The new season of Motorsport World Cup started and France, the defending champions have made a good start to their campaign. The suprise of the race at Zandvoort, Holland was Team USA, managing a podium finish. Way to go guys! Team India had another disappointing race. I dont know why they keep putting that 17 year old into the Sprint and Main event all the time. He needs more practice time and maybe an odd shot at Qualifying, but we definitely need someone with much more experience behind the wheel during the Sprint and Main event. Hopefully we can do slightly better next time... Suck it Pakistan!
2007 marks some major changes to F1 as we know it. First and foremost, MSC will not be there. I have not known F1 without the guy, so I had to mention it one more time. There will be a return to a single tyre supplier, so that races dont go to the team with the better tyres that particular week-end. Engine homologation will come into place. This is simply the worst thing that could happen to F1. Like I have mentioned earlier, I simply don't support freezing engine development for 3 seasons, that's just insane to me. Where is the logic that is preventing them from freezing it for 4 or even 5 years? I am sure it is there somewhere, if someone can find it then please let me know. While I do support every measure to help privateer teams be more competitive, there is a limit to everything. I don't want to see F1 being reduced to GP2! I am glad they will be continuing with the existing qualifying format... thank god for that. This format is truly exciting and they should not even dream about fiddling around with it for another decade or so.
With MSC gone I will be only 50% motivated to watch the new F1. Hopefully Kimi can give Alonso a good fight if Ferrari can build a car tough enough for the guy. Kimi is a great driver, but in order to succeed he really needs a car that suits his driving style and he is a driver that deserves that sort of a car. In the mean time, I would like to see how Alonso adjusts to driving a McLaren with that ticking time bomb in the rear. That thing has had more engine failures in the last few seasons than I can remember.