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Indian Grand Prix 2012

November 1, 2012 By vack

A second place for Alonso in India.

By Pete Vack
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

For a season that offered so much hope and competition just a few months ago, 2012 F1 has suddenly degenerated into another Red Bull Route with Vettel in charge. He’s on a roll now, the earlier problems with reliability seem to have faded, the speed has returned, and it is unlikely that even Alonso will catch Vettel for the Championship. After India, Alonso is now thirteen points behind Vettel for the Championship, and that has never been a lucky number in racing.
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Indian Grand Prix 2011: Bully for Formula One

November 2, 2011 By vack

Jenson Button, Adrian Newey, Sebastian Vettel, and Fernando Alonso

By Pete Vack

Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

Bully for India and Formula One

One of our more illustrious Presidents, Teddy Roosevelt, was a member of the Bull Moose Party and was given to using the word “Bully” in a positive manner, as in meaning “good”, “great” or “excellent”. Roosevelt also coined the term “Bully Pulpit”, which has an additional meaning here—the “Bully Pulpit” being the ability of the President to use his ‘pulpit’ in an influential manner. And a pulpit is what we have here, what you are reading; a podium, a platform, an opportunity to speak our mind and to have thousands hear it or read it.
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