The formula 1 season comes to an end this weekend in Brazil. The championship is going down to the wire again this year with Massa and Hamilton both still in contention. But with a 7 point lead, the championship is really Hamiltons to loose, although he went into the final race last year with a clear advantage only to see it disappear with a technical problem.

Both of the Championship leaders have had mixed seasons with Hamilton putting in an amazing drive in the wet at Silverstone but has also made some mistakes. Running into Kimi in the pits at Canada and fluffing starts at Hungary and Japan.

Massa was dominant in Turkey and Valencia and made a fantastic start in Budapest only to loose out on a certain win with three laps to go, when the engine in his ferrari blew up. The championship was lost for him by the team during the botched pit stop during F1’s first night race in Singapore.

Hamilton has had some bad luck too, with some dubious penalties in Japan and France and having his brilliant win in Spa taken away by the stewards.

I hope it’s an exiting race and, despite what Eddie Jordan says, I wouldn’t expect and dirty tactics from Massa, his collison with Hamilton in Japan looked like an honest driving error to me.

I predict that Massa will win the race which will make amends for him having to gift the victory to Kimi last year. Hamilton will be the new world champion on sunday, even in Massa wins he only has to come fith.

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