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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been a bad bad blogger. Completely failed to blog about the
Russian, US and Brazilian races. Actually I did write a blog for the Russian
Grand Prix then never got round to posting it. How rubbish is that? I never got
to see the US GP as we were on holiday livin’ la vida loca in Center Parcs and
I can only presume some other child-related stuff was going on during the
Brazilian GP. The stuff of life has an annoying habit of getting in the way of
grand prix watching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still better late than never. I’m getting my act together just in
time for the last race of the season. How to describe this season? Tense (just ask Toto Wolff), controversial (run-off gate in Monaco, the Hamilton/Rosberg
crash in Spa), devastating (Schumacher’s and Bianchi’s horrific accidents) and
unpredictable. Yet another title race comes right down to the wire. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This race marks the end of an era in so many ways with one of the
biggest driver reshuffles in years coming up in 2015. The giants of F1 are on
the move. Vettel leaving Red Bull for Ferrari, Alonso definitely leaving
Ferrari for somewhere else (probably McLaren). Jenson Button possibly leaving
F1 for good. How must he be feeling today knowing this might be his last race
ever in F1. It would be hard to imagine F1 without Jenson. Its not time for him to
go yet. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without further ado for the final time this season (sob sob sob) drumroll
please…its #MartinsGridWalk. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul Hembery of Pirelli (he used to be Public Enemy No.1 but this
season has been feeling a whole lot more love) says it will be a two stop race,
all pretty straightforward etc. It’s a slamdunk then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a literally gazillion people on the grid. The combined
wealth of them all is probably more than several countries’ GDP combined.
Prince Harry is in attendance but we all know he doesn’t give interviews.
Probably because he doesn’t know much about F1. I look forward in a supremely
cringe-face way of seeing Harry and the soon-to-be-Mrs Christian Horner discussing
the finer points of the impact of tyre degradation on Vettel’s race strategy
during the race. Remember way back when I used to mention Geri Halliwell as the
ultimate unworthy random celeb who would always pop up at Monaco. Well just to
totally spite me, she will now ALWAYS be at races. That grid-stalking
definitely paid off. Well played Ginger Spice. And actually she probably knows more about F1 than Prince ‘when will we see someone throw an oval-shaped ball’
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah lovely Tanja from German TV is interviewing Martin. I’ve said it
before and I’ll say it again, in my slightly dotty mind this is one of the greatest love
stories of our times. Dawn and Tim from The Office have nothing on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valterri Bottas (the husband’s new favourite driver crush) is pretty
happy to be starting 3<sup>rd</sup>. He said he has had a ‘cool’ season. If
there is an opportunity he will have a go at the Mercedes’ cars (presumably
until they disappear off into the glorious Abu Dhabi sunset). Anyone else think
Bottas will end up at Ferrari as a replacement for Kimi (the season after
next). Not that I want to see him leave Williams but Ferrari will be desperate
to rebuild. Actually just put the full stop after desperate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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who can blame them. My own nerves are close to being shredded with it all. And
it is time. The world awaits the crowning of a new champion after four years of
Sebastian Vettel sweeping all before him.</span></span></div>
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Hamilton has jumped Nico Rosberg immediately at the start. I don’t think I have
EVER seen Lewis make such an electric start. Given the stakes, that is
phenomenally cool from Lewis. Famous last words but it could be game over…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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In a lot of ways the race behind the front two, though far less significant, is
the race that will probably entertain more – Massa, Button, Kimi and Alonso
scrapping and fighting each other for position. All power to Mercedes for
designing and constructing such an outstanding car (the snappily named </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">W05 Hybrid – how the winter nights must fly by in Brackley). It is definitely
one of the best F1 cars ever (*lightbulb ‘idea for a blog’ moment*) but their
relentless dominance does slightly sap some of the life out of the races.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alonso has executed a beautiful move on Kimi on lap 6 (and Kvyat cashes
in to pass Kimi for good measure) and promptly asks to pits knowing he has
first call as the leading Ferrari. I just freaking LOVE Fernando Alonso – he is
the wiliest of foxes. I am not sure that signing Vettel is the massive step up
for Ferrari that everyone thinks. There is a whole lot of other stuff at
Ferrari that needs fixing before they can be a title contender again. Well done
to the Abu Dhabu (Bernie controlled?) TV bods for showing all the action lower
down in the field. Such as Alonso jostling with the Caterham of…er…Will
Stevens. Cue radio message from Alonso “who
is this guy?”. Way to get noticed, Will Stevens. But actually who is he? Apparently
a racing driver from Rochford in Essex who has competed in such series as
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Toyota Racing Series and the British Formula
Renault Championship. Wikipedia is a marvellous thing. Whatever else happens in
Will’s life he will dine out on the moment he vexed Fernando Alonso for a very
long time! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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And he comes into the pits on lap 11 with the departing instruction from his
team of ‘turn up your engine and push hard’. Well obviously not too hard guys –
he only needs second place.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mercedes cars are now trading fastest laps just to underline how utterly
awesome their car is. But even if Rosberg gets past Hamilton (which would be a
Herculean achievement in itself) he is then relying on Massa for overtake
Hamilton. With the greatest of respect to Massa, he isn’t exactly from the
uncompromising-and-fight-to-the-bitter-end Nigel Mansell Stable of drivers. They
might as well start etching Hamilton’s name onto the drivers’ title trophy now.
Can anyone apart from Nico get past Hamilton in a Mercedes? Probably not. Its looking
highly likely now that Rosberg’s only hope is reliability issues hitting
Hamilton’s car. And no one wants the world championship to be decided that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Magnussen, Vettel, Button and Alonso are having a feisty battle for 7<sup>th</sup>
place. What does three potential McLaren drivers into two driver seats give
you? That’s one for Ron Dennis to ponder while preparing potions of hemlock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it just me or would not Interlagos be a more exciting and majestic
stage for the finale of the F1 season. I don’t mind Abu Dhabi as Tilke-bot
tracks go but it just doesn’t cut the mustard for the final race. Someone needs to have a word with the powers that be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Developments. Rosberg’s car has suffered the failure of its energy recovery
system which in turn has impacted on his brakes. This time it really is game
over barring the most cataclysmic accident. After the next round of pitstops,
Nico has just asked his engineer “how am I looking
for fifth”. The answer: “not good at the moment, Nico”. Look away now, Nico fans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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battles we’ve seen in years, we were treated to a magnificent drag race between
Alonso and Button (all four of us – even the 4 year old who is a fan of Button’s pink
helmet - were on our feet shouting). High five to the old timers for proving
they’ve still got it!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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currently leading the race (do not readjust your set) and Bottas has rejoined
in 4<sup>th</sup>. What a renaissance for Williams – looking good for 3<sup>rd</sup>
in the Constructors Championship (AHEAD OF FERRARI) after finishing 9<sup>th</sup> last season.
Hopefully that’s the perfect tonic for the legend that is Sir Frank Williams
who has been in hospital for the last few weeks. Get well soon Frank.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1e1e1e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So a quick recap of the leaderboard: 1. Massa 2. Hamilton 3. Ricciardo 4.
Bottas 5. Perez 6. Vettel. There’s a whole bunch of names in there that I
didn’t expect to see. Rosberg is 7<sup>th</sup> which won’t be good enough even in
the unlikely event that Hamilton’s race disastrously capsizes. Hamilton has told his
team he isn’t interested in racing Massa – all he needs and wants to do is just
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and suffering lack of pace. He has just been passed by Jenson Button to drop
back to 8<sup>th</sup> place. His brake pedals are pretty much shot to pieces
and he is going to be lucky to see this race out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pressure in his car’s system. Massa is now out on his new supersoft tyres and
has 11 laps to try and catch Lewis before the end of the race. Basically Lewis
doesn’t give a tinker’s cuss about winning the race but Mercedes would like to
seal the deal in style. But if it comes to it, surely the team can’t mind too
much if Lewis doesn’t put up a fight. After all Massa is prone to the odd
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around a trillion times) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has now been
passed by Hulkenberg. His car has failed him when it mattered most though
arguably a failure in Brazil would have been pretty critical for his title
chances but hey we are where we are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Almost certainly Lewis has won the title so wouldn’t it be amazing if Felipe
Massa was to take Williams’ first win since Maldonado in Spain over two years
ago. Its not too much to ask is it?</span></span></div>
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the race. He has slowed down drastically and is now in 13<sup>th</sup> place
and (OUCH) might even get lapped by Hamilton. Poor old Massa, he is now having
to battle the new F1 Champion-Elect. Nothing like that ‘discovering you have
just won the title’ feeling to make your car go faster hey. Mercedes have just
told Nico to box but he wants to finish the race. Classy to the end. That's the true spirit of a F1 racer right there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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importantly he is the new<b> F1 WORLD
CHAMPION</b>. The first British double champion since Jackie Stewart. Blimey. And
the first Mercedes-Benz F1 world champion since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955.
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giant Union Jack trailing behind him. The boy gone good. It really is a proud day for
British motorsport (and I suppose some credit must go to the German car that gave him the title!). Where there is a winner, there is a loser and we see a
clearly tearful Nico Rosberg driving round the track after the race. The agony
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finishes ahead of his team-mate </span></div>
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in what may be his valedictory race</span></div>
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placed German (not many would have predicted that!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And the final standings are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lewis Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Without question the right person and the better driver won the
title. Some doubted (including me) whether as prodigiously talented as he is, could
he hold his nerve. A resounding yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The second world championship has been a long time coming (largely due
to the unbreakable hegemony of Red Bull) but richly deserved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Without Nico we wouldn’t have had this thrilling and topsy-turvy
championship battle. He pushed Lewis far closer than many thought he would.
And it will be fascinating to see if he comes back stronger next year. His
dignity and class in how he handled the devastating disappointment in Abu
Dhabi was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remarkable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The best of the rest (and some of the rest aren’t too shabby). To
say Daniel Ricciardo surprised me this season is a huge understatement. Who
would have thought he’d wipe the floor with Vettel. But what do I know?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This guy really arrived this season. Everyone take note – he is a
future world champion in the making.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Remember him? Not a bad season but not a particularly good one
either. First and foremost you always measure yourself against your
team-mate. Seb definitely needs a new challenge and he will certainly get
that at Ferrari.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To end up only 6 points behind Vettel is pretty incredible given
the absolute heap of junk that was the Ferrari this season. If further
evidence was needed, his team-mate (Kimi) only mustered 55 points. A driver
as brilliant as Fernando deserved one title at Ferrari but it just wasn’t to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I guess that’s a wrap. End of season awards will be coming up so
stay tuned and to all my lovely F1 Twitter friends thanks for your brilliant
company in all the races this season. </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dark day for F1</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I debated long and hard whether to still post this blog after Jules
Bianchi’s terrible accident near the end of the Japanese Grand Prix but whatever
happens (and we pray that Jules makes a full recovery) a motor race did take
place, there was a winner, a 1-2-3 and points were awarded. These things are
not hugely important while a man’s life hangs in the balance. The Japanese
Grand Prix of 2014 will forever be remembered for what happened on lap 44 but the
results of the race will still count. We can forget sometimes that Formula 1 is
dangerous and whilst you can work to minimise the degree of risk that drivers
are exposed to, you can never make it completely safe. It is 20 years since the
last driver race fatality – Ayrton Senna, the best driver of his generation –
but there have been some very near misses since then. So I decided to post my
blog as a record of a race with sadly very tragic undertones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I blogged while watching the race ‘recorded but as if live’
(avoiding all news, spoilers and Twitter). Apologies if the tone seems irreverent
or flippant at times in light of later events. Like all F1 fans, I started
watching the race in a happy state of anticipation and sadly by the time it
ended we were all in a state of shock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thoughts and prayers are with Jules, his family, friends and the
Marussia team.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Back to the start.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry about the lack of blogging (life has an annoying habit of
getting in the way – and also three little letters called ‘PTA’ and if you
don’t know what that means then lucky you) but wow Singapore hey? Who knew
Singapore could be SO exciting? Well that spiced things up nicely didn’t it. With
just four races to go until the Boom or Bust Finale in Abu Dhabi. In a highly
unusually prescient moment, I did say in my preview blog for Singapore that
Lewis Hamilton was less than a race win away and a DNF for Nico Rosberg from
leading the championship race. And guess what? Its game on. What a stupendously
exciting season this is proving to be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last time out, Hamilton triumphed in Singapore</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am currently home alone with the 3 year old while the husband and
the 7 year old have trekked off to some rugby tournament in another county. I
actually got a comment yesterday from the husband "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you are not a rugby mum are you"</i>. Erm let me think about that one.
No. So I have Sunday morning heaven of coffee and the Japanese Grand Prix in a
warm roasty toasty house. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japanese GP races have been a little bit disappointing in recent
years but still I love Suzuka and am so looking forward to this race: (1) Japan
can give us epic races and has provided some of THE most dramatic and emotional
F1 moments ever, (2) Japanese F1 fans are absolutely brilliant and (3) clearly
it is all shades of exciting as the husband was frantically checking his phone
every 2 seconds for updates just before he left on rugby-martyr-watching duty
and he was only up to lap 26!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently, we haven’t had ANY rain during a race so far this season or apparently had any rain during a race since
the 2012 Brazil GP. Blimey. If ever a season needed some rain it was the
Death-Defyingly Dull 2013 season. Puddles, rivers, reservoirs, oceans you name
it, the Suzuka track has got the water equivalent. So not surprisingly the race
is starting behind a safety car. I’m beginning to think I’m going to need something
much stronger than coffee to get through it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martin is very surprised the race wasn’t brought forward and said he
had a chat about it all with Charlie Whiting this morning. Charlie said the job
of the FIA is to monitor safety and all he can do is to assess whether its safe
to race <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at the times they are allocated</i>.
Whoever is to blame then for not moving the race it is not Charlie. It is all down
to the Japanese organisers/promoters. Maybe they had their <s>£££££</s> reasons hey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The race gets underway behind the Safety Car </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s the first safety car start since Canada 2011 – and we all know
how that race turned out?! 4 hours of pure F1 gold. So we’re off, albeit very,
very, very slowly and already the drivers are struggling to get heat in their
brakes behind the safety car. I pity the poor safety car driver being sent out
in those conditions. When Vettel comes over the radio to report he is
aquaplaning you know things are horrendously difficult out there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just as Lewis comes on over the radio to say he can’t see Rosberg in
front of him the race is RED-FLAGGED. Maybe Charlie had a vision of the
apocalyptic fall-out if Lewis crashed into the back of Nico. So all the cars
are now parked in the pitlane and NOT the grid. The red flag came out before the
leader had completed 2 laps. So are we into half points territory yet? No one
seems to know. And Martin and Crofty are pouring all over the rule-book. I need
another coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had an announcement that ‘tents are allowed in the pitlane’.
Ever tried to put up a gazebo in the rain? Hell on earth. But in a cram-packed
pitlane? Still F1 engineers are made of sturdy stuff. I always find these
random atypical moments in a race quite interesting – Christian Horner, Toto
Wolff and Eric Bouillier all chewing the cud. Presumably like me they are
dismayed that Mel B took Emma Bunton and not Geri along to the Judges Houses on
X Factor.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most expensive campsite in the world</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martin reads out to us the relevant provision – Article 41.2: If the
race is suspended during a Safety Car intervention and if the Safety Car is
directed into the pitlane, cars should stop in a line behind the Safety Car in
the fast lane of the pits. So what has happened is totally spot on. I love a good legal type clause. I know I know Saddo Klaxon. But GOOD NEWS we are going to get some racing very
shortly. The 3 year old has just looked up </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from her play-doh table and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spotted Charlie Whiting on the TV and squealed “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he’s not on
holiday any more</i>”. Ain't that the truth. That’s what I call a stressful job.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we are off. Behind the Safety Car. Again. And we have a new
Natural Hazard to contend with – the sun will set in around two hours and
Suzuka isn’t exactly awash with floodlights. Oh Alonso has suddenly stopped
with some electrical failure. Nooooooo. Bet he is thinking I won’t have to put
up with this crap next year at McLaren. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holy cow it has actually stopped raining. Some of the drivers reckon
its time for intermediates. The Safety Car has been out for an eternity and
Martin is seriously unimpressed. But on lap 9 we are told that the Safety Car
is coming in at the end of this lap. Hallelujah! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lap 10 and we have real proper wheels-turning-in-anger racing! So to recap its 1. Rosberg, 2.
Hamilton, 3. Bottas, 4. Massa, 5. Ricciardo (who surely will be on the right
side of team orders today given Vettel’s defection next season to Another Team
Who Might Have Red Cars) and 6. Magnussen. Button has moved very early onto
inters and now a lot of the cars are starting to come in and whack on inters as
well. Lets hope there are no stray tent pegs lying around. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Button who was in 20<sup>th</sup> place a minute ago is now already
in 8<sup>th</sup> place. Clever old Jenson and McLaren hey! So who will get the
first pitstop nod at Mercedes? The race leader or the championship leader?
Vettel meanwhile has pitted and rejoined just ahead of Ricciardo – wonder how
long those positions will be maintained.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And its Rosberg who has got the pitstop nod. He slots back in 2<sup>nd</sup>
place which shows just what a whopping lead the Mercedes had already built up.
Button is now in 3<sup>rd</sup> place. Go Jenson! Right Lewis is now coming
into the pits…..drum roll please….. and its Rosberg who retakes the lead of the
Japanese Grand Prix. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet conditions, unpredictable conditions? Button is your man.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massa has now been passed by both Red Bulls and the next Williams to
be gobbled up by Vettel is Bottas. Vettel is now in 4<sup>th</sup> place and Ricciardo
not to be outdone pulls off an exquisite move to pass Bottas himself. And now Hamilton
is right on the back of Rosberg. Squeaky Bum Time to nick one of Sir Alex
Ferguson’s sayings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ferrari is having a torrid day. Kimi pits and has a problem with the
wheel gun and loses places to Kvyat, Bianchi and Ericsson. Dear god. And
Hamilton is now only 0.289 seconds behind his team-mate. The Red Bulls are the
fastest cars out on track, admittedly a VERY long way behind the two Mercedes
cars but still there are 28 laps to go. Hamilton is swarming all over the back
of Rosberg who is complaining of oversteer. Toto Wolff must be having heart
palpitations on the pit wall. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamilton is pushing and pushing and has just gone wide. Good to know
he is keeping it nice and steady as per his the team’s instructions! But he is
clearly so much quicker than Rosberg and to my surprise apparently he has never
won at Suzuka. Halfway order is 1. Rosberg, 2. Hamilton, 3. Button, 4. Vettel
and 5. Ricciardo.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And on lap 29, Lewis Hamilton takes the LEAD of the Japanese Grand
Prix after some very overly defensive driving from Rosberg. A defining moment
in the championship race? We shall see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Button pits from 3<sup>rd</sup> on lap 32 and has to change his
steering wheel just like Magnussen (the McLaren electronics clearly like
rain about as much as Alonso's car) and unfortunately as a result loses his place to Vettel who pitted a
couple of laps earlier. Rosberg pits ahead of Hamilton who seems quite happy to
stay out. But Lewis then comes in on lap 36 meaning that Ricciardo (who has not
yet pitted again) leads the race. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A huge round of applause for Kevin Magnussen who unlaps himself by
passing Ricciardo in audacious style. Just sometimes he shows us exactly what
McLaren saw in him. Vettel is having a lively time out on track and Jenson
Button is now starting to play catch up. Can he snatch a podium with 14 laps to
go? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is raining a lot more once again. And is it just me or does it
look very dark out there? Button is now embroiled in a full on battle with
Ricciardo and is using every ounce of his considerable guile and experience to
keep him at bay. For now. The rain is tippling down and DRS has been disabled
which is good news for Jenson. The 3 year old has just asked “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is the red car winning</i>?”. Bless. For
reasons I haven’t quite ascertained, Alonso is her favourite driver. Not that I
am questioning her excellent judgment but she might need to rethink her
allegiances next year. For her the redness of the car is pivotal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the ever deteriorating conditions, Sutil appears to have
emplanted his car into a barrier. Mad Gamble Alert. Jenson is now pitting for
FULL WETS. His call apparently. And it’s the return of the Safety Car. Oh dear a
medical car is out on track. Presumably for Sutil. And a stream of cars head
into the pits for new tyres. Poor old Jenson. He could not have timed that
pitstop any worse. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martin has just said those awful words “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">something is not good up there</i>” and then it went eerily quiet in
the commentary box. Feeling very, very worried now. They have just spotted
another car in that incident – the Marussia of Jules Bianchi. Oh how terrible.
Sutil is definitely ok but we don’t know anything else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor Adrian Sutil looks on in horror at the scene of the crash</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is now an ambulance out on track and on lap 46 the race has
been red-flagged. Because of the ambulance on track? Or the track conditions? Or
something worse? It is now so dark that surely the race won’t be restarted. No
news is being made public about Jules Bianchi’s condition but Ted just said there
was no response from Jules when the team radioed him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cars once again are all lined up in the pitlane. And I can’t
help but wonder what the drivers know or don’t know about Bianchi’s accident. I
am trying to push Imola thoughts out of my mind but it has that same terrible wall
of silence feeling about it. Perhaps I am just over-analysing but Martin,
Crofty and Ted sound very sombre – which of course is entirely understandable and
appropriate even if they don’t know much more than all of us sitting at home. But
I fear that they do know more than they are able to tell us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are told the race will not resume. Ted says its complete chaos in
the medical centre and the FIA’s press delegate is having to force open the
door to let in Bianchi’s team members and his manager (who is the son of the FIA president).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lewis has won the race in what must be the strangest win of his race
career. It doesn’t seem at all important with the uncertainty as to Bianchi’s
condition but it finished: 1. Hamilton, 2. Rosberg, 3. Vettel, 4. Ricciardo and
5. Button.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sombre Lewis Hamilton on the podium</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Rosberg has clearly just passed on an update to Hamilton in the Green
Room after speaking to Herbie Blash and a few moments later very quietly and
very discreetly Lewis does the sign of the cross. Every single F1 person looks shocked
and devastated. It has transpired that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bianchi's car hit water and
aquaplaned off at exactly the same spot where recovery vehicles were attending
Sutil’s car that had crashed the lap before. Bianchi suffered a severe head
injury and has been transported to hospital where he is now in surgery. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forza Jules.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">All of a sudden we are
down to just 6 races. We are reaching the end-game.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The globetrotting
denouement to this fiercely contested and impossibly hard to call season will
get underway in Singapore this weekend. In recent seasons this has normally
heralded a run of horrifically dull, processional races (normally won by Red
Bull). But joy of joys the Indian GP (should have worked but just didn’t) and
the Korean GP (the all-time highlight being PSY waving the chequered flag in
2012 to put an end to all our misery) have been dropped from the F1 calendar. *<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">High Five to Bernie</span>* So goodbye Indian
and Korean GPs, we barely knew you at all but I think we can all agree a
conscious uncoupling is the best thing all round.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">And this means we have a
very eclectic, diverse and fascinating collection of races to see out the
season. First off, its back to the Far East for the longest
race (309km – that’s a whole lot of street) and one of the most gruelling races for
drivers of the season. Cards on the table, I’ve never been much of a fan of
this race. On paper, it sounds great. A night race around a visually stunning
street circuit that by all accounts has an incredibly charged atmosphere. Its basically
like watching Bladerunner with cars. No other race on the F1 calendar has that
package so what’s not to love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scene from Bladerunner or the Singapore GP? Spookily alike!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Well its very difficult
to overtake for starters meaning that other factors such as tyre/pitstop strategy
and unreliability will have much more of a bearing on how the race unfolds.
