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I believe it transpired a couple of years ago that the car used was a Merc 450SEL with a Ferrari 275 engine noise dubbed over the top, with the director himself driving. There are certainly parts of the film where […]

And Monaco’s kerbs have been red and white for decades! ;)

Nope, just double checked. A couple have only won 1 European race but Vettel is the first to do it without winning any.

I think I’m right in saying Vettel becomes the first driver to win a championship without winning a European round. A sign of the times I guess!

It’s hard to choose between Hamilton and Alonso, both did a great job under a pressure – Hamilton from the speculation surrounding his drive, Alonso from the car problems in practice and qualifying and from the […]

I love these books, they’re fantastic to flick through every now and then (especially good as a companion when nature calls ;) ) and they’re a good way of getting to learn more about a decade if you want to learn […]

The thing about Valencia is that the nature of the track makes the cars very close together – it’s mainly point and squirt, and a great aero package will give you less time there than, say, Silverstone. It’s why […]

Mark thought he’d seen everything until he got caught on the end of a fishing hook

3. Nothing happened.

Although Red Bull are the form team here, this is surely a track where Alonso will expect another good result – he won his first race here in 2003, produced probably the best opening laps of a Grand Prix ever in […]

Alonso has this one easily. Fast in practice, fast in qualifying and another masterful wet pole position. I’m not sure the car is capable of pole in the dry and he’s really grabbed the last two opportunities with […]

The positive for Alonso is that every race he seems to be fighting a different driver. Even if he gets beaten once in a while, no one driver seems able to mount a consistent challenge. Unless one of the other […]

Definitely going to pick up a copy of this, sounds like my kind of thing!

Maldonado has done some stupid stuff in the past, sure, but this was just an unfortunate racing incident. He had a small slide mid corner which took him into Perez, it could have happened to anyone but as it was, […]

Precisely. It’s not like they’re being forced into doing it. Mostly the girls are signed up to an agency and the sponsors/teams/whoever will source them out from agencies. They’re usually covered in sponsorship […]

Stirling couldn’t hide his disappointment: he always thought crumpets came in packs of six.