Tuesday 28 July 2015

Hungary GP - "*Italian* *French*"

Exciting Race

Pushing the car - very old skool and against the rules - but shows the right spirit
Excellent overtake - Ricciardo on Bottas
All happening in the pit lane - Grosjean's unsafe release, Hamilton's long stop, lots of speeding
Hamilton's magic engine button - the other drivers don't stand a chance
Kvyat - first podium - and don't forget Verstappen finishing just off the podium
Points for McLaren - at last
Kvyat never gave up - just like a Furchester

Or the "best drivers on the planet" making lots of mistakes?

Jules Bianchi - nothing expresses grief like a hash tag
Stopping short on the grid - Massa gets Williams' race off to a poor start
Blaming Rosberg - Hamilton's response to running off on Lap 1
Excellent overtake - Ricciardo on Bottas
Perez crashing - day after day
Switching it off and on again - Ferrari's response to Raikkonen's loss of power
Scary front wing failures - poor Hulkenberg
Being too pushy at the restart - Hamilton locks up, gets a drive through penalty and then apologises!!!
Puncturing other drivers - Kvyat to Bottas and Ricciardo to Rosberg - booo.  *Chants* Penalty penalty.
Maldonado - seems to be up to his old tricks
"Why are the clapping ladies wearing life jackets?": Go Fast and Prosper - commentary always welcome
Angry pizza? - Arrivabene might need a translator
Honey badger? - refers to Ricciardo apparently

Hungary GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 883
2. DC's Tighty Whiteys - 874
3. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 873
4. Sharks have no bones :) - 782
5. Double Mercedes is boring! - 694
6. The F1 Flumps - 660
7. Baby on Board - 646
8. Mike and the Mechanics - 638
9. Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - 624
10. Go Fast and Prosper - 610
11. Muppet Racing - 579
12. Hippy F1 - 559
13. The Hopefuls - 500
14. I blame Clarkson - 475
15. The Pitstop Princess - 458
16. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 425
17. The Very Good Value - 419
18. Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 412
19. I Monza Brink of Insanity - 404
20. No Vices Now - 403
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 333
22. 10CC - 286

Monday 6 July 2015

GB GP - "Thank you to the fans...this one's for you"

Yes

Flying starts - yes, Williams!
Fighting Talk - Bottas on the radio
Neck and neck down the pit lane - Massa and Rosberg

No

Wearing an IQ Reducer, backwards - Alonso, looking at you.  Briatore still motivates him.
Gary Rhodes hair - on Will Stevens?
Spice Girls - continuing the nineties throw back theme
M&S trailer - oh...
Out on L1 - poor Button...let alone never making the podium at Silverstone
Go Fast and Prosper - told me who won the race before I saw it, ruined all the hope I would have had after the Safety Car on Lap 2
Choice Bedward - "There's a chance here today for Alonso to score some points" [not been heard for many a year].  "At last Mercedes are back where they should be." - because the BBC would rather Hamilton won than we saw a good race.  Validated by DC, when talking about Rosberg catching Hamilton: "Don't panic everybody".
Wet races - everyone has been wanting one for ages and we get some rain and then it completely ruins it for Williams
Frankie Dettori - why not Emma Bunton?  Finally though, some real comparison to see how short the drivers are.

GB GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 859
2. DC's Tighty Whiteys - 849
3. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 848
4. Sharks have no bones :) - 758
5. Double Mercedes is Boring! - 664
6. The F1 Flumps - 637
7. Baby on Board - 616
8. Mike and the Mechanics - 608
9. Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - 606
10. Go Fast and Prosper - 580
11. Muppet Racing - 549
12. Hippy F1 - 516*
13. The Hopefuls - 468*
14. I blame Clarkson - 449*
15. The Pitstop Princess - 442
16. The Very Good Value - 419
17. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 415
18. No Vices Now - 403
19. Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 351
20. I Monza Brink of Insanity - 349
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 321
22. 10CC - 274

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