Interestingly, it has a 100% record of a Safety Car (normally a good indicator
of a lively race, see <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Montreal</i>) so it
obviously has had its fair share of crashes and incidents, not surprisingly
given the length of the race and constant braking around a tight, walled track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">It undoubtedly poses a
unique set of challenges for the drivers but doesn’t tend to throw up any real
surprises. Whisper it quietly (or hey just tell the FIA 1 Race Director
like I did – ahem!!) it is quite a b-o-r-ing race. Which is generally won by
Sebastian Vettel (for the last 3 years at any rate). Although ironically a Vettel win this year would probably mean its been an rollercoaster
humdinger of a race as the likely Mercedes benefit gig would have not gone to
plan. Mind you he’d have to see off Daniel Ricciardo first!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">But this year I am quite
hopeful. Firstly, the stand-out dominant car doesn’t not have a
stand-out-running-away-with-the-championship driver (like the Vettel-Red Bull
dream team of the last few seasons). There is the tantalising prospect of
Hamilton and Rosberg racing each other like loons around a track where there is
no margin for error.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And we all know how that can play out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">And to add some further
spice to proceedings in Singapore, there is also the new all-singing and
all-dancing directive from the FIA banning teams from giving their driver coded
messages over the radio or passing on any performance related information
(including on pitboards). All the teams have been given a long list of banned
messages and the teams, as is their wont when their lives are made a teeny bit
more difficult, are quite vexed by the whole situation. So what’s on the Banned List? Quite a lot
actually – sector time information, clutch maps and settings (so expect to see
an interesting start to the Singapore GP as drivers have been used to a LOT of
help in getting the car ready during the formation lap), fuel flow settings and
fuel saving, engine settings, gearbox settings and brake balance settings
(which could make a big difference at a brake-heavy track like Singapore). Pretty much all settings you can think of. Also teams can’t answer direct questions from drivers such as “<i>what’s Nico’s
sector time</i>” or “<i>at what corners is Lewis gaining time</i>”. For example. Oh and
from Japan it will get a whole lot harder
as brake wear/temperatures and tyre pressures/temperatures will join the Banned
List.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The thinking behind all
of this from Charlie Whiting and FIA is to strip away the relentless ‘coaching’ that a team gives their driver throughout a race. Its fair to say the amount of help and instructions
that drivers were getting over the radio was becoming a bit ridiculous. Stuff like “try
using 5<sup>th</sup> gear into turn 4”. Really? And I had to laugh at the
senior engineer who said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="color: #151515;">people should be careful what they wish for - this is
going to mean almost no radio traffic at all</span></i><span style="color: #151515;">”.
Honestly guys, on the whole your radio messages aren’t actually all that
interesting. Back in the day, we hardly ever heard any radio messages and gasp,
shock, horror we still had some stunningly exciting races. And bless the Sky
team who literally saturate us (in a good way!) with non-stop analysis and post-race dissection of every key moment on the Sky Pad. We’re hardly going
to be left in the dark as to what’s happening out on track, even if the drivers
are!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">From the
perspective of my sofa, I’m quite looking forward to watching a race where
drivers are less spoon-fed and their driving isn’t oh-so-carefully managed by their
team during the race. They are all top-class drivers or they wouldn’t be in F1
so let them just race as much as is possible in modern day F1. This new directive is hardly going to rip up the F1 grid
order and lead to a Caterham snatching a race win from Sauber next weekend but
it should reward the instinctive, natural drivers and those who have a deep,
intuitive feel for the handling of their cars and can relay that to their engineers. And that has to be a good thing in my opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hamilton trails Nico Rosberg by a mere 22 points. Not insignificant but the title lead is now less
than a race win (for Lewis) and a DNF (for Nico) away. Both drivers have
welcomed the FIA crackdown on radio messages as something that will enable their own superior talents to come more to the fore - psychological mind-games are well and truly in full force - but only time will tell who will
benefit the most from a return to what Nico Rosberg calls ‘purer racing’. Pure racing hey? That could kickstart a whole other debate...!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moment Civil War erupted</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And so its all-out war.
The ‘clear the air’ talks at Mercedes between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
were about as successful in preventing hostilities as the ‘peace in our time’
Munich Treaty. And as angry as Niki Lauda was after the race, I’m not sure I
have ever seen anyone quite as incandescent as the normally very mild-mannered Toto
Wolff who was the very definition of seething fury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angry man</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">As well Toto might be
after the fragile ceasefire at Mercedes imploded spectacularly when his two drivers
crashed in each other on lap two. As a result, Rosberg damaged his front wing
and Hamilton sustained a puncture and further damage to the car floor as he
nursed his car into the pits. It was pretty much race over for Hamilton after
that. In a delicious piece of dramatic irony (and a nomination nod to the
Guardian journo who referenced ‘Banquo’s ghost’ when writing about this moment
in the race – surely a contender for this week’s Pseuds Corner in Private Eye!),
Rosberg ended up with flailing streamers from Hamilton’s delaminated tyre
becoming attached to his aerial and fluttering in front of him for a couple of
laps. That must have made Eau Rouge interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosberg battling to remove Hamilton's tyre streamers. I think they call that karma.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">All of which played into
the hands of the one driver who is always there to pick up the pieces when
Mercedes self-destructs, the lovely Daniel Ricciardo. But it was by no means a
gifted walkover of a win. Ricciardo had to overtake the supremely combative duo
of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel (6 world titles cannot be wrong) and
then withstand some significant pressure from Nico Rosberg in the closing
stages to seal the deal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ricciardo has now won 3
of the last 6 races and lies just 35 points in 3<sup>rd</sup> place behind
Lewis Hamilton in the title standings. And while it would be inconceivable to
imagine a non-Mercedes title winner, Ricciardo’s superb form (harnessed to
perfection by a brilliantly run team) could add a lot of spice to the title
battle. What an absolute joy it must be for Christian Horner to have a driver
like Ricciardo in the team – massively talented, hungry for success but composed
and level-headed in the cockpit. Just a class act on and off the track. As and
when he wins the title (as surely he will one day), he will be an enormously popular
champion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel Ricciardo. Class Act.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bottas took another
richly deserved podium by coming home having raced his heart out with stunning
moves to pass Alonso and Vettel (his balls of steel overtake of Vettel on the
outside of Les Combes rightly brought a standing ovation from his mechanics!)
and in the closing laps he overtook Kimi Raikkonen to secure 3<sup>rd</sup>
place. But for the first time this season Kimi finished ahead of his team-mate
and had his best result of the year so far. Whatever happened in the summer
break, Kimi was like a driver reborn in Spa and just seemed like the Kimi of
old – aggressive, focused and really enjoying himself. Maybe that is the Spa
Effect. But more of the same in Monza please!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The next 4 drivers across
the finish line were 5) Vettel, 6) Magnussen, 7) Button and 8) Alonso who
treated us to a wild and thrilling four way scrap that in all honesty could
have ended any one of 24 different ways (unless my extremely rusty A-Level in statistics
has failed me which is entirely possible). If there is such a thing as a pure
shot of ‘racing’ then this exhilerating sequence would be your poison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The calm before the storm</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And so lets pick over the
wreckage of Mercedes’ weekend. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The front
row lock-out (their fifth of the season) had set the stage for double Mercedes
glory and a fabulous battle round the greatest track in motorsport. Lewis had a
stunning start to pole-vault himself into the lead and Rosberg initially
dropped back to 3<sup>rd</sup> behind Vettel before quickly regaining his
place. Perhaps Rosberg was slightly shaken by nearly throwing away his precious
pole position advantage and his subsequent actions were borne more out of
desperation to regain the lead than anything more sinister. But as Nico closed
up on Lewis going into Les Combes, looking to make the pass, Lewis held firm to
his racing line and Nico clipped Lewis’s rear left tyre which immediately
suffered a puncture. Only the most stone-hearted fan would not have felt some
small ounce of sympathy for Lewis as he staggered into the pits with a
delaminated tyre and irreparable damage to the floor having been only moments
earlier leading the race. But (and it’s a big ‘but’) this is motor-racing.
Sometimes it is cruel and it is unfair. While undoubtedly Lewis has had more
than his share of bad luck this season (although a far greater spotlight shines
on his misfortune than retirements by drivers scrapping away for the odd point
lower down the field), he is in exalted company with others who had the gods
conspire against them (see Nigel Mansell, Johnny ‘bad luck’ Herbert and even the
great Michael Schumacher at…oh yes… Mercedes).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tyre blow-out in Adelaide cost Mansell the title. I could still sob at the very memory.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Of course deliberate
accidents can and do happen between team-mates but I would definitely interpret
this as more of a clumsy manoeuvre than any deliberate attempt by Rosberg to
destroy Hamilton’s race. Firstly, Rosberg is leading the championship and there
are still 7 races to go; secondly, nine times out of ten both cars would have
escaped unscathed from that small sliver of contact; and thirdly, Rosberg has
to answer to Toto Wolff who is Very Scary. While he might have misjudged and
miscalculated the situation on lap 2 in Spa, and possibly acted a bit
petulantly (but its one driver’s word against the other’s on that score), it
was IMHO nothing more than a racing incident that even the FIA did not see the
need to investigate. That it unfortunately cost Hamilton far more than it cost
Rosberg is harsh and unfair but doesn’t mean Nico acted with malice
aforethought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">There was another
sub-plot in Hamilton’s race story that I found almost equally intriguing. From
even before the half-way stage on lap 20, Hamilton implored the team to let him
come in, retire from the race and save the engine. Mercedes rightly resisted
his overtures at first by pointing out there could be the game-changer of a
safety car. Always a distinct possiblity in Spa. But Lewis kept on and kept on
pleading and the team clearly felt with 5 laps to go there was no point in him continuing
and called him in to retire from the race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lewis retires on lap 39</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now this is a tough one.
Lewis was obviously struggling without downforce to overtake far inferior cars
and clearly his car’s performance deteriorated as the race went on. Probably by
the time he did retire, there was little point keeping him out as his car was
getting slower. But when he first begged the team to come in, he was still over
a whole second faster than Grosjean. So to me it smacks of being a little bit
precious and more importantly it shows that Lewis doesn’t have the same degree
of fighting spirit out on track when things go wrong. He talks a good talk off
the track but his head often goes down far too easily. He is so used to having
a blindingly fast car but a Formula 1 grid is made up of 22 cars, most of which
don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell in winning a race but all the drivers
see the race through (if they possibly can). How much would Andre Lotterer,
making his F1 debut at the grand old age of 32, have given to race around Spa
for 44 laps as opposed to the one lap before his car conked out with mechanical
failure? And what of the fans, Lewis? Its one thing to throw in the towel on
lap 39 but did you not really owe it them more than to try and quit the race on
lap 20? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awkward</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The fall-out from the
race was seismic. Rosberg was given the Full Vettel Treatment on the podium – a
deafening chorus of boos. Mercedes then convened an emergency team meeting,
details of which Hamilton ‘helpfully’ passed on to the media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We just had a meeting about it and he
basically said he did it on purpose. He said he could have avoided it, but he
didn't want to. He basically said, 'I did it to prove a point'</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rosberg’s
initial response was to say: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As drivers we are here to entertain and to
show the fans a good time, our duels are always on the limit. I regret that
Lewis and myself touched but I see it as a racing incident – just as the
stewards did. <span style="color: #151515;">I was quicker at the time and there
was an opportunity, so I gave it a go around the outside as the inside was
blocked. The opportunity was there and, for me, it wasn't a risky situation</span></i><span style="color: #151515;">.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And Puncture-Gate shows
no signs of going away anytime soon. <span style="color: #151515;">Mercedes has
issued this statement today saying they have taken disciplinary action against
Nico Rosberg following his collision with Lewis Hamilton in the Belgian Grand
Prix.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">‘Toto Wolff, Paddy Lowe, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton met
today in the boardroom of Mercedes AMG headquarters in Brackley to discuss the
events of the Belgian Grand Prix.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">During this meeting, Nico acknowledged his responsibility
for the contact that occurred on lap two of the Belgian Grand Prix and
apologised for this error of judgement. Suitable disciplinary measures have
been taken for the incident. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lewis and Nico understand and accept the team's number one
rule: there must be no contact between the team's cars on track. It has been
made clear that another such incident will not be tolerated. But Nico and Lewis
are our drivers and we believe in them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">They remain free to race for the
2014 FIA Formula One World Championship.’</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fair play to Mercedes for
allowing their two drivers to continue to race although it will be fascinating to
see how that plays out in practice. All I can say is BRING ON MONZA!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stirling Moss driving for Maserati leads the field at Monza in 1956</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Schumacher wins at Monza for the 5th time in 2006<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fabulous Tifosi at Monza</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How much have I missed F1? I am overjoyed that it is back in all its crazy, controversial, glorious technicolour. And not only is it back, but it is back at The Best Track in the entire calendar, Spa-Francorchamps. I have waxed lyrical about this stunning circuit so many times that I will resist doing so again this time. But as always Spa will do the talking for itself.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The normally interminable summer break has actually
gone by really fast – it seems like no time since the Hungarian Grand Prix (and
blogging that rather marvellous race while cruising down the Bay of Biscay to
Bilbao). But rather unexpectedly this
summer I was able to obtain my F1 fix elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It is not every day (or year) you go on holiday
and discover one of the most important, influential, knowledgeable and
legendary figures in Formula 1 happens to be by the most wonderful of
coincidences staying at the same place. According to my husband he has never seen
me so genuinely shocked and lost for words (including even when he proposed!) as
when he told me who he had just been chatting to. Rather amusingly, the husband
was wearing his James Hunt t-shirt when Charlie Whiting (just before we realised
it was THE Charlie Whiting) asked him if he was a big fan of James. And yes, it
was the real Charlie Whiting not the fake one although we *<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">might</span>* have asked him what it was like
to meet a fake version of yourself. Fairly surreal apparently!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To be fair its a cool t-shirt</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">We were very fortunate to have many fascinating
conversations with Charlie about Formula 1. I have to admit we would have loved
to have spoken non stop about F1 with Charlie and, while he was enormously
willing to share his thoughts and insights, he was on his holiday just like us and
entitled to some down-time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Of course we had to ask about favourite races
and while my mind was flitting between great Schumacher races and great Senna
races and recent classics such as Canada 2011 and Interlagos 2012, Charlie put
forward the European Grand Prix of 1999, won by Johnny Herbert. Just a
brilliant shout – there was a delayed start, an aborted start, barrel roll
crashes, a sequence of heartbreaking retirements from race leaders including title contenders and
Fisichella in what would have been his first race win. It was the only race
ever won by the Stewart Grand Prix team - and Barrichello made it the perfect
day for Stewart by finishing 3<sup>rd</sup> (behind Trulli in the Prost). To see highlights of that epic race, click <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8205498.stm" target="_blank">here</a>. And
yes, Johnny Herbert really is an all round top bloke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Anyway thanks Charlie – it was an absolute pleasure!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yours truly and Charlie W</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other guy is the husband!</td></tr>
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season. Qualifying, here we come.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good old Spa, the morning of qualifying had
already seen torrential rain and hailstorms. But qualifying got underway under
glorious blue skies and a wet but drying track, However, more rain was expected
within the hour. Should drivers be pushing for their best time right from the
start? Spa probably more than any other race is where the team principals and strategists really earn their
money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dumped out at the Q1 stage were Maldonaldo
(Lotus), Hulkenberg (Force India), Chilton (Marussia), Gutierrez (Sauber),
Lotterer (Caterham) and Ericsson (Caterham). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andre Lotterer, making his F1 debut at the age of 32. Sometimes dreams do come true!<br />(please no one crash into him on the first lap!)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It is quite unusual to only get one pair of
cars in the bottom six. Well done to Grosjean, Perez, Sutil and particularly
Jules Bianchi (who set the 14<sup>th</sup> fastest time in his Marussia) all of
whom succeeded where their team-mates failed. I would stake a trillion pounds
that Bianchi ends up at Ferrari in the next 2 or 3 years. But what happened in
Q1 to the Hulk? He is normally so good in the rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a Ferrari in there somewhere</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Depending on who you believe, it was either now
raining again or it wouldl be raining again very shortly. Some race engineers were
telling their drivers that this run (ie. the first of Q2) could be the fastest
one of this session. Blogging Spa qualifying is always a bit of a crazy mindbending
experience where you cling on for dear life and enjoy the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It was looking a whole lot like we were going to
get yet another Mercedes front row lock out. The next cars (currently Alonso and Bottas) were around a second behind. Unless they were all holding something back in
reserve. But unlikely. Or not enough anyway to alarm anyone on the Mercedes pitwall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Button was teetering on the edge of the
dropzone along with Vettel. Interestingly the Red Bulls weren’t exactly
storming around Spa and hearteningly the Ferrari's seemed to be much improved from the underperforming and quite frankly dire cars (and if that sounds harsh you have to measure Ferrari by the standards they themselves expect) we saw in the first part of the
season. Both Button and Vettel squeaked into Q3 by the narrowest of
margins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Missing the
cut for the top ten shoot-out were: 11) Daniil Kvyat 12) Jean-Eric Vergne 13)
Sergio Perez 14) Adrian Sutil 15) Romain Grosjean 16) Jules Bianchi. All in all
no real shocks there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So which of Hamilton and Rosberg would take
first blood and grab pole in Spa? Its not the kind of track where taking pole
is imperative but in the context of the title battle and it being the first
race since the summer break, it would be a huge psychological boost especially
I feel to Hamilton who must be desperate to break Rosberg’s hegemony in
qualifying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pretty on provisional pole, with Hamilton just behind him and then Vettel a
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photographers. Endless dizzying images of sleek, gleaming cars emerging from
the mist and rain through the Ardennes forest. But please remind me never ever
ever to book a holiday in Belgium in the summer. Unless of course it is to
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">And Lewis was chucking everything at his final
flying lap to grab pole back from Nico. He was ragged beyond belief considering
the treacherous conditions and incredibly was a few hundredths of a second
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pole positions (the last time Lewis started on pole was amazingly at the
Spanish Grand Prix in mid May) and Lewis will start in second place. But only 6 of
the last 14 pole-sitters have gone on to win at Spa. I wouldn’t bet against
anyone in a silver car (although it would be turn up for the books if Button or
Magnussen were to clinch a sensational win!!). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Hamilton – Who said “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">being <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">second</span> is to be the first of the ones
who lose</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">”? Ah yes the incomparable Ayrton Senna. Lets see who finishes where
at the end of 44 laps.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Vettel – Is this a rejuvenated Seb? Strange to say about a 4 time
world champion!</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alonso – Great to see Fernando higher up to the grid and hope he
has one of his electric starts.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ricciardo – Unusually behind his team-mate but one to watch.</span></span></li>
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Williams said before the race that ironically for once they weren’t wishing for
rain and looks like she was right.</span></span></li>
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Oh Kimi.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massa – Really just not convinced by Massa at Williams.</span></span></li>
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Jenson) he might have been slightly higher up a couple of years ago. The sands
of time and all that.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hungary is a lot like Monaco. It may not throw up an exciting race very often but when it does, they are truly magnificent spectacles. I warmed up for Sunday's race by watching (and therefore making the poor husband watch as well but he owes me big time for the entire month of televisual viewing of the World Cup) the awesome Hungarian Grand Prix of 1998 (one of my favourite races of all time) which I stumbled across while channel-hopping late last Saturday night. Rock 'n' roll baby.</span><div><br></div><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unusually we watched the race (as if live) in the evening after a frantic and fraught (and possibly another f-word) day in Bluewater getting last minute stuff for our holiday. We are now on the open seas heading towards Bilbao in the most heavenly weather. Without question this is the most gorgeous setting that I have ever blogged from (to be fair the other venues are my kitchen, Center Parcs and rainy Ireland so not much to beat). Usually it is around this point on our holiday that we realise some crucial thing has been forgotten or we have booked accommodation for the wrong dates but for now I'm in a happy place, especially when I think back to last Sunday's race. Quite simply the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hungarian Grand Prix of 2014 joins the pantheon of great F1 races. IMHO the best race of the season so far (and this deceptively excellent season has offered up some fantastic races so far).</span><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagoG6LUcYpU1Xg8oh0NDot6_YL9_WtUcJmYhkAxqskH0y34VHNepW9KS1s9y6jCybSakbFnT31qgeeZ1eLf25dACzcRsN49hKrXfyk0MG9nV9RNjLB5YFQRPxaMbKxGVGT_grRtbdTfKG/s640/blogger-image--1013963800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagoG6LUcYpU1Xg8oh0NDot6_YL9_WtUcJmYhkAxqskH0y34VHNepW9KS1s9y6jCybSakbFnT31qgeeZ1eLf25dACzcRsN49hKrXfyk0MG9nV9RNjLB5YFQRPxaMbKxGVGT_grRtbdTfKG/s640/blogger-image--1013963800.jpg"></a></div><br></font>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I delve into #MartinsGridwalk, its eat-my-hat time - I have to say how well I think Simon Lazenby has grown into his role as frontman/presenter. Back in his first season (which was also Sky's first season - important to remember) I was very unsure he was the right man for the job (and at times I'll admit I was a bit critical, okay quite scathing) but credit where it's due he has improved leaps and bounds and is building up a great rapport with the rest of the presenter team. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what did Le Brundle have for us? First up it was Paul Hembery (head honcho at Pirelli). You may remember Paul as dead man walking last year when all the tyres were disintegrating after 5 laps (greatly vexing the likes of Christian Horner). These days Paul is a new man full of joie de vivre while Christian Horner is dating Geri Halliwell. Funny how fortunes can change so much in a year. Anyhow, the heavens had literally just opened all over the Hungaroring and Paul thought it was a 50/50 call between inter conditions and wets. The cars were still going round and round trying to decide with a mere 20 minutes until the start of the race. Nervous times.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martin then tried to make his way over to Sebastian Vettel who was having A Very Serious Chat with his engineer and instead ended up getting a curt brush off from David Coulthard (who does a good line in curt). The lovely Tanja from German Sky TV who was wafting past was much friendlier to Martin. The F1 equivalent of Dawn and Tim from the Office (yes, I've been drinking!). Martin had a very quick chat </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with Jenson Button and Danil Kvyat both of whom said it was wet and interesting out there (certainly a prescient comment by Kvyat who ended up stuck on the grid during the formation lap). So folks, show time!</span></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihjYFRmR02kxmTOgw796MAr_e_zi0jXv8FgAl2F2b9nENFSHYQf4F9h9iTDxkVm2O8kNsJaCPxUZfZ2_JReVfyrmilwhMRHsERGMMNpXZq6SDgmPHSFPr2J6RXI5xjL9YHNBxJ5EmBZt7/s640/blogger-image-427323626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihjYFRmR02kxmTOgw796MAr_e_zi0jXv8FgAl2F2b9nENFSHYQf4F9h9iTDxkVm2O8kNsJaCPxUZfZ2_JReVfyrmilwhMRHsERGMMNpXZq6SDgmPHSFPr2J6RXI5xjL9YHNBxJ5EmBZt7/s640/blogger-image-427323626.jpg"></a></div><br></font>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lights out and Go Go Go! A very surreal start to a F1 race seeing the cars racing flat out along the first long straight to turn 1. A numbers of cars were wobbling out on track. Lewis was reporting problems with his front right brakes and Alonso's Ferrari was twitching all over the place. After things settled down, the front order early doors shook out as follows: 1. Rosberg, 2. Bottas, 3. Vettel, 4. Alonso, 5. Button and 6. Ricciardo. But the Weather Monitor of Doom predicted rain within 5 minutes. Rosberg and Hamilton (rapidly climbing up through the field) were looking very raggedy and Bottas was driving brilliantly to keep Vettel at bay. To recap, a Williams was holding off a Red Bull. How quickly the F1 landscape can change!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Safety Car Klaxon!!! Ericsson was the culprit with a monumental smash on lap 9. Most of the cars all bolted into the pits to whack on some slicks except Jenson Button who went onto inters. That's a mighty big gamble by McLaren. It takes some doing to crash under safety car conditions but Grosjean was the man to rise to the challenge so having just been called in, the safety car was told to stay out. Rosberg was complaining of 'something in the brakes'. Meanwhile the 20 million dollar question (especially for Jenson Button) was when is the rain coming?!