Lewis Hamilton clinched his first F1 title at the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix as the hearts of Felipe Massa and Ferrari were broken.
Lewis Hamilton raises the British flag in celebration after clinching his first F1 title at the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.
It was one of the most dramatic days in F1 history and arguably stands as the sport’s absolute zenith, such was the raw emotion on show both in victory and defeat. It’s still a big talking point even now….but here are five moments you may have forgotten from that crazy afternoon at Interlagos…What ever to say to a man with a broken heart, who’s just had his childhood dream snatched away?
Somehow in the emotion Smedley found the perfect words and married them with just the right tone to sum up everything Massa had achieved in 2008 – even if the ultimate achievement had passed him by. As the world took in the emotions of Hamilton’s joy and Massa’s despair – congratulations and commiserations all round in parc ferme – a fire raged almost poetically through the engine cover of the car Button had just stroked to a distant, demoralising 13th place.
“I was gutted,” Coulthard remarked. “That’s not how I wanted to end my F1 career… I had planned to get to the chequered flag and do some donuts for the crowd, but it wasn’t to be.”It was a weekend billed as Hamilton vs Massa, McLaren vs Ferrari. Then Jarno Trulli came along and qualified his Toyota on the front row. How?
Trulli also stayed out on dry tyres when the rain hit at the end of the race but unlike team-mate Glock – and thankfully for Hamilton and McLaren – was out of contention by then, holding on to eighth claim a point.Ferrari and McLaren were ready to do battle; Massa and Hamilton were strapped in their cars; Bernie Ecclestone was pacing nervously around the grid.
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