Sneak preview of Sakhir

F2005's early debut announcement has calmed the enraged Tifosi's to an extent .

Though there have been no official announcements on the technical superiority of this car over F2004 ,grapevine is that it's faster by 0.8 secs !
But "Speed" is a bad word this season as FIA has shifted the focus to aerodynamics , engine and tyre reliability to stop the Ferrari dream run.

What will happen at Bahrain ?

My guesses-

Michelin 's performance at higher track temperatures has historically been better ( unless it rains before the race as it did last time helping Bridgestone and the 'Rain master' Schumi !) .

With Montoya out of the race,it would be interesting to watch Kimi and Button who've been virtually out of the radar thanks to 'Awesome' Alonso &'Fabulous' Fisichella .

Bahrain track has three fast corners (11,12,13) and 3 long straight's .

Schumi would sure be drooling at the sight of them .
If the new car supports his agggression ,we would get to hear the Italian and German anthems yet again !

What's in store for the fastest Indian ???

Ferrari,Jordan and Minardi run on bridgestone .F2005's early debut would have accelerated the tyre development from Bridgestone's end which should naturally spill over to the weak twins too .

I would love to see three things happening :

- Michael/Kimi/Alonso or Button on the podium .
- Lousy David and his Redbull cars out of the scoring 8 .
- Narain finishing the race and finishing ahead of the rookies yet again .

If standstorms in Sakhir track help in clogging the air filters of Ferrari and radiator fins of Mclaren ,

we could even hear 'Jayahe' on April 3rd in Bahrain !

Namo 'Narain'aya !!!

Round trip to heaven

It was like getting out of a 7 PM 'Andheri-Virar' local and heading straight into lotus temple .
The difference in the pace and quality of life hit me like a ton of bricks .

I 'exist' in Gurgaon but i 'lived' there those 7 days.

I just erased the boring daily routine from my memory and did everything i felt like doing .

I cooked with amma .

I drove appa to the mofussil bus stand every morning from where he would take a bus to go to his office in Ambasamudram .

I spent hours weeding and tending the plants in the small garden in our house.

I played ' agony uncle ' listening to Meena akka's (a long term acquaintance and a pseudo family member ) personal problems .

I assembled the P.C at home and listened to Aruna sairam's carnatic vocals .

Read Davinci code.

Read 'Ask jeeves'.

Read 'Love story'.

Drove to my grandparents place and spent half a day with them .
As always,when i prostrated and took their blessings when i left their place i felt great !

And lot,lot more !!!

Jonathan -

The father Gull was not fully right when it said 'Heaven is not a place' .

It is and it has a name ' Tirunelveli ' .