You know there’s something wrong with a sport when every single F1 fan on Twitter prays for rain before and during the race.
But that’s F1 for you.
As always, Spa Francorchamps never disappoints, though I did wish that the heavy rain would have arrived earlier.
While we may never see drama the likes of Lewis-Kimi-in-2008 again (the one where my heart literally stopped beating in the final few laps), yesterday’s race did have its fair share of highlights.
I was particularly pleased with the results as the “second fiddles” of Ferrari and Red Bull managed to show up their “top dogs” Alonso and Vettel respectively.
I thought it was sweet vindication considering the way both Massa and Webber had been treated by their respective teams this season.
Alonso had a simply disastrous weekend.
It all inexplicably went wrong during qualifying (he qualified 10th), and things just went downhill from there.
He got involved in an early collision, took a wrong gamble on tyres, had to go back in to change tyres once again, struggled to make significant headway from the back of the field, and ultimately bowed out of the race via a collision with the wall.
Vettel once again proved his recklessness in an F1 car by taking Jenson Button (who was running a fine second at that point) out of the race.
We’ve come to the point where we actually feel very nervous whenever Vettel comes up from behind and is about to pass someone, especially someone who is just as quick as him.
I didn’t feel that Vettel should have been allowed to continue with the race, considering the fact that Button had to retire from the collision, and that the incident was entirely Vettel’s fault.
I was keenly monitoring Michael Schumacher’s progress throughout the race.
It was a race of ups and downs for him, more ups I would say…although it kinda ended on a slight downbeat when he ceded 6th place to his fast-charging teammate.
Schumi’s still got the pace and ability to charge through the field, and to me that is a very good sign that he’s in great shape to make a strong bid for the championship next season.
Lastly, congrats to Lewis for another brilliant race.
I’m not a fan of Lewis, but you have to give credit where it is due.
Lewis was superb all weekend, and never really looked like he was in any danger of faltering during the race.
Had he ended up in the wall towards the end of the race when it started to get wet and he had an off-road excursion, I felt that would just have been too cruel.
