Season has Begun!!

Yes!!! The wait was finally over, and it has been a very very long wait. I am not talking about the Cricket WC Season but about the Formula 1 season (I still can wipe the smile of my face). I decided to wait to write this blog since I knew there will be some very interesting post race events too :).

Everything started out on Saturday at Albert Park, Melbourne Australia. There was already some complaining about the Red bull sister team Toro Rosso and Super Aguri Honda. The complaint been they were not using team built chassis but using Red bull's and Honda's Chassis respectively. Well that did not stop them putting up a show. That's when the first surprise came. The two Super Aguri cars qualified actually entered the Q2. They had last years Honda engine and to qualify ahead of Ruben Barrichello of Honda, I have no idea what Honda has been up to in development side (I will get to the color of the car later). First upset came when Felipe Massa's Ferrari had gearbox problems when he went hard into a curve. So the only hope for me was the Kimi Raikonen who was driving for Ferrari this season after his switch from Mclaren. Mclaren looked strong; I was really surprised to see the Rookie Lewis Hamilton do so well in that car. At the end of Qualifying It was Kimi ahead of Alonso with Nick Heidfeld in the BMW doing a terrific job to come third. One of the scenes that were funny during qualifying was to see Jarno Trulli's Toyota driven out of the pit lane with the jack still attached to the car. They were fined later.

The Race had some interesting questions to be seen. Since this was the first race of the season, Questions were Can Kimi hold off Alonso and Hamilton? Can Kimi get that Ferrari back safely? Can Hamilton perform the same he did in Qualifying?

The start was amazing, Hamilton overtook Alonso outside the first corner, and it was a great sight to see a rookie taking on the two times world champion. Kimi took off well and started extending the gap from the very first lap. Massa was getting held up by the Red bull and also the Honda's. The Hondas pace was so bad the commentator told, "They are one second slower than their previous years pace" Ouuchh!! The fact they have paint their car with the earth and trying to promote green environment, they have not done anything much otherwise. Now, about the paint job on the car, I had an argument with my friend saying the car looked amazing with that earth on the car at least on high resolution and good lighting pictures I had seen. But, I seriously had second thoughts after seeing it on TV. He actually coined the Honda "Puke Car" for all the obvious reasons. I had to agree with that later. There were no major incidents in the race except for David Coulthard crashing....no no...Flying into Alex Wurz (I was reading this guys press conference; F1 needs more funny guys like him). I know the Red bull was expecting the start of the season to be a flyer but DC actually did fly. What on earth was he driving like that? Other than this the race went fine and Winner was Kimi and Alonso and Rookie Hamilton were 1st and 2nd runners up.

It was interesting to read the post race comments and reactions. First, Ron Dennis blaming Nick Heidfeld. He was blaming BMW for their strategy used which spoilt Mclaren to catch up with Ferrari during the race. Well, that’s the whole point of racing isn't it, to overtake the slow cars. It was not like Mclaren was breathing down BMW exhaust and weren't able to overtake. How can someone make such silly remakes? The Second, well this surprised me totally, Ferrari blamed for their barge board acting similar to the flexi wing they has been warned last year. Let’s say that is even true, how on earth were the other team spot something like that which is underneath the car. It is always that when Ferrari does well people want to whine about it. Well, I guess it is easier to whine about a good car than to beat it.

I just can't wait to see what happens to see these comment made about both the incidents, more importantly, cannot wait for the next race :D

Iron Maiden in India!

I was reading about Iron Maiden coming to India, their first ever tour to the sub-continent and came across this poster of in their website. It brings a synergy between the metal fans with the Cricket Fervent India. It is Eddie, Iron Maiden's Mascot playing cricket. Iron Maidens surely know how to rock India!

I was surprised to see their New Album "A Matter of Life and Death" Reaching #2 in India...lot of Metals Heads!! Rock On!!