Fantasy Formula 1: Italy - the other stuff

Good to see Lewis doing his RoboHamilton thing again, like a big, spoilt, self-obsessed, arsey, erm... Robot.

He's done this before - refuse to show too much emotion, don't get too excited about anything, keep the smiles to a minimum, stick head in sand and hope no-one notices.

We noticed. Clearly, something is wrong in Hami-land. Whilst McLaren still seem to be a very good bet indeed, it appears something is making Lewis look elsewhere. Being shown up by Button, perhaps? Believing in his own hype too much? Not winning titles?

Whatever it is, I doubt he'll find it at Mercedes. On the plus side, someone else will get a chance in a decent car. I'd like to see Perez in there. That way, McLaren can save on their tyre bill even more and spend it on a smilebotomy for Ron Dennis.

Naughty Corner: Seb was a touch naughty, wasn’t he? He’s a very likeable chap, but sometimes we forget he’s an F1 driver: the desire to win sometimes overrules politeness and fair play.

Hero: Has to be that man Perez. He’s out-Buttoning Jenson with his tyre-management skills, and he’s speedy too. Me likey.

Fantasy Formula 1 driver of the day was Perez, with a large 38 points.

It looked like Mark E was being reeled-in at the last race, but he’s done an Alonso, and managed to extend his lead again this time. So it’s 13 races at the front, and a 40 point lead now.

Got 384 points? No? Then you can’t move up from last to 1st. Sorry
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It the shiny, happy, world of FF1, Alonso leads the championship, with Perez now up to 3rd. Pedro de la Rosa scored yet again...and stays last. Whist Ferrari continue to lead the constructors battle, Red Bull slump to 4th. HRT continue to be extremely last.

Top work by Olie B – this is the 8th consecutive race he’s moved up the standings. He’s 15th though, so still some work to do there...

Next race? Time to turn the lights on and hope the local authorities have put enough 50pence pieces in the meter – It’s the Singapore GP on the 23rd of September! Darkalicious!

(Still MC Frontalotting it. I type quicky, don't I?)

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