"Cato Batista" 25/03/2012 19:54:13 ID #140
Ladies and Gentlemen,

We enjoyed an action packed Grand Prix with the most unlikely drivers leading the field. Only Alonso’s brilliance could have produced this victory, but the shocking result came from Sauber’s Perez second place to send the large Mexican CFA contingent over the moon.

Manbos takes his first overdue CFA victory with mere 8 points, a great score given the unexpected results. The surprising Spanish rookie from last year correctly predicted 4th and 5th places to edge Champ Ian by 1 point and Ricky by 2 points. These three were the only colleagues to pick two 3-pointers in a day that will go down in the history records as one of our worst. We didn’t manage to score a single gold in first, second or sixth places. Only Ian & Ricky had Hamilton in 3rd, 4 of you (Manbos, Ian, Rocco & Santi) correctly got Raikkonen in 4th; our best result was 6 votes for Webber in 4th including Manbos’s for the win. Curro deserves special mention for his glorious point from Perez in 6th, the only one with the vision to include the Mexican in the top 6.

Uwe had a bad outing today but still hangs on to the overall lead by one point (20-19) to Manbos (sounds like 2011 all over again). And then there’s a gap of 4 points to a very crowed chasing group comprised by Maria, Lou & Ian (15), Fernando, Joe, Ricky & Santi (14), Rocco & Tim (13), Curro & Sebastian (12). The bottom half follows like this: Fredrik (11), Rodrigo & Cato (10), Erik, IanM (‘Mac’ from now on) Matias & Ricardo (9), and Carlos (7).

We can expect 3 weeks of Mexican celebrations until the next race in China (Apr 13-15). I can imagine our social media (facebook & `comments`) in full swing rejoicing today`s events, including conspiracy theories and speculating when and how Perez will take Massa`s seat at Ferrari...(count me on).
What a start of the season, and we still 18 races to go. Looking forward!

Cheers
Cato