Brawn said his magic wouldn't take hold until his second year at Honda and boy-howdy did it ever! The man aren't no liar! Just goes to show if you give a mediocre driver a good car they can do good shit with it!
As I am a Barichello fan I was pulling for him to do well and was absolutely appalled at that turd of a start he had to the race. I almost got angry at him, but the old goat proved he still has some fight in him as well as proved the Brawn GP car could take a lickin' and keep on tickin' as he got into quite a handful of melees during the race!
I was also impressed with the pace of the Red Balls car, Vettel holding down the fort till the end of the race when he got over protective and took himself and the Koob out. As much as I pull for Vettel, I can't say I wasn't clapping my hands and talking shit to him/the TV after he fouled up. I've got the hand the kid some credit for him immediately getting onto the radio and taking full blame for the incident, though he need not call himself an idiot. He's just a passionate young racer... but I wasn't heartbroken as the Vettel/Koob incident brought my old friend Rubens back into P2 and I was secretly hoping for that.
Until his run in with Vettel I was also very impressed with Kubica's performance. The guy did a good race and proved that he is in fact a great racer. Heidfeld and his beard are worthless and the only reason he's still with BMW is the fact that he's a Kraut.
Hamilton did a hell of a job too, hanging in there and charging up to 4'th place.
As a Toyota owner I was happy to see Truli slot into P3 due to perseverance and good luck (my Toyota is named Jarno, after Truli). When picking my Fantasy F1 guys I almost went with Truli but decided to go with less likely choices. Only Heidfeld proved me wrong, though that wasn't a surprise to me.
The Ferrari's came off as plain pathetic. That's it.
Overall I must give props to Brawn GP, the Toyota drivers whom both started from pit lane and finished P3 & P5, as well as old Lewis Hamilton who started from the dead end of the grid.
I was right... this year's race was better than the last and for the exact right reasons. I'm surprised the FIA pulled these rule changes off with out having them hamper the race and flopping all over the floor making the sport look bad and boring.
Good job to all!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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4 comments:
well, first off, your blog name is pretty awesome.
secondly, what a race. it's like nobody knows what to expect next week.
another brawn gp double victory? i don't think i could bear that.
Thank you.
What would be wrong with another Brawn GP victory? It is not like we see Button or Rubens win very much any how. It would be nice to have a team other than Ferrari or McLaren with two competent and capable drivers behind the wheel... I hope to see Brawn GP triumph again, personally.
Yep, it's fan-bloody-tastic to stop the two team show of Macca and Furry! As a Brit, I am of course delighted to see Button do the biz - although I would be equally delighted if Rubens gets the top podium step this weekend in Malaysia - gotta respect the old dude! Being a Fernando fan (you never featured him in your blog, but I do accept that he was pretty much the invisible man in Australia and 5th was a gift!) - I hope that he will be somewhere in the mix! Whatever the weather - enjoy!
It would be nice to see Button prosper this year. I've never had anything against him but year after year he's had a generally crummy car and not produced results and it had always had me wondering on his ability... so I'm glad he's in a good car for once and can hopefully back up all the faith people have had in him these past 10 years.
Concerning Alonso: One of the reasons I didn't mention him was he didn't appear to really do anything terribly stupid or terribly brilliant during the race and as a 2 time World Champion and generally brilliant driver in my mind I sort of expect him to do well even in a crummy car... and he did produce well in this race considering what he's got propelling him along.
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