</span></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmYOWZpYcjVt0THy9agrfPnsAvKwC4GV4m33iMe_j0IO6VUKIqLyH_Yd2GFgW_nY5jteiIa0yeMvbeLYTdxuEv2yXLRMDOIqB4gvDd_Szvm-LlnRldjMUYWxQmsRM1TRojpOOyVb1_Fog/s640/blogger-image--374092406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmYOWZpYcjVt0THy9agrfPnsAvKwC4GV4m33iMe_j0IO6VUKIqLyH_Yd2GFgW_nY5jteiIa0yeMvbeLYTdxuEv2yXLRMDOIqB4gvDd_Szvm-LlnRldjMUYWxQmsRM1TRojpOOyVb1_Fog/s640/blogger-image--374092406.jpg"></a></div><br></font>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lap 14 and racing in anger resumed once again. Button almost immediately passed Ricciardo to take the LEAD of the race and was then told that rain was looking a lot less likely. Bugger. Not McLaren's finest hour ever. Poor old Jenson. Hamilton was now doing a Senna-esque charge through the field and managed to take FOUR PLACES in one sector to move up to 9th. We were told it was clearly now Hammertime - a phrase that has been recently adopted by the media which irrationally irritates me. In a contrast of Mercedes fortunes, Rosberg was going backwards. Having tried and failed to take Magnussen, he was passed by Vergne and now found himself in a 3 way battle with Vettel and Hamilton (now up to 7th) for 5th place. Not where he would have wanted to be AT ALL. Even more calamitous was Jenson's race - after that suicidal pitstop decision, he dived into the pits on lap 16 to get the slicks he should have had put on 5 laps earlier. Bugger.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah a Maldonado crash (into Bianchi). Another tick on the F1 race bingo. Quite amazingly the fastest laps were now being set by Fernando Alonso. We hadn't seen that from a Ferrari for a very long time. The leading cars were now 1. Ricciardo, 2. Massa, 3. Alonso and 4. Vergne. Yes, Vergne was miraculously STILL ahead of Rosberg. 'Curiouser and curiouser' said Alice. Actually the real Alice was actually saying on loop "I want the red car to win". Ah those were the days. Or did she know something I didn't?!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet another Safety Car Klaxon (for the second time in this race) after a mahoosive crash by Perez. Cue pitstops galore and the main point I noted (not necessarily the key point but the only one I noted!) was that Hamilton was now sandwiched between the two Red Bulls. Given his race started in the pit lane in LAST place this represented stunning progress. Vergne was STILL defying all the odds and keeping the Silver Arrows of Rosberg firmly in his rear mirrors. Vergne's brilliant defensive driving was holding up a train of cars allowing Fernando Alonso to increase his narrow and precious lead lap by lap. Eventually on lap 33, Rosberg pitted from 3rd and to compound his bad luck had a slow stop before rejoining back in 13th. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamilton (unlike his team-mate it has to be said) wasted no time in passing Vergne in a brilliantly clinical move on lap 34 and so at the halfway point, the top order was 1. Alonso, 2. Hamilton, 3. Ricciardo (going very nicely on fresh tyres), 4. Massa and 5. Kimi. Alonso was now getting all sorts of radio messages in different languages - always a sign that things are afoot at Ferrari! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the next round of pitstops, Ricciardo was leading the race on lap 45 and fragments of seconds split Alonso, Hamilton (who was now complaining of a hot seat...ouch!) and Rosberg. Well game bloody on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grandstand finish here we come and best of all we had the prospect of a mouthwatering Ros v Ham duel for the first time in a good few races. In a baffling intervention from Mercedes over the radio, Hamilton was told not to hold Rosberg up. Hamilton's response? "<i>I'm not slowing down for Nico</i>". Cue much complaining from Nico. Well a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">few points here in Hamilton's defence (please take note - you know who you are!):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Rosberg was no way near close enough (ie. not even in DRS range!) to Hamilton to warrant the imposition of team orders.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Rosberg still had to pit again (with all the variables that another pitstop brings) and Hamilton couldn't be totally sure that he himself wouldn't need to pit.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Ricciardo probably also had to pit so Lewis could not afford to give away 2 seconds in slowing for his team-mate. Oh and Alonso (still in front of Lewis and eminently catch-able in an inferior Ferrari) was not going to pit again so every second was vital.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slam dunk as they say.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxonii5bH7X2vDghsd05w8ebMHBQ2Ib0tUQGMxVmWybJmvlk3YRGBqWnzIgiB5k0ZolfYd0CLdO2AoCSrfW3uLCHxXVnMgHGWdGZil8Sf4_2K4kDl61W7sHLulXMReQYTaFXXmDfulCcjq/s640/blogger-image-1555973341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxonii5bH7X2vDghsd05w8ebMHBQ2Ib0tUQGMxVmWybJmvlk3YRGBqWnzIgiB5k0ZolfYd0CLdO2AoCSrfW3uLCHxXVnMgHGWdGZil8Sf4_2K4kDl61W7sHLulXMReQYTaFXXmDfulCcjq/s640/blogger-image-1555973341.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And sure enough on lap 55, Ricciardo came into the pits (as did Rosberg just two laps later). Alonso was now leading the Hungarian Grand Prix. How long has it been since Ferrari were in with a real shout of winning a F1 race? With an agonising 8 laps to go (if you were sat in the the Ferrari/Mercedes/Red Bull garage or in my house!), the first three cars (Alonso, Hamilton and Ricciardo) were separated by just hundredths of seconds. You simply could not call it and for good measure Rosberg had decided to join the party by putting in some blistering laps to slash the gap between himself and the leading three.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj0PiMS-ok4ty9wSFoemdOWXBJ2bTUTct5UaKOVsz4iZRHSpdFNoJK3hnLzhnC1ucMSLrDRG_GJnHgL1ahWUM7kX6jn0oZIvyxjLcMcEv9dSGKW0Q7WIxd_hAp6bzYAPSdel_TrKsT8Si/s640/blogger-image-254776943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj0PiMS-ok4ty9wSFoemdOWXBJ2bTUTct5UaKOVsz4iZRHSpdFNoJK3hnLzhnC1ucMSLrDRG_GJnHgL1ahWUM7kX6jn0oZIvyxjLcMcEv9dSGKW0Q7WIxd_hAp6bzYAPSdel_TrKsT8Si/s640/blogger-image-254776943.jpg"></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a couple of laps to go, it was Ricciardo who seized the opportunity to go for glory by passing Hamilton and then Alonso (who had been clinging onto the lead for the last few laps by deploying every ounce of his tremendous racecraft) to take the LEAD of the race and then serenely pull away from the chasing pack.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were then treated to a stunningly exciting final lap as Alonso heroically battled to keep the mighty Silver Arrows at bay, ultimately succeeding to bring a very average Ferrari home in a truly magnificent second place behind race-winner, Daniel Ricciardo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHd1i7LQr6Mt8cpqroLjxbjaEtUmJ-GaE4sNQ6dSMMn2F9bPkI9tzxyP4hVPszP7tN87GGyhpcyqot-IR0IMHHB_iHOyyYSblr3wwCrdhXkvIyxS7VPuAPErVWs2f1rDYMVk7_T1MLPck/s640/blogger-image--139330070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHd1i7LQr6Mt8cpqroLjxbjaEtUmJ-GaE4sNQ6dSMMn2F9bPkI9tzxyP4hVPszP7tN87GGyhpcyqot-IR0IMHHB_iHOyyYSblr3wwCrdhXkvIyxS7VPuAPErVWs2f1rDYMVk7_T1MLPck/s640/blogger-image--139330070.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamilton took 3rd spot (ahead of Rosberg) which was simply a phenomenal performance of immense skill and tenacity given that he started last. Oddly he seemed dejected after the race. Lewis needs to learn how to be kinder to himself. He came home ahead of his team-mate (the pole sitter) after the aberration of qualifying which is more than he could possibly have hoped for (and Nico would definitely have to consider Hungary as 13 points lost). The remaining points were taken by Massa in 5th, Kimi in 6th, Vettel in 7th, Bottas in 8th, Vergne in 9th and Button in 10th.</span></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamilton is now just eleven points behind Rosberg in the championship race which sets us up for a thrilling second half of the season. But first we have the summer break which almost cruelly interrupts the ferocious battle at the top of the championship just as it reached fever-pitch once again. But we can all draw breath, go on holiday (we have literally just disembarked in Bilbao and the 7 year old is already planning his visit to the Nou Camp once we make our way across to Catalunya!) and prepare ourselves for the return of hostilities at the Greatest Track in F1, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit. Could the opening of Act II have a more befitting and majestic stage?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Happy holidays everyone.<br></font>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lewis Hamilton triumphant at the British Grand Prix!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry for kind of skipping over the
Austrian Grand Prix. I missed most of the race live and then the World Cup,
Wimbledon and kids stuff took over. Anyway it was another Mercedes one-two. Plus
ca change.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we are now at the home of Formula 1 in Silverstone and blogging will most definitely be resumed!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silverstone hosted the first World Championship Formula 1 race back in 1950 and its still going strong!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the race is anywhere half as exciting, frantic and stunning as the qualifying session, then we are in for a roller-coaster
ride at the British Grand Prix today. To
recap BOTH Ferraris and BOTH Williams were dumped out of Quali after Q1. Then
in the final session Lewis Hamilton, when on provisional pole, inexplicably
decided to abort his final flying lap only to watch on with horror as 5 drivers
all set faster times and worst of all, his bitter rival, team-mate and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no-longer-friend-and-now-nemesis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Nico Rosberg ended up as the man on pole. As days at the
office go, this one was a total, abject disaster.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico Rosberg - on pole position for the British Grand Prix</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So on the front row of the grid its Nico
Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel (will his shocking luck so far this season finally
turn in the British Grand Prix?). Jenson Button and Nico Hulkenberg line up on
the second row – a pairing no one would have predicted for the second row but
how fantastic to see them so high up especially on a weekend where lovely tributes are
being paid to Jenson’s late father, John Button. Jenson himself is sporting this
fantabulous helmet for the race.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink for Papa</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Time for #MartinsGridWalk and I am steeling
myself for an appearance by the soon-to-be Mrs Christian Horner, La Halliwell. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Thankfully first up its Eric ‘total petrolhead and
occasional guitarist’ Clapton. He pointed out that Felipe is cracking on the
start and predicted a top 5 finish for him. Maybe Eric should get back to strumming his guitar. Bless.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ooooh breaking news from Ted - apparently there is an issue on Lewis’s
car. There is an overheating right-rear
brake and all the mechanics and tech bods are pouring over it. Lewis has reported that he could see smoke and even fire coming from it. Still its not like the race is due to begin soon or anything...oh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prince Harry is on the grid but he is Not
Talking to the Media today. Zara wasn’t too posh to have a chat with Martin was
she (back in Monza I think?). Could he really not manage a 30 second chat
with lovely Martin Brundle? Whilst he is a very skilled interviewer, Martin was hardly going to rip
him to shreds by interrogating him about technical stuff. Lets face it he has interviewed Geri Halliwell on the grid a few times. Bit disappointed with
Harry there to be honest. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince Harry - alas his thoughts on F1 will remain an enigma to us all</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Still moving on and its the demi-god that is Nigel Mansell! He isn’t too posh to
speak to the public. Although he quite amusingly got temporarily distracted
from the interview with Martin to give Bernie a bear hug and begin a very
friendly and private conversation with Bernie. After reminding both of them
they were on air, Bernie plumped for Nico and Nigel opted for Lewis as eventual winners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Here we go then. Its time for 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5 red lights</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and they’re out. Its Go Go Go at the British Grand Prix.
Nico cruises off smoothly and Vettel just goes backwards, first passed by
Jenson, and then Magnussen before Hamilton squeezes past after a friendly nudge to the Red Bull.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fast and frantic start to the British Grand Prix</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And
DRAMARAMA as we see replays of a huge shunt at the back of the field involving Kimi
Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. Numerous replays (much needed as the overhead
camera appears to be located somewhere on Mars) show that Kimi lost control of
his car, left the track, rejoined it and clipped a bump before hurtling at
speed into the armco barriers. Massa deserves enormous credit for taking
lightning fast evasive action to avoid a head-on crash but still got caught up
in the melee. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aftermath of Raikkonen's horrific crash</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
race has been red-flagged and stopped. Kimi Raikkonen is clearly limping as he
is taken to the medical car and poor Felipe Massa is out of the race as his car
cannot be repaired in time. How desperately unlucky for Felipe in his 200<sup>th</sup>
Grand Prix. Sport is cruel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Apparently
the armco has to be replaced so there’ll be no action for some time yet. I always
find it totally fascinating observing the drivers in these interludes. Those
who take themselves off to do a Garbo (ie. Want To Be Alone), those who take the chance
to munch on a few snacks and those who spend the
time endlessly debating and chatting over tactics and strategy with engineers. I'm with Nico Rosberg - give me potatoes in a fast food container!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When
we do resume – the pack will be as you were </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no standing restart but they will
be led out behind the safety car in this order: 1. Rosberg, 2. Button, 3. Magnussen, 4. Hamilton,
5. Vettel, 6. Hulk, 7. Ricciardo, 8. Kvyat (and quite incredibly) 9. Bottas. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The surreal restart of the British Grand Prix behind a safety car</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And
at 2:05pm (one hour since the red flags) the cars are back on track, albeit
under a safety car. The impact speed was measured at 47G and miraculously Kimi’s
injuries aren’t too severe. His left ankle is heavily bruised but no broken
bones. Fingers crossed he will be back for Hockenheim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Right
and we’re off again – wheels are turning in anger already as Bottas takes Kvyat
AND Ricciardo, and meanwhile Hamilton has passed Magnusson. We have a fascinating top
3 of Rosberg, Button and Hamilton. Nope sorry spoke too soon as Hamilton easily takes Button to move into second place with a 5 second gap to race leader and
no-longer-friend-and-now-nemesis, Nico Rosberg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bottas
is now in 6<sup>th</sup> place and the husband has already invoked the memory
of Gilles Villeneuve saying in a not-at-all OTT way “<i>this could be one of THE
greatest drives of all tim</i>e”. And t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">alking
of great overtaking moves, Alonso executed an inch perfect move around the
outside of Ricciardo to move himself up to 8<sup>th</sup> place after
qualifying in 19<sup>th</sup> place (two places behind Bottas). Maybe he is
another candidate for one of the greatest drives of all time (hey might as well
join in the general hysteria). And Alonso is still ploughing through the field
– he is now up to 7<sup>th</sup> place. The Hulk is really struggling for lack
of pace and has now been passed by Ricciardo.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And its hasta la vista to Gutierrez who launched Maldonado airborne before then veering off
into the gravel. As Martin Brundle observed you could pretty much apportion
blame in that incident as 100% to Gutierrez. Not always Maldonado’s fault then. #justsaying</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maldonado literally flying around Silverstone</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">More
misfortune for the Caterhams as Eriksson retires in what the husband described
as ‘<i>not very safe looking car</i>’. The stewards have given Alonso a 5 second penalty for not being in the correct
position at the restart. Big Fat Boo. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The
new Gilles Villeneuve (yes, apparently Bottas!) is now in FOURTH place. Even I have to admit he
is having a very impressive race so far!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Holy
cow – its only lap 14. My nerves are pretty much shredded already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Next
up in Alonso’s sights is the surely soon-to-be-passed Magnussen. Meanwhile
Rosberg is getting all sorts of warnings about conserving fuel. Oooo-er. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Honestly
this is not Bottas-Watch but he is now in THIRD place having just scorched past
Jenson Button. Unfortunately for all Bottas fans the Mercedes are several
country miles ahead of the rest of the pack so there might not be much more
overtaking for a while.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember
that bit where Rosberg’s engineers told him to watch fuel. Well scrap that.
He’s now been told to floor the car and really start hammering. Primarily
because Lewis Hamilton is becoming an increasingly visible sight in his
mirrors. And as we predicted, Rosberg has now been brought into the pits and Lewis
is told over the radio that its 'Hammer Time’. I love Crofty but he must wonder where this strange
phase that has made it into popular parlance has come from. Who’dve thought MC
Hammer would have enriched the masses so meaningfully.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wordsmith of our age that is MC Hammer</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And on lap 25, the race
leader, Lewis Hamilton, pits to whack on some hard tyres and looks like it was a fairly slow stop – could be crucial in a race where every second counts. Vettel meanwhile has taken advantage of a casual open door left by Magnussen to grab 6<sup>th</sup> place.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So at the half-way point (yes amazingly it is only the half-way point which is testament to how
stupendous this race is!), this is how things look:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Now Hamilton has just set a fastest lap on
the ‘slow’ hard tyres. This absolutely never ever happens. A Fastest Lap on Hard Tyres! Lewis Hamilton is
channelling the spirit of Our Nige big time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And SENSATIONAL SCENES (Murray Walker
style). You really could not make this up. Nico Rosberg has major gearbox
problems and Lewis Hamilton has blitzed past to take the lead of the British Grand Prix. Nico’s race is clearly over – what chronically awful luck. Although he desperately tried to reboot
his car, nothing was doing and you can’t help but feel robbed at the titanic
battle for the lead that should have been. So Hamilton now leads with Bottas in an
incredible 2<sup>nd</sup> place. All we need is for a replica gearbox problem
to strike down the other Mercedes and the husband shall spin off into orbit.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gearbox failure for Nico Rosberg</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">A fantastic battle is unfolding between Vettel and
Alonso for 5<sup>th</sup> place culminating in a stunning move by Alonso to retake
position. How much overtaking has there been today?! Formula 1 at its absolute
finest. B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">attle is resumed on lap 37 as Vettel
takes Alonso but yet again the Ferrari muscles its way back past. Vettel is
straight on the radio to complain that Alonso cut him off and was over-aggressive.
Dear Sebastian, given the chief steward is Nigel Mansell, you’re going to get no
joy from him in complaining about aggressive driving! So STFU and drive. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lap 42 – Lewis pits for the final time
and its hard to see what is going to stop him now. Alonso is
putting on a masterclass out there – somehow managing to keep Vettel at bay
causing Seb once again to freak out over the radio that Fernando didn’t leave
him enough space. Duh. Its called racing. And its bloody brilliant!</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The titanic duel between Alonso and Vettel</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And on lap 48, Vettel has another go on
Alonso and this time after some electrifying wheel to wheel action finally
manages to get past the Ferrari. But, Sebastian, why should Alonso make it
easy? Now Alonso is freaking out over the radio. Dudes, Nigel Mansell is the
chief steward. Honestly just give it up!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And all of a sudden it is the final lap.
Take a bow Nigel Mansell, you called it spot on by predicting a win for Lewis
Hamilton. The crowd go wild in scenes reminiscent of Nigel Mansell’s win in
1992. Yes he rode his luck but still a fantastic comeback after the disaster of
yesterday’s qualifying. Coming in 2<sup>nd</sup> place is Valtteri Bottas after
a stupendous drive from 17<sup>th</sup> on the grid and Ricciardo just pips
Button to the final place on the podium. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three fantastic drivers on the podium - surely they deserved better than those pieces of red tat!?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Here are the results from a dizzyingly
exciting British Grand Prix:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hamilton – A weekend of contrasting fortunes but
sealed the deal when it counted. Vital shot in the arm of the title race meaning Lewis is now just 4 points behind Nico.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bottas – A truly Mansell-esque performace
to finish 2<sup>nd</sup> (from 17<sup>th</sup> on the grid). There is no greater praise!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ricciardo – A quietly efficient and
impressive performance and yet again finished ahead of his illustrious four
time champion team-mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Button – An excellent 4<sup>th</sup>
place and came heart-breakingly close to his first podium in his home Grand Prix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vettel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The intense duel between these two
drivers in this race is one of the stand-out highlights for me this season. Utterly
compelling stuff. Though much more kudos owed to Alonso who started in 19<sup>th</sup>
than Vettel who was on the front row<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Alonso<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that was the British Grand Prix and what
an absorbing and action-packed spectacle it was. And after a pretty rubbish summer
for British sport it was a great result in front of an adoring home crowd. Next up, its Nico Rosberg's home race at the wonderful Hockenheim and battle will be rejoined again. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But for now, the man of the moment (and indeed the only shining star in British sport!) is Lewis Hamilton</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQBeIKsFnmC0Jkj7bNQnicfTkBybVUZZoTMbNt-0xQhfyUz-0db3R2sdnyHORU6_c8HCdKC-nWsWWYb6XNLm0eDmbNxDUCDcpU5vdIDY154BKLzupYGNl1sRGm8J9_8Jvs4gGVzQtg5Ff/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQBeIKsFnmC0Jkj7bNQnicfTkBybVUZZoTMbNt-0xQhfyUz-0db3R2sdnyHORU6_c8HCdKC-nWsWWYb6XNLm0eDmbNxDUCDcpU5vdIDY154BKLzupYGNl1sRGm8J9_8Jvs4gGVzQtg5Ff/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aussie Rules!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">A non-Mercedes winner (for
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">A maiden Grand Prix
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Race leader changes
unexpectedly in closing stages of the race – check </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">✓</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Another safety car –
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Opening lap crash – check
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Final lap crash – check <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">✓</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Canada, you did it again.
Against staggeringly high odds, you stuck two fingers up at this most metronomically
predictable of seasons (the triptych of joy that has been 6 wins out of
6 and 5 consecutive one-twos for Mercedes) and gave us all a race of
breathtaking excitement, drama, controversy, heart-stopping moments and a
maiden race win for the enormously lovely and talented Daniel Ricciardo as the
wheels finally came off the Mercedes juggernaut. I can’t think of a more
deserving driver to take the race win and break the Mercedes stranglehold on
victories. He is having a phenomenal season and doing something quite
astounding. He is making Sebastian Vettel look a little bit like Rubens
Barrichello. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Alesi hitching a ride off Schumacher after winning the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">What is it about Montreal
and first race wins? Gilles Villeneuve in 1978, Thierry Boutsen in 1989, Jean
Alesi in 1995, Lewis Hamilton in 2007 and Robert Kubica in 2008. And now Daniel
Ricciardo in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Straight up
this was the best Formula 1 race that I have watched in bloody years.
Definitely since the season finale at Interlagos in 2012 and its almost up
there with the Canadian Grand Prix in 2011, a race that single-handedly
shredded my nerves into a billion pieces. If we’d have had some rain on Sunday,
we’d have had the complete package of perfect F1 race ingredients! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hamilton vs Rosberg - Part 7</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Naturally
after escape road-gate in Monaco and “you’re not my friend anymore” playground
spats, all eyes were on Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Quite interestingly it
appears from Twitter and forums (that I very occasionally venture onto to escape the mundanity of life in a town that apparently was not ready for sushi - <a href="http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Sevenoaks-lack-appetite-Sushi-makes-headlines/story-21166782-detail/story.html" target="_blank">see here</a>) that
people’s allegiances seem to be polarising behind either Rosberg or Hamilton.
Unless of course you’re a Ferrari fan (and I have enormous affection still for
them) and you’re reaching for the gin to make It All Just Stop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Messrs Damon
Hill and Johnny Herbert did a feature on the curse of the Wall of Champions
(which has claimed victims such as Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve x2,
Damon Hill, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel as well as a whole host of other
drivers). Quite reasonably, they wondered aloud whether a similar error there by
Hamilton or Rosberg could end up being title-defining given the incredibly
tight battle at the top. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Canadian GP to forget for Jacques Villeneuve</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Damon and
Johnny could end up being right in pinpointing Canada as a possible turning
point. The Wall of Champions had an unusually quiet day but the fabled
reliability of the Mercedes deserted them almost totally in the 7<sup>th</sup>
race of the season. With both drivers utterly dominant and in control for the
first half of the race, we were settling down to a classic humdinger of a scrap
between Lewis and Nico. Until disaster struck when both cars were suddenly
crippled by a loss of power. Hamilton’s was the first car to be struck down
then Rosberg’s. But the German somehow managed to nurse his car home with some
brilliant defensive driving and to finish 2<sup>nd</sup> and add a potentially
very significant 18 points to his tally. Without for one moment suggesting
Rosberg is in the same league in terms of pure racing ability, it was a very Senna-esque thing to pull off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hamilton, meanwhile, was forced to retire with brake failure on lap 47 and he
now trails his team-mate by 22 points. Admittedly that only leaves him one race
win and a DNF for Rosberg away from leading the championship but momentum is a
powerful thing. And the other big relevation from the weekend is that the
Mercedes car is not infallible or bullet-proof. While there was Hamilton’s
retirement in Australia (back in the history of forever), its fair to say we
were all beginning to wonder what could derail the Silver Arrows. Admittedly it
is telling that Rosberg clung onto second in an ailing car but there is a small
glimmer of hope that the best of the rest (Red Bull and Williams – if only
Williams had one stand-out driver to deliver the goods) might be within
touching distance soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of the Canadian GP 2014</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But this race
was so much more than the story of Mercedes. It was cram-packed with drama and
incident right from the very start. Coming out of turn one, Hamilton edged his
nose ever so slightly ahead of Rosberg. But Rosberg was having none of it and he
held firm, forcing Hamilton to take evasive action and lose a place to Vettel
in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drama of the opening lap meanwhile was the carnage unfolding down at the back
of the field. Max Chilton lost control of his Marussia through turn three/four
and caught the side of his teammate’s car sending it spinning into a wall. The
rear of Bianchi’s car pretty much disintegrated while Chilton himself struck a
different wall resulting in his first retirement in 26 F1 races. What a
contrast in emotions for poor old Marussia after the euphoria of securing their
first points in Monaco.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remains of Jules Bianchi's Marussia</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Its good to
know that despite enormous technological and engineering development and
innovation in F1 over the years, the designated procedure for clearing up
debris and oil after a crash involves men pushing brooms around. Racing in
anger resumed seven laps later. Hamilton was able to dispatch Vettel with
depressing ease within three laps and it was game on in the quest to reel in
Rosberg. After the first round of pitstops, Rosberg still had a moderately
comfortable 2 second lead over Hamilton but he (Rosberg) was having a strangely
twitchy race, nearly clattering into Bianchi’s Wall of Doom when under no real pressure.
