Going into the Brazilian Grand Prix, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton is set to win it all. At qualifying, he was the second fastest driver giving him that precious first row starting place. But the start of the race was not so good for the Briton as Massa, Raikkonen, and Alonso sped past him. To further complicate the situation, his car’s transmission malfunctioned. After breathing new life to the machine, he started a long fight to the top. But all he could achieve at the race is a seventh place finish, leaving him one point short of winning the championship.
But Hamilton may still become a champion as it was alleged that BMW and Williams used cooler fuel which gave them an unfair advantage. Thus, if Nico Rosberg who finished fourth, Robert Kubica, fifth, and Nick Heidfeld, sixth are excluded from the standings, Hamilton will be promoted up the order giving him enough points to beat Kimi.
Hamilton, showing grace in defeat though said the he wants to win the title on the tracks, something that Ferrari apparently doesn’t believe in. "I heard about it, but I don’t know anything about it," said Hamilton about the appeal of McLaren to the FIA concerning the infraction committed by BMW Sauber and Williams.
"I don’t believe that I will be promoted up the order. I think everyone did a great job, and what can you really say to that? If they (BMW and Williams) are wrong, they are wrong. But I want to win on the track. You want to win the race and do it in style. Being promoted after some people have been thrown out is not the way I want to win it."
The Briton is also not keen about taking the title away from the Finn. "After Kimi did such a fantastic job, winning the last two races, to have it taken away from you, it’s a bit cruel and probably not good for the sport," said Hamilton. "I don’t know for what reasons they [McLaren] are pursuing it but for sure they’ll be good reasons. But as a team we want to win it on the track, fair and square. This is just not the way to do it. The season is over and done with and we should move on," he added.
Hamilton is a good sport, if not, he would have had gone straight to the FIA and whine and whine about the infraction committed by BMW and Williams. But what about his teammate? Alonso had this to say: "McLaren got it wrong. They lost the championship for the mistaken decisions they made in the second part of the season. It isn’t a secret that they haven’t helped me much, and it wasn’t a well-organised season from the point of view of the management." That got me thinking how can this man represent the sport for two years as champion.