2013 in review of my blog

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In the Line of Fire; A Memoir and A Prophecy by Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf, the former President, former Chief Executive and former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, has been in news for many days recently due to an intriguing chain of events which refuses to die down.

In the Line of Fire; A Prophecy

From his decision to come back to Pakistan to his nominations (4 in number) for the upcoming elections getting rejected (he had come back to fight elections) to Courts first deciding he should be arrested (he avoided arrest by fleeing the court, but was arrested eventually) to Courts then ordering him to appear at Islamabad’s anti-terror court; as the drama was unfolding like a Hollywood thriller, I was reminded of his memoir I had read some years ago. And I was wondering, the title that he had given to his autobiography (In the Line of Fire) would be more apt perhaps now.  He really is “In the Line of Fire” and his memoir may have become his prophecy too.

Well, as the story gets complicated, I am sure many would be picking up his book and would like to know more about him. For me, as the memories of the book were refreshed, I thought I’d share what my opinion of his memoir was.

In the Line of Fire; A Memoir

I in general enjoy reading autobiographies and biographies and his memoir was enjoyable too especially because this one is by and about the man who at one point of time was at the center stage of Indo-Pak relations, another one of my favorite topics.

Musharraf shares a lot of things here, is candid about many, goes over board at times and becomes philosophical as well and all this is alright considering the fact that he is trying to impress some, influence a few and confuse others.

Overall, to really enjoy this book especially if you are looking for information and trying to get some facts right, I’d say make sure you are well informed about Pakistan’s history, their relationship with India over the years and the order of the world the way it was when Musharraf was the man having considerable influence in the South Asia and its western neighborhood.

Review at Goodreads…

In the Line of Fire by Pervez Musharraf

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I love to read about?

I am very particular about what I read, it’s learning after all. But I also agree with Kushwant Singh when he says one must read good books and bad books so that one can know the difference.

When you go to twitter, pick up the newspaper, grab a book, or just while away time, what is it that you like to read about? Is it random or you are very particular? Why don’t you let me know too..

Banks and Mobile Service Providers – Please Do Not Disturb Them

The Happy Beginning

One of the most satisfying, or so I thought then, I have improvised my thinking now, happenings of the year 2012 was the Do Not Disturb, or DND as we fondly refer to it as, facility which was started and offered to the mobile phone users in India. The innocent me thought that this would be the end of few of my troubles, little did I know then that this might one day also lead to the beginning of even bigger troubles for me as well. My mobile service provider, I won’t name it here but since there are Very Few service providers in our country it won’t be difficult to guess the name, offered me this service and I grabbed it with lots of hopes for happier times to come.

A few years ago as online banking was gaining prominence, opening account in the bank claiming to offer best of services was a natural choice and an instant decision for me, like for many others. They had many interesting offerings on the plate and things looked set for a happy relationship. However, Howsoever Damn good Financial Company, here again I would refrain from naming the bank, they claim they are, they have been a real disappointment to me for over 2 weeks now.

And I have my reasons for not naming either this mobile service provider or this bank because the issue at hand I think is not limited to either but should be a generic problem spread across both verticals.

The Complicated Today

Coming to my problem; for some online transaction I was using my bank account and my bank needed to send me an SMS with some vital information, but I never got that SMS though I tried many times (like more than 20 times spread over a week). For everyone’s convenience I’ll cut the chase here and would share the highlights, I used the phone banking facility to check what the issue was and in next 7- 8 days I called them at least 8 times (minimum once daily), logged 3 tickets for the same issue, without resolution in sight, all of their executives tried to sell me other financial instruments, none resolved my query, got call from their IT department too, requested for call-backs thrice, never got any call-backs though was promised every time, and even after all these days my problem stands exactly where it was.

On their advice, they put the onus on someone else, the oldest trick in the book, I called my mobile service provider. I called them thrice, first 2 executives put the blame squarely on the bank without resolving the issue – same treatment my bank gave me, the third one had more knowledge perhaps and told me that the problem is the DND facility I had requested last year – the one thing which had promised to give me relief last year had started to haunt me now.

