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Fernando Alonso, last year’s overall champion won the Malaysian Grand Prix this year. He led from the beginning and won the race with a superlative performance. Lewis Hamilton took the second spot while [tag-tec]Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for the third spot. Felipe Massa looked off color and could only secure the 5th position.
Felipe Massa started the race at pole position. He could not keep up the good form and conceded the race in spite of having a superior and faster car. His blunder in turn four cost him dearly and he could never recover after that. It was driving at its worst. He was skillfully overtaken by Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton went on to secure the second position.
Kimi Raikkonen, the winner at Melbourne, seemed unhappy with his performance at the prize distribution ceremony. Things have not worked in his favor since he switched from Mclaren to Ferrari this year. He is not able to weave the magic that Michael Schumacher could do for Ferrari. Schumacher was exceptional in taking risks. He had the ability to set the race track on fire with his scintillating performances. With his retirement from active racing last year, there seems to be no replacements. Kimi showed his lack of killer instinct in the closing stages being unable to overtake Hamilton. But Lewis Hamilton, the rookie Englishman, again showed a lot of promise and took the second spot behind Alonso. He exhibited his prowess by maintaining his second position in spite of kimi raikkonen’s repeated efforts to overtake him. Hamilton kept his cool even though Raikkonen came quite close to outpacing him towards the end. Alonso had a wonderful day and led throughout the race. He showed glimpses of his form last year when he even out raced the great Michael Schumacher. This year too, he has a good chance of becoming the overall Formula One champion. But he will be definitely challenged by Raikkonen and Hamilton.
With the retirement of Michael Schumacher, The Formula One seems to have lost its charm. Ferrari is definitely missing his services this year. The competition is heating up with the title contenders Mclaren and Ferrari vowing to outsmart each other. The drivers need to step up their performances to make F1 races interesting as before. Will the Formula One authorities come up with innovative ideas to make F1 more and more popular? Is there a driver who can step into the large shoes of Schumacher? Is Alonso good enough? Does Raikkonen have killer instinct? Does Hamilton have the ingradients to be the next F1 champion? Will Raikkonen live up to the promise that he had shown in the season opener? Will the drivers be good enough to provide stiff competition to the leaders? These are the questions that needs to be answered so that racing enthusiasts worldwide get what they want—maximum excitement!
