Burn Rubber

The motorsport season is shaping up rather well, everything is so jumbled up in my sports of choice (see my faves) that vegging out in front of the telly on Sunday afternoons is finally worth it.

WRC

The WRC remains a bit predictable with Sebastian Loeb still leading the championship after 4 rounds and Subaru still hanging in there by the grace of Chris Atkinson.

F1

Happily unchanged is the simmering rivalry between F1’s Fernando ‘dog-in-the-manger’ Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

Alonso seems hell bent on single-handedly on preventing Hamilton from effectively competing when he (Alonso) ‘brake tested’ during the Bahrain GP causing Hamilton’s McLaren-Mercedes to crash into the rear of Alonso’s Renault in what has become known as ‘The Sakhir Shunt’. Despite all that, Hamilton still manages to hold 3rd place in the Driver Standings to Alonso’s 9th so there (in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I don’t like Alonso one bit and I completely refuse to EVER be objective about him. He’s my pet peeve)

MotoGP

The MotoGP season is also off to a good start with former world champions Valentino ‘Il dottore’ Rossi and Casey Stoner both struggling on Bridgestone Tyres.

Stoner, with the no. 1 on his bike this season is also struggling on a dodgy Ducati (reliability has always been the bane of many an Italian marque).

The Hondas are looking good and the Yamahas better on Michelin rubber but that could quickly change when the series moves on to China where Bridgestone tyres have traditionally performed better than French sap.

Keep watching

Audiophile: The Clash – London Calling
Off my shelf: Nothing today
Midday Matinee: Closed