Random noise, incoherent thoughts, whatever.
The Canadian Formula One Grand Prix was interesting to say the least. Lewis Hamilton decides to become color blind approaching a red light at the pit exit and rams Kimi Raikkonen’s car taking both of them out of the race.
Says Lewis Hamilton after the race:
I apologise to Kimi if I ruined his race.
Way to go spinmeister! There are no ifs about it. He did ruin Kimi’s race.
Good luck in Magny Cours. I hope one of those backmarkers you’re starting with pushes you around a little.
-TPP
Wired has published an excellent article about the Stepnegate Formula One spy scandal from last summer. The article is written by writer Mark Seal.
The article describes what transpired, why Nigel Stepney did it, how he was caught, and many reactions from stakeholders. It’s an excellent and quite in depth look into one of the most bizarre and, yes, interesting events to ever have happened to Formula One.
-TPP
The Ice Hockey World Championships are in progress again and Finland’s been doing quite well so far. They’re undefeated.
A New York Times blog about ice hockey featured the personification of Finnish ice hockey madness, TV sports commentator Antero Mertaranta. He may be mad, but he’s mad in exactly the right sort of way to be the perfect ice hockey commentator.
Se on siinä!
-TPP
Kimi Räikkönen today became the third Finn to win a Formula One World Championship. The other two are Keke Rosberg (1982), and two-time champion Mika Häkkinen (1998, 1999).
The Kimster won the championship despite seemingly unsurmountable obstacles having been 7 points behind the championship leader Lewis Hamilton, and 3 points behind Fernando Alonso. The Iceman had 100 points, Fernando Alonso 103 points and Lewis Hamilton 107 points before the final race. Not only that, but he started 3rd on the starting grid behind Lewis Hamilton and in front of Fernando Alonso.
In the race results Kimi was first gaining 10 points, Alonso third gaining 6 points, and Hamilton 7th gaining 2 points.
The final championship points are:
Kimi: 110 points
Hamilton: 109 points
Alonso: 109 points
Kimi is the World Champion by 1 point!
Finally his bad luck is gone. He’s been constantly the fastest racer on the track for the past 3 years, but reliability problems with his cars has kept him from winning the world championship until now.
Congratulations Kimi!
-TPP
The ongoing espionage scandal in Formula One reached a conclusion today when FIA made a decision to disqualify the McLaren Formula One team from the competition for the remainder of the 2007 season as well as the whole 2008 season for stealing and using information from the Ferrari team.
This is incredible. The McLaren drivers, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, are currently one and two in the season standings and one of them was bound to win the 2007 championship.
This has to be one of the biggest scandals to hit ANY sport in history.
And there seems to be more coming as rumors are circulating that the Renault F1 team had the same information and also used it in their cars.
Update: BBC is now reporting that instead of disqualification, the McLaren F1 team is going to lose its 2007 points and be hit with a $100M fine. The McLaren drivers will retain their points, and the 2008 car is subject to a special inspection before it’s allowed to participate in the 2008 season.
-TPP
Formula 1 Championship, here we come!
Kimi’s been robbed of one championship already by McLaren’s reliability problems. Forza Ferrari!
-TPP
