Phew Lewis. Lighting does not strike twice

The Brazilian grand prix was one of the most unreal races with the drama and suspense that it provided. It could have been any one’s race Felipe needing to finish first and Lewis only needing to come home fifth.

In my opinion no one really had an advantage as Massa was under a lot less pressure as he just needed to win while Lewis had to be extra conservative. Besides I would bet he had nightmares of how he lost the last season by just one point.

Massa did all that was expected of and won the race while Hamilton was gambling with being out of the points and at one point it looked as thou Hamilton will have to try again the following year.
Fortunately for Lewis he managed to just get the needed points and the events of the final few laps are well documented.

But who was more deserving of the champion ship? My take and this is just my opinion is that Hamilton truly deserved the championship. The main reason is being that he did not really have a cover number two driver, while Massa had this advantage in Kimmi Raikkonen. The Chinese grand prix is one good example of good driver line up at Ferrari. Back at McLaren, Heikki Kovalainen hardly finished on the podium and in most races he was fighting for 7th – 5th finishes with less effective cars.

So would Hamilton dominate if (hypothetically) there were not radical technical design changes as enforced by FIA for cost cutting purposes? No. All drivers are now out to beat him, some believing he needs to be put back in his place. Alonso has been pretty handful in the last five races, Raikkonen is set to do a special intensive testing programme to get him back into shape. Robert Kubica just needs a fast car, not forgetting Vettel who is now coming with age(at 21 he has already a win and 26 races). Then there is Massa who will definitely want to punish Hamilton for the emotional trauma he inflicted on him.

Lewis Hamilton is world champion for now, but for the next coming seasons winning might be a bit too difficult.