Fifty Four More

I'm glad to see that the FIA is doing away with the horrendous closing of pit lane nonsense this coming season. That rule pissed me off so much. In theory, I understood the rationale, however, I did not like the penalization of cars that had to come in or else their race would be over due to lack of fuel, as calamity always seemed to strike during pit windows. I understand the threat of penalty was to dissuade cars from quickly leaping in to the pits to take advantage of whatever the current situation was. Even that never sat well with me. The closing of pit lane always seemed like a tampering of potential race results plain and simple. If a team were able to change strategy quickly due to unforeseen circumstances to benefit their cause, I say all the better. It never felt fair to restrict such things. I understand this whole rule was supposedly put in place to keep cars from "racing" back to the pits in haste under a safety car, thus keeping the track a safer place for all. Just why didn't the FIA think tank come up with the current 2009 rule sooner? It seems to make a mite more sense than just closing the pit lane for X amount of time. While I think I like the new configuration, I won't know until I see it put to use in actual race conditions, however Charlie Whiting seems to make sense when explaining how the new rule will work:

“The only difference is we intend to implement a minimum time back to the pits. When we deploy the safety car, the message will go to all the cars, which will then have a “safety car” mode on their ECUs. As soon as that message gets to the car, it’ll know where it is on the circuit, and it’ll calculate a minimum time for the driver to get back to the pits. The driver will have to respect this and the information will be displayed on his dashboard."

That seems to make a whole hell of a lot more sense than the old rule... whether this current rule sucks or not... just in theory the new rule sucks less than the old rule. However, instead of making the driver "respect" the information they are given, why not just make a limiter like the pit lane speed limiter button the drivers have. If the ECU can figure out where the car is on the track, and calculate the minimum time to get back to the pits why not just add one extra step and have the little fucker figure out the speed the car needs to go to get to the pits in the time the FIA would like the car to get there and voom. The driver doesn't have to worry about respecting anything other than the road ahead of him, there is no rushing to the pits... I mean why not just go all the way FIA?

Going back to the old rule one last time before it is forever put to bed: I always wondered why there wasn't a provision that if the teams could quickly provide proof to race control that there was no other option than to pit due to lack of fuel that a penalty would not have to be issued, especially to cars/teams that had nothing to do with the causing of the safety car to be deployed in the first place... as those F1 cars have so many damn sensors on them that I'm sure proof could have been provided quickly. Either way, that stupid old rule is gone so I need not muse on it any further.

Lastly... I have completed a new batch of doctored F1 photos for my famous "Formula One Paint" series of puerile humor:


More to follow in the coming days and weeks!

Cap in yo' ass!

While I have my doubts as to whether or not salary caps are ever going to become a reality in Formula One, I am all for it, so long as the caps aren't too low, as these drivers do deserve a filthy amount of money, just not an absurd amount. Can't cap it too low, or else they won't be able to pay for their superlicences!

One of the reasons I am for a cap is because I think it will honestly help the spectacle of the sport. While this may not make a load of sense right off the bat think about somebody like Ralf Schumacher. I think he had a $20 million retainer at Toyota and did nothing for the team other than enjoy their dollars. He no longer goes racing in F1 because he wasn't worth that kind of money. I can't remember exact figures but I think Truli was only being paid $3 million to $7 million. He still races for Toyota, even though he doesn't do too much either. He at least doesn't demand dumb amounts of money.

My point is, if there is a ceiling to salary's, the driver market will become much more competitive. I feel you would see more new drivers in the sport and less lifers who are around for no good reason other than to collect a fat pay check. New drivers could move up, while others moved out.

People would race harder to either secure their position or to prove they are worth more, which would thus make on track action more enjoyable... and now is the time, since supposedly these 2009 cars are stripped down enough to make passing feasible, I think a salary cap would make everybody that much hungrier to race their asses off as opposed to do just enough. The back of the grid could become fun once again.

Below are a list of guys that didn't need to be in Formula One even in 2008:

Barrichello has been around since 1993. I love & respect Rubens... but the curtain has closed. I don't care that M. Schumacher was his team mate for many years. Yeah, Ferrari gave team orders. We all know that, but I strongly doubt that even if they did not that Schumi would not have triumphed all the same. We probably won't be seeing him again.

