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Sebastian Vettel at
Suzuka. (Image source: Active Pictures; grandprix.com)
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Yeah, sure the shock of what's become known
'round the world by now is still somewhat surprising... As typical, what's a
'Vurd Botcherer; Err Keyboard Warrior to do on a Friday evening?
Thus, trolling around my usual Internetz
haunt's one final time in search of any developing news upon Typhoon Phanfone's
impact upon Suzuka, the headline from
Adam Cooper's F1 Blog threw a total
shockwave into Mwah, announcing who's become known here at No Fenders simply as
"TWINKIEBOY!" (Seb' Vettel) Was leaving Red Bull Racing effectively
at the end of the season!
And I'm NO Rocket Scientist, yet I find it
funny, Ha-ha; after listening to the "Peacock-lite" (NBCSN) Booth Boyz
babble on for nearly the first eleven minutes of the Qualie' broadcast, which I
eagerly awaited at 10PM Pacific after having
learned of Vettel's decision a mere two-plus hours earlier... Was to
hear "Professor" (Steve) Matchett echo my sentiments I'd already
fired off in an email noting how Seb' wanted to pull a "Michael"
and bring la Scuderia, nee Ferrari back
from the Doldrums of being Also-rans, a la Schumacher's Dynasty at
Ferrari, ironically a decade ago.
But I suppose
the signs were already there, as Grizzled Journo' Joe Saward, who likes
to brag about his Joe Blogs F1 - The REAL Stories from Inside the F1 Paddock...
Had already put the pieces together by
noting how Vettel's No. 1 (Chief)
Mechanic Kenny
Handkammer had bolted from Red Bull (with immediate
effect) and most likely would appear in scarlet overalls in Maranello sometime
soon.
While thy 'Wee Willie Buxom (Will Buxton)
went for his own headlines by asking "The
Chosen One," (Seb'
Vettel) if he was simply running away from Red Bull and Dan Ricciardo?
Therefore, the Formula 1 landscape will
indeed look very different officially upon January 1st, 2015 - even if McLaren
and the 'Ronster (Ron Dennis) are playing things incredibly cool over their
impending '15 Driver line-up! Really? You're gonna keep 'JENSE (Button) over
Alonso; WTF? Or worse yet, pull a Helmut Marco and toss Kevin Magnussen after
one year...
While the door at Scuderia Toro Rosso looks
wide open now for Carlos Sainz Jr. after
all with Daniil Kvyat's advancement to
the 'B-I-G BULLS with "JEV" (Jean-Eric Vergne) already having been
tossed out like cold bath water to make
way for Max "Dutch Boy" Verstappen...
Yet my favourite part of the whole Christian Horner
"Brave New World" speech played at the end of the Qualie' show was
his quip when pressed by Will Buxton on Seb's landing spot:" "Obviously he's NOT going to
Caterham!"