Monday, November 12, 2007

Alonso ... I pity u.

After the 3 way show down at the final race of Formula 1 season 2007, we have another 3 way show down in the procession. But this time, its not for the Driver's championship. It's more than that. It's a permutation that can very well shape up F1 2008 season. Don't believe me ?

Look at this side of the story.

Say if Alonso were go to RBR [Red Bull Racing], surely he wont prove much to the world then. As is happened to Coulthard, it would surely happen to Alonso. Coulthard could have won the 1999 Driver's championship and posed a serious threat to Schumi. But Schumi was driven to win at all the times when he started from his pole. So Coulthard joined a minnow team and lost his glory to monetarily untuned cars. So fate will be the same for Alonso, even if he gets his part right [which is of course driving and blackmailing !!!], then too the odds will be stacked against him.

Say if he joins a team thats anything but top notch, results will surely favor the top teams [Ferrari and McLaren (that functions on stolen Ferrari technical data sheets and got stripped of all it's 218 points)]. The third team was a having about 50 % of the points of the team that qualified 2nd in constructors championship in 2007[that would be Ferrari 204, BMW 101, Renault 51 and so on ... ].

Say if he continues his expedition with McLaren [I certainly hope that happens], then the fight will emerge as a battle and the battle will end up as a bloody WAR in Formula 1. But on the other side of the story, Ferrari could easily sweep 1,2 at the Driver's Championship in 2008. It will only help the other talents like Kubica and Heidfeld to try their shot at 3rd and 4th spots if the McLaren drivers crash into each other and knock on the heaven's doors [at the same time ... that would be a dilemma for God too ... if they both get in Heaven at the same time ... Heaven won't remain Heaven ... it would be Bloody Hell ... sounds nice anomaly though.]

So it's a win win situation for Ferrari from this point. But things change, and change for worse or better. If Chandok and Ibrahim could prove their blood to the sport, we can have a competitive season [where rules will change drastically] and it would be difficult for Ferrari to adopt to the circumstances [as it happened in 2005 and 2006][and it wasn't Alonso, it were the change in rules that hurt Ferrari the most.]. I would love to watch a 2007 finish LIVE again with Steve Slater and Chris Goodwin [the best at what they do ... not test drive ... but commentate !!!].

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