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Does Raikkonen deserve to be F1 World Champion? |
aldrinus
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Hello guys, well, I'm a rabid Kimi fan even when he was still a rookie upstart at Sauber Petronas, well into McLaren, and now with Ferrari.
So, what do you think? After a couple of times of being almost a world champion, here he is at last --- a World Champion! Now Finland has two (the other being Mika Hakkinen!).
Too bad for Lewis and Fernando for 2007. Guess, luck seemed to have sided with Kimi finally. Nevertheless, Lewis was simply phenomenal and I guess, Fernando's best effort wasn't good enough this year.
Congrats Kimi!!!
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thami
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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I didnt get to watch it.. Its so sad lewis & alonso didnt win it.. They where so entertaing to watch. I really thought lewis would be world champion  |
aldrinus
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Hi...
Could it be that the excitement between Alonzo and Hamilton is primarily due to the internal issue hounding McLaren since day one of this season (read: Ron Dennis favoring Lewis over Fernando).
Dennis is quite obvious in his preferential treatment of his protege over the reigning champion, which, i think is unfair. champion or rookie must be treated equally, right?
Anyway, the last two races proved to be Hamilton's heartbreaks. Alonzo just could not "go beyond" his usual performance. Kimi simply went past his limits and got his sweet reward...
The concluding race was live over at (ESPN) Star Sports here in our country later last night till the wee hours of the morning (11:30 pm to almost 2:00 am!). But it was all worth it! This final race was simply dramatic for the three title contenders and for the whole F1 sport as well.
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JK
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 The English got whipped in the rugby and F1! 
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Bambino
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I think Lewis didnt make it to wdc is partially alonso fault.
Im very dissapointed with alonso, he pushes Lewis goin wide at the first lap, im so angry when lewis fall into 8th place |
jcwhite_uk
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Raikkonen is actually the third Fin to win the Formula one world championship. The first was Keke Rosberg in 1982 in a Williams.
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bravofly
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I´m very happy for the Iceman, he deserved it. But still, I would have been even happier to see Hamilton win, because it would have been cool to see everibodys faces when a first year rookie wins Hamilton did a very very good job and I really hope he wins next year. |
Krubach
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On 2007-10-22 10:13:00, nokiamaniax wrote:
Im very dissapointed with alonso, he pushes Lewis goin wide at the first lap, im so angry when lewis fall into 8th place
Alonso did what!?!??!
Check the race again, you might find that it was Hamilton's fault all the way.
I am happy that Kimi won since i'm a "Ferraristi".
Hamilton lost the championship and it the only one to blame.
He could just hang in 4th behind Alonso and win the champ nice and easy, but noooooooo... he had to pass Alonso in the next corner (how childish).
Oh well his "rookieness" appeared in the decisive moment.
FIA (UK), Dennis (UK) and Bernie (UK) did everything (bending rules included) to give Hamilton (UK) the championship but they failed. |
jcwhite_uk
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Hamilton could still claim the championship (very unlikely) if McLarens appeal against a fuel discrepancy with Williams goes in favour of McLaren.
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>500
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@JC
nope.... not any more.... heard this after noon on the news.... they already cancelled the investigation. No changes are to be made....
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jcwhite_uk
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There was an investigation which the officials decided not to inpose any discipline but McLaren have appealed now and it will be investigated again.
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masseur
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and I think they should be as strict with these alledged offenders (cool fuel at pit stop) as they have been with McLaren offences this year
however, I'm sure that Lewis would not want to win under those circumstances and I also feel its a thoroughly deserved win for Kimi as he did win 6 grand prix, 2 more than Lewis
personally I was just happy that Alonso did not win, or come second even, given his bad attitude/sportsmanship late this year. I wonder if he will be with McLaren next year...
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>500
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doubt they will win.......... Ferrari would threaten to leave the F1  the F1 wouldnt want that ...........
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batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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but England won the world conkers championships! we beat france too! 
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aldrinus
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@jcwhite:
thanks for the correction regarding Finland producing THREE F1 champions... didn't know Rosberg was a Finn until you mentioned it. i thought he was German since the son Nico is of German nationality (could it be his mother's nationality then?).
@masseur:
definitely, you are dead on spot! Kimi really deserved to win considering the number of GPs he has won but then we could not ignore the fact that Lewis got podium honors save for three GPs. in fact, except for Felipe, it was only Fernando, Lewis and Kimi sharing the podium almost all the time this season.
been an F1 fan since 1999 but i guess my knowledge about the sport still needs a lot of sprucing up
the 2007 season was indeed incredibly hot! what a season-ending race it was in Brazil. cheers to Kimi and to Ferrari! would this spell another dynastic run for the years to come, post-Schumi era?
just some queries for us to ponder upon:
would Fernando come back home to Flavio's turf? where would that place the two current Renault drivers, Fisi in particular?
what about the 50.0M offered by Toyota to him to drive for them?
who would take his place alongside Lewis at McLaren if he leaves? i used to love McLaren when it was Mika and Kimi driving for them
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guys, thanks for the interest in this non-mobile thread! cheers to all of us F1 fans!
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