What a strange race it was over the weekend. I saw the qualifying and was so excited to see the start of the race … with Button (the rabbit) up front followed by the 2 Renaults and then the 2 McLarens. I was imagining the starts that Alonso has had and could see that he would be able to get by Button easily, but my only concern was whether he and Fisi would have an issue or not. Of course, throw in an aggressive Montoya and a fast Kimi and you have the best anticipated start in quite a while.

But the strangeness of the race started in the formation lap itself. JPM spun trying to get his tires warmed up, and if not for Fisi’s aborted start, JPM could have struggled to make it to his position. In any case because of Fisi’s abort, there was a new formation lap and more importantly, Alonso got a thorn out of his way of getting by Button.

The start was exciting and as expected, Alonso went by Button. The two McLarens were at it against each other and fortunately they were both ok. But as soon as Alonso went by Button he opened up a huge gap between him and the rest of the field. He gained 2.7 seconds in the first lap itself!

By this time there was enough excitement caused by people bumping each other in the middle and at the back. Christian Klein I think is an idiot. In the last race he took Kimi out, and this time he caused more trouble and I think he even caused Massa’s accident by trying to squeeze between another car and Rosberg’s car.

In any case, the pitstop exchanges did not cause much change in the order, but 4 safety car periods made the race interesting enough for me because the gap between Alonso and Kimi kept getting cut down.

In the end, the song remained the same. Alonso winning it with a lot of time to spare. This guy is just too good. He’s got the racing skills, and has the mind of a top racing driver. He seems unstoppable and with the way he and Renault are going, I would be surprised if he does not win the championship this year.