What is Fernando Alonso doing? Surely it can't be prize giving ceremony as the two-time world champion only won two races this year.
I'm guessing he is giving an interview to F1 racing magazine. The folks over there are quite creative in the way they present their interview questions (e.g. cue cards, photo album). Let's hope it is F1 racing magazine so that I can read about it in few months time when they publish the issue.
Not the famous name, the red helmet, but the pure passion for racing.
At the end, the championship standing was breathtakingly close.
Kimi Raikonnen 110
Lewis Hamilton 109
Fernando Alonso 109
This year, hardly a race went by without speculations about the 2 Mclaren drivers deteriorating relationship, Mclaren's possession of Ferrari's confidential documents, Mclaren's 100 million fine, and a lot more. Luckily, we had a championship battle that was close enough to match the distraction.
At the end, it was Kimi won the driver championship just one point ahead of the 2 Mclaren duo.I can imagine Fernando Alonso saying this to hiimself:" See I told you Ron! There is no such thing as being fair and still get the job done." But whatever happen, he will have to accept that his reputation has been tainted. I wasn't a fan of Fernando even the years when he brilliantly won Renault 2 championship, it is even less now that all these happened.
Congratulations Kimi! An end of the drought after 2 near misses.
Two years younger than me and he is already a well known figure inside F1 paddock. Amazing!
P4 in a Toro Rosso, after being given a 5 place penalty during qualifying. A new king of wet races? Probably, but definitely a new star in my book.
Congratulations, and keep this up Sebastian!
For those who are unfamiliar with the sport, they reckon F1 is one of the most boring sporting event the world ever knows. Snag the pole position, off quickly after 5 red lights, maintain the lead during the race, put on a proud face while national anthem being played, spray champaign on the podium. Period.
They failed to see the whole picture of F1, a sport characterised by racing to the limit, technical innovation, politics, strange but stringent rules and regulations etc.
I don't pretend to know a lot about F1. Ok, I follow the sport closely, since 1998. But on numerous occasions, the rules & regulations change so frequently that I had to rely on live commentary to be able to understand whats going on. Bla.
The good thing is, F1 can never be boring. Once in a while, someone will come up with something that would dominate the headline for the next few weeks. On rare occasion, months.
Not convinced? Just ask Stepney, Coughlan, Ron, Todt, or now Pedro de la Rosa and Alonso.
Reminded everybody how scary racing can be. Glad to know that in the end Kubica suffers only a sprained ankle. Thank God.
Ron Dennis's explanation on asking his drivers to hold position after the first round of pitstops in Monte Carlo - in a move aimed at reducing risks to secure a McLaren 1-2.
Team strategy is what you bring to bear to win a Grand Prix. Team orders is what you bring to bear to manipulate a Grand Prix.Interesting. I would be surprised not to see this little quote of Ron to be appearing in F1 Racing's June edition, under Lost of Translation.
Beautiful isn't it? Yeah, AUD 119.99 surely is a nice figure. The day when I received my wage, I would buy one.
With a performance like this, Massa's hope of securing the crown in this year's F1 World Championship is virtually zero. Just like how Richard Barnes put it:
Gone was the rock-solid and self-assured Interlagos winner, replaced by the impetuous and unpredictable Massa of the early Sauber days.I am starting to miss Michael Schumacher even more. Not exactly of his superb consistency, but rather the warmth he brought to the whole racing enthusiastic of mine. My interest in F1 is fading......
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