Felipe Massa took the lead of the drivers' championship after a rather fortunate victory at Magny-Cours . The Brazilian trailed team mate Kimi Raikkonen for the first 38 of the 70 laps, but moved ahead when the Finn's F2008 developed an exhaust problem. Kimi held on to 2nd, nobody else ever got close enough to the red cars for this to be a problem. Jarno Trulli had his hands full fending off a strong late-race challenge from McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, but the Italian held on to score a great podium for Toyota. Pit-lane talk centered around Lewis Hamilton, who left the circuit pointless, but having vented some anger with the media. ! "I found out that there was a lot of negativity in the media, and that's to be expected," Hamilton told Britain's ITV television before the race. "That's what they do: they build you up and then they break you down, but they can't break me. I'm here to race, and I don't want all this stuff." Some believe he's starting feel the heat inside the F-1 kitchen, but there's no doubt that he has the talent to bounce back, he just needs to avoid being sidetracked by emotion and anger.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Fortune smiles on Massa
Felipe Massa took the lead of the drivers' championship after a rather fortunate victory at Magny-Cours . The Brazilian trailed team mate Kimi Raikkonen for the first 38 of the 70 laps, but moved ahead when the Finn's F2008 developed an exhaust problem. Kimi held on to 2nd, nobody else ever got close enough to the red cars for this to be a problem. Jarno Trulli had his hands full fending off a strong late-race challenge from McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, but the Italian held on to score a great podium for Toyota. Pit-lane talk centered around Lewis Hamilton, who left the circuit pointless, but having vented some anger with the media. ! "I found out that there was a lot of negativity in the media, and that's to be expected," Hamilton told Britain's ITV television before the race. "That's what they do: they build you up and then they break you down, but they can't break me. I'm here to race, and I don't want all this stuff." Some believe he's starting feel the heat inside the F-1 kitchen, but there's no doubt that he has the talent to bounce back, he just needs to avoid being sidetracked by emotion and anger.
