I'm hoping Nintendo will sponsor a team and call their car the Super Mario Kart...

I was interested to read about this rumor that there may be an American F1 racing team in the works. I won't rehash my frustrations about the stereotypical American race car fan and his odd love of NASCAR, but I'm hoping having an American team in Formula One will perk up domestic interests in the superior racing league. 

I'm surprised more people don't flock to Formula One anyway with the popularity of video games these days.  After all, F1 cars seem to be taking cues from games like Super Mario Kart.  Take this video from the Red Bull F1 team showcasing the new technology in their 2009 Renault-built RB5 that includes a nifty regenerative braking system to store up electrical power that can be used for an extra six second boost of speed.  So the thing essentially has turbo boost at the drop of a button.  TURBO BOOST!

Oh, man! That had to hurt...

This is a video of Polish driver Robert Kubica on the 27th lap of the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix yesterday. Hard to believe he came out of it all with only a minor concussion and a sprained ankle. HC? Well, did you see all those flying parts? PHYSICS!

Amazingly, the first question Kubica posed to his doctors at the hospital where he was taken after the crash was if he'd still be able to race at the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis next week. HC? Insanity.

Rubbing isn't racing, it's just stupid...

I watched a bit of the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. Now, I won't go back into a rant about the inferiority that is NASCAR, but since I've still got F1 on the mind, I'll share this really nice commercial from Shell and the Ferrari Formula One racing team.

This also got me thinking about the whole environmental movement in the car industry. You'd think that at some point in the future, we'll all be driving some form of zero emission cars. Will that mean that gas as we know it will be gone, as well? What will oil companies like Shell be selling, and what will race cars run on?