Fischichella has been around since 1996. Turdsy has never done anything worth while. He won a race in 2003 due to not crashing. Won 2 additional races when with Renault, compared to his team mate's 14 during the same period. I don't care that his team mate was Fernando Alonso. They were driving the same car.

Trulli has been around since 1997. He won Monaco in 2004 and it was a well deserved win. Other than that, eh? Sure, I know he hasn't been in great cars, but the guy has never seemed to run well over entire race distances. He should retire and become a test driver because he does have speed, but usually only over the course of a few laps.

Heidfeld has been around since 2000. What has he done since then? Nothing, other than bring the beard back to F1, which is a noble pursuit, but has done nothing for his overall speed. Plus, he talks like a German Elmer Fudd. Suck it up. The Schumacher Brothers didn't speak like that. He's only been on the podium 11 times out of 150 starts. Go away. If he doesn't perform VERY well this year, he should be gone... and if he isn't then BMW is stupid.

Button has been around since 2000. I can't feel sorry for Button. He's been touted as the new British hope for so many years. Luckily for the British Lewis Hamilton came along and actually came thru on that promise. Button had one good year: 2004, where he finished top 3 ten different times and ended the season "best of the rest" behind Ferrari. Button would probably be racing this year had he just gone to Williams back in 2005, as Williams has sucked the past 4 years and he probably could have continued to hold a seat at Williams just due to the fact that Williams knew they weren't making that great of cars, thus just keeping the same drivers out of respect for their sub-par cars. It is a shame, as I have a feeling that Williams are going to have a very good car this year. We probably won't see Button this year. Maybe we will. I don't know, but if he never comes back to F1 again I won't really miss him.

Webber has been hanging about since 2002. I like Mark Webber a lot and I know he has been in shitty cars his whole career. But still. His first race, the 2002 season opener in his native Australia he finished 5'th for Minardi. That was his best finish until May of 2005. He has been on the podium twice. Maybe this season will prove different. If Webbo doesn't impress this year, I vote him out of the fraternity.

So let's cap some salaries? It won't hurt any body, and it might just do some good?

Whining bastards!

Up until a few years ago it cost like $5 to get your superlicence which is the licence one needs to go racing a Formula One car. Then last year Max Mosley decided to increase the cost by eight to ten times the cost of the previous year. People grumbled as it was a lump sum plus X amount of dollars per point you scored. The front runners were whining about the fact that Force India cars aren't going to have to pay nearly as much as Ferrari or McLaren drivers would. I get the point, it does seem a little lopsided... however I strongly doubt any of the front running whiners would prefer to give up their seat at Ferrari or McLaren, as well as their massive salaries, to go to a team that have cheap superlicences and no chance what so ever of winning races or finishing in the points.

Of course not. Just like poor people don't have to pay as much in taxes as the rich. Sure, yer paying a bit more... but would you rather trade all your riches just so you aren't in such a high tax bracket? No, of course not.

That was 2008. Now it is 2009 and apparently the cost for a superlicence has risen even higher than last year and people are seriously getting pissed. Once again, there are talks of strikes that will never materialize and general pissing and moaning about how broke the FIA is making everybody.

The FIA says the price hike is to keep up with safety standards and such... and we know how much safety our F1 friends demand. So as long as it doesn't come out that Mosley is hoarding this money and spending it on more nasty hookers, I don't see the problem.

Lastly, so long as there are no budget caps in F1 the superlicence system will be somewhat lopsided.

The FIA can't win. You ask for more money for safety purposes you get poo-poo'ed. In an effort to cut costs you limit the amount a team can spend for the services of a driver. You get yelled at.

What to do? What to do?

While I feel F1 drivers should be rewarded handsomely for what they do, they already are. A salary cap is not going to make anybody poor. I am all for a salary cap and a one price for all superlicence.

Bourdais!!!!!!!!!!!!