Except, of course, the pressure of the title race. Only another 12 races to go
folks.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">By lap 25,
Hamilton was right up behind Rosberg and the F1 equivalent of DEFCON 1 was
about to be deployed. Rosberg was forced to cut the chicane after locking up
and managed to put a fraction more breathing space between him and his
teammate. Controversially some might say Nico received a warning for ‘exceeding
track limits’ but crucially was given no penalty. Another footnote to recall
when telling the story of the 2014 championship? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And then it was
as you were until reliability issues struck both Mercedes cars. One managed to
make it to the chequered flag and the other didn’t. Nico Rosberg is living
dangerously at the moment but is riding his luck brilliantly.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very frustrated Lewis Hamilton</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The final
laps of the race were (appropriately enough given the name of the circuit) reminscent
of the great Gilles Villeneuve drive in Jarama, 1981. For highlights of that tremendous race - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvv-EuuXaCQ" target="_blank">click here</a>. Sergio Perez was somehow quite
incredibly in 2<sup>nd</sup> place with Ricciardo, Vettel, Hulkenberg, Bottas,
Massa, Alonso, Button and Vergne all swarming in his wake, just separated by
tenths of seconds.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">With 2 laps
to go, Daniel Ricciardo made his decisive move on Rosberg who simply could not
find enough power on the long, blistering straights of Montreal. But even then
the drama was not yet over. On the final lap, with Massa dicing and battling
with Perez for 4<sup>th</sup> place, the Williams smashed into the left-rear of
the Force India at high speed. Endless slow-mo replays showed that as Massa
pulled out to pass the Force India, Perez moved very slightly to his left.
Perez rammed into a barrier to his right and Massa hurtled head-on into a tyre
wall. It was a mammoth crash but thankfully both drivers were uninjured. It’s a
very tough one to apportion blame for (although Perez has been officially held
responsible and slapped with a 5 place grid penalty). It really looked like one driver moved right just as the other driver moved left. One could have shown a little more
spatial awareness and the other could have used a little more racecraft. In my opinion, it was probably just a
racing incident, however dramatic the impact. Still it must have been just devastating for Force
India and Williams to miss out on a hefty haul of points so close to the end of the race.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The lucky beneficiary of all the last lap fireworks was Sebastian Vettel. He just made it
through all the carnage by the narrowest of margins to collect the final space
on the podium. And to be fair that big slice of luck was long overdue for him
this season. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Behind the
leading trio, Jenson Button (with all the drama I’ve still not managed to work
out how Jenson managed this!) managed to claim fourth in his McLaren, with Force India’s Nico
Hulkenberg coming home in fifth and Fernando Alonso in sixth.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">If God made F1 races,
they would look a whole lot like Canada. Austria, you have a very tough act to
follow but it might just manage it at the newly restored Austrian Grand Prix in the beautif</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">ul </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Styrian <em style="font-style: normal;">mountains</em></span>.
A second R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">ed Bull win of the season at the Red Bull Ring anyone?!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And the final word goes to the happiest man in the whole of Canada on Sunday:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm a Grand Prix winner"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clouds of war are gathering</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The Monaco Grand Prix of 2014 was one of those
rare Monaco races. One which was thoroughly engrossing and tension-packed from start
to finish and full of flat out racing. There was even a smidgen of audaciously brilliantly
overtaking, most outrageously Hulkenberg on Magnussen at Portiers. No one EVER in the history of Monaco has
overtaken at Portiers. Normally you only get epic Monaco races when there are monsoon
conditions or multiple pile-ups decimate half the field throwing up a leftfield
result.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The top three from qualifying, Rosberg,
Hamilton and Ricciardo, ended up on the podium in exactly the same order
(admittedly only just and the tightest battle in the closing stages was NOT between the two Mercedes cars). We had yet another Mercedes 1-2 (for the fifth
race in a row) and just like last year, Nico Rosberg drove immaculately to lead
the race from start to finish. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosberg driving serenely to victory around Monaco</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And yet the Monaco Grand Prix was so much more
thrilling and unpredictable than those stark facts suggest. Rosberg’s victory
was the perfect shot in the arm for the title race. Given the immense
superiority of the Mercedes and the huge tally of points their drivers have
accrued, it is probably already a two horse race for the title. Rosberg’s win
in Monaco finally arrested the runaway momentum of Hamilton’s 4 consecutive
race wins and not a moment too soon. But far more importantly the controversial
events of qualifying (don’t worry, I’m not going there again!) seemed to rattle
Hamilton’s fragile psyche to such a point that he openly criticised his team
during and after the race. Damon Hill wasn’t far off the mark when he said the
only person who could beat Lewis Hamilton was Lewis Hamilton himself. Behind
the top 3, there were some remarkable drives and performances and the joyous
scenes of a team winning their first points ever in Formula 1 at Monaco of all
places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of the Monaco Grand Prix</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I was as nervous at the start as I have been
for a very long time. And of course after all the talk and hysteria there was
no Senna-inspired vengeful coming together between Hamilton and Rosberg in the
run to turn one. The fact that Rosberg led coming out of Ste Devote was hugely significant
to the eventual outcome but the fact remains he drove faultlessly for 78 laps around
the mean streets of Monaco under extreme pressure from his team-mate for almost
the entire distance. One error or lock-up or lapse in concentration and
Hamilton would have been ready to pounce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The other crucial development in cementing the
order that the two Mercedes cars came home was the decision to delay bringing
in both cars to the pits until after the Safety Car was deployed following
Sutil’s crash on lap 25. Hamilton was quick to berate his team for not bringing
him in earlier and remarked pointedly </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I can’t
believe we just had to pit. Can you just inform me of what options I have? We
should have pitted on that lap before but I knew you wouldn’t call me in, guys.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No Monaco GP is complete without an appearance from the Safety Car</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">When asked to elaborate after the race he
explained that Mercedes have a centralised strategy and the car in front gets
priority. Lewis pointed out it had been completely different at McLaren where
they had the luxury and advantage of one strategist each per driver. Imagine how chuffed
Mercedes must be to hear themselves upbraided by one of their drivers in front
of the world’s media. Not cool Lewis and most definitely not the kind of thing
Ayrton Senna would have done. Senna was a team-player through and through.
Presumably when Lewis was in the ‘car in front’, he benefited from Mercedes’ rule in
Bahrain and Spain. So really he needs to get over himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lewis piling the pressure on Rosberg but he was unable to find a way past</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The battle raged on for lap after lap and the
outcome was by no means certain especially when we heard that Nico was having
to save a lot of fuel. With just over ten laps to go, the cat and mouse race abruptly
tailed off as Lewis Hamilton suddenly dropped back. Lewis told the team he had
something in his eye affecting his visibility and he was trying to open his
visor and clean it out at slow-speed corners. When Mercedes updated Lewis on
the gap to Ricciardo in 3<sup>rd</sup> place, Lewis retorted that he wanted
information on the gap to Nico not Ricciardo.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Turned out that he had far more
reason to worry about Daniel Ric who sensed a chance of second place
and was driving like a man possessed! Monaco being Monaco, it was nigh on
impossible for Ricciardo to overtake but for the first time this season we saw
another team almost matching Mercedes wheel for wheel in a race. What an
impressive season Daniel Ricciardo is having! Totally outshining, out-qualifying and out-driving
his teammate which is all the more mind-bogglingly brilliant as said teammate is
the not-too-shabby Sebastian Vettel (of four back-to-back drivers’ titles
fame). Vettel’s difficult and frustrating unfortunately season continued at Monaco when he
was forced to retire on lap 8 after a string of techical problems.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The immensely likeable Daniel Ricciardo celebrating his first podium at Monaco</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Fernando Alonso was the best of the rest in 4<sup>th</sup>
place with what Brundle rightly called an anonymous race. Kimi Raikkonen had a
phenomenal start to move into 3<sup>rd</sup> place only for his race to disintegrate
when he suffered a puncture just after pitting under the safety car.
Desperately bad luck and you sensed his frustration when he attempted a dubious
move on Kevin Magussen that ended up terminating his race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Nico Hulkenberg was an impressive 5<sup>th</sup>,
Button 6<sup>th</sup>, Massa 7<sup>th </sup>and Grosjean 8<sup>th</sup> (a
quite remarkable achievement in the twitchy Lotus). The second biggest talking point
though of the day was the tremendous result for Marussia with Jules Bianchi
finishing in 9<sup>th</sup> place. You wait 83 races for a single point and
then two come along together. In the best place to celebrate on earth! Bianchi
actually crossed over the line in 8<sup>th</sup> place but was awarded a 5
second penalty which dropped him down a place. It is a result which could be
worth over £20m to the team when prize money is divvied up at the end of the
season. On a day where #magicofmonaco was trending, it was wonderful to have a
feelgood, heartwarming story in the paddock. And with so much talk of
rivalries and the dog-eat-dog world of F1, it was lovely to see a
congratulatory tweet from Fernando Alonso to Jules Bianchi on his fantastic
result.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jubilant scenes at Marussia as they celebrate their first points finish in Formula 1</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Oddly, as a massive Benedict Cumberbatch fan, I
felt slightly disappointed that he was on interview duty. This was really a
race that deserved the incisive questioning of Martin Brundle or even some
off-the-wall “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lewis, how gutted are you
to come second?</i>” lunatic prattle from Eddie Jordan. But then like
gridwalks, Monaco doesn’t really do podiums. Lewis scuttled off presumably to
lock himself into a darkened room even while Brundle was still interviewing
Daniel Ricciardo. Ideally I think drivers should give other drivers on the
podium the small courtesy of waiting until they have been interviewed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely Benedict manning up though a UN peace-keeping envoy might be advisable for the next race</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I think many expected the rivalry at Mercedes
to intensify during the season but no one expected relations to implode so
spectacularly as they have done. Even Prost and Senna didn’t declare war on
each other after only 6 races of a season. After the race Lewis made clear his feelings on Nico Rosberg to the assembled media “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We are not friends, we are colleagues”.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Rosberg’s view – </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">"We've
always been friends, we always will be friends but friends is a big word. What
exactly is friends? We have a good relationship and work well together.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It was glaringly obvious after the race that
the two Mercedes drivers did not shake hands or even acknowledge each other. It
is hard to see a way back from this for Hamilton and Rosberg. The boyhood
friendship which dated back to when they were 13 is well and truly over. The
accusations have already got too personal and this weekend we have witnessed a
seismic shift in their relationship. The huge challenge now for the Mercedes
Team is how to best harness the considerable talents of two drivers at war in a
title-winning car without jeopardising the team as a whole. We may well still
see one of the drivers take a ‘<i>page out of Senna’s book</i>’ before the end of the
season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Next up it is the fantabulous Canadian Grand Prix
which usually is a cracker. For the statistically minded it is where Lewis
Hamilton won his first race and he has triumphed there 3 times in total. Does
that give him a slight psychological edge?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Just when we thought things were getting a little dull, along came Monaco. And before even the race itself, the F1 paddock was mired in controversy. Rosberg's actions will be hotly debated but one thing is for sure - the F1 season has exploded into life.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I had the best of intentions to do a blog on this most thrilling of qualifying sessions but due to rushing out on Saturday evening and having a poorly child at home, it didn't quite happen. But thanks to the predictably inclement bank holiday weather, I am holed up (still with one poorly child) ready to relive all of the brilliantly controversial moments from the weekend.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Monaco has a habit (probably because the grid positions at the
start of the race are more critical and advantageous than any other circuit on
the calendar) of throwing up hugely controversial and dramatic qualifying
sessions. For anyone holed up in outer Mongolia – Nico braked too late and skidded off at Mirabeau onto an escape road at the very end of Q3. The rest of the session was yellow-flagged
thereby denying Lewis Hamilton (who was on a flying lap) his first pole at Monaco. Of course we shall never know whether Lewis would have actually gone on to snatch pole but certainly in his mind he believes he was robbed of a dream pole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The good-humoured, matey
rivalry (if it really ever existed?) has fully <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">metamorphosed</span> into Full Blown Internecine Warfare. There are huge
parallels to the bitter feuds between Prost-Senna, Mansell-Piquet and
Villeneuve-Pironi. We haven’t had a fierce and nasty rivalry between two
team-mates since Prost-Senna (although the husband did point out that Hamilton
and Alonso didn’t exactly get on – a common theme perhaps emerging here). Lewis
Hamilton seems to increasingly regard himself as a persecuted but brilliant
driver and, in his mind, a modern day Senna who is fighting the system, his
teammate, his team, the cruel injustices that life has dealt him by not coming
from a rich F1 dynasty etc. Of course other drivers could look enviously at a
driver who was brought into the McLaren fold at a young age and had his racing career financed and carefully nurtured by one of the giant teams in F1 from the age of 13. Not many drivers are as lucky as Lewis (even with his prodigious talent) to be given a title-winning car on his debut F1 season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suzuka 1990 - Senna clinches the title by driving into Prost at the first corner</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the eve of the race,
Hamilton helpfully further stoked up matters by claiming he would "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>take a page out of his [Senna's] book</i>"</span>. What like crash into your team-mate at the first corner?
Might as well take a page out of Prost’s book then. Or here’s an idea Lewis, just STFU
and get on with it. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But first to an hour of
glorious build-up opening with evocative sepia footage of Monaco in yesteryear
(or Mon-ark-o as old newsreels used to say). Officially in heaven. I could
watch old footage of Monaco All Day Long. But snapping back to reality and the controversy that is still raging on and on as to whether Nico deliberately sabotaged Hamilton’s
lap to ensure pole. Brundle tells us that Lewis is still very, very angry about
Nico Rosberg’s run off at the end of qualifying. His take on the Senna comments is that Lewis is just trying to put pressure into the system.
Martin doesn’t want to believe that Nico did it on purpose and knowing Nico as
he does (which lets face it trumps the gazillions of us giving our tuppence
worth on Twitter) he doesn’t think Nico would have done something like that. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosberg spins off at Mirabeau...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...ending up on the escape road</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And we have a Damon and
Johnny feature. I know I shouldn’t but I utterly love these! Its a total guilty pleasure. This weekend Johnny is
making his racing comeback with Damon as a manager. They even got Alain Prost to take
part. Respect! The husband reckons there isn’t much difference to the car Johnny
is driving (a ’72 March Cosworth) to the one he (the husband) drove around
Brands Hatch. Bless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Time for Brundle's track guide which this weekend is interpersed with great footage from Monaco
races of old. Triumphant moments, dramatic moments, heart-stopping moments
(including Brundle’s horrific crash at Tabac in 1984) – Monaco has had them
all. In spades.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aftermath of Brundle's monumental crash in Monaco</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Random Celebrities at the
Race are in abundance this weekend – Benedict Cumberbatch, Glen Johnson and
Patrick Stewart. Its going to get much worse before it gets better. I am almost
weeping at the thought of Geri Halliwell popping up during #MartinsGridWalk.
And as if by magic, here is Martin on the grid which appears to have about a
zillion people on it and no actual cars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">A classy first
interviewee – the legendary Jacky Ickx. He tells Martin that Monaco is very special, you can’t
overtake and you cannot flirt with the rails here. Predictions are impossible! Martin
is prowling around looking for Patrick Stewart who has been hanging out with Mercedes. Everyone is keeping things very close at Mercedes and the first few yards is
where everything will happen. Well not necessarily but we'll see.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacky Ickx, F1 and Le Mans legend</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I’ve come to the
conclusion that gridwalks are pants at Monaco. There are far too many people
for Martin to even move around let alone spot interesting people to interview (amid the throngs of stinking rich Eurotrash). Thierry Boutsen’s take on run-off-gate - no way did Nico do it on
purpose. Just not in his character.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Aha, Martin has located Niki
Lauda. He must be having an interesting weekend though I’m not sure even an
imminent nuclear war would phase Niki. He has told the boys to be careful
in turn 1. He is not sure they will listen to him and its going to be a very
interesting start. Rosberg has apologised and that is good enough for him and
interestingly he revealed that Lewis apologised after Spain for running with a higher engine setting than had been pre-agreed. Those in glasshouses…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Alain Prost wades in next. He doesn’t
believe Rosberg did it on purpose. So where are all those scores of people that
Ted told us about on Saturday who thought Nico had gone off deliberately.
Either opinions are very divided or people are loathe to bag someone out as a
cheat on live TV. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Derek Warwick (who is stewarding
in Monaco this weekend – nice work if you can get it!) tells Martin that the
comment Lewis made last night is a “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">little
bit extraordinary</i>”. Hamilton’s card is SO marked if he tries a little Senna-esque nudge on Rosberg today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Time for the Monegasque
national anthem. Oh god it is Princess Charlene with the sad eyes. She just looks sadder every year. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Jack Brabham, 1926-2014</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">A beautiful gesture to
have a moment’s silence and pitlane banner to reflect on the passing of the great Sir Jack
Brabham. I saw a great quote on Twitter about him in the week – imagine if Ross
Brawn and Michael Schumacher were the same person, you would basically have
Jack Brabham.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This must be the most
anticipated start of the season! The husband has predicted a crash. My Twitter
buddies have predicted a crash. Make it a good one please Monaco!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://adashofeaurouge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/monaco-grand-prix-race.html" target="_blank">Coming up in Part 2 – analysis of the race itself</a>. It deserves its very own post! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is it. The one we have all been waiting for. It is time for F1
to park its fleet of super yachts and check into the impossibly glamorous,
opulent, crazy little Principality tucked away at the bottom of France.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome folks to Monaco. It really is like no other place on earth. What is there to write about Monaco that hasn't already yet been written. So the husband suggested telling people stuff they might be surprised about. I'll give it a go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Monaco is one of those rare eulogized over places that really, truly
lives up to the hype. No one can go to Monaco and not fall in love with the
place. Is it a bit gauche? Yup. Is it quite superficial? Yup. But no one ever
said Monaco was perfect. It is a fabulous mix of contradictions and surprises. Admittedly
I have never seen so many tiny little dogs (some even better dressed than their Chanel clad owners!) in one square mile anywhere else in the world but Monaco with all its
off-the-scale wealth is genuinely such a friendly and chilled place. I have always found the service in restaurants to be amazing (stand out so - eg. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">maître</em> d' </span>rooting out the last bottle of a particular wine from a cellar) and the bar staff to be fabulous. Maybe it helps if you love F1. I seem to recall talking about all the pictures of F1 drivers with the not-yet husband and the bartender in the Rascasse bar. On the night we got engaged!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty safe bet that I'd say yes standing here!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The race experience at Monaco for a normal fan is all-consuming, intense and way more accessible than any other grand prix venue I’ve been
to. The whole place is surprisingly jammed full of proper, fanatical
petrolheads. Sure there are A-list celebs in abundance (that is a bad thing
how?) and various scions of billionaires and oligarchs (admittedly the latter
don’t stray far from their launches awash with with Cristal). Monaco is
tiny but crammed full of mind-blowingly good restaurants, bars and clubs. Unlike other
tracks where fans just trickle away in the hours after a race (most of those normally spent in a traffic jam) and head off to
different venues, there is no need for anyone in Monaco to spend hours
schlepping back to a hotel or somewhere else. Everything you need is there on tap. If you want a good night out, why would you look anywhere than Monaco?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically if you like F1, then <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">even
in Monaco</i>, you’re in The Club. I remember dining with the husband
in a restaurant overlooking the exit of the tunnel (weeps at the memory of my
once wonderful life) talking to The Two Biggest Rubens Barichello fans in the
world. Now I like Rubens as much as the next man or woman but they took it to a
whole new level. And they weren’t even Brazilian. They were English! Basically
if you’ve seen the Alan Partridge stalker episode you’re getting warm. Nice
enough guys but just a teeny little bit <i>'on the sign of three to husband'</i> lets run away NOW! I
think the evening culminated in (and the memory is slightly hazy) wandering into a Canadian
bar where the husband talked to lots of Canadians about Gilles Villeneuve.
There may have been hugging.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The not-yet husband by the pitlane</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monaco brings you closer to the action than anywhere else. The cars
are literally millimetres away as they flash past and OH MY GOD the noise. I
have never known anything like it. Another perhaps surprising fact about Monaco
is where else can you walk the ENTIRE track of a GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT (without
being a driver, girlfriend of driver, member of a team, TV/media personality, journalist,
former F1 legend, former F1 driver-now-rentagob, Bernie, random A list
celebrity and Geri Halliwell) – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">copy and
paste the following caveat where applicable</i>. Admittedly who would want to walk
the Sakhir track in Bahrain?! But wow wow wow to do it in Monaco was simply amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The race-winner's car. Thinking of Michael especially this weekend.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was also the time after qualifying, we ended up randomly
drinking in a gorgeous bar overlooking the marina with the ITV F1 team (who then had exclusive coverage of all F1 races). That was a slightly messy afternoon where
we almost missed our coach back to our hotel. To add insult to injury as we
stumbled onto said coach, I might have not been very polite about the pole-sitter, David
Coulthard, before the husband drew my attention to the plethora of Scottish flags and caps all up and
down the coach. David Coulthard fans didn't tend to like Michael Schumacher and I was pretty much the Schuey poster girl on the coach. Awkward doesn't even cover it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone universally agrees that Monaco is a visually stunning
backdrop for a race but as is often pointed out the narrow streets of Monaco where
overtaking is nigh on impossible do not make for great races – but then again
you know what, you can get dullsville races at Silverstone and Monza. It is
only really Spa and Interlagos with their nailed on thrilling races that are
the exceptions to the rule. A lot of fans who take F1 very seriously are rather sniffy about Monaco. Each to their own and all that but I do think there is a
lot of inverse snobbery towards Monaco. F1 without Monaco is unthinkable. It is
an intrinsic part of the fabric and history of the sport. And those who think
otherwise can bog off*<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*I may have had a glass of wine at the time of writing (Friday night - not actually had one yet on Saturday morning!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when Monaco does entertaining, it does it very very very well. Just to rattle through a few classics off the top of my head (I could be here all day!)...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>1982</b> – Any one of 5 drivers could have won. With two laps to go when
it started raining, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Prost
was leading before then crashing out. Heading into the final lap, the race
leader Riccardo Patrese spun and stalled at Loews. Then Didier Pironi led into
the tunnel and ran out of fuel. Andrea de Cesaris also ran out of fuel before
he could take over the lead. Derek Daly, the next potential winner, suffered a
damaged gearbox meaning Patrese, who had managed to restart his car by rolling
downhill and bump-starting, won the race.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1984</b> – The one where Mansell crashed and Senna in a Toleman (quite)
was quite incredibly catching Prost before the race was controversially stopped
<s>in Prost’s favour</s>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monaco 1984 - The arrival of Ayrton Senna as a phenomenal talent</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1992</b> – Perhaps Senna’s best ever Monaco win. After building up a
commanding lead, Mansell got a puncture and ended up behind Senna. He threw
everything at him – the racing was out of this world – but just could not get
past Senna. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monaco 1992 - Senna with Mansell in hot pursuit</td></tr>
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conked out with engine failure (I was absolutely GUTTED for him as I'm sure it would have meant so much to follow in his father's footsteps) then Alesi, the new
race leader, crashed out meaning Olivier Panis in a Ligier won the Monaco Grand
Prix!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you're only going to ever win one F1 race, you might as well make it Monaco!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whoever came up with the batshit crazy idea of racing a load of high
performance cars around the ridiculously tight and twisting streets (with a
tunnel thrown in just to add some spice)? Clearly a freaking grade A loon. It
wouldn’t happen today in the modern-day F1 with its endless Tilke-bot circuits.
