RENAULT RULES SEPANG!!!

Renault ruled right from start to end. Alonso saw some great challenge when Webber’s WILLIAMS was all over his rear views!! But he managed to hang on to his place before the Cosworth V8’s went up in flames!!! Same story for Rosberg too… the rookie showed his inexperience by causing a wheel spin at start and allowed Alonso to move ahead. Though he was able to set some good pace and clawed back in, by the 7th lap the engine broke into pieces.

I was expecting Kimi to give a strong performance but the idiotic Klien damaged the suspension of Kimi and made him sit out in just over 10 seconds from the start!!! That was the biggest disappointment in the race. Guess Kimi’s badluck is much more friggin than mine!!!

Ferrari woes continued into the second race and it all began even before the race started. But what a performance from Felipe Massa!!! From the back of the grid to 5th and he finished in front of MS. He was holding onto his place restricting the charging MS to a sixth place. With the hot races in 2006 over, the F1 circus starts moving to cooler circuits in 2 weeks. I expect Ferrari to be stronger in those climates.

Apart from the front runners, there was nothing spectacular about the back end of the grid. The mid part of the grid was in full trouble with engine blow ups all over the weekend. Toyota BMW Williams were all facing loads of trouble.

MS was awesome in the final stages of the race. He was in 8th in one lap… and was in 4th in 2 laps. That was totally awesome. Yeah the BMW of Heidfield gave up and JV went into the pits but it is not possible for a normal racer to close up the gap and breath down into the neck of Montoya in 3rd!!! That was totally awesome… But again the fuel guzzling Ferrari car had to come in for more fuel to take the chequered flag!!!

My predictions where spoiled by the stupid Renaults. I was expecting Alonso’s engine to blow up somewhere in the race. If Pat Symmonds hadn’t calmed him down after the 2nd pit, it wud’ve ripped apart for sure. He is riding on luck.. big time. – that’s apart from being a good driver. But I can bet my life that he is not the quickest in the grid right now. Kimi is much more faster than him. If only he had a better car n some good luck!!!

Driver of the race – Final Verdict – Felipe Massa (21st to 5th) – not only the position n points he gained thro the race… but he managed to hold on a charging Schumi. That’s a tough thing to do in a hot Sepang afternoon!!!

12-3-2006 - What A Day!!!!

The First ever race of the season. And with Schumi on pole n Alonso on the back… it was the most expected start I was waiting for!!! And man.. it was too good not to miss out!!

Schumi proved everyone why he is the best in business. The sheer pace and the timing he pulled off from Alonso in the mid sector was awesome. I was speechless!!! Alonso was not far behind either – not for long. They had their race – strategies – pits – and luck, all working in tandem. He managed to hold MS off for 18 laps!! He did do a champion’s drive. It is too early to say this but I guess this magic is gonna fade away soon…

Kimi – bad luck hung on to him as always!! Broke the suspension but managed to bring in the car without much damage. Then started from 20th n finished in 3rd. By first lap he had gained a phenomenal 12 places in the grid!!! He is the driver to watch out fro 2006!!

As I had predicted earlier – ALONSO – MS – KIMI and as I said before don’t write Button off!!! He is gonna win. Soon!!! He was awesome in his overtakings and made Montoya eat the dirt ore than once! I wish he steps on the top step soon!!

MS was like god in Sakhir. He was setting lap after lap from the start pulling away from the crowd behind. The 248F1 sure matches the R26 in all aspects. But its even better when its on low fuel – it just scorches the tarmac like a rocket!!! I wish to see MS go onto win the title this year… I certainly feel it is very much within the reach!!

Finally the team that surprised the most was Williams. The FW28 was awesome in its speed and it was competing with RB-Ferrari’s. The fastest lap of the race was 1.32.408. And it dint come from MS Alonso or Kimi – the 3 fastest drivers in the F1 Circus. It came from the Rookie in a Williams-Cosworth. Nico Rosberg has no signs of his dad’s championship winning style in him. He is far better. The Rookie had a spin on the first lap slipped down the order and he was on full throttle and climbed up until 7. With both the Williams strong and reliable, the 4-way fight can be changed soon.

