Otay, so once again I'm 'Uber late to thee
party with this rant, especially since I first thought about this 'Wayback in
April, specifically during the Chinese GP weekend, for which all I can say is
that apparently it got Shanghaied by that nebulous No Fenders Wormhole Vortex,
eh? Hooah!
Since after all, the story's title is
somewhat misleading, because as we all know, Red Bull's not the fairest F1 car
in the Paddock this year, instead those honours go to the Silver Arrows, whose
W05-Hybrid has simply crushed the opposition this season, only failing to win
upon two incidences during the season's first eleven races!
As I've briefly tried running down the eleven
Formula 1 Constructors performances during the first portion of the season up
to this year's summer break - with the team's having been listed in order of
Constructor's points after Hungary...
(1) Mercedes
Engine: Mercedes Benz
Points: 393
(Car #/Driver/Country/Points)
6. Nico Rosberg; Germany: 202-points
(7-Poles; 4-Wins)
44. Lewis Hamilton; Grate Britain: 191
(3-Poles; 5-Wins)
Races :
Rounds 1-11
Rosberg) 3/1; 3/2; 1/2; 1/2; 2/2; 1/1; 1/2;
3/1; 1/R; 1/1; 1/4.
Hamilton) 1/R; 1/1; 2/1; 2/1; 1/1; 2/2; 2/R;
9/2; 6/1; 16/3; 21#/3.
Head-to-Head
Qualifying = Rosberg: 8-3
Race = Hamilton: 6-5
This has been the team to beat this year, as
its 'Uber refreshing to see somebody else leading the parade after Red Bull's dominant run the past four
years.
As obviously the W05-Hybrid is the car to have, as not even the removal of its
trick, controversial FRIC suspension slowed down the magnificent Silver Arrows,
while I've found the intra-squad scrum between 'Brittany (Nico Rosberg) and thy
"Young Louise" (Hamilton) most intriguing, since while Hamilton wears his heart upon his sleeve and is prone
to profound mood swings when not getting his way, I've thoroughly enjoyed
Rosberg's continuous buckling down 'N fighting back to repeatedly deflate Lewis's balloon! And if
Y'all been following along, then Yuhs know I'm rootin' for Nico to be crowned
world champion this year...
GO NICO!
(2) RED BULL
Engine: Renault
Points: 219
Drivers
#1) Sebastian Vettel; Germany: 88
3. Daniel Ricciardo; Australia: 131 (2-Wins)
Races :
Rounds 1-11
Ricciardo) 2/DSQ*; 5/R; 3/4; 2/4; 3/3; 3/3;
6/1; 5/8; 8/3; 5/6; 4/1.
Vettel)
13/R; 2/3; 11/6; 3/5; 10/4; 4/R; 3/3; 13/R; 2/5; 6/4; 2/7.
(* = Illegal Fuel Flow)
Head-to-Head
Qualifying = Ricciardo 6-5.
Race = Ricciardo 9-2.
Cannot say how 'Uber refreshing I found I-T
to witness "TWINKIEBOY" (Seb' Vettel) getting his ARSE SPANKED by
junior Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo at Shanghai, when I first recall the
young 'Aussie clearly throwing down upon his Quadruple World Champion
team-mate! With his home race outing being nothing to sneeze at either...
As I'd have to say that Ricciardo of the
"B-I-G BULLS" is one of this season's revelations driver-wise, as
only Williams Valtteri
Bottas ranks in this category, while many might
argue that Ricciardo is the best newcomer to the top step this year, first
having broken his Podium Duck' at Barcelona and next time out in Monaco, then
scoring his debutant Grand Prix victory on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in a
thriller, before repeating the feat at what definitely wasn't the Hunga-boring
this year, again taking the lead with 3-laps remaining in Hungary en route to
his second F1 victory!
Meanwhile Seb' Vettel seems somewhat
invisible this season, and certainly a non-factor, having struggled with
reliability issues whilst being thoroughly outshone by his 'Oz
team-mate. As I don't know 'bout Y'all; BUTT! I'm growing really tired
of A-L-L the excuses over why Vettel's getting his ARSE handed to him by 'Ricky
Ricciardo; as you go Boy! As may be Christian Horner should give Seb' a
'bwankie, eh? Or better yet, give thy Emperor some new clothes; Hya!