So it is not confirmed yet, but I have been reading what I have been hoping to read for months: which is that Sebastian Bourdais will be granted a second season in F1 via the semi-shitty Ferrari powered Toro Rosso. This is good news, as Bourdais deserves a second season in F1. If Red Bull kicked him out after losing Vettel to their main team they would be stupid assholes.

Seb Bourdais is a fucking 4 time Champ Car champion. Ok, so it is American open wheel racing and he raced with Newman-Haas team, but still, 4 successive championships is not an easy feat, American open wheel or not.

Ok, Bourdais had some trouble acclimating to the turdy TR car. Doesn't make him a bad driver and unless one finds another future champion/front runner such as young Vettel, Toro Rosso would be stupid to shitcan Bourdais. That guy can drive a fucking car and I respect him... and not just cos I hunted him down and got his autograph at the 2005 Cleveland GP of Champ Car. The guy can drive! I respect him a lot. Sure, he is a bit old, but he wouldn't have been given a chance if he wasn't solid... so let the old fuck race in a shitty team.

Let up. He'll do well, put him in a BMW and he'd challenge Kubica more than fucking Schtick Nick. Fuck that old has-been turd.

Leave Bourdais alone. He'll get the job done and make Buemi look like a bitch. Just watch.

You non-believing fuckers.

Watch. We got a lot of races in stripped down cars that are starting to be a lot like Bourdais' Champ Car rides.

Eat on a dick.

Just a note...

I just sent an email to Google which ended in "fuck you"

This means that this blog may be deleted because Google are a bunch of cocksuckers.

So be warned.

I hate Google.

But that is another story.

Seriously though, fuck Google.

I'm looking forward to this F1 season.

P.S. Fuck Google

Wonder

I just got a look at the new Ferrari F60 and it is a pretty car with out all the aerodynamic shit cluttering the vehicle up. It looks like a mean little red racing machine, though it would be nice from an aesthetic point if the front and rear wings were bigger... but if it helps make the racing more kick ass then I don't really give a toss.

With that said I got to thinking about old Kimi Raikkonen. He had a pretty weak year in 2008. Some say he lost motivation and all that. Maybe he did. Maybe the car didn't suite him. In my mind Kimi is a very raw racer and I sometimes wonder if the direction the car was built in somehow hindered his style. It was all so much about aerodynamics and little wing-dings all over the car, I just wonder if it all didn't suite his driving style. One of the main reasons I have a suspicion of this is because Felipe Massa had a much better season but I've never thought too much of his driving. He has never done anything that has made me say "Wow!"

Don't get me wrong, Massa is a solid racer, I just don't think he is all that great and I have a feeling the way the car was built suited him better because I don't think he is all that raw of a racer.

I could be completely wrong here. I don't know. What I do know is I am excited to see how these stripped down cars help racing and I expect to see the rawest talent rise to the top (in terms of impressing, if not winning races and such) while the more marginal drivers really show their mediocrity this coming season.

Innovate that whip!

Today Max "Hurt Me, Hurt Me" Mosley said "What is wrong with Formula One today was wrong before any of the present economic problems cropped up. Essentially it's the rules, which have become ever more restrictive compressing the work of the engineers into an ever smaller area. As such, success in F1 today consists of optimizing every single part of the chassis to the ultimate degree and that is both extremely expensive and utterly pointless."

OK. I get it. I agree completely. However, aren't you like the head rule maker of F1? While I don't know the inner-most workings of how rules in Formula One are decided upon it seems to me that the FIA president who is most visible in F1 compared to all the other forms of motor sport the FIA governs is the "Big Shit" or "Head Honcho" when it comes to telling the teams what they can and can not do.

If this is the case then I blame you, Max, for "the continual search for lighter, exotic materials that has created a mentality in F1 where the engineers are only comfortable in refinement, they don't do innovation. That is slowly destroying F1."

I know you've done a lot of good stuff concerning safety in the sport and you will always be looked upon kindly for pushing those much needed measures thru but I ask, is it not maybe you whom is slowly destroying F1?

Think about it.

