The season ended with a nerve cracking finale having our nerves in jitters until the last moment. But then this is the culmination of the work done throughout the whole year. Massa drove superbly and but for Glock whose last lap looked very suspicious even though they say that his dry tyres gave up on him, the championship would have been his. The satisfying part is Ferrari romped home with the constructors again making it a 7/9 seasons. Just have a look at the constructors and drivers standings race by race as shown below.
Driver Standings:
Constructors standings:
The pre season testing was very close with Ferraris and McLarens matching each other but the Red cars entered with what looked like a slight advantage with various improvements on the F2007 with a narrower chassis and a less wider wheel base to cope up with the streets. Then came Australia where it began with a disaster with Kimi scoring a point and Massa failing. The Mclarens capitalized on it and Lewis began with a bang. In Malaysia, they qualified in the 1st row with Massa throwing away his 2nd place during the race. He score was zero after 2 races. Then came Sakhir, Barcelona and Turkey wherein the Red cars were in their element especially Massa who was dominant in Sakhir and Istanbul. THen came Monaco wherein the Ferraris showed their strength qualifying 1-2. But then due to rain and due to a lucky strategy for Lewis wherein they gambled on dry tyres due to no rain paid off as Massa and co had to pit once more. Kimi right royally fouled up crashing on poor Sutil's rear. A great dissappointment for Force India as Sutil was 4th. Hamilton fucked up the Montral race by not heeding the red signal and took Kimi out of the race which he would have won. Kubica took up the left pieces and won. Silverstone Hockenhein were normal races most affected by rain and the Silver arrows capitalized. Hungary- Felipe was in his element but an engine failure 2 laps from the end dashed his hopes. Reminds of 2006 Suzuka wherein MSc's engine failed in mid race which cost the championship. Massa was in great in Valencia and in got a lucky win in Spa wheras Kimi had a series of DNFs. Monza- the home of the tifosi was a bad weekend with Kimi failing once more and Massa picking up the remaining points. But Vettel who had a poor beginning to the season reminded of the great Rain Master, driving the half Ferrari to victory. Singapore - A slew of errors by Ferrari and Kimi in the pit lane cost them dearly and Alonso took the 1st place for Renault. The Mclarens Failed in Fuji whereas Alonso capitalized with a better Renault to win the race. Then came China with Lewis winning and Massa 2nd due to team tactics having Kimi 3rd so as to boost Massa's chances. Then came the finale wherein Massa was in his element before his home crowd. Whatever be the condition rain before teh start or whatever, he dominated and Alonso came in 2nd with Kimi 3rd. Vettel drove an excellent race matching the pace of Massa throughout. Hamilton looked to clinch the title but then after the final rain, looked to loose it until the last corner of last corner wherein Glock slowed down. The Ferraris however won the construtors and we saw an emotional and crying Massa.
A summary: The Ferraris had some great races and some ver very poor races wherein the Mclarens even though they had some wins, finished in the middle in the remaining and hence got the drivers title. Lets see what next year has instore for us with the slew of changes from slicks to change in downforce levels.
PS: This may look as if it is a totally biased opinion but then Ferrari is Ferrari! Orgoglio Ferrari!
Imagine what MSc would have done had he seated in the f2008, especially in places like Spa in the rain! Reminds of 1998 Spa eh?
Driver Standings:
Constructors standings:
The pre season testing was very close with Ferraris and McLarens matching each other but the Red cars entered with what looked like a slight advantage with various improvements on the F2007 with a narrower chassis and a less wider wheel base to cope up with the streets. Then came Australia where it began with a disaster with Kimi scoring a point and Massa failing. The Mclarens capitalized on it and Lewis began with a bang. In Malaysia, they qualified in the 1st row with Massa throwing away his 2nd place during the race. He score was zero after 2 races. Then came Sakhir, Barcelona and Turkey wherein the Red cars were in their element especially Massa who was dominant in Sakhir and Istanbul. THen came Monaco wherein the Ferraris showed their strength qualifying 1-2. But then due to rain and due to a lucky strategy for Lewis wherein they gambled on dry tyres due to no rain paid off as Massa and co had to pit once more. Kimi right royally fouled up crashing on poor Sutil's rear. A great dissappointment for Force India as Sutil was 4th. Hamilton fucked up the Montral race by not heeding the red signal and took Kimi out of the race which he would have won. Kubica took up the left pieces and won. Silverstone Hockenhein were normal races most affected by rain and the Silver arrows capitalized. Hungary- Felipe was in his element but an engine failure 2 laps from the end dashed his hopes. Reminds of 2006 Suzuka wherein MSc's engine failed in mid race which cost the championship. Massa was in great in Valencia and in got a lucky win in Spa wheras Kimi had a series of DNFs. Monza- the home of the tifosi was a bad weekend with Kimi failing once more and Massa picking up the remaining points. But Vettel who had a poor beginning to the season reminded of the great Rain Master, driving the half Ferrari to victory. Singapore - A slew of errors by Ferrari and Kimi in the pit lane cost them dearly and Alonso took the 1st place for Renault. The Mclarens Failed in Fuji whereas Alonso capitalized with a better Renault to win the race. Then came China with Lewis winning and Massa 2nd due to team tactics having Kimi 3rd so as to boost Massa's chances. Then came the finale wherein Massa was in his element before his home crowd. Whatever be the condition rain before teh start or whatever, he dominated and Alonso came in 2nd with Kimi 3rd. Vettel drove an excellent race matching the pace of Massa throughout. Hamilton looked to clinch the title but then after the final rain, looked to loose it until the last corner of last corner wherein Glock slowed down. The Ferraris however won the construtors and we saw an emotional and crying Massa.
A summary: The Ferraris had some great races and some ver very poor races wherein the Mclarens even though they had some wins, finished in the middle in the remaining and hence got the drivers title. Lets see what next year has instore for us with the slew of changes from slicks to change in downforce levels.
PS: This may look as if it is a totally biased opinion but then Ferrari is Ferrari! Orgoglio Ferrari!
Imagine what MSc would have done had he seated in the f2008, especially in places like Spa in the rain! Reminds of 1998 Spa eh?
