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I don’t have much to blog about right now, that will be right after Qualifying. When we have the grid set. When we have the answers to a couple of the key questions about this weekend. Can Mercedes continue their fastest one-lap form and take another pole? Has Ferrari moved any closer to the Mercedes or Red Bull in Qualifying? Has Red Bull be hiding their true speed? Some of these question… Read More
I know that makes no sense, there were cars on the track, at the end we had a winner and two runner-ups. So yes, in that respect a race was held at the Grand Prix of Bahrain. But was that the race we all wanted to see? I have a hypothesis: what we wanted to see was the RB9 and F138 go head to head with Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso mano a… Read More
Well not to but to fine a point on it but that qualifying session delivered the goods. It had a little of everything. Some fast laps, a penalty, a tire issue (again). an aborted lap, and a nice surprise. I’ll be the first one to say it, “Not to sure anyone was betting on Mercedes or for that matter Nico Rosberg sticking his car on the pole, given how the weekend has… Read More
I recently signed up to follow Peter Windsor’s blog. I can’t tell you why it took so long. Maybe because every morning when I get up I go the 20 or so web and blog sites and his is one of them. Anyway I finally signed up and now receive an email when Mr. Windsor logs a post. I just finished reading his most recent effort. This one in particular goes by… Read More
“Do you like the old-style F1 or the new tyre-dominated F1 best?” Raikkonen: “Makes no difference. This is what we have and you’d better like it or do something else.” I got this wonderfully deadpan delivered Kimi-ism from Andrew Benson’s twitter feed after the race, which at least gave me a smile as I sadly realized that “the tires” were going to sabotage any conversation about the great drives from Fernando, Raikkonen… Read More
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