lewis hamilton will not be world champion this year, it is that simple. yes he has raw talent, and he will be champ probably next year, but there is no way alonsos ego will allow him to be the number one driver.
But we have to remember one thing and keep it in perpestive. Hamilton may have broken records, but he is not the first driver to come close to winning on his debut season in F1. A certain Jacques Villnerve in the williams took it down to the last race of the season against a certain Damon Hill. Also lets not forget that he is being raved about for finishing on the podium in his debut race...but Baghetti still remains the only driver to have won his first ever World Championship race (aside from Nino Farina, as the winner of the first ever World Championship Grand Prix in 1950, by default a first).
Let's keep his performance in check, wait till the end of the season before pouring fuel on the medias frenzy.

i still claim he will not be world champion this year.....alonso will get a strop on and do a prost....

if you didn't watch gp racing then it was a situation like this.
Prost led the world championship by 1 point to senna.
Senna had been faster all weekend, btw they were in the same team....McLaren.
So what does prost do?
Takes senna out in the first corner....it is blatant...he doesn't even attempt to brake....just rams him
Alonso will do the same.
Hamilton deserves to win, but he won't

I would also like to bring a point that the commentary pointed out at the end of the last race.
There is no soul in racing anymore.
Gone are the days when the driver would stop, pick up one of the flags, and do his victory lap with it in his hand....it has become essentialy boring.
In an aid to bring back a lot of what F1 used to be, they should do the following.

1. Ban refulleing.....F1 never used to be about refulling strategy and tyres, it used to be about racing...noe this doesn't happen anymore.

2. Ban traction control....and other race aids.

3. Scrap ANY form of team orders, although them to race to the bitter end.

4. Get rid of ANY track that is boring, alll tracks should be able to premote overtaking, rather than saftey. The drivers don't race because they want to feel safe, if they did they would have taken up "Crocquet" No they are adraline junkies, and we should encourage more challenging tracks...for the american gp, scrap indianapolis...it's a boring track...race at Laguna Seca....would love F1 cars to go down the corkscrew. Made Spa the circuit it once was, not the dull saftey driven thing it is now.

and lastly

5. Ban sponsership, this may sound harsh but it has ruined the racing now. It has all become about getting their name on the podium, all about the money. F1 is big business now, and the same is happening to football....it is all about seeing a return on your investment....think i will watch tennis from now on, at least they play against each other


rant over

there are several races to go...i think 5, and the points difference is hardly anything now.....that really won't be tricky...a couple of good races for Alonso, and a couple of under handed tactics by him will soon see him rise to the top.....

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The FIA has hit McLaren-Mercedes with an unprecedented $100 million fine and docked the team its constructors' championship points for the current season after finding them guilty of spying on rivals Ferrari.
However, after both the team's drivers gave evidence in the case, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have escaped sanction - meaning they are free to chase this year's world drivers' title.
"The WMSC (World Motor Sports Council) has stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructors points in the 2007 FIA Formula One world championship and the team can score no points for the remainder of the season," the FIA said.
"Furthermore the team will pay a fine equal to $100 million (£49.2 million), less the FOM income lost as a result of the points deduction."
The WMSC has also withheld a decision regarding next year's constructors' championship until the team's 2008 car can be scrutinised to see whether it uses Ferrari intellectual property.
"The WMSC will receive a full technical report on the 2008 McLaren car and will take a decision at the December 2007 meeting after what sanction, if any, will be imposed on the team for the 2008 season," the statement added.
Hamilton leads Alonso by three points in the drivers' standings with just four races - including Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix - remaining.
But the verdict means that McLaren's 23-point constructors' championship lead over Ferrari has been wiped, leaving the latter a full 57 points ahead of BMW Sauber.

Twas a real shame Trev. Fingers crossed for the final race in Brazil

Way to go Kimi, what a real raving driver, marry hamilton he's a loser, he got owned big time today

He is a true Brit..has a Welsh first name [Lewis], Scottish second name [Hamilton]..and is English.