What a race by Raikkonen! He showed in Spain what he has been promising for a long time now. Fortunately for him, the McLaren car stayed steady for the entire race and he was able to maintain his commanding position throughout the race.

Now, the race for the championship is truly wide open. Michael Schumacher has said some kinda reconciliatory things though most of the headlines say that he is vowing to fight till the end. Is he going to continue if he does not win this year? Will he be better next year with the same rules? I don’t think its the rules that have caused his downfall this year, I think there are other reasons, mostly unfortunate circumstances, and pressure from the beginning, which I will discuss in a separate post.

But speaking of a wide open championship race, I almost started another long argument with a cuz on the phone. She almost suggested that I am anti-Schumacher because I like this season (we talked after Alonso had won 3 in a row) even though Alonso dominated, but I hated last season because Schumacher dominated.

I’d like to use this blog to make myself clear. I hated last season because typically Schumacher had no competition. He was getting poles as he wished, and he was leading races from start to finish, almost. McLaren was supposed to be the biggest competitor, especially after Kimi’s close race the previous year. But the car’s problems made McLaren totally non-competitive. Renault was also plagued by car problems, besides having young drivers who were more risk-takers than some other mature drivers. So that left BAR as the biggest competitor, and everyone knows that it is a joke.

But this year is different because even though Alonso has won three races in a row, none of them were truly ‘easy’ wins. Of course, none of them were ‘expected’. I told her that yes, if Alonso win 5 of the next 6 or 6 of the next 8, I will give up on this year too. But he has not truly dominated yet, and the Spanish GP proved that Kimi is a force to be reckoned with and with the Toyotas becoming consistent and Montoya coming back strong for McLaren, and Ferrari trying hard to claw back, it is a great and exciting time for formula 1 and F-1 fans right now.

So I hope everyone gets my point and understands how this year is more exciting than the last year.