Hey everybody!
What a surprise!!! I was looking for the French Open finals from Roland Garros and found the Turkish GP on Network TV!! They didn't even show the Monaco GP on regular TV this year!
Great job by the rejuvenated
Jenson Button who now looks set to join Lewis Hamilton, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell and all of the other great British WDCs.
Rubens Barichello made a mess of his day however.
Sebastien Vettel drove hard all the way despite mistakes on track and in strategy.
Mark Webber was Mr steady although posing no threat to Button.
My DotD is
Nico Rosberg for putting in yet another mature top 5 finish. He has like 4 top 5 finishes this season so far even if he seems to be driving all by himself out there. Obviously, Keke has tutored Nico more effectively than Nelson Piquet, Sr has Nelsinho.
Fernando Alonso drove with fire and determination as did
Lewis Hamilton despite finishes that did not match their quality driving. Hope they are both back in race challenging cars soon. I would like to see
Nick Heidfeld and
Robert Kubica back in a strong contender as well.
Timo Glock drove another good race and actually passed the most cars again for the second straight race. Do we have another Olivier Panis or John Watson developing?
Once again, I was underwhelmed by
Heikki Kovalainnen and
Nelsinho Piquet. I would much rather see
Adrian Sutil or
Giancarlo Fisichella in one of those cars.
Ferrari struggled again, but
Felipe Massa drove well and shares my
Ironman Of The Day award with Alonso and Hamilton.
Kimi Raikkonen drove a decent if not futile race as well, but seemed to lose interest at the end. Massa is totally out performing him in my estimation, but that is not saying much given the overall weak performance of the team this year.
Can Brawn GP Mercedes keep it up?