So say all you like about the poseurs, the plastic celeb fans that Monaco
attracts, it is still the Ultimate Challenge for a driver. And because of this,
Monaco is actually a great leveller where the differential in the car
performance can be more balanced out by driver skill than anywhere else. There
simply is no room for error because erm... there is no room on the track! It is no
surprise that the true greats of F1 have dominated at Monaco. No one has ever
won more at Monaco than Ayrton Senna (6 wins). Michael Schumacher and Graham Hill (the
original Mr Monaco) both chalked up 5 apiece and Alain Prost has 4 wins to his name. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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race!) the Monaco Grand Prix is the one that they all want to win. To see a driver win
his first race in Monaco is such a beautiful moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so to this weekend. Well I am
bizarrely hopeful for a non-Mercedes victory. Probably slightly illogical (see
wine, above) I feel if anywhere can buck the trend it is Monaco. Of course the outcome of qualifying (and the
weather – currently predicted to be fine and dry…boo hiss) will be crucial. I would be
beside myself to see another team grab pole and then we would have the
wonderful prospect of Hamilton or Rosberg swarming behind a Red Bull (or
whoever) trying to get past. And if they do then that’s cool. But I just want
to see an Actual Race for a change. There is a reason I haven't blogged about the Spanish Grand Prix (though admittedly have been very busy on other fronts). It was mind-numbingly dull and I still feel p-ed off that I sat through the whole thing.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel Monaco is a Crucial Race for Rosberg. He had a
magnificent win here last year which should lift him. I can’t help but think if
he loses out to Hamilton in Monaco then it could be Game Over. It is fair to say the mind games have begun in earnest. Lewis Hamilton made these comments on the eve of Monaco:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">“Let me tell you this, I come from a not-great place in Stevenage and lived on a couch in my dad’s apartment – and Nico grew up in Monaco with jets and hotels and boats and all these kind of things. So the hunger is different.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">“I want to be the hungriest guy in the cockpit from all 22 of us – even if every driver has to believe that he’s the hungriest. If I were to come here believing that Nico is hungrier than me then I might as well go home. So I’ve got to be the hungriest. To win the world championship you need to be the hungriest.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its fair to say Lewis hasn't slept on a couch for many a year and I am sure that Nico Rosberg is every bit as hungry and desperate to win as his team-mate. Battle lines have been well and truly drawn.</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well 30 minutes to go until The Most Exciting and Important Qualifying of the Season. <o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am almost dizzy with excitement.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My greatest Spanish Grand Prix memory ever (really not very hard to guess!)<br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">One of the unexpectedly
lovely aspects that emerged from reflecting on the recent 20<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s tragic accident was the opportunity or excuse to
relive some exceptional races. The late 80s through into the early 90s are the
period when I first fell in love with Formula 1 and so it has been such a treat
to rediscover the Senna Era all over again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Huge plaudits to the Sky
F1 team for running so many excellent tributes for Senna Week. In particular, The
Last Teammate (looking at the events at Imola and the rest of the season
through the eyes of Damon Hill and David Brabham) was a stunningly brilliant and
understated piece of TV. But I also greatly enjoyed Prost on Senna (even if I
did think at times there was a element of retcon on the part of Prost – old
dogs and all that) followed by the re-run of the superb 1992 Monaco Grand Prix.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">All of this along with
watching random GP Season Reviews (we’re currently up to 1974) when we can’t
quite face the next instalment of the riveting but ever so slightly bleak House
of Cards, means that I have been thinking about the Good Old Days. Quite a lot. I've had some lovely feedback on my retro F1 posts so I have decided to look back at Spanish GP races of old (infinitely preferable than writing about another Mercedes front-row lock out).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hamilton snatches pole from his team-mate. Again.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Spanish Grand Prix races
often don’t get a good press. This is because they are fast. Its almost
impossible to overtake. The weather is normally amazing so no panicky tyre
gambles or aqua-planing ever takes place (although see <i>1996</i> below). But that’s not to say we haven’t had some blinding
races in Spain. Here are my top three races:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">3. Spanish Grand Prix 1981 (Jarama)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilles Villeneuve keeping them all at bay</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Ok I am slightly cheating
here in that I don’t remember the race at the time but the husband would kill
me if I didn’t include it. When he discovered I hadn’t ever seen this race, he went
out and bought the video (it was 14 years ago!) and we watched the race
together. To add the final flourish to this ever-so-romantic tale I think it
was actually my birthday. Just as well I liked F1!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And what a race! Gilles
Villeneuve’s greatest ever win is generally recognised to be up there in the
pantheon of The Greatest F1 Races of All Time. It was probably the finest display of defensive driving that we will ever see in Formula 1. Villeneuve had
qualified his Ferrari (a car so temperamental that Gilles himself nicknamed it
‘a hopeless fast red Cadillac’) in an impressive 7<sup>th</sup> place. His
team-mate, the talented Didier Peroni, only could manage 13<sup>th</sup> on the
grid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Gilles made a sensational
start and had scorched into 3<sup>rd</sup> place by the first corner. By the
end of the first lap he pulled out of Reutemann’s slipsteam to move into 2<sup>nd</sup>
place. On lap 14, Alan Jones made an uncharacteristic error and spun off
handing over the lead to Villeneuve.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">For the next 60 laps (yes SIXTY laps), Villeneuve clung onto the lead with Reutemann, Watson, Laffite
and de Angelis all eventually joining the fray to make it a 5 way battle for the
lead. Villeneuve had the power to pull away on the straights but at the corners
the chasing pack were all over him. Somehow Villeneuve miraculously managed to
stay in front of all those cars. There were no dirty tactics or any sudden
weaving but he simply (though it wasn't remotely simple!) positioned his Ferrari to perfection around all the corners and
kept supremely calm under The Most Intense Pressure. All five cars were still
locked together as the chequered flag fell with just 1.24 seconds between them all making
it the second closest race in F1 history at the time. The day after the race, the 'Commendatore' Enzo Ferrari (a notoriously difficult man to impress especially if you drove for him) compared
Villeneuve to the legendary Tazio Nuvolari who had raced for Ferrari 50 years
earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilles celebrating the finest victory of his career</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Tragically Villeneuve was
killed the following year at Zolder while qualifying for the Belgian Grand
Prix. Enzo Ferrari paid the following tribute:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">"He
left us for still unknown reasons. Destiny deprived us of a great champion, who
I loved very much. My past is full of sad memories: my father, my mother, my
brother, my son. I now look back on myself and see all the people I loved.
Among them there is also this great man, Gilles Villeneuve."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">2. Spanish Grand Prix 1991
(Barcelona)</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mansell v Senna</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The inaugural race at the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Circuit de Catalunya gave us one of the
most iconic images in the history of F1 racing. That of Nigel Mansell’s
Williams running wheel to wheel next to Ayrton Senna’s McLaren all the way down
Barcelona’s 300km/h straight with sparks flying out of both cars.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Ayrton
Senna was leading the championship ahead of Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese
in the arguably stronger Williams-Renault. Berger lined up on pole in front of
Mansell, Senna and Patrese. Mansell made a terrible start and was passed by
Senna and Schumacher by the end of the first lap. Behind Berger a big scrap was
opening up between </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;">Senna, Schumacher, Mansell and Alesi. But our Nige </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;">was a
man on a mission. After he forced his way past Schumacher, he then homed in on
Senna and we were treated to an electrifying battle between two giants of the
sport. Watching it again, its fascinating to see that, even in the heat of
battle with literally millimetres between the two cars, Senna glances over at
Mansell – maybe in disbelief or grudging admiration or just to give him the eye or all three? But it was Mansell who triumphed this time round. Mansell and Senna both
dived into the pits at the same time and Senna emerged out in front. As the
rain returned, Senna had a dramatic spin dropping from 2<sup>nd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup>
and on lap 20 Mansell eventually caught Berger to take the lead who retired
from the race with an electronic failure. There were constant reshuffles in the
top order but in the end Mansell comfortably took victory ahead of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial;">Prost,
Patrese, Alesi, Senna, and Schumacher.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The podium three of Mansell, Prost and Patrese<br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial;">Aside
from the mesmeric Mansell/Senna duel along the straight, I love this particular
Grand Prix as it contained fantastic racing between Mansell, Senna, Prost,
Schumacher, Berger and Alesi and Patrese – what a roll call of drivers. This
race also kept Mansell’s title chances alive </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">though ultimately Senna would go on
to win his 3<sup>rd</sup> championship.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">1. Spanish Grand Prix 1996 (Barcelona)</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This is one of my favourite
races EVER. It marked Michael Schumacher’s first win for Ferrari. The fact he
even won one race in the simply abysmal Ferrari F310 (he did of course go on to
win two more races) was nothing short of astounding but more than anything else
it was the way he won this race that makes it for me the best Spanish Grand
Prix of all time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chaotic start which saw Jacques Villeneuve take the lead from Alesi and Hill</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The all-conquering
Williams FW18 had locked out the front row. It was expected to be a two horse
race between Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve (Gilles' son). Then it rained. And rained. And
rained. At the start, Jacques Villeneuve jumped his Williams teammate Damon
Hill to lead into the first corner ahead of Jean Alesi’s Benetton and the race
almost didn’t happen at all for Schumacher with the Ferrari nearly stalling on
the grid and he dropped to 9<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">However just before the
race, Schumacher had gambled on a full wet up and as the on-track conditions
rapidly deteriorated he managed to recover to sixth by the end of the first
lap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Schumacher then put on a
scintillating masterclass of wet-weather driving, managing to find lines that
shouldn’t have been there, seeking out grip on the wetter extremities of the
tarmac to wring every advantage out of his wet tyres. After Eddie Irvine spun
and Damon Hill veered off track, Schumacher moved up to 4<sup>th</sup> and by
lap 5, he overtook Berger for 3<sup>rd</sup> place. Schumacher was now lapping
3.7 seconds faster than the two cars in front, Villeneuve and Alesi. On lap 9,
Schumacher audaciously passed Alesi on the outside and 3 laps later pulled an
identical move on Villeneuve at exactly the same spot to take the lead of the
race. Both moves were exquisite leaving the other drivers no room to resist.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schumacher passes Villeneuve in a brilliant move</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">By
the time Schumacher pitted on lap 24, he had opened up a jaw-dropping 40 second
lead. By his second pitstop on lap 42, Schumacher had extended his lead to a
minute and half. Not only was his Ferrari a vastly inferior car to others on
track but during the race it lost a cylinder and also suffered a cracked
exhaust. Schumacher’s winning margin could have been even bigger had he not
eased off towards the end of a race that only 6 drivers finished. People talk
rightly about Senna’s win in Donington in 1993 in similarly treacherous
conditions but Schumacher’s spell-binding performance in this race was right up
there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Regenmeister</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Hmmmm today’s race has a
lot to live up to now…<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">1994 should have been the season that
Ayrton Senna won his fourth world championship. His new team, the mighty
Williams, had won the two preceding world championships in 1992 and 1993 with
Mansell and Prost respectively, as well as both constructor’s titles. Senna’s
arch-nemesis, the metronomically brilliant and four time world champion Alain
Prost had retired from the F1 stage at the end of the 1993 season. On the eve
of the 1994 season, Senna’s phenomenal natural talent now harnessed in the most
successful team of the day meant he was the nailed on favourite for the title. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Senna finally signed with the Williams-Renault team in October 1993</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">However, there were little signs and
portents that the 1994 season was not going to be quite as easy for Williams as
everyone thought. After Monza in 1993, Williams did not win any more races that
season with the remaining race wins being divided up between Senna and the
audaciously talented new wunderkind of F1, Michael Schumacher. Going into the
1994 season, a raft of new regulations came into force banning active
suspension, traction control and ABS – all of which meant the Williams cars’
recent superiority was effectively wiped out. If pre-season testing hadn’t
quite shown the Williams to be the ‘truck’ that was Ferrari in the early 90s (©
Monsieur Alain Prost), it nonetheless was clearly not the world-beating force
of engineering of previous seasons.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Schumacher celebrating his 2nd win of the season at the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix<br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">By the third race of the 1994 season, the ill-fated
San Marino Grand Prix, Senna had endured his worst start ever to a F1 season by
failing to score a single point in the first two races. Imola, he declared, was
where his season would now begin with 14 races, instead of 16, to win the
title. And of course it was the young pretender, Schumacher, who had taken
maximum points in the first two races. Senna was among the first to recognise
that the German was clearly a force to be reckoned with and the biggest threat
to his title chances that season.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imola</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And so to Imola. One of the blackest and
most tragic weekends in my living memory of following F1. Looking back now, that
terrible race weekend had all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy. Those of a
superstitious nature would say it was cursed. It was probably just a
horrifically awful amalgam of coincidences but the fact there has not been a
single death in Formula 1 since that weekend in 1994 is partly attributable to events at Imola.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">During Friday qualifying, Rubens Barrichello,
a compatriot and close friend of Ayrton Senna, was involved in a terrible crash
when his car was launched into the air, rolled around a number of times and eventually
landed upside down. Miraculously (Imola was somehow at least spared a third
tragedy) the medical team were able to save Rubens’ life – he had swallowed his
tongue and was unconscious. To this day Rubens can recall nothing of the
incident.<span style="color: #2e2e2d;"> Senna was among the first to visit him in
hospital, just as he had done after terrible crashes involving Martin Donnelly
at Jerez in 1990, Erik Comas in 1992 and Alex Zanardi at Spa in 1993.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubens Barrichello mercifully survived this terrible crash</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Far worse was to follow in the final qualifying
session the next day. The Austrian rookie driver, Roland Ratzenberger, crashed
after his front wing became dislodged and went hurtling into a wall at nearly
200 mph fracturing his skull. He was pronounced dead on arrival in Maggiore
hospital in Bologna. Ratzenberger was the first racing driver to be killed at a
Grand Prix weekend in 12 years, since Riccardo Paletti at the Canadian Grand
Prix in 1982. In the period from 1967 to 1982, nineteen drivers were killed
including one of F1’s greatest natural talents ever, Jim Clark. It is poignant
to note that it was Ratzenberger’s death (not Senna’s) that led to the
reforming of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association. Its first three directors
were Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Gerhard Berger.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The late and great, Professor Sid Watkins,
the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">F1 medical delegate</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, related later how Senna was utterly distraught on hearing of
Ratzenberger’s death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ayrton was beside himself: He had not been
close to death at a circuit before... So many accidents in the past 12 years,
so many serious injuries, but nobody irrevocably lost... Ayrton broke down and
cried on my shoulder</i>." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The Prof tried to persuade Senna not to
race but to no avail. When the wreckage of Senna’s car was examined later, a
furled Austrian flag was found inside – Senna had intended to raise it in
tribute to Ratzenberger after the race.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of the San Marino Grand Prix of 1994</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I remember so so well watching that race
and it really doesn’t feel like 20 years ago. The shock of Ratzenberger’s death
was still reverberating around the paddock and there was clearly a sombre note
to proceedings on race day. Then at the start, the last thing that anyone
needed to happen happened. The Benetton of JJ Lehto stalled on the grid and Pedro
Lamy’s Lotus crashed heavily into the back of it sending a tyre, carbon fibre and
debris into the crowd (injuring several spectators). The safety car was called
out immediately and we then had 5 non-racing laps until action resumed on lap
6.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Just one lap later, at 2.17pm on 1 May
1994, Senna inexplicably veered off at the notorious Tamburello corner and
struck an unprotected concrete wall. We all knew straight away it was big. And
as always with massive shunts, you waited at first expectantly, but then, on
this occasion, increasingly desperately for any movement, any at all, from the
cockpit. It felt like an eternity that we all sat there (my Dad, my Mum and me)
just watching the medical team rush over to Senna’s stricken car, surround the
area with white sheets and then the cameras pulled away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">My Mum quite often had a sixth sense about
things and said almost immediately after the crash that she thought he had
gone. Still then I clung onto some small vestige of hope. I mean its Senna
right, it is Ayrton Senna…one of the greatest drivers who ever ever lived…he is
too good to die…he cannot <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> be ok...surely
we couldn’t have two fatalities in two days. So we sat in stunned silence as
Senna was airlifted to hospital and then we carried on watching the race. In a
way there was nothing else to do. I remember thinking how unnerving and
difficult it must have been for all the other drivers (but most of all for
Damon Hill, as Senna’s team-mate in identical machinery) to continue racing knowing
Senna had been gravely injured, but then Formula 1 isn’t like most other
sports. There is an acceptance in F1 that there is a fine line between life and
death and just as Senna felt he should race on Sunday after Ratzenberger’s
death, the other drivers felt compelled to see out the San Marino Grand Prix. Racers
are at the end of the day racers. F1 had known terrible tragedy before and
while the seismic impact of Senna’s loss sent shockwaves through the sport and
the world, F1 would recover and move forward. Just as Senna and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Ratzenberger
(and all those brilliant drivers who we lost before them) would have wanted.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">One of the greatest tragedies of Senna’s
premature death was that we were robbed of the Senna v Schumacher years which
had all the ingredients for perhaps F1’s greatest ever rivalry. Sport is
littered with ‘what if’s’ but on a day like today we should just remember the
mercurial, intense, ruthless, compassionate, immeasurably talented and iconic Ayrton
Senna.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portuguese GP 1985 - Senna's first race win in only his second outing for Lotus. He finished over a minute ahead of Alboreto in second place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazilian GP 1991 - Senna's emotional first win in his home country. After the race he collapsed with exhaustion after being plagued by gearbox problems and driving the last few laps stuck in 6th gear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donington 1993 - Another masterclass in the wet. In the opening lap, Senna climbed from 5th place to take the lead. He finished over a minute ahead of Damon Hill in second place.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">On Ayrton Senna's tombstone is the quote
"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nada pode me separar do amor de
Deus</i>." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Nothing can separate me from the Love of
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">If truth be told the
Chinese Grand Prix doesn’t remotely deserve a Churchillian quote (given its
insipid nature a Nick Clegg quote – if indeed there is such a thing as a
memorable Cleggy quote – would be far more appropriate). However, this race
does mark the end of the first tranche of long-haul races in random timezones
at generally less than inspiring tracks. We are now entering the European Phase
of the Calendar (with the honourable exception of the marvellous Circuit de
Gilles-Villeneuve in Canada). Coming up we have a glorious run of races starting
in two weeks at Barcelona, followed by Monaco, Canada, Austria, Silverstone,
Hockenheim, Hungary, Spa and Monza. And who knows one of the races may astound
us all totally and be won by someone who doesn’t drive for Mercedes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jochen Rindt at Monaco (just to wet the appetite for the upcoming European leg)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Is it too early in the
season to rehash the old Red Bull line (those were the days hey Christian?) and
talk in fond terms of Anyone But Mercedes? Last weekend’s race in Shanghai
marked a hat-trick of wins for Lewis Hamilton (his first hat-trick of wins ever
in F1) in yet another peerless drive. It is fair to say that the often
angst-ridden and fragile, but undeniably extremely gifted, Lewis Hamilton, is in
a happy place these days. He still trails Rosberg by 4 points in the
championship but has all the momentum right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe Lewis has been hanging with Pharrell some more again<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Previously at Monaco</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But oddly it was Nico
Rosberg’s second place finish that most underlined the dominance of Mercedes – after
a relatively disastrous qualifying (overdriving in the wet resulting in 4<sup>th</sup>
place on the grid), messing up the start after banging cars with Valtteri
Bottas, losing his telemetry for the entire race and having to manually feed
back fuel info to the team all race long, he still managed to finish <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">2<sup>nd</sup></span>. It is testament to Nico’s fighting
spirit and his awesome car that he still finished ahead of all the other teams.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton - in a class of its own at the Chinese Grand Prix</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lets pause for a moment
then to all hail the Mercedes W05. I thought it would be good but I didn’t
think it would be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>this</b></i> good. It is
dominating in a way never seen before in F1 (but admittedly early doors and all
that). It has taken every single pole position, every fastest lap and every
race win. The last team to win the first four races of the season was somewhat
surprisingly (given Red Bull’s recent years of back to back titles) the Renault
in 2005 but the previous year, Michael Schumacher made it 5 wins in the first
five races for Ferrari (Schuey went on to finish that season with an incredible 13 wins - there's something for Lewis and Nico to aim for!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schumacher wins the Spanish GP to make it 5 wins out of 5 races in 2004</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But most jaw-droppingly
of all, the Mercedes W05 has led EVERY SINGLE LAP of all the races so far this
season. Not since the Williams FW14 back in 1992 (when Mansell won the first
five races of the season) has a team led every single lap of the first 4 races.
Only one other team has achieved this feat in F1 history – no prizes for
guessing it was the iconic MP4-4 with possibly the greatest team line-up in
history in Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Between them, they won 15 out of 16
races in the 1988 season. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg could well repeat
that feat barring mechanical failure, driver error or a notable performance
improvement by one of the other teams. Given Adrian Newey is the resident Emeritus Professor of Genius Upgrades in F1 it is just possible that the Red
Bull might yet spoil the party. A little.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You want teammate wars? The current crop have nothing on Senna and Prost. The original and the best.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">After the
do-not-adjust-your-sets craziness of Bahrain, the Chinese GP didn’t really
capture the imagination in the same way. But it did see a very welcome return
to form for Alonso and Ferrari who took their first podium of the season after
a tumultuous week that saw the departure of Domenicali (as predicted in the <a href="http://adashofeaurouge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/bahrain-grand-prix-race.html" target="_blank">Murray Walker sponsored blog of doom last time out</a>). Perhaps talk of Ferrari’s demise is greatly
exaggerated but yet again you feel Alonso is extracting great results despite
(not because of) the car. It took until lap 42 for Rosberg to pass him, as we
knew he inevitably would, for second place.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The other major talking
point (aside from the amateurish screw-up to wave the chequered flag one lap
early!) was the use of team orders at Red Bull (in episode #263 of the riveting
Red Bull Team Orders soap opera). Once again in favour of Daniel Ricciardo who
is having a very, very impressive start to his Red Bull career and totally
making me eat my words. Vettel’s initial response on being told to let his
team-mate through was a curt “tough luck”. I am looking forward to Vettel spectacularly
throwing his toys out of the pram sometime soon. Ricciardo is wiping the floor
with him in qualifying and on race day. It must be killing him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Red Bulls - each other's biggest rival this season</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet again McLaren had an
awful weekend. Since the high of Melbourne (with two podium places), it has
been rapidly downhill ever since. Button and Magnussen limped home in 11<sup>th</sup>
and 13<sup>th</sup> respectively. Apparently they have an ‘interesting upgrade’
planned for the next race in Spain. By interesting lets hope they mean good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And finally, spare a
thought for poor old Kamui Kobayashi. He isn’t having the best of seasons. Then
he comes to Shanghai, battles all race and passes Bianchi’s Marussia on the
final lap (lap 56) only for the daft F1 rulebook to decide (after the whole
chequered flag debacle) that the classified race results should be backdated to
the end of the 54<sup>th</sup> lap. Life can be a bitch sometimes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">For me, an interesting
dimension of the season is which team-mate battle will move onto a DEFCON 2
footing first. The intense rivalry at Mercedes between Hamilton and Rosberg is
fascinating as there is so much at stake (ie. a championship that is there for
the taking for Mercedes). Or there is the unexpected usurping of F1’s all-conquering
champion, Vettel, by the smiling assassin that is everyone’s favourite second
driver (or indeed first favourite driver!) Daniel Ricciardo. But I am keeping a very close eye on
goings-on at Ferrari especially now it is reliving its dysfunctional glory days of sacking team managers! Kimi Raikkonen is having a dismal time on his return to
the team and his response to the hammering he is getting in the media was
classic Kimi:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">“I don’t know why you
always come up with motivation. If I didn’t have motivation I wouldn’t be here.
