FIERY FELIPE AND AWESOME HAMILTON SILENCE SPAIN!!!

Spain’s favorite son was measured, overwhelmed and silenced to a distant third [infact it wud have been a 4^th if Kimi had finished] along with 140000 spainards in Spain. Courtesy Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton.

Before I go onto Ferrari – The main rivals Mclaren was indeed awesome though it lacked the pace of Ferrari – even after adding a movable element onto the front wing after whining about Ferrari n BMW’s movable boards. They were indeed on par in performance with the BMW’s and Kubica n Heidfield were catching up fast to challenge Alonso. BMW is proving to be better with every weekend that passes. They might actually win some races this season. Sooner or Later.

Alonso cant stop whining. He went on to start an altercation in the post-race interview with Felipe. Felipe aint a calm n cool person like Kimi. He retaliated back and there was a war of words flying – in other words they were just like kids fighting over a chocolate!!! Accept the defeat Alonso. U cant do anything more if take a driver on the outside and when he has the right to close the door on you.. he will. And that leaves no option other than going into the gravel pits. Just cos u r a double time world champion – Felipe need not consider safety n risks and let you pass!!! If you really need that switch to FERRARI and put butter to Jean Todt and get it done!!!

Now back to FERRARI. The car was perfect and it was flying alright. But reliability issues have taken over from Mclaren to Ferrari this season. 4 races – 3 wins – 4 poles – 3 fast laps – 2 retirements aint looking good for a team of this caliber. Come on guys… get ur foot down and set things right. Go back to the golden days. All thro 2000 – 2005 there was not even a single retirement and now 2 in the first 4 races?? Wake up and work fast. There are couple of teams waiting to pass!!!

Felipe was impressive. Actually more than that. The best lap of the race was not the first lap or the last one. It was the qualifying. He just took off 300^th of a second from nowhere. Another MS in the making??? Don’t think so. But impressive enough to win over some of the red painted Spaniards!!! The car was perfectly balanced – no mistakes from him too. The first lap incident was a normal one. He was on the racing line and had every right to block an intruder. Even if it was a whining Alonso. He did the right thing and pulled off very fast from the apex to avoid car damage. Way to go Massa. Keep up the good run.

Lewis – I cant believe he is leading the world championship in his debut season. He was impressive enough too. Real raw talent. After watching him for the last 4 races I tried to form a pattern on his driving style. [there are diff patterns and some of the drivers adopt these to learn the game quick and develop on it later.. For instance – MS starts real quick from the grid and no matter which position he is in – puts on fast lap after fast lap for the first 10 laps or so. Then he slows down to look after the car. Then pit time comes where he puts in fast laps in and out. These are usually his best timed laps and normally the records at most circuits.] Now back to Hamilton – He somehow manages to qualify within the top 2 rows. Don’t matter what position. Then he jus starts as fast as others in front of him do. Jus follow them close into the first corner – preferably the racing line for better grip – then once the 2 in front starts to fight for a position , he sneaks off outside the racing line and take them on their outside. The best he can get is 1 r 2 positions and not to lose his current position. Then maintain the position all along. Cruising thro almost until the second stint and start putting fast laps to close in on the car in front. Real smart!!! Hope he stays in long to provide some entertainment in the grid.

Kimi – Nothing to say. He has to wake up yet. And that will happen probably in another race or two. He was all over the rear mirror of Hamilton for 19 laps before the alternator wiring decided to stop his car. Another surprise package from yest race was Takuma Sato. He finished 8^th. Yes that’s right. He secured one championship point. And also another amazing thing was both the Honda’s finished. And they did that pretty decently and Jensie smashed his front wing into the rear wheel of Rubeno. Good job with the Elephant ears. Hope Jensie gets in front soon.

The F1 circus moves to Monaco next. Nothing much to overtake there and qualifying almost decides the winner. So lets hope for the best. And got my canadian GP tickets yesterday. After the Monaco race, I’ll be watching the 6^th round live in Montreal!!! Until then adios amigos!!!