Lewis Hamilton, Throwing The Hammer Down!

True to my word, I have revived this blog, as Sebastian Vettel is no longer the reigning Formula 1 World Champion.

Once it became clear early on in the season that one of the Mercedes drivers was going to be WDC I found it hard to decide whom to pull for. While I've never disputed his speed or talent, Hamilton has often rubbed me the wrong way in the past, so early on I was leaning towards supporting Rosberg. Though as time wore on, between Lewis' undeniably awesome drives and Nico's continual devolution from a seemingly intelligent, well thought, racing driver to a rather smarmy, mildly desperate, best-of-the-rest racer I found myself hoping Hamilton would just embarrass his entitled rich boy teammate.

So in the end, I'm glad Hamilton won, as any other outcome would have been unsatisfactory. However, I am also glad Rosberg ended up losing in style, between refusing to retire his crippled car and then immediately going to congratulate Lewis. Nico definitely upped his stock doing those two things. Maybe if he ups his game, it would even be possible to root for him next year?

The main reason I don't entirely mind the dominance of Mercedes is the fact that it isn't completely one sided like the Red Bull dynasty was. At least Rosberg is winning races, consistently landing on the podium, staying in touch with his teammate, and generally making decent starts. Though that last start of Nico's looked like he was visited by the ghost of Mark Webber.

It was really satisfying seeing Vettel squirm this year in his Red Bull. If Ricciardo hadn't won a handful of races, it would be have been easy to forgive him and just say that he didn't have a car that could do the job, much like Alonso's Ferrari, but alas, we know that while Red Bull were beaten, the RB10 was in fact capable of winning races. I tell you, Ricciardo won a lot of fans that day he scored his maiden victory and kept on gaining more fans every time he bested Seb.

Another thing I was really glad to see was Williams' return to competitiveness. Years ago when I first started getting into F1, for some reason they became the British team I supported. I've stuck by them over the past decade, so it was nice seeing Bottas and little old Felipe up on the podium more often than not.

Speaking of Williams, you have no clue how happy I was to see that stupid turd Pastor Maldonado languish in that piece of shit Renault. While I kind of felt for Grosjean, I'm still pissed at him for fucking Alonso out of the 2012 title... Seriously though, I can't wait till Pastor's oil money dries up and he is out of F1. I have never disliked an F1 driver as much as I deplore him!

The only things I disliked about this season were the horrendous sound of the cars and Bianchi's accident.

Hungary For More Action!

+The Hungarian GP can even some how manage to be a tad bit boring in the wet! Now don't get me wrong, today's race was quite decent but there was a very solid lull there in the middle of the race for awhile. I actually nodded off for a few laps, luckily I missed nothing.

+How interesting it is that in only the second track that Button has twice conquered, the conditions were amazingly similar to those in which he clinched his maiden GP win back in 2006. I guess that is pretty cool considering it was also his 200'th race. I was really surprised when SpeedTV was doing a little career retrospective on Button and they said it was in 2003 that JB had that heavy shunt in practice at Monaco... That kinda made me feel old as I think that was the first season I watched religiously from start to finish, every practice, quali & race. I remember when Sergio Perez had his bizarrely similar crash to Button's this year at Monaco and they showed them both - I recalled being wowed JB's was from '03. I must have put it out of my mind though, considering I was once again wowed today by how long ago that was!

+While I'm glad Jenson won, I once again felt The Brown Possum's strife and felt he ran a solid race considering the adversity he faced making 6 stops or something outrageous, along with that spin and all.

+I swear I heard today was only the 2'nd time that the Hungarian GP was wet and/or damp, which makes it even more odd that these "rare" conditions had the same winner. I also think I heard that with something like 186 million pit stops, that this race officially had the most pit stops ever, taking the crown from another race that happened this year. What I would like to know, is what race previously held the record prior to the Pirelli era?

+Lastly - Two things I found humorous today was when Heidfeld's car burst in to flames, the manner in which he exited. Looks like the wet car almost caused him to slip. I am glad he and his beard did not eat shit and fall. That would have been really embarrassing. The other amusing thing I noted was when Massa kissed the wall with his rear wing there was a dude with a camera like right there but he was walking AWAY with his back turned to the happening, which was really odd cos it seemed like it was going on VERY close to him. Maybe he had ear plugs in... but I couldn't help but wondering why he didn't hear a small Formula 1 car sliding towards him and the tire barrier at a mildly decent speed.

Bad Home GP Luck & Random Thoughts

+I find it curious how some of the "Big Boys" in F1 often have bad luck at home GP's when they qualify good. Today for instance, was not Vettel's day amazingly, which is fine with me since he already has such a massive lead and all, though I *almost* felt bad for him. I would have rather had Fern or Webber win as opposed to The Brown Possum, but it was nice to see Hamilton's genuine appreciation for his race win.

+At the British GP I truly felt bad for Button. What a horrible and terribly uncharacteristic problem that befell him! Then again, I kinda felt bad for JB today too, but that is mainly because I have had a newfound respect for him since he won his championship a few years back after riding him so hard for years as being a waster. I imagine if he wasn't Lewis' team mate I wouldn't be wanting The Brown Possum to fail as much as I do at times. I think my beef with Hamilton is that he's a bit too cheeky and some times comes off as entitled on track for my liking as we already know that he is a brilliant driver and I think he's a stand up guy off track, so as a whole I appreciate LH but rarely find myself rooting for him during races.