"We've finally found a serious engineering challenge for the teams in KERS. Some manufacturers have risen to this challenge, one manufacturer has produced electric systems which will astonish people when they appear, another team is working on a completely new technology which will also astonish people. But some leading teams, such as Ferrari, have said that they don't like KERS because it is 'too complicated'. Could you imagine the great F1 engineers like Chapman or Duckworth saying "I can't do that because it is too complicated"? It is a symptom of a disease in F1 where incremental change becomes the whole object of the exercise and real serious innovation plays no part.

Max's main goal over the past few years has to cut costs in the sport and make F1 more environmentally relevant i.e. "green" yet he is the man that proposed KERS. How much money do you suppose the teams have spent in R&D? Do you really think the hippies that say F1 is harming the environment are going to be at all impressed with KERS (they should be, but they won't be).

So he talks about innovation and cutting costs and all I feel I see him doing is standardizing the sport to that of a lesser formula and finding new and "innovative" ways to spend money here that was saved there.

The guy is a smooth talking politician and he probably is going to continue running the FIA a la Putin does Russia once his current term is up.

Maybe one of his high class hookers will accidentally beat him to death?

Should have worn a helmet.

I'm tired of rice jokes...

So Honda quit F1. I have to agree with Bernie Ecclestone in that had Honda not set such lofty goals for themselves that they would probably still be in F1 but by telling themselves they shall win races and championships and then only scrounge together 14 points, finishing 9'th overall, on top of the lack of sponsorship it all makes sense.

As much as I love F1, I don't understand it. What were Honda doing right in 2004 that they could not replicate in future seasons? I mean Button got a shitload of podiums and finished third behind the Ferrari drivers while Honda themselves finished the season second in the constructors championship. Then again, the question could be posed what was everybody else doing wrong? I don't know. What I do know is that other teams got their shit together whilst Honda went on a downward spiral.

Overall I am not liking where F1 is going. I understand costs need to be cut and the economy through out the world is shitty but I do not appreciate how the change in trends is turning this sport into a less innovative series. Sure, it is placing more emphasis on the drivers, but there still needs to be the innovation. That is something that sets F1 apart from the rest. It is what makes it the best. The best cars coupled with the best drivers. Money helps all of this, yes, but we need not make the series lame. Next thing you know Mosley will want them to race only on ovals. That will be when I quit watching motor racing. I hate ovals.

If Bernie Ecclestone was smart, he would start releasing DVD's of old F1 seasons in full because the lamer current F1 gets the more hungry for vintage F1 long time fans will become. Maybe that is what this is all about. Bernie is about to start selling DVD's and knows how to drive up interest! Brilliant old sot!

Coming to you during the saftey car...

I bet that Massa is going to go kick Piquet in the dick after the race for crashing as that scurry for pits effectively cost Massa the championship.

Secondly, I deplore the opening and closing of pit lane during saftey cars. That is bullshit and I do not like it one bit because this happened during pit windows and cars that were to run out of gas needed fuel. These penalties alter the race in a negative fashion if you ask me, considering nobody asked Piquet to plant his car into the wall.

Lastly, Ferrari needs to get rid of those electronic lollipops considering those things have caused horrid problems multiple times this year. I bet the fuel rig guys for Ferrari are going to ask for a job reassignment at the end of the year.

What the hells was that?!?!?!

As always, Spa never lets me down. They should race there twice a year as the races are so damn good! Those last three laps almost made me lose control of any and all bodily functions I had to lose control of. I think I got off easy and just sneezed. But I almost shit.

I'm not sure how I feel about Hamilton's penalty. So much shit happened in those closing laps that I think they should just leave good enough alone. You can find fault with things Kimi did in those closing laps, and the FIA stewards have apparently found fault with things Hamilton did. So instead of penalizing Lewis, they should have just let him be because whether or not the penalty is overturned in the appeals process, any fan will never deny Hamilton's closing lap fury so in the end, neither should the FIA.

