European GP - "Fantastica"

My word, an unpredictable race at Valencia which has shaken up the championship standings as well as the FF1 standings.  There was shedloads of overtaking, so much so that the director didn't know what to show us (is that being generous?)  Not my favourite race of the year, with so many penalties being awarded to Williams' drivers, however you have to love Di Resta's "nom nom" driving noises.

We can now firmly establish that McLaren don't read this blog or don't value my advice, as they have not been practising pit stops as previously recommended.

Generally I felt there was a lot of looking back and a lot to look forward to from this race.  We saw the return of Kobabashi, poor sportsmanship from Spaniards (booing when Vettel retired), cars actually retiring on track (when was the last time that happened in a top team?) and old skool flag-waving from Alonso.  What am I looking forward to?  Lotus Renault finally achieving their true potential and either driver taking a win and Maldonado cooling down to get back on to winning form.

European GP Results

1. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 429
2. White Jeans - 422
3= Still Chewing - 401
3= Better the Vettel you know - 401
5. The Pitstop Princess - 392
6. KAMIKAZE KOBAYASHI! - 387
7. Wyld Stallyns - 381
8. Push Pete's Button - 360
9. Sebastian Vettel's High Flying Turds - 351
10. La Pic di Resta - 340
11. Put the Vettel on (push the Button) - 325
12. Crash of the Titans - 305
13. Ferrari Fanatic - 287
14=  Hippy F1 - 273
14= The Lord of the Wings - 273
16. Asda Equivalent Energy Drink Racing - 270
17. Parke's Winners - 280
18. AbeFromanRacing - 186

Canadian GP - "Fantastic mate"

As it's nearly a week since the race took place, here are some bullet points of things I enjoyed, things I found interesting and points for discussion.

• Alonso's red, metallic sunnies - Eurotrash king, stealing Schumi's one remaining crown
• What is it about Canada that brings out the old men?  Andretti, Fitipaldi, Herbert, Villeneurve, Schumi.
• There was some need to reconsider practises and procedures in the pitlane.  Mercedes went for a fists over screwdrivers strategy and McLaren need to spend more time practising pit stops.
• What did we think of the constant Hamilton radio?  I like the radio feed but...
• Bear with me, I am encouraging Mr Pitstop Princess to put the Pussycat Doll dance he did during the race on to YouTube.
• Overall a reasonable ending and a mildly interesting first step of pit stops.

Canadian GP Results

Apologies for the delay in posting, between weddings and endless rehearsals time has been short.

1. White Jeans - 403
2. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 394
3. Still Chewing - 381
4. Better the Vettel you know - 374
5.Wyld Stallyns - 365
6. KAMIKAZE KOBAYASHI! - 360
7.The Pitstop Princess - 339
8= La Pic di Resta - 318
8= Sebastian Vettel's High Flying Turds - 318
10. Push Pete's Button - 310
11. Put the Vettel on (push the Button) - 290
12. Crash of the Titans - 267
13= Hippy F1 - 251
13= The Lord of the Wings - 251
15. Asda Equivalent Energy Drink Racing - 246
16. Parke's Winners - 234
17. Ferrari Fanatic - 229
18. AbeFromanRacing - 157