“Unfortunately, racing can be a cruel sport. We had given it our all, but these things can happen. Now we must not give up, but instead we must react quickly. There are seven races to go and 70 points up for grabs, which means there is plenty of time to make up ground. Our rivals are strong but we have shown we are at their level."
These were the words of the decimated Fellipe Massa yesterday after he lost the victory because of an engine failure with only three laps to go.
This really was a very unfortunate way of losing a race, even if this was not the worst (Mika Hakkinen at Barcelona 2001 lost the race in an even more dramatic way), but Massa really can feel sad because of this.
After the criticism I had stated on him after the British GP, now it needs to be said that he really dominated the field yesterday. Nobody even stood a chance of catching Massa yesterday, not even Lewis Hamilton, who, if he did not have the puncture, would surely had secured the second place.
So we have a new name in the all-time winners list: Heikki Kovalainen. "Welcome to the world of winning, the first of many," said by Ron Dennis who, of course, meant this honestly. Or did he?
Kovalainen drove a good race without mistakes and would have come third, but the fortune had different plans with him. The second man yesterday, who deserves a big compliment, was definitely Timo Glock. He now has defeated Jarno Trulli and is probably taking over the No. 1 status in the team.
BMW disappointed, Renault surprised. Kimi Raikkonen was driving behind Alonso for more than 40 laps, which was absolutely not understandable in my opinion. Ferrari showed in the past they can play with tactics, so it would have made sense to at least try and make an extra stint with Raikonen yesterday. The car was great, but maybe the risk of falling into traffic was too high.
Anyway, we could say that with Heikki's win and Hamilton's fifth place, the championship is still very open and interesting. This season is really one of the best in the past few years—no one is really dominating all the time, and if someone starts, then Bernie orders a puncture or an engine failure and lets someone else win the race.
I am really looking forward to the remaining seven races of the season. And, if the remaining seven races will be all dry, than we could again have a wonderful final race with at least three drivers having the chance for the title.
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