Hey Jenson, what are you doing? Just as we were all agreeing that this was turning out to be the most unpredictable F1 season in years, we suddenly wake up to the fact that you've now won 4 out of the first 5 races! Play the game, mate, this wasn't how it was meant to be! We went through this not so long ago, when a certain German showed the rest of the F1 journeymen how to drive. Remember how monotonous that became?
The trouble is, everything in Barcelona looked great, with a Ferrari! resurgence on the cards, Vettel on fire again, and Webber showing an aggressive streak that has been sadly missing for a long time. The organisers were even thinking about having to widen the podium to accommodate the clown-like grin of Rubens Barichello, as he showed us all his true talent by threatening to take pole position. A lot of people were hoping that this might be his weekend after all.Then there was the superb last ditch lap of Button's, ironically helped, it seemed, by adopting Barichello's settings on the car. The chance had gone! We all knew that pole position in Barcelona usually translates into a race win, so that was that, or so it appeared.
Unfortunately, Rubens hadn't read the script, or didn't agree with it, because the lights went out and there was the popular little Brazilian ahead of the pack coming out of the first bend. Sadly for the Barichello fans, any chance of an upset disappeared when the Button camp within the Braw! n Team switched him onto a 2-stop strategy and Rubens became t! he prove rbial tail-gunner, as is his wont in F1 it seems. Shame! He would have been a popular winner.
What are the odds on there being some major personnel changes at Ferrari ? Ferrari boss Montezumelo stated a couple of races ago that he wouldn't stand by and watch Ferrari become a laughing stock in F1. Really? Then he needs to act fast, because they are rapidly becoming the circus act of the Championship.
Imagine being Massa and battling for 63 laps to keep F1's youngest hot-shot, Vettel, behind you, only to then be calmly told to move over because your petrol pump attendant has short-changed you at the last service station! If that wasn't bad enough news for Felippe, can you think what went through his mind when he then had to let Alonso through so that the Spaniard could get some more points. Unbelievable stuff!
Not only was it inexcusable to run so low on fuel that Massa had to back right off for the rest of the race, but the problem was com! pounded by not bringing him in the moment they realised the problem, for a tyre change and a top-up. Add to that the Raikkonen fiasco and it is obvious that there are some serious issues that need to be resolved at Maranello. Michael, keep your mobile switched on……you might be heading up a F1 team real soon!
