Formula 1 World Championship

A fantastic final race. Looked like it'd be a rather boring race. Started off with about a 30 second rain storm right before the race, which had the teams scrambling to change to wet weather tires on the starting grid.

And then as the race wound down, Massa led, with Hamilton sitting in 4th with Sebastian Vettel right behind him. Remember, he needed to finish 5th or better to win the World Championship.

However, with about 4 laps to go, it started to rain, and most everyone dove into the pits to switch over to wet tires again. All except Timo Glock. After everyone got back on track, Glock moved up a few places, and took 4th spot, leaving Hamilton in 5th. Then with 2 laps to go, Vettel passed Hamilton for 5th, seemingly giving the World Championship to Massa. Hamilton tried and failed to re-pass Vettel. So going into the final few corners, it looked like Massa had won the championship. However, the rain kept up, with Glock still on dry weather tires. His performance suffered accordingly, and ended up getting passed in essentially the final corner by Vettel and Hamilton. Bringing Hamilton back into the 5th spot required to win the championship.

Definitely a very interesting way to finish the season, and a rather exciting conclusion to what seemed like it could be a rather boring race.

And Jarno finished 8th today.