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Indeed, both the Ferrari and the McLaren cars are faster than the BMW cars. When you look at the three cars from afar, you’ll notice that there isn’t much difference. But if you look closely on each car, you’ll see that the difference is on the small details of its aerodynamics. Apart from the engine, aerodynamics has played a major role in keeping a F1 car highly competent. As far as I can see it, both the Ferrari and the McLaren cars have an edge against the BMW team with regards to engine and aerodynamics technology. So, what’s kept the blue team in a much better position? The answer is the steadfastness of their cars and the persistence of their drivers. No other team has showed a lot of consistency than the BMW team and that resulted to Robert Kubica in number one and the blue team just three points behind the infamous Ferrari team.
As Kubica has said, defending his spot in the driver’s standing will not be easily at all. Who would find it easy anyway? If in each and every race, you know that you’re racing with Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, and Lewis Hamilton. Every race is as exciting as ever because of the ace drivers of Ferrari and McLaren. The Polish also said that you can only win the world championship if you’re the leader after 18 races. Certainly, being a leader after seven races is not enough. Besides there’s still 11 more races to go and a lot of things can happen during that span.
Kubica also expressed that he feels good being at the top of the standings and his team right behind the Ferrari team. But there’s still that worry with regards to defending his position and adding that the Ferrari and the BMW teams are not on their best during the previous races, saying that “we are missing a bit of performance to Ferrari and McLaren.” He sure does have a point there. We’re definitely missing a lot from two of the elite teams in F1 and that’s mostly because of the technical difficulties and the unfortunate events that take place during the race. One of the funny things that the Polish has said is that he found the Montreal race “boring.” Well, that’s his case since he was not the one caught under the red light during the pit lane. If Raikkonen and Hamilton were not caught in that blunder in the pit lane, the Canadian GP wouldn’t have felt boring for the Polish driver.
What I admire most about Kubica is he stays humble despite the reality that he’s on top of the race and could possibly bring his team the world championship. But it’s too early to say that he’s got it all in his bag because I’m pretty sure Raikkonen and Hamilton don’t like the idea of being next best thing to the BMW driver. I know, though that they’re happy with what their fellow F1 drivers have accomplished. But they’re definitely not willing to give up their chances of the being the world championship.
What I’m really beginning to like about this season in F1 is the fierce competition between the teams. There’s definitely a rivalry between Ferrari and McLaren. But with the additional threat from BMW, the perspective of having only two teams battling for the world championship has changed. And what I’m sure of is that in the upcoming races, the standings will change radically and that change involves not just the Ferrari and the McLaren teams but also the BMW team. So, have I got my podium finishers? Hmmm. I haven’t got a clue which to choose for the next French GP.
The remarkable win of Robert Kubica at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve gave me a bit of a shock. It wasn’t as if I wasn’t expecting him to win. I know he can win but not at the first one to finish the race. The two Formula 1 drivers that I wished to win on the Canadian GP was no where to be found on the top three and when I looked down at the list, there they were. Next to their names was the word accident and I was like, “No way! The two of them had an accident?” I think I was just expecting the two ace drivers of F1 to battle head to head in Montreal. The race as Raikkonen said could’ve been his if Hamilton didn’t crash onto his car on the pit lane. And that accident happened because the McLaren driver didn’t see the red light up. Oh well. Accidents happen and sad to say, the top two drivers of F1 have experienced it in a race that radically altered their stand in the competition.
And even with Kubica’s win in Montreal, Mario Theissen – boss of the BMW team, says the status of their two drivers stays the same. Nick Heidfeld won’t be called the number two and Kubica won’t be given the number one status. I think the idea is good! Treating everybody fairly will definitely make the relationship between the two drivers better.
