Finally after four weeks of waiting we saw a really exciting race in Barcalona, it was lucky that Chrissie recorded it on her suave new freeview recorder because otherwise it would have been missed. We saw some exciting crashes and Kimi Raikkonen storming off the circuit in a taxi. BABY!
With crashes in the first lap, fires in the pit lane and crashes exiting the pit lane it was fun filled excitement. I was pleased to see Robert Kubica in 4th, DC in 5th and Nico Rosberg in 6th. These are what I unflatteringly call 'B' drivers, solid but not championship contenders. It goes to show that the number of drop outs and improvements to vehicles are getting these drivers into the points.
Button though was poor bordering on desperate. What was he thinking bottling it on the pit exit and nearly taking himself and his team mate out of the race?
Hamilton update. He crashed in practice but was still third quickest on the track. Now I wonder if the monaco is going to be his downfall, I hope not but there seems to be an opinion that his good start is going to end at some point. I hope they are wrong.
Monaco is the most glamorous of the F1 calender however, this year was also the most boring. They ran an excellent road train around the circuit for 78 laps which was pretty boring. I was disappointed McClaren called in Lewis and instigated team orders it would have been good to see them both sprint to the finish. I suppose it is better than having both drivers out of the race though.
The Hamilton situation annoyed me too. Mind you, I think my recollection may have come from the highlights because I'd pretty much fallen asleep then because it was soooooooooooooo boring.
Lewis fanclub update. The Brit has taken pole on his first ever time at Canadian GP. Alonso will be right on his tail for the start of the race which is set to be an amazing one. I must remember to watch todays race it will be an important one for the season and for his career.
The Ferrari's seem to be struggling at the moment, I wonder what they are going to do about it!
Congrats to Lewis. Great race and amazing coolness and control. If the safety car had not been out four times he might have lapped second place by the end of the race.
Alonso had a damaged car from the first corner - Lesson. GP's are not won on first corner. Get a GRIP!
Kubica. Oh. My. God. I hope he gets better soon from his broken leg. It was a massive crash and he is lucky to be alive.
Deeply disapointed I missed the race as I was at julias dad's 60th in Brighton.
Would love to get hold of Jacques Villeneuves head and rub his face in for his scathing attack on hamilton last week but I don't need to I think Lewis did it for us!
I literally caught the news summary afterwards, just that Hamilton won. Excellent. Missed the rest of it. Bogus, dude.
Just watched the Kubica crash (thanks YouTube!). Ooh. That was pretty high speed, but the fact that he only had leg injuries says a lot about the safety of those cars and the physical conditioning of the drivers.
The jinx has kicked in. Alonso has kicked off saying he feels Hamilton is getting preferential treatment. I wonder who will win? The decent rookie or the expensive whinging Spaniard? I wonder.....
Sod Alonso he's just a whinging bleeder.
He has his own team of mechanics and Hamilton has a seperate team within the Maclaren team. These "sub" teams are effectively in competition with each other and both want to beat each other. The mechanics are only as good at setting up the car as the driver is as good at testing the car and telling them what its doing wrong.
He got the favour of the coin toss in Monacco when the team brought Hamilton in early so he didn't leapfrog Alonso in the pits, what more does he want.
He has shown in a series of Bonzai moves that he is neither as quick or as coolheaded as the rookie.
Also while I am on a rant about the whinging spaniard.
What did he expect.
Its Hamiltons rookie season. Did he for even one moment expect Maclaren to stick hsamilton in a multi-million pound car, invest millions in him without spending the time and giving him the mentoring and tutelage that he needs.
Or should they take the other route and take a bright young racing driver, stick him in a car for one season with no extra support, let him fail and then demote him down to test driver for 3 years.
Indianapolis this week. They group the North American ones closely so they can get the hell out of there quickly! Hope it is as action packed as last week. Hopefully I will have finished helping Becky move before it starts!
Well Hamilton did it again, maybe the Walker Curse hasn't affected him as badly as it affected the likes of Mansell and Hill! Lets hope he can keep going.
Nothing says "romance" like a kidnapped injured woman!
Hope it is as action packed as last week. Hopefully I will have finished helping Becky move before it starts!