Michael’s retirement was caused by contact with Heidfeld the lap after PdlR finally got by, which is surely worse – you’d think he’d have learnt his lesson after the McLaren got by. 4th would have given 5 points, putting the gap to Alonso into single digits, so his decision making has to be questioned.

Not sure Kubica did any better than JV would have, but he doesn’t need to – if he’s anywhere near JV’s performance, with age on his side the drive is his.

Great drives from all of the top 3, and DC had a rolling wreck by the end so P5 wasn’t a bad effort at all. Be interesting to see how he deals with Webber as his teammate next year, provided the rumours are accurate.

Villeneuve is out at BMW – confirmed this morning. Speaking of BMW, Kubica was DQ’ed for an underweight car, which gives Michael 8th and a single point.

DC got caught up in a wide variety of things, apparently, though the broadcast missed all of it so you’d have been forgiven for thinking he’d stayed at home. The Heidfeld/Schumacher clash was never fully covered either, since the director seemed unhealthily obsessed with de la Rosa’s steering wheel.

I’ll update my blog properly shortly, with luck. I did put something on it last night, but it was never intended for use there – it just seemed a good idea to do *something* as a reminder that I hadn’t forgot about the place.