Kimi Raikkonen reigns supreme at Malaysia
Kimi Raikkonen marked the 5th anniversary of his first grand prix victory in style today. The Finn showed the way to Kubica, Kovaleinen, Trulli and main rival Hamilton.
Massa, unfortunately, spun out. What a dreadful start to the championship he is having! He is already 14 points behind Hamilton and 11 behind Kimi. It looked like he simply lost some concentration and spun off.
Kimi nearly took the lead at the first corner but decided not to go for broke and yielded to Massa. Kimi kept in touch with Massa up to the first round of pit stops and narrowly stayed ahead of him after exiting the pit lane. The World Champion set amazing sector times during his in lap and was about five tenths of a second in the pit lane. This provided him with enough of a margin to effectively take the lead. Kimi was then able to pull out a gap of just over four seconds to Massa. Then, a few laps later, Massa spun out.
McLaren were not really in the hunt today, at all. Their race was further compromised by their grid position penalty that they incurred after unintentionally blocking Heidfeld and Alonso in qualifying yesterday.
The next race will be another hot one. Bahrain was been kind to Ferrari in the past.
I will keep you posted on significant F1 news leading up to the next Grand Prix in Bahrain.
Kimi Raikkonen marked the 5th anniversary of his first grand prix victory in style today. The Finn showed the way to Kubica, Kovaleinen, Trulli and main rival Hamilton.
Massa, unfortunately, spun out. What a dreadful start to the championship he is having! He is already 14 points behind Hamilton and 11 behind Kimi. It looked like he simply lost some concentration and spun off.
Kimi nearly took the lead at the first corner but decided not to go for broke and yielded to Massa. Kimi kept in touch with Massa up to the first round of pit stops and narrowly stayed ahead of him after exiting the pit lane. The World Champion set amazing sector times during his in lap and was about five tenths of a second in the pit lane. This provided him with enough of a margin to effectively take the lead. Kimi was then able to pull out a gap of just over four seconds to Massa. Then, a few laps later, Massa spun out.
McLaren were not really in the hunt today, at all. Their race was further compromised by their grid position penalty that they incurred after unintentionally blocking Heidfeld and Alonso in qualifying yesterday.
The next race will be another hot one. Bahrain was been kind to Ferrari in the past.
I will keep you posted on significant F1 news leading up to the next Grand Prix in Bahrain.
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