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It would be fair to say that the Korean Grand Prix was... slippery. Even before it was wet. A bit like the model train sequence in Wallace & Grommit, where Grommit is furiously laying the track ahead of the train, the circuit seemed to still be going up as everyone arrived, but the only real problem this presented was the nice, new, slippery tarmac. Qualifying went pretty much according to plan for the Big 5, with the exception of Button, who seemed strangely off the pace and unable to get heat into his tyres. His weekend (and title defence) was about to get a whole lot worse than a lowly 7th on the grid, too. Rosberg & Massa were 5th and 6th, with Vettel, Webber, Alonso and Hamilton at the sharp end. The moment Jake Humphrey walked out of the McLaren garage on to the track at the start of the BBC's coverage and you could see it was wet, it was obvious we were in for fun and games. And that's what we got. With Red Bull able to win the Constructor's Championshi...

Crikey! The Carpenters, Kraftwerk, Madonna, Glomag.... sounds like it shouldn't work, but it blummin' blimmin' well does.... Calculating Occupants (an Apollo Zero mashup) from Reborn Identity on Vimeo .

Sounds likes some kind of dodgy genetic experiment. Imagine a fluffy cute winged avenger of doom sweeping down on you and.... Sorry. Got a bit distracted there. This is fine stuff though.... Lamb vs The Eagles - "One Of These Nights" (BRAT Mashup) from Daniel Barassi on Vimeo .

Yeah, potentially dangerous. But when you add Joan Jett and a bunch of others....

What do you get if you cross current with the 80's? Bruno Mars vs Freeze's high-piched hit IO.U. - me likey!

Another mash for you - three of the barkingest ladies on the planet, Tori Amos, Bjork and PJ Harvey get a little help from Massive Attack...

Mrs Hamilbutton has gone to perform at a gig, so I'm at home. On my own. I don't smoke any more, so that avenue of enjoyment is out of the window (still miss a smoke though. Sigh.) There's sod all on tele (unless you like Strictly Come Dancing) so I'm riding the crest of the digital wave, finding interesting stuff. And here's the first one of tonight, a tip-top mash up by Wax Audio (bless you, sir or madam) of Pink Floyd and the Bee Gees. It shouldn't work. It bloody does.

I had the good fortune to be in London last Friday night to see a-ha at the Royal Albert Hall. As you may know, after a 25 year career and 9 albums, they've finally decide to call it a day. Most people probably think of them as that band that did "Take On Me" in the 80s with the animated video. Those guys with big hair. Whatever happened to them? All this time later, they've reached the end of the road and are out on a final tour. The Royal Albert Hall gig was a bit different though, as they were playing a one off - their entire first album "Hunting High And Low". I love the Albert Hall - such a great venue, good sound, easy to get in and out of, and a great deal nicer inside than most venues. Anyway, doing their album in order meant the song they might well save until the encores on the rest of the tour was first up - and bloody good it was too. Don't believe me? Well, someone videoed it (of course)... As you can see, the crowd were quite ple...

It ra ined so much at the Japanese Grand Prix, I started thinking it was Cumbria. Whilst we struggled on when there was that drop of rain last year, F1 didn't, and qualifying was postponed until Sunday morning. Lewis Hamilton seemed to have run over a fairy, broken a couple of mirrors and offended God (it was probably those sodding earstuds) so unlucky was he this weekend. Before he even got to quali, his gearbox needed changing, meaning he would drop 5 places on the grid. Then there was the small matter of an ear infection. Still, with some damp patches remaining out on track, quali got underway and it all went fairly to plan until Massa managed to drop out in Q2. If he thought that was bad, he wasn't even going to manage a lap in the race. Button chose an interesting tyre strategy, gambling on starting with hard tyres, then reaping the rewards later in the race when the track was rubbered in and he would be on softs. Good plan. Plans don't always work though. Red Bu...

Sometimes, I think I spend way too much time thinking up amusing titles for blog posts. Anyway... Lotus (when you say "you were on fire today" it's actually true) have announce that they will be using Red Bull gearbox and hydraulic systems next season. Apparently, they will be using Renault engines. They're a team based in Britain, but financed by Malaysian owners. Mike Gascoyne IS Dr Lotustein. Fresh from employing Nick Heidfeld in place of Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber have announced that they will have 20 year old Mexican Sergio Perez alongside Kobayashi next year. Looks like Nick will be looking for yet another seat, then. Perez will be the first Mexican driver in F1 for 30 years and managed 2nd in GP2 recently. Let's hope he's Speedy (Gonzales). (Still listening to Ken Bruce. He's grumpier than me!)

Those of you with good memories will faintly remember that I got re-tweeted by Jake Humphrey and, being an incredibly shallow person, I decided to make a big thing out of it. I naturally assumed that my brush with fame was to be the end of such adventures courtesy of the Tweetisphere, but I was wrong. I'm "following" F1 Racing magazine on Twitter, and they asked for opinions regarding Ferrari escaping without further punishment following the "Fernandoisfasterthanyougate" incident. I duly responded and then thought nothing further of it. A couple of weeks ago, my shiny new October copy of F1 Racing plopped through the letterbox. It immediately got promoted over the October 2009 copy of Mojo lurking in the bathroom and became my throne-room reading matter. Whilst reading their article on the Ferrari "cheatingbunchofgitsgate" incident, I noticed a box containing responses from their Twitter followers. And there I was. Well, I say that... I wasn'...