Monthly Archives: August 2007

The big dangling question of the week other than if there was a countdown indicator of Alonso’s car was that of swearing on the radio. Somewhere somehow two different newspapers reported the same story on the same day. This means … Continue reading →

Oh god, nooooooooo, but you did warn me: Arsenal interest F1’s EcclestoneEcclestone on verge of launching Arsenal bid Alex, I blame you (I’ll think of a reason shortly)

The other week we saw the Williams trucks on the motorway presumably heading out to the Hungarian Grand Prix, which reminded me of another sighting of F1 trucks earlier this season. I’m not sure when it was now but it … Continue reading →

Does Alono’s McLaren steering wheel have a display of the time left during qualifying sessions, or not? This seems to be an essential point no one can agree on. Mark Hughes says: ‘He knew how long he needed for an … Continue reading →

Well, a slightly different race to the Nurburgring, I did have to smile wryly when Alonso landed on pole, and wasn’t really too surprised that he, rightly or wrongly, had some kind of penalty imposed on him. As Alex pointed … Continue reading →

Allegedly this is part of the radio conversation between Lewis and Ron Dennis. According to the Times and Daily Mail:Hamilton: “Don’t ever f****** do that to me again!”Dennis: “Don’t ever f****** speak to me like that again!”Hamilton: “Go f****** swivel!” … Continue reading →

This might be a bit overdue and probably irrelevant now after Radio Five’s commenatry from the Nurburgring brought Murray Walker back to the airwaves, but a few weeks ago (it actually could have been months) I heard Murray chatting away … Continue reading →

You may have read about Kimi taking part in a powerboat race in the last few weeks. He didn’t win the race but he did win the prize for best dressed crew: Yes that’s Kimi with the beer. And they … Continue reading →

Hungary is often described as “Monaco without the houses”, but as well as being twisty it is also very dusty which means if you think it’s hard to overtake at Monaco you ain’t seen nothing yet. Unless it rains. But … Continue reading →

I would like to introduce to the famous portal of sofaF1 the idea of ‘sledging’. For those of you not in the know, this is the deliberate use of humorous and/or offensive banter by cricketers (and baseball too, although it … Continue reading →