It’s f*** all to do with this.”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kimi, Kimi, Kimi what has happened?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So here
in summary are the results from the Chinese Grand Prix of 2014:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hamilton</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rosberg</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Alonso</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ricciardo</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vettel</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hulkenberg</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bottas</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driver of the Day - it has to be the one on the right</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">For me personally, my
driver of the day was Fernando Alonso. Simply faultless all weekend and somehow in an
underwhelming Ferrari he is 3<sup>rd</sup> in the drivers standings. Next up it
is Fernando’s home race which has had 7 different winners in the last 7 years.
But ominously neither of those include Messrs Hamilton and Rosberg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So a question to all the
critics, doomlords and naysayers who have torn into Formula 1 in recent weeks –
was that race exciting enough for you?!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Just when you least
expect it (and c’mon lets be honest who really thought in a gazillion light
years it would be Bahrain of all places that would re-ignite everyone’s
interest and passion in F1 again) along comes a race every once in a while that
blows the rest out of the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Bahrain Grand Prix of
2014 was quite simply the most exhilarating and thrilling race since Interlagos
2012. There was a battle of truly epic proportions between the two Mercedes
drivers for 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> place. The racing was so close,
fierce and uncompromisng that you could have been forgiven for thinking you
were watching a karting race albeit one showcasing the very best drivers in the
world. And that’s before we even mention the ferocious battles that raged all
race long behind the front two between Force India, Red Bull, Ferrari and
Williams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And before I forget, a
round of applause to the beautiful gesture by the Bahrain race organisers:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schuey winning the Bahrain Grand Prix of 2004</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But first<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> #MartinsGridWalk. </b>I think I spoke for
a nation when I prayed for it to be a Geri Halliwell-free zone. Surely I must
have dreamt all that Christian Horner nonsense. Shudder.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Martin managed to
intercept the Master of the Dark Arts himself aka Adrian Newey who was armed
with a mysterious red file no doubt jammed full of Top Secret Stuff and Title
Winning Modifications. I was however in full agreement with Adrian who pointed
out that it was ridiculous for a driver (Ricciardo) to be slapped with a 10
place grid drop when he had already served a penalty in the previous race for
the offence in question. It was over to ‘Danny Ric’ (a random Brundle-ism that
probably won’t catch on) – the man of the moment – who was still smiling and
saying this sort of thing could only make you stronger. Maybe Alonso has given
him a lend of his Samurai Book of Motivational Sayings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Martin then spotted Ron
Dennis shooting the breeze with someone from Pink Floyd. Wowsers, Random Celebrities
at a Race were ten a penny in Bahrain. Was there also a convention going on in
Sakhir for aging posh rockers who feature in <s>the husband’s</s> Jeremy
Clarkson’s music collection? Mike Rutherford was in town as well as AC/DC and Jools
Holland. Apparently Ron believes that everyone should stop with the whinging
and just get on with it. F1 should be proud of their technology and who really
gives a xxxx if the cars aren’t that noisy. God at last someone who speaks
sense. Enough already about the goddamn lack of noise. And back to Ron – ok its
not F1 as we know it but the noise can be fixed. Most of the moans are coming
from uncompetitiveness. Could Not Agree More. *<b>Stares hard at Vettel</b>*. Prescient
words, Ron, prescient words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ron doesn't think F1 is boring and will fight anyone who says otherwise</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Quick chat with lovely
Jenson Button who was berating Martin for not wearing a ‘Jenson 250’ t-shirt. Wow
is it really 250 races? <feels old> I remember watching his first race (for
Williams) in the not-then-husband’s strange but nice converted church flat back
in 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#Jenson250</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Its Go! Go! Go! at the
Bahrain GP of 2014. Make it a good one guys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And at the start Hamilton
managed to nip in front of his team-mate and the pole-sitter, Rosberg.
Brilliant start for Massa and somehow already Alonso was a few places ahead of
Raikkonen. Although Fernando was already coming under intense pressure from a
Force India. Let us just consider that for a moment. A Ferrari was under pressure
from a Force India. How the mighty have fallen. And yet again Magnussen has hit
Kimi (who was none too pleased about the situation “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Magnussen has hit me again</i>”) and there was a collision between
Vergne and Maldonado – Vergne’s not-at-all-hysterical take on the situation was
“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that guy tried to kill me</i>”. He
wouldn’t be the first to say/think that. Methinks that Maldonado won’t be in F1
next season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The frenetic start to the race</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Hulk made a move
stick on the Ferrari of Alonso to move into 7<sup>th</sup> place. There’s a new
game in F1 these days and its called Overtake a Ferrari. There was some
delightfully ragged driving by Vettel who took a small detour off the grid
after trying and failing to get past Magnussen. On lap 10, Button and then the Hulk
passed Bottas. I remain VERY unconvinced by Bottas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Magnussen’s tyres had
given up the fight by lap 12 and Ricciardo blitzed past him. Perez then put a
stunning move on Massa to move into 3<sup>rd</sup> place. From bloody nowhere, Force
India were all over this Bahrain Grand Prix. One of many surprises this
weekend. Sutil was forced to retire with a puncture – surely not another double
retirement this weekend for Sauber. Replays showed that he forced Bianchi off
the track. Naughty naughty Adrian Sutil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proving not all the bad
luck strikes one side of the Red Bull garage, we heard that Vettel in 6<sup>th</sup>
position had lost DRS and Ricciardo was now swarming all over the back of his
car. Team orders to let Ricciardo through were duly issued and astonishingly listened
to as Vettel surrendered the place to Danny Ric. Massa was having a titanic battle
of his own with Bottas while the Hulk took Kimi.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bahrain looks beautiful from other angles too</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Suddenly by lap 19, Nico Rosberg
was all over the back of Hamilton. There was now only a 0.3 second gap. To
quote my notes verbatim we then had “some of the best wheel to wheel driving I
have seen in years”. First Rosberg passed Hamilton and then Hamilton brilliantly
retook the lead. The unbearable tension was slightly alleviated by Hamilton
coming in for his first pitstop on lap 20 with what very much sounded over the
radio like a change of strategy for Rosberg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Next to score in the
Overtake a Ferrari Game were the Hulk and Perez, both of whom easily passed
Alonso. Vettel was told in dramatic tones that the majority of cars were 3 stopping
so presumably he was on a 2 stop strategy. Now it was Button’s turn to score a
point in Overtake a Ferrari by passing Kimi. Not to put too fine a point on it
but Ferrari’s season so far is a total aberration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferrari - a race to forget</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">On lap 21, Rosberg pitted
and he rejoined the track just behind Lewis Hamilton. So as you were. The
current running order at the top were the two Mercedes, the two Williams and it
was that man again…the Hulk…driving another excellent race to lie in 5<sup>th</sup>
position.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">There was one hell of a scrap
brewing down at Williams. Massa and Bottas were all over each other, with the
Hulk lying in wait just behind them. On lap 26, Perez overtook the Hulk and
somehow Massa clung on to live another day. And now fireworks down at Force
India as the Hulk was furious that Perez pushed him off the track. Or as
everyone else saw it, Perez just put a good move on and made it stick. He was
now up to 3<sup>rd</sup> place after Massa dived into the pits. The brilliant
mercurial Sergio Perez of 2012 is back in business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">HALFWAY POINT KLAXON:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And a Change of Overalls
Moment as Bottas went flying off the track as he failed to notice Kimi was
slowing, narrowly avoiding a horrendous crash. Next up to play Overtake a
Ferrari was Ricciardo followed by Bottas, followed by Massa (ouch) all passing
Kimi Raikkonen within a couple of laps and then Perez passed Alonso for P6 (I’m
beginning to lose track now). I fear Stefano Domenicali is dead man walking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">There was a MAJOR
ACCIDENT on lap 41 as Maldonado coming out of the pits went into Esteban
Gutierrez flipping his car into the air. A real heart in the mouth smash but
thankfully Gutierrez was ok. Poor old Sauber. Two double retirements in one
week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And unsurprisingly, the
Safety Car was deployed which meant anyone who had built up a nice little lead
(Lewis Hamilton for example) would now see it all wiped out. In amidst all the melee and sneaky pitstops, Magnussen had stopped and his race was over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">TEN LAPS TO GO KLAXON:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The commentators were
hotly debating whether team orders had been imposed at Mercedes after Paddy
Lowe (very unusually) came on over the radio to tell the drivers “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">there are only 10 laps to go and can we make
sure we bring both cars home</i>” (or words to that effect). Like Brundle, I
thought that meant, we’re not imposing team orders but if you do anything daft and
take each other out, we will kill you. Generally if teams impose team orders they
make it much clearer than that so there is no room for confusion.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wheel to wheel combat at Mercedes</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Safety Car was coming
in…let battle commence! The two Mercedes were fighting wheel to wheel, the two
Force India’s were fighting wheel to wheel with Hamilton and Perez somehow
managing by the skin of their teeth to hold off their team-mates. Vettel
(remember him?) had very, very quietly manoeuvred his way up to 5<sup>th</sup>
place. And the wheels were coming off (not literally speaking) for poor Jenson
Button who was easily passed by Ricciardo, Massa and Bottas. Its says it all
about the F14-T that the driver who struggled the most to overtake the ailing
McLaren of Button was Fernando Alonso.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And sensationally (no
team orders, no dodgy DRS – just fair dinkum racing) Ricciardo overtook Vettel
with a brilliant move on turn one. A monumental battle for 4<sup>th</sup> place
was now raging between the Hulk, Ricciardo and Vettel. But before that fully exploded
into life, we had another heart-stopping moment on lap 53 as Rosberg squeezed
in front of Hamilton, only for Hamilton to seize back the lead almost instantly.
It really was a masterclass of defensive driving from Hamilton. Ricciardo, cool
as you like, passed the Hulk to move into 4<sup>th</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And things were similarly close at Red Bull</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Button had finally conked
out. That would be a double retirement for McLaren. Oh dear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And with Lewis Hamilton
clinging onto his lead for dear life by one second, he claimed the win with
Rosberg crossing the line in 2<sup>nd</sup> place in close pursuit. With Sergio Perez completing the podium. And.
Breathe. We had the almost surreal but incredible sight (in F1) of cars
tumbling all over each other in their team pairings as they raced to the finish
line. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A magnificent drive by the reborn Sergio Perez</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So here are the results
from the extraordinary and electrifying Bahrain Grand Prix of 2014:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hamilton – Lewis now has
back to back wins but this one is one of his finest victories ever. Well played
to Team Mercedes for allowing the drivers to race and give us such a great show
to enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rosberg – A bittersweet
result but one which hopefully shows we have a titanic battle on our hands for
the title!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Perez – A phenomenal
drive to take Force India’s second only podium ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ricciardo – Genuinely ecstatic
for Ricciardo who deserved it after that great move on Vettel in the closing
stages of the race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hulkenberg – Started 11<sup>th</sup>
and finished 5<sup>th</sup>. What more does the Hulk need to do to prove
himself?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So F1 has become boring has
it? Well it looks like the drivers didn’t get the memo. To quote <span style="color: #313131;">the living legend that is Niki Lauda, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anyone who claims this sport is boring is an
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">The downside about
live-blogging as I’ve discovered is that you pretty much have to post live or
‘almost live’. Which could be just about stretched to the day after the race.
But not, erm, 6 whole days after the race when the Malaysian Grand Prix is but
a distant speck on the consciousness and qualifying for the next race is
[embarrassed face] ACTUALLY TODAY.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">When I mentioned the
whole timing conundrum to the husband this morning, he helpfully suggested I might
want to try a different approach to blogging which I think is code for ‘keep it
short’ or it is entirely possible he wasn’t actually listening. Not a whole lot
of listening goes on in Power Towers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epic fail but at least I've posted before the start of qualifying for the next race</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Without giving too much
away (but unless you’d been living in deepest darkest Patagonia, everyone knows
that Lewis Hamilton won), I think there may come a a point in the season when
everyone (despite themselves) will slightly rejoice at seeing Vettel win a
race. Because it will mean we won’t have had another Mercedes <s>procession</s>
masterclass. Hashtag irony etc. Well I’m thinking of real F1 fans here as
opposed to some segments of the Great British Media who will revel in Lewis’s
domination (which in no way of course will resemble Vettel’s ‘boring domination
that was damaging for the sport’). Unless of course Nico dominates. In which
case, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">see Vettel</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And who could forget the
Malaysian Grand Prix last year. The race that gave us Multi 21 and spawned a
million t-shirts and ‘hilarious’ (ie. not really) internet jokes. What larks
could Sepang 2014 have in store for us?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really who would have bought one of these?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">I failed totally to watch
any build-up so moving on quickly to the race. It was a blistering start from Lewis
and especially Nico Rosberg who brilliantly leapfrogged Vettel into second! For
reasons I can’t quite explain, I don’t think Vettel massively rates Rosberg so
that overtake gave me enormous pleasure. And in a
do-not-readjust-your-set-moment Ricciardo then passed Sebastian Vettel.
Ricciardo is really proving me wrong but in an entirely brilliant way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very lively start to the Malaysian GP</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Just as I mentally noted
what a clean start everyone had off the line, Bianchi and Maldonaldo had a
coming together down the back of the field as did Magnussen and Kimi while scrapping
it out for 7<sup>th</sup>. That turned out to be very costly for Kimi who
started dropping places at a rate of knots and had to come into the pits to
sort out a problem with his right rear tyre. Magnussen’s car didn’t come off
much better and he started falling back down the field. Meanwhile normal
service was resumed as Vettel deployed his DRS to retake Ricciardo for 3<sup>rd</sup>
place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">F1 Bingo Alert (I must
must must compile a bingo sheet – I’m going to add it onto my ‘to do’ list in
Center Parcs in one of my small pockets of ‘me time’). We had our first 5
second stop-go penalty of 2014 – the grand honour went to Jules Bianchi for the
Maldonado incident. No consolation at all to poor old Maldonado who had to
retire shortly after. What a wretched season he is having (sadly I’ll probably
be able to cut and paste this statement for the rest of his 2014 season).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Malaysia
is the race that keeps on giving in terms of Team-Mate Wars. Massa was merrily
venting on the radio about Bottas clattering into him. Bottas was told to hold
station behind Massa until he (Massa) got past Magnussen. Bottas was clearly not
amused and pointed out he had more pace. But in the true traditions of
Malayisa, we had the annual unveiling of a New Code from those zany Red Bull
guys – this year it was all about Default 13. Never did find out what it meant. Magnussen was
next in line to be slapped with a 5 second stop-go penalty for the Raikkonen
incident. Big Ronnie D wouldn’t be happy. Mind you he never is.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We need to talk about Kevin</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Already
this breathless dizzying start (well it was vaguely eventful) had brought us up
to The First Pitstop Window. Alonso and Ricciardo pitted on the same lap and
rejoined side by side with Ricciardo showing real cajones to take the position
from Alonso. Lewis Hamilton pitted on lap 15 which meant that the Hulk briefly led
yet another Grand Prix. All hail the Hulk – <b>The Most Underrated Driver in F1
History</b>. We were told there was a problem with Ricciardo’s car. Of course there
flaming well was. Apologies that was a bit Alf Stewart. The FIA sensor was broken and so he was driving to a pre-agreed
calculation which is programmed into the beeps. Or something like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hamilton
had now opened up a huge lead and it was possible that this race may have
entered a Boring Phase as my notes slightly thinned out at this point. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
credit to the Malaysian Grand Prix producers who did show us every single scrap
down the back of the field. Maybe there was no ‘home favourite’ to track
relentlessly but who in their right mind wants the cameras rigidly fixed on one
driver for the whole race (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">à la</em></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Hockenheim in the early 00s, although I feel quite teary thinking of those times now).<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schumacher triumphant in Hockenheim in 2004</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Half-way point leaderboard:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hulkenberg in a Force India – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pointing out the freaking obvious
but the only cars ahead of Hulkenberg were the two Mercedes and the two Red
Bulls. That is pretty freaking impressive.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">We
had now entered The Second Pitstop Window. Alonso and his race nemesis (he
always seems to have one nemesis every race) Ricciardo were still having a very
close battle out on track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">RAIN
ALERT! Finally a sign of deliverance that the Boring Phase of the race might
come to an end. Crofty didn’t want rain as the race was shaping up to be ‘a
great tactical battle’. Really? Or will Mercedes just win? Vettel pitted with
the usual Red Bull clinical precision. Rosberg pitted and emerged a hair’s
breadth ahead of Vettel. Well played Team Mercedes. One more lap and Rosberg
would have been toast. But still 22 laps to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">In
other random incidental news, Adrian Sutil inconsiderately came to a halt on
the side of the track and we had news from Kimi’s cockpit (as rare as hen’s
teeth) that it was raining on the back of the circuit. Vettel was now berating
his team over the radio “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">speak up when
you talk, speak up!</i>”. I would be so tempted to say back “just shut up and start
closing the gap on Rosberg”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Remember
the <span style="color: #1a1a1a;">McLaren Pitstop Disastometer</span> of the 2012
season? I think the mantle has well and truly passed to Red Bull but only if it
is a Ricciardo pitstop. Natch. He had his race destroyed in 20 seconds by his
team failing to put the front left tyre on properly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guys, this is like on Page 1 of the Pitstop
Manual. He came to a screeching standstill in the pitlane and had to have his
car pushed back by the Red bull mechanics to his grid spot. And then something
else went wrong in Daniel Ricciardo’s car. His front wing was hanging off and shredding
bits all over the track. And shortly afterwards he succumbed to the inevitable
and retired from the race. Gutted for him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aftermath of Ricciardo's disastrous pitstop</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">TEN
LAPS TO GO KLAXON. Top 6: Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Hulkenberg, Alonso,
Button. And a feisty old battle was developing between Button and Massa for 6<sup>th</sup>
place with a superb display of defensive driving by Button to keep Massa at
bay. Alonso was at this stage the fastest man out on track and chowing his way
into the Hulk’s lead. Vettel came into the pits with 6 laps to go and was
warned to stay off the kerbs to avoid a repeat of Ricciardo’s problem. Meanwhile
Kimi was battling it out with Grosjean further down the field. Its fair to say
his Ferrari career part 2 hasn’t exactly re-ignited. Yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scandal
of scandals – Williams (who never used to do this kind of thing) were issuing
team orders as if they were…ahem...Ferrari. Massa was ordered to let Bottas
through. Poor Felipe – it must feel like Groundhog Day. But try as he may,
Bottas couldn’t get past his team-mate despite increasingly frenetic orders to Massa
to let him past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Williams cars fighting tooth and nail for position (and what pray is wrong with that?)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And
with 3 laps to go Alonso put a brilliant sequence of moves on the Hulk and all
those Malaysian locals of Spanish and Italian extraction (arf) in the
grandstands went all kinds of crazy. Mention must be made of Grosjean who in the
relatively diabonical Lotus was STILL keeping Kimi Raikkonen at bay. Penny for them, <o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Luca <em style="font-style: normal;">di Montezemolo.</em></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It
couldn’t have been closer between the two Williams cars. Claire Williams must
have been going spare in the garage. Felipe was refusing point blank to let
Bottas past. But then again why should he? Its race no.2 of the season for
crying out loud and by no means was it guaranteed that Bottas would catch the
next car up the field (Button) given the dog’s dinner he was making of passing
his team-mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And
with no further ado, Lewis Hamilton crossed the chequered flag first and
Rosberg made it a Mercedes 1-2. All I was waiting to see was which Williams car
would cross the line first. It was…..drum roll…..MASSA! Well done that man for
ignoring the quite frankly daft team orders. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lewis and Nico - no far no trouble in paradise</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">here are the results from the Malaysian Grand Prix 2014:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hamilton – Imperious drive from start
to finish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rosberg – and Nico made it the perfect weekend for Mercedes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vettel – Podium </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Menlo Regular"; font-size: 10.0pt;">✓</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Alonso – Drove the wheels off that car…but still Ferrari
aren’t quite close enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>HULKENBERG</b> – Simply superb (lest we forget IN A FORCE INDIA).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Button – A fine drive demonstrating all his years of
experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Massa – Well bowled Felipe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bottas – Word to the wise, if you say you are faster than
your team-mate then prove it and pass him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Magnussen – Not quite as sensational a race as Australia but
still points on the board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kvyat – This guy is One
To Watch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benedict Cumberbatch interviewing Lewis Hamilton - just TV gold</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">And
OMFG <reaches for smelling salts> none other than BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
did the podium interviews. This might be the greatest (non-racing) moment in
Formula 1 IN LIKE THE HISTORY OF FOREVER. Someone give Bernie a knighthood
please. Passes out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Whisper it quietly but the Malaysian Grand
Prix (apparently renamed the Malaysia Grand Prix in 2011 – go figure) is one of
my favourites of The Unfashionable Races on the F1 calendar. Not a fan of
Hermann Tilke-bot circuits as a general rule but those clever race schedule bods
(or Bernie?!) like to hold this race during the tail end of something called
the Northeast Monsoon. So whatever inherent dullness there is in the Sepang
International Circuit is helpfully mitigated by tropical storms and apocalyptic
weather conditions. And also lets be honest the fact that Malaysia is usually
race no.2 of the season means we’re still a bit like mad-fer-it freshers ready
to binge on anything F1. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Interestingly (at least I thought so)
although the Malaysian Grand Prix has been in the F1 diary since 1999, only 4
different drivers have ever won there. Michael Schumacher (3 times), Alonso (3
times), Vettel (3 times) and Kimi (twice). So Lewis Hamilton for the win
tomorrow then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The drivers are sporting tributes on their
cars and helmets to the 238 crew and passengers on the missing flight MH370
which tragically disappeared on 8 March. A lovely gesture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">So without any further ado lets gets stuck
into <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Q1</b>. But oh we can’t because
surprise surprise it is absolutely chucking it down. We are talking biblical
rain, floods, the works. Qualifying keeps being delayed every 15 minutes for
another 15 minutes which is handy as the 3 year old (in a shock event) had a
lie-in until 7.15am and consequently we’re all running behind in Power Towers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Eventually, we had lift off for Q1.
Predictions please of who will crash first? Actually it took quite a long time
for a big smash although when it came it was a likely suspect. Right near the
end <span style="color: #151515;">Marcus Ericsson lost control of his Caterham,
ploughed into a barrier and spun back onto the track. Very very narrowly
missing another car. Changes of overalls all round. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">OUT: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;">Ericsson and Kobayashi (Caterham x2), Max
Chilton and Jules Bianchi (Marussia x2), plus Adrian Sutil (Sauber) and Pastor
Maldonado (Lotus). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">No real
shocks there then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Before Q2 officially began, we had a
traffic jam of cars in the pitlane all chomping at the bit to get out on the
track. The Ferrari cars had opted for intermediates (have they seen the state
of the track?!) with the others mostly going for wet tyres.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And within 2 minutes we had a collision
out on track. Daniil Kvyat and Alonso had a coming together and it looks like
Alonso’s suspension might be buggered with a broken front wishbone. The Finger
of Suspicion was initially pointed at poor old Kvyat but honestly where was he
supposed to go? Alonso had gone so wide that it was entirely reasonable for
Kyvat to take the inside line. Everyone should just take a chill pill and chalk
it off to a racing incident in poor visibility conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Kevin Magnussen veered off into the gravel
although managed to keep his car going and take it straight into the pits. Despite
all the monsoon conditions and countless spins and crashes, whatdya know the
top four spots with 2 minutes to go was 1. Mercedes 2. Mercedes 3. Red Bull 4.
