14/03 Bahrain
28/03 Australia
04/04 Malaysia
18/04 China
09/05 Spain
16/05 Monaco
30/05 Turkey
13/06 Canada
27/06 Europe
11/07 Britain
25/07 Germany
01/08 Hungary
29/08 Belgium
12/09 Italy
26/09 Singapore
10/10 Japan
24/10 Korea
07/11 Brazil
14/11 Abu Dhabi
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In a shock move, Donington Park have announced that they plan to secure a 17 year deal to run the British Grand Prix from 2028.
The press release does not give any details as to how the venture will be funded… but we are promised an “exciting and innovative debenture scheme or something.”
Meanwhile back at Silverstone, the BRDC issued their own statement which said; “Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!”
The news that Arab investors are keen to use Silverstone for racing are welcomed by the BRDC until they see just what they have in mind….
According those who were there, one of the most memorable moments of the British Grand Prix weekend was a darts competition, which saw ‘Mr Darts’ himself, Bobby George, take on guests of the Force India team.
The evening was loosely based around… the 1980’s TV game show, ‘Bullseye’, in which hopeless inadequates would play each other at darts, either taking home around £40 in cash or a speedboat they could not possibly have any use for.
Force India’s credit-crunch beating hospitality was such a hit, that at the Nurburgring in three weeks time, you can expect to see a snooker tournament at McLaren, domino’s down at Renault and skittles at Toro Rosso.
With Mark Webber asking if Kimi Raikkonen was ‘drinking some vodka’ as he daydreamed his way down the Hangar Straight, blowing the Aussies crack at pole, a peak behind the Ferrari garage provides an interesting insight…
According to a report in ‘The People’ Jenson Button and girlfriend Jessica Michibata, plan to celebrate him winning the title by getting married. Hopefully she hasn’t put the mockers on things, as five minutes after making the announcement, Jenson had his… worst Grand Prix of the season while his three main rivals all had a cracker.
Jessica,24, gushes; “He has told me he wants to get married, he said he is the marrying type, if he wins the title we will celebrate a lot and it will be by him getting down on one knee” She goes on; “I know he is the one for me and he has told me I am the one for him, I hope he means it. We have been together for a year now and things are good” and so on and on…
Button meanwhile takes a more practical view of life with Jessica saying; “I can just lie on a beach staring at her the whole time.”
We’re with you on that one mate…
Young Sebastian Vettel has a habit of giving his Red Bull race car a girls name, with ‘Kate’ and her successor, ‘Kate’s Dirty Sister’ already having made their appearances on track. Now, Grand Prix Diary can exclusively reveal that the… next incarnation of the RB5 will be called Daisy, after Donald Ducks girlfriend.
According to reports, the car has undergone a heavy revision for the British Grand Prix with a new nose, that according to Vettel “resembles a ducks beak” while the new sweeping bodywork includes new front and rear wings.
With rain predicted for Sunday, Daisy could well prove to be the perfect package…
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