Did you get an F1 gift for Christmas?
Were you opening presents for Christmas (or anything else) this morning? Did you get any F1 goodies?
Perhaps you received one of the gifts suggested in the F1 Fanatic Gift Guide?
Brag about your F1 gifts below – I’ll add mine later if it turns out I’ve been a good boy this year…
Alianora La Canta said on 25th December 2007, 23:26
The nearest thing I got to a motor sport-related gift was a very fancy toothbrush. It had so many features on it that I suspect that some people in the high-tech world of F1 have the same model… That said, my family know that I tend to get myself the motor sport stuff I want, so they tend to concentrate on stuff I’m more likely to overlook.
I did buy myself a Lewis Hamilton biography (an obscure one subtitled “The Rise of F1′s New Superstar” by Iain Spragg & Adrian Clarke) because I thought it was a serious contender for the worst biography of Lewis (Yes, even worse than “The Story So Far” by Gareth Rogers!). I found it at a discount bookstore in Chesterfield for £3.99, and haven’t seen it on sale anywhere else. I felt some pity for the staff, who obviously were having trouble shifting their 50 or so copies of the book…
M Smith, I saw the tyre-shaped book in the same shop, but decided not to buy it. Admittedly, most of the reason was because it was more expensive (I think it could have justified its price tag to someone in the market for an encyclopaedia of that type – it just so happens I already have a few…) It would be interesting to hear your thoughts about it, though.
Journeyer said on 26th December 2007, 0:16
I got TONS of F1 gifts this year! Very, very, very happy.
1. 2006 F1 Review DVD
2. 2007 F1 Review DVD
3. 2007 Autocourse
4. 2007 Singapore GP permission
YEAAAAAAAAAH!!! :)
And it’s not even my birthday yet (which is on Sunday). Rumor has it I’ll get even more F1 stuff then! :)
Wesley said on 26th December 2007, 3:47
I got a 1/18 model of Schumacher’s 97′ 310 racer and a 1/24 model of my favorite-Quick Nick’s 96′ BMW.Cool huh?
Wesley said on 26th December 2007, 3:48
Sorry,I mean 06′ BMW of course.
francois said on 26th December 2007, 13:06
I got Hamilton’s “My Story” (auto)biogaphy and I can’t say I’m completely convinced about it – having only one season’s worth to write about does hamper things and some of the passages sound like stuff that’s come out of the press.
Having said that I did feel I learned a few new things about Hamilton himself and it does seem as though he did have quite a bit of input into the book.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th December 2007, 14:19
Well I got a pair of Autocourses from the 1980s (thanks to my brother and my girlfriend), a few other books and some DVDs on racing in the ’50s and ’60s. I also got the black Ayrton Senna T-shirt that I dropped a hefty and unsubtle hint about…
Alianora La Canta said on 26th December 2007, 16:10
At least some of “My Story” reads as if somebody with a vague sense of imagination and grammar wrote it…
will said on 26th December 2007, 17:42
I got a first edition of Jackie Stewart’s 1972 book “Faster!”. I have a good wife.
Kenni said on 27th December 2007, 2:56
My little sister bought me “Lewis Hamilton – My Story” :) We live in New York, so she had to order it from amazon.co.uk, which makes it even more special to me haha :) My mom bought me a 2′x1.5′ book that weighs a lot and it covers massive crashes in motorsport history and there are a good 30 pages on F1 stuff. Good stuff. Happy holidays everyone!
Don Speekingleesh said on 28th December 2007, 13:25
I got the new JYS book, and the F! 2007/2008 yearbook. (Also got the Richard Hammond book).
In my local pharmacy recently and I noticed them selling official branded F1 shower gel, deodorant and shampoo…
Grant Smith said on 29th December 2007, 13:57
Got 2008 Autocourse F1 Calendar.
I’m A HUGE Kimi fan and have waited a long time, thanks to McLaren’s appauling reliability record, to get the
2007 Championship Presentation. Thanks Mum!!
Alson received 2007 Season Review DVD.
Alianora La Canta said on 2nd January 2008, 0:12
Don, you must have a really well-stocked pharmacy where you live :)
I’ll probably get myself the F1 2007/2008 Yearbook in the January sales (I know parts of it seem to get left in French at times, but unlike the other annuals in (near) English, it does have a non-British perspective). The Richard Hammond book is on my list of books I must borrow from the library…
Mark said on 26th February 2008, 22:01
I got an F1 gift set, with “Power” Spray, mug, and keychain. Pretty cool, I liked it. :D