1 (at last). The Pitstop Princess - 1,246
2. Weak End of Bernie - 1,211
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 1,098
4.Halo, it's me - 1,085
5. Hippy F1 - 1,062
6. Claire has to type out this sentence each time as my team name - 1,022
7. Three teams, one dream - 1,007
8. BogOffBernie - 996
9. Beauty & the F1 Geek - 911
10. The Hopefuls - 900
11. No Vices Now - 795
12. The Maranello Marvels - 760
13. Marian's Marvels - 695
14. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 639
15. British Racing Green - 622
16. Put out to Pastor - 402
Monday, 28 November 2016
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Brazil GP - "Terrific drive, Lewis, brilliant"
Sky's coverage got off to a jaunty start with a really good interview with Nico Rosberg. This is unusual because it wasn't a feature about Lewis Hamilton.
Then it rained. If anyone was wondering why this is late published, it took us two sittings to get through the entire race.
Grosjean crashed out just getting his car to the grid. Button must be pleased as this bests his top failure of crashing on the parade lap when he drove for Williams. Put out to Pastor's team are basically an indicator of who would do badly this race/season.
The rain delay meant that there was lots of shots of rain falling into puddles (if this is popular, I say again, Knockhill GP) and sponsor logo close-ups. Wet races used to be the exciting ones.
Then Hamilton got water in his eyes. Angus also does not like getting water in his eyes. I wonder how the person who washes Lewis's hair tricks him?
On Lap 7, Verstappen performed his first overtake, showing no fear.
Lap 11 saw Vettel aquaplane and then have problems with his wheel gun. Where was all this bad luck a couple of years ago? The next big aquaplane was Ericson on lap 14 and Verstappen had to avoid, a hairy moment as he was now on inters. By lap 20, I couldn't take any more as Raikkonen spun on the pit straight. Clearly getting old and becoming a mother has affected me more than I'd care to admit. This brought the red flags out and Massa got a snack bar. Hamilton gave his jacket to a shivering flag girl.
Everyone went racing again. Kvyat and Palmer had a near miss which led to the Russian swearing and shouting: "that's a big one", whilst the Brit kept his stiff upper lip and reported some damage.
There was a red flag on lap 28 but I don't know why. The fans didn't either and they booed and pointed their thumbs downwards. I started another bout of fast forwarding. Boulier cryptically told us: "Don't trust the messages on the radio."
Eventually the racing got back underway with a few mishaps here and there before Massa spun on lap 48. This guaranteed him his moment in the sun (rain). He was crying (and posing for photos). Croft commented that: "This is not how Felipe Massa would have wanted to end". As a Williams supporter, me neither but when has he really brought us any points? The teams came out to in to the pit lane to give him a cheer. Do the successful drivers ever get this response?
FoM is clearly trying to appear to a younger market, broadcasting images of Gutierrez having a row with his boss and stomping off.
In the end though, Verstappen brought the show to Brazil. How much longer until we hate Verstappen the way we hated Vettel and Schumacher?
Then it rained. If anyone was wondering why this is late published, it took us two sittings to get through the entire race.
Grosjean crashed out just getting his car to the grid. Button must be pleased as this bests his top failure of crashing on the parade lap when he drove for Williams. Put out to Pastor's team are basically an indicator of who would do badly this race/season.
The rain delay meant that there was lots of shots of rain falling into puddles (if this is popular, I say again, Knockhill GP) and sponsor logo close-ups. Wet races used to be the exciting ones.
Then Hamilton got water in his eyes. Angus also does not like getting water in his eyes. I wonder how the person who washes Lewis's hair tricks him?
On Lap 7, Verstappen performed his first overtake, showing no fear.
Lap 11 saw Vettel aquaplane and then have problems with his wheel gun. Where was all this bad luck a couple of years ago? The next big aquaplane was Ericson on lap 14 and Verstappen had to avoid, a hairy moment as he was now on inters. By lap 20, I couldn't take any more as Raikkonen spun on the pit straight. Clearly getting old and becoming a mother has affected me more than I'd care to admit. This brought the red flags out and Massa got a snack bar. Hamilton gave his jacket to a shivering flag girl.
Everyone went racing again. Kvyat and Palmer had a near miss which led to the Russian swearing and shouting: "that's a big one", whilst the Brit kept his stiff upper lip and reported some damage.
There was a red flag on lap 28 but I don't know why. The fans didn't either and they booed and pointed their thumbs downwards. I started another bout of fast forwarding. Boulier cryptically told us: "Don't trust the messages on the radio."
Eventually the racing got back underway with a few mishaps here and there before Massa spun on lap 48. This guaranteed him his moment in the sun (rain). He was crying (and posing for photos). Croft commented that: "This is not how Felipe Massa would have wanted to end". As a Williams supporter, me neither but when has he really brought us any points? The teams came out to in to the pit lane to give him a cheer. Do the successful drivers ever get this response?
