Germany 2009

First of all: Congratulations to Mark who drove a fantastic race. A fantastic weekend in fact. He had to wait so long and now he finally won his first race. And how well deserved was that? He just did a perfect job and I'm really happy for him. One thing he made clear today is that he is most definitely not Red Bull's number two driver.
(And thanks, Mark, for stealing two points off Vettel.)

As for BrawnGP and Jenson... well, that didn't really work out, did it? Jenson lost another four points to Vettel and what I find most troubling about it is that they couldn't stay in front of Massa and Rosberg. And it would have been one more point if Brawn hadn't decided on - let's face it, that's what it was - teamorder. I pray that it is "only" down to the low temperatures and, subsequently, their problems with the tyres. You could clearly see how massive those problems were again today with Jenson swerving on every straight to get at least some heat into the tyres. I'm not sure about the strategy either but then again, I have no idea if another strategy would have worked any better today. I got the feeling they were hoping for the rain that didn't come.
I do realise that this dream start into the season couldn't go on forever but if things go on like this, the championship is in real danger and that's something I don't even want to think about. By the way, I hate it that I already think about the championship like that. Like its basically Jenson's and he can but lose it. But I can't help it.
So, what the team needs now is some hot races. And what they also need is to concentrate on this year's car. Damn it, Ross, how can you start focusing on next year's car when you're fighting for the championship this year? Don't lose it because you were thinking too much about the future. Please.
I'm hoping for Hungary where it promises to be hot. If the car doesn't work better there, they're in real trouble.

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Germany 2009

First of all: Congratulations to Mark who drove a fantastic race. A fantastic weekend in fact. He had to wait so long and now he finally won his first race. And how well deserved was that? He just did a perfect job and I'm really happy for him. One thing he made clear today is that he is most definitely not Red Bull's number two driver.
(And thanks, Mark, for stealing two points off Vettel.)

As for BrawnGP and Jenson... well, that didn't really work out, did it? Jenson lost another four points to Vettel and what I find most troubling about it is that they couldn't stay in front of Massa and Rosberg. And it would have been one more point if Brawn hadn't decided on - let's face it, that's what it was - teamorder. I pray that it is "only" down to the low temperatures and, subsequently, their problems with the tyres. You could clearly see how massive those problems were again today with Jenson swerving on every straight to get at least some heat into the tyres. I'm not sure about the strategy either but then again, I have no idea if another strategy would have worked any better today. I got the feeling they were hoping for the rain that didn't come.
I do realise that this dream start into the season couldn't go on forever but if things go on like this, the championship is in real danger and that's something I don't even want to think about. By the way, I hate it that I already think about the championship like that. Like its basically Jenson's and he can but lose it. But I can't help it.
So, what the team needs now is some hot races. And what they also need is to concentrate on this year's car. Damn it, Ross, how can you start focusing on next year's car when you're fighting for the championship this year? Don't lose it because you were thinking too much about the future. Please.
I'm hoping for Hungary where it promises to be hot. If the car doesn't work better there, they're in real trouble.

( results )