Otay, so I'm way behind on this, and have NO
idea when or where I'll watch an Oh So Scintillating Indian GP; but, have to
say I'm becoming overly bored with "TWINKIEBOY" Seb' Vettel's
continuous winning... Yeah, I know we're all supposed to be enthralled by the
history making German, but Yawn; Been 'Dare, Done That with somebody named 'DER
TERMINATOR! Can Y'all say Michael Schumacher? Not to mention having the
pleasure of witnessing thee Four Horsemen, nee Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna,
Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell live in
the flesh twice at Phoenix, Arizona. (1989, 1991)
Thus it seems like a zillion years ago that I
sat thru the Korean Grand Prix which Master 'Zebb's victory trot; Err Grand
Slam was pretty monotonous, albeit the race wasn't boring due to the multitude
of weird happenings ontrack, which I've scribbled briefly 'bout in;
As I'm not sure what was weirder: 'Brittany's
(Nico Rosberg) nosecone falling off, 'Handlebarz (Mark Webber) car fire or the
Korean's sending a four-wheel fire fighting buggy ontrack during the race; NO!
No hunting for Korean Barbeque jokes here; Hooah!
Yet for Mwah, the absolute highlight of the
race was thee Incredible Hulkster's mesmerizing drive to fourth place whilst
holding off tirelessly three world champions behind him! With the likes of
Lewis Hamilton, Fernando alonso and Jenson button all 'Queued Up behind Nico
Hulkenberg for a multitude of laps, as Hamilton even asked over his in-car
radio if anybody had any suggestions how to get around him?
Hmm? The might of the Mercedes "Works"
Formula 1 team unable to get around the customer Ferrari powered Sauber; Aye
Karumba!
Yet it wasn't just the Works Mercedes having
troubles with those pesky Saubers, as Hulkenberg's Wingman Esteban Gutierrez had
qualified ahead of both McLaren's which surely delighted Gutierrez
to start ahead of his more vaunted countryman 'Checka, nee Sergio Perez, right?
Although Esteban slipped rearwards during the race,
finishing P11, one spot behind Perez...
Japan
YAWN! Another Vettel win, Ho Hum... As why
does this race seem like an eternity ago? I suppose since it was prior to my
much ballyhooed trip to Indianapolis in the dead 'O winter; Hya! 'Whale it's on
its way since there was a frost warning the night before I left with Chicago getting
its first snow in October; but I digress...
thus 'bout all I remember towards this
riveting race was the fact that Romain Grosjean actually got thee
jump upon "TWINKIEBOY" (Vettel) and Webber to lead an impressive majority
of the races first 43-laps before you-know-who vaulted to the front. Queue the
theme music from JAWS!
Whilst once again I believe that the Red Bull
Boyz purposely SCREWED Mark 'Handlebarz Webber's race - putting him upon a
three-stopper which apparently cost him another potential victory since he had
so much trouble getting around Grosjean
in the races latter stages before another Red Bull 1-2 with Grosjean scoring his second consecutive
podium...
As I recall blusterin' about how Professor
Steve Matchett had proclaimed that Vettel would need another Pitstop, which
ultimately was incorrect - as I kept my fingers crossed for the Frenchman to
"Break his Duck" in the F1 wins Colum, but alas... As can it really
be 1996 since Olivier Panis won the Monaco Grand Prix...
Other encouraging highlights was Sauber's
rookie F1 driver Esteban Gutierrez scoring his
debutant Grand Prix points with a fine seventh place finish - trailing home his
team leader thee Incredible Hulkster, nee Nico Hulkenberg as the Sauber duo
gave team founder Peter Sauber a nice 70th birthday present, albeit not as nice
as Sir Frank's 70th, when Pastor
Maldonado gave 'Ol Willy a winner's trophy for the
first time in eight years!
As Gutierrez
impressively held off the might of Mercedes 'Brittany, (Nico Rosberg) BLOODY 'JENSE
(Button) and Works Ferrari driver Felipe Massa who rounded out the Top-10...
