Is this in bad taste? Like we care…

F1 without crashes would be like Strictly without John Seargant… pointless, in other words.

We’ve compiled five of the most spectacular prangs of 2008, which you can enjoy - if that’s the right word - after the jump, as well as voting for which one you think is the most spectacular crash of the season…

Four new boys to choose from. Pick one…

With F1 so very competitive in 2008, which of the four rookies (we don’t count Seb Vettel and Adrian Sutil, both of whom competed in several GPs in 2007) caught your eye?

Your contenders are: Kazuki Nakajima (Williams), Timo Glock (Toyota), Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) and Nelson Piquet (Renault).

Vote below:

German driver abused on own website

The personal website of Toyota’s Timo Glock has been plagued by abusive messages and vicious insults, triggered by the German’s painfully slow final lap in the Brazilian GP, which enabled Lewis Hamilton to pip Felipe Massa to the 2008 title.

Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell reports that at least 500 abusive messages have been left in the guestbook section of his website. One insult compared him to “a Polish toilet cleaner”, while another wished he lost a leg in an accident. Nice.

Toyota driver denies foul play on last lap

Some Ferrari fans and conspiracy theorists have accused Timo Glock of slowing down deliberately on the final lap of Sunday’s Brazilian GP, to let Lewis Hamilton overtake him and take the crucial fifth place that he needed to win the title.

Glock replied to the accusation by saying: “Are you taking the Mickey?”

Some Brazilian fans at Interlagos even booed Glock after the race, thinking he had robbed local boy Felipe Massa of the championship. But to blame Glock is ridiculous.

The notion that Glock allowed Lewis to pass him is laughable. Toyota had absolutely nothing to gain by helping Hamilton. Also, the German’s slow final-lap time matched that of team-mate Jarno Trulli, who was also on slicks in treacherous conditions - and Trulli was nowhere near Lewis.

Glock had zero grip on the final lap - it’s that simple. And if Toyota had brought him into the pits to replace the slicks with a couple of laps to go (as McLaren did, quite rightly), he would never have been in front of Hamilton in the first place, and we wouldn’t be having this debate.

Toyota made a wrong call, McLaren didn’t. End of story.

Sweet Bernie of Ecclestone, what a race!

First things first: Brazil produced a wonderful, scary, thrilling, unpredictable, dramatic race. If ever it felt like a good time to dust off the old “sport is the real winner” cliche, now is that time. Bernie Ecclestone couldn’t have asked for a better climax to an already memorable season.

Was it the greatest grand prix of all time? Yes, without a doubut, especially given what was at stake. The last few laps, when the rain started to fall again, were some of the most tense minutes in sporting history. For Hamilton fans, never has a scratchy fifth place felt so good. For Massa fans, their man drove the perfect race, but what a hollow win it was.

So, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, who deserves to be crowned world champion… just. He made mistakes throughout the season (Montreal, Spa, Brazil), but then every driver did - and it’s too easy to forget that this is only his second season in F1. More importantly, he also drove quite brilliantly at times (Monaco, Silverstone and Shanghai), making his peers look mediocre.

Gridcrasher bonus! Watch the nail-biting final lap below (if you dare):

Kimi Raikkonen attacks Lewis with “kart” jibe

Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld… just a few of the F1 drivers who have had a pop at Lewis Hamilton in the last few days. Now Kimi Raikkonen and Timo Glock have joined in.

“What Hamilton did at the start at Fuji was not clean,” Kimi moaned today.

“He didn’t give me a chance to turn into the corner. You have to learn how to find braking points when you are six years old in go karts. Obviously you should know how it goes at this level.”

Ouch - that’s about as bitchy as Kimi ever gets, so he’s clearly very pissed off about what happened in Fuji, when the two McLarens forced him wide at the first corner.

Pudgy Timo Glock also spoke out against Hamilton’s behaviour:

The car in front is a Toyota

You can never read too much into the results of Friday practice sessions in F1, but still… Timo Glock!? Where did that come from?

Glock’s achievement is even more impressive because he’s never driven at Fuji before: “I had to learn the track this morning,” T-Glo admitted. “It didn’t take too long - two or three laps, but it’s not an easy circuit.”

Timo Glock is luckier than love than he is in a car

Toyota driver Timo Glock may have had a mixed season on the track, yet his success on the WAG circuit is matched only by Lil’ Lewis Hamilton. During the 2008 F1 season, a 23-year-old German model named Isabell Reis has been accompanying him to race meets, and as you can see, she is ridiculously good looking.