Didn't get to watch or listen to Saturday
Night's Texas IndyCar race, but did enjoy a
very gripping Kuhnaidiun' Grand Prix race from Il Notre Dam which saw me
pulled in multiple directions...
Not sure how exciting Texas Motor Speedway's
600-kilometer IndyCar race was overall since 'DJ WillyP, aka Will Power led for
over half of the race before getting busted for speeding, again! Whilst I
totally feel the pendulum 'O momentum has swung 'Brittany's (Nico Rosberg) way,
as the German served further notice to his exalted team-mate Lewis Hamilton
that he won't go quietly into the F1 landscape in regards to who'll probably
become this year's Formula 1 world champion.
Hence, returning home late Saturday evening,
I was happy to read; Err hear via my NFB Newsline for the Blind service's
access to IndyStar's sports pages that 'FAST EDDIE, nee Ed Carpenter had won
the Texas race ahead of Penske heavyweights Power and Juan Pablo Montoya...
Meanwhile Up North eh! Where its GURR-REAT! To hear that F1 and Oh
'KanaDuh have inked a new 10-year contract extension to keep the Formula 1
circus returning to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Il Notre Dam until 2024!
Better yet was Rosberg capturing Pole
position "Fair 'N Square" over Hamilton, as the Mighty Merc's
appeared to be on their way to another intra-team scrum for victory, while
"TWINKIEBOY," aka Seb' Vettel threw down a flyer of a lap to unbelievably
wind-up P3 ahead of the two impressive Team Willy' Boyz with Daniel
"Ricky" Ricciardo's 'Seester Red Bull sixth.
Thus on a purely sentimental angle, as I've
said before, I want Nico Rosberg to be crowned world champion this year and
thus naturally wanted him to win the race, as he didn't endear himself any
further to Hamilton with his start to the race, yet firmly held off the charging Brit throughout.
Then I erupted loudly in glee over Hamilton's
retirement - when he'd used up his brakes, while Rosberg's car was suffering the
very same mechanical maladies on the same lap.
thus with a wounded racecar, Rosberg appeared
to potentially be a sitting duck and I found myself torn between him winning
the race and rootin' for Checa' (Sergio Perez) to claim his maiden F1 victory
for the Minnowesqe Force India team, all the while with fingers crossed
chanting for Felipe Massa to overtake the two Red Bulls tantalizingly close
ahead of him with just a few laps remaining, before chanting for Ricciardo
who'd finally gotten ahead of the slowing
Perez who was struggling with failing brakes! As Ricciardo completed the pass
for the lead just prior to a massive race ending shunt involving Perez and the
somewhat hapless Massa.
Therefore, the likeable 'Aussie scored his
maiden Grand Prix victory in only his seventh start as a bonafied "Top
Team" driver, with his quadruple world champion team-mate Vettel giving
Red Bull a 1-3 finish with Rosberg the strudel in the middle of the Austrian
(team) sandwich! As ironically Ricciardo is the first new Formula 1 winner
since Rosberg's maiden F1 win at the Chinese Grand Prix in 2012...