March 09, 2006

Simon Sez...

(Wonderduck here. Official Travelling Correspondant Simon chimed in a couple of times in comments, and I'm going to take the liberty of turning one of them into a post, here on the verge of the Bahrain race. Unfortunately, it seems that his job assignment to Bahrain has fallen through, so we won't be getting on-site reporting for THIS one. He apparantly has a chance to attend Monaco, however, poor guy. Let's all feel sorry for him now. Awww.

Okay, over to Simon...)

Takuma Sato....

Come on lets have a laugh...
1. Will he survive or die this season?
2. Will he kill someone else?
3. How many races will he actually complete?
4. How many crashes will he have?
5. How many other cars will he take out throughout the entire season?
6. Cars are valued between $4-8 million each - What do you think the net value of his carnage be this season?

(Wonderduck here again. My responses are as follows:
1) Survive, but SOMEONE will try to kill him after yet another shunt.
2) No. Cars are built too strongly. But it won't be for lack of trying...
3) Eight... but some of his problems WON'T be because of accidents. New car + new team + new engines = Same Old Problems.
4) Including practice and quals? I'm guessing 12. I have faith.
5) Oooh, a toughy. Magic 8-ball says [shaking] 10.
6) Does the phrase "Small South-American Country" mean anything?

Everybody else, chime in in the comments! Winners will get a No-Prize at the end of the season, or when Sato is removed from his seat, or is unable to compete for any reason.)

Posted by: Wonderduck at 05:05 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 1. Sadly he'll live
2. Well he did give new meaning to Japanese and zero - I think he'll have a near miss in that depatment.
3. hmmmmmmmmm 3, 4 at a push.
4. yeah 12 is a good number - but it is Sato so we better aire on the side of caution and go for 18 as he's been known to have a few in the same race.
5. 20 and thats with his eyes open
6 $200m
By the end of the season he will have been removed and given a sharp knife to go and do the honorable thing (I hope) - however, he'll probably trip up and stab someone else by accident

Posted by: Simon at March 09, 2006 05:50 PM (ntCeu)

2 I know this sounds weird, considering I just slagged him in the post, but:

Take it easy on Taku, Simon! "SADLY, he'll live?" That's not very nice...

That being said, "The New Japanese Zero" sounds like a new nickname in the making...

Posted by: Wonderduck at March 09, 2006 06:06 PM (Ffvoi)

3 My Sato prediction? Last race of the season, Schumacher (having announced his retirement in June) will be leading his last ever GP. He will come to overtake Mr Sato, who will clip him and rob him of a final victory.

Posted by: flotsky at March 09, 2006 08:16 PM (6T2ID)

4 lol why should I be nice to Kamikaze Soto and his screams of Banzai as he trys to prevent people from overtaking by broadsiding them.
The only man to ever hold the wrong end of a katana by mistake.
He's so small they lose him when walks around behind the car - the man who really does have to run around in a shower to get wet.
His grandfather was the guy at Hiroshima who stood with his recently acquired baseball glove at ground zero, looked up and shouted "I've got it, it's mine".

Posted by: Simon at March 10, 2006 05:25 AM (ntCeu)

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