Fantasy Formula 1: Europe - The other stuff

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 grid. Looks like it meant a lot to him too.

Fantasy Formula 1 driver of the day was the sobbing Spaniard, with a chunky 45 points.

Bad news, people – Mark E makes in 8 weeks out front, and due to some, frankly, hopeless scores from his nearest rivals, he’s extended his lead to a chunky 68 points.

Front to back gap – blimey, that’s got wide. 455 points wide.

It’s now Alonso who tops the list of FF1 drivers you should have picked, whilst Perez continues his grip on 2nd. Despite scoring points this race, de la Rosa is still last. On the teams front, Lotus still lead, but Ferrari are now up to 2nd. HRT are still well and truly last.

Congratulations to Tony’s Mum and Ollie C, who collect the two biggest points hauls of the season so far!

Next race: It’s the British GP on the 8th of July! Hurrrrrrah!!! I’m already dusting off my Damon Hill baseball cap and fretting about what Eddie Jordan might wear...

(Listeing to a rather amazing mash-up album tonight - The Kleptones' "A Night At The Hip Hopera", which ambitiously mixes Queen songs with, well, all sorts of stuff really. Lordy!)

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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

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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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