Monday 28 October 2013

Indian GP - "We'll talk about it afterwards"

Apologies if you followed the tweet-a-long but this is pretty much a duplication.

Yep

Massa - did not think I would be tweeting about him leading a race ever again
Jump starts - very retro
Alonso's 1571 helmet - the number of points he has scored (the most ever), nice to see he is investing in a helmet he'll be able to use for a few races
Sutil - the new tyre master, 40 laps on one set
Bottas - holding off several big name drivers during the race
Real mix of teams in top 5
No radio codes - Rocky's message to Vettel: "Raikkonen's on new tyres, he's going to obliterate your lap"
Sporting men on the podium - Rosberg and Grosjean did a good job of celebrating with Vettel rather than sulks and dark looks

Nope

Vettel's Eurotrash roots - perhaps he can get them touched up with his championship win bonus
Eurotrash sunglasses - as sported by Massa, Raikkonen and Alonso
Smog - radios not working, medical helicopters couldn't take off, Rosberg's white overalls were absolutely manky
No sign of penalties for Vettel - abandoning the car on track, running around on track and doughnuts - if Webber had done that...?
Tyre gambling - Kimi needs to break the addiction, he can't make it work and it ruins his results
DRS passes - boring
Button's strategy - if he gets anywhere higher than 16th position during the race, the team call him into the pits

Indian GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,258
2. What up Bianchi? - 1,148
3. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 1,141
4. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,138
5. Rowntree's Randoms - 926
6. Still Chewing - 924
7. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 908
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 867
9. Hippy F1 - 770
10. The Sutil Knife - 772
11. The Pitstop Princess - 762
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 705
13. Superstars - 704
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 635
15. The Dark Button - 459
16. The Baldy Biker - 458
17. Year of the Tifosi - 455
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 438

Monday 14 October 2013

New for the Indian GP!

Thought I'd try something new for the next Beeb race - interactivity.  I'll be tweeting along to the next race - hashtag TBA.  Follow me at @pitstopprincess for international banter.  I'll be in London, the race is at a reasonably civilised 8.30am and it's my last chance of the season.  Let's give it a whirl.

Japanese GP - "Ichiban, ichiban"

Hai

Suspense - would Massa and Webber move over and follow team orders?  What does "Multi-function strategy A.  Now.  Please." mean, if not "move over"?
Vettel's potential first lap problem - wishing and hoping and thinking and praying, planning and dreaming
Webber's 3 stop strategy - dividing the paddock, did it cost him the race?  An obvious yes from me.
Close finishes - Lotus blamed Grosjean for not doing better (seems unfair) and Button and Alonso was so so close
Torro Rosso will be taking Renault engines next season - will they change their name to Le Boolle Rouge?
Scuderia Principe Pitstop would like to nominate early morning races with hot croissant and dressing gowns.  What's not to love when the alarm goes off at 6.30am?

Iie

Vettel's potential first lap problem - just a lock-up or something...
Rosberg's unsafe release - the worse we've seen in a long time
Another awkward pre-podium prep room chat
Konichiwa - why is it fun to throw in the odd word of Japanese but not of any other language?
Martianaise - is that the national anthem of Mars Eddie?

Japanese GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,171
2. What Up Bianchi? - 1,077
3. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,066
4. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 999
5. Rowntree's Randoms - 891
6. Still Chewing - 876
7. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 828
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 801
9. The Sutil Knife - 746
10. Hippy F1 - 745
11. The Pitstop Princess - 737
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 658
13. Superstars - 657
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 578
15. Year of the Tifosi - 437
16. The Dark Button - 435
17. The Baldy Biker - 434
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 416

An honourable mention this race must go to 100% British Beef Horsepower with the lowest score ever achieved in FF1 - 2.  (I haven't checked the records but it's definitely the lowest this year.)

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Korean GP - "tricky but very well done"

Firstly, apologies for the late posting - away in London visiting Still Chewing.

Going Up

Sauber - where have they got this pace from?  And can they give some to Williams?
Great race - if you ignore Vettel, obviously
Grosjean's accent - Red Booll

Going Down

People telling you the result before you've seen the race
Di Resta - 5 races, 5 crashes - and everyone wondered why Sauber took Hulkenberg?
Heat cam - I don't understand the point anymore, this race they showed us that fire is hot
Webber - 2 races, 2 fires - Brundle: "If Mark Webber didn't have bad luck, he'd have no luck at all."
Rosberg's nose failure - the worst I've seen since Michael Jackson
No points for Williams
Geeky pre-podium chat - if in doubt talk about tyres
The Herbert Dilemma - what do you ask Vettel about on the podium?  That tricky overtake?  Fighting his way up from down the grid?  His battle with another driver?
Right Front Tyres

Korean GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,111
2. What up Bianchi? - 1,009
3. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,003
4. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 931
5. Still Chewing - 844
6. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 816
7. Rowntree's Randoms - 790
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 772
9. The Sutil Knife - 691
10. Hippy F1 - 684
11. The Pitstop Princess - 676
12. Superstars - 630
13. Schumacher's Ghost - 627
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 564
15. The Baldy Biker - 432
16. The Dark Button - 425
17. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 414
18. Year of the Tifosi - 410