It already happened two days ago, but I'm still enjoying the fact that Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won this year's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
And what is so great for me as a tifoso is that he did it in such emphatic style. To win on a circuit supposed to be heavily suited to the Red Bull cars and do so by 16.6 seconds on the last lap is no mean feat. And Alonso set the fastest lap of the Grand Prix, with his teammate Felipe Massa as second-fastest on the day.
This year's title remains undeniably Sebastian Vettel's to lose, so huge is his lead in the Driver's Championship, but it was still a magnificent day for the scarlet cars.
It was almost as delightful watching other teams stuff up their pitstops for once! As any Ferrari fan knows (and has suffered), the Scuderia have made some ghastly mistakes in the pits in recent years. So it was positively fabulous to see the seemingly invincible Red Bull team make a balls-up of Sebastian Vettel's second pit stop.
Even more satisfying was watching the team I hate most in Formula 1, namely the McCheaters... ahem... McLaren, releasing Jenson Button without his front right tyre securely fastened, theerby stuffing up the Brit's race. Glorious stuff.
A Spaniard driving for the all-Italian team I have supported since 1977 at the British Grand Prix, the 'spiritual' home of British motor racing for British drivers and most of the teams in F1, it's... SUPERB.
Ah, the simple pleasures in life ;-)
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