Alvin's Formula One Blog

What a race ! This Italian GP has got to be one of the best races of the season (unless the stewards spoils it again afterwards) after Spa. And after the crap at Spa, the F1 world has got enough incentive to continue watching F1. And I can say, everybody nomatter what team or driver they support were happy that Vettel won as Vettel is a rising superstar and he is such a nice person. I am not so happy though because Lewis couldn't take Massa. I was hoping that he could at least beat Massa to increase his lead in the WDC. But his lead has been cut by 1 point, at least he's still leading. It does make the title battle hot up though and the next few races is crucial for him. Mistakes cannot be made from this point onwards. Lewis did make a mistake though as during his one and only stop, he didn't go for wet tyres, instead opting for extreme wets which proved disastrous. If he went for inter, he would at least have taken Massa if not finished on the podium. Oh well, here's h...

Sunday 11th May 2008 From the outside, Felipe Massa appeared to be serene and unruffled throughout the Turkish GP as he secured victory. In reality, it would seem as if the young Brazilian was rattled by the unexpected challenge of Lewis Hamilton. On a surprise three-stop strategy, the Englishman kept pace with Massa from start to finish, and even overtook the Ferrari around the half-way stage of the race. While one thought was that Massa had allowed Hamilton to pass him without much of a confrontation because he realised that his rival was on a different, less threatening strategy, the Brazilian was in fact caught entirely unawares by the speed of the McLaren. "We had to keep him calm by telling him that Hamilton was three-stopping and the race would come back to him if he kept his head," Rob Smedley, Massa's race engineer, revealed to ITV. Massa himself made no attempt to deny he was alarmed by the sig...