I was very pleased to read that my new main man, Kamui Kobayashi, found a decent ride and has signed for the recently revived Sauber sans BMW team. I look forward to his fun style of racing and possibly pissing off smooth kings of driving like World Champ J. Button.
Other than that I am as "over the moon" as little old Bernie Ecclestone is with all the stories I continue to read about Michael Schumacher's supposed return to F1 with Mercedes GP. When you are reading stories with Luca di Montezemolo talking about how in his eyes it is Schumacher's "twin" that will be racing for the Silver Arrows next season you can only assume gears are turning and Schumi really is on the verge of coming back.
I just love it!
If Schumacher does in fact return to the grid I wonder if Jenson Button will be kicking himself in the ass for not staying with Brawn... if it was a challenge he was really after.
While very few will debate that Lewis Hamilton is a great driver who will win more championships in the future, even fewer will debate that Michael Schumacher is a force of racing nature.
If Button wanted a same-machine challenge going head to head with Schumacher would have been the wisest choice on his part considering he apparently wants to be chewed up and spat out by his team mate. While I am rather confident Lewis will not have much of a problem doing this to JB, Schumacher would humiliate Button in a way that Max Mosley has to pay to receive.
I understand the main reason Schumacher is being poached is because Mercedes GP want to start their re-introduction to F1 with a beastly German super-team, on top of having the means and will to procure such a talent. If this were still Brawn GP there would be far less of a chance they'd be knocking on Schumi's door, even after letting their champion go to McLaren and their old reliable saunter on over to the Williams pasture to graze. Maybe they would? Maybe Schumacher would still have come back had the team been Brawn and not Mercedes? I don't know.
All I do know is I am excited to see Schumacher either live up to his fans expectations of a come back or fail miserably. I also know if after achieving world champion status if the next step in Button's personal career path was to try to go head to head in the same car with someone he deemed to be a worthy adversary that Michael Schumacher is the man to try to prove something against.
Showing posts with label Brawn GP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brawn GP. Show all posts
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
We've got interest now!
According to Bloomberg, Daimler and Aabar are paying around $184.2m for 75.1% of Brawn GP making the saviors of Honda's F1 team an immense chunk of coin. You do the math. How amazing it was that a sub-par team called Honda decided to quit F1 after spending a great amount of time and money developing what would end up being the strongest car for pretty much the first half of the season.
Instead of putting all those people who worked so hard for the team out on their asses they sold the team to Ross Brawn and company for a British pound sterling and THEN financed that season for them with the understanding that "You get one free year and then it is up to you to make this work and if you don't then it is your conscience that has to deal with making all these people jobless"
This ultimately led to the newly named/birthed Brawn GP who went on to sew up the constructors championship AND the drivers race as well in only their first year, something that had never happened before and to top it all off it was the team's only year... and on somebody else's dime!!!
If that wasn't a good enough of a story now they've gone and flipped the frotting team for $184.2 million dollars because Mercedes wanted to have more say in how an F1 team was run as well as not having much interest in financing a team that will soon be producing supercars that will challenge their own works?
I do recall an earlier entry at the end of March where I proclaimed "Ross Brawn may be Jesus Christ" and I'm beginning to think I was right. Making crappy bloated teams into dual, lean championship winners and then selling the team for a tidy pile of money... a lot like turning water in to wine if you think about it, but with a capitalistic lean.
Instead of putting all those people who worked so hard for the team out on their asses they sold the team to Ross Brawn and company for a British pound sterling and THEN financed that season for them with the understanding that "You get one free year and then it is up to you to make this work and if you don't then it is your conscience that has to deal with making all these people jobless"
This ultimately led to the newly named/birthed Brawn GP who went on to sew up the constructors championship AND the drivers race as well in only their first year, something that had never happened before and to top it all off it was the team's only year... and on somebody else's dime!!!
If that wasn't a good enough of a story now they've gone and flipped the frotting team for $184.2 million dollars because Mercedes wanted to have more say in how an F1 team was run as well as not having much interest in financing a team that will soon be producing supercars that will challenge their own works?