On asking that the messages I was requesting are not promotional messages and are messages I myself have raised a request for, he said that as per them all of them are promotional messages and I’ll not receive them. If it’s coming from your bank, it’s part of DND, period. I conveyed this to my bank and even got their phone banker to clearly mention this in the ticket (3rd ticket in a week) she was logging so that whosoever was taking care of my request would know the exact scenario and not keep me going in circles.

This all happened more than a couple of days ago and even after all this, my bank is yet to offer me a solution. I think either the geniuses at the bank are still figuring out the problem, or they don’t care about the inconvenience their customers face.

The Unspoken Reality

What I can figure out is, they failed to foresee this problem that their essential messages will become part of DND and they either needed to work this out with the mobile service providers in advance, or should have told their customers to be careful while opting for DND and should have advised them to use the flexibility provided there to get banking related SMS (option 1) [I did that now, a solution I figured out on my own and I hope will solve my problem hopefully, though it will take more than a week’s time, another issue]. But like I said, it looks like they had not anticipated this problem. Anyhow, even today, they are not forthcoming, they
are not responding, they are not coming up with a solution, they are not doing anything, they are not bothered at all.

If you ask me, all the people who have DND and are using online banking may be facing this issue, irrespective of their mobile service providers and banks (that’s why I have not named either). In case you are one such individual, I suggest you check this out right away or else you’ll be struck like I am, and with no/restricted access to your bank account, you may be up for some really troublesome days ahead.

Thank you guys!

Manali, Nainital, Jaipur, Agra, Pushkar, Sariska, Ajmer, Jodhur; 2012 ended up as a year where my focus (re)shifted (rather, readjusted perhaps) from watching Formula 1 and football to travelling (used to go to Bharat Yatra every other year from 1991 to 2001 and less frequently post that and covererd over 12 states and 20 cities, some of them twice and more) and writing about it. We visited lots of places and had lots of fun.

Year 2013 will add more places and I am looking forward to sharing more experiences with everyone. But for now, wishing all a great, happy and properous new year! Cheers to all as we made it beyond December 21, 2012. Though the Mayans proved to be wrong, my dream destination remains to be in their neighbourhood, Machu Picchu in Peru and hope to be there soon!

Here’s snap shot of my blog statistics for the year 2012 and a Big Thank You to YOU all.

The Bazaar at Pushkar

1 Puran Singh Ka Mashoor Vishal Dhaba in Ambala is epitome of greed, discourteousness and is not recommended at all

Not a happy memory. However, need to get this information to everyone out there.

6 comments November 2012

2 Bhangarh Fort – haunted, simply awesome or something else

This fort is worth a visit. You should see the pics we clicked there, its spooky.

0 comments October 2012

3 A budding singer – Pawan Sharma

Dear Pawan, Wishing you luck in 2013, as always.

2 comments May 2012

4 Why Hollywood shows them speaking in Hindi??

I never got the answer, if you get it then do share.

5 comments May 2010

5 Thanks a lot, one and all!

Well, looking forward to your support in 2013 as well.

0 comments January 2012

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A budding singer – Pawan Sharma

There are some singers who are popular, others who are waiting to break the entry barrier and become a part of that august group. Pawan Sharma, a great friend and a even greater singer falls very comfortably and as a matter of right into the second category.

I know most haven’t heard him yet and once you hear him you’ll vouch for him too.

My dear Pawan, you have worked hard, you have made a lot of sacrifices and I am sure you’ll get what you deserve and I hope you get it sooner than later.. Here’s wishing you all the very best.

Pawan Sharma sings Tumse Hi from the movie Jab We Met, originally sung by the amazing Mohit Chauhan..

Thanks a lot, one and all!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

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In 2011, there were 24 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 48 posts. There were 48 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 41mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.

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Formula 1 Indian GP to keep its date

After riding out many a storm of accusations whereby I was pushed against the wall for focusing on only a few things through my blogs – Formula 1 being at top of that list, I think it’s ironic that I would not be in the audience when Formula 1 makes its maiden journey to my neighborhood.

