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With Felipe Massa at the helm.

… Race Results …

It was pretty hard to fault his virtually flawless drive - a tremendous achievement after the terrible run he had at Malaysia the previous race weekend. Apart from early on in the first stint, his race was never really compromised or challenged and he surged home to take valuable points for his Drivers Championship tally and adding to the pool of Ferrari’s Constructors results.

McLaren Mercedes still hold the top spot in the Constructors Race, at 44 points to Ferrari’s 39.

… Constructors championship …

At this point though, it is still anyone’s guess as to who will shine come the conclusion of the season. There is virtually northing between the top two teams at the moment and BMW are consistently showing that they have the ability - and are not far off the pace of the front runners, to start stealing away valuable points.

Once again, Nick Heidfeld shone in the BMW and his move on the outside of Fernando Alonso to take 4th position was executed perfectly.

Lewis Hamilton once again had a great race, challenging early on, languishing a little to Massa in the second stint, then picking up the pace again at the end of the race. The kid has talent - but the ranting from James Allen on the ITV coverage is really starting to crap me I have to say. Half the time you have no idea what else is going on around the track, because he’s busy flapping and gushing over the rookie. My how quickly we forget about Button?!

‘Who’s your driver of the day? As if I need to ask!’, James Allen asked of Martin Brundle, already assured the answer was going to be Hamilton - and ready in waiting with his pom-poms and orgasmic cries of pride.

‘I’d have to say Felipe Massa’, replied Brundle.

The logical response. Pole position, the fastest lap of the race (on hard compound tyres no less) and the race win. Massa had the perfect weekend.

You could almost hear the fire burning within Allen’s heart… haha.

The sooner Allen goes the better IMO.

Kimi had a lacklustre weekend, easily overshadowed by his team-mate and was later criticised by Ferrari for not being aggressive enough on the restart after the Button/Speed incident caused a Safety Car period.

Alonso, plagued with an unbalanced car all weekend was unable to deliver better than 5th position.

However, all of this is good for the fans, as it means the Drivers Championship is now closer than it has ever been.. in fact, I can’t remember a Championship running this close after 3 races of the season!

… Drivers Championship …

It’s really shaping up to be a terrific season.

And this weekend’s result means I’ve jumped up a few places in the MINI2 guessing game (though that bugger Dean - MiniMinor - has sprinted away to a good lead after this race :P) and also the FF league is looking healthy for me.. though I’m annoyed I forgot to put in my qualifying tips.

Bring on the next race!!! A harsh four week wait!