It had to happen .......

Lewis Hamilton had to fail. An event a lot of the cynics were looking forward to (cruelly) had to happen at Nurbugring today. The hero fell. It would be totally unfair to blame the drive for the high speed crash in Turn 5 of the Nurburgring circuit. Lewis' front right wheel failed and took his car right into the tyre wall which absorbed the impact of the crash and the monocoque survived the accident, a sterling testimony to the sturdiness of today's cars and a big thumbs up to the designers. The wheel failure has been attributed to a fault wheel gun which could have failed due to a incorrect pneumatic pressure causing it to not fasten the wheel nut to the torque levels they are supposed to. Lewis was a couple of micro seconds better than Massa when this occured, can't but ignore the irony. Ron rushed from the pit wall into the garage, apparently the radio had failed and the team were not able to communicate with the driver. Television images of trembling legs caused more concern. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when Lewis climbed out of his car a good 13 minutes after the accident only to lie down on the gravel. Tense moments which culminated finally in the driver being carried to the medical center on a stretcher and when one thought it was getting a little too serious, from the stretcher waved his arms and showed a 'thumbs up' sign relieving us all of the trauma, he was safe, Ron knew it, we knew it. Now all eyes will be glued to the FIA's doctors fitness report in the morning so that Lewis can start the race from 10th position. I for one will not miss a minute of the action to see the driver weave his way past the traffic.

Narain Karthikeyan - Back to racing F1?

Will Narain Karthikeyan find his way back to active F1 racing by taking up the empty driver's seat which became vacant due to Christijan Albers exit from the Spyker team? More likely not than otherwise because Christijan has had to leave due to non-payment of fund by one of his personal sponsors and for a budget strained team like Spyker moolah matters. Team boss Colin Kolles' affinity toward Narain could tilt the balance give the fact that Narain has worked with him in Jordan during the 2005 season and Colin's departure from Jordan was cited to be one of the main reasons for Narain's exit then. It will certainly take a lot of bargaining from Narain's sponsors if this deal has to go through. HONDA test driver Christian Klein's name is also being talked about for this seat. Will an Indian be back to racing a F1 car? A couple of days and we'll know.