As Formula 1 Indian GP keeps its date, I would once again be watching all the actions only on the TV set, Alas! I can take some solace, and only some, that Vettel has already got the championship and Red Bull the constructor’s title. So the race may not be that critical from one angle, nonetheless the personal experience of being there when the cars race past you is going to be one hell of an experience in itself.

Any how, very sad as it is for me, it still leaves the hope that action will be back on the Budh International Circuit next year. And I may be there next time.

Life is not always fair, it can (or can it) be black too!

USA loses AAA credit rating (if only most us knew what that meant), Sonia undergoes a big surgery for an unknown disease (unknown to Indians and not doctors), India loses two back-to-back cricket test matches (we all seem to know why and how, MSD being the only exception) and to top it all I lose an entire month of blogging (it’s over 50 days and no one seems to have noticed and no one cares to know why) – Alas! Life is not always fair. (But thankfully there are still things which actually matter to most of us, exempli gratia…)

Skin color affected

In fact if one of the latest controversies is any indication then it (life/skin) should not be fair, it can (should stay actually) be black too (and brown as well – since we are talking about Indians). And I agree that the never ending range of fairness creams and some soaps which make you fair, is not really a fair game. And nature also has to take the blame here considering if you have white skin then Sun can help you tan your skin and get that tanned look. But getting fair takes a lot of effort and that is achievable through some artificial and rightfully marketed products (which may have natural powers – ingredients) only.

Diesel colored too

(Note: The attempted metaphor is for consistency purpose only. Author takes no responsibility for this attempt. Audience discretion – hmm.. no, I think this line is not required here, please ignore if not done so already)

And that is not all. Life can take you for a ride if you were an Indian looking to buy a diesel driven car this year. They (read Govt) want to take the subsidy out of diesel (for personal vehicles – passenger cars only) – meaning diesel will become costlier for some by close to 7 rupees (after almost one year of planning to buy a car I have to face this too now? Pranab da, why target me?). But since we’ll have differential rate system, you can expect an actual increase in diesel prices by 3-5 rupees through the black market route (politically incorrect phrase but what can we do, Life is not always fair…).

Govt strengthens tinge

Unable to remain untouched and quite deservingly too – the lack of fairness and tinge of blackness has reentered the corridors of PMO and CMO (Delhi, both Delhi interestingly) riding on the CWG fiasco, through a more reliable (and deliberately made-more-questionable after it’s revelation on 2G scam) CAG route now. But the blackness has already taken the credibility and integrity out of most of these (it was always lacking for most, anyhow) so this is the news for a few for a few days only.

Formula 1: well that’s not fair but not black either

(Lewis Hamilton might agree or may be not with this)

Some habits (and not just old, even new ones too – only if you gave the new ones sometime to grow) die hard and writing something about Formula 1 is the one for me. So with quite a few races that I failed (was forced not to) to take up, the story is still a kind of blue (Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull leading the pack). So it’s not fair but not (that) black either – as of now.

Formula 1 2011 season vs Nikhil Mishra

Confused you might be and confused you must be wondering what’s with the title and what’s with me. Well, I am a die hardest fan of Formula 1 and there is no questioning this fact, period. I write and I write what I feel like writing and Formula 1 ranks quite high on my favorites’ list – the higher density of my blogs focused on Formula 1 (obviously Formula 1 2011 season in particular right now) is a proof of that and you would have realized that by now.

Moving on, there are not many people who I expect to tell me their true opinion to my face (or Facebook) and even fewer who would broadcast it to the entire world. One such person is Nikhil Mishra – the man whose comment on my last blog read – “Too much of Formula 1 in your blogs. I am writing “Formula 2″ NaCl+ H2O –> NaOH + HCl”.

I can’t blame Nikhil for either part of his comment and trust me I have my reasons for that. He stresses – “Too much of Formula 1 in your blogs.” That’s a fact what can I do? Guilty as charged. There is too much of Formula 1 in my blogs and I have already confessed to that.

He has dared to write –“Formula 2” NaCl+ H2O –> NaOH + HCl. Here again I can’t counter this part of his comment (or this formula – Chemistry was the subject that made cracking engineering entrance easier). Considering the fact that he has spent fair amount of his professional career as a Scientist and still does Research and Development stuff, this is least I could have accepted from him.

