I am not one of the greatest of enthusiasts for F1 GP car racing. I am much more a lover of bikes. But the new F1 season looks like it could be one of the most interesting for several years. As I write the start of Race 2 the Malaysian GP is only a few hours away and I am sure that everyone in the UK will want Jenson Button to make it race win No. 2. The win in Australia was real Roy of the Rovers stuff and it is good to see Jenson Button finally able to show his abilities in a good car. After all that has happened, we have to have sympathy with Honda who have spent about $1 billion on F1 with little to show for it. They have even provided the first $100 million for this season and got no credit as Braun became a new team with a Mercedes engine.
I have just been watching an on-line video of Murray Walker who has been the man in F1 for....... well, almost for ever really. His schoolboy enthusiasm has never diminished and he is always a gentleman. That is something to say in this day and age. Listening to him chatting it seems incredible that he is in his 86th year. Unlike most of us the tone of his voice has hardly changed over the years and he certainly does not sound like an old man. Long may he be with us.
And Good Luck to Jenson in Malaya.
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