At least that’s what FIA executive Max Mosley is saying.

March 16 is the date when the 2008 F1 season kicks off in Melbourne, Australia. However, that didn’t stop people from talking about some early shit like Lewis Hamilton will win the 2008 title or Kimi Raikkonen will win the title for the second straight season.

Probably the most stupid one I heard was this thing about Fernando Alonso winning it again. That deserves a separate story here on OddJack.

As far as Max Mosley is concerned, he believes Lewis Hamilton will dominate. Hell, he even said that the young British driver will be even better than Michael Schumacher once Hamilton’s career is over. Hmm…

”If you are thinking about the drivers dispassionately, it was Raikkonen’s turn more than Lewis’,” Max Mosley said of last season’s championship chase when Kimi Raikkonen snatched the 2007 title away from both Alonso and Hamilton.

”But Lewis will get plenty of turns. Unless something dramatically goes wrong, he will win several Championships. I think Ron (Dennis) said the other day, that to have missed out on the Championship by a point, to have won four races and been on the podium in the first nine races in his first season is a record that will take a very long time before it is equaled.”

”If he races for as long as Michael did then he may very well beat his record, but there are some very good, young drivers about, so he is not going to have an easy time.”

He even talked about the thing when McLaren – Mercedes simply got dogged by spying scandals last season.

”Lewis and everybody else has to recognize it is a complex sport, and we (the FIA) do our best,” Mosley said. ”But when you think in our case the ball changes between events, and it’s different for each team, while there are also 50 to 100 modifications on each car between each pair of races.”

”We’re trying to keep on top of this and make sure nobody does something that is unfair, and the teams are spending mega-bucks on research and development.”

Somebody report this to the guys from McLaren – Mercedes.

Who will win the 2008 F1 Drivers Championship? Bodog Sportsbook has the odds.

Kimi Raikkonen 2.75

Lewis Hamilton 3.00

Fernando Alonso 7.00

Felipe Massa 7.00

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