Monday, 21 September 2015

Singapore GP - "You're great. You're magic."

Sparkling under the lights

Di Resta presenting on Sky - "turn 11 is followed by turn 12", VERY clammy Scotsman abroad
Exiting the pit lane - presenting the most excitement for most of the race - Massa and Hulkenberg, Alonso and Grosjean
Deception - Toro Rosso were leading us to believe they were having a dreadful race, then...
Mechanical failures - hooray, for Hamilton at last
Overtakes - in particular, Rossi overtaking Hamilton, not what he expected from his first F1 race
Reliability - what could Manor Marussia do if they had this year's Ferrari engine?
Multi 21 - Verstappen doesn't give the position back to Sainz, what you get when you employ a teenager

Down a dark alley

RIP Red Bull? - it's a Ferrari engine or nothing for them next year
Button's retirement - it's McLaren or nothing for him next year
Button's lengthy pitstop - a world record?
Tyre PSI chat - and we didn't think the tyre chat could get any worse
"Try HTT 391" - I struggle to change the radio station whilst driving
Throwing away a golden opportunity to score points - Williams
Man on track - not sure how the Beeb covered this but Sky spent a couple of minutes going "not sure why a safety car has been called...hmm...can't see any reason", whilst a shot of a man walking along the track was aired
Crofty - as Button drove into Maldonado and lost his front wing: "looks like severe front wing damage"!
Throwing away a golden opportunity to score points - in their "third best opportunity to score points this season", McLaren retire from 12th and 14th (what a lot of points they missed out on)
Gearbox problems - ruining or contributing to a great race?

Singapore GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 1,044
2. DC's Tighty Whiteys - 1,037
3. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 1,036
4. Sharks have no bones :) - 943
5. Double Mercedes is Boring! - 848
6. The F1 Flumps - 832
7. Mike and the Mechanics - 803
8. Baby on Board - 800
9. Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - 766
10. Go Fast and Prosper - 759
11. Muppet Racing - 744
12. Hippy F1 - 695
13. The Hopefuls - 601
14. I Monza Brink of Insanity - 574
15. The Pitstop Princess - 566
16. I blame Clarkson - 565
17. Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 553
18. No Vices Now - 549
19= Beauty & the F1 Geek - 532
19= The Very Good Value - 532
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 437
22. 10CC - 387

Monday, 7 September 2015

Italy GP - "Don't ask questions. Just execute"

Mighty roar from the crowd

Button in the points for much of the race - what madness is this?
Lapping by Lap 3 - this could make for a more interesting race
Angry Toto - bringing a little excitement to the end of the race
Speaking Italian - Unit 2 Moving Beyond "Thank you" - Massa gives Vettel a lesson

Boos at the podium

Coffee machine bonus - if I was Hulkenberg or even Mehri, I would be expecting more from my F1 career
Taps aff - Verstappen and his Red Bull respond in a very Scottish way to the sunshine
A blonde moment - oh dear
Grid penalties - I agree with Brundle, they should lose points or have some other penalty because this just ruins races
Stalling on the grid - I was out and about on Sunday lunchtime but I was sure I could hear screaming and shouting in the air about 1 o'clock, I should have guessed it was I Monza Brink of Insanity
Out by the third lap - both Lotuses, even the receivers don't want them
Damn the undercut - how did Rosberg overtake Bottas and Massa?
It was all shaping up to be a good race three laps in... - and then it wasn't
Alonso's retirement - and he was a shoo-in for 14th
Fans cheering - as Rosberg's engine blew
Tense moment on the podium - everyone held their breath as we waited to see whether bananas were going to be thrown - Vettel diplomatically stepped in

Italy GP - Results

1. Teutonic Titans, Titanic Twits - 1,019
2. DC's Tighty Whiteys - 1,013
3. HamBerg from McCedes drive through please - 1,012
4. Sharks have no bones :) - 918
5. Double Mercedes is boring!! - 818
6. The F1 Flumps - 816
7. Mike and the Mechanics - 777
8. Baby on Board - 774
9. Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - 744
10. Go Fast and Prosper - 728
11. Muppet Racing - 718
12. Hippy F1 - 649
13. The Hopefuls - 581
14. I blame Clarkson - 547
15. The Pitstop Princess - 538
16. No Vices Now - 519
17= I Monza Brink of Insanity - 510*
17= Beauty & the F1 Geek - 510
17= The Very Good Value - 510
20. Baby Pitstop's Change Crew - 480
21. Juan Angus Fangio C.I. - 411
22. 10CC - 367

*Home track

ps. Emails are also going out for non-payment!

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Belgium GP - "Top job...beautiful work"

Oui

Skeletons in the closet - Raikkonen must know about Arrivabene's, how else does he have another contract with Ferrari signed so early?
Overtaking - treats from Grosjean, then Kvyat
Kvyat: "It was really good fun today" - at last a racer who enjoys his job

Non

How did Spa get so boring?
Penalties - ruining an interesting grid
Under starter's orders - Hulkenberg was starting, no he's not, yes he is, no, no definitely not...then Sainz
Poor starts - Bottas and Rosberg threw everything way early doors
Mixing up the tyres - from bad to worse for Bottas
Sunshine - another way to ruin Spa
Getting the marigolds on - the marshals get ready to move Ricciardo's car
Bailiffs at the door - things are looking bad for Lotus but then up again with Grosjean's podium ("don't ask me how or why")
"Hyper-exciting" - EJ sounds like your gran taking selfies
Lauda: "Hamilton is unbeatable at the moment" - disappointing news
Tyre chat - more after the race than before for a change - Vettel was swearing and blaming Pirelli for his missing out on a podium finish.  Pirelli insist the tyre blow-outs have been a "third party problem".  Well, isn't this going to be an interesting new forum in F1?

Finally, what is the new starting procedure?