2010 Ford Fiesta Launch

I suppose I've been remiss in not writing about the Turkish GP, but the shock of what happened during the race has kept me off this subject for long enough that even Webber and Vettel seem to have put the incident behind them... or maybe not...

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-news/236241/red-bull-bury-the-hatchet/


If that actually looks like sincere contrition on Vettel's face, I'm a monkey's uncle. In the meantime, the forums and blogs are abuzz with conspiracy theories that Mark's jedi mind tricks managed to warp time and space so that it only appears that he's driving straight down the track and Vettel is running into him, instead of the other way around. Sneaky Aussie...

Anyway, good boost for Hamilton, who, at this point in the season, seeems to be the only one even close to Red Bull's pace.



In the meantime, we attended the Ford Fiesta car launch the other day. And by launch, we mean sneak-sneak-sneak preview... with the car hermetically sealed so that we can't smudge the paint. It'd be a bad sign, considering Ford showed the previous Fiesta a few years ago (and actually let you stick your nose up to the heavily tinted windows on the right-hand drive test car) but never followed through... BUT... Ford has committed to selling the car.

In October. Ouch.

To make up for the long wait, Ford has bribed us auto-journalists with toy Fiestas.

I love it.





In the meantime, we've got a zillion launches to attend this week... including the new Cayennes and the facelifted Nissan X-Trail. There's simply no rest for the wicked.