An eclectic look-see at Americres' Team's Formula 1
Driver roster...
In la tipicali No fendersville tradition, I
just kept on typing 'N typing, and hence broke another No Fenders story into
two-part Harmony, with my random thoughts upon Haas's current Gran Primo
Pilotes' below...
Romain Grosjean
Car No. 8
Position: 13th
Points: 28
I still bristle over my Numero Uno TV
Announcer Bob Varsha coiffing the Frenchman as RoGro' Wayback when, while how
can I ever forget Mark Handlebarz' Webber proclaiming he's a First lap Nutcase!
Yet my best memory of Grosjean comes from
attending the 2013 Grands Prix at Austin where Romain finished an outstanding
runner-up to then thoroughly dominant Seb Vettel, aboard the Lotus-Lotus, with
the aforementioned Webber Karmically chasing Grosjean's exhaust and finishing
P3!
As it's hard to remember that the fairly excitable
Frenchman, when behind the Keyboard, who's not shy of voicing his opinions over
the In-car radio! Won the 2011 GP2 Championship after being dumped by le
Reggie' during his first Formula 1 stint in '09, before being recalled to the
Enstone team in 2012.
Now in his second season at Haas, firmly
established as the team leader, Romain's scored the bulk of Haas's Constructors
points to date, delivering 57 of their 72 total so far, has stood atop the
podium ten times in his F1 career and is a good bet to deliver the team's first
podium sometime near future.
Whilst how can we not forget that scary looking
accident at Malaysia, for which the team's still trying to collect the
approximate $650-750k repair bill; ZOINKS!
Kevin Magnussen
Car No. 20
Position: 14th
Points: 15
MAGS' JR', in deference to his Sports Car Ace
and former Open Wheeler father Jan Magnussen, or better known as Kevin Bacon'
Magnussen to me, will for quite some time into the future cause a wide smile to
creep across Thy Cheeks... As he'll forever be remembered for telling his Bosom
Buddy thee Incredible Hulkster', nee Nico Hulkenberg the following zinger, when
the Dane' retorted:
Suck My Balls, Honey!
As the two Young Turks were in petchalant
form when Hulkenberg interrupted Magnussen when On-Air during an interview to
proclaim his displeasure over Kevin's driving style...
Hmm? Who was that
Renault driver forcing thou Iceman', aka Kimi Raikkonen totally Off track
during the Japanese Grand Prix?
I've been a fan of Magnussen's awhile now,
albeit having somewhat cooled this season due to his overly aggressive driving
antics, as seems to me he's played Pinball Wizard with several others On-track,
like didn't he and the jettisoned Joly' (Jolyon Palmer) have a Dust-up?
And his pass upon Felipe Massa? At Suzukre'
was textbook MAGS', being so forceful that it not only netted him the points
paying position, but allowed his team-mate Grosjean to follow thru, with the TV
Announcers having great frivolity over the Team Haas pass!
but how can you not admire Kevin's hard
charging driving style? Which after all, enabled him to win the 2013 Formula
Renault 3.5 Series title, As he seems to have somewhat settled down and found a
home after single season stints at McLaren and Renault, where ironically
Hulkenberg took his seat this year.
As this is probably Kevin's best season
overall? Even though he started off mercurially at McLaren with a runner-up
finish on debut Down Under, but then the boil went off at Woking and his
Renault adventure was short lived...
Test Drivers
This trio 'O "Junior Drivers" is a
quite diverse grouping, with Italy's Antonio Giovinazzi, the 2016 GP2
runner-up actually having contested his first two Formula 1 races at the
beginning of the year as Pascal Wehrlein's substitute at Sauber, before
returning to Ferrari test driver status.
'Yank Santino Ferruci
has jumped from a second partial season in
GP3 to the FIA F2 Championship beginning at Hungary for Trident, currently
languishing 22nd Overall with 4-points scored, with just the Abu Dhabi season
finale remaining.
While India's Arjun Maini is completely unknown to Mwah, albeit
currently contesting his sophomore season in GP3 for Jensor Motorsport. Having
finished 10th overall in 2016 and scoring his maiden GP3 win at Barcelona's
Sprint race this year...