F1 Fanatic

I think this series is amazing. I have no idea about the process of making an animated film, but the quality of the animation is fantastic and they’ve obviously had to write and animate that latest episode between the Perez announcement and this weekend. That doesn’t seem like a lot of time to me. I just find this whole series really impressive.

I thought that was great. I especially liked the way they worked Hamilton’s departure and Perez’s arrival into the story, though I’m waiting to see how they explain it lest they present it as Hamilton having transformed into Perez.

The jokes are a bit lame and the storylines are a bit predictable (“prof wants to do something boring, drivers have other ideas” has been used in most episodes), but I still really enjoyed watching the first series. It’s good to see an F1 constructor with a sense of humour. I’m glad they dealt with Hamilton’s departure “properly”, too, rather than just glossing over it. Hamilton and McLaren seem to have been getting on better than ever since he announced he was leaving!

I absolutely cracked to the “we’re buffering” joke. Hamilton pressing “no” was priceless too! Best episode yet.

I hope they don’t use too many mexican stereotypes next year… no need to turn Perez into Speedy Gonzales, really…

It also turns out that McLaren are still running on Windows XP.

I’ve enjoyed the Tooned series. It has been a bit hit and miss, but generally it’s been a chuckle. Alexander Armstrong is the only one capable of delivering a line believably, but then that’s sort of to be expected.

It’s certainly miles better than the excruciatingly unfunny comic series which Lotus have on their Facebook feed.

Best Christmas card so far this year!