Otay, doesn't it seem like half of the Grand
Prix season has already screamed-by! Albeit we're not officially to the halfway
mark, but nevertheless, having just scribbled this prior to Silverstone, (before
going offline...) we're on Round-9 of 19 already - which may or may not be the
halfway point of the season.
As I've mentioned previously, I'm still
debating upon who my new "Numero Uno" Gran Primo Piloto is, with thee
"Incredible 'Hulkster" (Nico Hulkenberg) and Valtteri Bottas being my
two finalists, although I'd originally had Jules Bianchi's name in this group,
while I'm also quite smitten with Daniel 'Ricky Ricciardo these days too...
Thus, upon the heels of Ricciardo besting his
first official podium finishes, by scoring his debutant Grand Prix victory at
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, as its simply amazing how he's currently crushing
Quadruple World Champion team-mate "TWINKIEBOY!" (Seb' Vettel) wasn't
it really kOOL! To see Team 'Willy's duo of Felipe Massa & Valtteri Bottas
lock-out the front row in Austria - with Bottas notching up his first ever
podium finish while leading team-mate Massa across the stripe for Williams best
finish of the season in P3-4!
Yet it must seem like an eternity since Kevin
("Bacon") Magnussen scored his debutant podium Down Under in Bloody
'Oz 'Wayback in March - after the Stewards had let everybody go home delirious
over 'Aussie Ricciardo apparently being the first Australian to stand upon the
podium in their home race before his disqualification from an excellent
runner-up finish later that evening, thus gifting MAGS' JR's elder team-mate
'JENSE (Button) the final step upon the podium (third place) after Magnussen
was elevated to second.
And since the season's opening race in
Melbourne, Ricciardo has somewhat surprisingly been the man joining the 'Uber
dominant Merc' duo of 'Brittany (Nico Rosberg) and thee young "Louise
'JAGUAR" Hamilton upon the podium, with three visits to date, followed by
two third place finishes by Red Bull Bully-boy Vettel, along with a lone third
place finish by Force India's Sergio Perez and Scuderia Ferrari's
"Fredrico Suave" (Fernando Alonso) apiece.
So, will Team Willy' continue its impressive
form? Will Ricciardo snatch another third place finish? Or will somebody else
join those 'Uber dominant Mercedes Boyz upon the Silverstone podium? You Make
the Call!