Sunday, May 13, 2007

F1 Spanish Grand Prix

After what seemed like an eternity, the Formula One season resumed in Barcelona. Like other F1 fans, I was eagerly waiting for the weekend, though on past record, I should have known that the race is usually a procession. And it was easily one of the lamest grand prix I have seen. Other than the first corner, where Alonso went off and a little after that, when he appeared to make a move on Raikonnen, there was a monotony to the proceedings. If Raikonnen had continued, I have no doubt he would have jumped Hamilton in the pits but it was not to be. There was also the possibility that Heidfeld could have got one over Alonso, but the wheel nut put paid to that.

The only other bit of excitement during the race was whether Heikki Kovalainen would jump David Coulthard by going for an aggressive 3 pitstop strategy. At that time, I was thinking that it is a brilliant move, but alas, it turned out to be a fuel nozzle problem.

Lewis now leads the championship and has the edge on Aonso, who would have thought of that a couple of months ago? At Ferrari, Massa seems to getting the upper hand on Kimi. Kimi really needs to work on his start, it is compromising his races and preventing him from showing his true speed. Mclaren and Ferrari seem to have pulled away a little from BMW. The other midfield teams seem to have made progress, especially RedBull. The grid appears tighter than ever before, but F1 must really do something about the racing

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