Vettel tired after dominant run in F1says Horner
(3) FERRARI
Engine: Ferrari
Points: 142
Drivers
7. Kimi Raikkonen; Finland: 27
14. Fernando Alonso; Spain: 115
Races :
Rounds 1-11
Alonso) 5/4;
4/4; 10/9; 5/3; 7/6; 5/4; 7/6; 4/5; 19/6; 7/5; 5/2.
Raikkonen) 12/7; 6/12; 6/10; 11/8; 6/7; 6/12;
10/10; 8/10; 20/R; 12/11; 17/6.
Head-to-Head
Qualifying = Alonso 9-2.
Race = Alonso 11-0.
Is anybody really surprised that
"Fredrico Suave" (Fernando Alonso) is thoroughly dominating thee
'Kimster upon Kimi Raikkonen's return to the Prancing Horse, since after all
how many years has Alonso been at Maranello now molding the team to his liking.
After all, isn't that partially the reason
his misconstrued 'Wingman Felipe Massa was shown the door?
NO! For Mwah, the surprise of the season so
far was Stefano
Domenicali's sudden, shock "Resignation,"
reputedly having something to do with the red cars getting overtaken repeatedly
by lesser teams, i.e.; Force India and Marussia! With Domenicali being
replaced by relative unknown Marco
Mattiacci, the chief of Ferrari North America's car concern...
Stefano Domenicali resigns as Ferrari'sF1 chief over poor results
As basically, like le 'Reggie, (Renault) la
Scuderia's problemas seem largely due to its lack of grunt vs. the all mighty
'Merc's this year! As James Allison was highly touted for his masterful chassis work when at Lotus, leading
to Raikkonen winning twice before bringing his Oomphlats back to Maranello, as Mattiacci has since
enticed la Scuderia engine; Err PU (Power Unit) boss Luca Marmorini
to also leave the fold, with Scuttlebutt suggesting Marmorini may now be
headed to Renault?
Meanwhile Alonso continues ringing the Buh-Jesus
outta this year's underperforming F14T and without him Ferrari wouldn't be tenuously holding onto
third place in the Constructors battle; yet instead Ferrari Chief Luca di Montezemolo
continues prattling on as the second
loudest BLOWHARD in Formula 1 behind his cronie Uncle Bernaughty, previously
having announced his intentions to help save F1; YIKES! While now trying to
hold onto his top Gunslinger...
(4) WILLIAMS
Engine: Mercedes Benz
Points: 135
Drivers
19. Felipe Massa;, Brazil 40
77. Valtteri Bottas; Finland: 95
Races :
Rounds 1-11
Bottas) 10/5; 15/8; 4/8; 7/7;
4/5; 13/R; 4/7; 2/3;
17/2; 2/2; 3/8.
Massa)
9/R; 13/7; 8/7; 6/15; 9/13; 16/7;
5/12; 1/4; 18/R; 3/R; 6/5.
Head-to-Head
Qualifying = Bottas 7-4.
Race = Bottas 7-4.
What can I say about Team 'Willy, other than
what a Gynormous difference a year makes, along with serious upgrading of the
Technical Department, and the jettisoning of a crash-prone Venezuelan driver...
Thus, with Rob Smedley and Felipe Massa
coming over from Scuderia Ferrari the team's fortunes have vastly improved,
although it doesn't hurt having a supply of the grid's most powerful Power
Units in the back of your chassis either, having fortuitously dropped its
Renault 'lumps in favour of Mercedes Benz this year, and Wallah! From ninth to
fourth so far in this year's Constructors title fight, having even usurped
Ferrari for third briefly!
And I haven't even talked about the Finnish
Phenom Valtteri
Bottas yet, having not only scored his debutant Formula 1 podium, but then scoring a
Hat trick, the first driver to do so for Williams in many, many, years.
Thus, if Massa can knock off his poor
finishing results, albeit some having been team inflicted, and Bottas continues
his podium dance, Williams should potentially beat Ferrari to third in this
year's Constructors fight, which would be most impressive indeed!
As how sweet would
it be for Massa to utter the words: Luca, Team Willy finished Ahead of You; Can
you confirm please!
Massa wants Williams to beat old teamFerrari
As what's that 'Ol saying about revenge being a
dish best served piping hot; Oh Never Mind, Hooah!
GO WILLIAMS!
DISCLAIMER
No
Fenders is NOT responsible for ANY
Statistical Anomalies/Mistakes, albeit I've compiled the following information
by painstakingly reviewing each 'N every Qualifying & Race Results to the
best of my ability...
