A great sportsman...
The difference between a top class sportsman and the reigning champion.....

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (DNF): “We are a great team. Our guys are the best and I have a great affection for everyone at Ferrari and am always more than satisfied in the way we work. Incidents like today’s can happen and they are part of racing. You win together but you also lose together. Today we did our best, I was leading the race and then my engine broke. That’s the simplest way to sum it up. That is Formula One. We can be proud of what we have achieved since Canada: we were twenty five points behind and no one could have thought we would be back in the fight for the championship, but we did it. Now we are nine points behind in the Constructors’ classification and we will do all we can to win this title in Brazil. As for the Drivers,’ it is lost. I don’t want to head off for a race, hoping that my rival has to retire. That is not the way in which I want to win the title.”
- posted by ppov @ 6:25 AM 3 comments

 
Reality v/s fairy tale

Just because you want something really badly it doesn't mean it will happen.

Just because it is the right thing to happen it will not happen.

Just because a person deserves the best it will not happen.

Just because half a billion people pray for something it will not happen.

Just because it completes a long 15 yr old fairy tale happily it will not happen

Just because its the perfect ending it will not happen

Just bacause 'I believe' that to happen it will not happen

Desitiny......reality ......fate...god knows whatever....

- posted by ppov @ 11:26 PM 0 comments

 
Michael's & Ferrari - champions no matter
This is to just put it on record that whether Michael wins or not- whether ferrari win or lose - for me Michael and Ferrari are magic together. They've bene there done that -won this won that- they don't have to prove a thing to me or to the world or to Fernando Alonso...

All the best to the best!
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Countdown to the championship finale
Second last race.....
Suzuka...michael's second favourite track and he is by far the favourite there and everywhere
Schumi still drives a bit faster than alonso in practice...
Sillyness of alonso off track continues..
Showers in Suzuka...
Superstitions galore...am keeping my fingers, hands, legs and everything crossed....

Signing off for now....more to come...
- posted by ppov @ 7:59 PM 0 comments

 
A Contradiction- Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso is ferocious, aggressive, positive, confident, straightforward, determined driver on track. But off track he's insecure, tormented, frustrated, nervous- a bit of a cry baby.

Here is his latest crying ...

"Fernando Alonso has sensationally accused Renault of sabotaging his title campaign by making intentional errors during the Chinese Grand Prix.
Alonso lost the lead in both Sunday's Shanghai race and the Drivers' Championship after Renault put the wrong tyres on his car during his first pit-stop and then compounded the error by bungling his second stop.
And according to the Spaniard, the mistakes happened because Renault don't want him to retain the world title as he's leaving for McLaren at the end of this season.
"They wanted us to finish second and third because they do not want me to take the number 'one' to a different team," he told Spanish newspaper AS.
"They are not helping me as much as they could."
The 25-year-old went on to claim that Renault are now only interested in the outcome of the Constructors' race.
"Some [at Renault] are happy because we went past Ferrari in the team battle," he said"

To me he seems to be going the Jauqe Villenevue and Damon Hill way - who while successful on track but could not handle Schumacher's dominance and popularity in the F1 world- who could not accept that while they were individual champions they were not the most popular..while they reasonably good drivers they were not awed ...

Eventually the bitterness and the in security off field affected their driving and they went into F1 oblivion.

I do like Alonso on track but off track he is defintely going way off the track of what champions are made off- i hope he can keep his head held up high off field because it would be a shame to see such a great driver wasted.
- posted by ppov @ 7:39 PM 0 comments

 
Attempted comeback
Yet another comeback from me to the world of blogging......watch out fotr more posts on this one
- posted by ppov @ 7:33 PM 0 comments

 
Attempted comeback
Yet another comeback from me to the world of blogging...lets see how long this lasts!
- posted by ppov @ 7:33 PM 0 comments

 
Ridiculous Things I Read This Week
1.Dogs sniffing out cancer...who 's going to trust that?

2.Muslims asking for a ban of Danish products because of the act of a private newspaper
cartoon.

3. One day people talking about the end of Tendulkar the next day the same people talking
about how great he is.

4. A stampede during the shooting of a TV game show in Manila where 70 people died and the the blame goes to the host (a comedian) of the show..."why did he have to be so popular?"

5. FIR likely to end row over Gandhi's last words....

6. Angelina Jolie and Brand Pitt still not admiting to their relationship
- posted by ppov @ 1:03 AM 2 comments

 
Montoya for Ferrari?
Montoya has no team to drive for after 2007..with Mclaren taking on Alonso.

Its a long time away but there is a possibility that he may drive for Ferrari.

That would be TERRIBLE is an understatement.

He has on and off criticised the Ferrari team, he's arrogant, he is inconsistent driver, he doesn't seem professional, he talks more than he does .

Driving for Ferrari is the dream of most F1 drivers...they can get the best in the world. I hope they look real hard first before even considering on JPM .

Ideally I wish Kimi would drive for Ferrari after Schumi.

But then I also wish Schumi would drive forever and that someday I will drive with him:-)
- posted by ppov @ 5:13 PM 3 comments

 
Random thought.....
The child is grown, the dream is gone.I have become comfortably numb.


.......and it feels good this way.
- posted by ppov @ 7:49 PM 4 comments

 
American Justice System
I don't completely understand the american selection of the judiciary but what the end result is that you've got a judiciary which reflects the political leadership of the country.

What i think:

1. A judiciary should be neutral and not represent a section of the political parties more than others.
2. The selection should not be done my the elected political representatives. It should be selection based on qualifications and done by some no political body.
3. A judiciary can make judgements which go against the belief of the majority party if required.

But to contradict my own thinking-

1. Judiciary should represent the way people think
2. Therefore as the senate/house of common is therepresentative of the people, they should select the judiciary.
3. In the end judgements would be what majority would like them to be.

Looking at both the rationale I would still go by my original thoughts. Mainly because I don't believe the majority is always right. You got pass the right judgment irrespective of what most people want.
- posted by ppov @ 6:42 PM 2 comments

 
Blogging becoming too big for its own good?
What i see even in all parts of the world..blogging is more and more being used for commercial purposes, for marketing, PR etc.

I may sound like too much of an 'idealist' but that doesn't quite go with the spirit of blogging. Blogging to me is for the common person to share his world , his life, his thoughts and opinions freely. And its great, that millions are now using this media.

But it would be sad if popularity of blogging is capitatiled on for economic purposes.
- posted by ppov @ 12:32 AM 5 comments