Being a die hard fan of Schumi, I almost lost interest in Formula 1 racing after the retirement of Michael Schumacher.Then came the stunning era of the dynamic trio - My personal favourite Kimi Raikkonen (The Iceman), Lewis Hamilton (The Rookie) and Fernando Alonso (The Defending Champion).This season had been the most glamourous,scandulous, fabulous and extraordinary season which I have ever seen.With just 7 points seperating the top three drivers after the penultimate race in Shangai it all came down to the decisive last race of the season in Brazil, Interlagos which would decide the champion of 2007.What a race it turned out to be, finally Kimi clinched the title with just 1 point seperating the top three drivers.
It was pretty much in favour of the Rookie Hamilton to win the championship in his debut season (Would have been the first accomplishment in the entire F1 history) after he qualified in front of his other title contenders.But it turned out to be a disaster of a race for him when Kimi had the best of the starts and manged to squeeze in front of Hamilton in the very first corner of the race.He wasnt expecting the worst thing to come in what turned out to be a historic race for him, his gearbox failed and he was pushed back to 18th place.The other title contendor Alonso had a pretty decent start and hanged on to his 3rd place and he was never in a position to catch the Ferrari's who pushed their cars to the limit in the opening few laps.
Kimi who was behind his teammate Massa in the opening laps managed to go past him after the first scheduled pitstops which was a typical Ferrari team tactic which earned him the maiden championship.Ferrari worked really well as a team and the drivers were competely supporting to each other throughout the seaon.But the McLaren drivers were never in a position to compromise each other throughout the season with so many disappointing ego clashes off and on the track which terribly cost them the championship in the final race of the season.
The Iceman kept his cool for the entire 71 laps and managed to clinch his maiden championship with Ferrari in the first season after moving from McLaren where he had a terrible last season without even a single race win.There may be lot of controversies over the spy scandal between the Ferrari and McLaren but Kimi won the championship fair and square and he proved he is the best on the track.I even loved the post race interview where he was pretty cool&calm and not at all excited over his accomplishment.I dont know who named him the "Iceman" , but it aptly matches his character.Way to go Kimi ....... The Flying Finn has really reached the heights :-).
Final Result:
1. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 110 points
2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 109 points
3. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) - 109 points.
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