Although No word on whether or Not Nabisco's Snack
Thins are ye Official' Cracker of the Red Bull Ring?
Or if Thee Ghost of Julie Andrews will be
Haunting the race circuit in Spielberg, Ja-Ja? Since I'm Arse-sumin' everybody
knows 'bout Formula 1 finally returning to real Honest to Goodness live racing
this Sunday in Austria, as the first half of its Ghost Races Double Header
outing, Righto?
And I must confess, I've rather enjoyed
Formula 1 being on Hiatus, Not missing it One Bloody Iota! Especially since I Fear
we're in for another Dull rendition of Ye Lewis Hamilton Show this year. Y'all
know when Golden Child wins every Freakin' F1 race; YAWN!
As the only two legitimate threats towards
stopping the Golden Child Juggernaught are Red Bull's Max Verstappen and
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Since Valtteri Bottas has constantly proved he's
only a Number 2 Wingman at the mighty Silver Arrows, Ja Volt!
And I'm inching ever closer to making
Alexander Albon my new Numero Uno F1 Pilote ahead of Bottas, even though I know
that Red Bull is One Zillionth percent a Max Verstappen team! And Albon's
supposed to be a dutiful No. 2 Junior Birdman. Although I'm hoping he'll surprise
us All by winning his Debutante Grand Prix this year...
Otherwise, the only other F1 Pilote who can
possibly throw a Cat amongst Ye Pigeons intermittingly has to be la Scuderia's
'lil Syd Viddle, in what will be Seb Vettel's final season in scarlet Overalls.
As who will I have to Kick Around next season?
Yet obviously Monsieur Chuck Luh-Cluck', nee
Messer Leclerc will wish to establish his superiority over Vettel as he
prepares to take over the Numero Uno Driver role in 2021, although naturally
both Scuderia Ferrari Drivers hope to come out swinging in what's possibly
being denoted as a B Spec chariot.
The final Factory effort on the grid, le
Reggie' seems to be a bit of a mystery right now. As most of the noise
surrounding Renault has focused upon DannyRic' aka Daniel Ricciardo leaving at
the end of season for McLaren, which seems like a Sideways move to Mwah at
best?
As Renault features only one of the two F1
Teams sporting different Driver lineup's this season, with Esteban Ocon
returning from last year's sabbatical as Mercedes "Simulator Jockey;"
Err Test/Reserve Driver.
But obviously McLaren will once again be
plotting to upset Ye Renault Werks' outfit a la last season when their customer
Reggie PU's, nee Power Units powered them to fourth place in the vaunted F1
Constructors Championship with Young Lions Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr.
presumably aiming for Podium finishes this year.
Otherwise, with No Disrespect intended. It
simply looks like a Crapshoot for the other five Midfield runners, i.e.; Alfa
Romeo, Haas, Racing Point, Toro Rosso; Err Scuderia Alpha Tauri and Team Willy'
in alphabetical order.
And I really cannot say I'm even remotely
impressed with Toro Rosso's Name-change, which is purely for marketing reasons,
since I've grown somewhat fond of the Toro Rosso moniker, albeit preferred 'em
as Minardi instead!
And speaking 'O Team Willy, now just plain
Jane Williams Racing at the moment, as they ponder selling the storied Williams
Grand Prix Engineering operation, Yikes!
I'm
hoping that Williams can finally nudge its way up Ye Pecking Order a Wee Bit
this year, especially for George Russell's Sake! Not to mention would surely
entice potential investors, Righto?
As
Williams will have the only F1 Rookie on the grid this season, with the
promotion of Nicholas Latifi from the team's Reserve Driver to replacing the
departed Robert Kubica.
As
Latifi, who finished runner-up in last year's FIA Formula 2 Championship after
four seasons, will contest his maiden F1 season campaigning a familiar number.
As his Williams FW43 will sport the No. 6 which previously was somebody named
Nico Rosberg's number!
Yet it seems that the 2021 Silly Season
Driver Market has gotten the Bulk of Ye Media's Spotlight during this very long
racing pause, which surely - Nah, No Shirley Temple Jokes Here; Hya! Yuhs
already know 'bout Carlos Sainz Jr. to Ferrari and Ricciardo to McLaren next
year.
But as I think it was 'Ol Bob Varsha who used
to say? First Y'all Need to G-O Racing in order to Finish the race or something
to that effect, Eh? As I'll leave Y'all with my originally riveting 2020 No
Fenders season preview instead...