Due to high demand! (Yep, I dont quite know how either), I have been asked to do many more of the sports round-up articles that I did late last year. These will cover notable events that are/have been happening, and will not interfere with any larger singular pieces.
A quick note - coming up in the next week will be an article on the metroic rise of Maverick Vinales and Max Verstappen. The two have some very interesting parallels.
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The "Future of F1" article posted around this time last year, is also very relevent given recent events; check it out iof you have time - http://thatpulse.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-future-of-f1.html (or along the page bar at the top)
Discussed this week (in order);
- Max Verstappen's outstanding win in Barcelona, and what his means for the future of F1
- Moto GP silly-season, Zarco' supposed seat at Suzuki under threat from Alex Rins
- Extreme Rules is this Sunday! Predictions in full force.
Max Verstappen - Record Breaker
It would have been very fair to assume that Max Verstappen would not have held on to the lead at last weekends Spanish Grand Prix, and that the young Dutch phenomenon would have buckled somewhat under the immense pressure from the ice-cool Kimi Raikkonen. Verstappen not only proved the F1 world wrong, but he did it in style - Red Bull's controversial decision to axe fan-favourite Daniil Kvyat was seemingly vindicated. Verstappen was immaculate and whilst Kvyat did manage to post the overall fastest race lap; whatever Kvyat had obtained would have been overshadowed by the young Dutch sensation. Verstappen now has a slew of records under his belt - most notably; the youngest F1 winner ever which was pipped from Sebastien Vettel.
Max has his problems - he can be very petulent, but he is only 18 after all. Daniel Ricciardo's strategy may have let him down, but Max' Raikkonen-esque zen-like calm through the whole race was a marvel to watch. But, what now? The Red Bull is not the quickest car on the grid, thats a fact. It certainly helped that messers Hamilton and Rosberg were in a first lap shunt that will no doubt be painstakingly drawn out and over analysed. However this was of no consequence to Verstappen. Will he continue to better Ricciardo, or will the white-hot fast Australian sensation put his less experienced team-mate down. Ricciardo is arguably the quickest driver in F1, and what a majority of the fans will agree on - Red Bull need a better engine. Perhaps next year we will see the Ricciardo-Verstappen tandem dominate or at least challenge the Mercs? Surely we will.
Silly Season Leads to a 'Maverick' New Change at Suzuki
Maverick Vinales signing for Yamaha has been met with no big surprise. It is definitely the right move for him - even if the man himself said a fair amount of his heart was with the Suzuki team. He will join Valentino Rossi, and in my opnion... he could win the title in his first season with them.
This does however mean that theres a seat at Suzuki which has been filled by Andrea Iannone - but the real news is from the other side of the garage, where Aleix Espargaro is not certain of his seat. Johann Zarco has a deal with Suzuki which now looks like being on an LCR bike with a new Suzuki chasis, which has lead to specualtion of Alex Rins potentially coming in to repalce Espargaro. Personally I would be a fan of this move - Rins deserves a factory ride, and with Dani Pedrosa confirmed to be staying at Honda, a competitive Suzuki would be good for Rins before moving on to Hionda or Yamaha after Rossi or Pedrosa move away or on.
Extreme Rules Predictions
Extreme Rules is this Sunday! Which, I cant quite believe honestly. Whilst this will be a quicker than normal prediction section - a deeper review will be posted in the week.
Predicitons;
Baron Corbin over Dolph Ziggler
The Vaudevillains over The New Day
Rusev over Kalisto
Sami Zayn wins the Fatal 4 Way
Chris Jericho over Dean Ambrose
Charlotte over Natalya
Gallows & Anderson over the Uso's
AJ Styles over Roman Reigns (Yeah that's right, I went there!)
By Jamie Mitchell
By Jamie Mitchell
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