I do recall an earlier entry at the end of March where I proclaimed "Ross Brawn may be Jesus Christ" and I'm beginning to think I was right. Making crappy bloated teams into dual, lean championship winners and then selling the team for a tidy pile of money... a lot like turning water in to wine if you think about it, but with a capitalistic lean.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Brawny Mercedes
Norb Haug is apparently hinting at some sort of "surprise" in the form of driver line up and thus people are talking about Michael Schumacher coming back to drive for the silver arrows as he has purportedly given up F1 counseling duties with Ferrari and is supposedly just working with the development of road cars. However, I always thought the reason Ferrari was giving Schumacher these contracts over the past three years was to keep him legally bound to the team till he was too old to go driving any more and thus not any kind of competition threat to them any more, which is when he would really be allowed to fully retire.
Don't get me wrong, that would be awesome if Schumacher ditched Ferrari and hooked up with his old mate Ross Brawn and drove a Nazi rocket sleigh around F1 tracks. That would be gold. Especially if he won!
In the end it would be far more than a simple surprise if M. Schumacher came back to F1 driving a Mercedes. I have a feeling Haug's surprise is Kimi Raikkonen. Now that WOULD be a surprise. Getting rid of a cheap Button for an expensive Kimi.
Whatever. I wish them all the best in their new teams... and surprise me with a Schumacher of the non Ralf variety.
Don't get me wrong, that would be awesome if Schumacher ditched Ferrari and hooked up with his old mate Ross Brawn and drove a Nazi rocket sleigh around F1 tracks. That would be gold. Especially if he won!
In the end it would be far more than a simple surprise if M. Schumacher came back to F1 driving a Mercedes. I have a feeling Haug's surprise is Kimi Raikkonen. Now that WOULD be a surprise. Getting rid of a cheap Button for an expensive Kimi.
Whatever. I wish them all the best in their new teams... and surprise me with a Schumacher of the non Ralf variety.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Ross Brawn may be Jesus Christ...
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!
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!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Brawny & The Killer B's
I have a feeling this season is going to be even better than last season. I'd like to say that this upcoming race is going to be better than last seasons, but I doubt that in the sense of all the failure and unpredictability of the previous season opener. I'm still wowed by the massive amount of failure and epic destructiveness of that race. It would be quite pleasant if this race was as exciting but for different reasons.
It was VERY nice to see the two Brawn GP cars qualify 1 & 2 today. I was hoping old Barrichello would win pole, but maybe there's a tiny chance he can win the race. I'd like to see that old dog win 1 more race before he retires.
Either way, I hope the Brawns score a 1-2 tomorrow as on Monday I decided just for the hell of it to set my Fantasy F1 choices as the two Brawn cars (and Nick Heidfeld for further giggles) and Brawn as the constructor for winners.
As always the first GP of the year is always a doozy but this year it might not be just because people are driving wild.
I wonder how the guys in the board room at Honda feel about this, as they paid for this car but no longer have the branding.
For some reason I almost felt bad for Ferrari and McLaren. I don't know why, but I did. I'm glad they are lagging behind, but still, I sort of feel for them though they will bounce back soon enough to their "rightful" places I assume.
Not that these thoughts to follow are of much news or surprise to any F1 fan but I was amazed at the lack of performance from McLaren & Ferrari. I had a feeling they weren't going to be on the first two rows, but I did not foresee the Ferrari's in P7 & P9 and was really flabbergasted to see the McLaren's in P14 & P15.
While it was said Hamilton's car suffered a problem, the way the SpeedTV team announced it was that "He lost all drive" as the reason he didn't even go out in Q2. While I knew they didn't mean in the metaphorical sense, it still made me laugh, thinking if he had "lost all drive" and decided the weekend was a throw away.
I'm not happy about the race starting so late for a few reasons: A) Even as a TV spectator all the shadows suck. I can only imagine how lame it must be for the drivers. B) They moved the race to a later time to help the European TV viewers out yet now for me to be able to watch it live, the damn race won't even start till 2am. This isn't really a problem for me as it is 553am as I write this and I've yet to go to sleep, but the principal of it all irks me. I liked it better when it started at 11pm or midnight or whenever it did last year.
Some other things that caught me by surprise were the semi-lack of performance from Williams and Toyota (the other "rogue diffuser" teams). After all the hubub I figured at least one driver from each team would be in P3 & P4. However we have a Red Bull & a BMW. Interestingly none of the guys in P1 thru P4 are running KERS on their car which I also found curious.
