Justice!
Call me biased. Call me a Ferrari hater. I don’t care. This season Hamilton just deserved to become the F1 Champion, period. Yes, Massa did a great job, and so did Raikonen in the start, and even Alonso in the end. But still, Hamilton was the one that had the best overall pace, even with his mistakes now and then.
But for sure his fighting spirit during the season, his near perfect driving at Silverstone and on top of that the perfect take-over on Raikonen at the thrilling race at Spa-Francorchamps, made me like Hamilton as a racer far above all the other 2008 drivers, where only Vettel comes close. If the FIA stewards were a bit more race-fight-and-take-over lovers (as the FIA lead constantly tries to achieve by issuing more and more regulations, go figure…) and more consistent in their penalties towards the different drivers (only Ferrari-drivers are allowed to cut people, even during pitstops), than Hamilton was 2008 F1 Champion already a few races ago. But Hamilton became 2008 F1 Champion after a nail-biting last few laps, by one point. Phew. Some call it luck, but I call it justice!
Congratulations Hamilton! You earned it.
So, up to the 2009 season. I can’t wait to see what the new regulations will bring us. FIA hopes for more competitive racing, and I’m with them on that part. However…. they for sure need to open a new can of fresh race stewards. If these new regulations will give us more competitive racing, decisions of the 2008 race stewards gonna bring us a big mess the next season….