McLaren loses it again

[Ranger]

As a McLaren fan, I think they deservedly lost this one. Hopefully they're still up there next year for an untainted title win.

[markabilly]

I think Lewis lost the championship and caused the mechanical issues, not the other way around. All he had to do when Alonso got past him was keep cool and stick to him like glue.

Instead, he made a disastrous attempt to get the place back, ran wide and then I think, went postal on the car

Maclaren were obviously missing that part out, but it's what ultimately cost him the championship, trying to beat Alonso.

my point as well...thos were fast laps at the end from LH until his tires went away most likely...I think the "slowdown" was likely due to his getting the car completely into the wrong gear and then trying not to stall, then shifting around until he figured out what he needed to get going....hardly the fault of the car...

[aryan]

This year is over, and has been over for a while now. There's not much money in the drivers' championship anyway.

It was overall, a positive year for McLaren fans. We found out that our protege is one of the best in the game, we found that Mercedes can make reliable engines if they are rev limited, and we found out that the team is still the same team we enjoyed watching Senna and Prost battle in.

Yes, we lost the WDC, but most McLaren fans still have a soft spot somewhere for kimi, even if he now wearing the devil's suite ;-)

<Frank Sinatra>It was a very good year...</Frank Sinatra>

[Donney]

I'm left with the impression that Mclaren lost the championship instead of Ferrari winning, not that I think Ferrari or Raikkonnen don't deserve it.

Probably their team work and policy is wrong, they seemed unbeatable some months ago and now they have nothing.

[samuratt]

I think that if McLaren are not WDC is just because of Lewis. He only needed four points in the last two races... and he alone screwed it up. Apart form that I think that McLaren got what they deserve: nothing!

It was funny too to see the equality police that Ferrari and Mclaren have used over the seasson. McLaren have been gambilng with these the whola seasson, when Ferrari only needed to move out one of their cars at the last race. Mclaren should learn a lot from Ferrari about this, and not only try to get their secrets...

Congrats to Kimi!

[F1MAN2007]

I think that if McLaren are not WDC is just because of Lewis. He only needed four points in the last two races... and he alone screwed it up. Apart form that I think that McLaren got what they deserve: nothing!

It was funny too to see the equality police that Ferrari and Mclaren have used over the seasson. McLaren have been gambilng with these the whola seasson, when Ferrari only needed to move out one of their cars at the last race. Mclaren should learn a lot from Ferrari about this, and not only try to get their secrets...

Congrats to Kimi!

Totally agree with you.

[tinchote]

I'm left with the impression that Mclaren lost the championship instead of Ferrari winning, not that I think Ferrari or Raikkonnen don't deserve it.

Probably their team work and policy is wrong, they seemed unbeatable some months ago and now they have nothing.

The way I see it, if LH were the champion now, we would have several threads about how the driver with the most wins didn't get it.

Mclaren well and truly blew it. There really can be no excuse for losing to a driver who was 17 points behind with 2 races left. No excuses at all.

[wedge]

Ferrari and McLaren have done nothing wrong in terms of driver equality.

McLaren and LH messed up and threw away their hopes over the last couple of races and that transmission failure or whatever it was didn't help things either. It seems almost quite literally they pressed the 'self-destruct button'!

talking about the McLAren cars. Today, strangely enough LH car had major problems and FA was not able at all to keep up with the two Ferraris. What do you think happened? I thought that on the last race teams would come out with their best cars. Today just the opposite. Your thoughts?

Everyone thought on paper it was going to be a McLaren track but they suffered with too much graining.

The McLaren are very hard on their tyres which is why they're competitive in qualy but not necessarily the race, whereas Ferrari's are a lot 'kinder' to their tyres, hence Massa and Kimi have complained about their 1-lap performance and therefore the Ferraris are less likely to grain.

[Tazio]

Ferrari and McLaren have done nothing wrong in terms of driver equality.

McLaren and LH messed up and threw away their hopes over the last couple of races and that transmission failure or whatever it was didn't help things either. It seems almost quite literally they pressed the 'self-destruct button'!



Everyone thought on paper it was going to be a McLaren track but they suffered with too much graining.

The McLaren are very hard on their tyres which is why they're competitive in qualy but not necessarily the race, whereas Ferrari's are a lot 'kinder' to their tyres, hence Massa and Kimi have complained about their 1-lap performance and therefore the Ferraris are less likely to grain.

Three other things happened. The resurfaced much smoother track, Ferrari's perpensity to be fast further into their tires stints, and the heat of the track, made it a ferrari frendly track