Ferrari kills Kimi's car and then short-fills Massa on fuel, and then Rubens Barrichello is beat back by team orders AGAIN. Formula 1 makes me cry.
This story out of crash.net on Rubens:
"He would remain there all the way to his first pit visit on lap 19, having eked out a small advantage over Button along the way, but unbeknown to him the team had switched the British star to a two-stop strategy during the stops, whilst he had been left on three. That meant that whilst the 36-year-old now had an even greater lead, he would need to push harder still to extend his margin in order to remain ahead at the end of the race, and ultimately it was just too tall an order.
"At one point looking in danger of missing the podium altogether, Barrichello took the chequered flag 13 seconds behind Button in second place – his second rostrum appearance of the season, but one that was scant reward for what he felt should have been his first F1 victory in more than four years. Fastest lap to his credit too was little consolation."
Ay, Rubens ...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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Why, whyyyyyy? Poor Barrichello indeed; always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Really, I would be thrilled if he told the powers that be to take a flying pulo, race across the finish line in his rightfully earned place, then immediately announce his retirement. Delicious!
Sigh. F1, she breaks the heart.
In totally unrelated news, lh, this is The Guardian's special gift to you:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/may/12/eurovision-song-contest-entries
Happy (almost) Friday!
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See? I told you. Belarus is the bestest and that Petr, what a dreamboat.
Oh yeah, and Monday morning driving: Rubens denies all implications of team orders and said that if he caught wind of favoritism from Brawn (who, yeah, used to favor Schumacher - coincidence?) that he would "hang up his helmet." It's just heartbreaking.
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