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Fantasy Formula 1 - Japan: The other stuff

It's Tuesday, Tuesday, gotta get down on Tuesday! Or perhaps not.

Whilst Herr Doublepointyfinger recovers from a massive hangover and some choice karaoke, we have the small matter of some random facts and stats to round up. Starting off with... driver and team stats!


Naughty corner: Yes, you've guessed it. My vote yet again goes to trouble-magnet extraordinaire, Lewis Hamilton. A dozy moment in quali, then a careless moment in the race. With Massa. Again. Plank.

Hero: Seb doesn't need any other prizes, so I'm handing this one to Rosberg, who quietly sneaked up from 23rd on the grid to 10th. Tidy.

Bad news this race for Heather, as she adds herself to the worst 3 scores of the year for a second time, with a tiddly 6 points.

Fantasy Formula 1 drivers of the day were Button and Rosberg, who both scored 27 points.

The top 3 drivers so far are Vettel on 337, Button with 260 and Alonso on 246. Quick Nick is still 8th!

The top 3 teams so far are Red Bull on 341, McLaren with 337 and Ferrari on 262. Williams are still very, very last.

Henry's lead drops a little this race to 57 points, but he's still firmly out front an now equals the record for consecutive races at the top. He hasn't beaten the total races at the top yet, though... So far we've had Heather (1 race), Neil (3), Me (4), Ian (1), Me again (1), Ian again (1) and Henry (4).

The gap from first to last goes up again this race - its now 387 points wide.

Fantasy Formula 1: Where this just happened....

Lewis "I'm really sorry, Felipe baby."
Felipe "You know I'll always forgive you. It's those ear studs that melt my heart."
Lewis "You look so good in red."
Felipe "I like your shiny helmet."
Us: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Next race: Crikey, it's only this weekend, innit? Another alarm clock job, it's the Korean GP on the 16th of October.



(CD A-Z continues. Tonight, Matthew, they'll mostly be the Electric Light Orchestra.... yes, it's Alternativa's "A Night In Starlight".)

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