Uhm, Ain’t Thar something about Turkeys that goes
with that Soaring line?
Whenever I think about Eagles Soaring, I
instantly think of ‘Ol robin Trower’s signature Day of The Eagle sgon! Not to
be Cornfuzed with an Chandler, Arizona Ostrich Festival massively Outdrawing
the inaugural Iceberg Grand Prix in Phoenix Wayback in June, 1989!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJp4qkSoOk
Perhaps it’s just Mwah getting Old-ER’, but I have
a Mucho Problema with today’s F1 Brat Pack! And Yeah, I realize they’re All
extremely talented Open Wheel Racing Drivers. And who cares what a tottering ‘Ol
Blogger has to say? But Hey You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!
Since this current F1 Brat Pack that I define
as Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and George Russell simply rub
me the wrong way! As I find All four to seemingly believe they’re indebted
Everything! That Racing should mimic the video games they play. And when it
goes wrong, they Whine, Cry and Complain like Spoiled Rotten Children!
As All four have easily come across during
Formula 1 races as raging Hot Heads via their In Car radio messages! Most
notably it seems like Lando’s Always Defending Himself a la Lewis Hamilton’s
pointed Barbs against His Silver Arrows team whenever the strategy goes Pear Shaped!
Whilst George Russell Didn’t do Himself any favours when I scribbled about His
joining Formula One’s Pariah Club nearly some 18 months ago!
http://www.nofenders.net/2021/04/welcome-to-formula-ones-pariah-club.html
Thus with All of the controversy over Oscar
Piastri’s Declaring He wouldn’t be driving for Alpine next year, naturally I
have to wonder if the 21yr Old Aussie’ prodigy will soon be joining this illustrious
F1 Brat pack? Which Ain’t necessarily a Good thing…
Maximus Hothead, ergo Verstappen has obviously
been a pretty “cool Cucumber” this year, but why not? Since He’s simply been
Crushing the Competizione All season long! As He seems to become more Smug each
race, and Seriously Max? You needed to winge on ‘bout Having the Team tell
Sergio to Pull Over for you so you could totally Decimate Him by some Gory 18.5-20
seconds at Spa-Francorchamps, Seriously?
Whilst Leclerc shows some signs of improvement
with His Mea culpas, but seems to be doing this too much lately. As the Monegasque
Falls Further ‘n Further Behind in the Points race!
With Lando’s not doing Himself any favours by
proclaiming He has No Sympathy for McLaren teammate DannyRick’, aka Daniel
Ricciardo! As I eagerly relish the day that Norris starts getting Waxed by His fellow
McLaren teammate! Uhm, could that be a one Messer Piastri shortly?
And Russell’s gone relatively silent lately,
mostly due to Mercedes woeful performance this year…
Thus whilst I always enjoy Rootin’ for the
Underdogs, naturally I find myself rooting for Ricciardo, Sergio Perez and
Carlos Sainz Jr. these Days! Along with other such notables as Kevin Bacon’
Magnussen, Pierre Gasly and Alexander Albon.
Hence, in a different Zip code Age wise, suppose
you could say that Ricciardo’s No “Spring Chicken” at Age 33.
yet initially it seemed somewhat predictable
that Daniel will soon be rejoining Alpine in essentially a straight Seat swap
with Piastri for 2023. Although it now seems that Alpine’s Upper Management has
some reservations over this…
And Don’t get me wrong, as I’m a Big Fan of DannyRick’s,
But! Following Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying, where Alexander Albon “Knocked”
Ricciardo out of the Q3 Top-10 Qualie’ session. I mused to Thyself how it would
be Great seeing albon in an Alpine seat next year!
And Yeah, I know Albon’s already signed at Team
Willy’, ergo Williams F1. Meaning if Alpine’s truly wishing to focus upon developing
future F1 Star talent, then I’d suggest they Ink Nyck de Vries as Alonso’s replacement!
Although I don’t understand why FIA Formula 2 Championship
elect Felipe Drugovich’s name isn’t being considered? As it would be good
having a Brazilian back upon the Formula 1 Grid next year. But Drugovich’s name
is seemingly being whispered as possibly joining IndyCar’s instead…
But I also would Hate to see Formula 1 lose the
services of Ricciardo! Who I always recall ‘Ol Professor (Steve) Matchett’s
assessment of the Aussie’ nicknamed the “Honey Badger!” Calling Ricciardo the
Smiling Assassin! With His Mile wide Aussie Smile with a Dagger firmly clenched
between His teeth!
As I Heard some far ranging Scuttlebutt during
the Spa weekend suggesting Ricciardo’s Best bet for next year’s F1 Grid would be
at Haas, Arse-sumedly as Mick Schumacher’s replacement, Huh, Say What?
Even going so far as to suggest that Mick could
inherit Pierre Gasly’s Scuderia AlphaTauri seat if Alpine’s able to Buy Out the
Frenchman’s contract.
While we await the outcome of the FIA’s
Contract Recognition Board’s (CRB) ruling
following the Belgian Grand Prix…
Although it’s sounding more ‘N more like Alpine’s
determined to bring Gasly into their Fold for 2023. And as Racer’s Chris
Medland notes, that doesn’t even take into consideration whether or not
AlphaTauri will retain Yuki Tsunoda next year?
And now that the CRB has unanimously ruled in McLaren and Piastri’s favour, announcd on Friday’s first day of F1 Practice at Zandvoort. The $64k Questione is who will Alpine sign now? Since regardless of what they’re saying publicly. It sounds like the pairing of Gasly with Esteban Ocon will be akin to Oil ‘N Water! A la Ocon v Sergio Perez at Force India. Where ironically, I’m 98% certain that Otmar Szafnauer was the Team Principal then…
