A few weeks ago Dave and I had a bet on the outcome of the Formula season. Dave was certain that the old head Schumacher would out smart the young pretender Alonso. I therefore bet him 100 Yuan that Alonso would claim the title for the second season running, and Schumacher would retire empty handed.
When the bet was made there were 4 races remaining and Michael Schumacher was catching up with Alonso very very quickly. After the Chinese grandrpix he had caught Alsono and both sat on exactly the same number of points, with Schumi's nose slightly in front because of having won one extra race.
Things were getting very interesting.
Then came Japan. Schumacher had led for the majority of the race after Massa pulled aside and let him take the lead. However,despite only qualifying in 5th place Alonso had raced well and found himself in 2nd and catching Schumacher. It was with 12 laps to go that the ferrari engine gave out and handed Alonso the first place.
So with one race to go Alonso of Renault is 10 points ahead of Schumacher and only needs to finish in a points position to claim the title. The race takes place in Brazil on Sunday, so maybe monday morning here. Lets see if Michael or Massa have any plans to stop him from finishing and stop me from claiming my 100 Yuan!
3 comments:
you won then!
Good job!! :-)
Yep. Stayed up till late to watch it. Didnt feel till good when I had o wake up for 7.30 to teach.
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