Felipe Massa is in a 3 way tie for 1st place in the Formula 1 points lead with his Ferrari teammate Kimi Räikkönen and England's Lewis Hamilton. Massa, the 27-year-old Sao Paulo driver, is the first Brazilian to lead the standings since the late triple champion Ayrton Senna in 1993.
The 2008 F1 season has been insane. Whether you are into seeing Hamilton "bunda bump" Kimi in Canada:
or "Mad Max's" Nazi Sex Orgies, this season does not disappoint.
The English Grand Prix race was no exception. It rained through most of the race. Big ups to Hamilton who absolutely owned the rest of the field.
Not surprisingly most of the excitement was provided by Brazilians. Felipe Massa did not have a great race, spinning five times on his way to 13 place. Not very good, but being able to spin a car 5 seperate times in the same race is very fun to watch. It was like he was samba dancing in his Ferrari.
Nelson Piquet Jr. has been stepping up his game lately as there are rumors the rookie Brazilian is driving for his job. I love to see young drivers under pressure, they make some exciting moves.
But by far the most exciting racing was done by Rubens Barrichello. When it started to rain, every other driver on the track was racing in thier "wet" tires, Barrichello had on his "Extreme Wet" tires. I do not know shit about tires, but Barrichello just started flying by the other drivers. He went from 16th place to 2nd place and most likely would have won except there was a problem when he refueled and he had to make one more pitstop than everyone else. He still finished in 3rd place for the 1st time since 2005.
I loved seeing Barrichello finish on the podium but it annoyed me because the whole race the announcers kept talking about how great it was to see an old man like Barrichello using his age and experience to his advantage. I have always thought of myself as the "Rubens Barrichello of DJs" and Rubens is only 36 (I am 35) so I felt they were in effect saying I was old, but that may be a stretch...
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