

Kimi handed win on a plate, how ?, McLaren & Hamilton threw it all away. Plain and simple.

Avatar restored.

Al - can you imagine how happy I am, dream result.

[ezee ryder]

I believe Ferrari shouldn't win it.

* Rakkionen had the win handed on his plate,
* SpyFerrarigate distract McClaren from their job which mean wasting court time
* Tyres Extra knowledge help them with tyres.
* Alonso's misbehaviour disrupts the team.

Hamilton is just unlucky.

All those points you make (apart from tyres knowledge maybe) are reasons why McLaren shoudn't win it. Ferrari didn't hand themselves the title, they didn't spy on another team and they didn't have a disruptive driver. Hamilton is slightly unlucky but he also has been made some silly decsions at times. Ferrari and Raikkonen deserve it, simple as.

[Paulos G]

Did Kimi just smile?! Don't panic. He's calmed down now. Well done KR and Ferrari.

[Richard.John]

KR scored the most wins and most points in the latter half of the season so is a worthy winner.

Has James Allen killed himself yet?

[MarioMark]

It's just something and the word McLaren that doesn't do English sport any favours.

[VR46]

Wondered if you'd stayed up Richard.

Hamilton/McLaren could have wrapped this up a fortnight ago but they got greedy.

How gutted must RD be eh, do feel sorry for him, he's had a really sh*te year.

[The_G_Man]

Well done Kimi !!! Utterly dominant race.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Well done to Kimi, unreliability had to hit Mclaren a some point, just a shame it was at the last race. Glad Alonso didn't win and Kimi is definitely a worthy champion.

[Senna]

LOL, yeah its a cursed word at the moment isnt it?

I don't mean to keep mentioning it, but I pray that the BBC gets the GP rights back in the future. The sycophantic fawning over Hamilton continued even after the race. They cut short the press conference to talk more about Hamilton.

You just get the sense that Steve Ryder and Mark Blundell grudgingly congratulated Raikkonen and Ferrari.

[Paulos G]

Nice to see Ferrari do well sans Schumacher and Brawn too (although I do miss both of them). March seems a long, long way away.

[Largo]

Did you know kimi has an emotion double, thats not actually him driving the car in the parade lap waving his arms around in joy and excitement