The (F1) Circus is Back!!

Yup, ladies and gentlemen, THEY are BACK!!!! After a 4 months hiatus - err, it was actually winter holidays - the circus are back in town. 

Circus, you ask ? At first I was intrigued as well, until I saw a picture of stilt walkers, among the many attractions available. I guess it was actually intended to portray the dozens of trucks laden with equipments being set up from one cities to another - hence the reference to a circus.

Anyway, the first city this year is Bahrain. This 2010 calender is much anticipated by legions of F1 fans, due to the 'exciting' changes to the sport. Yours truly ? Well, mine is a big bag of mixed emotions. 

Now that (my) Kimi is not racing - the sport seems to lost some of its lustre! And to add salt to the wound, the Scuderia outfit replaced him with that Spaniard. Yeah, that whiny Spaniard (I can't bring myself to type his name!) - just because he comes with a bag of Euros from Santandar.... But we had fun in 2008, right - looking at the whining, bitter and sulking face of Alonso. The paranoid he was in  - the thought that the kid Hamilton should over shadow  him, a 2 times world champ ...ha..ha..ha...those were the days....

I guess for such a high maintenance sport, the Santandar bag wins...My Kimmy had take the blame for the unsuccessful 2009 - when Ferrari figured out the double deck diffuser, too late. So Kimi is now off to WRC...

Coming back to 2010, we have the unexpected (really ??) comeback of Schumi. I have never been a fan - so it won't ruffle me - pity Nico though, I like this guy, and now he has to prove his worth against a superstar! This is a full German outfit, except for the presence of Ross Brawn. A force to be reckon with ?

Then there is an all English outfit - McLaren - with Button partnering Hamilton. Will it be an equal one? We'll have to wait and see. Dennis might  not be there anymore, but I do suspect that he still plays a big role there. 

And then off course, can Massa equals Alonso? I mean he played second fiddle to Schumi for such a long time, it is a pity if he now has to play second fiddle to the Spaniard. Does Ferrari really believe in it ? Historically it showed them to be preferring the no. 1 and no. 2 driver arrangement.

Due to budget constraints, some teams are opting for Cosworth engine. We'll see how they'll fare. 

Will RBR be as competitive as 2009 ? They were the ones giving Brawn a run for his money - as they did get the diffuser design sorted out very early. Vettel might be new, but he got guts and Webber - though already prominent face in the circuit - was excellent last year. Can the 2 of them pull it off this year ??

Then there's the 'newbies' - Lotus, Virgin and Hispania. Curios as well, to see how they'll fare. And remember, we still have that bet between Tony Fernandas and Richard Bronson. 

There will be lots of different rules for 2010. No more re-fueling....awww ....we're gonna miss the scene where Massa drove off with the fuel thingy still attached to his car....or that of Kimi's car running through flames courtesy of the fuel sprayed from Kovalainen's car (which also had that fuel thingy thing attached to his car!). 

And now the points are sooo...far apart, so that one is not complacent of just getting second place. And no more KERS (since only McLaren and Ferrari seems toknow how it works!). Interesting....you betcha!

Let the engine ROAR!!!!!!