I've been away travelling and not blogging, but a lot has been going on at Barcelona, Mugello, Monaco and Indy. All old news now of course but I was sorry to find out that Valentino Rossi had an engine blow up while challenging for the lead, I'd love to see him get that tenth world championship and Yamaha engines have been so very reliable.
Monaco might just see a turn around for Lewis Hamilton who's been having the season from hell, although he's still burdened by warnings which could lead to penalties and a shortage of engines left in a long season. What went wrong for Nico Rosberg still seems to be a mystery and after being taken out by Lewis in the previous race his sportsmanship seemed to not be in question in Monaco, some may think it new found, but I think he's one of the good guys myself.
A lot of carnage and penalties at Monaco, although the decision not to penalise Kimi Raikkonen was clearly correct given the radio communication evidence. Most of the other penalties were probably correct, but whilst we don't want to see stupid attempts to overtake we do want to see drivers fighting for places. In the world at large we've become very litigious and someone has to be blamed for every disaster, its as if the word 'accident' is now redundant. The 'racing accident' looks to be the next casualty.
The really good news was a surprise win for the other Rossi, Alexander Rossi, F1 test driver for Manor and sometime F1 racer. In a race where fuel economy was crucial he managed his race with fine judgement, running out victor and running out of fuel on the slowing down lap. 350,000 race fans watched the event at the Raceway. When I was racing my sponsorship presentation pointed out that the world's largest one day sporting event is a motor race, to emphasise to potential sponsors the interest there is in motorsport. I'm guessing the Indy 500 still is the world's number 1 one day sporting event.
As much as I love Formula 1, the Indy 500 and Le Mans are very special events, the more so considering we've lost the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia.This year was the 100th running of the Indy 500, a true landmark and Alexander Rossi has put his name into motor racing folklore forever, many congratulations and here's hoping he gets a competitive F1 drive.
Going back to F1 I suppose it's only right to congratulate Joss Verstappen on his maiden F1 win and a new youngest winner record. I cannot imagine how Daniil Kvyat feels though. Verstappen is an incredible talent, but we've also seen Daniil on the podium, I think what Red Bull did to him is pretty reprehensible, I have to hope it comes back to bite them. Although, feeling sorry for anyone earning so much money and playing with one of the most expensive and extreme toys in the world is a bit weird really. Goodness knows I would have like to have carried on racing!
Malcolm Snook
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