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[juggles]

I don't begrudge Eyebrows his victory, he deserved it with the pace he's been showing this weekend. Yet another amateur chicken up from Ferrari, but I did feel for Massa. Surprisingly that incident also cost Hamilton no end of time, being stuck behind Coulthard for a huge amount of the race. Shame, but at least he's pulled away at the top. Kovalainen poor yet again. I don't want to appear to have a vendetta against him, but he's had an awful season considering the car he's driving. Good job from Coulthard. Overtaking was so tough, but we expected that. I'm quite satisfied with the result today

[EwanM]

VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It feels sweet to see the Reggie back, it feels sweet to see Alonso back.

Unexpected, but Piquet does Renault ANOTHER favour for us.

f*** the Mclaren/Ferrari squabbling on this board, the past 2 grand prix have been the best in a LONG time!




I'll review with contempt once I'm calm

[racechick]

BUD sends his congratulations on a well deserved win by Alonso. On the pace all weekend.
He also finds it amusing that the pooints gap between Massa and Lewis is restored ..KARMA!!

[EwanM]

BUD sends his congratulations on a well deserved win by Alonso. On the pace all weekend.
He also finds it amusing that the pooints gap between Massa and Lewis is restored ..KARMA!!

Well, as much as I find that it was a shame that all the mess that happened on the board with members and that couldn't be sorted with a "virtual" handshake or some sort of conference thing. I'm not going to say much more on it.
I'll welcome bud back when returns
And Mike if he comes back.
And billindenver
Etc Etc.

I think today isn't just a victory for Alonso, I think its a victory for the whole of F1. The title battle did dominate the board, but got too heated and caused all the problems. (which is a shame) But hopefully no hard feelings will be kept. And we can get on.

[McLaren Fan]

Well, Trulli's mobile chicane antics and Piquet crashing saved the race from being a borefest.

It was kind of ironic that Piquet's crash and Alonso's car breaking down yesterday actually allowed him a chance of winning the race. His victory was well deserved, for he look fast all weekend in a pretty rubbish piece of equipment. Not only did Alonso win the race, he made Piquet look a loser once again. [Cue his supporters coming out to try defend his further ineptitude.]

Rosberg looked another guy whose race would be screwed up because the unfair safety car rules. He was probably the driver of the day, looking quick all weekend, handled the restart on the safety car well and put in some blindingly fast laps before he got his penalty. Nakajima was neither good nor bad.

Glock and Vettel had good races. Glock doesn't seem to be the ultimate fastest guy, but he's savvy. Vettel is both savvy and fast. I thought Bourdais would have had a better weekend given his experience in the US, but apparently not. He needs to show a little bit more form. His seat for next season is still not safe, in my view.

Trulli drove like Philipe Alliot for most of the afternoon. Whilst he virtually ruined a lot of other people's strategies (Rosberg, Nakajima, Alonso), he helped to make the race a little more interesting saying as various people had to get passed him!

I feel sorry for Webber - not for the first time. The guy has no luck. He was on for a podium, but his car let him down again. To think he could have been in a McLaren this season competing for the title, but for making one blunt remark too many.

Hamilton did all he could in the race. The Ferrari looked to be a few tenths of a second faster in race trim and his strategy was messed up by being stuck behind Coulthard for so long. Kovalainen was a disgrace to McLaren. Imagine lapping 1.5 seconds slower than your teammate in clean air with a similar fuel load and on the same tyres. An abysmal "performance". I say give de la Rosa a chance to race in Japan. He's gagging for a race seat and can certainly do no worse than Kovalainen. As much as it's fabulous to see McLaren overhauling Ferrari in the constructors' title by 1 (7) point(s) and Hamilton being ahead of Massa in the drivers' title by 7 (13) points, overall I feel it was points lost by McLaren. Ferrari screwed up big time, but Kovalainen was so inept and Hamilton was stuck behind Coulthard, so the team could not inflict maximum damage on Ferrari.

[EwanM]

Credit where its due to Alonso and Rosberg.

HE may have been a sausage at Mclaren - and I can't defend him on that one.
But today he showed yet again he is a class act, certainly a World Champion to remember.

[f1maniac95]

Excellent race today congratulations to Renault and Alonso and good to see a Williams on the podium as well.

[Hanwombat]

Hello

Right where do I start ?

ONLY just seen the race

Very long and at times

But blimey what a mess Ferrari are, I was nearly in tears watching the mechanics 'attempting' to run down the pitlane

Nevertheless I felt for Massa

Okay a teeny bit, 'cos at the end of the day no points for him

AND saying that no points for KIMI either

Williams, Superb weekend, extremely pleased for Nico and no crashs from Nakajima WOO

Heikki, well I don't even remember seeing the guy throughout the race

MCLAREN

[onelapdown]

I think this is a major turning point in the championship - Hamilton can finish behind Massa in every race from now on and still win the title, but at the same time Raikkonen's chances, which were slim before, are nil now so he'll have to fall in behind Massa. Saying that it's been a while since he's been ahead of either of them so that may not be much help.

[McLaren Fan]

From autosport.com:

Raikkonen concedes title hopes are gone

By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde Sunday, September 28th 2008, 17:10 GMT

Kimi Raikkonen conceded on Sunday his championship chances are now gone following his fourth consecutive race outside of the points.