FoM is clearly trying to appear to a younger market, broadcasting images of Gutierrez having a row with his boss and stomping off.
In the end though, Verstappen brought the show to Brazil. How much longer until we hate Verstappen the way we hated Vettel and Schumacher?
Brazil GP - Results
1. The Pitstop Princess - 1,189*
2. Weak End of Bernie - 1,156*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 1,047*
4. Halo, it's me - 1,042*
5. Hippy F1 - 1,010*
6. Claire has to type out this sentence each time as my team name - 977*
7. The Hopefuls - 850*
8. Marian's Marvels - 677*
9. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 599*
10. British Racing Green - 588*
11. No Vices Now - 775*
12. The Maranello Marvels - 725*
13. Put out to Pastor - 372*
*All teams have now played their home track.
2. Weak End of Bernie - 1,156*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 1,047*
4. Halo, it's me - 1,042*
5. Hippy F1 - 1,010*
6. Claire has to type out this sentence each time as my team name - 977*
7. The Hopefuls - 850*
8. Marian's Marvels - 677*
9. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 599*
10. British Racing Green - 588*
11. No Vices Now - 775*
12. The Maranello Marvels - 725*
13. Put out to Pastor - 372*
*All teams have now played their home track.
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Mexico GP - "Really solid weekend"
Vettel dominated the weekend one way or another. Starting with "Am I safe? I need to pee." during qualifying. Then a puncture in Lap 1. It was quite an interesting first lap - I've written "boom boom boom" about the Virtual Safety Car period. I can't remember why.
During the race we heard a lot from Vettel and Alonso over the radio, mainly whinging. Until Vettel's now infamous sweary rant. He wasn't punished for this, having apologised but I remember watching the sport from a very young age and I want Angus to be able to watch it without the bleeping. Off with his head!
There were a couple of flashbacks to past seasons. We saw an awful lot of Fisichella. Some very synchronised team order passes from Red Bull and Williams too.
The TV viewing in Mexico must shoot up for this race. The camera barely seemed to leave Perez (other than to show us Fisichella).
Coulthard decribed the race as "slow burn". Admittedly I don't have many notes [there was a 20% off on ASOS yesterday. Ed.] I enjoyed Hulkenberg giving Williams a spin to help them out in Lap 68. Then there was all the Vettel/Verstappen carry on. Vettel was raised and subsequently lowered in the results table. His wagging finger ultimately not helping him. Verstappen had to leave the podium room but it was still not the most awkward atmosphere of the season.
Finally, Vettel was crowned Driver of the Day. Which rules out all thoughts I had to including that in a new scoring system for next season.
During the race we heard a lot from Vettel and Alonso over the radio, mainly whinging. Until Vettel's now infamous sweary rant. He wasn't punished for this, having apologised but I remember watching the sport from a very young age and I want Angus to be able to watch it without the bleeping. Off with his head!
There were a couple of flashbacks to past seasons. We saw an awful lot of Fisichella. Some very synchronised team order passes from Red Bull and Williams too.
The TV viewing in Mexico must shoot up for this race. The camera barely seemed to leave Perez (other than to show us Fisichella).
Coulthard decribed the race as "slow burn". Admittedly I don't have many notes [there was a 20% off on ASOS yesterday. Ed.] I enjoyed Hulkenberg giving Williams a spin to help them out in Lap 68. Then there was all the Vettel/Verstappen carry on. Vettel was raised and subsequently lowered in the results table. His wagging finger ultimately not helping him. Verstappen had to leave the podium room but it was still not the most awkward atmosphere of the season.
Finally, Vettel was crowned Driver of the Day. Which rules out all thoughts I had to including that in a new scoring system for next season.
Mexico GP - Results
1. The Pitstop Princess - 1,108*
2. Weak end of Bernie - 1.075*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 990*
4. Halo, it's me - 974*
5. Hippy F1 - 932*
6. Claire has to type this sentence each time as my team name - 926*
7. The Hopefuls - 792*
8. No Vices Now - 757*
9. The Maranello Marvels - 701*
10. Marian's Marvels - 659*
11. British Racing Green - 570*
12. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 493
13. Put out to Pastor - 362*
* Home track played. Keep biting your nails, Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom is still to play their home track in Brazil...this could be a game-changer!
2. Weak end of Bernie - 1.075*
3. Merc-redible Hulk - 990*
4. Halo, it's me - 974*
5. Hippy F1 - 932*
6. Claire has to type this sentence each time as my team name - 926*
7. The Hopefuls - 792*
8. No Vices Now - 757*
9. The Maranello Marvels - 701*
10. Marian's Marvels - 659*
11. British Racing Green - 570*
12. Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom - 493
13. Put out to Pastor - 362*
* Home track played. Keep biting your nails, Indiana Walker and the Tyres of Doom is still to play their home track in Brazil...this could be a game-changer!
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