| What a great way to end this Formula One | | | | approach towards the World Championship did no |
| season. This season will go down to the history | | | | great things for him.It may be possible that he |
| books as one of the most remembered season in | | | | move to Renault next year after what has |
| the 57 years of F1 history. | | | | happened between the team & him where |
| When we thought that the fairy tale story of | | | | he even try to blackmail Ron Dennis. |
| Lewis Hamilton will come true it just didn't happen. | | | | 3)BMW Sauber: I would love to congratulate Dr. |
| His inability to win the title this year taught me | | | | Mario Theissen & the team for doing such a |
| one thing that its not all about talent or having the | | | | good job. They are working as a great team and |
| best thing in life. Its all about luck. | | | | their drivers Nick Heidfeld & Robert Kubica |
| Yes. Kimi Raikkonen had the best of luck in this | | | | has done a extremely good job.They knew there |
| race and that's why he is the World Champion. | | | | limitation and they have performed pretty well |
| Also not to forget the great teamwork of Ferrari. | | | | within that limitation.Only four race retirements |
| Mclaren lost everything just because the people | | | | including the massive crash of Kubica in Montreal. |
| of the team was busy in fighting with each other. | | | | So three cheers for Bmw. |
| Felipe Massa took pole in qualifying followed by | | | | 4)WILLIAMS: A pretty good season. They also |
| Lewis, Kimi & Alonso. But the script was still | | | | had limited resources but they also performed |
| not completed until the race day. When the race | | | | well. Alex Wurz recorded the best finish for them |
| started both the Ferrari's had a good start Massa | | | | in this season in Montreal finishing 3rd .Nico |
| easily went ahead but Lewis was not only | | | | Rosberg seems to have developed a lot and in |
| overtaken by Kimi but even Alonso made a | | | | near future I believe he is going to make it big like |
| move and was able to pass him. Lewis tried to | | | | his father Keke. If Alonso leaves then Nico will be |
| fight back but lost momentum in the second | | | | my ideal replacement in team Mclaren. |
| corner when he braked late and went out of the | | | | 5)Renault: After winning the back to championship |
| track but he rejoined the race again in 8th position | | | | no one would have thought that there |
| and when we thought we are going to see Lewis | | | | performance would go down like this. The setup |
| magic his World championships hopes where | | | | of their car was so bad they didn't got the proper |
| marred by a gear shift problem. Ten cars went | | | | balance. Giancarlo Fisichella had a poor season in |
| past him in that time of the race and he went | | | | the cockpit. But their driver no.2 Heikki Kovaleinien, |
| down to 18th. Mclaren had to change their | | | | former World series Champion did a great job and |
| strategy and Lewis had a 3 pit stop strategy and | | | | even finished second in the tricky conditions in Fuji |
| that costed him the championship. | | | | speedway.They can take only one positive thing |
| In the middle part of the race we saw the genius | | | | from this season and that is their reliable |
| brain of Ferrari's Ceo John Todt working. He | | | | machinery.I don't remember any race retirements |
| handled the situation very well. He worked on well | | | | due to a mechanical failure. |
| with his team that fetched Raikkonen the World | | | | 6)Red Bull:Well they struggled throughout the |
| championship of this year. | | | | season with their gear box technology (Zero |
| Lewis finished in 7th position and his teammate | | | | shift).But still with an experience team of Adrian |
| Alonso in 3rd where Raikkonen won the World | | | | Newey(Chief Designer), David Coulthard & |
| Championship with 110.Just a single point ahead of | | | | Mark Webber they still posted some good finishes |
| Lewis & Alonso who where tied with 109 | | | | and even Webber finished 3rd in Nurburgring. |
| points but Lewis became the runner-up just | | | | 7)Toyota:Tim Scott,the editor of F1 racing |
| because he had five 2nd position finish than that | | | | Magazine was telling in the commentary booth |
| of the spaniard's four. It has happened in the past | | | | during the race in turkey that the actual |
| that when two teammates like Ruetamann | | | | management of Toyota is based on Japan and |
| & Alan Jones fought hard Nelson Piquet | | | | the workshop is based on Colonge. So until & |
| clinched the world title, when Mansell & Piquet | | | | unless the bosses from Japan take any decisions |
| fought hard then Alain Prost took the | | | | the people of cologne can't work. In one word the |
| championship & it happened again. | | | | engineers cant work independently and that's why |
| The tyre grainning was a major concern this | | | | they are lacking.They had the most awful setup |
| weekend but the Ferrari's simply did a great job | | | | this season. Ralf Schumacher strugglrd through |
| to clinch all the titles this year. I salute the Ferrari | | | | out this season and also left it in the end. Jarno |
| for their great teamwork. Well that's why Ferrari | | | | Trulli still seems to manage a better performance |
| won the titles for 5 consecutive years in the past. | | | | then his teammate. |
| It simply shows that how good they are as a | | | | 8)Honda:Well nothing much to report about this |
| team. They follow the simple theory of having a | | | | team coz they came up as an independent team |
| distinctive driver 1 as they had in the great | | | | this year after breaking their tie up with Brackleys |
| Micheal Schumacher. | | | | and even they where without a sponsor.They |
