grumpyf1

Well now... This is tricky. After a great deal of pondering and soul-searching, I’ve decided I’m not going to run Fantasy Formula 1 this year. Here’s why: 17 years after starting it off in the mid 90s, 2012 saw me trying to juggle sorting out results, a race report, various stats and a captioned image, and place them onto the blog, on twitter, into a Word document and out via email. At the same time as doing that, I was trying to fit in writing a 500 word newspaper column that needed submitting on a Wednesday. Consequently, I was spending Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the computer, then the rest of the week never quite catching up on everything else I needed to do. The BBC’s decision not to show half the races live also means I get to see coverage from those races later in the day, leaving even less time to get a head start on the results. Surprisingly, the North West Evening Mail haven’t yet cottoned on to my innate crappiness at writing, and are still allo...

It must have been a shocking moment at Ferrari HQ. Um... Mr, di Montezuma, Sir...? This had better be good news, or you'll be swimming with the fishes. Oh. Right. Well, I just thought I ought to point out that we... I don't really know how to put this... we... haven't done anything spectacularly stupid this year. What?! But we complained about bits of the Red Bull car being too flexible! Yes, Sir, but... well, that was quite reasonable, wasn't it? What about cutting the engine seal on the little monkey-fella's car so the Golden One could move one place up the grid? Surely that counts! Not really Sir - legitimate tactics. Getting whipping-boy to move out of the way at every possible opportunity? Again, tactics. A bit unplesant maybe, but not stupid per se. Hmmm. Hang on... why don't we try and get the championship overturned with some daft complaint about a barely noticeable flag incident at the final race, that even the stewards found too ...

Is it safe to look now? Wowzers - I haven't been that excited since seeing Sheena Easton live. Crap... did I just type that? Erm... I meant... AC/DC. Yeah. *cough* Anyway... what a race! A thriller from start to finish, and it could have been such a different outcome. If Vettel had gained a puncture in that tangle, we'd probably be looking at Alonso as World Champion instead. Congratulations to Jenson for again keeping it cool to take the win. Phew - I need to go for a lie-down in a darkened room. But first, you'll be wanting to know the Fantasy Formula 1 race results...   RACE RESULT     Position Name Points 1 Kristin 81 2 Ollie C 76 3 Olie B 75 4 Andy 74 =5 Cally 68 =5 Claire 68 =7 Stephen H 67 =7 Martin...