grumpyf1

Poor guy. He looked a bit lost chatting to the BBC F1 crew last weekend after Yamamoto pinched his motor, and it seems the same thing will happen to him again this weekend, as Hispania continue to "rotate" their drivers (and they haven't even got to Christian Klien yet). Tough gig being in a small, cash-strapped team. Still, being the only Indian driver in F1, I'm sure he'll get a seat somewhere if Hispania decide not to bother with him at all next year. Big old marketplace is India, and F1 likes big old marketplaces big time. (Tootling out of *gasp* the laptop tonight (via headphones) are a fine selection of mash-ups. Oooo. Get me. I'm so street.)

Bummer. If you're reading this little ol' blog because you take part in my Fantasy Formula 1 contest, you know the Karun Chandhok is a handy points winner at a low, low price (Do I sound like a DFS ad?). Well, not at the next race in Germany he won't be. Hispania have dropped him in favour of Yamamoto, who was just SO much better when he replaced Senna last time out. That was sarcasm, by the way. Karun has been pretty tidy and reliable. I can only assume that Sakon has some used £5 notes in his pocket he needed to get rid of. (Ooo, get me with my contemporary listening. It's the Manic Street Preachers "4st 7lb")

Well, they finally made it, albeit under a different name. Campos became Hispania, and today they finally launched their car (although this is the only photo I've found of it so far). They couldn't have left it much later and neither of their drivers will have driven the car when they turn up for the 1st race in a week's time. Not exactly a promising start, is it? With US F1 not making it though, at least we do have 2 more teams than last season. The car has been built by Dallara, so assumingly Hispania will need to take it back to the dealership for a change of oil and a service at some point. Drivers? Well, Bruno Senna we know about already (2nd in GP2 in 2008) but Karun Chandhok is even less spectacular, having won 3 races in GP2 in the last 2 years. To be fair though, that's not exactly rubbish, is it? Tough gig for the pair of them - let's hope they don't make fools of themselves or the press will have a field day. Someone really should have explained to th...