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Fantasy Formula 1 - Belgium: The other stuff

Don't you love Bank Holidays? Lots of time to get stuff done... like sort out the Fantasy Formula 1 random bits and bobs whilst its raining.

Kicking off our collection of what some are calling 'stuff' from the Belgian GP, here's the driver and team statistics:


Naughty corner: Senna - first he pinched Mr. Lovelybeard's seat by flashing his bulging wallet, then he 'forgot' that the car would handle differently on cold tyres and full tanks and caused chaos at the start, ruining Alguerdoyouthinkhesaurus' chances too. Berk.

Hero: Schuey or JB? Hmmmmm. Michael came from last to 4th, whilst JB went from 13th to 3rd. Looking at it that way (and seeing as it was his 200th birthday or something), I'll go with Herr Schumi.

Fantasy Formula 1 driver of the day was Schumacher, with a colossal 48 points!

The top three drivers so far are Vettel on 269, Webber with 206 and Button (up 2) on 193. Hamilton drops out of the top three after his little 'problem' during the race. He may be without a drive, but Heidfeld clings on to 6th place is the FF1 driver standings!

The top three teams so far are Red Bull on 273, McLaren with 270 and Ferrari on 207. After a troubled weekend, Maldonado's 23 points helped to finally shift Williams off last place - they're now 1 point ahead of Lotus.

Congratulations to Joy & Jane - their whopping 100+ scores adding them to the best 3 so far this season.

Henry's steady climb up through the standings sees him grab 1st place this race, assisted by previous top 2 (me and Ian) both losing Heidfeld's scoring potential. Congratulations to Henry though - a bold and pricey team selection is now paying dividends. So, the leaders have been: Heather (1 race), Neil (3), Me (4), Ian (1), Me again (1), Ian again (1), Henry (1). All to play for!

Front to back gap? Now 250 points. Still shrinking...

Fantasy Formula 1: Where the next race is Spa. And the one after that too.

Next race: Another of the old-school circuits, it's the Italian GP on September the 11th.



(Typing tunes tonight courtesy of Roger Taylor, and one of the CD singles of "Surrender".)

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