+While I am a fan of Vettel, I hope the SpeedTV guys are right and that maybe Red Bull's performance drops off a bit like what happened to Button in his championship year. I've already accepted that Vettel & Red Bull are probably going to win the championship again this year, but I sure wouldn't mind seeing some more wins by Ferrari and McLaren and my unlikely dream win of the year would be to have Schumacher bring home Mercedes first win in a wet race in Brazil after starting 12'th or something. It would also be nice to see Massa win again as even though Ferrari say he's racing for them next year, I suspect it'll probably be his last with the Scuderia.

It is a great shame... but still great!

Michael gets the call on his scarlet "Schumifone" and after quickly ducking into the nearest public toilet he emerges and is ready to save the day and make millions of super sad little Ferrari fans happy once again. Schumacher himself will now prove that either the F60 is in fact a pig, or that he really is as good as some say!



While it truly is a great shame that something like this had to happen in order to get Michael Fucking Schumacher back into the cockpit, it is still great! When I got home from work and read that Schumacher was returning to help out some old friends I let out a yell that would be likable to one a hillbilly might make if Dale Earnhardt himself rose from the dead.

That picture of Felipe makes me so damn sad though. Poor old Massa. When I saw the footage I had to leave the room cos a tear came to my eye. Kinda like back in 2004 when Ralfie Schumacher ate shit so badly into that wall at Indianapolis. That was the first time I was ever scared watching an F1 race. When I saw this actual picture, I was even more upset than when I saw him catch that spring to the head. If that thing had been caught any lower our little Felipe would no doubt be dead and that would be even worse than is the case now.

When Lauda made the mention that Schumacher was the only real choice for Ferrari, I entertained it for like 2 seconds and decided that it would never happen and that Lauda was just saying his normal off the wall shit (albeit always with a grain of truth) just to ruffle some feathers. Then I started secretly yearning for it to become a reality. Then yet again I realized it just wouldn't happen... so when I saw the story on GrandPrix.com I almost tossed my cookies with excitement.

While nobody wanted to see Massa hurt, I bet the guy just gained a million new fans because I know I am not the only one who has missed Schumi the past 2.5 years.

I'm so glad Michael has a month to train and am truly excited to see him back racing, if only for a little while.

Kick some ass Schumacher.

Get Well Massa

annnnnnnnnd...I don't even care about BMW pulling out of the sport any more.

Follow Kimi!

I bet the only person who wasn't surprised by todays race was the guy who scripted it... so I suppose that would be God. Even the most jaded F1 pundits had to be left in awe. I'm sure the most amazed person of all was Kimi himself. Before the race he was saying how it was damn near impossible to bag the championship, but still worth trying for. Obviously this paid off.



Kimi owes Lewis Hamilton a big thank you! For if Hamilton had kept his head instead of trying to prove that he's better than Alonso, Little Black Boy Wonder would probably be champion, as he didn't need to win the race. He could have finished fifth or something and still walked away with the crown. Instead he had something to prove to himself, for I don't think anybody else felt he had anything to prove considering he's had such a great season and proved he is a super star racing driver. The announcers were calling his move on Alonso a rookie mistake, but I beg to differ. It was just stupid. If there ever was a rookie mistake, it was when he beached himself in China. What he did today was beyond that. It was plain foolish!

While I didn't want Hamilton to win, I felt bad that he had that mechanical problem. I wanted him to lose due to his own insolence, such as he demonstrated into the first corner not because Kimi's old McLaren luck found Lewis.

Conversely, nor was I rooting for Alonso. The guy has two championships, will probably bag a few more, and was kind of an asshole this season. He deserved to lose. Kimi deserved to win, if only because he had such piss poor reliability during his stay at McLaren. It would have been cruel if either McLaren won the driver's championship this year, though I feel they should have gotten the constructor's championship. However, I'm so done with the Spy-gate shit.

From here I hope the press hounds Kimi. We know the guy likes to party. He used to get drunk a lot. Sometimes he would fall down. Occasionally he would whip out his dick. You *KNOW* he's gonna be rocking out with his cock out and while I don't really care to see his Finnish dingle-dangle, I want to be reading some good stories of Kimi celebrating. Hell, if Schumacher can trash some rooms after winning a sixth championship, then Kimi with his first championship can burn something down or do something equally awesome!

Next, it's a good thing that the season is over and Ron Dennis' rule of no alcohol unless it's from a bottle of Mumm on the podium can be lifted, since I'm sure everybody at McLaren need a good shit-facing after the season they have had. Lewis will be nursing a forty of King Cobra for sure, since he threw away a championship. Alonso has just had a tough season in general and will probably be slurping down some sangría and I'm sure Ron Dennis will be buy a boat load of New Castle for himself and the rest of the team to drown in. Everybody at McLaren need a drink right about now!

Lastly, Felipe Massa, poor guy. The Ferrari number two that knows his place all too well. Sure, he had no hopes of championship glory today, but he wanted to win his home race and sure could have. But no, he wasn't allowed. Obviously, with in good reason was he not allowed to win the race, yet still. How sad. You could tell the poor fellow was near tears in the interview room and in a rare show of emotion, we saw Kimi pat his team mate on the back when the small Brazilian was on the verge of breaking down. He will probably end up like Rubens. But I hope not.

I shall reflect more on the season later, but now I must go to work and teach teenagers how to drive.

Enjoy your drinks everybody!