chinese grand prix result

There have been all sorts of bad feelings, bad vibes and bad thoughts about the results of the recent races and perceived bias towards Ferrari by the International Automobile Federation. But look at today’s race. Who could have imagined that Lewis Hamilton would do all that was necessary to win the championship, while Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa would do all that was necessary to prevent Hamilton from winning. And all just at the absolute limit of what was possible - with the final outcome that Hamilton will go to Sao Paulo not on the top of the world, really, but with the exact same points lead that he had last year before Raikkonen took the championship by one point.
So while Hamilton’s race was as close to perfect as it could be - a few scary moments earlier on - we will have a season finale race in which Hamilton still has to prove that he can take the pressure…and the same goes for Massa. Advantage Hamilton, of course. And Massa will have the added difficulty of being on home ground, with all the emotion that goes with that. And the knowledge that there have perhaps never been before any drivers who won the title at their home race…with Massa having practically to win the race to win the title.
I was not particularly impressed by the manner in which Raikkonen handed over his position to Massa, I must say. Massa did a much more subtle job of that in Sao Paulo last year for Raikkonen….