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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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Well done Kimi
Posted by Richard in Formula One Sunday, 1 July o 11:07 No Comments
At long last, it looks like Kimi Raikkonen is back on form. He ran a flawless race beating his teammate Felipe Massa.
As reported in GPUpdate, Kimi said:
“We’ve had a bit of a hard time the past two months but I always expected that and it’s a bit difficult when you don’t get good results so we just worked hard to get the car right,” he added. “We’re still not right where we want to be but definitely a lo happier with the car since the last test.”
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