Formula 1

[Noxide]

Kimi will be champion again. Maybe not this year, but he will be champion again.

He won the championship last year, 17 points behind and two races left in the season.

He'll bounce back.

[Lemmings]

World champion Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday did not rule out helping his Ferrari team-mate win the 2008 title, should his own championship chances continue to dwindle.

Felipe Massa, who is currently on top form in the sister F2008 after a shaky start to the season, insists he has not yet been conferred official number one status, despite his seven point advantage over Raikkonen in their pursuit of championship leader Lewis Hamilton.

"As always at Ferrari, the top priority is to do what is in the best interests of the team," commented Team Principal Stefano Domenicali. "That means both our drivers are very well aware that, if required, one will help the other in the closing stages of the championship."

"This happened last year, when Felipe helped Kimi after the point when it was clear that his own chances of getting the title had slipped out of reach. If the situation was to be reversed, then Kimi would do the same.

However, at the moment, there is no hierarchy between our two drivers because, currently and mathematically, there is not a big enough points gap between them, given there are still sixty points available."

Raikkonen is a renowned Spa Francorchamps specialist, and his hopes of getting his title quest back on track almost certainly rest upon a strong result this weekend.

But he was asked at the Belgian circuit on Thursday if he can imagine falling in line to back Massa. "It can happen," the Finn said. "We will see. It all depends on how the next races go and where we are at the end of the year. We race as a team."

"Hopefully we don't end up in this situation, hopefully I will be in the championship up to the last race. But you never know what happens," Raikkonen added.

[EvilSpaghetti]

Grid positions for the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps:

1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1 min 47.338 secs

2. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:47.678

3. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.815

4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:47.992

5. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.315

6. Fernando Alonso (Spn) Renault 1:48.504

7. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:48.736

8. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:48.763

9. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:48.951

10. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:50.319

11. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:46.949

12. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:46.965

13. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:46.995

14. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:47.018

15. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:47.429

16. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:48.153

17. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:48.211

18. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.226

19. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1:48.268

20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.447

[Noxide]

I'm not saying this just because I don't like him, but I honestly don't understand how Hamilton can pull out half a second on everyone else.

[Duje]

Oh man,what a end of the race...I am so sad about Kimi and I am angry because of Hamilton

[EvilSpaghetti]

Raikkonen seemed to lose his cool no question about it. Hamilton hunted him down and it was Raikkonen who cracked. I think Ferrari have to start saying this is the end of his title challenge now.

[EvilSpaghetti]

GOOD NEWS!!!!

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was stripped of a dramatic victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after stewards handed him a 25-second post-race penalty.

The Englishman was demoted to third place behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld.

The move came after an investigation into a late-race battle between Hamilton and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton's lead over Massa in the title chase has been cut by two points.

Massa's team-mate Raikkonen 19 points adrift off the lead

Before the penalty, he had extended his lead over the Brazilian to eight points, with Raikkonen effectively out of the running on 23.

[Duje]

That is great...Now I am happy

[amaway]

This just goes to show that ferrari hold too much influence within FIA, this is a complete joke, they break the rules last Race and get away with it, no drive thru, unlike any other team who pulls out dangerously, And now they get beat fair and square and Hamilton is penialised for winning. It makes the sport a farce!! One Rule for Ferrari and another for everyone else.

[Noxide]

I can't say anything about the penalty because I wasn't aware of it until now. It was a great race for him but unfortunately his title challenge is now over. Unless of course he does what he did last year.