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klicks · June 18th, 2007, 11:06 AM

Lewis dominates the U.S. Grand Prix! Alonso gave him some work in the mid-laps but really only had one decent shot and trying to get by his young upstart teammate. The 2 McLarens were unchallenged, as were the 2 Ferraris for their 3-4 finish. Massa beat Raikkonen again - this is starting to be a trend. However, Raikkonen did turn int he fastest lap of the race. Excellent race by Rosberg until his engine blew with only 4 or 5 laps left, opening the door for the first teenager to ever get a point - 19 year old Sebastien Vettel, the BMW test driver who sat in for Kubicha and finished 8th for a single point. While there was only spotty action between the top 2 and 3/4 (with a large gap between the McLarens and Ferraris) there was some mighty fine racing in the mid-pack. Great wheel to wheel racing between Trulli and Webber, between Giancarlo Fisichella and Alex Wurz and between Fisichella and Jenson Button.

While the race was not as eventful and the Canadian GP, it was a good and entertaining race I thought.

Wonder of if McLaren and Ferrari are starting to rethink their driver salaries - both have highly paid supposed number ones (Alonso and Raikkonen) who are being consistently beat by their teammates (Lewis and Massa) who make less money. How strong is McLaren? Fastest car and IMHO, the best 2 drivers on the planet. Ferrari has a ton of work to do if they want to make it interesting.
It was nice to see Renault closing the gap and the Super Aguris beat the factory Hondas again!

The results:
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1h39:09.065
2. ALONSO McLaren +1.5s
3. MASSA Ferrari +12.8s
4. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +15.4s
5. KOVALAINEN Renault +41.4s
6. TRULLI Toyota +66.7s
7. WEBBER Red Bull +67.3s
8. VETTEL BMW +67.7s
9. FISICHELLA Renault +1 lap
10. WURZ Williams +1 lap
11. DAVIDSON Super Aguri +1 lap
12. BUTTON Honda +1 lap
13. SPEED Toro Rosso +2 laps
14. SUTIL Spyker +2 laps
15. ALBERS Spyker +3 laps
16. ROSBERG Williams +5 laps
17. LIUZZI Toro Rosso +5 laps
R. HEIDFELD BMW +18 laps
R. SATO Super Aguri +60 laps
R. COULTHARD Red Bull +73 laps
R. BARRICHELLO Honda +73 laps
R. SCHUMACHER Toyota +73 laps

And by the way - turns out Kubicha did not have a broken leg - 'just' an ankle sprain and concussion, he is scheduled to return next race.

June 18th, 2007, 11:06 AM	#42
klicks Join Date: 07-04-2005 Posts: 1,385 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0	Lewis dominates the U.S. Grand Prix! Alonso gave him some work in the mid-laps but really only had one decent shot and trying to get by his young upstart teammate. The 2 McLarens were unchallenged, as were the 2 Ferraris for their 3-4 finish. Massa beat Raikkonen again - this is starting to be a trend. However, Raikkonen did turn int he fastest lap of the race. Excellent race by Rosberg until his engine blew with only 4 or 5 laps left, opening the door for the first teenager to ever get a point - 19 year old Sebastien Vettel, the BMW test driver who sat in for Kubicha and finished 8th for a single point. While there was only spotty action between the top 2 and 3/4 (with a large gap between the McLarens and Ferraris) there was some mighty fine racing in the mid-pack. Great wheel to wheel racing between Trulli and Webber, between Giancarlo Fisichella and Alex Wurz and between Fisichella and Jenson Button. While the race was not as eventful and the Canadian GP, it was a good and entertaining race I thought. Wonder of if McLaren and Ferrari are starting to rethink their driver salaries - both have highly paid supposed number ones (Alonso and Raikkonen) who are being consistently beat by their teammates (Lewis and Massa) who make less money. How strong is McLaren? Fastest car and IMHO, the best 2 drivers on the planet. Ferrari has a ton of work to do if they want to make it interesting. It was nice to see Renault closing the gap and the Super Aguris beat the factory Hondas again! The results: 1. HAMILTON McLaren 1h39:09.065 2. ALONSO McLaren +1.5s 3. MASSA Ferrari +12.8s 4. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +15.4s 5. KOVALAINEN Renault +41.4s 6. TRULLI Toyota +66.7s 7. WEBBER Red Bull +67.3s 8. VETTEL BMW +67.7s 9. FISICHELLA Renault +1 lap 10. WURZ Williams +1 lap 11. DAVIDSON Super Aguri +1 lap 12. BUTTON Honda +1 lap 13. SPEED Toro Rosso +2 laps 14. SUTIL Spyker +2 laps 15. ALBERS Spyker +3 laps 16. ROSBERG Williams +5 laps 17. LIUZZI Toro Rosso +5 laps R. HEIDFELD BMW +18 laps R. SATO Super Aguri +60 laps R. COULTHARD Red Bull +73 laps R. BARRICHELLO Honda +73 laps R. SCHUMACHER Toyota +73 laps And by the way - turns out Kubicha did not have a broken leg - 'just' an ankle sprain and concussion, he is scheduled to return next race.