And last but not the least, as I promised Nikhil as my reply to his comment – “Hmm.. stay tuned for updates on gilli danda and kanche…” I am going to keep that promise. After all one can stray away from one’s favorite topics for one’s brother once in a while.

PS: Jenson Button has won 4 hour long rain soaked Canadian GP with Sebastian Vettel finishing second to strengthen his grip on what could end up being his second championship win. Sorry bhaiya could not help it, oops.

Formula 1 2011 Season – Bahrain GP on, Indian GP to be the season finale

Different fans of Formula 1 will take it differently for sure but the big news is Bahrain GP will keep its date (well year actually) with Formula 1 2011 season and Indian GP gets to become the season finale – the last race of the year.

Ever since Bahrain GP, the designated first race of Formula 1 2011 season was skipped due to the political upheaval in the region, I was hoping that things would change for good and the race would be back. And good thing is it is back and will now be held on October 30– pushing Indian GP to later in the year. With all races now to be held the season is going to become more and more interesting.

Indian GP – race, prize ceremony, annual assembly and more

Indian GP, all set to debut this year will now be held in the month of December – 4^th or 11^th, the actual D-Day is yet to be announced. It means that if Sebastian Vettel is unable to hold on to his dominance or Lewis Hamilton gets his eyes set, then may be the championship will come down to Indian GP – making the last race all so more important.

Since it becomes the season finale, Indian GP is going be a lot bigger extravaganza. In addition to the race, we’ll get to host the FIA Annual General Assembly and the all important Prize-Giving ceremony.

With the Formula 1 2011 season all set to become the longest since 1963 and some of the teams not being very enthusiastic about this fact, Indian Formula 1 fans will now get to enjoy far more than what they had initially anticipated and that too right in their backyard.

Sebastian Vettel wins a crash ridden Formula 1 Monaco GP

If you love Formula 1 then I am sure you know every Formula 1 race track has something unique and interesting about it but I think perhaps no track stands out as strongly as Monaco does. It has a small track length meaning the race has close to 80 laps, it has a tunnel that too with a turn, it has many turns and curves, it has gradient combined with a hairpin bend, and the track is so narrow that you hardly get space to overtake another car. The end result of all this is cars brushing against each other, too many crashes, and more than usual number of cars retiring.

No wonder David Coulthard – the former Scottish Formula 1 driver, once said that you bash your teeth so much during Monaco GP that post race you have to visit your dentist. And this year’s Monaco GP was no different.

A race full of crashes

Monaco GP winner Sebastian Vettel was pushed to the limit by Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in what was a three way competition for the top spot after a long time. But the race was so eventful that it’ll be remembered for many other things as well.

Take for example DRS – it was very popular especially during duels between Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button, and Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, with smarter driver getting the better of the other every time.

Then there were endless crashes – in fact Petrov and Alguersuari crash red flagged the race and DRS was disabled (enabled for last two laps) when the race restarted with most teams going for supersoft tires. Safety car (there were safety cars the second time) made two visits to the track. Fellipe Massa, Michael Schumacher (his car had in fact failed to start when the race got underway) and Timo Glock, among others, were the victims who could also not finish the race due to different reasons.

In the end Monaco GP lived up to its reputation in every possible way.

Sebastian Vettel wins Formula 1 Spanish GP, Mark Webber falters

Spanish GP win means Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and if he keeps going like this he’ll be crowned the best driver among his contemporaries by the end of the year. He may have been pushed to 2^nd on the starting grid by his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, but Baby Schumi worked his magic to move ahead and grab his 4^th win of the season in 5 races held so far.   

For Mark Webber this was in the end a rather forgettable race. He had looked the best driver during qualifying in Friday and Saturday but Sunday was not really his day. He failed to complete the sequence of 5^th to 1^st position but with 4^th position finish is still 3^rd on the driver’s points table.

McLaren-Mercedes had a great race

Lewis Hamilton had been looking a lot dangerous this weekend and he proved to be so by finishing second in the race and further consolidated his position at number 2 on the driver’s points table. His McLaren-Mercedes teammate Jenson Button also had a good race and was the third driver on the podium.

