Ravings of a Nomadic Mind

Where art thou lady luck ??

Lewis Hamilton is one of the most impressive talents to emerge out of the formula one paddocks in the recent years. And by hiring him in when he was brought in, Ron Dennis again proved that he had amazing eye for talent. All through the past decade he has bet on drivers who on over sight showed amazing talent, I mean just look at the list, Kimi Raikkonen, Mika Hakkinen, Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya, to name but a few. They were let down for by the car some time or where overwhelmed by the competition (namely one guy called Michael Schumacher) but they were all good, but the thing about Hamilton is that he just might be the biggest and best driving talent to step into F1 after Senna or Prost. Well, hear me out before you start throwing things at me, and don’t even think about throwing that kitchen sink at me. Michael supporter can go take a hike, he was a good driver but he won most of his races on team strategy, he overtook more times in the pits than on the track. Mika was mediocre, with a great car and team, Juan Pablo was only good at going round and round in circles. Jenson Button, Massa, Davidson, Wurz, webber and every other driver who came on with great fanfare just kindoff failed. Kimi could have come over as a great but he was always outclassed by Schumi. And now that F1 is free of the Schumi-Todt-Brawn Triumvirate he will always live in Shumacher’s shadow.

So again, Awesome talent, Raw temperament and the best car in the field and one of the most exciting F1 seasons in 21 years and still the dominating news was what was going on off the track be it the Alonso – Hamilton competition or the spying scandal. It just kept getting funnier and funnier as the season went on. There is this kid first season in F1 and an Amazing car and he was on the podium every race and all that people could talk about was the spying scandal. He kept walking allover two seasoned veterans namely Kimi Raikkonen and Double world champion Fernando Alonso and all people could think of was the spying scandal. So, so idiot got a little greedy, is that what F1 is about?? No it isn’t over all these past years when Shumi was beating the crap out of every one left right and center we moaned the fact that F1 wasn’t exciting enough, and now that we actually have a really talented bunch of drivers and teams that are capable of giving their drivers good cars day in and day out no body noticed the racing.

I have gone round and round in circles about my bitterness at the way the season ended so now we will talk about the racing highlights of the season.

1. There was one constant through the entire season. That was Lewis Hamilton Amazing consistency, at getting podiums, Alonso’s growing amazement and to some extent jealousy at his teammates exceptional performance and talent, and the way Ferrari and all the other teams where stumped and then fumbled around with the amount of talent on display.

2. Kimi’s amazing comeback in the second half of the season, no doubt due to excellent teamwork and loyalty towards the team from Massa.

3. Kimi again with a donut at the pit lane exit at spa was arrogance personified. May be his move to Ferrari has given him the confidence he needs

4. inspite of the abundance of talent in the top 4 to 5 teams the championship was an open fight the first time in 21 years if i can recall correctly

The low point was the acrmonius dispute between Alonso and Lewis, and the unbelievable spin Lewis had at the Chinese GP neither were McLaren and neither was Lewis naive enough to make such an elementary mistake.

5. so here’s to kimi the new world champion, and here’s to Hamilton saying that he wants to win the championship on the track not by appeal. And I thought racing drivers were and extinct species.

So bring on the 2008 F1 season I say and may the best driver win and perform more burnouts ……………………..