The Spa Weekend & epilogue of "The Affair"

Well, it's already tuesday and I'm a bit late, as always. But still, some commentary about F1 is never inappropable. Or maybe it is these days.

I was talking (before Spa) to a friend and saying to him that the championship has already been decided in Monza. But Spa was a totally different story - actually it was completely opposite than Monza.
Ferraris flying, Mclarens just driving. It looked a walk in the park for Raikkonen, and one does feel sorry for Massa, as he is now definitely out of the title hunt. As for Kimi, he still has to outpace the
Mclarens every now and now (as "now and then" is just not going to be enough). But if you look at
how the pendulum of power has been swinging around, it's hard to see Kimi winning the last 3 races. It isn't impossible, though, it's just going to be very difficult.

The Fia made their decision and looking from the economic side, the penalty is huge. But if you
lookfrom another perspective, you can see that they haven't lost anything that important besides money - constructors's championship is just a bonus really. All that matters is the driver's title. Go and ask Michael Schumacher what title he prefers. Yes, the team is important and there's yet another difference between Ferrari and Mclaren. If you look at Ferrari, they've been a close unit almost all the time for many years. With Mclaren and two (yes, great) competitive drivers it was always going to be different.
But if you look from another point of view, you can see the difference in the teams' mentalities.
Ferrari went first for Schumacher, now for Raikkonen, people who keep their cool and who are a
part of the "Ferrari family". Mclaren are a team, yes, but they've chosen drivers who aren't really compatible and they're maybe too cold, never to smile or celebrate like the Tifosi. After all, who was the first one to ever throw the champagne
 bottle down to the mechanics?

The best part of the season comes right now I think. We'll see some close duels and I also expect some collisions - normally, between Hamilton and Alonso.
 It's very possible that we'll see a DNF for a Mclaren as they've been fantastically consistent. But with Ferrari it's a different story. If Kimi had finished
races in Barcelona and Nurburging, the championship would
be really incredibly close now.
It's not that I'm saying it's not interesting now, of course it is, but it could be even more.

Fuji is going to be difficult for everyone, and whoever adapts to the circuit best, wins the race.
The tracks looks a bit like a mixture of Hungaroring, Hockenheim and Bahrain, although with lot less corners and a long straight. And there's the obvious factor in weather, which is very unstable under the Fuji mountain. But it should be interesting, so don't miss that GP even though you'll probably have to get up as early as 5.00! :D