Its the other Renault at last at Sepang
Oh! It was an all to familiar sight at Sepang Malaysia in round 2 of the F1 season. Two blue cars on the podium, a silver car spinning and crashing out and a smiling Jenson with that all too familiar "what else can i do" look standing on the lowest step of the podium.
There was, though a small and significant difference - we were hearing the Italian anthem for the winning driver instead of the Spanish one that
we have got so used to. Yes, it was Fisi over Fernando after 56 laps of Sepang under extreme heat and humidity. Fisi led from pole and never really looked threatened except for a few heart-stopping moments after the final round of pit-stops when his team-mate and world champion almost threatened to do a 'Suzuka 2005' all over again. But Fisi responded to the pressure well and brought the car home..... and with his more illustrious team-mate on his way out, the win could not have come at a better time. Flav!! take note of this..... we have a fight at renault this year.
With the pace displayed by the renaults and the engine penalties to both the ferraris, the other cars were reduced to 'also rans' with jenson leading the pack. He did all he could, pushed his honda to the maximum but all he could see was the blue cars disappearing in front of him. That elusive first win still awaits for one more time.
JPM had a dull and un-eventful race starting on 5th and ending on 4th. Being the sole Mclaren left, Ron Dennis should be more than happy with that. His team-mate had his run of misfortune continue and could not last a lap. A blow from Klien from the rear was enough to damage the suspension and soon after we had the all-too-familiar sight of a silver car spinning and 'game over'.... well Kimi... its another race gone, another time when he will say "what if....".
The only other eventful part of the race was the battle of the Ferraris for p5 and p6. Felipe held his nerve and kept Schumi at bay.... and hold on there was no message on the radio to let big boss through.
So, on to Melbourne park where we all go in with the hope that both Honda and Mclaren come back with a bang and we have 4 way fight for the chequered flag.
There was, though a small and significant difference - we were hearing the Italian anthem for the winning driver instead of the Spanish one that
we have got so used to. Yes, it was Fisi over Fernando after 56 laps of Sepang under extreme heat and humidity. Fisi led from pole and never really looked threatened except for a few heart-stopping moments after the final round of pit-stops when his team-mate and world champion almost threatened to do a 'Suzuka 2005' all over again. But Fisi responded to the pressure well and brought the car home..... and with his more illustrious team-mate on his way out, the win could not have come at a better time. Flav!! take note of this..... we have a fight at renault this year.With the pace displayed by the renaults and the engine penalties to both the ferraris, the other cars were reduced to 'also rans' with jenson leading the pack. He did all he could, pushed his honda to the maximum but all he could see was the blue cars disappearing in front of him. That elusive first win still awaits for one more time.
JPM had a dull and un-eventful race starting on 5th and ending on 4th. Being the sole Mclaren left, Ron Dennis should be more than happy with that. His team-mate had his run of misfortune continue and could not last a lap. A blow from Klien from the rear was enough to damage the suspension and soon after we had the all-too-familiar sight of a silver car spinning and 'game over'.... well Kimi... its another race gone, another time when he will say "what if....".
The only other eventful part of the race was the battle of the Ferraris for p5 and p6. Felipe held his nerve and kept Schumi at bay.... and hold on there was no message on the radio to let big boss through.
So, on to Melbourne park where we all go in with the hope that both Honda and Mclaren come back with a bang and we have 4 way fight for the chequered flag.
posted by Avishek @ 4:13 AM
2 Comments:
It was a complete farce of a race..well if things dont improve then i guess Renaults will walk away with both constructors and drivers title mid way thro the season
Dude.... It wasn't all that bad. This was one of those days when everything just played into Renaults' hands - Both the Williams' exploding, the Ferrari engines needing a change (Would you believe it? When was the last time a Ferrari engine failed?) and of course another Kimi mishap. We are surely not going to have all this in every race. Even last year we had Renaults sweeping the first 4 races with the Macz nowhere but didn't they bounce back? No i dont think this would be like 2002 and 2004. Renaults are still not in that same league where the Scuderia were in these 2 years of total dominance.
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