Category: Formula One
Malaysian GP abandoned: F1 victim of its own greed
Posted by Richard in Formula One Sunday, 5 April o 12:23 No Comments
Today’s race was exciting for 30 laps, then the rain came and by lap 32 the race was over. I’m pleased Brawn GP, BMW Sauber and Toyota were on the podium, and not just McLaren and Ferrari, but what a crazy way to finish. Jensen Button and Brawn GP have won both here and Australia but have yet to finish under racing conditions.
Tropical Malaysia routinely sees thunderstorms at this time of year, especially towards the end of the day. Yet the race organizers decided to start the race two hours later at 5pm instead of the regular 3pm start, so that European TV audiences could see the race at a better time and higher revenues could be demanded from advertisers.
Conditions would have had to be perfect to finish the race before sunset. With the onset of rain halfway through the race and the delay it caused, there was never a chance to finish. By the time the rain had reduced in intensity it was getting too dark to restart. Surely, Formula 1 management must have foreseen this situation. It did rain every day this week. The biggest losers were the TV audiences who didn’t get to see a full race.
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New Season of Formula One, no longer dominated by Ferrari and McLaren
Posted by Richard in Formula One Sunday, 29 March o 11:31 No Comments
What a different formula one race. The Australian grand prix debuted new cars, new tires and new racing. Instead of seeing McLaren and Ferrari dominating from start to finish, we see Braun, Red Bull, BMW and Toyota. A year ago nobody would have thought that Button and Barrichello would be one-two in any race. On the other hand, if it hadn’t been for the mistakes made by Vettel and Kubica we would have seen a different result. It was definitely exciting.
I am hoping we have a really interesting and competitive season with a new style of race.
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Amazing Kimi – Winning Brazilian GP and World Drivers’ Championship
Posted by Richard in Formula One Sunday, 21 October o 11:59 No Comments
What an exciting Formula 1 season. After the Japanese Grand Prix, two races ago, I was convinced Lewis Hamilton was going to be the first rookie to win the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship and that Kimi Raikkonen didn’t have a chance. Even entering today’s race it was really only a mathematical probability that Kimi would win. I was still convinced the WDC would go to a McLaren driver, either Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton.
Kimi really kept his cool throughout the entire race, while Lewis lost his on the first lap and McLaren proved no match for Ferrari.
Congratulations Kimi – you deserve it!
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Well done Kimi — you’ve turned on the heat!
Posted by Richard in Formula One Sunday, 7 October o 13:22 No Comments
Back in June, I wrote a post suggesting it was time for Kimi Raikkonen to turn up the heat. He’s certainly done that over the last few races, winning the Canadian, US, British, Belgium and the Chinese Grand Prix’s and coming second or third in four others. Kimi now has a chance to win the world drivers championship.
With Lewis Hamilton’s retirement and Kimi and Fernando Alonso finishing first and second in the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday, the championship is down to just 7 points. The battle for the world championship should go down to the wire in Brazil. If Massa can become the spoiler, Kimi has a chance to pull it off. I’m looking forward to the finale of an exciting season.
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Lewis Hamilton asterisk — * First WDC as a Rookie
Posted by Richard in Formula One Tuesday, 2 October o 12:36 1 Comment
There’s been a lot of talk in the press and blogosphere about Lewis Hamilton and whether he should have an asterisk beside his name if he becomes the Formula One world drivers champion. I say yes! – Not because he may have won as a result of the Mclaren – Ferrari spying scandal, but because he’s the only rookie to ever win the championship and he did so fairly over his teammate and previous WDC, Fernando Alonso.
Lewis Hamilton, is one of the best new drivers to enter into Formula One since Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna. If he wins the championship, he deserves to be recognized for beating Alonso and the rest of the field and earning it during his rookie year. I say put the asterisk beside his name and let it indicate the first rookie ever to win the championship.
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