Monday, 11 June, 2007, 23:07
Whether you know it or not, I am somewhat of a Formula 1 fan. I don't think I can be considered a F1 nerd just yet, as I don't know nearly enough about the politics behind the sport.
Anyway, the Grand Prix of Canada, held in Montreal, took place yesterday. There were numerous "wtf" moments during the race, but this morning two of them stood out. The first was the fact that Takuma Sato passed Fernando Alonso. We're talking about Super Aguri, a team that didn't exist a year and a half ago, passing Renault, who has been a mainstay of the sport in one way or another since the late 1970s. Freaking twilight zone.
The other moment occurred when Robert Kubica clipped Jarno Trulli and planted his car firmly into an inside wall at 150MPH+. The car practically disintegrated, and you could see Kubica's red helmet bobbling back and forth as the tub (yes, tub, because that's really all that was left of the car) rolled onto its side and came to rest. That wasn't what caused the "wtf." The cause was the fact that Kubica got away from that wreck with a freaking sprained ankle, and a light concussion. Either those cars are the safest in the world (try running head-on into a wall at over 150MPH in a streetable BMW and see if you survive), or Kubica had a horseshoe crammed up his rear-end.
I mean, the rest of the race was pretty whacked out as well. Four safety car periods, ten retirements, Heikki Kovalainen moving up 18 places from 22nd to 4th, Fisichella and Massa getting black-flagged (I don't think I've ever seen a black flag in F1), the list goes on and on.
Okay ... in other news, the house is getting painted this week. They start tomorrow night. I ripped up the carpet in the fourth bedroom to reveal some reasonably ugly hardwood, which will be repaired because I don't really like looking at it. I was hoping to move in last Saturday but that fell through, so I'm looking at this Saturday instead.