In Malaysia, to the horror of HRT chiefs, Karun Chandhok accidentally shows how the team came up with their aerodynamic design.
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04 April – Malaysia
Cambridge boys fly out to help McLaren
The Cambridge University rowing team, fresh from victory in today’s boat race, have flown out to Malaysia to help McLaren win tomorrow’s Grand Prix.
McLaren boss, Martin Whitmarsh, watched the pointless spectacle of a load of posh blokes showing off in canoes… live via satellite and was impressed by the way the Cambridge chaps handled the tricky, wet conditions, not spinning off once, clinching a remarkable fightback victory. Whitmarsh decided that given the way his team had throughly ballsed things up during qualifying, that some extra know how in racing on the wet stuff was required and chartered a jet to get the boys out to Sepang in time for the start.
Force India leave Lotus behind
Air Asia and Lotus boss, Tony Fernandes and his driver Heikki Kovalainen, were left stranded after todays FIA press conference when the heavens opened, bringing down yet another downpour of serious rain. Although in a rush to get back to… the team, they had not brought an umbrella and could not risk being photographed under one belonging to rival airline, Kingfisher, as kindly offered by Force India pedaller, Tonio Liuzzi.
Fernandes seems to have thought of everything in getting his team up and running but despite being a local boy and being aware it does tend to rain from time to time in these parts, umbrella’s weren’t on the shopping list.
Bet they are now…
Another slip-up with the Virgin calculator?
To combat the oppressive heat in Malaysia, Virgin have hit on a high tech solution and have given Timo Glock his own, personal paddling pool. After second practice, Glock retreated directly to his room and leapt into the pool only… to find it devoid of any water.
A Virgin engineer, when asked about the error, said; “Sadly we were out a little in our calculations when we got the pool and we have now discovered that we cannot fit both Timo and the water in at the same time.”
Apparently, Wirth Research take full blame for the cock-up and will pay £19.99 for a new, bigger, pool which should be ready for the start of the European season next month.
Sauber bring in some Swiss know-how to improve Malaysian performance
As they were unlikely to do anything remotely interesting this weekend, F1’s most anonymous team, Sauber, have decided to exert some pressure on their under-performing drivers, while at the same time embracing Easter and race a car made of chocolate.
Posh… Swiss chocolate company, Lindt, are said to be involved in the project and are working on a high tech mix that should cope with the Malaysian heat, although the car must be driven quickly to avoid melting, thus ensuring Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi actually feel the need to get a bit of a move on.
Stars in their eyes!
At a dinner hosted by Lotus for the Malaysian Prime Minister, the evening’s entertainment is provided by Heikki Kovalainen and Lionel Ritchie, who perform an utterly convincing Morecambe and Wise routine.
Lotus unveil a Malaysian Grand Prix special
Given that the weather forecast for Sunday’s Grand Prix borders somewhere between a severe thunderstorm and a monsoon of biblical proportions, Lotus have taken radical steps to make sure they can do well in their ‘home’ event and stop Safety… Car driver, Bernd Maylander from winning the race.
Lotus have borrowed the Series One Esprit, used by James Bond in the 1977 smash hit ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ for a one off appearance this weekend.
Despite the fact that a Lotus of that era would generally rust to nothing if you breathed on it, the Esprit was excellent in damp conditions, ie: underwater, and the team hope that this car will help them cope with the expected conditions come raceday.
Surprisingly, none of the other teams have protested, though Virgin have raised concerns about the car’s machine guns and surface to air missiles which they fear could come in to play in the unlikely event one of their cars gets past the Lotus.
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