Red Bull. Yawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Bottas had it all to do languishing down
in 16<sup>th</sup> place and his team-mate, Massa wasn’t faring much better in a
lowly 13<sup>th</sup> place. And despite last ditch attempts, we had confirmation
that Williams will line up on the grid in 13<sup>th</sup> and 15<sup>th</sup>
place. Not where Williams would have wanted to be AT ALL. How incredibly
disappointing. Who made the call for Bottas to stay on intermediates so long. A
very costly mistake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Kvyat managed to climb into 10<sup>th</sup>
and then almost immediately was bumped down by Vergne. The final flying laps in
Q2 turned out to be really anything but. Everyone pretty stayed as they were. All
the plaudits in Q2 must go to the Ferrari mechanics who managed to repair
Alonso’s seemingly terminal car and send him back out to set the 6<sup>th</sup>
fastest time in the session.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">OUT: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial;">11) Kvyat 12) Gutierrez 13)
Massa 14) Perez 15) Bottas 16) Grosjean.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Q3</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> –The Moment of Truth was here. In other
words time to watch cars doing laps for 12 minutes before a Mercedes and Red
Bull front two rows lock-out. Stifles another yawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">All the drivers were on wets except for
Kimi Raikkonen who was on intermediates. It looks pretty freaking wet to me. All
depends on the short-range weather forecast. If more rain is expected then Kimi
could conceivably steal a march. But then we had Jenson Button coming into the
pits for inters. Very interesting, Mr Bond. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And the first flying laps started to come
in thick and fast: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Ricciardo, Kimi,
Hulkenberg, Vergne making up the top 8 with 6 minutes to go. Mercedes urged
their drivers to keep pushing, as well they might with Sebastian Vettel
ominously lying in wait in provisional second place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Not a good move from the Ferrari mechanics
to tell Kimi to keep pushing. His tyres were totally fried (as were Jenson’s)
so clearly wets were the way to go. Apparently its raining even more now so
will we even see anyone improve on their time? Bah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Hulkenberg went 7<sup>th</sup> fastest and
I am struggling to immediately call to mind his Force India team-mate (okay its
Perez) who isn’t taking part in Q3. I might have to dedicate a whole blog to
the Hulk one day because he NEVER EVER gets the recognition he deserves. Who
has he offended in F1?! I am at a loss to understand why he hasn’t been given a
top top drive in F1. And Ferrari mechanics of Fernando Alonso take a bow – from
broken suspension to your man running 3<sup>rd</sup> in Q3. That is stunning!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Everyone has crossed the line before the
0.00 EXCEPT Vettel who now has missed the cut-off for a final flying lap. The
husband is convinced that Rosberg deliberately came steaming past Vettel and
then slowed to hold Vettel up for those crucial few hundredths of a second. I
couldn’t possibly comment but if there is a nano-gram of truth in it then
Christian will be speed-dialling Charlie Whiting before the drivers’ weigh-in
has finished. And in other news that I spotted (admittedly in the Sidebar of
Shame) earlier – Christian Horner and Geri Halliwell. Ewwwwww. Not like she
hasn’t been stalking the F1 paddock for years to pounce on some poor sucker. We
will now be subjected to her pouty musings in countless races now. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">*Shudder</span>*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Hamilton’s pole challengers fade away one
by one and it was all down to Rosberg now to mix things up but he can only take
3<sup>rd</sup>. So plus c'est la même chose. There was to be no grandstand
finish to qualifying and all in all a bit of a damp squib. Literally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The grid will line up tomorrow as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial;">1) Hamilton 2) Vettel 3)
Rosberg 4) Alonso 5) Ricciardo 6) Raikkonen 7) Hulkenberg 8) Magnussen 9)
Vergne 10) Button</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial;">11) Kvyat 12)
Gutierrez 13) Massa 14) Perez 15) Bottas 16) Grosjean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial;">17) Maldonado 18) Sutil 19)
Bianchi 20) Kobayashi 21) Chilton 22) Ericsson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">So Lewis Hamilton takes his 33<sup>rd</sup>
career pole. He has now equalled the British record set by Jim Clark for poles.
A very impressive achievement though a quick word in the shell-like of the Sky
TV producers – if you’re going to bleat on endlessly about it then please
pretty please kindly do a feature on Jim Clark. Of all the drivers that Mr Eau
Rouge Snr (not the husband<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">!) saw race – and it’s a stellar list – he
was apparently the stand out most naturally gifted driver of them all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Tomorrow the weather forecast for Sepang
is very hot and very wet. And (even more thrillingly) none other than Benedict
Cumberbatch is in town for the Malaysian Grand Prix. So happy Mother’s Day to
me (and all you lovely mothers out there!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the teensiest bit jaded but with all that dewy bright-eyed first race enthusiasm
I have managed to haul myself out of bed in time for the start of the
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show with a dignified and heartfelt mention of Michael Schumacher still
fighting for his life 11 weeks after his horrific accident. In Melbourne, the
teams have apparently decided not to discuss Schumacher's condition publicly out
of respect for him and his family but many of the F1 teams have held tributes,
including his former Mercedes and Ferrari teams. Mercedes has the
#KeepFightingMichael banner on its cars, as does Ferrari with #ForzaMichael. It
is all so desperately sad and I pray every day that he turns the corner and
there will be some positive news. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">#KeepFightingMichael</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I wasn’t sure how I felt about the new F1
season starting with the events of the winter but now it is here I am glad. I
think a lot of F1 fans need the excitement of a brand new chapter in F1 to
focus on. One of my favourite Sky features from last season is the Damon Hill
and Johnny Herbert ‘behind the scenes’ at different tracks. It shouldn’t work
but it totally does as you can tell they get on brilliantly and perfectly
complement each other. Today Damon and Johnny are catching up with Alan Jones and we
discover there is a real-life ‘Alan Jones Boulevard’ in the Melbourne
paddock. I love the choice of the word ‘boulevard’ as if Alan Jones was a
highbrow Alain Prost kind of figure when he is possibly The Most Australian
Person on the Planet. I loved his no nonsense assessment of Daniel
Ricciardo “<i>he’s got that lovely smile but grows horns at the right time</i>”. Please
let him be doing the after-race interviews.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alan Jones winning Williams' first world championship in 1980</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Suddenly its time for the very first
#MartinsGridWalk of the season! I might have missed a bit of the build-up there
due to extreme sleep deprivation and the arrival downstairs of the 3 year old. I’ve
just noticed though lots of people on the grid are wearing little pink shirt badges in memory of Jenson
Button’s father. How lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">There are NO cars at the front of the grid
yet. But we have Sir Jackie Stewart who will never turn down an interview. JYS
likes this new F1 and finds the new sound is more comfortable on his ears. Bless. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">And its our First Random Celebrity at a
Race of the season – its Miss Dannii Minogue. Told you! Although she is a
big Jenson fan (is she?), she is obviously supporting Daniel Ricciardo and says
the pressure is on Lewis and would like some rain to spice things up. Does
anyone else remember when she was engaged to Jacques Villeneuve? Blimey she dodged a bullet there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Apparently Kevin Magnussen doesn’t want to
talk on the grid this year. Hmmm methinks Ron Dennis might have had a word in
the producer’s shell-like to ensure the full media spotlight isn’t thrust on
his young driver. Talking of media spotlights, there</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> is predictably a huge media scrum
around Daniel Ricciardo while he tries to have some really important
conversation with his engineers. He said the practice starts have been ok but
everyone is a bit up and down with starts.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">We get an ‘time filler’ close up of the
hideously ugly Ferrari of Alonso then the two Toro Rosso’s that qualified so
well. Apparently the last teenager before Kvyat to qualify in the top 10 was
Sebastian Vettel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well who knew? Though
we probably could have guessed. After a chat with Eric Bouillier that I
instantly forgot, Martin found the ever affable and loquacious Christian
Horner. Apparently Seb has had some software issues but at the moment it is
okay. Portent of Doom Alert.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Darth Vader aka Ron Dennis has been
spotted but will he grant an audience?! Reluctantly yes. He thinks fuel consumption, tyre
degradation and reliability will be an issue. So not much then. The biggest
challenge will be juggling fuel consumption – if you drop off the pace too much
to save on fuel then you start to lose temperature in the tyres. He thinks its
going to be a good season but fans shouldn’t judge things on one race and said
menacingly that qualifying was after all exciting. Ron, we wouldn’t dare argue. Loved
Damon’s comments afterwards on Ron that “he was looking imperious and giving Brundle
the full sneer!” Couldn’t have put it better myself. Not that he was shaking in
his boots or anything but still it’s the most nervous I have ever seen Brundle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Final word is with Nico Hulkenberg. He is
pretty confident but mused how confident can you be in the first race of the
season. Then Martin left him in peace to eat his banana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Five lights and (you couldn’t make it up) its an
aborted start. You are freaking kidding me. There is another broken down
Marussia, that of Jules Bianchi (to join the other broken down Marussia of Max
Chilton on the formation lap). Still its not like they are on limited fuel or
anything. Oh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Well here we go again. And its Go! Go! Go! at
the Australian Grand Prix. And Rosberg makes a stunning start from third to leapfrog
Hamilton and Ricciardo to take the lead. Meanwhile Massa’s Williams has crashed
out after Kobayashi in the Caterham basically slid in him. I seem to remember we have been here before with Kobayashi. Just gutted for Massa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And Kevin Magnussen (who I have discovered
is the son of Jan Magnussen who I remember racing in F1 not that long ago –
weeps at advancing age) just gobbles up Lewis Hamilton to move into 3<sup>rd</sup>
place. And is that a Force India mixing it with the big boys? Of course its Hulkenberg who is now
in 4<sup>th</sup> place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Distressing news to report I know but
Vettel appears to have a problem of sorts. Endless start replays show that he
basically just went backwards. Curiouser and curiouser. Now Lewis has been
ordered to retire to save the engine and then moments later is told to stay
out. Its lap 2 and my brain is fried. Oh dear now Hamilton is coming in to
retire. He is reporting no power and has a problem with the gearbox. What a
crushing disappointment that will be.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">No one else appears to have noticed that
Kimi (who qualifed in 11<sup>th</sup> place) is now up in 6<sup>th</sup> place.
How did that happen? And how much am I enjoying seeing the Williams easily
overtaking cars (even before DRS is even enabled) and seeing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the new kids on the block driving out
there without fear and with total confidence. I think this season will mark a
changing of the guard…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And now the reigning world champion (it feels
like since forever) Sebastian Vettel is out after some very narked exchanges
with his mechanics snapping “<i>that’s ridiculous</i>” when told his KERS wasn’t
working properly. Not that the Red Bull is actually looking all that shabby
this season (funny that) but Vettel is a right stroppy teenager when he’s up
against it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And just as we’re following Bottas, he
clatters into the wall and ends up with a puncture. It did look he was driving
too hard if such a thing is possible in F1. Probably a good thing I’m not a race
engineer as I’d be berating the driver as opposed to the correct approach of
the Williams engineer calmly asking him to box as if it was a scheduled
pitstop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Bottas’ small wall altercation gives us
our first appearance of the Safety Car for the season (so another tick on the
F1 Bingo sheet). Cue a multiple round of pitstops. The main loser turns out to
be Kimi who lost quite a lot of time while the team brought in Alonso first.
Welcome to life as a number two, Kimi. I know what Ferrari say but I don’t
believe them. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And now, as if there wasn’t enough drama
with false starts, pole-sitter and world champion retirements and safety cars,
there is light rain is falling on parts of the track. Although the Weather
Monitor of Hope says it should miss most of the track. Really? I have to say
that sky looks very dark and sinister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">By lap 32 (I may have nodded off) we have already had 15
retirements, the latest ones now being Ericsson and Maldonado. Meanwhile, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Rosberg is beginning to open up an
ominously massive gap at the front. Bottas has impressively fought his way
through the field and is now gaining on Kimi in 8<sup>th</sup>. And for all
their much heralded shiteness, the two Lotus cars are somehow running 13<sup>th</sup>
and 14<sup>th</sup>. Button pits on lap 33 and its possible that could be his
last pitstop. He is running very nicely indeed. Bizarrely a bit of the giant
anteater nose on his car falls off when its jacked up in the pits but no one seems
too fussed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenson Button in the new style McLaren (love the retro Mobil!)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It does seem very congested down in the
pitlane. The cars have barely enough room to squeeze in and out of their areas.
The husband informs me knowledgeably this is because of the power-train. Who am
I to argue? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Bottas takes full advantage of Kimi’s lock
up to move into 7<sup>th</sup> place. Kimi hasn’t been having the best of
weekends has he? Alonso pits on lap 36 and nicely disposes of the Hulk who has
the audacity to attempt a move past the Ferrari as it exits the pits.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But can I just mention along with the rest
of the universe how stunningly well Kevin Magnussen is driving. Utterly
flawless and totally composed in his first race in Formula 1. I think it might
just have found its newest star. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Bloody hell its lap 45 already? This race
has flown by. Just noticing that Ron Dennis who isn’t planning to attend any F1
races or play a hands on role is now in fact ON THE PIT WALL. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">With now only 7 laps to go, its 1.
Rosberg, 2. Ricciardo, 4. Magnussen, 4. Button, 5. Alonso, 6. Bottas. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I would SO love to see Button on the podium
although the three drivers ahead of him have driven so wonderfully as well. Not
the most impressive of starts for Ferrari. There wll be cataclysmic ruptions at
Di Montezemolo Towers.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ricciardo with rookie Kevin Magnussen in close pursuit</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Magnussen is now breathing down
Ricciardo’s exhaust. I have just noticed that the McLaren cars are sponsored by
ASOS.com – how brilliant and very un-Formula 1. The husband of course has no
idea what ASOS is but says he keeps seeing emails from them <changes subject
quickly> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I love the way that even though obviously
Kevin is ridiculously fast his engineers keep reminding him what buttons to
press. But still: amazing. And we are now in the closing stages of the race
which to be honest (whisper it quietly) has been a little bit of a
procession. And as the chequered flag falls the top 3 who have been in podium
positions for nearly the whole race deservedly hang on to their prize. The
local crowd go absolutely delirious to see their boy Ricciardo come home in 2<sup>nd</sup>
place! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico Rosberg wins the first race of the season</td></tr>
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are the results from the Australian Grand Prix 2014:</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Formula 1 debut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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podium but still a great drive from 11<sup>th</sup> on the grid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well this is it!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Time for
the drivers to drop their trousers and show us what they’ve got (in a manner of
speaking). After weeks of smoke and mirrors, we are about to find out how the
grid will line up for the very first race of the season.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Double shot Americano at
the ready (it won’t be the last). I am going in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Straight into a montage
with lots of glorious old footage (it gets me every time) the essence of which
is F1 used to be about inspiring and innovation and pioneers until it
sacrificed excitement on the altar of speed. And it all became a procession
(I’m sure we had processions back in the 80s but anyway). But now A New
Era has dawned and F1 is saved (let's check the lie of the land at Silverstone shall we?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stage is set (with slightly less blue sky in reality)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">There are some changes to
the rules for qualifying. The sessions are now Q1 - 18 mins, Q2 - 15 mins and
Q3 - 12 mins. Cars going out in Q3 have to start on the tyres they finished on
in Q2. So cars will probably use the soft ‘faster’ tyre in Q2 if they think
they’ll be in the top ten shoot-out. But if its doubtful that drivers would
make the cut for Q3 why would they bother wasting a set of soft tyres when they
would get a set of new options for the race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">This year we have 19
races but new in are Austria (yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss – I used to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">absolutely </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">adore the Austrian GP!) and Russia (that won’t be oligarch central much – Lenin
will be spinning in his Bolshevik grave) in place of India and Korea. Thank the
Lord those two races have been binned. They were the F1 equivalent of a brain-eating
ameoba. The final race of the season in Abu Dhabi will be worth DOUBLE points. This
could be a stroke of genius or spectacularly implode. On the face of it, I think it could actually work.*</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">*Edit: heavy sarcasm</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old A1 Ring, now known as the Red Bull Ring (still its a welcome return!)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ah it’s Ted’s ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">F1 Aerodynamics Explained’</i> section. I
would look over to the husband<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but he is
not even up yet. At 8am. The decadence of it all. Nice life if you can get it <gritted
teeth emoticon at being up since 6am face><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">We have a beachside
interview with Simon Lazenby and Lewis Hamilton – the most interesting part
being when Simon asked Lewis about the ‘wifey’ comment he made about Nicole ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">LOOK AT ME’</i> Scherzinger recently.
Apparently wifey is a ‘young’ term. Really Lewis? Really? It is hard to cut it
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I’m with Team Simon on this one. Yes how things change!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat Symonds now at Williams</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a much younger Pat Symonds with Ross Brawn in their Benetton days!</td></tr>
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Williams as Chief Technical Officer – and what a brilliant brilliant signing that
is for them. Super experienced and a real heavyweight of F1. He makes a great
interviewee as well – talks about things clearly and simply which is unusual
sometimes in F1. Am so hopeful and excited for Williams this season. Also did I
mention their cars are sporting a tribute to Ayrton Senna this year on the side
of their nose which is a lovely gesture. Its 20 years this season since he was
tragically killed at Imola. How can it really be 20 years already!?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interview and this time Natalie is chatting to Jenson Button and oh poor
Jenson, he still seems so cut up about this Dad. Understandably of course and
how hard it must be for him to be back at a Grand Prix venue without his Dad
alongside him. I would dearly LOVE him to have a blinding race tomorrow! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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qualifying at the 2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix. And excitingly
there is talk of cross-winds and tail-winds and that looks like an angry sky up
there <Ticks off Weather Monitor of Doom on the F1 Bingo><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Q1</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – The husband (who has finally made an appearance!) has
commented on the different engine tone. Yes (I said) its like a raspy roar
(totally stealing Johnny Herbert’s earlier line but he doesn’t know that is a
stolen line because he was ASLEEP). I have just spotted Ron Dennis looking
scarily happy (which I think might be scarier than his cross face) in the
McLaren garage. This would be the same Ron Dennis who won’t be going to races
this season and will take a very backseat role. Ron, no one was fooled! But it
is of course brilliant to see him back where he belongs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it has started to rain. Poor bloody Lotus – their car is a total dog, they have
done sweet F.A. testing and now the weather gods are conspiring against them.
Maldonado is checking out different gravel run-off areas and his team-mate’s
response at being told to speed up is “I cannot”. It is now tippling down with
3 minutes to go so presumably that’s Q1 abruptly terminated.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The following drivers have
ended up in the Dropzone of Doom: 17. Chilton, 18. Bianchi, 19. Gutierrez, 20.
Ericsson, 21. Grosjean and Maldonado (who didn’t even set a time – what an
abysmal weekend for Lotus so far). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year's Australian GP winner. A lot has changed in 12 months.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Sky team are
currently taking shelter from the torrential rain in the Pirelli tent (actually
its quite a posh tent with Mac computers and a fruit basket). Note to self –
never ever book a holiday to Australia in March. Unless of course its to see
the Australian Grand Prix when I’ll happily get rained on! And there are men
with brooms on the track – we are already ticking off a lot of things on F1
Bingo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Q2</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Currently now underway but am most obsessing about ‘KVY’
who is in 15<sup>th</sup>. Who ARE you? Clearly I should have done a bit more
pre-season blog prep. Okay a lot more! So with 5 minutes of Q2 to go, here is
the current top half running order: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">But apparently it now
going to get serious (because it wasn’t already?) as all the cars frantically
change tyres. Well Johnny (or Damon or Martin) was right – Q2 is way more exciting than last year. Vettel is currently in the dropzone along with Kimi. And in the final
minute, Kimi climbs into the top 10 as well as Hulk and…OMG…Kimi has
spectacularly CRASHED his Ferrari into the wall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vettel is driving like a
mad man out on track (as well he might currently languishing in 15<sup>th</sup>
place). Magnussen goes 5<sup>th</sup> fastest but everyone’s eyes are on Vettel…he
can only finish in 13<sup>th</sup> place after a very wild lap (in tough
conditions to be fair) and you can hear the huge cheers from the locals. Which
of course means that home favourite Ricciardo (and who doesn’t love Daniel
Ricciardo – he is a bit like a big teddy bear!) has out-qualified his
illustrious team-mate in his first race! And International Man of Mystery ‘KVY’
has squeaked into 10<sup>th</sup> place knocking Button down into the drop
zone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Button, 12. Kimi, 13. Vettel, 14. Sutil, 15. Kobayashi, 16. Perez<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Q3</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Well here we go. The Moment of Truth. Its still raining
and all the cars are on wets except for Alonso (I think that’s the wrong call
though Martin Brundle thinks inters could be ok and he’s the expert).
Incredibly there are two Toro Rosso’s in the top ten. It really is an amazing
start to F1 by Kvyat (or ‘Fiat’ as Crofty calls him). Five minutes to go and
it’s a projected Mercedes 1-2 with Ricciardo in 3<sup>rd</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The man behind the KVY moniker</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">And a random gravel
diversion for Rosberg which destroys his lap. The cars are twitching and
twisting wildly all over the track even on straight line sections. Massa comes
perilously close to hitting a concrete wall. The Williams cars are currently in
8<sup>th</sup> and 10<sup>th</sup> spot which is not where they would have
wanted or hoped to be. Hamilton grabs provisional pole as Alonso only crosses
the line in 5<sup>th</sup>. Then Nico Rosberg grabs pole back. Meanwhile more yellow
flags as Kvyat crashes off. And deafening cheers as Ricciardo takes provisional
pole (to deafening roars all round the track) but, at the death, party-pooper
Lewis Hamilton RE-TAKES POLE. Absolutely sensational edge of seat stuff.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the man who put Red Bull on the front row of the grid tomorrow - ha!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">So the top ten on the
grid tomorrow will look like this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">You know what, I think
I’m going to like the 2014 season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is probably my favourite blog post of
the year to write. It means we are finally talking in terms of days,
not weeks and not months, but actual DAYS until the new F1 season begins. A
mammoth 19 race schedule starts in Melbourne this weekend and culminates at the
Yas Marina circuit (it wouldn’t have been my choice to host the season finale but hey) in November. And
finally there will be a point to Sundays again which quite honestly without F1
are just interminably dull and pointless. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No matter what kind of season has preceded
the imminent one, whether it has been truly sensational (2012) or bored the proverbial
pants off you (2013), the first Grand Prix of every new season engulfs me in a
huge wave of excitement. Its like being a little kid on Christmas Eve again –
the sense of anticipation, bundles of nervous energy and the hope that your
parents have bought you the latest U2 album that you’d been asking for every
single day for weeks on end and not, in a moment of explained madness, The Greatest
Hits of Elton John. This memory (yes from the late 80s) scars me to this very day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This particular season really feels like a
Voyage into the Unknown. This type of clich</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">é</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">d phraseology is
trotted out by lazy journos so often at the start of new sporting seasons that
it sounds trite but really and truly the 2014 season promises to be unlike
anything that has gone before. Actually I must confess I re-read last year’s
<a href="http://adashofeaurouge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/australian-grand-prix-season-preview.html" target="_blank">Dash of Eau Rouge Season Preview</a> earlier and I *<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">may*</span> have said something like I really couldn’t predict how this
(2013) season would play out. Moron Alert. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Bull, winning everything in F1 since 2010</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Red Bull/Vettel dominance hasn’t been a
great selling point for the sport in recent years. A technologically driven (no
pun intended I promise) sport like F1 must keep reinventing itself to stay
ahead of the game and lets be honest, with the exception of Christian Horner
and Sebastian Vettel, who in their right mind would want another hideously dull
season like 2013. And even Sebastian Vettel must occasionally want to actually
race another car as opposed to them being grainy flecks in his rear mirror or
mere obstacles for lapping. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
changes will hopefully inject some real excitement and edge into races again [<i>dispels from mind the not-at-all ludicrous possibility of Silver Arrows winning
every race between now and Monaco</i>].<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Twitter feed has already gone F1 mental.
The drivers have now arrived in Australia, the teams are all there, the cars
are there (well only in a manner of speaking in some cases), Lewis is
chillaxing in Sydney with his bro Tinie Tempah and I would honestly give a
squidillion trillion pounds to be there. Melbourne does season openers so so
well, all the drivers clearly love it there as well as the TV presenters and crews. Come
race day it will be Celeb Central on the grid (oh #MartinsGridWalk I have missed
thee) but in all fairness if money, kids, real life etc were no object
Melbourne would definitely make it into my Top 5 F1 races to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Grand Prix in a beautiful city with a relaxed party vibe - whats not to like?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the Australian GP moved from the
iconic Adelaide track (the destination for the final race of the season from
1985 to 1995) to Melbourne it has had the honour of opening the F1 season (bar
a couple of years for reasons or indeed races that entirely escape me). And
Albert Park has given us a mixture of magnificent races, shock results and
controversy. These ones immediately spring to mind:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irv the Swerve on his way to being a title contender (yes really!)</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">1996</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where Damon Hill won after
Brundle’s horrendous airborne crash on the first lap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">1998</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where we all watched in awe as
the gleaming MP4/13s obliterated the rest of the field and then some (admittedly
it was an utter snoozefest but oddly memorable for its significance).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">1999</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where Eddie Irvine took his
first win for Ferrari (so not in Jean Todt’s script) after a thrillingly topsy
turvy race.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">2002</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where half the cars were eliminated
in an apocalyptic accident by the end of the first lap and home favourite Mark
Webber came home on his debut in 5<sup>th</sup> place IN A MINARDI. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">2009</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where Brawn GP came from nowhere
(literally nowhere – Brawn GP was formed out of the dormant Honda team only 3
weeks before the first race) to wipe the floor with the opposition and their
drivers (Jenson and Rubens) sealed a 1-2 victory. Funny what can happen when
you bring in a whole load of major rule changes. Oh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">2013</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> – the one where Kimi took first blood for
Lotus and everything seemed possible. Sobs at what could have been...</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brawn GP in 2009 - the surprise package to end all surprise packages</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What will be the story of the 2014 race?
