Hamilton's title: Full round-up

Eurosport - Mon, 03 Nov 23:57:00 2008

Get all the news and reaction from Lewis Hamilton's title triumph here.....

FORMULA 1 2008 Brazilian GP Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 0

Lewis Hamilton became the youngest man to win the Formula One drivers' World Championship in a sensational finish at Interlagos on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Englishman, needing a top-five finish to be champion, seized fifth place again for McLaren Mercedes after losing it on the final lap of a tense, dramatic and rain-hit Brazilian Grand Prix won by his title rival and local hero Felipe Massa of Ferrari.

As Massa triumphed and then celebrated, briefly, Hamilton caught and passed German Timo Glock of Toyota to turn his day from despair to joy after earlier appearing to have controlled his own race.

Check out all the reaction by pasting these links into your browser:

Interlagos gallery:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/ph/index.html?p=interlagos&tmp=aslideshow&b=01&speed=3

Hamilton factbox:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02112008/58/brazilian-gp-lewis-hamilton-factbox.html

Britain's biggest sporting talents:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02112008/4/britain-s-best-young-sporting-talent.html

Ten great sporting finales:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/58/ten-great-sporting-finales.html

Driver reaction from Interlagos:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/58/drivers-said.html

Reaction from around F1:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/58/hamilton-reaction-jordan-lucky-lewis.html

Media reaction:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/58/italy-accept-hamilton-victory.html

Hamilton punter wins £125,000:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/58/hamilton-punter-wins-125-000.html

2008 race by race review:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02112008/58/formula-title-duel-race-race.html

Final standings:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/formula-1/driver-table/2008.html

Hamilton breaks down barriers:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02112008/58/hamilton-smashes-f1-barriers.html

Race report:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/3/hamilton-pips-massa-formula-title-tense-brazil-finale.html

Full Hamilton reaction:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02112008/4/hamilton-feels-champion.html

Dennis quiet on future:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/13/dennis-thinking-future-decision.html

Domenicali lauds heart-broken Massa;

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03112008/23/domenicali-lauds-heart-broken-massa.html

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  1. Alonso the finest driver WHAT, that little diego­ would'nt get a drive in NASCAR that's only for­ men.

    From Big Bad Mad Joe, on Wed 5 Nov 10:29PM

  2. Who's that li'l p1ssant salsa?

    From Big Bad Mad Joe, on Wed 5 Nov 10:28PM

  3. we said golf 57

    we got same *** INVALID

    From salsa747, on Wed 5 Nov 9:23PM

  4. we received INVALID

    for saying congratulations

    -

    From salsa747, on Wed 5 Nov 9:22PM

  5. TITLE WAS WELCOME GIFT BY MASSA FUEL RIG BOYS

    From salsa747, on Wed 5 Nov 9:19PM

  6. DOUBLE WORLD CHAMP FINEST DRIVER OF THE SEASON

    From salsa747, on Wed 5 Nov 9:18PM

  7. ALONSO DOUBLE WORLD CHAMP WAS FINEST DRIVER OF THE­ SEASON
    HE NEVER BOTHERED TO SHUNT PARKED CARS IN THE­ PIT LANE

    TITLE WAS A WELCOME GIFT FROM MASS FUEL RIG­ BOYS

    From salsa747, on Wed 5 Nov 9:16PM

  8. rumour has it that 10million usd changed hands the next­ morning in a brazilian cafe.

    From pond.simba, on Wed 5 Nov 7:15PM

  9. LEWIS IS F1 WORLD CHAMPION, WHETHER HE'S WORTHY OR­ NOT IN PEOPLE'S OPINION DOESN'T MATTER, HE IS­ AND THAT'S THAT! CAN'T WE JUST ENJOY IT AND­ GIVE LEWIS A BREAK, AFTER ALL IT'S ONLY ABOUT 5­ MONTHS UNTIL THE NEW SEASON STARTS AGAIN ANYWAY.

    From mellieblack, on Wed 5 Nov 7:15PM

  10. I dont understand why he has silenced his critics... he­ almost lost it!!!! He could barely manage 5th!!! and­ that means he has silenced his critics? Its like­ applauding his great drive in Monaco... when the only­ reason why he won was because he hit the wall!!I would­ hardly say his critics have been silenced and that he­ was the best driver all yr. Alonso, Vettel and Massa­ proved themselves and silenced critics... i think­ Hamilton has made it hard for himself and has a bit­ more work to do

    From pond.simba, on Wed 5 Nov 7:14PM

  11. To accuse Timo Glock of doing anything unsporting is­ tanamount to accusing the Queen of forgetting Her­ Protocol!

    From Easyrider2609, on Wed 5 Nov 6:34PM

  12. One could say that the proof of a "Worthy­ Champion" is in the Defence of the Title! Contrary­ to my Doctors orders I WILL be watching F1 next Year!

    From Easyrider2609, on Wed 5 Nov 6:32PM

  13. do you think it's possible to find all the radio­ talks between Glock and his team
    and check if he­ received some crazy instructions? quite unlikely by the­ way...
    unless senorita Mercedes came with a big­ wallet...

    From golf in the kingdom, on Wed 5 Nov 6:12PM

  14. bizarre
    I posted a slightly negative comment on­ Hamilton and Raikkonen, world champions from the sky,­ really lucky guys
    saying that the true champions should­ be Alonzo 2007 and Massa 2008
    and I get "invalid­ comment"
    what happens? dictatorship here?
    I try­ again, will see

    From golf in the kingdom, on Wed 5 Nov 6:01PM

  15. yes favourite star Alonso was the seasons success story­ in last 8 events bringing him most points

    From serrrannos, on Wed 5 Nov 2:33PM

  16. THE FINEST DRIVER ON THE CIRCUIT IS DOUBLE WORLD CHAMP­ SUPERSTAR *** ALONSO*****

    HE COLLECTED MOST POINTS­ OVER 2ND HALF OF SEASON IN IMPROVED CAR

    WHICH SHOULD­ HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING FOR A 3RD WORLD­ TITLE

    HE NEVER SHUNTED PARKED CARS IN THE PIT LANE OR ­ earned drive thru PENALTIES

    From sunita139, on Wed 5 Nov 1:43PM

  17. This year has shown the four best drivers to be: LH,­ PM, KR, and dummy throwing damaged goods, Yes and to­ think I supported him over MS over the last few years.­ Vettel following close behind and perhaps JB too.­ Honda’s KERS development seems to be going well. Next­ year we should have level playing field so we might­ finally see Jenson showing us his worth. If Honda is­ able to sell a customer package (hoping) we might see­ Davidson or Sato back again. Both well respected in F1­ circles… PS. I Feel for Dc

    From JAYANTILAL, on Wed 5 Nov 8:41AM

  18. Come on guys the results are in, the fat lady’s stopped­ singing, LH has won. Its over and All in the business,­ teams and drivers (Inc his worthy opponents) have­ already praised him as a worthy world champion. Its­ time for some on this site to eat humble pie and move­ on.

    From JAYANTILAL, on Wed 5 Nov 8:40AM

  19. Close call Lewis! Let's see how he does next season­ now that he's riled everyone up! Hope he proves­ himself to be a deserved world champion.

    From mongolfcfan, on Wed 5 Nov 7:44AM

  20. So right such a toyota yaris, however, timed to­ perfection...maybe is was an F1yaris after all =)

    From Andy, on Wed 5 Nov 4:40AM
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