When Wishes Come True.. well Almost!!

The year 2005. The sport Formula 1. The event Canadian Grand Prix. 12 laps into the race.

For a die-hard Ferrari fan, the situation could not hv been more hopeless. After ruthlessly dominating the F1 scene in 2004, this year the scarlet team seem more like "also-rans"!! The year definitely seems like going the Renault or McLaren way.

The initial laps of of the Canadian GP were no different. Despite starting from P2, Schumi was languishing outside the top 10 after his first pit stop. Rubino starting dead last , was still entangled with the tail enders!!

Having just reached home n switched on the TV , I almost had the impulse of switching it off n heading off to my warm n inviting bed.. but I decided to weather out this scarlet thrashing!!

Coupla laps more n the situation is no diff!! :( I am not a very religious sorta person, but I am forced to look heavenwards n pray for divine intervention!! if sm 8-9 cars crash out of the race, I cud hv a ferrari on the podium.. a long shot yeah, but quite possible!!

10-15 laps go by n I hv decided that the concept of God is pretty fictitious .. or maybe I hv used up my quota of wishes..

and then it started happening.. on Lap 34, race leader fisichella is slowing down.. hydraulics failure .. his race is over.. 1 down , few more to go..

5 laps down, the flavor of the season, Alonso brushes his renault against the concrete , damaging his suspension n suspending himself frm the race in the process.. my faith in the supreme being slowly starts building!! :)

Now we hv 2 McLarens leading and Button n Schumi almost half a minute behind them.. in F1 terms thats an awesome margin to cover up..

but once again .. Lady Luck finally seems to be smiling @ the prancing horse... Button grazes his BAR against the wall n his car is in pieces.. one more car off n an added bonus.. the safety car is out!! .. Yipee .. the 30 second diff between Schumi n the McLarens evaporates into 3 seconds!!

Safety car stays on n almost everyone dives into the pits. Looks like its gng to be flat out upto the chequered flag.. but trust Montoya to spice things up..

Jumping a red light is common on the streets, but on a F1 circuit?!!.. what was he thinking?! neways he is black flagged by the marshals n out of the race.. Schumi is now second!!..

The cup of joy simply overfloeth!!;) behind all these action, rubino has calmly pulled himself to 5th position, with Trulli sandwiched bewteen the two ferraris!! But not for long.. Trulli was out of the race, with his front brakes exploding ferociously!!

2 Ferraris in the top 3!!! last year that wud hv been greeted with,"yeah sure, so whats new?!!" .. but not in 2005.. for the first time this year, the Tifosi hv smthing to celebrate!! :)

Schumi did push Kimi (that kinda rhymes doesnt it!!) till the very end, but the 2-3 for ferrari realy did make my day!! Way to go ferrari.. hope the prancing horses make a phoenix like come back!!

Made myself a midnite snack n toasted a Diet Coke to the Scarlet Team.. what a race.. n oh yeah.. Thank You God!! :)