BMW with Heidfeld in 2nd win a crumbly Canadian GP with, finally
realizing they're all kids out there, David Coulthard in a fine 3rd for
Red Bull. An unrepentant Lewis Hamilton had led the race early until
the first safety car period, due to Sutil's oddly paked Force India -
which forced the Adrian to make a girlie like run for the armco, very
stylish - the new New Kids on the Block is out too!
Raikkonen was the unfortunate victim of Hamilton's like father like
son imitation, his dad Anthony crashed a $600K Porsche, talk about
Surrey. Funny, all these miles away and you still can't take the Surrey
outta the boys...in any case, as Kimi and Kubica sat at the end of the
pitlane waiting for the light to change, Lewis ran into the back of
them followed by another stellar GP2 grad Nico Rosberg to smash up the
lot of them and leave the astonished Kubica undamaged and alone to
cruise to a fine victory, with only his down-trodden team-mate Heidfeld
able to keep him honest while behind them all sorts of mayhem and
bedlam unfolded on the crumbling track forcing all to tip-toe through
to the end.
Indeed, an interesting race and excellent sideshow for the
gob-smacked North American fan, yet no one was very impressed. Watch
the heat turn up on the organizers and get a way without saying what
they mean and meaning what they say. Jean Charest is versed to avoid
rue st. denis.
Next race, back in France, at Magny Cours, again the last race
there. Right, until the next one. Will Mosely attend, will the winds
affect the aero package, can BMW repeat again? Many new items to focus
on and help us forget the Montreal skiddoo race and the marble fiasco
on isle notre dame.
Steady drive from young hammy to survive a puncture and hold on to win a rain-strewn Monaco, with Kubica second and champ leader Massa in 3rd, who despite outqualifying and racing Kimi, is still under pressure at Maranello. Rumour has it Alonso has signed to be there in 2010, and Massa is the odd-man out. Time will tell, in the meanwhile, a lot of bad stratgey at the race costing positions first for Massa who was filled for one stop-but stopped twice, Kovalianen let down by his team, perpetualy out of luck, Rosberg who kept spinning, Raikkonen, et al. Millions of dollars and still, anything can happen. Case in point, Sutil running in 5th until Kimi took him out. Quick hands on the iceman, or it would've been could've been much worse, and then the hard Seb Vettetl bringing the new Toro Rosso home in 5th while Bourdais might be contemplating the good old days. All an all a good event, sans traction control with good racing and lots of action. Next stop Montreal, and the same kind of track that punishes mistakes. Hamilton is looking very strong again, as is Massa and Kubica. Looks like the season is just getting going. Over the next few weeks much will be revealed.
Anti-clockwise specialista Felipe holds on to win a hum-drum Turkish GP, with Macca and Hammy using their poor pit stall to take 2nd and Kimi the Man cruising home the points in third. The BMW's were invisible in 4th and 5th, with Heidfeld notable for his cruise up the field from ninth on the grid. Not invisible were all the pretty women in the garages, notable STR and Macca. Good work all around. Rounding out the point scorers were the usual suspects, Toyota, RedBull and Williams. Very dull in the mid-field, though certainly the polytechnic's will be talking abouth this one, well, until the next one. That's the thing with them, it's the biggest thing in the world, until the next big thing. Hmmmmm. In any case, the next big thing in motorsports, GP2 served up a couple of exciting races, including, unfortunately, a canine fatality and a livid Bruno Senna. The GP2 Monaco race will be a weekend to watch, as will the senior boys, though more for their good work with the girlfriends than the pimply faced teenaged engineering team-force and their pre-occupations. 2009 will/might be more interesting, here is more for now.
and, Lewis hamilton's achilles heel revealed -- in the mid-field he's quite nobody. Watch the Scuderia work that all year long. Massa was really pushing hard too, those two have a good chemistry there and they were the class of the field at the Malaysian 1-man Bobsled World Cup. Before Felipe left the track the Ferrari's were ripping it up, and then Kimi took it easy to the finish....Semi-dull on the outside, perhaps, quite exciting on the inside. Stay tuned for more...
