It was once again a fairly exciting weekend of sports action. I started out the week in Hanoi, Vietnam where I went with Django Bustamante and Lee Vann Corteza to compete in the first Hanoi 9-ball Open.
Turns out, the two Filipinos had to meet each other as early as the quarter finals. Django took out Lee Vann and in the semis, unfortunately, Django lost to Stuart Pettman, a snooker player from England. It was, needless to say a terrible finish for our guys. Liu Hai Tao of China eventually took the crown and we flew home in the worst of spirits. Well, we got what we asked for. We said we would be happy with thirst (3st) Tssss... Karma's a bitch :) That's what we get for making fun of them.
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The saving grace for the night was learning that Fernando Alonso clinched pole position in Germany. The qualifying session got drenched in rain and no one was able to improve on their times after the second session. Fernando managed to get on top but after the past few races, this didn't really mean anything. He has led in a couple of other races in the past only to give up the lead with less than 10 laps to go due to tire wear.
During the race he was unable to pull away and it looked like Vettel would be able to easily catch him and pass him in the DRS zones. However, in a radio conversation with the team, Fernando repeatedly assured everyone that he had things under control and that he was only taking care of the tires. True enough, he kept Vettel and Button a safe second away, just outside the point where they can use the DRS wing to pass him.
Kimi Raikkonen started from 10th and did an early stop. His Lotus seems to really be performing well and he was able to match the pace of the leaders throughout the race. It was just unfortunate that having started too far back, he got held up quite a lot and by the time he was able to pass a load of cars in front and move up to 4th, the gap to the top 3 guys was already insurmountable.
In the closing stages of the lap, Button's tires started to give out and Vettel was able to catch him. In a rash move with all four wheels on the run off area, Seb passed him from the outside to take second place. Jenson immediately consulted his team to ask if the move was illegal and done off-track. His team agreed and Jenson didn't attempt to regain the spot and just decided to wait for the stewards decision.
Seb was quick to defend himself when Jenson pointed out that he made an illegal pass and the issue was even brought up by Niki Lauda on the podium when he interviewed the winners. In the end, Fernando sat on top with an ever growing lead. Seb got penalized for his illegal pass AND got demoted to fifth. This means.... yes, KIMI got third!!!! He's now just behind Fernando and the two Redbulls in the standings. He could still be the dark horse this year!
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F1 could not have gone any better especially since Lewis didn't get any points this race. Things were starting to look up until Adam Scott went and blew his 4 shot lead at the Open. With only 4 holes to go, it was all laid out in front of him. Tiger Woods was hot on his heels most of the day but fell short and couldn't pull off one of his miraculous last round charges. Scott totally collapsed and rained Bogeys in the end and handed the silver to Ernie Els. Reminds me of how Vijay took it from Sergio some years back. Who says golf isn't exciting?
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