Chance of rain - again??

I've been watching Formula 1 religiously for nearly 15 years now, and I can't remember a season with this many races in the rain... first Monaco, then Britain, then part of Belgium (enough to really throw off the race, anyway!) and a full on deluge for the weekend in Italy. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining - I'm a Lewis Hamilton fan and if not for the injustice in Belgium I would fully attribute his 11-point lead in the championship to the weather. Plus, you have to love the racing, and the chance it gives for guys like Sebastian Vettel to really prove their worth! But I just find it incredible that it has had such a huge effect on the championship this year.

And here we go again (possibly): according to the hour-by-hour on weather.com, a feature of which I have become quite fond this year, the Shanghai forecast is for showers all morning and scattered thunderstorms all afternoon on Sunday (only a 50% chance of precipitation each hour, though). Just like the constant threat of rain in Singapore, and the Saturday forecast at Fuji, this could easily turn out to be nothing. But I feel like it's really spiced up the championship this year and has added a nice extra wrinkle for amateur weather nerds such as myself, not to mention the setup gambles that the race engineers must be considering.

As a Hamilton fan, and considering just how good Lewis is in the rain, it almost feels like cheating when it rains. But hey, after all the FIA is doing to keep the man down, I say bring it on! And as for the "11-point lead in the championship" thing - yes, I am still living in a fantasy world where the FIA does the right thing... i.e. a world of complete delusion, if you'd like to characterize it that way.