Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Brazilian GP - "I love you guys"

Yes

Aussie hats at Red Bull - the best touch amongst all the farewell plans
Rosberg - did everything he could to thwart Vettel but it didn't last long
Susie Wolff - showing she really cares about Williams from the garage
Fernando and Mark - the F1 bromance

No

Ross Brawn speculation - is he going?  There's no statement saying he is.
Alonso - a good start gone bad
No wheels on their wagons - Bottas and Hamilton
Hamilton - look where you're going
Poor pit stops - Vettel finally, finally gets one and it still doesn't hamper his progress
Massa's "doughnuts" - why have Williams hired a driver who can't even do doughnuts?

Lastly, thank you so much for your support over the year.  I hope you've all enjoyed playing and we stand united in our disliking of Vettel.

Brazilian GP & 2013 Season Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,455
2. What up Bianchi? - 1,403
3. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 1,396
4. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,311
5. Rowntree's Randoms - 1,098
6. Rosberg Benz over Hamilton - 1,060
7. Still Chewing - 1,052
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 1,038
9. The Sutil Knife - 954
10. Hippy F1 - 950
11. The Pitstop Princess - 942
12. Superstars - 847
13. Schumacher's Ghost - 798
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 740
15. The Dark Button - 554
16. Year of the Tifosi - 536
17. The Baldy Biker - 515
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 498

I'll be in touch with the top 3 to get their prize money to them.

Monday, 18 November 2013

Apologies in advance

I am going to be in London next weekend visiting Still Chewing, so I won't see the race until Monday evening...The final FF1 results will be up as soon as I can get them.  There's still one hometrack race to play out, so I'm keeping the suspense turned up to 11 for as long as possible!

American GP - "We have to remember these days. There's no guarantee they'll last forever...We have an incredible team spirit. I love you."



Yeeha

Q3 - Bottas 1, Maldonado 18
Bottas' moving wing cam - although it does perhaps make me a little motion sick
Webber's 2.3 second stop - I think it's some sort of camera trick
Bottas' overtake on Gutierrez
Too many star drivers to choose from - Bottas?  Grosjean?
Andretti - a nice change on the podium
Grosjean pronounces it "lo-toos"

No way Hose

Q3 - Bottas 1, Maldonado 18
Hamilton's Michael Jackson tribute helmet
We haven't seen Sutil on camera for a long time - we have seen lots of his girlfriend though
Did we spot those blue necklaces?
Webber's start - he practically retired on the grid
Vettel - the only man in F1 who can make doughnuts boring
Who is on Grosjean's helmet?  Obama?
What are Williams' pitlane procedures that mean they are slower than anyone else?

Sadly the interweb has let me down on lots of questions today.

A last note - should we leave Vettel out of FF1 next year?

American GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,403
2. What up Bianchi? - 1,320
3. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 1,313
4. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,256
5. Rowntree's Randoms - 1,044
6. Still Chewing - 1,017
7. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 1,003
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 986
9. The Sutil Knife - 895
10. Hippy F1 - 892
11. The Pitstop Princess - 884
12. Superstars - 794
13. Schumacher's Ghost - 774
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 705
15. Year of the Tifosi - 511
16. The Dark Button - 502
17. The Baldy Biker - 493
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 476

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Abu Dhabi GP - "That was a world champion's drive"

Pffffff...what to say about this race?  Other than bor-ing.  If you have anything interesting to add, please comment below.

Fine

Brundle's labelling a certain section of the grid "the job centre zone"
EJ vs. Brundle on the grid

Rather not

Kimi's disqualification and subsequent crashing out in the first corner - the one potential piece of excitement disappeared so quickly
Croft calling the grid row of Di Resta and Button "all-English" - obviously this doesn't bother me at all but I did have to listen to some whinging about it
Bottas' awful, points-losing pitstop
Button maintaining his anywhere-but-the-points strategy

PS. Apparently it's fines not penalties for doughnuts...boo.

PPS. It has been rumoured that Mr Raikkonen will not be racing at America or Brazil due to not being paid this year, feel free to check back on the rules but FF1 teams do not score points for replacement drivers.

Abu Dhabi GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,316
2. What up Bianchi? - 1,225
3. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 1,218
4. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 1,202
5. Rowntree's Randoms - 1,001
6. Still Chewing - 981
7. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 967
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 913
9. The Sutil Knife - 840
10. Hippy F1 - 838
11. The Pitstop Princess - 830
12= Schumacher's Ghost - 738
12= Superstars - 738
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 681
15. Year of the Tifosi - 493
16. The Dark Button - 476
17. The Baldy Biker - 475
18. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 454

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

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Singapore GP - "What?!"

