Australian GP - My own review

To start off, a mention of my allegiance to the Red of Ferrari, so no points if you think the same after reading the whole post. Initially it was my liking to Schumi’s skills that got me hooked on Ferrari but recent news on McLaren trying to lure Schumi got me thinking and I think now I love the team more than the 2 drivers. The history and tradition of the team, the more you read it’s very beautiful.

Secondly, I am happy for Karthikeyan giving a good account of himself. I think he had a good day. Was very apprehensive about his chances, thought he will do a Alex Yoong, it was much better a performance. If only Indian sponsors had trusted him earlier(He could have been Jaguar's second driver), F1 fever would have spread in India and we could have had our own GP by now. F1 would be ideal for India's tourism, I hope it happens soon.

Now to the race proper, not a bad week for Ferrari/Bridgestone, Barrichello has proved that the 2004 car can still match the front runners so it was just bad luck that Schumi could not finish within the points. McLaren, Williams, BAR all have no reason to party, none of thier packages seems to be taken the F1 circus by storm, Montoya has a silent race by his standards, the TV cameras never went his direction - that was surprising.

The surprise of the weekend are definitely the Red Bull team, excellent performance for a new team, all though they would have carried on from Jaguar's groundwork, their performance this week was miles ahead of anything Jaguar could have conjured up. Its sad to see such a presitigous car maker like Jaguar go out but then its a competitive team in Red Bull Racing that has replaced them and it better for the big picture. Coultard is a better choice than Hiedfeld and I think they chose rightly, Coultard's experience can be used to develop the car and the team, if their start is anything to go by, Red Bull Racing could soon follow BAR's roadmap and could see real competitive drivers driving for them soon.

Hiedfeld seems to have taken over Montoya's single mission of spoiling it for Schumi. I think the commentators were little bit easy on him, it was a right corner and Schumi had the racing line, Hiedfeld had no right to go for it, to me it was just plain frustration from a man overtaken the previous corner. It was poor judgement, probably he thought he could get more media coverage by taking out the world champion that finishing 9th.

Finally, Button should calm down. All this crap about him beating Schumi given the same car is nonsense. For a person who wanted to ditch his team and join a front runner (Atleast he thinks so), just to win races - he has no rights to talk about a World Champion, who joined a flaggering team, worked hard for years and made them the world beaters that they are today. Its very unfair to state that Schumi is winning because he has the best package. He along with Todt and Brawn are the reason why Ferrari are what they are today. So if Button is even half as talented as the great man, he should shut up and work hard instead of running around looking for the best car. If you have earnt your millions, there is nothing wrong in flaunting it.