A maiden win is what you call the first-ever win of a driver. Robert Kubica just got his maiden in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the previous Canadian GP. Kubica has showed that consistency pays off and it did. With the unfortunate event that happened in the pit lane, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen was eliminated from the race. This left the Polish driver of BMW to finish the race first. Felipe Massa was not even close to being a threat to Kubica and finished in fourth. Aside from me, who’s definitely witnessed the emergence of a threat in Kubica, Hamilton is also convinced that the BMW driver is in search for a first world champion just like him.
Kubica is still way behind Hamilton when it comes to wins. But with his level of performance in each race, he could surpass the ace McLaren driver. When Hamilton was asked about Kubica being a threat, he indirectly stated that the Polish indeed poses a threat to him and his team. He said that he’s always thought of Kubica as a title contender since the beginning of the season. Does this mean his found his match? When you come to think of it, the level of efficiency between the two drivers is very different. Hamilton is about guts and skills, which is very extraordinary for someone who’s just fresh from his rookie years. Kubica, on the other hand, also possess those qualities but applies them in a very different level, which may not be the same as Hamilton’s. What set the BMW driver to Hamilton is his consistency on each and every race. With what Hamilton has said, I think he’s probably placed Kubica on his list that already consists of Raikkonen and Massa.
Three of my favorite Formula 1 drivers are on top of the Canadian GP and I’m pretty satisfied with the qualifying results. Hamilton is in pole position, followed by Robert Kubica, and next is Raikkonen. These three representatives from the three elite names in F1 will definitely give their viewers in Montreal a great race. The 70-lap circuit of Montreal and the domination of the ace drivers of McLaren, BMW, and Ferrari, will definitely give the rest of the F1 community a must-see race. If I’m going to rate it from one to ten, ten as the highest, I’ll be giving the upcoming Canadian GP an eight. Here’s my preview on each team regarding their performance during the qualifying race.
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McLaren – the team has been very consistent and I love the way Hamilton has carried his team all the way to the top. But despite the Brit’s success, his Finnish teammate Heikki Kovalainen remained pretty quiet and getting the seventh spot on the grid. That’s not really bad for the team, but if Kovalainen remains incompetent the McLaren team will soon say goodbye to the number one spot on the constructor’s standings.
- BMW-Sauber – I know I should be talking about the word consistency when talking about the infamous red team of F1. But as far as my eyes can see, the team who’s been very consistent during the previous races was blue team. Yes, BMW is a consistent team and that’s all because of Kubica. I know I’m a bit overrating the blue team despite Nick Heidfeld in eighth place. But you see, with our eyes glued to McLaren and Ferrari, we have forgotten about BMW and how good and consistent they’ve been. I’m definitely going to watch for these two as soon as the Canadian race begins.
- Ferrari – well, well, well. The domination of the red team has wavered since Raikkonen failed to be inconsistent. His teammate, Felipe Massa, remained competent but I don’t think it would be enough to keep the team among the top teams. If Raikkonen continues to be ineffective, Ferrari will have to start thinking for a solution.
- Renault – I was expecting the Renault team to do well in Montreal mainly because of Fernando Alonso. Alonso has an outstanding record in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and I know he’ll do well this Sunday.
- Williams – I just don’t know what to say for this team. They’ve literally had their ups and downs and that made the team appear like a wall between the good and the not-so-good teams.
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Honda – I don’t expect much from this team. After Rubens Barrichello left Ferrari, which I’m glad he did, he’s been performing poorly. I know both Barrichello and Jenson Button are good drivers but I don’t think their cars are good enough for them.
- Red Bull – Mark Webber has expressed his pleasure for his car but that eventually ended after his car went slightly off the track. This kept him out of the remaining sessions of the qualifying race and the actual race.
- Toyota – the team is literally struggling and I think they cars need a little refurbishing here and there.
- Force India – the team, I think, is satisfied with their place in the race and that’s being mediocre. And I also think they’ve thrown a lot of chances on getting a pole position. Wake up Force India!
- Toro Rosso – this unlucky team just experienced their worst qualifying race ever and I think their going to experience a lot worse in this Sunday’s race.
