F1 gets the heavy metal treatment!

There are some things the Germans are good at, efficiency, making high quality and reliable products, penalty shoot outs and invading neighbouring countries but it has to be said, with the possible exception of Nena and her 99 Red Balloons… that music is not one of them.

Now, all that is about to change with the release by J R Blackmore, son of Deep Purple and Rainbow legend, Ritchie, of a new single ‘Silver Arrows (Racing On), a tribute to the new Mercedes F1 team.

You can hear 1 minute 49 seconds of metal F1 mayhem on the bands website, it feels like a really long 1 minute 49 seconds but you’ll love it.

We particularly liked the reference in the lyrics (see below) to ‘Englands Black Pearl’ by which we assume they mean Lewis Hamilton and ‘From Monte Carlo to the green, green hell’ which can only be Silverstone.

Rock on!

SILVER ARROWS (RACING ON)

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

The silver story born in 34

And golden Rudi ruled until the war

In the fifties the Maestro won

Good-bye Grand Prix, still the legend lives on

The engines scream, you can feel the power

225 miles an hour

The crowd goes wild around the track

Shout it out loud: The star is back – yeah!

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

40 years later shined the Flying Finn

Then England’s Black Pearl was the new silver king

From Monte Carlo to the green, green hell

Now big, big Michael’s got us under his spell

The engines scream, you can feel the power

225 miles an hour

The crowd goes wild around the track

Shout it loud: The star is back – yeah!

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

The Silver Arrows racing on

Racing to be number one

Silver Arrows…

Tags: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Silverstone

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