End of F1

Formula 1 has experienced what most of the nations and civilizations have sometime or the other in history. Monopoly and dictatorship always lead to destruction. In case of F1 it is destruction by its own subjects..the teams. Only future knows who will win this battle but its not that hard to predict.

Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone stretched the string too far; the string that held FIA and FOTA together for all these years; the string that relied on mutual trust and understanding. FOTA said enough to their tyranny and we now have F1 without 8 main teams: Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW, Brawn GP, Toyota, Red Bull and Toro Rosso.

FOTA has already declared that they will start a rival series with more or less same rules but with better governance. Important thing is they have suggested that in addition to suggestions from teams, opinions of millions of fans will also be taken care of; primarily by reducing ticket prices!!Current drivers are also showing loyalties to their teams rather than FIA so we can hope to see same excitement only under different name.

Now that we know the facts of this situation, this is what I (or any non-retard for that matter) can deduce:

1) F1 WILL face extinction. If Mosley and Ecclestone think that fans like me watch F1, they are wrong. We watch the teams, who cares about the title! We watch for the teams and drivers, not because these two idiots make the rules.

2) FOTA already has the infrastructure and technology in place. All they need is some thinking space, which is not a big deal. The new series will be a hit.

3) Force India will sunk even lower without FOTA support. They will face the immediate challenge of finding a replacement for its Mclaren-Benz engine and transmission. Williams, well I can only wish them luck. It will be intersting to see what Fisichella, Sutil, Rosberg and Nakajima do next season. If they are sane, they will break away from F1.

4) Both FOTA and FIA will find a few more teams to join on the grid. It will be easy for FOTA with huge sponsorships and excellent technology. F1 will find even lamer teams with unknown drivers.

Remember what happened when Schumi retired.. many people stopped watching F1. This is same case only much much grander. For me and millions of fans its a vey easy choice. I don’t know what FIA is thinking but it is definitely getting screwed.

Dhoom Dhadaka IPL

A lot has been speculated and said about IPL. A few things that I would like to point out-

1) BCCI has shown a severe lack of creativity while naming the franchises. Mumbai Indians is the least imaginative work in entertainment field since Main Prem Ki Diwani Hu. Again, repetition is irritating. Kings Punjab – Chennai Super Kings. Royal Challengers- Rajasthan Royals. Is that significant or just annoying?

2) Outfits-

• Kolkata- Good without the pads. Pads are really nasty
• Baglore- hLd-kuMkU combination with pink helmets…are you kidding me??
• Chennai- Cool….closer to Australian 1s.
• Mohali-Boring!!! The text at the backs is really scary.
• Rajasthan- Shri Lankan..weird to see Lehman in this outfit!!
• Delhi-Real nice!! Good combination.
• Hydrabad-not seen yet
• Mumbai- —–”—–

3) Ads of Godrej and Vodafone during the live telecast is a pathetic show of policy by BCCI and Sony.

4) At the inaugural ceremony, when Sachin was called up, he got a huge response from the crowd. They were chanting his name for next 5 min. It will be interesting to see when he comes to bat in Mumbai.

5) Vijay Mally seems to have bought another team that is going to start from the back of the grid.

6) But I was pleased to see Force India car at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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