DazBlade

Well it was great to watch the Australian GP, the first of the new 2009 season. For us UK folks, it was refreshing to have it back on the BBC as that means no commercial breaks and no more missing parts of the race – don’t know why the BBC ever let it go in the first place.

It was also nice to see Jenson Button win his first GP since he won in Hungary. Jenson has been in the wilderness a bit these last few years so it will be nice to see if he can compete at the top level for the rest of the season – he deserves to win at least one world championship. The reigning world champion, Lewis Hamilton, came through in a respectable third place.

It was edge of seat stuff and my heart sank when Vettel overtook Hamilton on the final 2 laps. All I could think was that all his hard work had gone down the drain and for the 2nd season on the bounce he would be stripped of the title on the last race. I was literally screaming at the TV and just crying out for something to put Lewis back on track…. and then it happened, Timo Glock made the unfortunate decision to stay out on ‘dry’ tyres and as the rain poured down he had no choice but to fall off the pace and it was just the break that Hamilton needed to take back 5th position at the final bend of the Brazilian (Interlagos) Grand Prix and become the youngest Grand Prix World Champion in history. It is no more than he deserved considering all the hard work he has put in all season with some excellent races and more importantly the consistency and composure that an F1 champion has to produce to be the best.

My commiserations go out to Felipe Massa who drove an excellent race and did everything he had to (just like Lewis) but on the day it just wasn’t enough to seal the championship. Massa fully deserved to win that race in front of his home crowd just a pity some of the crowd could not be a bit more sporting as they aimed inappropriate jeers at Hamilton. Congratulations to Massa to pushing season to such a climax and congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on becoming the youngest ever F1 World Champion.

I’m not really sure what to make of all this malarkey. Certainly someone did something wrong and McLaren have been punished to the tune of 100 millon dollars, about 49 million UK pounds and stripped of all their constructor points for the season. I am just happy that none of the McLaren drivers were penalised as this would have been a grave injustice.

What a shame the Football “governors” could not have handed out a penalty of similar severity to West Ham – ie points deduction!

Well, I have been watching the qualifying for this and all I can say is, it appears FERNANDO ALONSO IS A CHEATING SCUMBAG?!!!

He appeared to deliberately hold up Lewis Hamilton, in the pit lane with less than 2 minutes to go in the final session, by 5 seconds which meant that Lewis could not put in a last qualifying lap due to running out of time. What Alonso did was underhanded and downright disgusting! This just shows how scared Alonso is of the threat to his world championship by Hamilton. That he has to resort to cheating so he could steal pole position away from Hamilton is proof positive that Alonso knows he has not got the driving skill to beat Hamilton fair and square.

I sincerely hope that Lewis Hamilton puts Alonso in his place on the day of the race by showing Alonso how to be a truly great grand prix driver and not one that simply cheats his way to pole position.

Hmmm… well, all things considered, I think Lewis Hamilton raced really well and was unfortunate not to get any points at the Nurburgring. He finsished 9th in the end which is the first time in his professional career that he has not had a podium finish. With 9 successive podium finishes already under his belt, I believe this exciting driver will go on and achieve great things in the world F1 Grand Prix motor racing.

Lewis is now just 2 points clear of his team mate, Fernando Alonso, and 11 points clear of 3rd place Felipe Massa. Dare we think that Lewis could become world champion in his very first season? I personally believe it is certainly possible and he will be in the top 3 come the close of the season which in itself would still be an amazing achievement!