Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, the new Formula 1 World Champion. He is both the youngest every F1 World Champion, he is the first black F1 World Champion. Congratulations must also go to Felipe Massa on how he handled his championship shortcoming. Crestfallen as he obviously was to come so close, he was gracious in defeat. How he conducted himself during the podium ceremony and post race interview was an object lesson in sportsmanship.
I was glad to see Hamilton win the championship given that it seemed late in the season that the FIA was doing almost everything in it's power to see that he didn't. Some of the penalties issued to Hamilton and not issued to Ferrari drivers were close to being blatantly biased.
That said, it was also sad to see Massa not win the championship. In my opinion, he is the most improved of any driver in any major series this year. If anyone had suggested that Massa would have been one point from World Champion at this time last year, he would likely have been laughed at. Despite his horrible performance at Silverstone, Massa has improved drastically in both pure performance and racecraft since last season. Against the predictions of most, he outperformed Kimi Raikonnen in most races and was heads and tails above Raikonnen in the overall championship.
Mac McCormick
kf4lmt@comcast.net
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