I would have to say that the heros of Singapore were Räikkönen and Alonso. A super start from Alonso and a great consistent race from Räikkönen.
It seemed that Vettel was unbeatable with his Red Bull, Alonso was the best of the rest and Räikkönen got the best possible result with the Lotus.
I already said on the F1 4 LIFE Facebook page that I must give some respect to Räikkönen for finishing third even though he had back pains, no KERS, a car that can't win races, started from 13th place and gets no money from driving. I can't wait to see what kind of results he can get with a Ferrari.
Statistically Räikkönen was more successful than Alonso at Ferrari but let's see what happens next year.
The race was a big disappointment for Grosjean. I really hoped that he could get some good results finally. Lotus could be happy though when Räikkönen saved the situation with the podium.
The other disappointment was Mark Webber's retirement. He had driven well but what can you do if the car doesn't last till the end. Funny how it always happens to Webber and not Vettel. What is he doing wrong or is the reason something else? Who knows?
Let's take a look at my guesses and the actual results. Here are my guesses:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton
The Top 3 on Sunday
- Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
- Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
- Felipe Massa, Ferrari
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus
Surprise: Felipe Massa, Ferrari
And then the actual results:
Pole position: Sebastian Vettel
The Top 3 on Sunday
- Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
- Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
- Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
The surprise was supposed to be Massa and he did surprise by being faster than Alonso in qualifying. The real surprise was probably Räikkönen. I know he is a superb driver but I had no clue that he would be on the podium.
The TOP3 was 2 right out of 3. I said that Kimi would do the fastest lap but instead he was third. I had too much fate in Hamilton and Massa so you could say that they let me down. I hope that Massa will drive in a good team next year because at this point it could be even possible that he doesn't get a F1 seat at all.