This was a race where 55 laps were just the build-up for the final few.  It was good to be watching back on Sky but I bet the highlights show was more interesting.

More

Kimi's "bad back" - I wish I achieved that much when I have a bad back
Tom Jones - more amusing that Becks and better looking than the PCD
Raikkonen's overtake on Button
Fireworks - especially at the finishing line
Retro F1 - Alonso gave Webber a ride back to the pits following his fire.  They are probably the only two old enough to remember such chivalry
Humility - Vettel plays up his bad start
New phrases - other teams were "hanging their balls in the pool" whilst Red Bull mechanics kept working, according to Vettel

Less

Restraint - Sky started broadcasting before it had even turned dark in Singapore
Ricciardo - a good sign for Red Bull that they've made the right choice there
Bad luck - Poor Goujon but Webber retains the title of unluckiest drive in Formula One
Giving up - Hulkenberg
Di Resta - most pathetic crash of the season?
Brundle - for telling off the crowd for booing Vettel

Singapore GP Results

1. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 1,007
2= Scuderia Principe Pitstop  - 929
2= What up Bianchi? - 929
4. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 851
5. Still Chewing - 808
6. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 777
7. Rowntree's Randoms - 747
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 701
9. The Sutil Knife - 658
10. Hippy F1 - 651
11. The Pitstop Princess - 643
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 574
13. Superstars - 571
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 514
15. The Baldy Biker - 417
16. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 399
17. The Dark Button - 398
18. Year of the Tifosi - 388

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Italian GP - "megadrive"

Si

Increased Ricciardo coverage - the grinning buffoon who always pleases
Hulkenberg - a great qualifying and race, remember he was talent-spotted by Williams
John Surtees on the podium - at last someone really qualified to ask the questions
Pitlane engineer-cam - where else can FOM fit cameras? - amusing answers in the comments box please

No

Force India's green team socks, nothing unites a team like the same colour socks
Increased Ricciardo coverage - let's wait until next year
Awkward - all interviews with Hamilton, especially when he wells up, also see EJ interviewing Kasabian and EJ's grid walk generally
Failure to tow - Massa and Alonso
Crazy Frog - as performed by Vettel, who, along with Hasselhoff, is a top notch ambassador for Germany
Radio transmission - "box, box, pit confirm"

Italian GP - Results

1. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 852
2. What up Bianchi? - 848
3. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 823
4. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 770
5. Still Chewing - 749
6. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 717
7. Rowntree's Randoms - 705
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 624
9. The Sutil Knife - 615
10. Hippy F1 - 608
11. The Pitstop Princess - 600
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 531
13. Superstars - 509
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 458
15. The Baldy Biker - 396
16. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 379
17. The Dark Button - 375
18. Year of the Tifosi - 359

Sunday, 25 August 2013

Belgian GP - "Nice one boys"

Oui

Scuderia Principe Pitstop's Gary Anderson impressions - "When I worked at Jordan we always used wheels."
Scuderia Principe Pitstop is also pleased to see that Ricciardo has had his braces removed

(SPP very much padding out this blog)

Non

Williams qualifying - all I ask is consistent rain
Vettel's first lap overtake - the world's heart sank
DRS overtakes - there's no need in Spa, mid-way through the race, Alonso had managed five overtakes without DRS
Driver radio - "Yellow cheese seven", "Checo, we think the best strategy is to push and get ahead of the cars in front."
Gary Anderson - "There's probably a problem somewhere"
Stewards - punishing Maldonado unfairly
DC's' podium interview technique - 1) quote a statistic 2) ask for a response

Belgium GP Results

1. Scuderia Principe Pitstop - 802
2. I hate Vettel but I want his points - 769
3. What up Bianchi? - 768
4. Still Chewing - 692
5. The Winner Takes Vet Tel - 690
6. Rosberg Benz Over Hamilton - 689
7. Rowntree's Randoms - 656
8. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 574
9. The Sutil Knife - 551
10. Hippy F1 - 550
11. The Pitstop Princess - 542
12. Schumacher's Ghost - 516
13. Superstars - 462
14. I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey! - 448
15. The Baldy Biker - 378
16. 100% British Beef Horsepower - 361
17. The Dark Button - 347
18. Year of the Tifosi - 319