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Dec 31, 2007 in Uncategorized
Since the end of the 2007 F1 season I’ve been wanting to take a look back at the predictions I made in March and see just how far off the mark I was. Yeah, I know the season ended over two months ago. I’ve been kind of busy. Any way, since 2007 is over in about 4 hours, I figure I had better get to it.
So, starting at the bottom of the WCC standings we have
May 23, 2007 in Uncategorized
I got tagged on this one by Chris (Hemphill81) at Tech Spews. This one was started by Engtech. So, without further ado (I’ve always wanted to say that), here’s my list
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
There are probably a few I forgot, but it seems like I spend too much time online. Is it true there’s still a sun out there?
And to spread the link love, I’m going to tag Laura, Lora, and John.
Mar 11, 2007 in Uncategorized
The Formula One circus is about to interrupt their regularly scheduled testing to actually hold a race. The ING Australian Grand Prix is set to open the 2007 F1 championship season at the Albert Park circuit in Australia.
Per long standing F1 tradition, the season will open with controversy. Sir Frank Williams and Colin Kolles, DDS have stated very publicly their desire to protest the legitimacy of the Super Aguri and Toro Rosso cars. If they don’t get their desired response from the stewards, this stands a good chance of winding up in the Australian courts as did the Minardi fiasco of a few years ago. Mad Max Mosley will decree from his Ivory Tower that unless everyone can play nice, he will remove all FIA sanctioned events from Australia as well as all forms of motorized vehicles leaving the Aussies with nothing more than the horse and carriage. Nobody will bother pointing out to him that he can’t do this. Bernie Eccelstone will be seen lurking about with a copy of the Concorde Agreement muttering something about my preciousssss.
Somewhere along the line, someone will realize that if the Ligier JS43 was different from the BenettonB195 because of a different winglet and the Sauber C23 was different from the Ferrari F2003GA because it was blue, then the Toro Rosso is different from the Red Bull because it has different radiators and the Super Aguri is different than the Honda just because. Well, that and someone will pay an unreal amount of cash to someone else to make the whole matter disappear. Despite all the Machiavellian machinations, the 11 teams comprising the 07 Formula One World Championship will actually manage to race a few times and it should go something like this…
Dec 30, 2006 in Uncategorized
The facts:
Scuderia Toro Rosso has not yet revealed their 2007 drivers.
Sebastian Bourdais had an impressive test with them at Jerez.
Seabass and Gerhard Berger have both denied that he will leave Champ Car for F1 in 07.
Conclusion:
Since all parties have denied it, I think it’s a certainty that Bourdais will be in a Toro Rosso come Melbourne.
Dec 30, 2006 in Uncategorized
It’s almost Dakar time again. The 29th edition of the trek across southern Europe and Africa is set to begin on January 6th in Lisbon, Portugal. Two weeks and more than 7900 km later, the race will end up (for the few lucky enough to finish) in Dakar, Senegal.
To me, this is one of the most awesome spectacles in motorsports. There are 525 entries in three classes as well as support teams, officials, and press all traveling across some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. In all, the bivouac will number a couple of thousand people.
If you have never seen the Dakar, you really should check it out. There is nothing like seeing one of those trucks crashing over the sand dunes of the Sahara. And by truck, we aren’t talking about an F150. These things are huge Tatras, Kamaz, and the like. To see one of these lumbering beasts being thrashed around the desert is awesome.