The race was a very exciting one, as most rain races are. This one was made even more so by the fact that the rain came not as a downpour but in the form of 2 showers in the first few and last few laps. The present breed of drivers look completely out of sorts on a wet track. With all of their traction control and other high tech systems they cannot manage to control the car in the wet, unlike the drivers of yesteryear. Massa put in superb lap times in the middle stint of the racee to pull out a 7 second lead on Alonso. But in the final stint, after the last fuel stop, the Ferrari seemed to loose its edge. Also with no Kimi to pressure Alonso, the double world champion made short work of the 7 second lead. And to make it all the more tougher for Massa it started raining. The tyre stop reduced the lead further. But when he came out I felt he was not able to handle his car at all, Alonso had a wing adjustment made which gave superior grip and handling. But the Regenmeister Schumacher would never have needed intermediates for the shower, which left a thin layer of wetness on the track which had begun to dry soon. He probably would have slid his car around and drifted all the way to the finish. Massa however allowed Alonso to overtake him and pull out a 7 second lead in 3 laps.
The only thing Ferrari can take from this is that Hamilton's lucky streak is ending
Alonso overtakes Massa
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