It should be possible to comment in my blog without putting in a username, let alone registering (though not putting in a username has led to mild confusion when no clue to the author’s identity has been left). I will have a look to see why the process is going wrong for you. Please try again and post here if you’re still having problems – I’ve checked the system still works, but obviously I can’t do that check from your computer.

The question that prompted the analysis was whether Massa’s engine failures and Singapore pit-stop problems would have prevented him from winning the championship even if Hamilton’s stewarding calls were made in a sensible manner. This explains why I have taken what could otherwise seem a slightly odd approach to the analysis. Some of it is just racing, but sometimes racing incidents can have a major influence on the championship (as Kimi Raikkonen will confirm, given that he lost the 2005 championship largely through car unreliability).

The “+0″ means that I have not placed any modifier on the result. The 6 refers to the points Massa actually got. Therefore “6 + 0″ means that I have given him the same six points for Monaco in my analysis as he actually got on the track.

Hope this explanation helps.

It looked as though I require a login there to comment under the article or I might have mentioned that Monaco lists Massa as “Massa 6 + 0 (equally non-controversial second)” which should have said “third”. The 6 points were correct though.

I know that the analysis tries to account for all factors outside the control of the actual drivers (including team errors) but I feel that team errors and some of the other unforseen events are just part of racing and there is an argument for only correcting the bad stewarding which would have left Hamilton able to race in Brazil already having won the WDC.