They speak of the "red rule" about Ferrari always being favored by the FIA but Kimi stands to benefit nothing from the race (other than Hamilton's points lost) and everybody knows that Massa did not deserve that win in any way shape or form. He is one of the most pathetic wet weather drivers out there. Sure, Felipe is ahead of Kimi in the championship and all, so this decision still does benefit Ferrari. However, if the FIA is putting the "red rule" into effect, which I'm not commenting on, you've got to exercise it in a believable way for Christ sakes!

My parting words are: Damn Lewis! and Fuck you Kimi. You little moody bitch.

Leave Kimi Alone!

I blame the small child. The little rapscallion went full bore right for Kimi's Ice Machine. Had he stopped he probably would have had to kiss the boo-boo and then get hounded by even more autograph seekers. He was probably late to the bar. So leave Kimi alone, and keep small children away from him when he is needing to get his drink on!



I guess you should also leave him alone before a race as well...



I like the way the camera man just sorta rolled and then got up and dusted his damp bottom off.

I'M ALL WET!

Ok... so I haven't posted shit in over two months but that is because I have been very busy. What I will say at this very moment is that I am in love with wet races! Today's race made my dick hard like Max Mosley's gets when he gets his bare ass pulverized by a dominatrix's crusty whip!

I'm pissed the race was on Fox though since they truencate the post race festivities and I would have loved to see Rubens Barrichello's post race interview considering he has not been on the podium since like 2005 or something and I wouldn't be surprised if his silly old Brazilian ass didn't shed a tear or something comical of the sort.

Ayrton Senna's last lap...

So it's been fourteen years since Ayrton Senna perished in a Williams at the San Marino GP. Senna was the last man to die in F1. A great deal of this fact can be attributed to good old Max Mosley.

News report of Senna's death:


Speaking of Max, I read an interesting quote a few weeks ago that made me think a bit more of him than I already do (and I do respect Max even if he has pissed me off plenty in the past) it pertains to the "Black Weekend" in which Roland Ratzenberger and Senna died (Ratzenberger died a day before Senna at the same track) anyhow the Mosley quote was this: "I went to Ratzenberger's funeral because everyone went to Senna's. I thought it was important that somebody went to his."

I thought that was nice.

It's sort of ironic that of all the crashes that resulted in death that weekend fourteen years ago today that it was Barrichello's crash that was the most spectacular in sheer violence and he's still racing today.

Barrichello's crash:


I just liked this pic below of a young Senna with a rare glimpse of Lauda's burned head:


Lastly, at the Italian GP in 2000 Michael Schumacher tied Senna's record in win's and broke down and wept on live TV. Schumi had a pretty hard exterior and the impact Ayrton had on racing is pretty much summed up for all with the seven times world champion's tears...


Thanks Ayrton. You drove your car well.

Punish Max with some lashes to the behind...

I don't see why the whole friggin' world is calling for Max Mosley to step down as the head of the FIA. While I haven't seen the four hour orgy or followed the story too terribly closely I still don't get it. Maybe if in the video he'd made some proclamation about a distaste for the Jews or saying "This is for daddy" or something I could understand. But the guy was just role playing in some nasty assed old many orgy. This whole thing is getting too PC for me.

It's a known fact that Mosley is kind of a douche bag and in the end what I think this all boils down to is the fact that a lot of people don't much care for him and now they have a reason to tell him to piss off. All the automobile clubs of the world telling him to step down are probably just being PC because if they didn't call for his resignation they may be seen as being anti-Jew. All the former F1 drivers calling for his resignation probably just think he's a dick and are holding a grudge back from his days as co-owner of March Engineering when he provided them with shitty cars. I mean my beloved Jackie Stewart was berated by Max late last year which probably still has the wee Scot fuming a bit, but one must also remember that piece of crap Mosley provided Stewart via the March 701 (the M of March being Mosley's) back in 1970. Same deal with my namesake Niki Lauda, he was originally given a turdy March back in the early 70's as well that was a pig and had people saying it wasn't the car but due to Lauda's inept driving ability that results were scarce. Then there is 1979 World Champion Jody Scheckter who is a Jew which is why he's calling for Max to quit as I don't think he was ever outwardly effected by a shitty March car...

