Just as I had feared, Kimi started on pole, and was leading big time after the first round of pit stops and then the McLaren reliability (actually, lack thereof) kicked in and he just stopped. Apparently it was a transmission failure. He was in no way troubled by the competition, cruising along to his well-deserved win, when all of a sudden it ended.

Now the difference between #1 and #2 is 36 points. I think Alonso can start making plans for his offseason celebrations of a world championship.

Side notes for the race: Good blocking my Michael Schumacher against Fisichella. FISICHELLA?? Are you kidding me? Times have certainly changed. And sadly, Schuey was passed. He held off till the last lap and then had to give up position.

And of course, the story of the race was perhaps Montoya climbing from last place to second. Good job.