State of Scott's Nation

I googled my name just now (how self-centred!) and this blog came up 6th in the list, which was surprising. It has, in fact, inspired me to write here again. I have been up to a few things since the last blog, including a great trip to Madrid and another to Stuttgart to drool over Porsches and drink the German beer.

The Formula One season is now over and as happy as I am with the final result, I'm glad I can finally have my weekends as blank pages to fill and have more time to read world news instead of F1 articles. It has been, without a doubt the best season I have watched so far, with for most of the season, 4 drivers fighting for the Championship. Being a Ferrari fan, I'm glad Kimi edged out the McLarens in the end. I'm looking forward to next year, when the Traction Control ban comes into effect. It will put more back on the driver and we might see less of these 'perfect' drives we see these days, as they can get a bit boring over the course of a race.

One of the reasons I think formula one is important, is that it promotes technology developments that we eventually see in road cars. This is not just in the performance stakes, but also in safety and reliability. Traction control has found it's way onto road cars, and now ironically being banned from where it was born. Governing bodies do realise that we need more 'green' technology development on cars, so soon will be requiring the F1 cars to employ power regeneration systems and possible bio-fuel powered engines. All very interesting (to me).

I was going to mention the final Sopranos episode I saw last night, but better get back to work now. I'll save my thoughts on that for later...