Posts Tagged ‘Australian Grand Prix’

Dickhead calls Hamilton a nasty name

Tim Pallas is the Minister of Roads in Victoria, Australia and he is a politician of such tact and finesse that he makes our own John Prescott look half competent. Pallas (pictured) is behind a new road safety campaign called… ‘Don’t Be a Dickhead’ aimed at stopping people from ploughing their cars into kangaroo’s while on their mobile ‘phones.

Interviewed on 3AW Radio, the Minister called Lewis ‘a dickhead’ for performing burnouts in his Mercedes road car on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix.

We’re not sure who the biggest dickhead is in this sorry tale. Hamilton, Pallas or the people of Victoria, who voted such an attention seeking, moronic man into public office.

Monday, March 29th, 2010
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton
Posted in 28 March – Australia | Dickhead calls Hamilton a nasty name

It’s official - Castrol Oil Driver Rankings are mental.

Sebastian Vettel finished ahead Jenson Button in the Bahrain Grand Prix but it was Button who went to the top of the Castrol Driver Rankings. Now, Button wins the Australian round with Vettel out on lap 25, yet now the… German moves to the top of the leader board.

Make sense? No, thought not.

Monday, March 29th, 2010
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Bahrain Grand Prix, Castrol Driver Rankings, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel
Posted in 28 March – Australia | It’s official - Castrol Oil Driver Rankings are mental.

Hamilton in trouble Down Under….again

Lewis Hamilton had his AMG Mercedes company car impounded today, after being stopped by the boys in blue for performing a burnout on a public road outside the Melbourne track.

Hamilton realised he was in trouble when he could find nobody… around from McLaren middle management to tell him how to fib his way out of things.

Lewis had no option but to confess and admit he had been driving in an “over-exuberant manner” which translates into Australian as “driving like a twat”.

Hamilton, 16, is expected to make another tearful statement at the press conference for the Malaysian Grand Prix where he will tell us he is only human and will be a stronger person after this mistake.

Friday, March 26th, 2010
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-2009
Posted in 28 March – Australia | Hamilton in trouble Down Under….again

Renault solves sponsorship shortfall – by sponsoring itself.

Renault have announced that one of the big blank spaces on their car, left vacant after the crashgate scandal, will finally have a sponsor on it. DIAC, who specialise in car finance, will appear on the sidepods of the R30… from this weekend’s Grand Prix until the Turkish round at the end of May. DIAC are a subsidiary of RCI Banque who in turn are wholly owned by Renault.

So we have a company giving its money to a bank who then give it to a finance company who then give it back to the original company. How all of this benefits anybody is a mystery but at least it fills an embarrassing void on the car.

Maybe someone should tip Sauber off with this great idea.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Renault
Posted in 28 March – Australia, Renault-2010 | Renault solves sponsorship shortfall – by sponsoring itself.

Australian GP imports some Glasgow glamour…

Australian Grand Prix organisers today confirmed that Simple Minds would be in attendance during the race weekend. At first it was thought they were talking about Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve who are rumoured to be turning up but it… turns out to be the wrinkly rockers from Scotland, who will play a post-race concert.

The band have said that they will dedicate their 1982 hit ‘Promised you a Miracle’ to Campos and USF1 should either of arrive Down Under while Force India will get a rendition of ‘Alive and Kicking’ should they beat their current accountancy problem.

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Campos, Force India, USF1
Posted in 28 March – Australia, Force India-2010 | Australian GP imports some Glasgow glamour…

Car for sale, one careless owner, €2.5 million o.n.o

If you have 2.5 million euros burning a hole in your pocket, then why not get yourself off to eBay and treat yourself to a piece of Formula 1 history. You can be the lucky owner of the Benetton B194… in which Michael Schumacher won his first F1 title way back in 1994.

The B194 which comes with a bucketload of spares, has a retuned Cosworth engine, is in its original livery and is in perfect condition - save for the rear wishbone, knackered by the dastardly German cheat when he callously robbed Damon Hill of the title at the season ending Australian Grand Prix.

Bear a grudge, us? Never.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Tags: Australian Grand Prix, Benetton, Cosworth, Michael Schumacher
Posted in Australia F1 | Car for sale, one careless owner, €2.5 million o.n.o