Formula Yawwwwwwn: Alonso cruises in front of home fans
As I ended my article on the Euro GP last weekend, I had mentioned that Fisi up in front might just add some life to the proceedings. Well, he did not get stuck behind JV this time, and he did qualify up in front. But as the red lights went off, all what he could do was just shield the Ferraris for as long as possible while his team-mate va
nished into the distance in front of his home crowd. None of us know whether this was team-orders playing or Fisi was actually that much slower than his team-mate. If the latter is true then its most likely Fisi should look for an alternate drive next year if not an alternate profession. Anyways, that is not the subject we are talking about here so let's get on with the topic in hand.
As I ended my article on the Euro GP last weekend, I had mentioned that Fisi up in front might just add some life to the proceedings. Well, he did not get stuck behind JV this time, and he did qualify up in front. But as the red lights went off, all what he could do was just shield the Ferraris for as long as possible while his team-mate va
nished into the distance in front of his home crowd. None of us know whether this was team-orders playing or Fisi was actually that much slower than his team-mate. If the latter is true then its most likely Fisi should look for an alternate drive next year if not an alternate profession. Anyways, that is not the subject we are talking about here so let's get on with the topic in hand. We had the second of the back-to-back races last Sunday and for the 2nd race in succession there were 2 things similar - a home hero cruising home and we the fans, yawning. While Nurburgring did provide some contest, this was an absolute cake-walk, the only notable event of the day being Juan Pablo spinning and inching one more step towards retirement.
At the end of the day it was down to Bridgestone V Michellin which caused the disparity. Fernando Alonso earlier remarked after the Nurburgring defeat that there will be some circuits which favour Michellin and some which favour Bridgestone. An utterly defensive statement after coming 2nd in only 2 races. He also hoped that in the 'Michellin' circuits, there will be more 'Michellin' boys to take points away from Schumacher. Well, he was wrong in that as the McLarens were nowhere and once 'Bridgestone' boy Schumi leap-frogged the other Renault at the pit-stops, the race was a foregone conclusion.
What I can conclude is that now we have a Michellin tyre with a blue Renault car attached to it which is competing with a Bridgstone tyre with a red Ferrari attached. Some days the M wins and on other days the B wins. And yes, there are two highly accomplished drivers who are there in the cockpit to take those tyres round and round for 66 laps.
Thank God this tyre war ends this year and we have one brand of tyres running in 2007. You never know, people may come up with a new thinking that Bridgestone is giving special tyres for Ferrari OR a new excuse could come up that Ferrari is more suited to the Bridgestones.
At the end of the day it was down to Bridgestone V Michellin which caused the disparity. Fernando Alonso earlier remarked after the Nurburgring defeat that there will be some circuits which favour Michellin and some which favour Bridgestone. An utterly defensive statement after coming 2nd in only 2 races. He also hoped that in the 'Michellin' circuits, there will be more 'Michellin' boys to take points away from Schumacher. Well, he was wrong in that as the McLarens were nowhere and once 'Bridgestone' boy Schumi leap-frogged the other Renault at the pit-stops, the race was a foregone conclusion.
What I can conclude is that now we have a Michellin tyre with a blue Renault car attached to it which is competing with a Bridgstone tyre with a red Ferrari attached. Some days the M wins and on other days the B wins. And yes, there are two highly accomplished drivers who are there in the cockpit to take those tyres round and round for 66 laps.
Thank God this tyre war ends this year and we have one brand of tyres running in 2007. You never know, people may come up with a new thinking that Bridgestone is giving special tyres for Ferrari OR a new excuse could come up that Ferrari is more suited to the Bridgestones.
We head to the 'jewel in the crown' of F1 - Monaco in 2 weeks time. Forget having a good race there and be prepared for a procession. But at least it is expected over there. And there are countless other things to watch. So whatever the situation, heading towards Monaco is always something to look forward to.
posted by Avishek @ 7:22 AM
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