Archive for the 'Formula 1' Category

Renault Retains Alonso And Piquet Jr?!?
Thursday, 6 November, 2008

Huh?!?
Talk about an anti-climatic decision!
Well, I guess Alonso had nowhere else to go, really. There was talk that he might have gone to Ferrari, BMW, or Honda…but he stayed put in the end.
Let’s hope the Renault continues to improve the way it did at the latter part of this season. It started to show that [...]

See If You Can Write A Better Script
Wednesday, 5 November, 2008

Imagine the best build-up to a Formula 1 season finale you can think of.
Imagine the most dramatic circumstances you can think of in the course of a race.
Imagine the most incredible and bizarre way in which a driver’s championship can be concluded with just a few laps of the season remaining. And then multiply that [...]

Let’s Put It This Way…
Tuesday, 4 November, 2008

Let’s put it this way: Last year’s driver’s title should definitely have gone to a McLaren driver, either Lewis or Alonso (more likely Lewis), but Kimi lucked into it in the end.
Hence, it is only fitting that McLaren enjoys the bit of good fortune this time round.
Yup, I think it’s fair to see things that [...]

YES!!!!…..NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 4 November, 2008

Well, let’s be philosophical about it.
Congrats to Lewis Hamilton on a most remarkable driver’s championship title. Once again, I reiterate that I think Lewis is the best pure racer there is in Formula 1.
He could have wrapped up the title in so many different ways, but he certainly chose the most excruciatingly difficult way to [...]

Theirs To Lose
Sunday, 19 October, 2008

Before tomorrow’s race, let me just say this: The championship is Lewis’s to lose.
Will he choke the way he did last year? I don’t think so, but we can never be sure. But at the moment, it’s looking quite unlikely that Lewis will lose the title to Massa this year.
In the same way, the presidential [...]

FUJI GP
Monday, 13 October, 2008

Today’s Fuji grand prix must have been one of the most thrilling races this season (well, apart from the last few laps of Spa).
But I particularly liked this race the best because the result was more favourable. =)
Such an incident-packed race, I don’t even know where to begin!
Some thoughts:
- I have always maintained, and I [...]

Obama = Hamilton, McCain = Ferrari/Massa
Thursday, 9 October, 2008

The US Presidential Election is just weeks away, and tensions are clearly mounting. The stakes are higher than ever.
Same goes for the conclusion of the 2008 Formula 1 championship season.
You could argue that Obama’s situation is exactly like Lewis Hamilton’s, and that McCain’s situation is exactly like the Ferrari/Massa situation.
Well, apart from the obvious fact [...]

Week Of Upsets
Monday, 29 September, 2008

Before we go any further, let me just state that I’m with the Dallas Cowboys this season. I’m rooting for them to go all the way.
I’m not sure if the Romo-Owens-Barber combination is as good as the Aikman-Irvin-Smith combination was back in the ’90s, but it sure is one of the best in the NFL [...]

Singapore Grand Prix: A Success!!!
Monday, 29 September, 2008

This week I am proud to be a Singaporean.
It’s unanimous - the Formula 1 grand prix we’ve just staged over the weekend (the first ever night race in F1 history) has to be considered an overwhelming success.
It’s not just me who’s saying this. All the drivers, the team personnel, the F1 management (i.e. Bernie), the [...]

As The S’pore GP Approaches…
Wednesday, 24 September, 2008

There is a buzz in the air here in Singapore city.
A buzz which you’d only get when a major sporting event is approaching, like say a Champions League final, or a tennis Grand Slam final, or a Superbowl, or a major test match.
It’s the kind of buzz you feel when you start to see people [...]