F1 2006 Season Opener
It was the Sunday every Formula 1 fan has waited for - the 2006 season opener at Bahrain. What’s more, the race actually lived up to everyone’s expectations - even mine.
It would seem that all the off season preparations, the new rules, the 100 page notepad you need to follow qualifying, and the race itself, all lived up to the pre race billing. Just for the record, reigning Formula 1 driver’s champion Fernando Alonso came out on top by the slimmest of margins over… wait for it… Michael Schumacher.
“Yeah, it will be very interesting. There are four teams fighting for victories at any circuit at the moment: Honda, McLaren, Ferrari and Renault, and I think any of them can win races, and this would make the start of the season, especially, very, very interesting,” commented Alonso after the race.
To be honest, Schumacher looked to have it well in hand until the two ‘kings’ came out side by side on Alonso’s final stop. Alonso held on for the win, but in a sense we all won.
“Yeah, you know in 19 or 18 races, however many it’s going to be (Schumacher’s uncertainty referring to the cancelled Belgian Grand Prix - Ed.), all points are very important and if you lose or gain two points it’s not really so important at this stage,” Schumacher said of his second place effort. “I would have liked to win but then there is only so much you can do for it and this time it was Fernando. As you see, we have four very competitive teams on the grid and it’s a long year.”
All of us that are fans of Formula 1 now have something to look forward to for the rest of the year. It will be the ‘boy king’ [Alonso] versus the undisputed king [Schumacher] for the remainder of the season.
Having said that, don’t count out Kimi Raikkonen in his McLaren, who came from last (thanks to a spectacular accident during qualifying) to finish third; and that performance leads me into my first observation of the weekend.
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