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I was sad to see Kovalainen retire and have the puncture problem. Hamilton had quite a quiet race, there wasn't much for him to do really as no one challenged his lead during the race.At least he increased his lead in the drivers championship, I think he's going to need that lead going into the final race considering it's Brazil and Massa's home race. __________________
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Yeah it was such a shame to see Heikki retire - apart from Hungary he hasn't had any kind of luck in races. It's a real shame. I felt sad that Jarno had to retire as well, not sure what happened to cause that first-corner accident but still. How annoying. And Bordais lost a lot of ground due to that crash as well, is it just me or does it seem like he gets involved in a lot of these things somehow? And also is it just me or does Adrian Sutil retire a lot?
Yep I kind of expected to see Ferrari put up more of a challenge but they didn't really favour Massa. Apart from Kimi letting Felipe overtake him. But Hamilton had a good race. I'm excited for Brazil though, that's going to be fun! And you never know, something might happen. But it's really in Hamilton's hands now. __________________
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Exactly. Hamilton can afford to even be a few places behind Massa and yet still win. He just needs to stay calm and concentrate on finishing. I was so glad he got a good start today, I don't think I could have taken another start like in Japan. As a McLaren fan I would have liked to have seen the Ferrari's fight it out a bit more for 2nd place but I can't complain, Kimi did the right thing in letting Massa through as Massa is the one who needs the points for the title. Otherwise Hamilton would be even further ahead in the points.
Yeah I think Sutil does retire a lot He's retired in 11 races so far this season and his highest finish is 13th. It certainly doesn't say much about the car's reliability if he is retiring so often but I'm not sure how many of the retirements were due to the car and how many were down to driver errors or crashes. __________________
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Yes. Well I think the Kimi and Felipe thing was nicely done at any rate, Kimi not handing the race to Felipe (I don't think he could do that anyway, he seems too competitive) but letting him pass so that Felipe could increase his chances of winning the championship. It's nice, teammate-y behaviour.
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I think Ferrari will get the constructorship. I can't see McLaren catching them up now. The damage was done at Japan tbh, if Hamilton hadn't screwed up then I think it would be a totally different story. McLaren now need both Lewis and Heikki to finish well in Brazil and need the Ferrari's to have a very bad day, so it's a lot to ask for.
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I suck at thread titles.
The race was kind of boring... Lewis did brilliant job today, just what he needed to do. Massa and Kimi were unable to challenge Lewis for the win (and I was surprised with that, I thought their race pace would be better). I'm happy that both Renaults finished in points. Oh, and Heikki is totally unluckiest guy this year. __________________
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Yeah it wasn't an exciting race, part of me was hoping for rain, but then as Hamilton was leading and comfortable I'm glad it didn't. There didn't seem to be much overtaking going on, at least I didn't see much. And I agree, I thought Massa and Kimi were going to be tough to handle today and would be pushing Lewis the entire race, but I'm glad I was wrong
As for thread titles I have no idea, I'm not good at them either. All I can come up with is: Because soon we'll have ourselves a new champion. or One race to go and then we'll have a new champion. But I'm sure someone can come up with something better. __________________
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Glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way. I too thought it was boring but I didn't mention it in case people would be offended. Or something. Seriously, I expected Ferrari to put up more of a challenge, but Hamilton had a rather comfortable lead from start to finish.
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No that race was rather dull, I mean there wasn't even any major incidents, not that I wanted anyone to get hurt or anything, but the race just lacked any drama. There was no rain, no safety car, no major errors with the pitstops, no penalties, it was just dull tbh. And I spent the whole race just praying Hamilton didn't do anything stupid and managed to finish. The gap between Hamilton and the two Ferrari's opened up rather quickly I thought, which I was rather pleased with as it meant Hamilton didn't have the chance to do anything stupid in defending his position
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Ah, OK then. I remember thinking during the race, "Damn, I had to miss the Japan Grand Prix and watch this instead!" it was that unexciting. I mean it was a good race for Hamilton but it just wasn't very unpredictable or exciting. Hopefully Brazil will be better (it should be though, last race and all).
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