Oh, and a new season

Well, what might have woken this erstwhile blogger from a slumber that has lasted sixty nine days and fourteen hours? Was it Jensie's flash in the pan performance at Barcelona? Was it the disappearance of Spa Francorchamps from the 2006 racing calendar? Was it McLaren's new livery? Was it the Red Bull-McLaren "steal your men" contest? Or was it atleast Mr.(Super) Aguri being 'delighted' with the 'shake-down' of his SA05? Oh hell no!

In F1 where money and power take pole position ahead of talent, it isn't the Michael Schumacher's and the Ayrton Senna's who rule the roost, but old men with coffers full of money and work ethic like dervishes who have held the reigns. In this charade of power and politics, the double act of Bernie and Max has prevailed, with the former controlling the telivision rights, and the latter controlling the FIA. With Bernie selling his stake in F1 (ok, he's still the CEO of F1 though, god knows how and why) , it remained to be seen as to what Max would do.

And here's the answer. Max says he's got a substitute in place. A SUBSTITUTE!!

And they (Bernie and Max) lived happily ever after...