Ye to sach hai ke bhagwaan hai….

(A crude translation of the title- It is true that god still exists)

Referring to my earlier post.. An interesting development has taken place. Hamilton has been penalised for gaining an unfair advantage over Kimi on a chicane during Belgian GP, yet again…just like in Magny Cours. The 25s penalty pushes him to 3rd place behind Heidfeld giving Massa full 10 pts. The news has acted like a painkiller for me…I can’t feel the pain now..but when the effect wears off, I will again be drowned in the reality that Kimi didn’t make it!

The revised driver’s championship  standings are

1)     Lewis Hamilton-  76
2)     Felipe Massa-  74
3)     Robert Kubica-  58
4)     Kimi Räikkönen-  57
5)     Nick Heidfeld-  49
6)     Heikki Kovalainen-  43

Its game on. Ferrari will definitely have to concentrate on Massa now, if they want to keep their hopes alive.

Rain screws up Kimi big time

“What the #^$$*#@!!%^#*%#@#$ was that????”… My reaction after the race…I mean he almost had it…It was there… 1 more lap and it was his..But continuing the recently started tradition in Ferrari…that of getting screwed when you can almost see the chequered flag…. Kimi ran into a crash barrier to let Hamilton win. In the last 2 races, it was the blown engine. This time it was actually nothing, just impatience and over-aggressiveness shown by ‘cool-headed Finn’. 3 yrs of dominance over Spa wasted.

Rain was there, but it wasn’t just in Kimi’s track, was it? 19 other drivers were on the same track. How in the world could a Ferrari hit a wall where both the Toro Rossos managed to score championship points?

Now, from the beginning. Great start by Raikkonen! Overtakes Massa on 1^st lap. Closes in on Hamilton and overtakes him in no time. Smooth pit stops. 4 Laps to go….and it starts to rain. Hamilton starts to zoom in towards the F2008 ahead of him. I automatically cross my fingers. Kimi holds on for 1 lap. Both of them start to lose control. No time left to dive into the pits and change to intermediate tyres. They come wheel to wheel 2 times and Hamilton outpaces kimi on a slow corner. I am thoroughly dejected. But wait… there is still hope.. Kimi bounces back.. out of turmoil caused by back runners, he manages to squeeze his way out ahead of Hamilton. And BOOM! Ferrari into the wall. All over. Its finished. Hamilton strolls past the chequered flag in on the slowest finishes of F1.

A very eventful race I must say. It had excitement worth 2 races…made up for boring Valencia. But I really thought it would end with Italian anthem. I guess I will have to wait till Monza next weekend.