I like Kamui Kobayashi. He is goofy looking. He smiles a lot. He gives entertaining and candid interviews and most important he is a balsy, aggressive driver... but doesn't appear to be a "crazy" or "wild" driver like I always felt Takuma Sato was. Hopefully he will get a drive with Toyota next year. Hopefully Toyota will still be in F1 next year.
Earlier today I was reading some articles about who goes where next year. The topic of USF1 was brought up, how they want to promote American drivers yet there are no Americans currently holding a superlicense. I figure Scott Speed probably still has a superlicense. Do they expire? I mean he only got shitcanned from Toro Rosso a year and a half ago. However, maybe the article I was reading meant that any American that USF1 is mildly interested in does not have a superlicense. I suppose that is fine considering old Scott Speed says "I hardly even follow Formula One any more". He's content to keep driving those big old NASCAR shitboxes around ovals while Red Balls foots the bill. I can't say I completely blame him I suppose... though I'd still follow F1.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, October 1, 2007
I'd Cry Too!
That there Japanese Grand Prix was a wacky one! I'd never seen a F1 race started behind the Safety Car before and I imagine quite a few other people had not either, considering it has only happened four times in F1 history.
Overall it was quite an impressive race. All of the drivers, over and under paid earned their dollars considering the conditions were atrocious! I was really thrilled to see Sebastian Vettel leading the race at one point knowing that he'd be standing on the podium. Then he took out The Web of Mark. Oh man. My heart sank!
After the accident happened they showed a guy in the garage who was clearly distressed. For a moment I thought it was a mechanic or something but then I noticed the HANS Device and realized it was poor little 20 year old Vettel quietly weeping in his garage. But I'm not here to make fun of him, considering I would have been weeping as well had I lost myself and a sister team mate podium positions.
While the main reason Sebastian was probably keeping his helmet on was to muffle his cries of distress, he was probably also weary that Franz Tost was going to physically accost him much as he did to Scott Speed when Speed pulled a boner in wet conditions, and here was the man who replaced Speed causing a much greater problem in the wet. I'd be afraid of Tost too!
Poor Sebastian. To make matters worse, he gets a penalty from the FIA for the next race. Vettel's team mate Liuzzi was docked his point for overtaking under yellow. That sucks too, though it is cool a Spyker got the point. Still, jeez. Bad weekend for any team owned by Red Balls. I'm suprised the FIA didn't find a way to shitcan Coulthard's fine fourth place!
Oh what could have been! If Seb hadn't attacked Webber from the rear there could have been two Red Bulls on the podium. DC would still have had his 4'th place and Liuzzi would have had that eighth. I bet that would have been the first time all four Red Bull cars scored in the points!
But hey... it happens.
What, shit?
Yeah.
Overall it was quite an impressive race. All of the drivers, over and under paid earned their dollars considering the conditions were atrocious! I was really thrilled to see Sebastian Vettel leading the race at one point knowing that he'd be standing on the podium. Then he took out The Web of Mark. Oh man. My heart sank!
After the accident happened they showed a guy in the garage who was clearly distressed. For a moment I thought it was a mechanic or something but then I noticed the HANS Device and realized it was poor little 20 year old Vettel quietly weeping in his garage. But I'm not here to make fun of him, considering I would have been weeping as well had I lost myself and a sister team mate podium positions.
While the main reason Sebastian was probably keeping his helmet on was to muffle his cries of distress, he was probably also weary that Franz Tost was going to physically accost him much as he did to Scott Speed when Speed pulled a boner in wet conditions, and here was the man who replaced Speed causing a much greater problem in the wet. I'd be afraid of Tost too!
Poor Sebastian. To make matters worse, he gets a penalty from the FIA for the next race. Vettel's team mate Liuzzi was docked his point for overtaking under yellow. That sucks too, though it is cool a Spyker got the point. Still, jeez. Bad weekend for any team owned by Red Balls. I'm suprised the FIA didn't find a way to shitcan Coulthard's fine fourth place!
Oh what could have been! If Seb hadn't attacked Webber from the rear there could have been two Red Bulls on the podium. DC would still have had his 4'th place and Liuzzi would have had that eighth. I bet that would have been the first time all four Red Bull cars scored in the points!
But hey... it happens.
What, shit?
Yeah.
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