Abu Dhabi GP - "Woo hoo...world champion, I can't believe it"

Hooray

Access all areas - Rosberg was allowed backstage to congratulate Hamilton.  A little moment of love shared.  How unlike FoM.
Contentious doughnuts - from Hamilton
Caterham - made it to Abu Dhabi, now we are waiting for our merch
Bottas - third in the drivers' championship
Not giving up - a lesson from Rosberg to many other drivers
Yachts - yes please
Face cam - especially good showing the moments of radio from Rosberg
The podium - a Williams double and the world champion got a spot too
Double points made no difference
 
Expecting better next year...

Contentious doughnuts - permission denied to Rosberg
Old school fire - from Maldonado
Tweeting - desperate tweets from Mercedes to fix Rosberg's car, I don't think this was the best use of resources in this case
Superimposed graphics - I'm sure Lewis appreciated seeing he was on course to win the championship lap after lap
If the race finishes now... - started 14 laps in
Losing hope - would the start replay show that Hamilton had jumped it?  Will he get a poor pitstop?
Poor starts - Bottas and Rosberg
Alonso/Button battle - we barely saw one move of this battle between champions
Prince Harry on the radio - bizarre?

Lastly, thanks everyone for playing this year.  I'll offer an enormous apology for the erratic and often late posts (I'm not taking any responsibility for this and entirely blaming Baby Pitstop) and look forward to seeing where testing leaves us in February.

Abu Dhabi & Final Fantasty Formula 1 Results - 2014

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes!! - 1,762
2. No Vices Now - 1,304
3. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 1,282
4. The Hopefuls - 1,236
5. The Pitstop Princess - 1,184
6. The View from the Back of the Grid - 1,156
7. The Mercs - 1,113
8. Hippy F1 - 1,109
9. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 945
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 944
11. The Baldy Biker - 895
12. Magnussen Benz Over Button - 646
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 574
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 379

Cheques in the post to the Top 3!

Brazil GP - "Woohoo...charge the battery"

A tense race for those of us in Team Rosberg...

Samba in delight for:

Crowd funding for Caterham - pledges have been made
Renegade behaviour - Kimi skipped the anthem in Texas
Telling it like it us - Hamilton: "I've got blisters [on my tyres]."  Pitwall: "You manage it, don't lock up."
Censorship - bleeping out Massa's swear
The return of blistering tyres - adding a little more interest
Rally driving - as demonstrated by Hamilton
Wrong garage - doh Massa!
Biased coverage - we haven't seen so much of Massa in a long time and no one else this year seems to have received this at their home race
Mucking about - Piquet and Lauder
4 world champions battling
"My Daddy drives for Williams" T-shirt - sported by Felipe Junior
Honest press statements - Raikkonen: "I don't think the team cared which order we finished in"

Accompanied by security:

Button - is he staying at McLaren?  Is he going elsewhere? Not if Sky have anything to do with it.
The three car discussion - tell us when it's over
Speeding in the pit lane - how is it still possible?  Massa?
Williams - managing to sabotage every opportunity they create for themselves - Bottas's seatbelt malfunction (we don't have this problem with Baby Pitstop's seatbelt), Bottas's front wing,  Massa's pitstop...
Front jack failure - Kimi's first decent race ruined
Nelson Piquet - we thought Jordan's podium interviews were the worst - Hamilton didn't even say anything in response to his first question/statement
4th to 6th in the championship - argh, Bottas!
Has there been a spot of engineering trouble or has Ebola broken out in the pitlane? - Horner: "We need to quarantine those parts."

Lastly, is anyone else surprised that the BBC didn't superimpose poppies onto overalls?

Brazil GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes - 1,614
2. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 1,174
3. The Hopefuls - 1,171
4. No Vices Now - 1,152
5. The Pitstop Princess - 1,105
6. The View from the Back of the Grid - 1,038*
7. Hippy F1 - 1,010
8. The Mercs - 995
9. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 877
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 852
11. The Baldy Biker - 791
12. Magnussen Benz over Button - 570
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 500
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 369

* Home track

Advance Notice

Baby Pitstop permitting, I am planning a live race tweet-a-long for Abu Dhabi.  If you don't follow me already, it's @pitstopprincess.  I'm hoping it will be a great way for us all to share the disappointment of double points.

US GP - "Get in there, mate"

This week the Pitstop Princess is delighted to have a week off and hand over the banter reins to the League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers.  The views expressed do not represent those of the blogger.

Yee-Ha!

· Sutil’s qually heroics – his first gridwalk interview in years (we’d forgotten he could talk)

· Midfield magic – A ten car squabble that made the race

· Missing the change of lead (on live coverage) – The Alonso/Vettel battle was more interesting overall

· Matt Le Blanc mania – Grosjean’s Le Blanc helmet is the best thing Lotus have done all season

· Radio classics – “stay after those Willies”

Hell No

· Sergio Perez- Ruining races in less than a lap now;

· Vettel starting from the pitlane – Regulations that kill competition and the most pointless qually lap ever;

· Celeb overload – Keanu Reeves, Pamela Anderson, Gordon Ramsey, and the ubiquitous Halliwell;

· Redneck beards – Ricciardo;

· Teams dropping like flies – Caterham, Marussia & Co. could be saved simply by Lewis Hamilton and Bob Fernley selling their chavy necklaces;

US GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes!! - 1,513
2= Mercrari Hulkenassa - 1,098
2= The Hopefuls - 1,098
4. No Vices Now - 1,076
5. The Pitstop Princess - 1,046
6. The Mercs - 954
7. Hippy F1 - 937
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 908
9. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 824
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 804
11. The Baldy Biker - 754
12. Magnussen Benz over Button - 525
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 474
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 347