| In the end I feel bad for Lewis but he didn't had | | | | didn't had the pace,they didn't had the setup |
| the luck and Kimi had it. But someday luck would | | | | everything seems to have gone wrong for them. |
| also favour Lewis and needs to wait for that. | | | | Jenson Button was superb in three races. |
| Season Review | | | | Nurburgring, Monza & Japan.Driver2 Rubens |
| 1)Ferrari: They started with a bang and even | | | | didn't scored any points thisyear. |
| finished it with an explosion. At the end of the | | | | 9)Torro Rosso: Well nothing much to report. Only |
| season 2006, their great driver Micheal | | | | I would like to thank them for givinga chance to |
| Schumacher retired from the game. The technical | | | | Sebastian Vettel. What an eventful season he |
| genius Ross Brawn also decided to leave and they | | | | had.Raced in the US gp for Bmw as replacement |
| went on to have a change in their management. | | | | for Kubica who was adviced by the doctor to |
| John Todt was promoted to the position of CEO | | | | rest due to the heavy accident he had in Montreal. |
| and Stephano Domencaeli the former team | | | | Vettel qualified well in 6th and finished 8th.Then in |
| manager became the Head of the F1 team. | | | | Japan in Torro Rosso he was doing well under the |
| They won the season opener in Australia | | | | wet conditions until he got crashed out after |
| courtesy Kimi Raikkonen followed by Massa | | | | colliding with Red Bull's Mark Webber. But he came |
| winning it in Spain & Bahrain. They lost a lot | | | | back strong & finished 5th in China again a |
| of momentum in the middle part of the season | | | | rain interrupted race. Vitantonio Luizzi was also |
| due to their unreliable machinery but with spygate | | | | quite ok but he has thrown away many races |
| scandal and all the controversy surrounding them | | | | and that's why he will be replaced by the 4 time |
| & Mclaren put them in an advantageous | | | | Champ car champion Sebastian Bourdais who will |
| position and as Mclaren where stripped of this | | | | be joining forces with Vettel. Also not to forget |
| year's championship they became the | | | | Scott Speed who was asked to leave as his |
| constructors champion. In the end it was down to | | | | performance was not up to the mark. |
| the drivers to perform in the track to clinch the | | | | 10)Super Aguri: The team powered by Honda |
| Drivers title and Kimi Raikkonen with six wins and | | | | engines did performed well in the middle season |
| an consistent performance did the job for himself | | | | with Sato scoring at Spain & Canada. They |
| & his team.Also not to forget the supporting | | | | even seemed to perform better than Honda until |
| role played by Felipe Massa. Massa seems to | | | | the latter surpassed them in Japan. |
| come up a long way.He may not be have same | | | | 11) Spyker: Lastly the team that every Indian |
| natural talent like the Kimi's, Lewis's & | | | | would like to talk about. The team doesn't seems |
| Alonso's but still he is a man to watch out for | | | | to have a great performance until Adrian Sutil |
| next season. | | | | finished 12th in Belgium and even scored a point in |
| 2)Mclaren: The best car, the best drivers but the | | | | Japan. after Luizzi was disqualified. Sutil had a |
| end result is nothing. Why? Blame it on the team, | | | | decent rookie season. |
| blame it on Fernando Alonso. They had the most | | | | Albers was said to leave the team after his prime |
| reliable engine,they had the best of the setup but | | | | sponsor was not able to pay the sponsorship |
| they lost it all over spygate scandal where FIA | | | | money. Albers was replaced by Markus |
| & its WMSC was not even able to prove | | | | Winkelhock who lead his first grandprix in rain |
| that the team cheated or not. Just with the E-mail | | | | interrupted Nurburgring. Sakon Yamamoto of |
| that the drivers exchanged the team was | | | | Japan was appointed as Driver2 for the last six |
| charged guilty. I feel bad for Hamilton. After all the | | | | races and even he failed to perform. The big |
| hard work he did after all those odds that he | | | | news is that the team is now owned by Indian |
| overcame he just lost it due to an on going fight | | | | Businessman Vijay Mallya & Micheal Mol. It |
| inside his team. Mclaren, I would also say is a bad | | | | costed them 88 million euros.But still Indian can |
| strateigist. Lewis could have easily won the | | | | rejoice for having a team like this. The team |
| championship in China but with all the tyre problem | | | | would be called Force India F1 team after the |
| and the late call by the team costed it all for the | | | | name was officially approved by FIA & other |
| young british rookie. But still Lewis should be | | | | F1 teams.The driver line-up for next season |
| congratulated for whatever he did this year. As a | | | | probably would be Ralf Schumacher & Narain |
| Rookie when you start your career with a car like | | | | Karthikeyan. |
| spyker then you have less tention coz you know | | | | So that's the end of this year. Lets hope that |
| its not the best of the car in the grid and even if | | | | next year we will have an another exciting season |
| you try hard you are not going to get into points. | | | | like this but I hope it will be without another |
| But when you are driving a Mclaren you know | | | | spuygate scandal and I also hope to see a race |
| you need to perform well as all are looking at | | | | uner flood lights & some great fights in the |
| you.The so called Driver 1 Mr.Alonso must rethink | | | | track again.Especially Alonso vs Hamilton. Till then |
| how he wants to play the game. Coz his cry child | | | | Ciao. |