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I know. The results ALWAYS matter.
But sometimes there are some other interesting things besides championship points. In my last article I told you about my F1 marriage crisis.
Lately, I’m remembering happy memories from our good times when tyres were grooved and Jenson was at the back of the grid.
In general I’m talking about GPs when the headlines next day were not "XYZ won the race" but rather "XYZ gained illegal advantage over ABC" or "XYZ peed into ABC’s cockpit."
By the way, did someone ever pee in someone’s cockpit?
Singapore GP 2008
First night race, we all imagined this like a big party with racing. Unfortunately someone boring decided to stay on European time, so the drivers were eating lunch at 9 am and walking the track in the middle of the night.
Alonso won thanks to his team-mate who crushed as usual and brought safety car on track. Kimi did the same for Felipe but it was too late and he didn’t hear the communicate “kamikaze action cancelled, I repeat…”.
Brazilian GP 2006
That was the last race of Michael Schumacher and the fact that Alonso secured the title wasn’t celebrated enough. Felipe Massa won the race, wearing ugly green overall.
Schumi received lifetime achievement award from Pele, and there was a huge, red ribbon on his Ferrari. During the usual grid-interviews, Martin Brundle asked Kimi why did he miss the presentation by Pele and the answer was “I was having a sh*t”. That was hilarious.
Hungarian GP 2007
Lewis had 3 point advantage over Fernando, and eleven points more than third placed Felipe. Nobody was even thinking about Kimi taking the crown. Alonso held Hamilton up in the pit lane, denying Hamilton a chance to record a final lap time.
People started talking about Fernando’s childish behavior and that was amazing. McLaren and Alonso gave the stewards different explanations. Due to this they lost the points they won during this race. They were trying to appeal for them but after the Stepney-gate they lost all of their points.
2005 United States Grand Prix
Fourteen cars were out of competition due to safety problems with Michelin tyres. Ferrari, Minardi and Jordan supplied by Bridgestone competed which means that there were six cars on track.
That was one and only victory for Schumi during that season. Thanks to this race Ferrari picked up some crucial points. Otherwise they would be behind Toyota in the constructors standings. Until this season it sounded crazy.
China GP 2008
Chinese circuit looks like a bunny! Wait, there was something else…Kubica was out of championship…Alonso said he’ll help Massa, (and he did by not overtaking him during the race).
He said this during a press conference with Hamilton sitting in front of him. The race was boring and the only exciting thing was waiting for Kimi to let Felipe overtake him in order to increase his championship hopes.
It was so obvious that nobody even commented on that. Wait, there was something more…OH! Here’s what Kimi said on Saturday:
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