So, these are my team previews and I think I’ll have to watch out for the Sunday’s race, where I expect the unexpected.
I’m not a big fan of Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. I can’t even remember how the circuit looks like. Oh well, I can’t do anything about it anyway. So, after the Formula 1 celebrated the first victory of Lewis Hamilton in Monte Carlo, the drivers are back into action. But now, they’re racing in less demanding circuit the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. I’m not saying that the circuit in Canada isn’t great. Don’t get me wrong, okay. I’m merely comparing the one in Monte Carlo to the one in Montreal. Last season’s victor was Lewis Hamilton, who was having a great rookie year. And this year, he’s boldly expressed that he’s determined to try his best to win each and every race. But I don’t think it is possible. There’s just a lot stumbling blocks, namely: Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, and Robert Kubica. Should I still be counting in Fernando Alonso? I guess I should, he’s the previous Canadian GP champion anyway before Hamilton took it from him last season.
But did you know who got the most win in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve? If you guessed Michael Schumacher, you’re right. Schumacher has the most wins in Montreal. Imagine having seven wins, he’s actually surpassed Nelson Piquet, Jacky Ickx, Jackie Stewart, Alan Jones, and Ayrton Senna. If Hamilton wins this season’s Canadian GP, he’ll definitely be standing in line with Ickx, Stewart, Jones, and Senna, who all had two wins apiece.
In the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, you’ll also find the Wall of Champions. This is actually no ordinary wall because this is the wall where infamous racers have crashed. Among the World Champions that have crashed on the Wall of Champions were Damon Hill and Schumacher. Other crashes on the final corner of the circuit also include Jacque Villeneueve, Nico Rosberg, and Juan Pablo Montoya. I just hope Hamilton doesn’t crash during race day because it’ll definitely ruin his chances. He definitely has a lead to protect especially against the infamous Ferrari team.
I’m pretty sure the Ferrari team has done a lot of preparations for the upcoming Canadian GP. Remember the team has won several times on that same circuit. And with Raikkonen’s disappointing race, he’s definitely going to make a comeback. But hey, I’m not giving out my podium finishers yet. I still have a lot of thinking to do after my previous podium finishers got busted on the previous race. I almost got it right; I just missed out on Massa. What I’m pretty sure is that the town will be painted in red.
Aside from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, I’ve always admired the tenacity of BMW’s Robert Kubica. He’s a young and a highly skilled Formula 1 driver. He can actually race with the toughest and ends up victorious. What proved him to be a better driver than his previous F1 seasons was his flawless Monaco GP race. Though he didn’t win the race, he was second best to Hamilton at the podium and next to him was Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. His competitive nature is what makes him one of the best F1 drivers this season. And if he stays consistent in his races, the competition between Ferrari and McLaren will be broken and there’ll be three teams vying for the world championship.
When asked about how he was able to improve this season? Kubica answered that he hasn’t improved that much as a driver. What helped improve his performance this season was his BMW car. His BMW car definitely made it easier for him to win especially in Circuit de Monaco, where he said was much harder to concentrate. When asked about BMW’s preparation for next week’s race in Montreal, he revealed that his team has prepared a special medium downforce package that’ll allow the BMW cars to adapt well with the medium downforce condition Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
I agree about Felipe Massa saying that it’s too early to speculate about BMW Sauber in battling it out with Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes. But I do think that there’ll come a time, through the course of the season, that BMW will become a threat to Ferrari as well as to McLaren. I’ve thought about it and checked the results of the previous races [Australia, Malaysia, Bahrain], I noticed that the only race BMW had slightly failed was on the Australian GP. During that race, Robert Kubica retired because of an accident. And on the next races, BMW had some great finishes particularly on the recent Bahrain GP, where they got the 3rd and the 4th spot. When you come to think of it, the team has done a really good job. BMW is at the top of the constructor’s table and looking up at them are Ferrari and McLaren, which have dominated the race for a long time.
