Fall Out from Suzuka

Hello good people, I am back!! My apologies for not spamming you with race threads but I have been a bit distracted. I enjoyed the return to form by Mercedes and the masterful drive by Lewis although Bernie did not let us watch him

So I thought it would be a good to do a fall out of the GP and spice it up with some news.

Unlike many folk, the dominance of Mercedes, does not bother me, it did not bother me when RedBull, Ferrari, etc., did it because F1 is also a sport about Engineering and rather than sneer at the dominance, I appreciate the hard work that went in to make the car so dominant. For the drivers’ championship, I would like a challenge; I agree but will not begrudge anyone their right to dominate the sport. What I take exception to is people being called the greatest of all time when their team mates are not allowed to compete against them (coughs, Seb)

So, where do I start?

Alonso – in typical fashion, the Matador was crying on the radio and his petulance is there for all to see. It is unfortunate he has still not grown up. I do note however that the reaction to him whining has not been castigated in many quarters unlike how it would have been if a certain Mr Hamilton did it

Team Fizzy Drinks – Another petulant whiny little girl. Lauda made it clear they never seriously approached them for engines and I was quite pleased Wolff and Mercedes refused to even consider their “request." The public criticisms of Renault make it abundantly clear why they are a useless partner for any engine manufacturer. Ferrari have got a massive battle on their hands to keep them happy

Rosberg – What can one say about Nico, Hamilton has truly done a number on him and for the good of the sport, Mercedes need to get Hamilton a better team mate as Nico is finished. Even Seb was teasing him at the press conference and is very close to him in the championship.
Team Lotus – Renault have taken over team Lotus and are making a welcome return to the sport as a works team. This is fantastic news, sadly they have retained the services of Crashtor but I would love it if Renault’s power unit became phenomenal next year.

Honda – well, what can I say, must do better

Button – Fair play to him for making McLaren sweat if out. He deserves better than he has been given and for the life of me, I cannot understand why Alonso is paid so much more than him.

In summary, we are coming to the end of the season and hopefully Russia throws up a few surprises and a safety car. Thankfully Pirelli have gone for the super softs and softs so we should see a better race and maybe Ferrari challenge the Mercs properly.

Now we have the following manufacturers in the sport with "works" teams; Mercedes, Renault, Ferrari and Honda and with rumours of VW group coming in, F1 is going to be fascinating and a special shout out to Verstappen, that kid is going to be immense.

Thank you for reading my inane ramblings

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