Anyhow, as with last year's Melbourne grid, this year's grid is fantastic and even better than the 2008 grid!!! I do look forward to the madness that will ensue!
It was VERY nice to see the two Brawn GP cars qualify 1 & 2 today. I was hoping old Barrichello would win pole, but maybe there's a tiny chance he can win the race. I'd like to see that old dog win 1 more race before he retires.
Either way, I hope the Brawns score a 1-2 tomorrow as on Monday I decided just for the hell of it to set my Fantasy F1 choices as the two Brawn cars (and Nick Heidfeld for further giggles) and Brawn as the constructor for winners.
As always the first GP of the year is always a doozy but this year it might not be just because people are driving wild.
I wonder how the guys in the board room at Honda feel about this, as they paid for this car but no longer have the branding.
For some reason I almost felt bad for Ferrari and McLaren. I don't know why, but I did. I'm glad they are lagging behind, but still, I sort of feel for them though they will bounce back soon enough to their "rightful" places I assume.
Not that these thoughts to follow are of much news or surprise to any F1 fan but I was amazed at the lack of performance from McLaren & Ferrari. I had a feeling they weren't going to be on the first two rows, but I did not foresee the Ferrari's in P7 & P9 and was really flabbergasted to see the McLaren's in P14 & P15.
While it was said Hamilton's car suffered a problem, the way the SpeedTV team announced it was that "He lost all drive" as the reason he didn't even go out in Q2. While I knew they didn't mean in the metaphorical sense, it still made me laugh, thinking if he had "lost all drive" and decided the weekend was a throw away.
I'm not happy about the race starting so late for a few reasons: A) Even as a TV spectator all the shadows suck. I can only imagine how lame it must be for the drivers. B) They moved the race to a later time to help the European TV viewers out yet now for me to be able to watch it live, the damn race won't even start till 2am. This isn't really a problem for me as it is 553am as I write this and I've yet to go to sleep, but the principal of it all irks me. I liked it better when it started at 11pm or midnight or whenever it did last year.
Some other things that caught me by surprise were the semi-lack of performance from Williams and Toyota (the other "rogue diffuser" teams). After all the hubub I figured at least one driver from each team would be in P3 & P4. However we have a Red Bull & a BMW. Interestingly none of the guys in P1 thru P4 are running KERS on their car which I also found curious.
Anyhow, as with last year's Melbourne grid, this year's grid is fantastic and even better than the 2008 grid!!! I do look forward to the madness that will ensue!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Super Brawn GP & USGPE
How about that... Ross Brawn now is a stakeholder of the old Honda F1 team and now has a F1 team named after him. In all honesty, I didn't see that one actually panning out. I figured for sure a large company of some sort or a Richard Branson would end up buying the team. Good for Brawn and company. Now they just have to make it work!
Another thing that I didn't expect was to see the mighty Rubens Barrichello back in a F1 car either. How fun. While I think Rubens might as well throw in the towel, it is nice to see him back for another season in some way. Not that I'm against Bruno Senna being in F1, but it does make sense for Rubens and Button to team together since they are the most experienced couple on the grid (according to grandprix.com)
I find it funny that when the USF1 team was announced a few weeks back it was mentioned Bernie Ecclestone was all about the idea, yet he then made them change the name to USGPE standing for US GP Engineering. That just irks me since FOM doesn't even own the F1 name. Way to help out the little guy Bernie. The team had to tack on "engineering" to the name since Tony George is thought to own the rights to USGP, even though he doesn't currently have a USGP to run.
Gah!
Another thing that I didn't expect was to see the mighty Rubens Barrichello back in a F1 car either. How fun. While I think Rubens might as well throw in the towel, it is nice to see him back for another season in some way. Not that I'm against Bruno Senna being in F1, but it does make sense for Rubens and Button to team together since they are the most experienced couple on the grid (according to grandprix.com)
I find it funny that when the USF1 team was announced a few weeks back it was mentioned Bernie Ecclestone was all about the idea, yet he then made them change the name to USGPE standing for US GP Engineering. That just irks me since FOM doesn't even own the F1 name. Way to help out the little guy Bernie. The team had to tack on "engineering" to the name since Tony George is thought to own the rights to USGP, even though he doesn't currently have a USGP to run.
Gah!
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