On a whole Spanish GP – Formula 1 2011 season’s first race on the European continent – was more or less less exciting than it usually is. All drivers except three made it to the checkered flag, with Narain Karthikeyan being the last of the lot.

Formula 1 – Mark Webber climbing the ladder with Spanish GP pole

One of the most interesting and somewhat not-so-well-known facts from the Formula 1 2011’s book of statistics has been the way Mark Webber has been performing this year. Though all the limelight has been deservingly enjoyed by his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel, yet Webber has been taking care of his end of the bargain as well.

The interesting thing about how Mark Webber has performed is his final standing at the end of each race. In the first race he finished 5^th, in 2^nd he was 4^th, in 3^rd he reached podium with 3^rd and in 4^th race he climbed to 2^nd – a very amazing fact I am sure you would agree. This implies that he has gained one position with each passing race and now only position left to be gained is the top spot – something he should do in the next race.

Mark Webber all set to win the first race of Formula 1 2011 season?

In the upcoming 6^th race of the Formula 1 2011 season – Spanish GP, he has already scored the Pole position. Could this be a sign that tomorrow he’ll complete the sequence and grab the 1^st place by crossing the checkered flag ahead of everyone else?

What’s even more exciting is the fact (something that should do his confidence a lot good) that in Formula 1 2010 season it was at this very Circuit de Catalunya that Mark Webber had started his rise towards a possible driver’s championship title. He may not have won it eventually but he did make a huge and long lasting impression.

And may be this time Mark Webber will have an even more successful season and get his hands on the driver’s title. My fingers are crossed 🙂

Real Madrid’s reign re-begins but the King’s Cup is crushed

I can’t lament my sleep enough now to realize that I was lost in slumber when in some really extraordinary circumstances Real Madrid seems to have once again found its foothold on the top, albeit it could be temporary.

But as has been their last few years, the heartache is still to go away completely even at this great moment of rejoicing as the symbol of their latest triumph – the trophy that is, came under the wheels of the very bus they were riding to celebrate their success – talk about some irony.

Jose Murinho helps Real Madrid break Barcelona fort

Jose Murinho’s success graph seems to be always on the up and is taking him towards being the most successful football manager of all times- if is not already there. He has won trophies all over Europe – with Porto in Portugal, with Chelsea in England, with Inter Milan in Italy and now even with Trophy starved Real Madrid inSpain.

In what turned out to be a real treat for the football fans of all creeds, Cristiano Ronaldo got one home for Real Madrid in the extra time as Barcelona players looked on helplessly in the final of the King’s Cup or the Copa del Rey. After a tense La Liga draw between the two giants only a few days ago which even saw many jibes targeting Jose Murinho (most popular being by honorary Real president Alfredo Di Stefano), this win was long overdue and came with plenty of style.

King’s Cup crushed but the hopes are not  

Then in a very dramatic turn of events as the Real Madrid players were riding on the bus with their latest prized possession basking in their new found glory, the Cup dropped and came under the front wheels of the bus, oops.

The Cup they say will be put back together to its actual glory and that’s what Jose Murinho has been trying to do to with Real Madrid and with the King’s Cup title win, he is already racing on that path. With the Champions League semi-final (April 27 and May 3) coming up between the same two teams, he’ll have a lot more to showcase as to why he is rated so highly as only he can be.

Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese GP- makes Formula 1 2011 season interesting

Lewis Hamilton has managed to defeat the “drinks company” only for the first time in the Formula 1 2011 season by winning the Chinese GP– his 15^th overall. In doing so he has prevented Sebastian Vettel from doing what Michael Schumacher did in 2004- win first three races of a season. Vettel on his part still managed to hold to the top spot in the Driver’s points table (with 68 points) by finishing runner up in Shanghai.

Mark Webber whose qualifying session had gone haywire due to car trouble and had to start way down the order, did some exceptionally good racing, had a few fastest laps to his name, got help from team’s two pit strategy against 3 pit stops taken by rest and eventually climbed way up to the podium to fill the 3^rd spot. Jenson Button came at number 4 ensuring the battle between Red Bull (105) and McLaren Mercedes (85) keeps building the tempo with each passing race.

