At Last, It Is Jenson!

At last, Jenson Button took his 1st ever GP victory, on his 113th attempts!! The race was held in damp condition. It began with Kimi, who started in pole position, lead in the early stage. But, it was Alonso & Button who really looked dangerous. Alonso even overtook Michael on the outside of the track! Alonso took the lead after Kimi pitted on lap 17. A misunderstanding on lap 26 saw Kimi drove into the back of Liuzzi's Toro Rosso. Both out. As the track began to dry, Michael, from nowhere, began to clock faster time. Alonso pitted on lap 51. As he exited the pits, he was struggling to control his Renault. Just after several corners, he was in the barriers & out of the race. That left Button in the lead for the remaining of the race. Back then, Michael was in the 2nd place, until De La Rosa overtook him on lap 66 after several attempts. A lap later, it was Heidfeld's turn to pass Michael, at the same chicane. Michael had a bad luck this time as his Ferrari hit the back of the BMW. It damaged the suspension, Michael retired from the race. I guess Alonso was smiling at that time.. And me too was smiling! Michael's style of defending (from De La Rosa & Heidfeld) I consider as reckless. No point to defend like that when your car was underperform. It's dangerous!! Michael was then classified 9th. The race finished with Button finished 1st, De La Rosa finished 2nd (his 1st podium) & Heidfeld finished 3rd. A deserved victory for Jenson....

But today, Kubica who finished 7th, was disqualified after his BMW was found to be underweight following the race. It means Massa moves up to 7th place while Michael moves to 8th. Lucky Michael. He's now just 10 points behind Alonso.

Yesterday's highlights:

Ligue 1 : Sedan 0 Marseille 0

SPL : Hearts 2 Celtic 1

ELC : Coventry 2 Sunderland 1
ELC : Derby 2 Southampton 2

Acura Classic (Final) : Maria Sharapova bt Kim Clijsters - 7-5, 7-5