Monday 22 September 2014

Singapore GP - "Nice work...Great stuff"

Dazzling

Obligatory glitter-added helmets - shiny, shiny
Competitive instinct - Rosberg: "dammit"
Pre-race tension - would Rosberg's and Kvyat's cars be ready for the race?  No and yes.
Sutil - "pointless in 2014"!
Ericson - scoring you 15 points for moving up 17 places
 The result of running on bald tyres - Massa: "driving like a grandma"

Down a dark alley

Hamilton's crotch adjustment - is there nothing better to capture during qualifying?
Hamilton's tattoos - "44" behind the ear
Lack of radio - whether or not it ruins the racing, the race did seem duller without it
No more instructions of the radio - how's it planning out?  Ricciardo was told to avoid corners and Magnussen was told not to drink.  Everyone's scared of the stewards!
The Wrong Tyres - for Maldonado - why not keep going on them?
Williams' tyre strategy - wrong, again!
Bad hair days - Hamilton, Mallya
Breaking looms - what happened inside Rosberg's steering column to end his race - I know plenty of children who could spare one for him
Tantrums - Guittierrez does a Hamilton
Chavvy jewelry - Hamilton's double cherub necklace

Singapore GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes! - 1,220
2. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 914
3. The Hopefuls - 909
4. The Pitstop Princess - 890
5. No Vices Now - 849
6. The Mercs - 835
7. Hippy F1 - 778
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 726
9. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 694
10. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 689
11. The Baldy Biker - 635
12. Magnussen Benz Over Button - 406
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 368
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 313

Sunday 14 September 2014

Formula E

Just given this exciting new formula a bash.  Was quite excited about the line up of has been drivers - Prost (Nick and Alain), Alguasuari, Buemi, Sam Bird, Senna, Heidfeld...

Had to switch it off half a lap in as the "engines" sound like fingernails being dragged down a chalkboard.

Monday 8 September 2014

Italian GP - "Beautifully recovered"

Si

Re-signing for Williams - yay!  Bottas!
Poor starts - yay!  Hamilton!
Overtaking - a great job done by Bottas
Cute phrases - "Ricciardo's made a monkey of Vettel": Gareth
Massa's first podium - for Williams
Speaking Italian - how to alienate Hamilton
Flags - "Freedom for Lombardi" and "King's Lynn"

No

Re-signing for Williams - oh dear!  Massa!  I assume he pays his way.
Poor starts - boo!  Bottas!  Held up by Hamilton.
Awful tyre/pitstop strategies - Williams
Feeling sorry for Alonso - a rare mechanical DNF for him but in Italy.
Halliwell - the new PCD
Alesi's Eurotrash trainers

Italian GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes! - 1,154
2. The Pitstop Princess - 866
3. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 861
4. The Hopefuls - 854
5. No Vices Now - 803
6. Hippy F1 - 759
7. The Mercs - 758
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 687
9. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 658
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 630
11. The Baldy Biker - 605
12. Magnussen Benz Over Button - 393
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 340
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 285