In the end I guess it doesn't really matter. I just hate overly PC politicking. Mosley is at the tail end of his FIA career anyhow, he has done a great deal of good for the sport in my opinion concerning safety and for that he should always be remembered and commended. Maybe he shouldn't mind also being remembered as a crusty old pervert that was having four hour sex orgies at the age of 67 either. It's almost a nod to his personal health, libido, and stamina... or something?

One scandal ends, a new one begins!

This is too good! News of the World some how came across a 5 hour video of a recent sex romp involving FIA president Max Mosley hanging out with a bunch of hookers having his ass beat bloody pretending to be a Jew in a concentration camp.



An S&M orgy as it were. While that's pretty fucked up, what makes it all the better is that his pops was a Fascist Nazi sympathizer during WWII. The video captures sure look like old Max. Since nothing has been confirmed or denied yet I'll just post the link to the News of the World story for all to read, laugh, and cringe at...

I can't wait to see how this all unfolds!



That is Max's wife. They met at a fascist Union Movement, so you'd think she'd be all for this junk. Maybe he just doesn't find her attractive any more and had to search elsewhere for his Nazi S&M sex romps.

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.

Quite excited!

One of the things that I am most looking forward to during tonight's race is watching the STR's as Vettel starts in P9 and I expect him to race hard, though I'm also curious to see how the other STR Sebastian is going to fare, being he starts P17 and felt he could have done a bit better had it not been for a yellow flag at the very end of Q1. Bourdais has much more to prove in his first F1 race due to his advanced age (29) while Vettel is in a more comfortable position being only 20 and already loved around the paddock... so I expect the Champ Car Champ to be pushing really hard as well to make up some places in his debut F1 race.
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I wrote the above about 8pm eastern time. Due to obligations, I never got around to posting it. And all I've got to say after seeing tonight's race is... Wow. As I've only been watching F1 like a fiend since 2003, I can't say I've ever seen a race with so many failures. So many DNF's! Just... Wow. If you can, watch this re-broadcast. It's captivating in a way that F1 shouldn't be, but still fascinating none the less.

In the end, I inadvertently called Seb Bor's climb into the points, though I didn't see it coming about like this, but I felt that Frog would finish in the points... and did he barely just!

Wow!

Beautiful Grid

As an American, I'm supposed to always (and do) root for Ferrari, since I don't know any better. And while I'm sad that Kimi's car shat the bed, I must say this is a beautiful grid! In the top ten slots there are 7 different teams! That's friggin' awesome! I'm so happy to see Heikki The Huge Head off to a good start in a car worth driving. At the same time I'm happy to see Alonso nowhere in the top ten.

While I think Fernie is a great driver and a worthy two time World Champion, I've got to say he's a stupid son of a bitch... or a racist. One or the other. While Ron Dennis may or may not be an asshole and Lewis Hamilton may or may not be black (almost said African-American right there!) we all know McLaren produce good cars. And they have for quite some time. The reason Kimi did not win in a McLaren is that I think he has the propensity to beat the shit out of his cars. I think he drives them really hard and utilized all the driver aids. In comparison to his time at McLaren, Kimi's team mates had next to no trouble with their cars. Anyhow, point is, last year Fernie was the best driver in the best team and had a new guy who was pretty froggin' good too. Alonso got mad cos everybody at McLaren wasn't giving him a rim-job on a daily basis, and that's just silly. Last I checked in a sport such as this it is a good thing to have a team mate that can challenge you. It only makes you stronger, whether you win or lose, since all you want to do is beat that other fucker. Apparently Alonso got used to having a Turdsy Fisichella and Jarno Truli racing along side him because as soon as black boy wonder Hamilton started impressing the world Fernie started acting the bitch and complaining. Why not just drive harder. Don't ask the team to give the other guy inferior equipment. I'm sure he could have driven harder and kept his yap shut. I mean he beat Schumi for two years running, and that guy had his shit together. So what does Alonso do? He jumps ship cos by the end of the year everybody hated everybody else at that team and they were willing to be rid of his monkey ass. While Fernie should have just quietly hated on Hamilton and drove his Spanish nuts off, he went back to Renault who have been off form since he left them. Maybe it was a bad year for Renault? Maybe it was due to the fact that they were demoralized that Fernie left in the first place. I mean he gave them a year warning, after his last championship car was already built. So maybe they slagged off for the 2007 car. I don't know. What I do know is that I'm glad "Shitty Alonso" aka Heikki Kovalainen got yet another vacant Alonso seat because Fernie deserves to be relegated to that under performing Renault. While I feel and hope that Alonso is going to pull off some sweet drives this year I hope today made him step back and wonder for a moment if he left that half second that he purportedly brought to McLaren, at McLaren...

