The prospect of the closest F1 season in memory ending in recriminations and derision disappeared this evening when race stewards in Brazil decided not to punish BMW and Williams for rule-breaking over fuel temperatures.
Perhaps it was because there was no championship for the team to fight for, but Super Aguri and Anthony Davidson seem to have enjoyed themselves rather a lot in Brazil.
Just when you thought this crazy season was over, it just got stranger.
A disappointing Brazilian Grand Prix for Red Bull couldn’t overshadow a season that bodes well for the future in David Coulthard’s eyes.
“None of us are in pain, we feel great,” insisted Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony at the end of a race that had seen his son lose the world championship but break every record in the book for a rookie.
It was, in the end, a day when everything went right for Kimi and wrong for Lewis, and nobody really bothered with the other bloke stuck in the middle.
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Lewis Hamilton will not be sweeping majestically to the world championship from pole at the Brazilian Grand Prix tomorrow – but second place on the grid leaves him well positioned when the dogfight begins.