It was turning out to be another boring weekend, got up at around 11 and rushed to the school to attend the alumni committee meeting. Finished around 1 and was lazing around at the adda. And then the boys as crazy as always suddenly decide for a weekend getaway. What else can be a better place than Ozone.
Team : Chintu, Papu, Pussy, Vela, Lambu, Kiran and myself
Started off around 4 in the afternoon and picked lambu from kadur, and in the meanwhile the silencer clamp of the scopio had come off thanks to the maniac driving by chintu.
Reached ozone around 11 and started off with the JD and in less than an hour it was empty. Slept around 1 and Sunday everyone was lazing around playing carrom. Started back home around 4 in the noon and dropped by lambu's farm. Such an amazing place, far away from the city buzz...
Also had a taste of my first scorpio ride and believe me its a monster.
Reached bangalore around 12 and straight away hit bed only to get up today for all the traffic madness in bangalore. It indeed was a nice unplanned weekend getaway...
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Spa Francorchamps - A Review
It has been a long break from blogging and today i planned to write something. Something new and different. What else can be better than a race summary of yesterday's Spa Francorchamps.
Here it goes in detail...
The Track:
Spa was first started in 1924 and has ever since been a track hard to master upon. It has witnessed several accdents involving the deaths of the likes of Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow. The weather conditions are dynamic on this circuit with a surprise shower on one half of the track and the sun shining bright on the other. However Spa is and has always been a place where every F1 driver would love to drive. Eau Rouge has remained the most evocative corner with speed reaching upto 320 KMPH and just the perfect thing a F1 fan would love to see.
In the last decade Ferrari and Iceman have dominated this track with the last three going to Kimi's basket.
The Qualifier
The qualifier was a 100% domination by the Scuderia. Iceman has always been a champ in Spa. This is one track that suits to the best of his ability. With some slight problem at the rear of the car he could still manage to pull up the fastest lap. With Massa following close behind it was an all red startup poised for the Race. Alonso and Hamilton starting in the second grid only to battle out a "non professional" competition between the two of them. I will come to this later.
Race Day:
Luckily perfect weather and perfect conditions marked the start of the 44 lap Spa race. Iceman took off with the utmost perfection. Massa almost mirroring the capability he has shown since his debut also started fine even though being on the dirty side of the pole. Although he had a slight problem at the first corner but managed to stick close behind Kimi. Alonso and Lewis on the other hand were riding a race of their own with a who-kicks-out-whom strategy. A perfect start by the rookie from the start line almost overtook the Spaniard with sheer pace and ability, however the so called double world champion had other thoughts. He played such a cheap trick on his own team mate that he was almost thrown out of the race. However Hamilton managed to get the car back on the track w/o losing position. Nick running in 5th lost a couple of places in this hustle.
From here on it was 44 laps of total domination by the Finn without any threat from the rest of the pack. Massa too was running a race of his own class with no one to threaten his position.
An uneventful race ended with the Ferrari 1-2 which just feels so good. Many more races needed like these. Cheers Ferrari.
Miscellaneous:
Alonso's dirty tactics will not carry on for much time. It was about this time last year that I remember the Spanish driver had caused a storm within the Renault team, accusing them of leaving him isolated and alone – what did he expect after going backstabbing his team and signing with McLaren immediately after securing his first title? He is a spoilt kid who wants things to go his own way and doesnt give a damn to anyone else, no matter if the other person is his team boss or a compatriate. If Alonso wins this world title, then it will be the most disgraceful thing to happen to F1. How can a person who cannot conduct himself in front of the whole world be given a World Championship. A good fast driver is not all about being a F1 champion. It is much more than than. Being a diehard Ferrari fan I wud still be happy if the championship goes to Lewis who has simply done an amazing job, But I have my fingers still crossed hoping that the Finn catches up and overtakes the Brit both on and off the track.
Thats it for now.
Signing off,
Pradeep
Here it goes in detail...
The Track:
Spa was first started in 1924 and has ever since been a track hard to master upon. It has witnessed several accdents involving the deaths of the likes of Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow. The weather conditions are dynamic on this circuit with a surprise shower on one half of the track and the sun shining bright on the other. However Spa is and has always been a place where every F1 driver would love to drive. Eau Rouge has remained the most evocative corner with speed reaching upto 320 KMPH and just the perfect thing a F1 fan would love to see.
In the last decade Ferrari and Iceman have dominated this track with the last three going to Kimi's basket.
The Qualifier
The qualifier was a 100% domination by the Scuderia. Iceman has always been a champ in Spa. This is one track that suits to the best of his ability. With some slight problem at the rear of the car he could still manage to pull up the fastest lap. With Massa following close behind it was an all red startup poised for the Race. Alonso and Hamilton starting in the second grid only to battle out a "non professional" competition between the two of them. I will come to this later.
Race Day:
Luckily perfect weather and perfect conditions marked the start of the 44 lap Spa race. Iceman took off with the utmost perfection. Massa almost mirroring the capability he has shown since his debut also started fine even though being on the dirty side of the pole. Although he had a slight problem at the first corner but managed to stick close behind Kimi. Alonso and Lewis on the other hand were riding a race of their own with a who-kicks-out-whom strategy. A perfect start by the rookie from the start line almost overtook the Spaniard with sheer pace and ability, however the so called double world champion had other thoughts. He played such a cheap trick on his own team mate that he was almost thrown out of the race. However Hamilton managed to get the car back on the track w/o losing position. Nick running in 5th lost a couple of places in this hustle.
From here on it was 44 laps of total domination by the Finn without any threat from the rest of the pack. Massa too was running a race of his own class with no one to threaten his position.
An uneventful race ended with the Ferrari 1-2 which just feels so good. Many more races needed like these. Cheers Ferrari.
Miscellaneous:
Alonso's dirty tactics will not carry on for much time. It was about this time last year that I remember the Spanish driver had caused a storm within the Renault team, accusing them of leaving him isolated and alone – what did he expect after going backstabbing his team and signing with McLaren immediately after securing his first title? He is a spoilt kid who wants things to go his own way and doesnt give a damn to anyone else, no matter if the other person is his team boss or a compatriate. If Alonso wins this world title, then it will be the most disgraceful thing to happen to F1. How can a person who cannot conduct himself in front of the whole world be given a World Championship. A good fast driver is not all about being a F1 champion. It is much more than than. Being a diehard Ferrari fan I wud still be happy if the championship goes to Lewis who has simply done an amazing job, But I have my fingers still crossed hoping that the Finn catches up and overtakes the Brit both on and off the track.
Thats it for now.
Signing off,
Pradeep
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