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Next stop Interlagos. 2007-10-16 03:08:00 The last race of the year, the end of one of the most controversial F1 seasons in years, is almost upon us. Interlagos, Brazil, will be the scene of the title decider. Lewis Hamilton must finish no more than two places behind Fernando Alonso in order to secure the title. And here's hoping that nobody at McLaren does anything stupid in order to screw it up for him. Lets face it they had a pretty good try last time and there have been a few other occasions this year where its not been entirely clear whether the team want him to win or not.Fernando of course, is worried. Here he is, double world champion, being beaten by the new boy. He's done his level best to get ahead of Lewis all year, even resorting to sitting in front of him in the pits for a while at one stage, but to no avail. Now I'm not saying its at Fernando's suggestion, (who would say such a thing! ;-) ) but it seems odd that the FIA has decided that now is a good time to appoint a special scrutineer to ensure fair play a
Jason Plato Loses BTCC Title 2007-10-15 08:37:00 Well thats how I saw it anyway. Giovanardi hung on a couple of places in front of Plato
the whole way through the third race of the day to take the BTCC title by 3 points. After Jason
's adventures this week filming for the poor man's Top Gear, Fifth Gear, it seems like a pretty poor payback for one of his better years racing. An awful lot of effort essentially gone for want of a better start. I reckon if he had got away with Fabrizio he would have been making life a lot tricker for the Italian.Nice to see he didn't give up without a fight though, and surprising to see Matt Neal chip in on his future employers side. I was expecting a fight if Plato and Neal got involved with each other but I wasn't expecting Neal to so obviously help out a team he isn't a part of. Team tactics don't bother me in motor racing. I think its as much part of the sport as the occasional bash is in BTCC. But normally you are meant to be in the team before you start playing team tactics! It could just be Read more:Title
Mad Props to Maxi Jazz 2007-10-13 13:08:00 I was watching Motorsport UK the other day and there was a Porsche Carrera Cup race at Brands Hatch. As usual it gets to the end of the grid and there is everyones favourite mad eyed nearly rapper Maxi Jazz. As usual this made me smile. I've always found it jarring when, amongst all the Britishness, you suddenly get a dancy/hiphop name like Maxi Jazz turn up. I've never been a huge fan of Faithless either but I can't help thinking of the eyes and "I can't get no sleep!" when he gets a mention.So the race starts and after two laps there goes Maxi sliding into the gravel at Paddock Hill Bend (I can't get no sleep!). It was while considering this mans unfortunate lack of racing talent that I realised, If I had the money, I'd do it too. And I would probably make just as good an effort as Maxi does. This man spends an awful lot of money gettin into an awesome race car every few weeks, And all he does is remind us all that it really isn't as easy as it looks.So for that, Maxi, you get
Channel 5 is teh Awesome!!! 2007-10-13 01:22:00 That's right, you heard me. Channel
5 is friggin' amazing. They have quite possibly the widest range of motorsport on any UK TV channel. Of course they put it on at a sensible time of day, usually between midnight and 6 in the morning, but you can't have everything can you. This time penalty doesn't bother me though, because I have technology on my side. I have a freeview DVR.For those that don't know a DVR is a video recorder for the 21st century. No more mucking around to find a blank tape. No more expensive DVD discs cluttering up the house. It just records directly onto a hard drive with the press of a button.So every night I scan through the guide (paying particular attention to Channel 5) and line up the next nights viewing. This can include such gems as the NASCAR Nextel Cup, A1GP, Motorsport Mundial and Race and Rally UK. "Perfect" I think, "This will give me something to do when everyone else is in soap and drama land."So imagine my annoyance when i come to watch (for exa
