So after another driving masterclass by my man schumi, looks like we are in for one heck of a show-down in the final two GP.

With the two favorites tied at the top and the constructors championship only one point in Renault's favour - its gonna be close! Back to the days of Schui vs. Hakkinen battling it out to the last GP.

In one sense I would love for Alonso to win, he's young, cool and the second best guy out there. But, its schumis last season after all and he deserves to go out with an unprecidented 8th world title. He has obliterated just about every record in the sport and getting that 8th championship would leave a record no doubt destined to out live Schumacher himself.

How many of you wish you could have watched fangio racing first hand? well I hope your watching Schumacher, because its going to be him that everyone will be talking about and comparing others to for a loooooong time.

Go for it Schumi!

JB

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I love the Asia races. . .means I just go to bed a bit later instead of getting up really early.

Or just watch the race delay on SPEED.  I feel sorry for all those poor souls without it.

Dumped SpeedTV when they started showing idiot programming. F-1 was way better on CBC when they had Murray Walker. Less 'dead air' too.

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I hate the CBS prodcasts now. . .the announcers aren't that good.

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Take all the stupid little wings off, and the big ones, and that'll slow them down. Then remove traction control, radios and other electronic "helpers".

Then you have a race.

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i'll agree on all except the radio's and main front and rear wings. (radios are a good thing from a safety point and also they provide some good tv sound byte's:))
Most drivers dont care about traction control anyway and have said they could drive without it. Definatly get rid of these mini wings, that would not only slow corner speeds but increase straightline speeds and promote overtaking. I'm all for the high speeds, this is the pinical of motor sport, if certain drivers (DC and webber ahem) dont like them, then I'm sure GP2 would happily accept them into their ranks. But it shouldn't take rain to make a race interesting. A front wing, a rear wing, and returning to slick tyres is the solution. Hopefully those will all happen in 2008.

Thats not funny let me enjoy these final few weeks.

I am already well and truely backing Lewis Hamilton for next year. I will never like Alonso he's far too arrogent, worse than Michael. And with his recent outbursts against his own team, I think the guys the biggest pile of crap in sports.
After what Ferrari have done to Michael I am no longer going to be supporting them. Its amazing how quickly they forget it was Michael who brought over Ross Brawn and Jean Todt and basically those three created the team again.
And I dont really rate Kimi as a driver.
So Lewis it is. I really believe he is the best british driver since Mansell.

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That is F1, all business and no sport and Lewis Hamilton will be one to watch.

Matt

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I'd like to see overtaking for a start. More than 5 times per race... Did you watch F1 in the late 80s and early 90s? Progression is one thing, but having a sport where generally the race is decided on Saturday and during the pit stops is another.

They had the right idea last year in changing the pit stops - in a way. It should have been make them use a full fuel tank, and only change tyres in the pits, relying on the driver looking after his fuel - you don't see many retirements for "fuel consumption" any more.

It'd be nicer for teams to take a leaf out of McLaren's 1988 book too - if your car is that good, allow both drivers the full potential of it.

As I say, talented as the drivers are, too much is decided by people with computers in the pits, and now even with live data links to team HQs...

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You're not saying he should take out Alo  are you Craig? 
Rob.

Hoooray! We go into the final race of the season without Schumacher having the option (accidentally of course) of taking out his championship rival.

I hope his engine goes again. Good he may have been, but a cheat he also was (and, judging by Monaco, he still is), and shouldn't have the privilege of retring as champion. I can't understand why people get so excited about him, unless it's similar to the "Manchester United" concept...

Even if he does win the title, he doesn't want it now. He said he wants to win it on the track not by default. Which I guess is understandable.

Hill was far too impatient in the Adelaide incident. He almost certainly would have known he had the chance to pass schumi down the straight anyway and there was no need for the attempt in the tight corner. However Michael didn't make it any easier for the situation by forcing himself onto the racing line.
Wont argue Jerez was a complete brain fart moment on his part. Monaco, who cares, he got his punishment for it. Look how costly that is now, he could have easily won that race even from 2nd or 3rd, and been maybe only 6 or 8 points behind going into Brazil. Even closer if he didn't have his racing moment in Hungary. But thats the type of guy he is, a racer and a fighter.
I guarentee you F1 will suffer for a couple of years without him. how people can deny that is beyond me, like him or hate him personally, just look at the stands, its Michael schumacher memorabilia everywhere. He is the most popular of the F1 drivers, and I am betting you half those people will just disapear after this season. What F1 needs is someone to come through and attempt to replace him. Kimi is not the answer, the guys about as entertaining as paint drying. I dont think the guys voice level has ever changed. Fernando is so full of crap you never know whether he's telling the truth or hiding something. Then who is there? seriously absolutly no one in terms of level or big name selling point.

The sad fact is, 70% of Ferrari fans today are only fans of theirs because of Michael. Monza, and San Marino will not notice much if any drop off as you said. But when they go to places like Germany, America, China and the others, that sea of red will be gone but those seats wont be filled until those prices are dropped. I have always respected Ferrari for their heritage. Until the way they handled this situation. Until this happend, I would have been 100% behind them next year. Sure I will still hope they are winning but I hope its Massa who has the sucess.

San Marino isn't gone yet. They have a paper deadline of december to get back on the calender. All depends on how quickly they get the refurb done. As long as they don't hire the wembley contractors, who knows?

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It will be interesting to be in Germany when next seasons F1 starts. The German fan is very fickle and changes allegiance to who ever is winning very quickly. I predict that after the first couple of races, "Michael who?“ It was always fun to read the paper when Ferrari had a few technical problems back in the early days, Michael had very few fans then and only when Ferrari became reliable did the fan base swell.

Matt