One of the biggest sports stories of the year is one most North Americans won't hear of.
That's the result of this years' Formula 1 Racing Season.
Against all odds, my man, Kimi Raikkonen, feasting on the bad luck of Lewis Hamilton, won the fiercely contested World Championship with his win in Brazil today.
While most North Americans seem to like watching cheap low tech cars driving around in circles, real racing observers know that Formula One racing is the absolute pinnacle of the motor racing world.
The skill required to operate these amazing multi million dollar machines is beyond the imagination, perhaps only the skill of a jet fighter pilot could come close.
I've been following Formula One now for a few years and was becoming very bored watching Ferrari's Michael Schumacher win almost every race.
This year was different, it was amazing. Full of intrigue, bitter rivalry, dirty handed tactics, a Cinderella story (gone terribly wrong) and ruthless competitiveness.
In Formula One, hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Twenty or so of the world's greatest drivers from all over the world competing for total supremacy.
In the end the sensational Rookie, Lewis Hamilton, ran out of answers and his inexperience cost him dearly, especially two weeks ago in China.
The Iceman, Kimi Raikkonnen prevailed. From being almost out of contention early in this year to World Champion, well for me that was the Cinderella Story.
The big question when this season started was: Could Raikkonen hope to fill the shoes of the greatest driver ever, the Wayne Gretzky of auto racing, Michael Schumacher.
The answer: Michael Who?
Congratulation Kimi!!
