Home soil head start for Vettel

Just when we thought it was all change at the front, it wasn't.

Alonso and Massa looked set to finally lock out the front row of the grid in their Ferrari's, when a blinding lap from Sebastien Vettel gave him pole for tomorrow's German GP.

The rain of the last few days held off, but there was still drama when Liuzzi got his wheels onto some soggy AstroTurf and suddenly found himself saying hello to a concrete wall by the pits. He's OK... his car probably isn't.

Championship leader Hamilton was on the back-foot after shunting his car in practice yesterday and only managing a handful of laps, and it showed as he'll be starting in 6th tomorrow.

So the grid is: Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Webber (who decided the track itself was a bit dull and took to the run off area on his final run), Button, Hamilton, Kubica, Barrichello (now the proud owner of a "I beat the Stig" T-shirt from his team), Rosberg and Hulkenberg.

Home hero Schumacher could only manage 11th after proclaiming this week that he is eyeing up the title next year. Better start improving then, Mikey. And quick....

(Damp Saturday in Cumbria, and Jenwis has the Blues, with a spot of Earl Hooker & Junior Wells)

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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

I know I'll regret this...

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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