Australian Grand Prix
Everybody who knows me well knows it - I've got a secret love. Well, it's not actually secret at all, but I'm absolutely addicted to any high-octane sport that wrecks the environment. Formula 1, Speedway, Moto GP, the World Rally Championship, anything. I love them all, though I must confess that I just don't get the opportunity to watch them all, there's just no enough time in the world. So, I have to choose carefully, and Formula 1 is the one sport I just cannot live without.
Today was the Australian Grand Prix. It usually opens the season, but because of the Commonwealth Games, it was third on the calendar this year. This meant that it started closer to a sensible time for me as Britain has noe switched to British Summer Time, making it worth going to bed and then getting up early rather than just staying up. However, it also meant that the conditions were much different, being cooler. This results in less grip.
What does less grip do? It creates more accidents as cars spin off :) However, a harsh winter last year in Australia also made the track surface bumpier. It made for a very interesting race. Juan Pablo Montoya spun on the parade lap, much to my amusement, there was an accident a the first corner (first picture), taking Massa's Ferrari out (though he caused the incident in the first place). The safety car came out, but when it went in again it was immediately required once more as more cars bumped into each other, and a Red Bull car speared in to the barriers on a bump. Michael Schumacher's Ferrari then ran wide in the last turn, hit a bupm and speared in to the wall, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya also ran wide, nearly smashed in to the wall, but instead escaped - only to seemingly sever an electrical circuit as his car ground to a halt on the pit straight.
There was also plenty of overtaking, a novelty this year given the lack of it in previous years of late. Alonso won, whilst Jenson Button's Honda blew up in the last corner of the last lap - a proper pyrotechnic blow-up, always a pleasure to watch. Thus, he came home with no points.
Still, it's looking like it'll be a good season - though Alonso is looking like he could win the title far too easily once more. He's not the best driver on the grid in my opinion, not even the second best. The trouble is, the two drivers that are better than him just don't have the car underneath them, or the luck. Still, that's motor racing - it's not just about you. Even if your name is Michael Schumacher.
There are currently no comments on this article.