Nick is not so quick...

I'm sort of not a fan of Nick Heidfeld. I don't hate the guy or think he is a horrid race driver, but for years now I am always amazed that he is continually able to find drives in F1. When Kubica had his accident this winter I was kind of excited for Senna, as I wanted to see him in a decent car since I am still mildly skeptical of his ability and driving a decent enough black and gold "Lotus" Renault just like his old uncle did back in the day, seemed like a perfect opportunity for everybody. I couldn't quite understand why Renault insisted on having an experienced driver other then for car development due to the lack of in-season testing and maybe as some kind of progress marker for Petrov? On the flip side, I imagine Renault knows that their neither their car and/or their car with Heidfeld behind the wheel are good enough to win a race this year, so why not take some Brazillian money and see if Senna Jr. is any good. I strongly feel that Renault kind of wrote this season off the second they found out about Kubica so this really would have been a good year to develop potential talent such as Senna - as there is no way for him to test - Renault could have and should have done this the other way around, had Senna start the year and if he didn't perform up to their standards replace him with old Heidfeld - but doing it the other way around seems silly even to me for a variety of reasons legal and strategically.

Either way, I hope Senna is able to prove himself and I hope Heidfeld doesn't bitch, whine, or sue too much over this. The guy has been around in F1 for over 10 years and done almost 200 races. He's 34 years old and has never won a race. He should be thanking the heavens for the races he received this year as they were a gift more than anything else.

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.

They only care about Jenson Button and Nick Heidfeld's fucking stupid beards...

Ok... Button & Heidfeld's stupid shit beards and poor old Tom Pryce's viscous demise. Those three things are what drive traffic to this fine, proud, and often times humorous Formula One blog. I will go down in the annals of Formula One history as the guy that analyzed the facial hair trends of F1. I'm not even finished yet. For the past year or two I've been wanting to put together a somewhat definitive piece on facial hair through out F1's years I just have not had the time to compile it the way I would like.

It is unfortunate that as soon as the season ends I have time to write about the sport. I don't quite get it other than the fact that my life as a whole quiets down during the late fall and that as soon as Formula One is over and done with I start to pine for it and feel the need to speak about it in an effort to quench my thirst for F1 action.

I sit here with my autographed picture of the late Ronnie Peterson's beautiful Lotus looking down upon me proud of the fact that I may never find the means and the way to become a "proper" Formula One journalist but at least I can amuse people from time to time and that they know where to go when curious about Jenson Button or Nick Heidfeld's facial hair.

Picking on McLaren again...

So both McLaren's have been each been sent back 5 spots on the starting grid due to purportedly holding up BMW's Nick Heidfeld. I watched qualifying and saw the supposed incident. The live shot I saw of Heidfeld slipping between the two McLaren's made me wonder if a fuss could be raised and upon replays of the incident it looked to me as though in fact the McLaren's had not impeded Heidfeld, I mean it wasn't like he had to lift or anything. Later on Heidfeld said it may have cost him a few tenths of a second which is serious enough time in F1 and if the case is true Heidfeld could have finished higher on the grid saying P2's time was 1:36.230 and Heidfeld's P7 time was 1:36.753 meaning not much time was between grid positions 2 thru 7, so in theory the 5 spot penalty both McLaren's have suffered can't be seen as a harsh punishment in respect to the supposed crime, though I sort of feel it is unjust.