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[Marco]

I'm quite disappointed, aside from Raikkonen's effort I was left feeling deflated. Anyone else fed up with the how McLaren behave everytime Ferrari stumble, i'm a particular fan of either, but goodness if you win then celebrate, don't make a point of laughing at the other team.

[certom]

QUITE???

damn...this hurt, the F2007 seems quite an MP4-21...at least we won 6 races till now, but it brakes too often...what happened to kimi yesterday?? it looks like the rear-right wheel blocked, it's quite strange...
and today after the pitstop i saw that FM's car was unstable in the turns

[tifosi]

I turned the TV off after I saw the Mclaren guys laughing. What goes around, comes around.

[certom]

haha! welcome mate!

[certom]

a really short race anyway!!!!! 1h and 18 minutes effective, 1h30' with the safety car!!! damn why they do such short races!!!

[7UpJordan]

Monza's always a short race, in principle the number of laps in a Grand Prix is determined by how many laps of the circuit it will take to cover 200 ish miles. That's why Monza (and old Hockenheim) is so short because the cars are going that fast and why Monaco is so long because the cars are going that slow.

[McLaren Fan]

I'm quite disappointed, aside from Raikkonen's effort I was left feeling deflated. Anyone else fed up with the how McLaren behave everytime Ferrari stumble, i'm a particular fan of either, but goodness if you win then celebrate, don't make a point of laughing at the other team.

McLaren can celebrate whatever way they want. Despite attempts by the FIA, Ferrari and Italian police McLaren routed Ferrari all weekend long in their backyard, totally unexpected on Thursday given the Ferrari is supposed to be better on the high speed tracks. Everyvbody at McLaren-Mercedes busted their arses out, despite outside influences, and produced the goods this week. No matter what happens on Thursday, I'm very proud of what McLaren-Mercedes have done this season. Furthermore, I'm sure Ferrari have a snigger or two in the corner when McLaren get things wrong. Both teams are hardly best mates.

As for the race, I pretty enjoyed it. The start was very entertaining and what Hamilton did was perfectly legitimate and very good racing. His sixth sense as to what his opponent is going to do, his smootness on the brakes and his determined nature are fantastic to see. His later move on Raikkonen was sublime. Raikkonen had a decent race and his strategy nearly pulled off, albeit with some help from Hamilton coming in a lap or two early, however, the Ferrari was not quick enough. It was good to see Rosberg and Button have a good, clean scrap for position. I doubt that Honda will be quite as strong elsewhere however. Alonso did very well all weekend. It shows what he can do when shuts up, stops being a prima donna and gets his head down.

Generally, an excellent day for McLaren, and something that give me a lot of pleasure to watch. And I made sure I did watch it, for depending on what happens on Thursday, it could be the last time I see McLaren win anything for a while.

[ferraribird]

It was a good race. I know Mark Blundell named Alonso as driver of the weekend. He did do a good job, but Hamilton with his "oh, no you don't" to Massa's (excellent if he'd held it) manoeuver off the start and the move past Kimi later on were both worth watching.

Poor Massa, though! He's having a very trying season. Does anyone know what was wrong with his car in the end?

And Kimi I thought did well after that smash on Saturday. He says his neck was causing him a problem yesterday, and before all the McLaren crowd start pointing and laughing, it's true it might be an excuse for not holding second. But Hamilton was on fire! Give him a few more laps I think he might have even given Alonso more of a run for his money.

As for the actual McLaren pointing and laughing incident, that was extremely childish and they'd have done better for their image to have shown themselves above that sort of thing. That pathetic behaviour will come back to haunt them if Thursday does not go their way. And shoud they be exonerated, it's still the sort of behaviour that belongs in a school yard not in a professional, public arena. This is not McLaren-bashing. It's grubby whoever does it.

It's why I find it difficult to warm to Kimi and I prefer to support Massa, after Kimi's grubby little remark when Martin Brundle asked him last year for a reaction to MS retiring. Kimi's response? "I was taking a s**t". Very nice

[Irv the Swerve]

It's why I find it difficult to warm to Kimi and I prefer to support Massa, after Kimi's grubby little remark when Martin Brundle asked him last year for a reaction to MS retiring. Kimi's response? "I was taking a s**t". Very nice

C'mon, it was great to see that the Iceman could break the mould and a have a laugh, just to remind us that they are human too.

[racechick]

Ferraribird I gree with you, I thought it was a petty good race as they go these days. The two Hamilton moves great to see,on a track not renowned for overtaking, Alonso forgot to whinge and showed why we liked him last year and then there was the uncertainty over which strategy would be best in the end. Massa so unlucky with his machinary this year,I like the guy and would like to see him finish high(just not quite as high as Lewis ) It was a suspension problem possibley due to that touch with hamilton.
I think Kimmi's "taking a s***" comment was in response to being asked if he'd seen Schumacher receive his trophy, I thought it was quite funny, specially as it was live.

[Freddie]

Good to see Alonso finally getting it together and deliver good performance instead of whining about Hamilton being favoured !

Well done, McLaren !

[madbrad]

So the Williams adopted the fishmouth wing? And on a low downforce circuit where even McLaren took it off!

[certom]

they had it in turkey too, didn't they? anyway, it's not a downforce generator, they just use it in order to direct the airflow, as the horns on the engine cover on bmw and mclaren...

[madbrad]

HAHA the Flying Nun. It doesn't help that the car is white too! I think of Sally Field floating over the trees every time I see that BMW.

[bud]

and Ferrari's pits dont cheer when the opposition fail? go back and watch some races and tell me they havent had any emotion! oh wait are they allowed to because they have passion???

double standards the Ferrari fans themselves are the worst, go look at Monza last year when Alonso retired on the main straight at Monza and see the fans in the crowd give him crap