Good observation. Alonso drove the balls off that car. It is severly lacking development compared to the upper echelon, yet he scored points again. I'd imagine if he was in a BMW or Ferrari he would be a contender for WDC this season.

 

Well the commentators kept saying that the BMW is extremely difficult to setup so maybe his mechanics didn't get it right this time.

 

I don't think anyone is writing Lewis off. Its the support for him thats waning off due to his actions. I think he still has a very good chance of winning the season.

 

seriously. when i saw the japanese gp last year on tv. i got sooo excited when they were showing the dogfight between massa and kubica. it was amazing. after that i have been looking for the clip on youtube, and then i found it in ur sig. honestly that was one of my favorite clips. y cant massa show the same amount of concentration and passion. as much as massa can be a good driver, my full ferrari support will go to kimi becuz he deserves it.

 

I think JT in the Toyota did a good job. In the middle stint he was very quick and HK had his hands full keeping position.

 

I don't expect wins but I do expect points from both drivers

 

The real problem was where they positioned themselves on the track. The spread out part was because some of the drivers were smart enough to get the f' off the racing line, the 2 from McLaren were a tad too arrogant and felt like they could ignore the rules. I'm glad the marshals took the right steps.

I have to say, as someone who spends a lot of time on track during the summer in the driving school environment, I have seen lots and lots of just plain people conclude they need to get off the racing line if they are going real slow. Sad to think that drivers in the elevated arena of F1 have to be reminded of this rather basic common sence rule...

 

And wow, what a 2nd fiddle, I'm really impressed with how HK is doing.

I hope he takes more points this year than his teammate.

 

FM and KR were fighting against each other, they were way out in front, and they were fighting each other, not the rest of the field. To prove this KR's time dropped right back as soon as FM crashed out because there was no longer any need to push so hard.

What pisses me off to no end is FM was in a great position to help his team get back into the lead with points, but noooooooooo. He let his desire to win to get in the way of the team's objectives, he threw his car away racing for a position when all he had to do to take 2nd and put Ferrari back on top was relax and drive a resonable pace, he and KR were way, way out front at the time.

I thought about this a lot last night, and I would swear I recal reading last year Ferrari extended FM a 3-year contract. Now I could be wrong, but I swear I remember because when I read it I was furious because I just don't see FM as a great driver. He still seems to hot and cold to me, too unpredicatable.

 

It's nice to see we agree on FM!