grumpyf1

Well, what a smashing time I had in Leeds. 4.45am alarm call on Monday, got lost when I exited the station when I got there, then discovered later that the hotel I had booked couldn't take me and wound up in one much further away. Overlooking a motorway junction. Still, I now am apparently able to create a Wordpress website from scratch. I've got certificate that says that, anyway. Still, you don't want to hear about my trials and tribulations... you want The Other Stuff! Hopefully. So, without further delaying tactics or unecessary waffling, here it is... Naughty corner: Ooo, but there were a LOT to choose from, weren’t there? I think you can guess who I’m going for, can’t you? Yup – Pastor’s stupefyingly bad attempt to pass Hamilton, not only robbing Lewis of points, but Williams of a decent haul too. Again. Hero: Some worthy candidates... Webber made up 15 places, Schumi got a podium at last, but I’ll go with Fernando getting the win from 11th on the gri...

In preparation for the European GP at Valencia, I considered painting the wall next to the TV just before the race. That way, I’d have something more interesting to watch if necessary. Good job I didn’t (it’s quite a nice colour anyway) as the race turned out, for the first time in it’s miserable history, to be a corker. The lap record around the circuit is held by Timo Glock, back in the days when he drove a Toyota very rapidly. Unfortunately, the only thing he was doing rapidly this weekend was nipping to the loo. Although it’s possible he might have broken some kind of record for that too, as he was poorly enough to miss the race. Qualifying saw a dejected Webber out in Q1, his DRS not working, whilst a thrilled Kovaleinen made it into Q2. The second part of quail wasn’t a good one for those driving red cars, as both Ferrari drivers failed to make it through to the shoot out, with the top 10 covered by a measly 0.22 seconds. Whilst it looked like it would be similarly...

Yay! Vettel's in the lead! Ooo. He's out. Yay! Alonso's in the lead! Grosjean might win! Ooo. Romain's out. Hamilton might win! Ooo. Lewis is out. Fernando's going to win? From 11th?! 2012 finally lobbed the biggest surprise of the season so far into the mix - the Valencia GP was actually exciting. We really have seen it all now. At least there was one constant, reliable, factor in all this - Pastor Maldonad'oh is still a gigantic tit. Various drivers moving up loads of places during the race meant some big Fantasy F1 scores this race (except for me): RACE RESULT Position Name Points 1 Tony's Mum 144 2 Ollie C 133 3 Martin S 120 4 Jane 111 5 Stephen H 105 6 Olie B 94 7 Elmon 91 8 Ian ...