Lewis Hamilton's First World Champion Title - Caleb Omotunde
Everything seem to indicate the World Champion Title would be won by Felipe Massa, when he crossed the GP Brasil finish line in the first place, but the title slipped away due to Lewis Hamilton overtaking Toyota’s Timo Glock, securing the fifth place at the finish line.
Lewis Hamilton, overtook the Italian Giancarlo Fisichella in a risky maneuver, took fifth place and drove the McLaren pits to the vibration, especially the father, brother and girlfriend, who accompanied the race. From then on, the race became a bitter monotony with Hamilton holding the position, with no close rivals threatening him.
In front, Massa only controlled the advantage to get the tenth career victory, the second in Brazil, but that would not be enough to take the cup. With eight laps to go, the rain gave a new face to the GP. The drivers were forced into the pits, Hamilton dropped to fifth and, with two laps to go, Sebastian Vettel outperformed the English, throwing him to sixth place, which gave the title to Massa. But just a few turns from the end, the McLaren rider overtook Timo Glock and took the title.
HISTORY WAS MADE
At 23, Hamilton became the youngest champion in the category, beating his challenger Fernando Alonso, who won his first title in 2005 at the age of 24. He is also the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996.
For the first time since 1989, when Alain Prost defeated Ayrton Senna in the title fight despite having only four wins against six of the Brazilian, the championship was not won by the driver with the most victories - the British added five this season to Massa's six.
McLaren has yet another reason to celebrate, as the last title a rider that had won was in 1999 with Finnish Mika Hakkinen.
History was made! It was the first World Champion title for Lewis Hamilton!
