Motor Sport
This morning I joined millions of other Australians in accelerating, braking, swearing and spilling coffee on myself all the way down the freeway.
As nice as it would have been, there was no gigantic novelty cheque, no bikini-clad girls or Moet as I rounded the straight and sped past the chequered boom gate into the parking lot.
Hell, there wasn’t even a parking spot. This was an everyday chore, undertaken with great haste but no significant amount of skill. Mark Webber’s overnight victory in the Monaco Grand Prix should be treated with the same level of fanfare, because motor racing is not a sport. Never has been, never will be.
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Back in 1989, I was a brash seven-year-old who drove my parents insane by always going a million miles per hour. I would never do anything slowly. Should my parents look away for a second, I would be gone in a flash.
It was with this in mind that, on my 8th birthday, I got a present they thought symbolised my approach to life. The book: a pictorial review of the 1988 Formula 1 season. What was Formula 1? I had no idea. All I knew is that the book was full of great pictures of the fastest cars on the planet and that got little eight-year-old me pretty excited.
That season was a watershed year in car racing. On one hand it was the most lop-sided competition in sports history (two cars won everything and no one else had a chance). Yet, it was also one of the closest sporting events in history as the two drivers in the cockpits of these cars were the fastest drivers on the planet. The drivers: Alain Prost from France, and Ayrton Senna from Brazil.
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Simon says:
I was 14 when he died so I only remember seeing him drive a few times but I can’t get enough of the footage of his career. Dylan is spot on about this film (although Senna deserves so much respect and reverence that I think the headline above should be… Read more »
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Dylan Malloch says:
You got to meet him? Awesome! And agreed - he was the master in wet conditions. Read more »
Thousands of Aussies today are likely to feel peeved that Mark Webber’s shot at F1 glory was stolen by the anointed one - Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel.
As Red Bull’s designated No. 1 driver, Vettel had all the backing in the world to make the Formula One title his own.
Vettel, at 23, is the youngest driver to win an F1 championship after defeating the class field in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix overnight.
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bigmuzz says:
2 metres? try 10 metres! disgraceful refereeing….... The real score from the 4 Nation final: Tony Archer 18…. Australia 6…. New Zealand 4. Read more »
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F1Fan says:
Red Bull did not have no 1 and no 2 drivers, most teams try not to place that tag, it’s demoralising but in some cases, teams execute team orders. Webber race was lost after quali due to lack of time and the fact drivers spread out over the track in… Read more »
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