HI 2007-10-12 14:51:00 This is my first real attempt at a blog. Its going to be about my favourite subject, motor racing, motorsports, racing cars and generally driving too fast. I love a bit of racing cars and its easy to get frustrated and annoyed whilst watching and so I have made myself a place to vent my anger and frustration. ;-)For instance whilst watching what I assumed (along with everyone else in the UK) was going to be Lewis Hamilton wrapping up the World Championship last week. When he spun I was already on the edge of the sofa shouting "Get in the pit! Get in the pit now!!" Except he didn't. Not for another two laps. By which time the tyres are so shot away he can't actually get down the pit lane. I almost turned off the TV right then. But of course I am such a glutton for punishment that I managed to wallow in annoyance for the next hour. All the while muttering incoherently under my breath.I have never seen a team go to such enormous lengths to shoot themselves in the foot. Mclaren I salute
Lewis Hamilton the Bad Guy? 2007-10-17 05:21:00 I've been reading a lot of stuff the past few days about how maybe we have it all wrong here in the UK. LewisHamilton
is maybe not the young gifted driver we all believed him to be and Fernando Alonso has been wronged by his team and relegated to second position by the new British upstart.There are opinion pieces stating this point of view in reputable publications as well as the old favourite, an online petition.Maybe they have a point, after all as Brits we are likely to be biased in favour of Hamilton, just like we are in Jenson Button's case. Errr... it kind of falls down just a little there. Lets be honest, the British love bashing their heroes. As a nation its one of the things we excel at. You can't be successful in this country and expect to have everyone love you, it just isn't going to happen. Lewis is, in this respect at least, very much the exception to the rule. Of course that doesn't really count as evidence against the conspiracy theories, so lets try looking at a Read more:Lewis Hamilton
They Think Its All Over! 2007-10-22 11:02:00 It is now (appeals notwithstanding). Well I think disappointing is the correct word for that. After 4 secs of excitement at the start of the first lap it all went dismally down to nothing for Lewis Hamilton. As the saying goes, not with a bang, but a whimper. I suppose we should be celebrating Kimi Raikonnen winning the championship and I'm sure some are, but from here it seems as though Lewis lost it instead. After all the drama this season, to have it decided by a mechanical (nearly) failure is just about as typical as it gets. You have to say though, it couldn't have gone to a more dull person. I always try to hold firmly in mind the moment when Martin Brundle found Kimi for a grid walk interview in 2006 at Interlagos. On live ITV with (as Martin likes to remind us once per race) 5 million people watching, the conversation began..."Did you catch the presentation?" says Martin referring to the Schumacher retirement special which had just finished."No," says Kimi, deadpan as ever, "
A New Era Dawns 2007-11-04 01:19:00 In a move that is sure to surprise almost no-one, Fernando Alonso and McLaren announce that they will not be together next year. The only real surprise was that it took this long for the press release to arrive.So the guessing game begins, where exactly is Alonso going to end up next year? The guesses seem to include all the major teams, but the ones that strike me as funniest are Toyota and Honda. Can you imagine the ex-world champions delight at being offered a drive at Toyota? "I can't drive there, they wouldn't win if they were actually running a Ferrari, but look at the size of the cheque!" A tricky decision indeed. Then again Honda isn't that much better. For some reason though I just can't imagine that Barrichello will just get dumped in the off season. At least I hope not, it seems poor reward for an entire career as a number 2 driver.The FIA seem to be doing their usual job of trying to screw it up for everybody by removing small parts of the competition every few months. Read more:New Era
Gone Karting 2008-04-17 01:16:00 I have just been out for a practice session at Daytona karting in Sandown. It was a fairly cold day with a wet track and it was a brilliant laugh. Slipping and sliding all over the place, several spins, a couple of bumps and dodges, knackered forearms by the time it finished. Everything you could want.It was the first time I've been outdoor karting. I've done a few laps on the local indoor track but its just not the same thing, especially in the wet. On slicks! The first turn up there is a high speed sweeper and its one of those 'how brave do you want to be' corners, where you just have to fling it in and hope for the best. At the start of the session, it was turn in and watch the kart carry on straight for a bit, but at the end it was scrabbling around for grip the whole way through. Afte
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