Excellent, action packed race in Australia yesterday, although the Australian GP is normally a good one! Somewhat bemused by Honda's decision to retire Jenson Button metres from the finish line, apparently they are planning a victory in Imola and a ten place drop on the grid won't allow them to do that. Actually, I'd say the poor performance after pit stops and Caution periods is more likely to hinder their chances. Still, nice to see that they got the (misguided?) confidence to just throw away three World Championship points.
As for 2008, 22 teams have applied to enter the 2008 Championship but the FIA (in their infinite wisdom) have said that only twelve teams would be accepted, the successful applicants will be revealed on 31st April this year. Ron Dennis said something yesterday that I have been saying since the FIA announced that only twelve teams will be racing, reintroduce Pre-Qualifying. Any team that finished the previous season lower than tenth in the Constructor's Championship have to attend a Qualifying Session on the Thursday, the fastest ten cars go through to the GP. you then have thirty cars trying to Qualify for 24 or 26 Grid slots. It worked throughout the '80s.
I can't wait to see the Football next weekend, although I may be sitting by myself as my friends don't seem to be interested!
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