At LAST!

[blamebrampton]

Ah Jenson, I have mocked your facial hair and shaken my head in despair at the old ITV We Love Button Fest, but by crikey you deserved that win. And Rubens! And ROSS! Ross, you were emotional! For at least two seconds! If Ferrari must be poo, I'm happy Brawn aren't.

And for those who have no idea what I am on about, it's F1. Jenson Button was a Honda driver who was told in the off season that Honda would not be fielding a team this year and so he was now unemployed. Rubens Barichello had been 'let go' from his old drive, and Ross Brawn was Honda's head of technical development, who was also out of a job.

Brawn said 'fuck it', sank a load of his money and all his time into buying out the team and keeping it alive, and bringing Rubens in as the second driver. Virgin came on board as the major sponsor this weekend, so Ross will not be bankrupt, Jenson just won the first race of the season, and Rubens came second. Ross actually teared up.

Basically, it's Seabiscuit for Grand Prix. Even the third-place getter was thrilled for them!

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

OBVIOUSLY it should go back to Adelaide, they need it and actually have the space to hold it, unlike our crowded cities.

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

I don't think they want it back. They have the Clipsal and they make a massive profit from it.

(Speaking as a former resident of Adelaide)

Edit: For those who don't know the Clipsal means the Clipsal 500, a V8 supercar race that is held everyyear in early March.