Pre-Raceday Mutterings
So it’s the morning before the evening’s NASCAR “spin dryer” session at Bristol and the day before the Grand Prix of Turkey in Istanbul. What’s goin’ on?
As the F1 Circus returns from its annual GriswaldsTour it finds itself near the Bosporus Strait. Ferrari has secured its fourth lock-out of the F1 front row. Felipe Massa busted his maiden and sits on the pole beating his teammate Schumie by nearly four tenths of a second.
Renault claimed the second row with Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella. Alonzo later claimed his R26 seemed to be down on power. Maybe it was a mistake not to change engines after the last event. It would be just what the doctor ordered for Schumie if the Blue & Yellow coughed and sputtered to the side of the tarmac. We’ll see.
Honda
I love the Istanbul circuit, that 3 apex, Turn 8 (I wish they would “name” these corners) is brilliant. Pity JPM hit the eject button, I would have loved to see him on this track on more time.
With overtaking being possible at this circuit, I am hoping to see Alonso wheel to wheel with both Ferrari’s, let’s see how Massa tries to block him at a track with plenty of options for a racer like FA.
Is Kimi the dark horse of Turkey? Don’t know why, just a hunch, but I’m expecting something from that McLaren tonite.