With that said, I'm really enthused about this upcoming season. While I am of the school of thought that felt F1 is all about being the pinnacle of motorsport, therefore having the most cutting edge cars, I'm also very happy many of the driver aids are gone. I look at it this way, F1 introduced all those aids to motor sport. They ran with many of them for quite a number of years, and now it's time to give the cars back to the drivers for a bit and start coming up with a whole new batch of totally off the wall shit to incorporate into those cars that in 10 years will be banned by the FIA. It is so beautiful to see cars sliding about on the circuit and odd grids such as this one. It all just makes me smile.

This season is going to be even better than the last one because there isn't going to be a whiny Alonso, he is going to have to prove himself on the track, there won't be any Spygates, no longer is there Traction Control, and Lewis Hamilton is pissed off and likes the taste of blood!!

Flavio's semi bad analogy

"Briatore was quick to respond to criticism that this time last year he had tipped Heikki Kovalainen as being the future, only to subsequently offload the Finn in favour of Piquet, some believe because he feared Kovalainen would present Alonso with too great a challenge.

"The future has changed," he retorted. "Sometimes you have a girlfriend you believe is your future, then you meet a better one and the future has suddenly changed Maybe Heikki will come back to us one day; people love Renault so much they all want to come back!"

While I love Flavio Briatore and his quote about people loving Renault so much they want to come back (he must have been looking in Alonso's direction when he said that) I can't help but laugh about the future/girlfriend analogy. While normally this would be a spot on comparison... a sound analogy... this is coming from a man who knocked up Heidi Klum and then dumped her pregnant ass. What future of ass is better than Miss Project Runway?!

Flav is quite a cocksman and has speared many a fine woman in his career (Naomi Campbell, Adriana Volpe, and Heidi Klum) but shit dude, you don't abandon a preggers Heidi Klum and then four years later make the future/girlfriend analogy. You just don't.

I'll give you some tips for for the future Flav; Trim the shrubbery. It's lowering property value in the surrounding area!

Bernard and I think alike, apparently...

LONDON (AFP) - Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone believes the racist abuse suffered by Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona is just "an isolated incident" and claimed that the FIA's anti-racism campaign was "not necessary".

"All it does is give attention to people who want attention," F1 boss Ecclestone told the BBC.

Ecclestone described the abuse, in which Hamilton was taunted at a test session at the Circuit de Catalunya by spectators with blacked-up faces and wearing wigs last month, as "a one-off".

As my last blog entry below shows, I expressed the same sentiment three days ago as Mr. E recently has.

I must say, the next 24 days can't go by quick enough. That first Friday practice will be my personal highlight of 2008 up to that point, with Saturday and Sunday replacing the previous day as said high point. I've taken off work so I can bask in the first shots of F1 of 2008. I miss Friday/Saturday excitement. For the last five years of Schumacher's career I used to watch every Friday practice, Saturday quali, and Sunday race live, and record it. This involved getting up either in the middle of the night or staying up real late, depending on where the circus was. I always hated North and South American races because they came on in the middle of the day and I was so used to getting up at 730am to watch my F1. This past year I almost never watched or recorded Friday practice. Same went with quali, though some times I would record it. After the third or forth race I stopped getting up for the races and would just set the VCR. the only thing that sucked about that is that since I wasn't watching it, I couldn't pause for commercials. I don't really feel like my enthusiasm for the sport is fading, I just miss Schumacher (and I work weekends now so I try to sleep as late as possible) though I think this year I am going to attempt to wake up for practice/quali/race... We'll see how that goes.