First retirement in Chinese GP leads to nail biting Brazilian finale

Just when everybody thought that the Drivers Championship was Lewis’ to claim in his rookie F1 season, fate dealt the wrong card in China.

It all seemed to be going ok, despite erratic weather conditions, and when Lewis came in at Lap 31 for a tyre change it was apparant that McClaren had made a huge gaff. The tyres had been on too long and with Hamilton’s gritty racing at the start, by the time he came in to change them they were completely goosed. He slid on to gravel in the pit lane and with no grip whatsoever could not get the car moving again. Even some Chinese stewards tried giving him a push but all was to no avail as Lewis resigned himself to his first ever F1 retirement.

Kimi Raikkonen went on to win the race with Alonso finishing 2nd. It now means that any one of the three could win the championship in Brazil next Sunday although Hamilton still has to be favourite.

All eyes on the Interlagos race on Sunday 21st October then. The bumpy Brazilian track will be a test for all drivers and in spite of the Lewis Hamilton backlash amongst the non British press I know who I will be cheering for.

Fingers crossed and beers at the ready!!

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