Since it’s just the beginning of the season, I won’t try to contradict about what Massa said about BMW in a definite hunt for the championship. But I do feel that there a tinge of intimidation in him with regards to BMW’s silent domination of F1 races. No one probably noticed that BMW slowly crept up on the constructor’s as well as on the driver’s table. But I don’t think there’s something to be intimidated about. I mean, he’s driving the famous Ferrari F1 cars. I don’t there’s anything to worry about. Win or lose, it’s all on the driver’s hands.
Ferrari dominated the Sakhir circuit. But, why is it that Stefano Dominicali keeps on talking about BMW’s Robert Kubica? Maybe it’s because of the reason that he sees now sees the greatness of Kubica. He’s the first-ever Polish driver to get to the podium in Formula 1. And he’s had a great finish during the Bahrain GP. Even Kimi Raikkonen was impressed with how Kubica handled that superb finish at Bahrain. "The BMWs were very close.I managed to pass Kubica, when he had some trouble: this was an important moment, because his race rhythm was very good,” said Raikkonen about the BMW’s success at Sakhir.
Most people in the Formula One focus only on the top drivers and sometimes giving less space to those who don’t usually win on races. But a skilled driver like Robert Kubica can never be ignored. He and Lewis Hamilton aren’t on the same level. But I do think he’s one of the drivers that make the each for Hamilton and other current F1 drivers more exciting and tough to win. F1 has never been this good during the time of Schumacher. Because during that time, there was no denying that Ferrari was going to win the world championship.
But this season is different. And it’s really nice to remember what I’ve said on my previous post that this season is going to be a lot more exciting than the previous races. It’s because of Ferrari’s continued dominance with a bit of difficulty posed by determined drivers like Kubica and Hamilton, both having 14 points. This only means that the world championship isn’t just for the Ferrari team to dream of, any team could get the championship. It could be McLaren-Mercedes, BMW, Williams-Toyota, or any other team. And this I’m sure, there are a lot more things that could happen during the next race, which could make or break Ferrari’s chances of being the world champion.
I noticed that I’m really anticipating about Ferrari totally recovering at the Bahrain GP and taking the top spot away from their toughest rival the McLaren-Mercedes. I almost forgot that there are other tough teams that deserve a place here in my blog. I’m talking about the BMW team. They weren’t really silent about what they’ve been doing with their cars. We were just focused on the two Formula 1 titans. So, here’s the BMW story I got for you. The entire team is actually determined on working harder to challenge McLaren and Ferrari. BMW currently sits between the two dominant teams. They’re just 5 points behind McLaren and 8 points ahead of Ferrari. That’s not bad at all. But since the entire Ferrari has been showing signs of an upcoming domination, the entire BMW team is gearing up for the next race. Present BMW drivers are Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica.
We’ll be able to find out about what happens to the BMW team and if changes are going to take place at the driver’s standing and at the constructor’s table after the race on Sunday.
I’ve never really featured a convertible in my blog. So, I want this convertible that I’m going to feature now to be special. This, my friends, is the BMW M3. It actually looks more appealing with the top off, right. The M3 went into the production line of BMW since 1986. And probably because it’s BMW-designed and its style truly is exceptional people were drawn to it which made its production to continue up to the present time.
The convertible BMW M3 that debuted during the 2008 New York Auto Show. People were truly drawn to the fine details of its exterior. The interior too is well-designed but I don’t think the dark orange interior matches the fine white of the exterior. What I mean is that there is still a better color than the dark orange. And the rims? Well, the rims are perfect! It’s one of the best rims I’ve seen. Its 4.0L V8 engine is sure to take your driving adventure to the next level.
BMW isn’t that much of a design-freak car manufacturer because they’re more focused on the comfort and safety of the passengers. For sure, the BMW M3 will not just make you feel like you’re “King of the Road” but also a master with all the comforts a servant can give.
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