Monday 18 April 2011

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Webber

RACE TRACK: Push The Button (out of your pit box) - The Sugababes

Where to begin?! Ohhh Jenson, the photoshops were appearing before the race had even finished. For those who didn't see it, Jenson "looked down" on his way into the pit lane (which I would say is fairly dangerous in general) and blundered into the Red Bull pit box... which is quite different looking. He even came to a full stop while the bewildered and BLUE-clad mechanics waved him on. I would've thought Vettel (who was right on his tail probably laughing his helmet off) would be held up just as much as Button in the kerfuffle, but alas, Seb got out in front, undoing JB's epic overtake from the start line. Here's what it all looked like:


That joke was far too easy. (http://wtf1.co.uk/post/4684892187/lol-pic-chinese-grand-prix).

And here's what it looked like if you, like I, watch far too much television:


Sorry, couldn't resist. Poor Jenson, first the Head & Shoulder's humiliation, now this. Hope he gets a good rest in the next 3 weeks anyway.

What else happened in this crazy race? Oh yes, SNEAK WEBBER! Bloody hell, seriously, where did he come from?! He joked in the press conference that he might deliver some epic fail in qualifying every race and just sail past everyone on shiny new tyres - not a terrible idea Skeletor Mark! I mean I think it's a shame that Jenson wasn't on the podium instead, especially when in the early laps JB was in P1 and Webber had failed to make an impression on anybody, but I can't really fault his performance. So instead we shall share out the humiliation and enjoy some of Mark's musical stylings for his love of milk.


Next up will be what a friend of mine affectionately calls 'Vicky's Hamilton Rant Corner'. Yes, it has it's own corner. Because what really grinds my gears is Lewis Hamilton. In general. But specifically in this race, after some of his delightful comments recently, I find him more undeserving than ever.

First off, there was a delightful and whiney interview with him in the Sun on Saturday (http://bit.ly/hb3ngB) where he claims that the Chinese people treat him like a king. I was, of course, perplexed by this - but I've solved it now. The word for 'king' in Chinese is pronounced 'wang'. That explains it. And no, I actually didn't make it up.

And then if you watched the BBC pre-amble to the race on Sunday, you might've seen an equally lovely interview with Hamilton. My favourite quote was the following (and I am actually quoting directly): "As a team, you have to rely on others to do as good a job as you, if not better, and you can never really guarantee that everyone's going to do a top job. There's always somebody, someone's performance that's not going to be as good as what it could be." Oh that's nice. We know from past experience not be surprised by Hamilton's team-bashing - remember when he hilariously mounted the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari when the pit lane light was on red in Montreal 2008? He said afterwards that his team didn't tell him the light was on red. Do you need your team to tell you to use your god damn eyes? Anyway, so this more recent interview says to me, and the world, that he thinks he's god's gift and that his team are shoddy underlings. If I was one of his mechanics and I heard that interview, I think I'd have to give him a right rear wheel à la Alguersuari (boing!). It's the blatant hypocrisy that's grinding my gears, these hideous rants in interviews, followed by laying it on thick after the race victory, all tearful and thankful. You're not thankful Lewis, you're a smug git.

And what a fine note to end on. Sadly we have 3 long weeks to wait until the next race, so I'll have to find something else to be ridiculously biased about in the meantime. Over and out!

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