Lotus Racing F1 Team Race Report: Monaco GP

Easily one of the most anticipated races on the F1 calendar every season, the 2010 Monaco GP on the 16th May has tonnes of close wheel-to-wheel action at the famous narrow and tight street curcuit, known for its difficulty to overtake at ease. In the race where only 12 vehicles made it to the finish, Red Bull Racing made their first one-two finish of their season with pole-sitter Mark Webber taking the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Taking third spot on the podium is Robert Kubica of Renault F1 Team, who made created a few surprises in qualifying with some fast lap times. Michael Schumacher, who is notorious for his 2006 season's qualifying fiasco, created headlines once again when he overtook Fernando Alonso during one of the four Safety Car periods. Elsewhere, Lotus Racing failed to finish their race for the first time of the season Jarno Trulli winding up in an accident and Heikki Kovalainen suffered a steering problem.

Lotus Racing F1 Team Race Report: Spanish GP

9th May 2010 marks the start of the European races in the 2010 season of Formula 1. The Spanish Grand Prix sees a closely battled qualifying session, which sees Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, both from Red Bull Racing, slugging it out for the pole position. Going for pole position here is vital as for the past 5 years the winner of this race started from pole. At the end of the qualifying Mark Webber took the coveted spot, which saw him won the race by a massive 24-second margin ahead of Scuderia Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who is racing in front of his home crowd for the first time in the scarlet machine. 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton, who was ahead of Alonso and poised for the second podium spot, was dealt a cruel hand when his left front tyre suffered a puncture and caused him to crash. This gifted Alonso 2nd place. Taking the final podium spot is Sebastian Vettel. Former world champion Michael Schumacher, who was criticised for his unimpressive performance in the first 4 races, had a better afternoon and finished 4th in a car made to his requirements, ahead of defending world champion Jenson Button. Lotus Racing's Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen qualified at 19th and 20th respectively, but a gearbox failure ended Kovalainen's race on the first lap. Jarno Trulli, who failed to finish a race since the Australian GP, did the team proud and finished 17th. Trulli said after the race, "I'm pleased we finished comfortably ahead of Virgin even though the car felt a bit difficult to drive! I don't really know why but it didn't feel the same as it did on Friday. We achieved what we set out to do and we showed good race pace and finished well." Technical director Mike Gascoyne is confident that the team will do better at the next race, the Monaco GP.

Mother's Day 2010

Mother, a figure that tells of love and sacrifices,
How can anyone's love and sacrifices compare to thee's?
Selfless acts of kindness only a mother can show,
Never complaining of tiredness, pain and sorrow,
Never once showing dissatisfaction of everything done,
Nothing can we do can we repay thy's kindness.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers in the world!

Sentosa Idol

After last year's failure to even break pass the first Sentosa Idol audition, I found myself heading to the next audition this year after using Green Day's "21 Guns" as my starting point. For the final audition I'll be using "Wake Me Up When September Ends", also from Green Day. Wish me luck now as I head to the toughest stage of the audition on this Friday.