The Ferrari driver, who crashed out of the Singapore Grand Prix when running in fifth, is now 27 points behind Lewis Hamilton with just 30 left to win.

The Finn, however, admitted he was sorry to lose the points for his team, who lost the lead in the constructors' championship to McLaren.

"It was a pretty small chance anyhow," Raikkonen said about his title chances.

"I'm not sad for my fifth place but I'm sorry for the team to lose those points. But for sure we'll try to do better next race."

Raikkonen, whose teammate Felipe Massa is seven points behind Hamilton, said he was still unsure if he will have to play a supporting role for the Brazilian.

"I know what the team wants - they want to win the world championship," he added. "We will see what happens. I'm trying to win races too and we will see what happens. I'm out of the championship anyhow."

The reigning world champion has not won a race since the Spanish Grand Prix in April, but said he was not thinking about his drought and not planning to give up.

"It doesn't change anything. I was in a position to try to win, but when the safety car came out the chance was pretty much gone. We've been close a few times but quite often we've been a bit unlucky so we try next race again. I haven't given up. We want to have some good races.

"We have not had the season we wanted but we have a good spirit. Of course this is not a nice day but I've seen enough in Formula One and we still have a good car and we should still be able to win some races this year."

Raikkonen, who lost his chances of a good result during the first safety car period, crashed out of the Singapore race with four laps left when running behind Timo Glock.

The Ferrari driver, however, denied it had anything to do with a lack of concentration.

"No. I wanted to stay close in places to the Toyota because there were only two places that I could get very close and have any chance if he made a small mistake.

"That was one - before the back straight I needed to get very close and unfortunately I touched the kerb slightly too much and just when you hit that quite hard you can't turn too much and I couldn't turn any more so I just went a bit wide and hit the wall. Not the tyre wall, but the plastic blocks and I took the wheel off."

[8-ball]

Hamilton did all he could in the race. The Ferrari looked to be a few tenths of a second faster in race trim and his strategy was messed up by being stuck behind Coulthard for so long. Kovalainen was a disgrace to McLaren. Imagine lapping 1.5 seconds slower than your teammate in clean air with a similar fuel load and on the same tyres. An abysmal "performance". I say give de la Rosa a chance to race in Japan. He's gagging for a race seat and can certainly do no worse than Kovalainen. As much as it's fabulous to see McLaren overhauling Ferrari in the constructors' title by 1 (7) point(s) and Hamilton being ahead of Massa in the drivers' title by 7 (13) points, overall I feel it was points lost by McLaren. Ferrari screwed up big time, but Kovalainen was so inept and Hamilton was stuck behind Coulthard, so the team could not inflict maximum damage on Ferrari.

Kovalainen is to inconsistent to be driving a Mclaren and they will never win the constructor's title with that kind of support with Lewis. I say use the remaining three races to give Gary Paffett (Mclaren test driver) a chance to see how he does in a race. This man has been a long serving test driver and one of the unluckiest people in terms of securing a race drive. He deserves at least one chance and he can do no worse than useless Kovalainen

[McLaren Fan]

I could almost do better than what Kovalainen did today. At least I would try to drive with a bit of passion. Kovalainen was gutless.

[Hanwombat]

From autosport.com:

Raikkonen concedes title hopes are gone

By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde Sunday, September 28th 2008, 17:10 GMT

Kimi Raikkonen conceded on Sunday his championship chances are now gone following his fourth consecutive race outside of the points.

The Ferrari driver, who crashed out of the Singapore Grand Prix when running in fifth, is now 27 points behind Lewis Hamilton with just 30 left to win.

The Finn, however, admitted he was sorry to lose the points for his team, who lost the lead in the constructors' championship to McLaren.

"It was a pretty small chance anyhow," Raikkonen said about his title chances.

"I'm not sad for my fifth place but I'm sorry for the team to lose those points. But for sure we'll try to do better next race."

Raikkonen, whose teammate Felipe Massa is seven points behind Hamilton, said he was still unsure if he will have to play a supporting role for the Brazilian.

"I know what the team wants - they want to win the world championship," he added. "We will see what happens. I'm trying to win races too and we will see what happens. I'm out of the championship anyhow."

The reigning world champion has not won a race since the Spanish Grand Prix in April, but said he was not thinking about his drought and not planning to give up.

"It doesn't change anything. I was in a position to try to win, but when the safety car came out the chance was pretty much gone. We've been close a few times but quite often we've been a bit unlucky so we try next race again. I haven't given up. We want to have some good races.

"We have not had the season we wanted but we have a good spirit. Of course this is not a nice day but I've seen enough in Formula One and we still have a good car and we should still be able to win some races this year."

Raikkonen, who lost his chances of a good result during the first safety car period, crashed out of the Singapore race with four laps left when running behind Timo Glock.

The Ferrari driver, however, denied it had anything to do with a lack of concentration.

"No. I wanted to stay close in places to the Toyota because there were only two places that I could get very close and have any chance if he made a small mistake.

"That was one - before the back straight I needed to get very close and unfortunately I touched the kerb slightly too much and just when you hit that quite hard you can't turn too much and I couldn't turn any more so I just went a bit wide and hit the wall. Not the tyre wall, but the plastic blocks and I took the wheel off."

Agree