The Bifecta Part One - Check

After a race which nearly required use of the defibrillator paddles on your truly, Lewis Hamilton was crowned Formula One World Champion. After 18 Grands Prix it all came down to the last corner of the last lap of the last race. If a Hollywood script writer had written this he'd have been laughed out of town, proof again that truth is stranger than fiction. Anyway this post is a reference to my June writings.

Read the full race report here. Hope for the Bifecta Part 2 at around 11pm EST tonight.

Divine Provenence?

This blur of red is actually Ferrari driver & World Champion contender Felipe Massa pulling his car out of the pits in Singapore with the fuel hose still attached. This lead to a lengthy delay at the end of pit row and ultimately put Massa at 13th place, a big blow for a driver who was only 1 point off the championship lead going into the race.

Perhaps it's all karma though? Hamilton's unfair penalty at Spa after a completely legal maneuver, handed Massa the race victory. Fate has a way of evening up the odds in F1 just as in life.

Spoke Too Soon

Lewis Hamilton, obviously talking on his mobile phone, ran up the back of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari whilst leaving the pits in Montreal, Saturday. Both drivers were out of the race with Lewis getting a 10 place grid drop for the French GP. Then again, maybe he was just distracted by one of these?

Ironic or Inspiring? either way...

Come November there is a real possibility for the 1st black President of the United States and the 1st black Formula One World Champion. How the times are a changing eh? I'm rooting for both (but only sending money to one).