We made it ourselves. No, really.

For some reason I'm not entirely clear about, Toro Rosso are an Italian Formula 1 team. Something to do with them formerly being Minardi, I think. Who were of course owned by an Australian. And people wonder why some folks find F1 confusing.

It's pre-pre time!

Some regulation tweakage this year means that, for the first time, Toro Rosso (Red Bull in Italian, geddit?!) actually did design their own car, and haven't just pinched the drawing from Red Bull's desk drawer in the dead of night when the security guard had popped out for a fag. Kind of hard then, to predict how they might do. They were pretty rubbish last year, but should at least beat some of the new teams - beyond that, anything else will be a bonus. Who are they likely to be able to beat though? Williams? Sauber? Tricky... Of course, none of this is helped by a fairly weak driver line up.

Jaime Alguesuari raced for TR last year in the latter part of the season. And crashed a bit. He really needs to stop that this year. Potential? Well, at least he has driven an F1 car before.

Sebastien Buemi also raced for TR last year and at least managed to hang on to his seat all season, unlike the other Seb who started at the same time. Wassisname. Wore glasses. Bourdais. Again though, he didn't shine last year, but it would be fair to say the car probably played a big part in that.

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Malaysian Grand Prix - Vettel hot, but not bothered

Malaysia. It's always hot, and it always rains. Except the 2nd part is no longer true (unless you count the drizzly bit around lap 14). Saturday's qualifying session had highlighted the fact that Red Bull and McLaren seemed well matched on pace, but also that Ferrari were struggling. Whilst Vettel bagged another pole, followed by Hamilton, Webber and Button, Alonso was only 5th, and Massa 7th, with Nick Heidfeld an excellent 6th on the grid between the two red cars. At this point, I would like to break momentarily for a small rant: How many times do I have to say Heidfeld is good? Why wasn't he given a top drive years ago? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! ARE YOU BLIND!!!?? Ahem. The Hispanias somehow managed to a) turn up b) remember to bring cars c) get both of them on the track d) actually get both of them within 107%. Pretty remarkable really. Oh, and it didn't rain. Race day looked a more likely candidate for a drop of the wet stuff. The start was exciting, with

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For @Feisty_Onion @BroughtonLass @LizWestmorland Me... before the grumpiness set in. Have a great weekend.

Senna bags Willy drive?

The great thing about F1 rumours is that they change every 5 minutes. Just last week it was looking like Barrichello might be back in at Williams, as new engines, tech staff and a general reshuffle would mean they needed someone who actually knew what they were doing in an F1 car. Which rules out Maldonado, obviously. Now it looks like Senna might be about to get a seat with the team where his Uncle lost his life. I'm sure Bruno's mum must be delighted. I don't hold with all this superstitious mumbo-jumbo though, and with the extraordinary level of safety in modern F1 cars, Bruno should be pretty safe. There is one significant problem with Williams signing him though - and this is going to be a bit unpopular I suspect - Bruno isn't very good. Yes, he put in a couple of reasonable performances with Renault, but Nick Heidfeld (ah... Nick and his lovely beard...) would have been able to do likewise, has he not been dropped. And then they dropped Senna too. Thi

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