Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina - A New Wave band...

I was somewhat skeptical of the new track in Abu Dhabi. I expected it to be beautiful but boring. The track is in fact beautiful and I surprisingly find the course interesting. How it folds in on itself at first kind of bugged me but after watching practice for awhile I found it was interesting since it appears to be pretty intense from the drivers standpoint going through all of those slow corners on the brake off the brake constantly changing gears and so forth. So in the end I am excited about the race in Abu Dhabi. Maybe now we can get rid of Bahrain's course with something a little more interesting. That track is so flippin' boring in every conceivable way!

OK. That's all I've got now unfortunately...

Button Lipped

I almost felt bad for ripping into Button's ass yesterday about monetary disputes when I read an article that he was only looking for $8 million but then I realized it wasn't a dollar sign by the 8 and instead that of the pound sterling. While £8 million still isn't totally ridiculous in F1 circles, especially for a newly crowned world champion... I still don't feel bad.

He got paid quite well all those years Honda were giving him shitty cars. He should give back. Receive a few paltry millions as opposed to many and just get on with it, his dream of being the first Briton to ever win back to back world championships. If he pulls that off, then he'll have more of a right to flat out demand money. Until then he should just be happy he's in a good car with a good team.

The Nervous Ferret Rides Again!

I'm not sure how I feel about Jean Todt becoming the new president of the FIA. While I expected him to win, I am surprised at how badly he kicked Ari Vatanen's ass.

If Button does leave Brawn over money issues and joins McLaren or something I'll be kind of offended and surprised. He says racing is not about money but at the same time apparently feels he is not paid well enough. He should join Toyota. I'm sure they'll pony up 20 or 30 million to him and he can not win and be more rich. It would be nice if Toyota one day built a F1 car that was good and had a driver capable of taking it to victory.