An amazing race weekend

The race started with some really impressive driving and Vettel starting from the pole was relegated to third place as soon as they crossed the first curve. After that it was a battle fought among many a race driver- lots of overtaking, with each looking to hold on to his place and move up the ladder too.

Nico Rosberg led the race for a pretty long time though he was never really in contention for the top spot, yet he must have had his share of fun before finishing at number 5. His team mate Michael Schumacher was also among the points making Mercedes (18) along with Renault (32) the team fighting for the fourth place among the constructors.

Fellipe Massa and Fernando Alonso once again drove one after the other across the finish line to keep Ferrari (50 points) at the third place among the constructors.

Dangerous three wheels race for a while too

One of the very exciting moments during the hour and half was when it became a race among four wheels and three wheels – poor Jaime Alguersuari became a victim of some not so perfect pit stop work by his STR-Ferrari team. A few curves after he moved out of the pit lane, his rear right tire just flew away leaving him with only three wheels and a rim to drive on. Thankfully no one was hurt, neither on the track and nor off it.

KERS and DRS shining all along

To top it all I have to confess- I am having just too much fun watching drivers make full use of the KERS and DRS. The way the cars accelerate after passing the white line- just takes your breath away. The new rules are really making the races more enjoyable for the spectators and it must be doing the same to the drivers too.

With Malaysian GP win Sebastian Vettel makes it two in a row

In almost an identical fashion Sebastian Vettel once again drove like a champion to win Malaysian GP, his second Formula 1 2011 season victory in as many starts. And once again he made it from pole to win in a very comfortable manner.

Jenson Button and Nick Heidfeld also had a great outing as they finished their races in second and third place respectively. But Mark Webber was still somewhat unlucky though Fellipe Massa and Fernando Alonso had a better outing for Ferrari as they crossed the finish line one after the other.

For the Indian fans it was a good day as Narain Kartikeyan finally made his 2011 debut, in fact his team mate also got the chance to make it to the actual race, though both were unable to actually finish the race. On a whole it was a more or less an incident free race except for one of the cars being airborne for a while and only 16 cars finishing the race.

Three-way battle seems to be on the cards

After two races Red Bull is at the top of the table with 72 points and McLaren is second with 50 points. Both the teams must be feeling quite satisfied with way the cars and the drivers have performed so far.

Going by what has happened so far, it appears that like 2010 it’s once again going to be a three way battle for the constructor’s title among these two and Ferrari. As for the driver’s title, well it’s really too soon to actually know how things will pan out.

 

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: ‘We did it for Sachin’

Relive the experience @

http://mishrarohit.com/we-did-it-for-sachin-when-india-won-icc-cricket-world-cup-2011/

Cheers

With Australian GP win Sebastian Vettel makes the right start for the ‘drinks company’

Sebastain Vettel drove like a defending champion to win for the ‘drinks company’ Australian GP – the very first race of the Formula 1 2011 season, and that too from the pole position. And almost expectedly the originator of the phrase ‘drinks company’ Lewis Hamilton was not too far behind and finished 2^nd to give defending constructor’s champion Red Bull the taste of kind of competition they should expect this season.

Unfortunately even after this kind of a start both Red Bulls and McLaren Mercedes would be a little disappointed as well since their second drivers didn’t really have a very impressive race. This sentiment with more profound emotions would be reverberating in Michael Schumacher’s, Rubens Barichello’s and many other driver’s teams too since many of them including the former could not even finish the race.

New rules delay Narain Karthikeyan’s return

On a whole Australian GP which only accidentally became the first race of the season was as interesting as most of the Forumla 1 races are and at times was even more especially since it saw almost all the new rules coming into play- needless to say expectedly KERS did make an impression.

Narain Karthikeyan and his team Hispania became a victim of the new rules after qualifying rounds since they fell (way) outside the 107% rule. They pleaded to be given an exception- something that is allowed, but were denied.

A great season ahead

Going by the way drivers and their cars behaved today, the best outcome of the race is the cut-throat competition we are for sure going to see in the remaining 18 races (number could be anything at the end of the year) of the Formula 1 2011 season.