KIMI, LEWIS OR MASSA—Who will be the 2008 WDC?

We are halfway through the F1 championships for 2008 and yet do not have a sure-shot winner. After nine races (exactly the halfway mark), there are three drivers tied at 48 points, the fourth just two points away and these four are the only drives to have won races this year.

I have a feeling that this situation is mainly due to driver errors and a few mechanical problems. Massa had a forgettable few races at ths start but since then has buckled up and was caught in a "spinning spree" at Silverstone.

As for LH, he started the season and the initial races in an emphatic fashion but then took himself and Kimi out at Canada but drove beautifully in the last GP. LH had a couple of forgettable races this season.

As for Kimi, he had a mixed bag in the initial part of the season, with two dominant victories but errors in Australia and Monaco, coupled with LH shunting him out. His exhaust related incident and bad strategy (driver and team) call in Silverstone has not helped him either.

All along, the man least expected by many to dominate has probably been the most consistent driver and he goes by the name Robert Kubica. Barring Australia and Silverstone, he has been in the points with good, controlled drives and also inherited his maiden victory in Canada.

So who will be the last man standing?. Can Kimi make it two in a row? Will Massa be strong in the second half of the season, drive error free and win his maiden WDC or will Lewis Hamilton take the glory? Or, the fourth contender, can he snatch the big prize from under the eyes of the other three?

We are in for a wonderful season and being a big Kimi fan, would love to see him defend his championship, but he will have to drive strong and error-free like last year (he drove strong in France and Britain) or else Hamilton, Massa and Kubica will be waiting for him to slip up.