Hurrah! It's nice to have le Reggie' finally
announce its plans for its reconstituted "Works" Formula 1 team after
five plus years absence as a fully fledged F1 Constructor! And if le Reggie can
take their sweet time announcing this, then so can I...
Have to say that I was hoping when the rumours
first began that "MAGS JR," aka Kevin "Bacon" Magnussen
would takeover; Uhm, inherit whom I've coined "Sir CrashAlot" and
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"Walldanado/" YOUCH Nee Pastor Maldonado's seat at le Reggie...
"Walldanado/" YOUCH Nee Pastor Maldonado's seat at le Reggie...
Although in fairness to the now jettisoned
Venezuelan, surely Maldonado can hustle a Formula 1 car a whole Helluva lot
better than I can!
And Pastor actually has something that both
current Renault Sport F1 Team drivers don't, a Grand Prix victory, not to
mention also being the last driver to win for Team Willy', aka Williams F1
'Wayback in 2012, ironically on the very same weekend as Sir Frank's birthday!
Yet I find the move refreshing, as it gives
Renault a clean sheet on its driver's front, which should invigorate the team,
since obviously both drivers are extremely hungry to prove themselves!
Plus it gives Renault the solution to getting
back into bed with its natural petroleum supplier, nee France's Total, along with the added bonus of not only
having a bonafied reserve driver on hand, but the chance for us fans to see a
glimpse of another up 'N comer, nee reigning GP3 champion Esteban Ocon.
While I'll admit
that I found the fact that there's a website titled Did Maldonado Crash Today overly Hillarious! Which I learned from Paul
Weaver's entertaining article in The Guardian's Sport's section recently...
And as typical, AC
over at Axis of Oversteer not only points out the obvious, but also wryly
opines how Formula 1 will be a sadder place without Crashtor!
Now if the media
could simply confirm whether or not its Renault Sport Formula 1 or F1 Team? And
is the chassis the R16 or RS16? Inquiring Minds wana Know!