But given that I just pulled 10 hours in the lab, I think I deserve that. I'm not entirely sure how the fencing club will feel once they figure out that I've given myself the night off from them too. But really, I'm not feeling sociable tonight, and I realise how precious that sounds, and I don't think I'd be much fun. Plus I need to recharge the batteries in light of the fact that I'm doing something every night till next Tuesday after tonight.
About the motor racing - I'm sad to see Schumacher go, because I think he was really good, and I admire his strength of will and character. There's a lovely cartoon in today's Times of him driving off into the sunset.
I get really annoyed at all these people who say he only won because he had the best car, because the Bennetton, that he won 2 World Championships in, was the lowest powered car on the track (V8 compared to V10s and V12s) and when he moved to Ferrari, much though it pains me to say it, they were a shambles.
Now I'm not saying other people didn't help, particularly Pat Symonds, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne were instrumental, but as people have repeatedly said, he had the sense to have good people around him while he was trying to win.
I sense, however, that Mika Hakkinen was enjoying his troubles far too much :D It was kind of wierd seeing Pele handing a trophy, a 'there is far too much cool and shinyness here' kind of weird though, so not a bad thing in itself.
How cool was it for Felipe Massa to win though :)
Another odd thing was how near the start of the programme they showed Senna laying the law down to Schumacher about something he'd done, and then the programme ended with Schumacher and Alonso shaking hands and there was this whole end of an era feel, because, really, from my childhood, the only driver left is David Coulthard.
Next year could be interesting, I am, of course, hoping for a Raikkonen win of the drivers. Or several Wurz podiums.
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