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Albanian’s set to rock F1
Annoyed that their neighbours Serbia look set to have an F1 team any time soon, Europe’s poorest country, Albania, have decided they too want a piece of the action. While Serbian outfit, Stefan GP, have a budget and it would… appear, bits of last year’s Toyota, the Albanians have had to start with nothing.
Undaunted, the three Gjini brothers from the town of Tresh, have decided that building a car hewn from a six ton block of marble is the way to go. Alfred, 24, told us today, live via a pair of tin cans and a piece of string; “The car is heavy, yes, but it has rock solid reliability and will not sustain any crash damage, Big Issue?”
We gave him a pound before we realised he was talking about the car and not selling a magazine.
Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse design 2010 Toro Rosso
At least it will be a bit more memorable than their 2009 effort…
A bridge too far for Button?
During Jenson Button’s doldrum years, ie; His entire F1 career before Brawn came along, his home town of Frome, Somerset, really wasn’t that bothered with him. However, now he is world champion, the local council have (like Stevenage Council did… with Lewis Hamilton) found themselves a bandwagon and without a hint of shame have jumped right on it.
The town’s Mayor, Damon Hooton (they have names like that in the West Country) has proudly announced that Jenson Button will have a new bridge named after him. At first glance, this seems quite impressive until you realise it is a little footbridge and it was planned for construction long before Button triumphed in Brazil last year.
Mayor Hooton admits, “The bridge is going to be built anyway, so we decided to name it after him and we’ll put a little plaque on it and give him a presentation scroll or something”.
That should tempt Button away from Monaco for the opening ceremony.
Help the Aged warn of current F1 trend
With F1 drivers, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello and Pedro de la Rosa having a combined age that nearly matches that of Bernie Ecclestone, the old folk’s charity, Help the Aged, have warned that measures need to be in place to… look after senior drivers.
Spokesman, Andrew Davies, said that while it was good to see the elderly put to good use there has to be allowances for them. Mr Davies said; “The F1 paddock is going to have to get used to having people around who cannot decide where to park, assuming they found their car keys in the first place, queues at the paddock turnstile while they fumble in a bag for their pass and the conversation on the drivers parade will switch from supermodels and yachts to the weather and how much more expensive everything is these days”.
Measures being considered include a stairlift up to the podium, fur-lined, zip up Sparco race shoes and longer pit stops for drivers needing a nap during races.
Mansell jet gets toasted
During his long F1 career, Nigel Mansell had many accidents and suffered many injuries, some of them genuine but none of them ever his fault. Now the luckless Brummie and 1992 ‘Moustache of the Year Owner’ has had his private… jet flame grilled by some hapless mechanics at Exeter International Airport.
Nige, had parked his Citation and had just unloaded the golf clubs, when engineers testing a nearby jet gave it a bit of a scorching, or if you are a Daily Mail reader, totally wrecked it.
Imagine filling out the insurance form on this one…
Schumacher causes Alonso’s first Ferrari crash
At Ferrari’s annual love-in at the ski resort of Madonna Ciccone, Fernando Alonso crashed in an explosion of poles and ski’s as a tricky black run caught him out. The name of the piste? ‘Michael Schumacher’. Bet that won’t be… the last time those two names are involved in the same crash report this year.
Ducati deny taking on a pay rider
At the launch of their 2010 team, Ducati deny that their latest signing has been taken on because of money rather than talent.
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