Kimi is Number 1

 After years of heartbreaking runner up finishes, Kimi Raikkonen is Formula One's World Champion.

Coming to the last leg of the F1 World Championships in Interlagos at third behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso in the Drivers Championships, Kimi Raikkonen roared to lead Scuderia Ferrari in a 1-2 finish grabbing the Formula One World Drivers Championship and  the Constructor's Championship. Ferrari's team strategy proved to be overwhelming against closest rival McLaren, who this year found themselves in a deep mire of design spying and intra-team struggles with Alonso.

Meanwhile plot thickens as McLaren is bent on appealing a case to the FIA to null Kimi's Championship pending investigation on the illegal fuel temperature of BMW Sauber and Williams on race day. If favored then Hamilton will take the Championship. However the 22 year old rookie has said he would not like the idea of having the championship on a technicality, adding more that he wants to do it on the track.

This will be the first Ferrari Championship after the era of Michael Schumacher. (Photos from www.planet-f1.com and www.chroniclejournal.com)