Iceman's the new champ !!!

Kimi Raikonnen ... The ICEMAN ... has been confirmed as the new Formula 1 2007 Driver's champion. When he finished his last race at podium, I thought it was over. The race commentators never mentioned it, I was trying to catch me breath, still shocked from what had happened. And Kimi never reacted to it much. He just got out of the car, punched his hands up in the air ... and next thing that I see is that he is gone to the podium. No team hugs, no screeching. Nothing. He went on to the podium, had his bottle of champagne, gulped it, got into post race presentation and poof !!! Over. Thats not how a finale is supposed to end. Thats normal for a mid-season race in the gulf. But he knew of it before hand. And I thought it might be in his blood....cold blood...Iceman naa !

But then I was hurt. I realized that the championship did not belong to Kimi yet. The permutations have worked for Kimi for the race. The only thing that was left out was the official ruling by the governing body about the championship. That took some time. But I was confident that Kimi would make it to the top this time round. The only thing that was standing between Kimi and the Championship was time.

Kimi could have never been over-ruled as a champion. Remember the great controversy. In case the governing body were to strip Heidfeld and Kubica of their points in the last race, it would be inevitable decision to strip Mclaren drivers out of their points too. They were not stripped [hehe], hence I thought Kubica and Heidfeld won't be fined. And it turned out to be like that. Lucky Kimi. Lucky me.

Alonso ... I pity u.

After the 3 way show down at the final race of Formula 1 season 2007, we have another 3 way show down in the procession. But this time, its not for the Driver's championship. It's more than that. It's a permutation that can very well shape up F1 2008 season. Don't believe me ?

Look at this side of the story.

Say if Alonso were go to RBR [Red Bull Racing], surely he wont prove much to the world then. As is happened to Coulthard, it would surely happen to Alonso. Coulthard could have won the 1999 Driver's championship and posed a serious threat to Schumi. But Schumi was driven to win at all the times when he started from his pole. So Coulthard joined a minnow team and lost his glory to monetarily untuned cars. So fate will be the same for Alonso, even if he gets his part right [which is of course driving and blackmailing !!!], then too the odds will be stacked against him.

Say if he joins a team thats anything but top notch, results will surely favor the top teams [Ferrari and McLaren (that functions on stolen Ferrari technical data sheets and got stripped of all it's 218 points)]. The third team was a having about 50 % of the points of the team that qualified 2nd in constructors championship in 2007[that would be Ferrari 204, BMW 101, Renault 51 and so on ... ].

Say if he continues his expedition with McLaren [I certainly hope that happens], then the fight will emerge as a battle and the battle will end up as a bloody WAR in Formula 1. But on the other side of the story, Ferrari could easily sweep 1,2 at the Driver's Championship in 2008. It will only help the other talents like Kubica and Heidfeld to try their shot at 3rd and 4th spots if the McLaren drivers crash into each other and knock on the heaven's doors [at the same time ... that would be a dilemma for God too ... if they both get in Heaven at the same time ... Heaven won't remain Heaven ... it would be Bloody Hell ... sounds nice anomaly though.]

So it's a win win situation for Ferrari from this point. But things change, and change for worse or better. If Chandok and Ibrahim could prove their blood to the sport, we can have a competitive season [where rules will change drastically] and it would be difficult for Ferrari to adopt to the circumstances [as it happened in 2005 and 2006][and it wasn't Alonso, it were the change in rules that hurt Ferrari the most.]. I would love to watch a 2007 finish LIVE again with Steve Slater and Chris Goodwin [the best at what they do ... not test drive ... but commentate !!!].