Mercedes dominance? A joyful Williams first win since 2012? Renault engine
carnage? A stunning debut by Kevin Magnussen? Multi-21: The Sequel at Ferrari?
Will Martin flirt more with Kylie than Dannii on the grid or bypass both for Tanja Bauer? So many
imponderables…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those gorgeous Minogue girls</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year everyone banged on endlessly
about tyres. This year it is officially the Year of the Engine which has given
the sport the biggest shake up since like…well ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christian Horner (the savviest media operator
in F1 by a mile) has predicted Mercedes could have the race won in a couple of
laps. Certainly (on the face of it) it looks like a straight fight between
Mercedes and Williams with the dark prancing horse of Ferrari impossible to
discount. The word is a lot of the teams will use the three practice sessions simply as
test sessions. McLaren for starters are bringing a brand new aerodynamics
package to Australia. That cushy happy existence at McLaren under Martin
Whitmarsh is but a thing of the past – if the Dark Lord himself Ron Dennis says he
wants a better car, then he will get a better car.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only three days to go. I can almost smell
the burnt rubber. By the time I wake up on Friday morning, Practice 1 (1.30am-3am)
will have taken place but the 3 year old’s inbuilt dawn chorus alarm clock
means at least I will be up in time to catch Practice 2 (5.30am-7am). But the main
event will be the utterly spine-tingling moment when finally after months of waiting its lights out in
Melbourne at 06.00 hours on Sunday morning and w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">e will witness the dawning of a
new F1 era.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6RfMqorq6k2aYAxR3PBhzuBfCyrXQaU1V-jrUoLs5PFYho_cRQvrHevEi6AZxGMLfDSy6xqdqPGFmTomCI_9xakVsFksAaV1IqjWXITlZHCWh1Ml3Q50_4THTbGjzWeXSXmXOaC3wXRC/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6RfMqorq6k2aYAxR3PBhzuBfCyrXQaU1V-jrUoLs5PFYho_cRQvrHevEi6AZxGMLfDSy6xqdqPGFmTomCI_9xakVsFksAaV1IqjWXITlZHCWh1Ml3Q50_4THTbGjzWeXSXmXOaC3wXRC/s1600/images.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">The Turbo Age is back!<br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">We
are officially in Full Countdown Mode to the first race in Australia on 16
March. SCREAM. Basically this is the F1 season we have all been waiting for
since 2012 – a feeling which grew exponentially as the mind-numbingly boring 2013
season unfolded. The raft of sweeping technical changes without any shadow of a
doubt is going to be a Game-Changer. This promises to be an EPIC season! Given
Sky F1’s love of a good Shakespearean monologue, they better have secured the services of Sir
Patrick Stewart or come to think of it George the Poet (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4F4Atd6lFM" target="_blank">remember this for Monaco last year</a>) for the opening race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Patrick Stewart. Bona fide petrolhead.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But
reeling myself back in quickly from a random tangent, lets recap what all the
hoo-hah is about regarding these new changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This
season all the cars will have 1.6 litre <b>TURBO</b> charged V6 engines instead of 2.4 litre V8 engines. In the previous Turbo Age
of F1 (after they were introduced at the end of the 1970s) the sight of
enormous plumes of white smoke billowing from the back of cars as the engine
went poooooft was very common. Technology has come a long way since then but
the teams will be going into Australia with only 12 days of testing out on track their brand
new revolutionary engines. Its going to be a bit messy surely. Oh and apparently the word ‘engine’ is so 2013. This year its all about the ‘power
train’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turbo engines as they commonly used to look</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And
a teeny bit more techy stuff (but not much more I promise!) - drivers will have a
fuel limit of 100kg per race – whereas last year, when there was no limit, they
typically used around 150kg of fuel. Apparently this won’t matter all <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that </i>much (but nonetheless those more
‘economical’ drivers like Kimi and Jenson must be rubbing their hands with
glee!) because F1 has decided to be all right-on and ‘green’. So we have a new bit
of technology called…wait for it…ERS (original no?) which stands for Energy
Recovery System. As my ill-advised GCSE in Physics was the pinnacle, no wait
somewhere far above the pinnacle of my knowledge of mechanical science, I won’t
go into an elaborate explanation. Suffice to say the ERS is hooked up to the
KERS system and there is a second electric motor that harnesses heat energy
from the turbo engine (can you tell I’m slightly floundering here) that will
help the cars...er...somehow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">There
are also quite a few regulation changes to the chassis that the husband will
rewind and freeze-frame over and over and over again (mainly to annoy me)
during the build-up to the race. The net effect is that it has made all the
cars Fug Ugly. Although – Stop Press – I saw the new Williams car today and it
is actually stunning with a beautifully retro livery. Good job guys. You know what they say a great looking car is generally great to drive (and the signs are very promising as I'll get into further below).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is all very exciting mainly because all the teams are having to cope with so
many new things and we probably will see a lot more retirements and quite
incredibly we might even see a driver other than Sebastian Vettel win a race. That
is until Adrian Newey, Lord of the Dark Arts etc, nails down the title winning
modifications to the currently utter pants RB10 somewhere around the Hungarian
Grand Prix. Actually for once I don’t think it will be all that simple. On the
face of it, this is set to be the most unpredictable of seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what can we tell from pre-season testing apart from the fact that these tests
are notoriously misleading and impossible to draw any reliable conclusions from
(but soddit I’m going to give it a good go otherwise this blog post will be a bit pointless).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the crop. They led in terms of pace and generally seemed quite reliable (cue
two catastrophic engine failures in the first race). They have two excellent
and experienced drivers who are well integrated into the team which could be a
crucial difference to other teams where the driver merry-go-round has been in
full swing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Red Bull have had a total mare. They
achieved the remarkable feat of more breakdowns than completed laps in one day
during the last test in Bahrain and their Renault engine just isn’t working. If
their car is indeed this woeful in race conditions it will be at least
fascinating to see Vettel grapple with a less than perfect car in amongst the
more ahem raggedy drivers at the lower end of the grid. The one bright spot for
Red Bull is at least they are not Lotus who didn’t even show up for the first
test and then when they did they might as well have not bothered. Struggling Lotus (as I fear they may be known throughout this season) have
completed fewer laps than any other team including Caterham. And a driver
line-up of Maldonado and Grosjean is one of the most potentially bonkers
pairings ever seen in F1. Be afraid, be very afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time tremendous) news, Williams looks very strong and new signing Felipe Massa
set the fastest time in all pre-testing this winter and their car appears to
have the edge on reliability over Mercedes. The decision to switch engine
supplier from Renault to Mercedes is looking like a genius masterstroke. If
this form extends to longer distance stints we could see an amazing resurgence
in Williams’ fortunes. Massa for the title anyone? I’ll get my coat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fastest time of any non-Mercedes or non-Williams car. Yes Ferrari were 3<sup>rd</sup>
in terms of pace and mileage completed but with so many things to throw into
the mix – the fact that the Mercedes looked a bit fragile and the fact that
Valtteri Bottas isn’t Fernando Alonso (with all due respect etc) – may well
mean that Ferrari are properly in the hunt for spoils this season. And have I
mentioned that their ‘second’ driver is Kimi Raikkonen (though of course
Ferrari would never have such a thing as a number two driver).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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teams, McLaren and Force India didn’t set the world alight and could be set for
yet another season of mid-table mediocrity. Ron Dennis (fresh from his ousting
of poor, beleaguered Martin Whitmarsh – has anyone even seen or heard from Martin
Whitmarsh in recent months – truly the wrath of Ron is a terrible thing).
Anyway Ron Dennis is not a man to accept failure (or even moderate success) lightly
so it could be fun and games at McLaren this season. The new boy at McLaren,
Kevin Magnussen, has a big reputation for blistering speed so that should add a
bit of spice into the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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new cars turn in anger for the very first time. Whether the teams are ready or
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone with school age children will have encountered the Pushy Sports Parent species. Prowling with intent on the edge of (or, if undetected, actually inside) the touchline and ferociously yelling at some poor half-frozen child on the pitch to “MAKE. THE. BALL. YOURS”. I *may* be recalling a rugby tournament a few weeks ago where I was stood alongside such a person (who I didn’t know) for a number of games and it was excruciatingly awful. I actually felt under pressure to say something to my own child which turned out to be the exact opposite of what the coach said 5 seconds later. Clearly not cut out to be a pushy rugby mum or indeed watch rugby. Gutted much.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pushy parents have long inhabited the world of sport (see Pushy Tennis Dad, a phenomenon that goes back to the distant inter-war days of Suzanne Lenglen). But the world does seem to have increasing numbers of pushy sports parents. Probably because (1) there are more pushy parents generally, (2) there is so much money in sport these days especially if you can develop a ‘brand’ image and (3) we have moved more into a ‘winning is everything’ mentality and away from the values of good sportmanship.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it is quite something when the death of a F1 driver’s father generates the outpouring of genuine love and affection that happened this week when John Button, Jenson Button’s dad, suddenly passed away. In many respects the sacrifices that families of budding F1 drivers have to make are way greater than in nurturing talented children in other sports. Not too surprising when you do the maths of funding a racing car compared to buying a football or tennis racquet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John was right there from the start in Jenson’s career, when aged 8 he drove to victory in his very first race. On one occasion, John had to borrow money to buy fuel so they could make it back home from a race in Scotland. In his younger days he competed in rallycross before devoting himself to funding and supporting his son’s rapid ascent through the lower formulae.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has been a permanent fixture in the F1 paddock since Jenson’s debut in 2000. He managed that rare feat of supporting his son absolutely and passionately but didn’t ever get in the way of the mechanics working tirelessly behind the scenes. All teams and drivers loved John Button (or Papa Smurf as he was known to the paddock) and it is hard to imagine the utter devastation that Jenson and his sisters will be feeling.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a sport full of big personalities, John’s charisma and joie de vivre really stood out. Even in Jenson’s toughest times (driving the dog that was the Honda) he was relentlessly upbeat and would always manage to give a big smile and thumbs up to the camera even during the hardest of races. With such unwavering belief in his son, it is perhaps not all that surprising Jenson did eventually win a F1 world title. And was there a happier or prouder man in the world that day than John Button? As a fan, you genuinely felt as elated for him as you did for Jenson and you suspect that was the greatest moment of his life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come the opening race of the season in Melbourne, I like to think that somewhere John Button will be watching proceedings in his lucky pink shirt wildly cheering on the driver in car no.22.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01007623875195686847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238018976680128119.post-41871111869844897992013-12-31T20:48:00.000+00:002014-03-05T16:19:49.500+00:002013: Keep the Faith<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blog I was going to write today was a season review for 2013. A sort of F1 Oscars if you like. Best Driver, Best Race, Best Drive, Lifetime Achievement Award. I started writing it a couple of weeks ago but hadn’t got round to finishing it as the craziness of Christmas took over. And then two days ago I heard the terrible news that Michael Schumacher had been in a skiing accident. A very good friend thoughtfully tweeted me guessing (rightly) I would be frantic. At first (admittedly there were various conflicting reports) we heard it wasn’t too serious. Then as the hours passed the world was told that Schumacher was in a critical condition and in an induced coma following brain surgery. In a further press conference today (New Year’s Eve) his doctors said there has been some slight improvement but the situation remains critical and he is not out of danger.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be honest I am still in a state of shock along with all other F1 fans and it still feels very surreal. Another reminder that life is extremely fragile. David Coulthard wrote a very honest and moving piece in the Telegraph today. Oddly enough (as they never actually battled each other for the title) they had more run-ins than you would expect. Yet at the end of the 2006 season when Michael retired for the first time, he approached DC and suggested they swap helmets. That previously unknown little anecdote tells us a lot about Schumacher. Ruthless and compromising on the track but a hugely generous, loyal and compassionate person off of it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His philanthropic work is not often talked of by the media (partly as over the years it didn’t fit with some of the UK media’s agenda and partly because the Schumachers are intensely private). Aside from being a special ambassador to UNESCO for many years, he donated around $10 million to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami in 2005 as well as millions to the Clinton Foundation and financially supported numerous other projects with a particular focus on initiatives to help under-privileged children. In the era of the celebrity and the quest for publicity and self-aggrandisement, it is heart-warming to know there are people as successful and famous as Michael who choose to give back. He really is one of life’s good guys.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not too surprisingly given its inherently dangerous edge, F1 has more than most sports known tragedy. Different generations of fans have lost their heroes. From Jim Clark (my father’s all time favourite driver) to Ronnie Peterson to Gilles Villeneuve and so many other gifted drivers. Many have remarked on the cruel twist of fate of Schumacher defying death in various crashes and flat-out racing over his long career only to be gravely injured while skiing one year following his retirement. Yet F1 has precedent for this as well. Within 4 months after retiring from F1, Graham Hill was tragically killed when a light aircraft he was piloting crashed. Damon Hill lost his father that day, then lost his team-mate, Ayrton Senna, at Imola nearly 20 years later and now his great rival, Michael, is fighting for his life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<em>Multi 21, Seb! Multi 21</em>” – Mark Webber to Sebastian Vettel after Vettel defied team orders to pass him to win the Malaysian Grand Prix. Also winner of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Most Controversial Moment of the Year</strong>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, this paragraph below was to be the start of my season review. Seems so daft now but I think quite poignant in its own way.</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other night, I dreamt I went to pre-season testing. Bizarrely it was at Long Beach in California which a) shows my age and b) shows how much I need a hot weather holiday. I sat and watched pre-season testing in the inestimable company of Michael Schumacher. As you do. One of the many things that made this season so utterly uninspiring was the departure of Schumi. Again. For me, the 2007 season was similarly flat though when I look back at least Raikkonen won the title for Ferrari (which beats an excruciating Vettel borefest hands down). Though actually that was partly the problem. Raikkonen was driving a Schumacher car and winning a title that Michael should have (and probably would have) won. Next year however I am beyond excited at seeing Kimi back at Ferrari. This time round I can really enjoy it having finally reached a place of acceptance that Michael no longer drives for Ferrari. </span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All we can do now is pray (or just hope a lot - if praying isn’t your thing) that Schumi pulls through and makes a strong recovery.<i> </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there we are. Almost done for 2013. Thanks so much to everyone who does read the blog and follows me. One of the best things about blogging is getting to know so many fantastic F1 fans on Twitter who support each other in good and bad times (like recently). One of my New Year’s resolutions to blog more often and another one is to go to an actual race for the first time in years (looks hard at the husband and reminds him of our 10<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary NEXT YEAR!).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladies and Gentlemen. This is it. The final race of this F1 season. It doesn’t have quite the same unbearable nerve-jangling tension of last year’s epic showdown in Interlagos. It seems to have a real end of term, demob happy kind of feeling. Not overly surprising when all the important stuff like who won the driver’s and constructors’ titles were decided a gazillion light years ago. I’ll be honest - a lot of the races this season blur into one giant ball of Vettel nothingness. I sort of accidentally forgot to do a blog on the US Grand Prix (<a href="http://adashofeaurouge.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/united-states-grand-prix-the-race/" target="_blank">unless you count this!</a>) partly because I sort of accidentally forgot to watch the race. Ok I didn’t really forget. It was vaguely on in the background while scenes of carnage and mass destruction were raging in Power Towers (anyone with small children will know the horror of the Witching Hour). Then I just couldn’t be bothered to waste one of the very few pockets of free time in the week to watch the race properly especially when I had two new episodes of Borgen to catch up on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway back to the important stuff. Today is Mark Webber’s last race in Formula 1. Five Live asked on Twitter for people to describe Webber in 3 words and someone said ‘bloody good bloke’. Simply the perfect description. I almost feel quite emotional.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its also Felipe Massa’s last race for Ferrari (after 8 years!) and if Webber can’t win today, I would love to see Massa win for Ferrari. Actually I would love either of them to win. So I can confidently predict that neither of those things can happen. Mainly because Sebastian Vettel will win. Gah.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It could well be Ross Brawn’s last race with Mercedes but is it his last in F1? I fervently hope not. There are teams crying out for Ross’s genius leadership. I would love love love to see him at Williams. We shall see.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you are the husband the huge significance of the race today is its the last one with ‘normally aspirated engines’. He’s all heart the husband.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time for the start and its Go Go Go! And ROSBERG HAS PASSED VETTEL. This house has rarely seen such excited scenes of rejoicing since Vettel bombed out of Silverstone. But Nico is coming under The Most Immense Pressure and on lap 2 Vettel bludgeons his way past to retake the lead of the race. Oh well it is was fun while it lasted for all of 15 seconds.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A great scrap between former bitter rival team-mates Hamilton and Alonso for 3<sup>rd</sup> place but Fernando seized back position before gobbling up Rosberg for 2<sup>nd</sup> place. Noooooo Romain Grosjean’s engine has spectacularly blown up on lap 4. One of the great stories of the 2013 season has been how Grosjean has silenced his critics. Dear normally aspirated engines, you suck.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Mark Webber pulls a lovely move on Rosberg to move into 3<sup>rd</sup> place. The husband wondered whether Vettel would give Mark the win if it came down to it. Can’t see it myself especially with Vettel homing in on his latest entry in the F1 record books. This time out it is The Most Consecutive Race Wins In A Single Season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And on lap 13 Webber is through on Alonso to move into 2<sup>nd</sup> place. If only we could have another normally aspirated engine conk out, preferably on the Red Bull that Webber isn’t driving, then we would all be happy. Except for any Vettel fans I guess. Still they can afford the odd crumb of glory to go the way of someone else for once. But it won’t will it? <Whacks head on table></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So lap 17 and Vettel has a 10 second lead over his team-mate. Brundle remarked that it would be brilliant to do away with practice sessions as the cars are all over the place today because teams didn’t know how to set them up with the classically unpredictable Brazil weather. Oooooh Weather Monitor of Doom Alert. No rain expected in the next 30 minutes but showers on the NE corner of the track. Confused much?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just as the world and their dog are passing Bottas, well ok Kovalainen at any rate, is it a good time to mention that Williams have amassed a jaw-droppingly awful 5 points ALL season? They are languishing behind Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso. Wow how the mighty have fallen. <Unhappy face></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A superb ballsy move by Jenson Button on Gutierrez on lap 23 to move into P7. The last time I said early doors in a race that Button was one to watch, it all promptly fell apart Murray Walker-style so I have learned my lesson. The commentators are genuinely ecstatic about what an exciting race this is and dudes you are not alone. The drivers bloody love driving here because it is a brilliant track with such a rich F1 history. How many epic races have we seen at Interlagos? How many great races have we seen in…(plucks one out of thousands)...Bahrain? There are depressingly way too many Hermann Tilke-bot tracks on the F1 calendar these days.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh pants – a rubbish pitstop for Mark Webber (why always Mark?) – meaning that Alonso has closed right back up behind him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">STOP PRESS. There have been spots of rain. Oh the spots have now stopped. Bad news for poor old Mercedes who were on weather watch and holding off on pitstops. I think its time for a running order update: 1. Nigel Mansell, 2. Webber, 3. Alonso, 4. Massa, 5. Hamilton and 6. Button.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The commentators have really got the bit between their teeth about ditching these practice sessons. Anyone would think they have found lots of the races boring this season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massa has a problem with his KERS (possibly) and is under investigation. Way to endear yourself to the thousands of Brazilian fans at the race by penalising the one Brazilian driver. Just chillax and give Felipe a break. Nope, he has got a drive-through. And safe to say that Felipe is very unhappy. Lots of hand gestures as he strops his way through his drive-through.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can I just say HOW much I’m loving this race? Please don’t say they’ve all been secretly this brilliant for the last few races and I’ve been missing out. Nah don’t think so. Maybe its such a done deal that Vettel will win these days that I’ve managed to perfect the art of erasing his ongoing participation in the race from my mind and am just enjoying the goddamn show. Applauds Interlagos for yet again giving us superb and entertaining racing all over the track.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hehehe a very amusing little exchange between Jenson Button and his race engineers where he shat all over them for giving him instructions in braking zones. How very Lewis Hamilton!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lap 44 and still NO rain. And time for the next glut of pitstops. Perez has impressively fought his way up from to 8<sup>th</sup> from 19<sup>th</sup>. Ah yes I forgot to mention it was Perez’s last race for McLaren today. That didn’t work out very well did it. Oddly enough I actually rate Perez but think McLaren was possibly too big a team for him. Or maybe the McLaren car they gave him was just utter crud.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And DRAMARAMA as Bottas crashes out of the race having lost his wheel (what? where? why?) and now it looks like Lewis Hamilton has had a tyre delamination. This is like Silverstone all over again! What the hell is going on?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vettel has now suddenly pitted and his team aren’t even ready for him. And in comes in Mark Webber. Double-stacking. Wtf? Apparently they were expecting Webber so had the wrong tyres ready. So did Vettel pinch Mark’s slot or what? The commentators have now started speculating whether Vettel will gift Webber the win. I’m with Brundle on this. No. On lap 54 out of 71, the gap between 1 and 2 is just five seconds. Interesting times. Ish.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah Hamilton has got a drive-through for causing that collision which resulted in a trashed wheel for Bottas and a puncture for Lewis. He’s not happy either. The stewards are now investigating Giedo van der Garde and have given him a drive-through as well. Blimey the clipboards are in overdrive today.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND APPARENTLY THE RAIN IS COMING. But when? There’s only 14 FREAKING laps to go. Is that rain on the camera? Yes it is. Right lets do this. Multiple pit-stops, double-stacking, aqua-planing, Spa 1998. Faints. Ok maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. It does look quite wet out there but the drivers are hanging on in there. Boo.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perez is now 6<sup>th</sup>. Wow how did that happen? And HANG ON…Button is 4<sup>th</sup> – I would love to see JB on the podium after lets be honest a pretty crud season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Charles Pic’s season has come to a sad end. He has a broken car (insert ‘no difference to normal’ joke here – ok you don’t have to). Apparently we have Peter Kay’s Fine Rain That Soaks You Through. We don’t want fine rain. We want biblical torrential downpours. Bugger.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ooops. Vergne tries to take Maldonado on the inside and Pastor is having none of it and they clatter into each other. To be investigated after the race. Meanwhile the 6 year old has made a track out of lego. Apparently its neck and neck between Vettel and Button at the front. I’m liking the idea of a Lego GP. Someone have a word with Bernie please.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So two laps to go and we are riding with Sebastian Vettel who is on the verge of winning his ninth consecutive race of the season. And he crosses the line first to seal his 13<sup>th</sup> win of the season. That is properly insane. Let the eulogies commence but I’ll leave that to the commentators.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah Webber is driving his final in-lap without his helmet and it really is the end of an era. He started in Australia driving for Minardi in 2002 and is bowing out 11 years later. *wipes tear from eye*. And we hear that Marussia have finished 10<sup>th</sup> in the Constructors’ Championship ahead of Caterham – brilliant news for the lovely and well-run Marussia team.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so here are the results from the Brazilian Grand Prix of 2013:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that’s it folks. We’ve reached the end of the road for this season. It wasn’t a vintage one but it had its moments of drama, controversy and excitement all the same – I feel a blog coming on with my season highlights. Next season it is all change – driver line-ups, new technical regulations, new engines, new tracks and Raikkonen driving a Ferrari again – I feel like I have been waiting for the 2014 season for pretty much most of the 2013 season. I genuinely CANNOT WAIT...!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All it remains to say is goodbye Mark Webber. F1 will miss you!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01007623875195686847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238018976680128119.post-41364347838959015422013-11-25T21:10:00.000+00:002014-03-05T16:27:53.012+00:00United States Grand Prix - The Race<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup think that pretty much covers it.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01007623875195686847noreply@blogger.com1