As what's that 'Ol Sayin' my late Awntie Harriet would
Say? Oh Yeah Somme-thun' about The east end of A Horse going West!
Ah, where to begin Kiddoes? As I could
mention the sheer insanity of being Blind 'N Sitting in the Dark for the
evening's Encore Presentation of a Night race on the City Streets 'O Singapore,
which I wryly mused to Thyself is akin to a Triple Negative, El Correctomundo?
Or the part about Damn, that Monegasque Guy
sure gets extremely Hot underneath His Balaclava! Making me think of a French
Dude with the last name of Grosjean; Aye Karumba!
As I Don't wanna say that the Singapore Grand
Prix was a Boring race, albeit mostly processional. Yet instead being a very
tactical race of Chess, and who'd Blink First?
Yet this coupled with the TV Pundits focusing
upon irrelevant scrums over Positions 14-15-16, and Not being able to S-E-E a
Gory Damn thing Occurring On-track, I found my mind Ah-wanderin' per Tipicali.
Thus I took extra notice to the few tidbits
Messer Kroftie' threw out during the Sky Sports regurgitated ESPN2 Broadcast,
which I knew wasn't gonna be Purdy', especially since we began with le Duesh'
chopping off the first 5+ minutes fluff, including the Parade lap. As it was
simply Lights Out when the Show began.
Huh? How did Danny Ric', nee Daniel Ricciardo
end-up starting P20? Since I know he Qualified P8 on Saturday...
OH SHIT! Here comes Duh Mothers shoe Polish lady...
As we'll return One lap from where we left Off when we "Immediately"
resume, Righto Sister?
According to David Kroft, Thars Nothin' Wrong
with your TV, that is an Alfa Romeo leading a Grand Prix. As it was Kimi Thee
Iceman' Raikkonen's Under-study Antonio Giovinazzi leading
his first Grand Prix ever. Being the first
time since the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps for an Alfa Romeo
to lead a Grands Prix; CRIKEYS!
With The Professor' Alain Prost giving Renault a
1-3 finish, with his Junior birdman Eddie "The Mouth!" Cheever third,
and Ferrari's Patrick Tambay sandwiched between the two Reggies'
Even more Amazing was the tidbit thrown-out
proclaiming it was the First time since Silverstone 2015 when Team Willy'
(Williams F1) led the race. Becoming the First time in 4+ years that anybody
besides the Top-3, i.e.; Mercedes, Ferrari & Red Bull have led a Grands
Prix; SHEISA!
Along with Kroftie' belabouring the
factoid that 'lil Syd Viddle, aka
Sebastian Vettel hadn't won a Grands Prix in 392 Days, since Spa 2018!
Sebastian, Leclerc's Faster than You!
And although it was the first time Ferrari's won
3 Races in-a-row since 2008 as the Stats piled-on. Obviously Monsieur
"chuck LuhCluck," nee Charles Leclerc, who'd done everything he'd
been instructed to by la Scuderia. The 21yr old Monegasque
had ample rights to be overly Peeved with how Ferrari had shuffled him to P2
behind Vettel!
For which I swear it was Ferrari Team Boss Mattia Binotto Apologizing
in Italian to Leclerc on the Cool-down lap, as the TV Broadcast was rightly
having a field Day playing In-Car radio messages...
And whilst I totally believe Leclerc got 100%
Hosed! I really couldn't argue with good 'Ol Martin Billybob' Brundle's ARSE-Sessment'
of curtly pointing out they (Ferrari) got a 1-2 (finish( instead of a 1-3 due
to strategy...
And how come nobody's talking about Valtteri
Bottas once again getting told to be the Dutiful Wingman? First being
instructed to go Slow in hopes of holding up the grid so Golden Child could
possibly catch back up to his rivals. And then further being instructed to Hold
Station behind Hamilton to races end.
As once again it Hit Me like A Two Ton Heavy
Thing! Feeling somewhat Disillusioned over Formula 1's Machiavellian Team Orders state, making
the word Corporatocracy spring to Thy Lips for the very first time regarding
thou sport of F1!
As I've had to remind a few Friends that it's
the Constructors Championship that only interests the Formula 1 Teams due to its
massive Payout scheme of multi-millions each season, and the Drivers
championship DON'T Pay Anything!
And Team Orders are nothing new, as
Austria-Gate, (2002) Felipe, Fernando is Faster than You and Bloody Hell!
Vettel's infamous Multi-21 Affair immediately spring to mind!
Instead I think that it's Team Orders are
more Blatant; Err they're just way more transparent nowadays, and I've got to begrudgingly
admit, Drivers are just the means to the Teams Financial success.
Which makes it somewhat Harder to Swallow,
since I've always had passion for Open Wheel Racing hinge upon individual
Drivers accomplishments and not the team's. Even though I'm fully cognizant
it's a Team sport, that still Doesn't mean I like seeing a Driver get Screwed
for the Team's Benefit!
As what will Vettel's legacy be? Since
according to Reuters he's being paid the exorbitant sum of AU $36m per season.
Or is that $36 million Dollars? Pounds or Euros? While Ferrari's gonna give
Leclerc a raise to $9m next year vs. his
current paltry $3m salary?
Since it appears Vettel's currently making four times as much as
Leclerc, and Ferrari's surely wondering what they're getting for Vettel's
services? I'm left ponderin' is Messer Binotto simply trying to Balance his
Charges, instill confidence in Sebastian, or simply trying to establish clear
Team Orders regardless of who's the better Driver?
Or is it really as
simple as getting better Overall results for the coveted Constructirs Cup? And
who knows what we'll be talkin' about after Sochi? Where Hopefully Leclerc will
be victorious!
