Monday 26 October 2015

US GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 1,276
2. Sharks have no bones :) - 1,261
3. DC's Tighty Whiteys - 1,259
4. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 1,258
5. Double Mercedes is boring! - 999
6. The F1 Flumps - 977
7. Mike and the Mechanics - 972
8. Baby on Board - 966
9. Muppet Racing - 951
10. Lots of trouble usually serious - 919
11. Go Fast and Prosper - 912
12. Hippy F1 - 817
13. The Hopefuls - 732
14. I blame Clarkson - 722
15. The Pitstop Princess - 714
16. I Monza Brink of Insanity - 680
17. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 656
18. Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 624
19. No Vices Now - 611
20. The Very Good Value - 610
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 503
22. 10CC - 445

Orange teams are being disqualified at Mexico unless subs are paid!!!

US GP - "You've only gone and done it mate"

Yeehah

Alaska Coffee Roasting Company - another bizarre sponsorship for Manor?  No, they're the money that Rossi brings!
The return of random radio codes - "Green Cow 3", perhaps a corner?
Restarts - spicing up the racing no end.  The one thing that Rosberg really nailed.
Classic Kimi - Team: "Ready for a new tyres and nose."  Kimi: "okay".
Three drivers leading the race (at least): this is the sort of F1 we like, lots of movement at the front.  And not due to penalties, pit stops, tyres, team orders...

Saddle Sore

Crashing - Sainz: "I crash.  I'm sorry.  I'm sorry." (And then walks into the wrong hospitality suite - Manor's.)
Worst possible start - a poor one for Rosberg, followed by a shoving off the track from his team mate
Worst possible ending - a silly mistake for Rosberg and his race, his championship and his manners are gone
Lost noses - two in the first lap
Team collision - Sauber's drivers make the biggest mistake
Losing it all during the first two laps - which team would do a thing like that?  Williams, of course
VSC - unfortunately goes by initials now, meaning it's going to be a fixture, also, how do you know when it's ending?
Lack of experience really starting to show - Kvyat
Frustration - Alonso: "Let's jack it in."  Radio: "No, we're still in the points".  Alonso: "When I not in the points, I come in".  So, he didn't lose tenth place until the last lap.
Awkward cap throwing - for once I think Hamilton was possibly the bigger man
Elton John - ???  Matt le Blanc was there and he is a fan.  Also lots of former drivers.  And professional journalists.  And the lady who sobbed after a selfie with Hamilton.

Monday 12 October 2015

Russian GP - "What the **** can you do?"

Da

Horner quotes - "Eddie is talking out of his a**e"
Walking free from big crashes - Sainz and Grosjean
Ushankas for the podium - well, the drivers seemed very please with them

Niet

Perry quotes - 15 degrees is "very cool".   Sainz had a "spectacular crash".
Poor qualifying - Kvyat 11th, Massa 15th.  And did it lead to exciting racing as they made their way up through the grid...?
Rosberg out - too early and dashing the chances of a championship climax
Return of the moving chicanes - or, as is says on their garage wall, McLarens
A shame - Sainz and Ricciardo
Raising our hopes - radio to Hamilton: "suspect performance from the rear wing...do not use DRS" - amounted to nothing
Writing "Perez denied Force India's third ever podium" too soon
Raikkonen - boo
Putin the podium room - making it actually less awkward then usual

Russian GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 1,188
2= Sharks have no bones :) - 1,173
2= DC's Tighty Whiteys - 1,173
4. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 1,172
5. Double Mercedes is boring! - 956
6. The F1 Flumps - 942
7. Mike and the Mechanics - 917
8. Baby on Board - 913
9. Muppet Racing - 896*
10. Lots of trouble usually serious - 872
11. Go Fast and Prosper - 867
12. Hippy F1 - 771
13. The Hopefuls - 681
14. I Blame Clarkson - 649
15. The Pitstop Princess - 648
16. I Monza Brink of Insanity - 647
17. No Vices Now - 611
18= Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 608
18= Beauty & the F1 Geek - 608
20. The Very Good Value - 589
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 485
22. 10CC - 441

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