New Blog
I've Moved my blog to:
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/slotcars/
Here you'll find my latest rantings and updates to this site.
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/slotcars/
Here you'll find my latest rantings and updates to this site.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Scattered Thoughts
It's 125 days, 22 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds before the Bahrain GP. The Formula 1 governing body is busy making rule changes that no one quite understands or can do anything about is they did. The paddock will no longer host cars named Jordan, Sauber and Minardi. While not on the par of losing Lotus, BRM or even Tyrrell it does give us the opportunity to purchase new team attire hopefully bereft of tobacco sponsorship. Is there anybody else out there that looks at the steady increase of manufacturer involvement not an altogether good thing? At least we are spared the specter of a General Motors or Ford team and their clueless PR hacks.
The new season will bring some interesting driver pairings chief amongst them, at least in my opinion will be the one at Honda. Where the fair-haired boy Jenson Button finds himself alongside the ex-Ferrari drive Ruben Barrichello. My money is on Rubens to dish out a dose of humility to the young Brit, at least in the early going. In fact this might work to Button's advantage forcing him to finally deliver on his obvious talent. We will also learn the truth about Felipe Massa who's mixed reputation will be laid bare as he goes against the fading but still brilliant Uber German. The fate of Jacques Villeneuve is still open for discussion except for the fact that nobody at BMW is actually discussing it, at least not in Public. Here's a vote for keeping the French-Canadian driver on board for at least the remainder of his contract. Has anyone suggested to Juan Pablo that he stays firmly planted on his couch this winter and goes nowhere near a tennis court, motorcycle, ATV, gentleman's club or wherever he actually hurt his soldier? I for one wouldn't mind seeing a real mano a mano at McLaren.
Looking at the calendar it's still undecided where I will make my annual Grand Prix weekend appearance, trust that it won't be at Indianapolis though. Not that I don't think the race will be run but I'm not keen on sampling anymore "Hoosier Culture" which leaves me a dozen or more other choices. Canada, England and Australia have all been visited numerous times and I'm due for a change. Monaco is a little too pricey and Malaysia too hot, now where does that leave me ...
The new season will bring some interesting driver pairings chief amongst them, at least in my opinion will be the one at Honda. Where the fair-haired boy Jenson Button finds himself alongside the ex-Ferrari drive Ruben Barrichello. My money is on Rubens to dish out a dose of humility to the young Brit, at least in the early going. In fact this might work to Button's advantage forcing him to finally deliver on his obvious talent. We will also learn the truth about Felipe Massa who's mixed reputation will be laid bare as he goes against the fading but still brilliant Uber German. The fate of Jacques Villeneuve is still open for discussion except for the fact that nobody at BMW is actually discussing it, at least not in Public. Here's a vote for keeping the French-Canadian driver on board for at least the remainder of his contract. Has anyone suggested to Juan Pablo that he stays firmly planted on his couch this winter and goes nowhere near a tennis court, motorcycle, ATV, gentleman's club or wherever he actually hurt his soldier? I for one wouldn't mind seeing a real mano a mano at McLaren.
Looking at the calendar it's still undecided where I will make my annual Grand Prix weekend appearance, trust that it won't be at Indianapolis though. Not that I don't think the race will be run but I'm not keen on sampling anymore "Hoosier Culture" which leaves me a dozen or more other choices. Canada, England and Australia have all been visited numerous times and I'm due for a change. Monaco is a little too pricey and Malaysia too hot, now where does that leave me ...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Welcome
The website Grand Prix History has been in existence since May 22, 1997. For much of that time it has been a little known secret tucked in a small corner of the World Wide Web. Lovingly constructed step by step it is now 500+ pages in length or is that girth? It is still one of the few Formula 1 sites that attempts to go beyond the statistics and describe what it was really like.
I've replaced the previous Guest Book with this blog which I hope will prove more useful. Please feel free to add a comment on this website or on the state of Formula 1 if you wish. I hope to post my thoughts from time to time. We have just witnessed a relatively stellar season ending with the crowning of a new World Champion. Except for the debacle at the United States Grand Prix it was a successful season. The only drawback for me was the horrible qualifying rules and the penalties that drivers suffered due to their placement in the previous race. Hopefully that will be a thing of the past.
As we enter our "dark time" I hope to here from each of you.
I've replaced the previous Guest Book with this blog which I hope will prove more useful. Please feel free to add a comment on this website or on the state of Formula 1 if you wish. I hope to post my thoughts from time to time. We have just witnessed a relatively stellar season ending with the crowning of a new World Champion. Except for the debacle at the United States Grand Prix it was a successful season. The only drawback for me was the horrible qualifying rules and the penalties that drivers suffered due to their placement in the previous race. Hopefully that will be a thing of the past.
As we enter our "dark time" I hope to here from each of you.