Russian GP - "history in the making"

Da

The inaugural Russian Grand Prix - say what you like about Putin but he can stage a sporting event
Russian-themed helmets - a la Vettel
Ericcson beating Massa in Q1
McLaren - rising like a phoenix from the ashes

Nyet

Remembering Jules Bianchi - not saying it shouldn't be done but it appears to be mainly using hashtags and standing in a circle
Massa beaten by Ericcson in Q1
Faff for the national anthem - I don't get it, my sense of national pride is clearly not as strong as others
Slow pit lane speed limit - Hamilton had time to take both hands off the wheel mid-race to adjust his gloves
Let the drivers do the driving - message to Vettel: "Respect the beeps"
Grosjean's penalty - a poor decision by the stewards
Putin - have we had so much television coverage of any other state leaders during an F1 race?
Petrov - anyone else completely forgotten about him until this weekend?
Lauder - is taking Lewis Hamilton home in his plane..doesn't Rosberg live in Monaco too?
Sochi - the new Valencia - dull, dull, dull

Russian GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes!! - 1,415
2. The Hopefuls - 1,040
3. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 1,035
4= The Pitstop Princess - 995
4= No Vices Now - 995
6. The Mercs - 929
7. Hippy F1 - 888
8. The View from the  Back of the Grid - 843
9. League of extraordinary pay drivers - 781
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 759
11. The Baldy Biker - 714
12. Magnussen Benz over Button - 501
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 416
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 331

Japan GP

Kawaii

Breaking news - Vettel to leave Red Bull.  Marussia's gain?
Rise of the teenagers - Kvyat to Red Bull and Verstappen lives out a 17 year old's dream
BFF - Seb and Kimi, who knew? Apparently they hang out in Zurich and travel in the same plane
The return of the gazebos
Moving to inters - inspired move by Button
Suitcases - loving the "Congratulations to 1st place" suitcases in the pre-podium room

No thank you

BBC's video game intro - even the PS addict in the hoose didn't like it
Cagoules - who travels to Japan without a waterproof?  Nige.
DC's grid walk - poor
Needy - Hamilton's calls to get the safety car in
Hair - still Hamilton
Uncertainty - with Bianchi's crash, what is the future of wet races?

Japan GP

1. Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes - 1,313
2. The Hopefuls - 982
3. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 967
4. The Pitstop Princess - 936
5. No Vices Now - 912
6. The Mercs - 886
7. Hippy F1 - 832
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 783
9. League of extraordinary pay drivers - 736
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 733
11. The Baldy Biker - 657
12. Magnussen Benz over Button - 432
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 397
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 313

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

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

Belgian GP - "If you can keep your head..."

Oui

Reportage shots of fries and mayo
Magnussen - sporting a loom  band and no cap
Mercedes touch on Lap 2 - grimly inevitable
Hamilton's kevlar revenge on Rosberg
The Raikkonaissance

Non

Bernie's ramblings - is it diplomacy (as EJ suggests) or senility
Hamilton - he wanted to quit the race, they needed a moving billboard.  He doesn't enjoy driving for driving's sake I guess
"Squeezy squeezy" - Bedward
No rain - come on 2014 season, just a few more drips of water please
Finishing 13th - someone should tell Massa that the number 13 is unlucky in Britain
Booing - Rosberg didn't win and he's a nicer chap as Hamilton is at least

On le fence

Horner's beard - surely Halliwell's doing
17 year old drivers - I still worry when I go over 45mph and I'm twice his age

Belgian GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes! - 1,047
2. The Pitstop Princess - 828
3. The Hopefuls - 781
4. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 741
5. No Vices Now - 717
6.Hippy F1 - 715
7. The Mercs - 685
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 615
9. League of Extraordinary Pay Drivers - 613*
10. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 600
11. The Baldy Biker - 519
12.Magnussen Benz Over Button - 367
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 305
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 281

Time to pay up!

Calling Magnussen Benz Over Button, The Mercs, Beauty & the F1 Geek, Hippy F1 and Ch-ch-ch-changes!

If you have paid, remind me and I'll blame it on baby brain!

Hungarian GP - "absolutely amazing...sensational"

Yes please

Flame-grilled Lewis - another retro F1 event
Big Heads - did you spot the faux Lewis and Fernando in the pit lane?
First rain of the season - I'm not used to so much crashing
Vettel on the radio - "negative negative" (thinks he's a cop?)
Close finishes
Lovely, elegant trophies

No thanks

Qually upsets - Bianchi takes out Raikkonen
Hamilton wears a rosary - do we call the fashion police or the Swiss Guard?
They don't make 'em like they used to - drivers can no longer cope with a wet qually
Force India - drivers taking each other out
Poor tyre strategies - poor Button
Haliwell - hanging out with Horner

Hungarian GP Results

1. Ch-ch-ch-Changes! - 1,007
2. The Pitstop  Princess - 742
3. The Hopefuls - 733
4. Mercrari Hulkenassa - 689
5. No Vices Now - 684
6. The Mercs - 671
7. Hippy F1 - 654
8. The View from the Back of the Grid - 570
9. Red Bull goes Brazil Nuts!! - 522
10. League of extraordinary pay drivers - 521
11. The Baldy Biker - 459
12. Magnussen Benz Over Button - 351
13. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 280
14. Hopefully Prancing Horses not Donkeys - 257