What did you folks expect? Ferrari to let Kimi finish ahead of ALO in front of his countryman in a race attended personally by Botin who happens to be the most important sponsor in F1, at a time when F1 powers are debating if they should get rid of tire blankets to save on electricity bills. Kimi signed up for this on a volunteer basis knowing full well he was walking into lion's den, challenging ALO in his own turf. Kimi cannot just drive marginally better. He has to drive devastatingly better and do that in cars that sometimes can be personally inspected or be driven by ALO himself.
The good news for Kimi is that he showed what he can do to ALO in front of his home crowd on a track Finns would probably be hesitant to wave a Finnish flag. I'll bet you ALO will not sleep well tonight because Kimi was way too close for his comfort today in an absolutely fu*cked up car that supposedly suit him better. The bad news for Kimi is that now the politics will intensify. So, he has to watch his inter-team interests like a hawk, question and get informed about everything else happening at the pit-wall at all times even when who is in front don't have any bearing on the WCC either. Therefore, quit wasting your time arguing or analyzing this using race strategies a normal and competitive team may execute. This was one race that politics were as important as racing if not more simply because it was in Spain - the home base of both Santander, ALO, and Botin who practically runs the country in any case. If the same situation happened on another track, would Ferrari let the race run it's normal and competitive racing strategy course without favoring ALO? That, I do not know...
As usual, the biggest losers are all of us (F1, Ferrari, ALO, Kimi fans) because of the betrayal by Ferrari for producing and fielding this lapped piece of junk - and that, I totally put on LdM. Forget F1, he now is hurting the Ferrari brand.
