Lewis Hamilton Wins 2008 Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton won today’s Chinese Grand Prix and increased his lead over Felipe Massa to seven points going into the final event of the year in two weeks time.

Truth be told it was an incredibly dull event with very little overtaking. The most interesting part of the race was the speculation around how and when Kimi Raikkonen would let Massa pass so that he could maximize his points. In the end Raikkonen slowed going into the hairpin on the 50th lap and Massa drove smoothly past him.

As we wait for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix it’s worth remembering that Hamilton went into the race with a seven point lead last year as well only to fail to finish and lose the championship by a single point. Will history repeat itself or will Hamilton succeed this time? Either way, let’s hope it’s more interesting than today’s event.

Complete GP of China results.

Posted: Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Fernando Alonso Wins 2008 Japanese GP

It’s two in a row for Fernando Alonso as he wins today’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Renault obviously had a good weekend as their number two driver Nelson Piquet finished fourth but it certainly didn’t hurt their chances that Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa both earned drive-through penalties for incidents on the first corner of the first lap. Hamilton also spun after his contact with Massa putting him even further back in the pack.

Heikki Kovalainen retired in a cloud of smoke early in the race to complete another dismal weekend for McLaren as both of their drivers failed to score any points.

Although Massa was only able to take two points out of Hamilton’s lead in the drivers’ championship, this and Kimi Raikkonen’s third place finish was enough to move Ferrari past McLaren and back into the lead in the constructors’ title chase.

Complete GP of Japan results.

Posted: Sunday, October 12th, 2008