It was an amazing race and script could not have been written for this. Finally, the InfyBlogger’s favourite hero has WON the title. I want to write a lot, but no words, just want to sink in the joy.
here’s how few of our bloggers reacted after the win :

sounak AS Queen’s ‘We are the champions’ play on my computer, i do a victory lap in my house!!

prsn Kimi’s first World Championship from Ferrari !!!!! Yahoooooo !!

prsn If there were bets today, who would have expected Kimi winning.. Where is the HAND OF GOD.. err.. “GEAR of GOD” !!!

veetrag 57 secs of McL…what had they put in car…Nitro

shyams @tifosi long time since i’ve been emotional in f1. Tears in my eyes.

veetrag Nothing is Impossible…Hail TIFOSI

Force India Formula1 Team Logo – First Look

While checking out which one would be the most interesting combination that will create the deadlock for f1 championship this year I found this:

If Alonso finishes 2^nd and Hamilton Finishes 5^th Alonso and Hamilton will have same points as well as same 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th place finishes. So title will be decide by more 5^th places, and Lewis Hamilton will win because he just got one extra 5^th place

• Congratulations to all TIFOSIs on InfyBlogs for 200th win and 600th podium finish for Ferrari.
• It was a awesome race, with all my ‘predictions’ coming true, I can’t believe it happened.
• Did any of you guys noticed during presentation, there was only one McLaren teammate celebrating, rest all were missing. That guy was surrounded by a lot of Ferrari teammates
• “We weren’t at all fazed about Kimi; we didn’t care about Kimi; we weren’t racing Kimi; he (Lewis) was racing Fernando,” the team boss said. Kimi winning and Lewis coming second was adequate – but it just didn’t work out that way.” This is really bad from McLaren’s part, no one cares about his win or loose in a positive way, everyone is referring him from Hamilton’s perspective.
• When was the last time in F1 that everyone was trying to take blame for a failure and team boss was replying, it wasn’t anyones fault, its just something that always happens in F1… ha ha can understand the frustration. Imagine same thing happens to Hamilton in Brazil, Ron will go crazy

This is an excellent article from BBC discussing the recent controversy boiling in McLaren team.

Last race weekend, commentator Steve Slater also mentioned that Alonso’s popularity has dipped after he has moved out of Renault. I agree to it, and if the blackmail episode took place between Ron and Alonso that it is a true shame. Shame on the game and World Champion. But I have my own doubts, Spy scandal as is happened was all wrong doings of McLaren + Nigel Stepney, then how did Alonso appear to be villain in complete story? Is this another McLaren strategy to shift focus from there spying to Alonso. Whatever rivalry is going on between Alonso and Hamilton, why is Alonso responsible for all the drama? Is this because Hamilton is playing press very well? British media has more audiences than any other?

Regarding the move made by Alonso at first corner in Spa, I would like to say I loved it. I know it was a dirty trick, but still I loved it because it did not involve any courtroom drama. And we audiences would appreciate more and more incidents like this and fierce competition if everything settles on track only. Kimi also sided with Alonso on this incident.

When I was informed of $ 100mn penalty I was shocked by the huge amount, but now I figured out that it would be meager $30mn. I had one more surprise that FOM (Formula One Management) pays each winner a particular sum of amount, which corresponds to $68.9mn in case of McLaren. I want to know, why is more money paid to richer teams, to make them better or what. What about the poorer teams whose budget is far lesser than tenth of Ferrari’s or McLarne’s? Don’t you think that FOM should provide a budget to smaller teams, so they can compete better?

Another thing that I am not happy with is that Ferrari is still pushing the spy scandal and wants to take it further. I guess the fine and punishment is fair enough and most importantly it has stopped any further damage to the game. I guess what Ferrari wanted (The constructor’s crown) they have got it and should stop now for sake of the game. (I know none of the TIFOSIs would be happy with me)

Spa also marked strong performance by Spyker team, I loved the way Sutil was racing his new b spec car and it’s a good sign for Mallya that his team might be competing in middle order next year. It is really appreciable that Super Aguri and Spyker are performing better than Honda and Toyota.

My Championship Predictions

Predictions prove that Kimi still have chance to win the world championship, but if Hamilton and Alonso always finish fourth or below and Kimi always finish first. It would be very hard to keep McLarens out on fourth always, so Massa will have to play a very crucial role if Ferrari wants to get driver’s championship. I did not take any and DNFs into account, as it can happen to anyone and definitely Ferrari has more chances of DNF than McLaren.

Complete transcript of the WMSC hearing.

After following the Ferrari-McLaren espionage controversy I was feeling tired, but today when I read all new kind of allegations I am dejected, disappointed and sorry for the game. It all started with press reporting that the main aim of this scandal is to target Ron Dennis and FIA wants him to resign, and he has been offered this kind of deal too. This was followed by FIA denying any such thing.

But the most shocking news was that Ferrari and McLaren might have an out of court settlement before WMSC hearing. Till now Renault boss Flavio was completely supporting Ferrari to have sanctions against McLaren but some reports suggest Dennis has some evidences against Renault and if he reveals French team will be expelled out of championship. (Source)

In all this we see that English press is not commenting on anything now unlike when this controversy began. Along with the statement by Hamilton “we might be out of job next week” makes me think there is something seriously wrong somewhere. It is also suggested that Alonso is the whistleblower this time and this was evident at Monza after he finished the race.

Sir Williams is worried about the sponsorship loss due to scandal. But no one cares about the F1 fans and what they want. Fans want real competition without scandals, where just mechanics and drivers are involved instead of lawyers and courtrooms. It’s a shame on the game.

News: Probably no Indian driver for Spyker in 2008, a big blow for Narain.