Sunday, May 10, 2009

King Jenson of Spain


Jenson is the King of Spain, well Formula 1’s king in Spain at the time being.

There is no stopping the Brit.

He shows no indication that he is going to slow down, winning a drug and he is hooked.

This was his fourth win out of five and if Bernie E-man had his way, Button would have the title more or less wrapped up already.

Jenson would have four shiny gold medals to Sebastian Vettel’s one but fortunately, there is still points and the season is far from over.

Rubens Barrichello is still providing great support for F1’s favourite son. He finished second to give Brawn GP another 1-2 finish on their debut season, this one was again down to perfect tactics that ousted their rivals.

Mark Webber finished strongly and put the Bahrain disappointment firmly behind him.

His podium shows how good Red Bull can be, with Ferrari and McLaren failing to find form or a competitive car it will be up to Red Bull to challenge Brawn GP for top honours.

Teammate Vettel ended fourth with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa holding him up in the final laps to stop his pursuit for a podium.

The Brazilian finished sixth to double Ferrari’s points for the season while teammate Kimi Raikkonen limped out after 17 laps.

Home favourite Fernando Alonso couldn’t find any heroics in his homeland but his spirited late drive landed him fifth place to much delight to his fans.

BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld and Williams’ Nico Rosberg finished seventh and eighth
respectively picking up the remaining points.

Lying Lewis finished ninth as McLaren showed no improved updates, he even admits that his car ‘has no hope’.

But what made this race rather exciting was the opening lap where everything kicked off. Jarno Trulli, Sebastien Buemi, Sebastien Bourdais and Ardian Sutli all crashed out after the first corner bringing out a safety car for all the refuge to be cleared.

Trulli flew off the track at turn two before coming back on to the racing line that made him to collide with the two Toro Rosso cars and that caused havoc. Trulli should have had more sense; his mistake should not punish others. He should had held back and moved onto the track when it would be more safely to do so.

Circuit de Catalunya is a fine track and it was the only the fifth time that a safety car had to be introduced in 18 years.

But once again this weekend belonged to Jenson as he continues his perfect season.

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