You Ready?

It's March.  Saint Patrick's Day and the Ides aside, your humble operators here at F1-Geeks are looking forward to the start of the new Formula One 2011 season.

• KERS is back, if we're lucky we'll see some poor mechanic do a little jig as some errant voltage makes his legs twitch.  If we're unlucky, somebody may get seriously injured.
• Vettel with a big fat number "1" on his car.  Righteous, man... Righteous.
• No Kubica.  Much sadness here.  I'm glad he's alive and bummed he's not racing this year, maybe not ever.
• F1 Circuit in India.  Any new track is a cool thing.
• 107% Rule is back.  This is excellent although spells trouble for Virgin and HRT.

• Pirelli tires.  Now that guy in high school that wouldn't shut up about them will get a major "That's What I'm TALKIN About!!" moment.
• F-Duct... Gone.   This is kind of a bummer for me.  I liked the simplicity and elegance of this tool.  The fact that you can now adjust the rear wing doesn't quite make up for it.  That's like building a six-degree of freedom robotic arm to slam the door shut on a Girl Scout*
• Nico Hulkenberg gone from a regular drive.  Bummer.  Should have been Heidfeld.
• Eyebrows still rocking.
• Flavio still gone.

 Get your pre-flight checklists ready and the snacks planned out.  This should be a pretty entertaining season.




*For the record, we really love the Girl Scouts and their cookies are like the "11" in a game of Craps.  A universal symbol of good will.  Some of the parents on the other hand...



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