Monday, 24 August 2009

The best replaced by the worst

7 times world champion Michael Schumacher was scheduled to a sensational come-back but that was not meant to be as he could not cope with the pain in his neck due to the accident in February. This was a huge blow to the world of motorsport fans as we wanted to see him against the likes of Vettel and Hamilton. Instead, he was replaced by the mediocre Luca Badoer a man in his career has failed to score a single point. In the European Grand Prix, we saw him spinning off in almost every lap. What was Ferrari thinking replacing the injured Massa with a man who is 38 and has not been in a F1 car for the last ten years? On the other hand, we saw the replacement for the now-fired Nelsinho Piquet jr, Romain Grosejan make in into Q2 and do brilliantly. His team-mate has been in a rumour that he will be moving to Ferrari next year. But as a huge motorsport fan, I would love to see Fernando Alonso in one of those sensational Ferrari cars. It would be a a huge pleasure to see a double world champion driving his way through one of the amazing tracks in a Ferrari. So come on? What will they do to Raikkonnen?
PS: Has anyone heard the Sebastian Vettel song in Youtube? Please do. It is a rather excellent song.

Belgian Grand Prix

Red bull had a nightmare race and Brawn bounced back with the win for Rubens Barrichello. However, Jenson Button admits that his championship bid is faltering by the second. Nevertheless, he can still rejuvenate with the face that Red Bull drivers failed to score a point. Mark Webber said he deserves nothing and 2 engine explosions in 1 race weekend. This means that there are only 2 engines left for the rest of the season. On the other hand, Red Bull can take some good news knowing that they are heading to Spa in less than 6 days. The high speed circuit fits the characteristics of the RB5. Following that, comes the Italian Grand Prix where German hotshot Vettel got his first win in a dominating race. But knowing the next 2 tracks will be hard on the engine in his car, Sebastian will continue really carefully. Webber on the other hand, has a safe amount of engines left and is desperate to get back on the top step of the podium. I think that Red Bull team principal have a tough decision on his hands because, in my point of my view,
he has got a 2 brilliant drivers and nearing the end of this season and with Vettel vowing to "fight until the last breath" and Webber just generally being a top of the class driver. Red Bull will have a point to prove, They will be ready for a titanic battle for the constructor's championship. This is going to be an exciting end of season.