renault rocks the shizzy in montreal

and our boy alonso brought home the bacon. at long last, i witnessed his victory lap, fist pumping in the air. that's right, kid - you rule.

i don't know if i could have hoped for a better canadian GP. a renault 1st and 4th, schumi grabbing 2nd from kimi on the last lap (who's the man now, dog??), messy pit stops for mclaren, and villeneuve putting it into the wall just past our grandstand, in front of his home crowd. oh, jacques, can you sink any lower? i hope so.

the only thing i would have wished was for nico rosberg to cool his jets a moment longer, let JPM by, and avoid the resulting shunt into the wall that ended his brilliant starting position in the first lap. i would have wished for JPM to cut the rookie a little slack but that's like wishing for a midland victory (a little dig just for you, dano).

so, a whole lot better than last year, although the V8's were a little quieter - still hot as balls, still incredibly cramped butt-numbing seating and for ass long ever walks to the metro lugging a hojillion pounds of water, but having an awesome race unfold right in front of me made it all worthwhile, and then some.