China wasnt quite what i had expected. The jinx didnt work out so well, did it. It looks like Lewis has sealed the deal in china and will nail the lid on the coffin in Brazil. Massa looked positively gutted in China, most probably realizing that he is nowhere close to WDC material. But, lets just hope that somehow, by some miracle, Lewis manages to lose 2 titles in a row for, as much as i think Massa is not a worthy WDC contender, I think Hamilton is the most arrogant, spoilt driver on the grid. Now, how would such a miracle end up happening. Lets conjure up a few alternate realities.
Rain rain go away, come again another day, little Filipe wants to play...
We know that Ferrari hates rain and Massa is afraid of it like a rabid dog. We also know that the Hamster on the other hand, absolutely loves the wet weather. But then, no team goes into a race hoping for rain (except honda, maybe) for it tends to upset strategies and create unnatural results. There are so many different ways in which rain can screw up Hamilton's title chances.
A spinning Force India forces safety car...
...and Hamilton goes into pits and comes out at the wrong time. He is stuck behind slower cars (a la truilly train) and finally, somehow, manages to jump upto 6th place thus losing the championship to Filipe. Incidentaly, Filipe, who is running second controversially overtakes Fonzie with 2 laps to go. Fonzie then gets a Ferrari contract in 2010 and the rest is future. Force India is happy to 'play a part' in the world championships and Mallya promises that they will be a strong lower mid-field car next season.
Hami goes 'merry-go-around'...
...except it aint so merry. Hamilton, driving with absolute confidence in the pouring rain, screws up at turn 2, spins like a top and deposits his car next to the barriers. He slowly extricates himself and joins the field at the back only to realize that his car is not behaving like it should and jumps into the pits to make adjustments to his car. He completes a heroic race to end up 8th. Meanwhile Filipe, gifted second place by kimi (yet again), tries desperately to overtake a scorching vettel but end up 2nd anyway. He walks (crawls) away with the championship...
Hami gets DC'ed...
Not hard to imagine is it. Hami ends up behind DC by some quirk of fate and while attempting to overtake him (all in the rain), DC makes a strong 'defensive' manouver to keep his place (given that this is last f1 race) and that puts Hamilton into the barricades. End of race and i am jumping in joy.
"...reliability is so good, that infact, Hamilton has not retired from a race due to mechanical failure this season...", said the commentator during the chinese gp.
If f1 is anything like cricket, you can trust that one single sentence to jinx up Hamilton in Brazil. A simple DNF, and the opportunities are so many - tyre failure, engine blows, gearbox, brake, electronics...we can keep going on and on. But i would go for tyre failure. I can trust hamilton to screw up his tyres. However, I will take a Hamilton DNF in any other form as well.
The Fozie, Kubica and Kimi start trap...
...and Lewis walks right into it. He is pushed wide and in a moment of 'red mist' he tries to overttake all 3 at once and ends up stuffing it into the barriers. Ron Dennis 'retires'....
Have you heard the one with the nervous pit crew...
No, i am not talking about Ferrari here. Mclaren pit crew, on the verge of their first world championship in 9 years?, are a nervous wreck. The fuel hose fails to come out, lollypop goes up and Lewis begins to pull out. Thankfully, no one is hurt but Lewis loses 30 seconds. Filipe who had been leading all race, decides to rev down his engine and cruise to a victory.
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