To Win You Need The Finn

“To win you need the Finn”. A great man once said this. He was the one who put the fear of god into that supposedly ‘great’ German. The winner of two world champions titles Mika Hakkinen knew what he was talking about. McLaren knew this. That is why Kimi was chosen to step into his boots when the great man decided to take a ‘sabbatical’.

But last year it seems Ron Dennis forgot the words of wisdom left behind by the genius. Although Ferrari remembered the same, and guess what, they won the championship. This year is not going to be any different either. Now that Kimi has got one title under his belt, he’ll be more than happy to get another one. Pressure no doubt will be more this time around than last year. This year again though we have a Finn at McLaren. Only time will tell what will become of Heikki Kovalainen.

I hate Ferrari and McLaren used to be my favorite till middle of last years season. That’s when they decided to play Sneak-a-Peek with Ferrari. Now they have lost all credibility as far as this particular fan is concerned. On top of that both their drivers knew about the whole incident. The youngest world champion even threatened the team to go public about the whole thing. Guess one has to stoop to newer and lower lows to win. Obviously the step fatherly treatment that was meted out to him from the team was as important an ingredient in the whole one-year-stand.

But the Spaniard cannot be let off the hook so easy. Crying hoarse in front of the home media doesn’t garner you any points and, well, the young English men has to be blamed equally for the loss of last year. I wish McLaren never win a title again, not till either of their last years drivers are still racing in the championship.

Well this leaves one with a thought to ponder over. ‘Who to cheer for this year?’ Thanks to Vijay Mallya, this is not a big problem anymore. I’m cheering for Force India F1. As far as the drivers go, I’m pinning my hopes on the Finn. No matter how much I hate Ferrari or the fact that Ferrari powers Force India. Let’s hope for another cracker of a season. Amen.