Monday, July 9, 2007

Name of the game

True story: the winning driver of last weekend's Grand Prix of Toronto (Champ car race formerly known as the Molson Indy) is WILL POWER of Team Australia. Yes, apparently that's his real name, and a fine moniker for any athlete really. Just ask the media, who are really cracking themselves up with an avalanche of super clichés, such as "Power of the Will". HA!! (groan)

It made me wonder if Will has a brother named Max Power, which is one of my favourite all-time Homer Simpson pseudonyms: "Nobody snuggles with Max Power. You strap yourself in and feel the G's!"

However, American Formula One driver Scott Speed of Team Toro Rosso/Red Bull still holds the title for best name in motorsports. It's just so unfortunate that he's soooo much slower than all the other Formula One drivers.

In other news, my favourite Finnish cyborg, Kimi Räikönnen (Team Ferrari) won the F1 British Grand Prix this weekend, so maybe firing that Stepney guy was a good move - Ferrari has won two races in a row since they booted their renegade spy engineer. Kimi is super hot, despite having a pretty gay name and the droning voice of a robot, so here's a photo of him because, hey, a girl can dream, okay?

6 comments:

Bert Bananas said...

"Willie Power" would be popular in England.

Willie Power would have been Pussy Galore's ideal blind date.

T said...

Why does Kimi (I want to beat him up just for having that name and obviously no beard to shave) have a Mercedes logo on his fire-proof Members Only jacket, since he drives for Team Ferrari?

Slö Poké of the Nederlands would be an obvious castaway from team Renault...

katrocket said...

T - good eye - actually, that's an old photo from last season, when Kimi belonged to the McLaren Mercedes team. All the photos he's posed for in the Ferrari outfit are kinda dorky, but I have no problem searching all day for a better looking Raikonnen.

pistols at dawn said...

Kat - be warned, those Finns are as cold emotionally as their country is. I loved the heir to the Tackla fortune once, and now I've got to explain the giant "Suomi" tattoo I got on my back for him.

(The joke's on him - when I was lying there, I was thinking of England.)

Leonesse said...

Ummm, so Pistols, what logo is on your jacket?

pistols at dawn said...

A Swedish one. I f-ed my way through Scandinavia in the late 1980s. I'm not proud, but then again, it's a better accomplishment than knowing way too much about Melrose Place.