Kimi Räikkönen is World Champion!

[Sir Sebastian]

After a disastrous early season, Kimi "Iceman" Räikkönen just won in Sao Paolo, making him the Formula 1 World Champion, the 3rd Finn to do so.

BOOYAH!

[canuck31003]

Congrats to Raikkonnen. :)

I'm just relieved Hamilton didn't win it. I can't exactly pin point why, but Hamilton has always irritated me and what happened in Hungary didn't help any.

[campy]

Well done, Kimi!

I'm sure the fine Italian engineering in his Ferrari was a big factor in his victory! :laugh:

[Sir Sebastian]

I'm sure the fine Italian engineering in his Ferrari was a big factor in his victory! :laugh:

Yeah - when it worked. :)

I don't have anything against Hamilton, but after all that bad luck and McLaren's misconduct, Räikkönen deserved to win.

[Cloud23465]

Hmmm... I never got into F-1 racing. The closest thing i'd say i'd watched was Indy racing... there cars kinda look the same.:unsure: I'll have to check them out some time.

[Fireand'chutes77]

Hmmm... I never got into F-1 racing. The closest thing i'd say i'd watched was Indy racing... there cars kinda look the same.:unsure: I'll have to check them out some time.
I believe there are more rules and regulations ("Formulas") in F-1 than Indy. Not sure, actually. I don't watch too much racing unless something's crashing. :P

[Sir Sebastian]

Hmmm... I never got into F-1 racing. The closest thing i'd say i'd watched was Indy racing... there cars kinda look the same.:unsure: I'll have to check them out some time.

To my knowledge, F1 is not very popular in the States, where I assume you're from.


I believe there are more rules and regulations ("Formulas") in F-1 than Indy. Not sure, actually. I don't watch too much racing unless something's crashing. :P

There are a buttload of rules, and the penalties are steep. To be honest, I think F1 is not the most interesting motor sport. Usually not much happens during a race and barring any technical problems, very little happens in the top 3 formation during a race. And sometimes, there are races that make it worthwhile, like the one today.

[Cloud23465]

Hmmm... I never got into F-1 racing. The closest thing i'd say i'd watched was Indy racing... there cars kinda look the same.:unsure: I'll have to check them out some time.

To my knowledge, F1 is not very popular in the States, where I assume you're from.

Yeah that's where i'm from... I don't know how popular it is here. I see it on Speed TV and Espn 2 from time to time.

[TransWarpDrive]

Isn't Formula 1 run sort of like a road rally? IIRC, the F1 race clips I've seen on TV sometimes run on courses set up on city streets, like Monte Carlo or other European cities. Or am I confusing it with some other class of racing? :errr:

[kyojikasshu]

Hmmm... I never got into F-1 racing. The closest thing i'd say i'd watched was Indy racing... there cars kinda look the same.:unsure: I'll have to check them out some time.

To my knowledge, F1 is not very popular in the States, where I assume you're from.


I believe there are more rules and regulations ("Formulas") in F-1 than Indy. Not sure, actually. I don't watch too much racing unless something's crashing. :P

There are a buttload of rules, and the penalties are steep. To be honest, I think F1 is not the most interesting motor sport. Usually not much happens during a race and barring any technical problems, very little happens in the top 3 formation during a race. And sometimes, there are races that make it worthwhile, like the one today.


I think that if we didn't have Indy cars, F-1 would probably be bigger here.

Of course, open-wheel racing has struggled ever since the CART-IRL schism. Although the CART/Champ Car series retained most of the top teams initially, as the IRL grew, many of the top teams have shifted to the IRL, including CART co-founder Roger Penske's team.

[Sir Sebastian]

Isn't Formula 1 run sort of like a road rally? IIRC, the F1 race clips I've seen on TV sometimes run on courses set up on city streets, like Monte Carlo or other European cities. Or am I confusing it with some other class of racing? :errr:

It's usually driven on dedicated race tracks around the world and, if I remember correctly, Monte Carlo is the only race driven on the streets.