Fantasy Formula 1: United States

Fantasy Formula 1: United States - the other stuff

Yeee-ha!

That was fun, wasn't it? Not sure about the hats, though.

And now there's just the one left to go. Whilst rumours about HRT being sold/shut down start to circulate (again), and the weather forecast for Sao Paolo has the word "APOCALYPSE" written across the map, it's sad to think the the season is nearly over.

Who do you think will win? That cheeky, sweary, German chappy with the priapic finger? Or that red-clad swarthy fellow with the tame caterpillars above his eyes, and a classy way of saying "Ham-meal-ton" when he's talking about Lewis? We'll know soon...

Naughty corner: Wow – it was all fairly good-natured, wasn’t it? I’m therefore going for the BBC, for not showing the race live and me having to wait until 10.30 to watch it. Well past my bedtime.

Hero: Reluctantly, but fairly, I’m saying Lewis this time. He drove brilliantly, and actually seemed quite cheerful afterwards. He hardly grumbled on the radio either.

Fantasy Formula 1 driver of the day was the aforementioned Mr Hamilton, with 27 points.

Elmon makes it 5 races at the front now, whilst Mark E led for the first 14. 1 race left, and Ollie C is only 6 points behind. Photo finish? Actually, we’ve never had a draw... I’d better think of some rules for that, just in case. (I accept cash and cheques.)

Seb is still the best driver to have picked for FF1 points, whilst Schumi’s shocking year sees him languishing in a terrible 17th place. Yes Narain is still last. Whist Red Bull are the best team to have chosen, McLaren have jumped Lotus into 3rd place, whilst HRT are where you’d expect them to be... right at the back.

Next race: This is it, ladles and jellyspoons! In the words of His Royal Jeff Lynne-ness, there’s gonna be a Showdown. What we really need is for it to take place somewhere with mental weather conditions where it can be boiling hot, stormy, or monsoon-level rain in the time it takes to say “Shut up, Eddie.”

Brazil? On the 25th of November? That’d do very nicely indeed.

(Mike Oldfield in quasi-classical album shock! Tonight It's "Music Of The Spheres" on the CD-o-phone.)

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Malaysian Grand Prix - Vettel hot, but not bothered

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I know I'll regret this...

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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