Departing, arriving, changing

Whilst the big teams are choosing which Lear jet to take to the first race and the smaller ones are trying to remember where they put their sun-tan lotion and arguing with each other over whose turn it is to carry the engines in their hand luggage, there's still plenty going on in the world of F1.

US F1 have finally admitted there is no way they can make it into the championship this year and have asked to defer their entry until 2011.

This might well pave the way for Stefan to be given a last minute entry, which would be most entertaining. Especially if Jacques Villeneuve comes back, as that would make it 5 World Champions on the grid at the same time.

Meanwhile, the Campos team have changed names before they've even turned a wheel. Recent shifts in ownership now mean they are the Hispanic Racing Team (or HRT for short. No, honestly. They should be a big hit with ladies of a certain age. Has it just got very hot in here, or is it me?). They should be having an official launch shortly and look likely to announce Indian Karun Chandok as their other driver alongside Bruno Senna.

How jolly exciting.

(Right now, Right now.... MC5 would like you to "Kick Out The Jams")

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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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