The 2007 motorsport season is rapidly coming to a close and the picture of the champions to be is getting clearer and clearer. The most outstanding performance was that of Lewis Hamilton’s victory in a rain soaked Grand Prix of Japan, where his McLaren-Mercedes teammate Fernando Alonso crashed out of the race. German driver Timo Glock clinched the GP2 title in Valencia. Up north Romain Grosjean made the best out of the penultimate round of the Formula 3 Euro Series at the circuit of Nogaro. And finally, at Oschersleben Dutch F3 ace Carlo van Dam underlined once more why he is the best in the German ATS Formel 3 Cup.

The Grand Prix of Japan was held under atrocious weather conditions. At the foot of Mount Fuji all 22 drivers initially ran behind the pace-car for 19 laps, before the track was clear enough to be raced on. That is to say, there was still so much water standing on the track that visibility in the spray was reduced to almost nil. Lewis Hamilton took maximum advantage of his pole-position – he demoted his teammate Fernando Alonso to second on the grid with a mere 0.07 secs difference – ran in front with relative clear sight, driving away from the rest of the field. Alonso went out empty handed, crashing hard into the guardrails, after slithering a couple of times before his ultimate mistake. His chances on a championship hattrick reduced to almost zero. Where as the Spanish World Champion went down, Formula 1 rookie Hamilton drove the race of his life, shortly disrupted by a coming together with BMW’s Robert Kubica, this a clear result of the atrocious track conditions. Lewis spun briefly before resuming his race towards the chequered flag in great style, reminding of the late great Ayrton Senna. The Brazilian’s race at Donington in 1993 made the history books as one of the best displays of pure craftsmanship ever, cementing further his immense reputation. Hamilton remained cool as ice at Fuji and with this masterpiece he made a huge step towards what more and more looks to be his first World Championship, a title since yesterday more than well deserved. The Brit by the way recorded also the fastest lap time with his Koni FSD dampers equipped McLaren-Mercedes. Heikki Kovalainen starred also, scoring the first podium for Renault this season, while Kimi Räikkönen finished third, coming from last after having started on wrong tyres.
Timo Glock is Hamilton's successor in the GP2 Championship. The Series were decided in the very last race, at Valencia. In the first heat Glock’s sole rival Lucas di Grassi stranded in a gravel trap, after sailing off a slightly wet track on slick tyres. Glock started conservatively on rain tyres but could not finish higher than seventh, keeping the title race open till the very last heat. That race had to be won by Di Grassi, who started form the back row. The Brazilian drove like a man processed but 13th was as far as he could come. Meanwhile Glock steered his iSports International car to a clear victory and the championship. All GP2 cars by the way are standard on Koni dampers.
The Formula 3 Euro Series will be decided during the last event, on 13 and 14 October at Hockenheim. At Nogaro series leader Romain Grosjean made the most of it with the pole-position and a win in the first race, followed by fifth in the second heat, collecting 13 points in total. His rival Sebastien Buemi came home first in the second heat and finished 4th in the first one, loosing two more points to Grosjean, who now leads by 7 points.
The conclusion of German Formel 3 Cup took place at Oschersleben. Carlo van Dam, already crowned as the new champion, made the most of it with a victory, one pole-position and third in the first race with his, Koni FSD equipped, Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara. The remaining win and pole went to Belgian driver Frédéric Vervisch, claiming the runner up position for him as well as the Koni FSD equipped Belgian JB Motorsport team.