Sunday, October 12, 2008

Raikkonen gains first podium since august but loses his title hopes out..

The reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen has succesfully gained his first podium since August, after not scoring any points in 4 last races Raikkonen was set to score points again at Fuji.. with two races remaining Raikkonen was stucked at 4th place, Lewis Hamilton... the pole sitter made an early mistake which caused him down to 5th and he slipped once again. The english youngster leads the championship by 6 points to Massa and 21 points to Raikkonen.. Hamilton himself, finishing 12th after having a little bit problem with Massa. Massa was trying to defence himself but Hamilton was driving too aggresively, causing a light collision and spinned. Both Hamilton and Massa was banned a drive-through penalty.

Raikkonen, up to 5th after that collision and quickly battling for 4th place with Italian Jarno Trulli.. it didn't seem so hard for Kimi to overtake Jarno, 4th place for Kimi. With a new car and new engine, Raikkonen was trying to catch Kovalainen up. Kovalainen was on a big pressure, and finally he lost his place.. running at 4th, the Mclaren driver was slowing down due to his mechanical failure, so this has been a nightmare weekend for Mclaren. After Kovalainen's problem, Lewis was unsure to score points. So, Ferrari will posibbly take control in the constructor standing.

Observing the very first moment, David Coulthard was having a severe accident. Hitting the barrier strongly..
It was announced that number 1 car will not be Raikkonen's car next year.. 21 points down from Hamilton with 2 races remaining is an imposibble target for Raikkonen.. If Raikkonen could win the 2 remaining races and Hamilton not scoring any points.. Kimi will have 83 points compared to Lewis' 84 points. So, Raikkonen will help Massa who is 6 points down from Lewis. Massa helped Raikkonen briliantly last year.. the question is WILL RAIKKONEN DO THE SAME THING?? We'll find it soon.

The best posibbilty from Raikkonen is finishing 3rd in the championship.. beating polish Robert Kubica, or becoming a runner-up on a lighter note, Lewis will win. What will Ferrari do??

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