Nothing is still happening

I'm itching for F1 to get going again. I'm glad the FIA has officially declared Spygate drama closed, since that shit was depressing on a variety of levels. However, now that that garbage has been put to bed nothing at all has been happening and I'm getting to the point where soon enough I'll be popping in old VHS tapes from seasons past just to get my fix. Speaking of which, If anybody out there has any old broadcasts from 2002 and before, hit me up.

Turdsy in a semi familiar toilet...

There are reports that Giancarlo Fisichella has signed with Force India. Nothing is confirmed, but that's what a few web sites are claiming. I don't see why it couldn't be true. If it is, he's essentially back at his old home of Jordan where he won his first race. Who knows how many Jordan guys are still there considering the team has changed hands like 3 times since he was last there, but in theory, he's back in a familiar back marker team.

As Grand Prix Dot Com pointed out, it's a real pisser that Tonio Liuzzi didn't get the drive (if these reports are in fact true) considering he is much younger and has more to offer. I'm with Bernard Ecclestone in the thought that Turdsy Fisi should just pack it in like old Ralf Schumacher. I've already detailed my reasoning for this in past entries, so there is no reason to say it all again other than Fisichella is a general disappointment... and old.

Trading Places

So McLaren signed the giant headed wonder Heikki Kovalainen to partner Lew Hamilton next year. I am glad about this since I feel that Kovalainen is a solid race driver and it would have been criminal if he did not have a seat in F1 next year. We all know Hamilton is going to do better and the fight between teammates on the track isn't going to be as close as was the case with Alonso and Hamilton this year, but I have a feeling Heikki will hold his own and not be made to look like a total fool by Lewis.

Conversley, I still have my reservations about the Alonso/Piquet line up at Renault for 2008, but we will see.

In the end I find it amusing that Alonso went from McLaren back to Renault, and that Heikki whom filled Alonso's vacant Renault seat this year is now filling Alonso's vacant McLaren seat next year.

Maybe we should call Kovalainen "Shitty Alonso"?

Michael Schumacher, you fucking rule!

Plenty of times you'll catch a story about an F1 driver getting a speeding ticket, or his license revoked for a long time in a certain country. Sure, makes sense. Not too surprising. However, Schumi is a man with style and awesomeness. I was just getting ready to go to bed when I saw on the front page of Yahoo! US a picture of Schumacher. At first I was worried, since you almost NEVER see any F1 related news on the main USA Yahoo! web page, so I was thinking my main man had died or something horrid. Then I read the story and just cracked the hell up.

You gotta love that due to the fact that he was running late he commandeered the cab to get to the family to the airport on time. That's pretty much the coolest thing I think Schumacher could ever do, other than come back to F1!

I tip my hat to the old boy.

I just read another article that says Renault is paying Fernie $51.3 million a year. If this is true The Fern is being paid by Renault $51.3 million dollars, I'll shit a puppy!

My favorite quote of the Alonso article is Fernie saying "I chose Renault in the end considering their commitment to the sport and because of their strong track record." considering he said he was leaving Renault for McLaren because he wasn't sure of Renault's commitment to F1.

God, I love it!

Alonso once again latched to Renault's teat

Even though we all saw it coming months ago, it is official that Fernie Alonso is back with Renault. Since it seemed inevitable, I can't say I'm surprised, though since it took so long to announce I sort of am. Like, I knew it was going to happen because it makes the most sense. But then came Renault's spy troubles which obviously held up Alonso's re-involvement with the team. Then Renault somehow get cleared of no wrong doing and FINALLY Fernie is back in the loving arms of The French manufacture. Point is, is that anything could have happened because nothing was happening and even though you were pretty sure you knew what was going to go down, it wasn't, so for all we knew, Alonso could end up striking a deal to race on the moon with an alien vehicle manufacture??????

Hopefully Heikki Kovalainen picks up Fern's old seat at McLaren. It'll be sad if he doesn't, cos I like that huge headed Finn and as I've said it before, I do not trust Junior Piquet. Heikki would have been a good team mate to Fern. While I hope I am wrong, I think Nelshino may be a little hot headed next year and will not be a good team mate for Alonso. The only reason I want Alonso to have a bitch team mate is because I'm sick of Alonso whining about not being treated with the respect a 2 time beater of Michael Schumacher deserves. Oh well. So it goes.

Renault not guilty?!

So I just read that Renault are not guilty of the same breach of rules that cost McLaren their constructors championship and $100 million dollars! How is that possible? It even looked like Renault were a bit more guilty than McLaren due to the fact that it seems more people saw the McLaren documents at Renault than McLaren people did of the Ferrari drawings at McLaren. So I must say that I'm quite baffled.

Were Renault cleared of any massive fines because they were purportedly more forthright with the FIA when they supposedly first found out they had McLaren information? Or was it because if Renault were heavily penalized that they may just choose to leave the sport and Fernie Alonso would have no place to race and this would be seen as a massive victory for McLaren who want to win something this year?

I honestly don't know, however I look forward to the FIA's explanation whenever it comes out and hopefully maybe they will revoke McLaren's fine or something, considering Renault was not punished at all, not even posthumously stripped of their 2007 constructor's points, which was what I figured was going to happen.

We will see. Yes. We will see.

Nothing to say...

So Ross Brawn has joined Honda. Fernie is still not signed. Schumacher, Michael is still fit.

There is nothing to say, and I am busy, hence no speak. Sorry. This is the draw back of post season. Trust me, once there is something to say, I'll say it, even if I have to wait till March.

Actually, that's a lie. I've got plenty of Paint ideas, just am lacking the time, but it will happen, and you will laugh... maybe.

In the mean time, I'm still teaching kids to drive well, still listing records on ebay... and still waiting for something to write about.

In other news: I ran my car our of petrol tonight and before it was stopped I tried to be like James Bond and tried to start to push it before the car was stopped. I ended up rolling under the car and almost got run over by my own motor. However, I found out Toyota's are easy to push and they pick up speed quickly. I mention this for the benefit of Toyota F1's team next year.