Monday 22 April 2013

Bahrain GP - "You deserved that"

Well done

Struggling in this category today - there was quite a bit of overtaking.

Must try harder

Herbert predicts Massa for the win
Up and coming Brit Max Chilton receives the customary non-stop coverage and adulation from the media, I'm sick of it.....hold on....
Tyre deg and delamination - boooooring
Poor Di Resta, upholding the Coulthard legacy of Nearly But Not Quite
The Face Like Thunder Award is split between Button (has a team mate challenging him) and Gill from Electronics in Red Bull who took the podium only to be snubbed by some of the Bahrain high heid yin
Vettel has lucky charms in his shoes.
Ferrari goes kerput - Massa cannot keep tyres on his car and Alonso cannot shut his flap.
What are the chances - same podium as last year

Max Chilton's engineer: "You're 4 seconds behind Jules"
Chilton: "I'm going to catch him"
Engineer: "Yes you are"

Bahrain GP - Results

1. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 331
2. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 309
3= What up Bianchi? - 287
3= The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 287
5. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 216
6= Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 212
6= Still Chewing - 212
8. Rowntree's Randoms - 208
9. Superstars - 198
10. Hippy F1 - 197
11. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 186
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 170
13. The Sutil Knife - 163
14. The Pitstop Princess - 156
15. The Dark Button - 119
16. The Baldy Biker - 114
17= Year of the Tifosi - 108
17= 100% British Beef Horsepower - 108

Sunday 14 April 2013

China GP - "Phenomenale. Grande weekend"

Yes

DC moves on from white jeans
Pit lane feed - we highly recommend getting it on screen during the race - lots of sneaky radio and pit shots
The double Ferrari overtake on Lap 1
Caterhams - crucial role to play.  So bad they're good.
3 races, 3 different winners.  And this year I'm the first to report it.
No Red Bull drivers at either Qually or Race press conferences - can you remember the last time?

No

New rule - whatever your drinks bottle has written on the outside is what should be inside - Capri-Sun, Monster...
Radio code - ruins the pit land feed: "Pork 1.  Box box box."  "Ultra lamination.  Take yellow 33."
Eddie Jordan's jewellery
The ridiculous demands of sponsors.  See Hamilton toting his Blackberry.

Failure to understand basic Health & Safety - if you see a fire, put it out.  Or at least tell someone.  I'm talking about you Force India Rear Jack Man.
Slo mos
Lotus - the three star car
The phrase "young teams".  
Alonso's girlfriend - the new PCD
DC - the podium is no place to launch a stand-up career.  In fact, I cannot think of any venue where DC should launch a stand-up career.
#unlucky - Hulkenberg (had his long lead squashed by a poor pit stop), Webber (criticises the team and finds that not enough fuel has been put in his car and his tyres have holes in), Raikkonen (the dismal start settings on the Lotus cost him a race win), Rosberg (DNF again) and Sutil

China GP - Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 224
2. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 209
3= What Up Bianchi? - 204
3= The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 204
5. Still Chewing - 186
6. Rowntree's Randoms - 165
7. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 164
8. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 163
9. Hippy F1 - 161
10. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 148
11. Superstars - 145
12. The Sutil Knife - 128
13. Schumacher's Ghost - 124
14. The Pitstop Princess - 121
15. Year of the Tifosi - 92
16. The Dark Button - 88
17. The Baldy Biker - 83
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 77