The Kid overtook a number of cars but the best one was of DC’s. DC is one of the toughest man to pass in the F1 Circus after Jaques. But JV had a blown BMW somewhere in the middle of the race. He has two points and the fastest lap on him in his very first F1 race. This kid is gonna rock the world soon. He is not gonna stay there in Williams for long. Mark my words… many of the big teams are gonna hunt for this kid – prob even for next year!!!

Nothing spectacular about others in the grid. Toyota was all hype and no performance. So was Midland. BMW is competitive. But too sad to see NICK getting reprimanded by the stewards in the first race.

Final Verdict – The driver of Sakhir (2006) – Kimi Raikonnen (22th to 3rd)

North of a Southern City called Chennai...

I am not a fan of this part of chennai – until yesterday. We were in Central and we had to kill time after Satz had left for BLR. With our Band Of Brothers broken all of a sudden, a quite walk along the beach was more than welcome to Me n Bala. With Govi leading the way, we headed into the north Chennai – where I had gone only once in my entire life – a year back – when Me Tyaga and Satz decided to drive down till Pulicat Lake on a boring Saturday afternoon. And we hated the place even when we crossed the dirty uneven rally type roads into the Highway for Andhra. With the harbor around the smell was so irritating!!!

And I was back again in the same road after a year this time with Bala n Govi. After losing the right way and a bit of asking around we finally parked our bikes behind the ship building yards in the Fishing Harbor, Ennore. The walk along the embankment was nothing more than ordinary. It was still bright, windy and I was looking for something different in the place. When we reached the end of the road into the sea… we stood there facing the opposite end of the embankment making an artificial harbor.

Apparently that was the spot where the famous PROPOSAL – DISCUSSION scene of the movie Khaaka Khaaka happened. But we 3 were alone – no Maya n No Anbuselvan either. When I was beginning to wonder what is this place is famous about… the mood began to set in…


The sun was going down leaving out golden streaks spreading everywhere. The Shipyard looked smashing!!! The ship – marked – OCEAN RESEARCH VEHICLE (Never knew such things existed in India!!!) slowly crossed us from the harbor and disappeared into the Bay of Bengal. An evening spent admiring the nature in this part of Chennai!!! I had never seen such a beautiful evening sky anywhere else. The trip was worth it!!!

The Ocean research vehicle

The Wonder Kid named Shreyas...

He can recognize the difference between two tamil songs. He changes songs on the player to his favorite ones. He can dance to the tunes. He can say Baa Baa Black sheep. He greets people with a handshake. He explores the world around him. He observes everything around him with a purpose. He understands what people ask him to do. He loves to laugh. He loves people who laugh.

Ok!! I know what u think. Everyone does this. So what is the big deal??? Hang on people… Cos Shreyas @ Appu kuttan… is just one year old. Barely a few days have passed after his first ever birthday. Want a proof?? Here I am posting a picture. I have the video too. But I need a way to put that up on this page now.

Shreyas,doing his dance along with his sis, Smrithi.

This guy is gonna make it big. He is so smart cute n perfectly adorable. One thing that made me sit right and take notice of him was coz of this – He has a small chair for him which he can climb onto. But the other day, he wanted to climb onto the bigger chair which was next to me. He tried twice but couldn’t succeed. So I helped him get on it. But he climbed down quickly and gave a long look at the chair for two mins. Then He dragged the smaller one near the big one, climbed on it with ease and he climbed onto the bigger one. I was totally bedazzled at this wonder kid.

Shreyas and the two chairs behind him. He climbed down seeing me taking the mobile out!!!

I don’t know whether I am right or wrong.. I never find all kids cute. Only some of them and those kids always have something in them. He is one of that kind. I have never seen a one year old kid to behave the way he does. I was so amazed to see him. Still cant get the actions he does out of my head. I know I am sounding big here but U got to see it to believe it. Love u Appu Kutta!!!