Well this race answered my question about why Honda opted for that goofy paint scheme: they didn't want anyone to think the cars Jense & Rubinho were driving were Hondas! As to "drive of the day" I am always amused by that question; reminds me of 'moral victories' --which is what losers list on their resumes. Coulda/Shoulda/Woulda are all safe descriptors since they, by definition, describe conditions contrary to fact. The winner was Kimi. Of course, given his laconic style of speech (the very antithesis of his driving style) he'll never be considered the driver of the day. Even if he wins more than half the races this year, many will attribute that to his machine.
What was interesting, besides Kimi's funny dismissal of his temporary boredom leading to a tiny off (reminds me of Michael's spin at Indy) was Lewis Hamilton's skill and cool AND Fernando's gamesmanship; if he keeps it up (I mean the Spaniard), he'll start getting compared to Michael, too!
Williams in the points. WILLIAMS in the points!!
Well, THAT only happened to mess with my pole 'n 8 score; I doubt it will be repeated.
The Renaults will slowly fall back; poor Fisi won't be able to perform Fernando's magic and now that Ron Dennis has figured out how to keep his merc's running the first four slots will be pretty much red n white n silver from here on out. (Hoorah! by the by; this will have to be a happy year for me since my two favorite teams are McLaren & Ferrari.)
Poor ol' Jense... one can't help believe he's being punished by the Gods for his seat jumping, can one? The only question left now is: 'Will there ever be another win?!? With Young Lewis and the Pole getting better and better, it's going to be harder than ever for J B to find a seat in any sort of competitive car.
RBR look like RBR in NASCAR --where their Japanese machine is dismissed as a "rice burner." And if it weren't for Honda's excellent record in F1, I might be tempted to apply the same label their F1 efforts this year. On the other hand, by going backwards they might end up encouraging Toyota to throw even more money away!
Why, by the by, can't the deepest pockets in the paddock (as the commentators remarked of Toyota) find anyone --I mean ANYONE!!-- to deliver them results? Maybe it's some kind of corporate drama being acted out on the world stage: someone getting even with his rival by convincing him to lend a couple of engine blocks to a poor little independent recently badly treated by BMW & Cosworth.
Heh Heh. Little does the head of Toyota Racing know that all he's buying with all his yen is the racing equivalent of a lotto ticket. At this point, if I had his ear, I'd encourage him to put Eddie in charge of his team; I miss that beautiful yellow paint scheme.
Good race. Great fun. Glad to be back!
Jim Watt
My Racing Gods: Fangio, Vukovich; Senna & Mears --all racers all the time; graceful winners & generous in defeat, but never giving up!!
No surprises there then
Nick Heidfeld was the stopper in the bottle, had he not been there Fernando might possibly have been more forceful or perhaps got on the radio and asked for Lewis to pull over. He made a point of stating in the press conference that he deliberately dropped back to protect his engine from over heating, however the times I saw on the live timing didn't reflect that. It looked liked Lewis was a tad quicker but suffered from coming upon backmarkers first and he made one or two errors that cost him time.
then you might want to check you're still breathing
But that wouldn't be like me would it?! 
you wish 
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