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As usual, we watched the race at F1Wolf’s official bar and we even had some our game participants and regular F1Wolf readers from overeseas present. It is nice of people to fly 10,000 km to watch the race with F1Wolf

The season long game came to a close, here are the final results:

Final Standings:
287 pts - fatfish
277 pts - mp
274 pts - fantoci
250 pts - blazena
216 pts - chobi
212 pts - brabhamburger
204 pts - klokan
161 pts - solly
137 pts - Zblkhwk
50 pts - igi
24 pts - choudy
14 pts - fisheye

The winner was present, so the award ceremony took the place immediatelly after the race, here is fatfish receiving the Mumm bottle from fantoci

Congratulations to fatfish. She probably deserved it, after leading the game from the first race…

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This was the first time since 1986 three drivers went into the final race fighting for the title. The last 2 times this has happened the driver leading before the final race did not win the title.

The race start was a perfect display of Ferrari team work. Massa slowed down Hamilton allowing Raikkonen to gain a place. Ferrari 1-2 before the first corner… Hamilton went on to loose another place to Alonso who came out of nowhere to overtake him. Hamilton went off the track and dropped further down to 8th. After first few corners the title chances of Raikkonen and Alonso were no longer only mathematical… Then eight laps later it all went wrong for Hamilton. His car suddenly slowed down and it looked like he may have to retire. He got the car going but by that time he lost about 40 seconds and dropped way back down to 18th place. Ferraris were pulling away from Alonso. It started to look like this may be Kimi’s day after all…

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Drivers Standings:
1. Raikkonen 110
2. Hamilton 109
3. Alonso 109
4. Massa 94
5. Heidfeld 61
6. Kubica 39
7. Kovalainen 30
8. Fisichella 21
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1. K. Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:28:15.270
2. F. Massa - Ferrari + 1.493
3. F. Alonso - McLaren + 57.019
4. N. Rosberg - Williams + 1:02.848
5. R. Kubica - BMW + 1:10.957
6. N. Heidfeld - BMW + 1:11.317
7. L. Hamilton - McLaren + 1 laps
8. J. Trulli - Toyota + 1 laps
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The grand finale is here. By now most of you are out of the running for the Mumm bottles but I am sure you will all keep on playing till the end ! It is not about winning but about the fun of the game. Whom am I kidding, of course it is about winning

If you do not remember the rules, here is the summary.

For those who spent last 2 weeks on another planet - We have the title deciding race with three drivers still in the hunt. The race preview can be as usual found also here at F1wolf.com.

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Formula 1 proper will find out the name of the new World Champion tonight. But the F1 simulator champion is known already. Williams and their sponsor RBS held series of Grand Prix Challenge Live shows around the world - London, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong. They challenged members of the public to set their fastest lap in a state-of-the-art F1 simulator in a full-size F1 show car. The fastest man of all was So Wai Sai, van driver from Hong Kong.

His 1:15 lap was enough to make it to the Hong Kong final, where he clocked 1:11. That was reportedly between 1 to 5 seconds quicker than times of other world finals winners. The prize - a race in the real F1 car in Valencia, Spain, with Williams F1 drivers as his tutors. He will head to Valencia next month to face his competitors - winners from London, Sydney and Singapore on the track. Well, that does not sound bad at all…

And we can return our attention back to Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen

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Two new sights (among others) in Brazil, but these do not look too cool…

If the thing that is on Vijay Mallya’s jacket is the new Force India team logo, hm disapointment to say the least… Not very creative team name, boring logo …

Yes, I understand the reasons for having India prominently displayed, but there must be hundreds of better options. Going out and asking the big community of F1 fans in India for their ideas and suggestions would I am sure bring out better ideas than these… In F1 one would expect first class stuff but this looks like a takeway meal that ended up by mistake on a table in Michelin 5 Star Restaurant… One would expect better from a guy who managed to throw the best party in Monaco this year…

Robert Kubica’s new helmet design does look cool by itself, no doubt. But it also makes him invisible in his car. Perhaps that was the purpose, who knows…

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Felipe Massa will start his home GP from pole position, with Lewis Hamilton next to him on the front row. P3 to Raikkonen, P4 to Alonso… Does not look too bad for Hamilton at the moment, but the race can still proove to be a tricky one. The track is slippery and the super soft tyres may cause some problems to drivers…

Q1 brought a bit of a shocker with Kovalainen not making it through. Nakajima did not repeat his decent runs in practice sessions and went out as well. Sutil car broke down early on in the session. Yamamoto, Sato and Davidson are the other three not making it.

Q2 eliminated Fisichella, both Hondas, Toro Rossos and Ralf Schumacher. Not the best day for Renault today. Heidfeld just about made it to the Q3.

Qualifying Results:

1. F. Massa - Ferrari - 1:11.931
2. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1:12.082
3. K. Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:12.322
4. F. Alonso - McLaren - 1:12.356
5. M. Webber - Red Bull - 1:12.928
6. N. Heidfeld - BMW - 1:13.081
7. R. Kubica - BMW - 1:13.129
8. J. Trulli - Toyota - 1:13.195
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One next season’s question has already been answered. Vijay Mallya announced today in Brazil the name change of his newly acquired team:

“I have applied to the FIA to change the name of the team to Force India F1.It’s now an internal process for the FIA.

The logo is decided, it will be the in the colours of the Indian flag. The livery of the car will obviously be determined by the sponsors we’ll have - because a sponsor wants the colours of the car to also be compatible with their own branding. But the Force India logo with the Indian flag will obviously feature quite prominently.”

Bernie Ecclestone already gave his blessings to the new name. The remaining F1 teams probably will not care how another team is called and will approve too. Approval of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council is expected to come on Wednesday.

I somehow feel that the new owners could have been more creative… Perhaps they are saving all the creativity for the exciting livery

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Massa, Hamilton and Raikkonen on top with less than 2 tenths separating them. Not a best session for Alonso but good runs for Webber, Trulli, Barrichello and both Toro Rossos. The gaps between drivers are not too big (it is a short lap though), it will be interesting fight to get to Q2 and Q3…

Saturday Practice Results:
1. F. Massa - Ferrari - 1:11.810
2. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1:11.934
3. K. Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:11.942
4. M. Webber - Red Bull - 1:12.446
5. J. Trulli - Toyota - 1:12.461
6. R. Barrichello - Honda - 1:12.478
7. N. Heidfeld - BMW - 1:12.579
8. F. Alonso - McLaren - 1:12.594
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