Going up
Old(er) qualifying format returns - much better and a shaken-up grid...
Hamilton out Q1 - great news for everyone
Lap 4 safety car - giving us some great racing and overtaking when it went in, really shook things up
Hulkenberg - provided some of the entertainment during the race. He got fastest lap and this quality radio dialogue: "I really think we should consider the alternative strategy." Engineer: "We're already on it."
Ricciardo overtakes Hamilton - a great move on Lap 43
Chinese crowd - cheering Ferrari all the way round
Going down
Helmut Marko - prophesying doom for the Red Bull drivers during the race: "we can't keep up."
Ruining a good race - it looked like the Lap 1 Ferrari collision was going to rule out some decent viewing
Ricciardo's puncture - as above
Radio snitching - Vettel
Too much tyre chat - with three choices I'd hoped there would be less
Bottas - gave up his 8th place on the penultimate lap. I thought he was a fighter.
Whinging - Vettel
Lastly a note on Driver of the Day: Grosjean won the vote for the last two races but this one...Kvyat.
Tuesday 19 April 2016
China GP - Results
1. Three teams, one dream - 200
2. BogOffBernie - 198*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 174
4. The Pitstop Princess - 166
5. Weak End of Bernie - 165
6. Claire has to type out this sentence each time as my team name - 147
7. Halo, it's me - 138
8. No Vices Now - 134
9. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 129
10. Hippy F1 - 114
11= The Hopefuls - 105
11= Marian's Marvels - 105
13. British Racing Green - 101
14. The Maranello Marvels - 89
15. Put out to Pastor - 58
16. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 56
*Home track
2. BogOffBernie - 198*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 174
4. The Pitstop Princess - 166
5. Weak End of Bernie - 165
6. Claire has to type out this sentence each time as my team name - 147
7. Halo, it's me - 138
8. No Vices Now - 134
9. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 129
10. Hippy F1 - 114
11= The Hopefuls - 105
11= Marian's Marvels - 105
13. British Racing Green - 101
14. The Maranello Marvels - 89
15. Put out to Pastor - 58
16. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 56
*Home track
Monday 4 April 2016
Just putting my CV out there...
I am available for the position of Chief Strategist to any team that wants me. I have been studying Formula 1 for quite some time. After this intensive research my secret strategy is going to be: "do the opposite of whatever Williams do".
Bahrain GP - "Yeah, awesome guys"
Speeding forwards
"Arlee" - the new name for Lee Mackenzie. How are we feeling about Steve Jones?
Qualifying mistakes - very excited after Hamilton's. Led us to hope that this new format would lead to good races.
Shouting "It's Hamilton!"- as you realise that's who Bottas touched in the first corner
Dummy practice starts - Rosberg's warm up lap start fooled Hamilton into starting much too slow!
Sparks
Pit lane cameras - great views
Close racing - a great race for overtakes (DRS or otherwise)
Haas - not a fluke then...
Colliding in the first corner
C4 diversity policy - no English presenters on their coverage
#sexylap - really Lewis?
Hamilton's tweets - "nothing but love and respect for this culture [and the human rights issues surrounding them]
Warm up lap engine failure- Vettel's smoky engine gave another sign that this race might fall flat
Confusion - why did both Renault's start in the pits?
It's raining car parts - there weren't that many collisions
"Arlee" - the new name for Lee Mackenzie. How are we feeling about Steve Jones?
Qualifying mistakes - very excited after Hamilton's. Led us to hope that this new format would lead to good races.
Shouting "It's Hamilton!"- as you realise that's who Bottas touched in the first corner
Dummy practice starts - Rosberg's warm up lap start fooled Hamilton into starting much too slow!
Sparks
Pit lane cameras - great views
Close racing - a great race for overtakes (DRS or otherwise)
Haas - not a fluke then...
Colliding in the first corner
C4 diversity policy - no English presenters on their coverage
#sexylap - really Lewis?
Hamilton's tweets - "nothing but love and respect for this culture [and the human rights issues surrounding them]
Warm up lap engine failure- Vettel's smoky engine gave another sign that this race might fall flat
Confusion - why did both Renault's start in the pits?
It's raining car parts - there weren't that many collisions
Bahrain Results
1. Three dreams, one team - 160
2. BogOffBernie - 118
3. The Pitstop Princess - 117
4. Merc-redible Hulk - 114
5. Weak end of Bernie - 109
6. Claire has to type this sentence out each time as my team name - 105
7. Halo, it's me - 100
8. No Vices Now - 85
9. The Hopefuls - 84
10. Hippy F1 - 83
11. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 82
12. Marian's Marvels - 65
13. British Racing Green - 60
14. The Maranello Marvels - 51
15. Put out to Pastor - 39
16. Indianan Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 32
2. BogOffBernie - 118
3. The Pitstop Princess - 117
4. Merc-redible Hulk - 114
5. Weak end of Bernie - 109
6. Claire has to type this sentence out each time as my team name - 105
7. Halo, it's me - 100
8. No Vices Now - 85
9. The Hopefuls - 84
10. Hippy F1 - 83
11. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 82
12. Marian's Marvels - 65
13. British Racing Green - 60
14. The Maranello Marvels - 51
15. Put out to Pastor - 39
16. Indianan Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 32
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