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Saturday, October 06, 2007

Hamilton light and 1st, Kimi 2nd, Massa 3rd

Lewis Hamilton isn't all dumb as he went out on Q3 a little lighter than the rest and assured himself of pole position for what should be another wet race tomorrow.

Forecasts are suggesting a 90% chance of rain for tomorrow and Hamilton knows visibility will be a lot better with no one in front of him.

Kimi and Massa are almost moot points, because they can definitely win from 2nd and 3rd as they were easily the class of the field setting the fastest times of the weekend in Q2, but even if they finish 1-2, if Hamilton finishes 3rd the championship is over. As far as the race tomorrow is concerned, though, it will be interesting to see how running slightly heavier will help them with their strategy.

Alonso in 4th has almost certainly lost the championship with his 4th place as it is unlikely he will get past all three cars in front of him without "a miracle". But, he may have lost more than that. With Kimi just 5-points behind Alonso, a good performance from Kimi could sneak him into 2nd in the standings.

As for everyone else, seriously, they have no chance unless the weather interferes. They were all just too far behind to really challenge in any way.

posted by Anthony Lazzaro at 03:32:AM

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