It seems Ferrari have escaped further punishment for using banned team orders, so just the $100K fine and that’s it for being a little too blatant in manipulating the result of the race. No real surprise there. Here is my original post and thoughts. To recap, Massa was told over the team radio: “Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?” The Brazilian…
Rule 1 – F1 always used to be better
A couple of months ago I went to Spa as a guest of one of the teams to watch the GP. This was the sixth or seventh time I’ve been to the circuit at Spa-Francorchamps, but my first visit since ’95. The Bus Stop chicane and La Source have been changed (Bus Stop certainly for the better). The start straight is longer and the pit…
Tony’s Journey
With the questions I have about the man it was inevitable that I was going to get Blair’s memoirs. It does make me feel a little better that my money is going to the British Legion rather than his Tonyness. Unlike most post career memoirs this one was written by the subject. Blair says that he wrote every word in longhand “on hundreds of notepads”…
Today
In order for grief to pass it must be acknowledged, emotions need to be heard and today they were listened too. I allow myself to experience the grief that comes with the three year illness and death of my mother, the ending of relationships and felt most acutely today the health of my father.
One of my favourite rally cars is back!
One of my previous rally cars has arrived back in the Northwest after six years in California. The RX-7 is the car Carey Wright and myself took to a couple of Northwest 2WD championships. It’s just been brought by a friend of Careys and is back in North Bend. It took quite a number of class wins and even a couple of overall podiums, while…
What to do with Pakistan?
The people at the top of cricket have a tough choice to make in response to the alleged betting scam rolling around cricket right now. First is hand out life bans to anyone involved and talk about putting the house in order. Or they can work at the root cause of mess and try to stop the situation from happening again The first way is…
It’s almost play-off time again!!!
I missed Saturdays win over Chicago, but it sounded like a fun game with Montero scoring the winner in injury time. This was a huge game for both sides, and not because of Freddie’s return, but because of the points on the table and the two sides battling out for the final playoff places. This is the combined MLS table, if the season were to…
One of the classics
Spa is one of my favourite tracks, and along with Monza it’s certainly one of my favourite Grand Prix. Spa always throws up the unexpected, it’s a long track, has elevation changes, a couple of places that separate the men from the boys, and to be charitable we’ll call the weather “changeable”. It’s very much a driver’s track, Eau Rouge is a classic and a…
Into the home of cricket
I got into London late last night, still jetlagged as heck after a couple of days on the continent and not at my best, but very much looking forward to a busy couple of days to catch up with some friends and have some fun with my family. Today I got to do something I’ve not done in about 15 years and enjoy a full…
Blair Doctrine and the cynical British
His Tonyness announced this week that he had donated the advance and royalties of his memoirs to the Royal British Legion. The money is to help fund a new center to help the rehabilitation of injured service men and women. Unquestionably this is a very important and worthwhile cause. However Tony Blair must be wondering what the hell he has to do to get some…