Hungarian Heartbreak

Have you ever felt on top of the world and so close to tasting victory only to see it all go away in a pile of smoke?

If you haven't you can ask Felippe Massa. He's seen it just last weekend as his car stoped on the Hungaroring's start/finish straight just 3 short laps from the chequered flag.

Watching from my living room I could have almost shed a tear. After a superb start from the usually show starter, a dominating performance and what up till that point appeared to be a trouble free afternoon had now just turned on its heals. Great performance, 0 points.

I couldn't help but think this was karma. Earlier in the race I was jubilant at the sight of Lewis Hamilton's deflated tyre. This was just like pay back but with worse results.

Now before you begin to label me as a Lewis-hater or British basher let me tell you that I was impressed by the way the "young" Brit brought the car back into the pits in one piece and took it out again and started to charge. He's a talented driver no doubt. But when you're up against the scarlet cars, I wish you less than well. After all, everything's relative.

Amiss all the drama, I must say I am very impressed with the performance of one Timo Glock. The German rookie has by far been outpaced, outclassed and beaten flat by his Toyota team mate Jarno Trulli thus far but his performance on this tough track was something really special.

What made it special was how he did it. No he did not fuel light during qualifying to get further up the grid. In fact he was heavier than most of the people around him. He didn't benefit from some stroke of luck which saw every other car in front of him fall off the grid either. So he did benefit from Lewis' and Felippe's mishaps, but even if he didn't Timo would have still finished 4th which is a fantastic performance given where Jarno finished and the overall pace of Toyota this year.

He had lots to say over the radio, his race enginner talked some hoof but he kept his cool throughout and a 2nd place is well deserved - although ahead of one Kimi.

Speaking of one Kimi, I must say the bloke is becoming a little boring to watch. I'm not talking about a boring press conference (of which Kimi's have been the worst to watch), but rather the real juice of what makes a GP driver - the fun on the track.

Of the top 3 drivers, he's seen the lest amount of wins so far this year - only 2. Over the last couple of races, there hasn't been a performance out of him either. But what about that fastest lap you might ask. Before you do, let me ask you how many points do you get out of a fastest lap?

At the end of the day, Hekki takes the cake. But not because he was the fastest man on the track nor did he give us something to watch. But because he didn't take any risks and sat still.

I think the bloke on TV said it right, "You've got to be there to get lucky".