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Various seasoned F1 observers had a good old poke and prod at the MP4/28 McLaren launched today at its Technology Centre. ‘Hmm’, they murmured authoritatively, and ‘ah, interesting’, while everyone else tried really hard to work out how 2013’s car differed from last year’s fast but erratic charger.
The road leading to the entrance of Ferrari’s Fiorano test track is called Viale Gilles Villeneuve. There’s a small statue at the top of it, honouring the man most tifosi regard as the greatest of all Ferrari’s fallen heroes.
Two races in and Formula One has lost none of its ability to confuse or surprise.
Man, but next year’s F1 cars are ugly. I’ve been itching to see one up close since the regulation changes were announced earlier this year, and yesterday, at the first full test of the winter ‘off season’, I got my chance as the new breed broke cover for the first time.
You don’t feel sorry for someone like Lewis Hamilton exactly, not with the salary he’s on, the talent he’s got and the Pussycat Doll he’s, er, courting, but before yesterday’s Chinese GP I was feeling, well, a little sympathetic at the very least.
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