Crash, bang, wallop!!
Buckets of rain, no traction control and the twisting Monaco race track all added up to an excellent Grand Prix on Sunday. Don't listen to the techno-boffins and their constant harping about how technology should never be constrained etc. The loss of traction control has made Formula One far more interesting as drivers no longer have their safety net, leading to some slightly embarrassing incidents this year (Massa and Coulthard in Australia springs to mind). Sunday was no different, as many highly rated drivers found themselves thrashing about in the puddles, missing wings and bodywork. Even the eventual winner Lewis Hamilton, crashed early on in the race!
Many of the great and the good found their way into the uncompromising Monaco Armco, including Coulthard, Alonso and Bourdais. Nico Rosberg had a real bone-cruncher at the Swimming Pool. Massa even ended up down an escape road whilst leading the race, allowing Kubica through. Raikkonen smashed into the back of Adrian Sutil at the nouvelle chicane, who until that point was a career best fourth. So you could say it was an entertaining couple of hours...
Hamilton picked his way through the wreckage to win his second Grand Prix of the season. It was a lucky victory, as most other drivers would have found themselves back in the pits with their wrecked car being winched off the track. However, fortunately for Great Britain and Lewis, he exhibits that almost Schumacher-like ability to come out smelling of roses, when by rights, he should have ploughed into the poo.
Anyway, comedy car crashes aside, Hamilton has moved into the lead of the drivers championship. Ferrari are probably a bit cheesed off by this. Ha! Ha!
