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Bernie Ecclestone discovers new art talent

Bernie Ecclestone discovers new art talent

Debra Murphy of Class 4, St Ethel’s Junior School, Swindon, is suddenly in demand from people wanting portraits that bear no resemblance to themselves, following her recent commission to do Bernie Ecclestone’s 2009 christmas card.

Debra, 14, was chosen from a… shortlist of four very bad artists to produce the card depicting Max Mosley, BMW’s Mario Theissen and Toyota’s John Howett sailing away in a yacht. She was going to include the Bridgestone boss but could not recall his name let alone what he looked like.

The boat-load sailing away from F1 are waved off by the remaining team bosses with Bernie watching from the lifeguard station, while for some reason Flavio Briatore prepares to launch a rocket attack from a nearby rowing boat.

For good measure there are sharks circling and F1 cars racing in the distance.

We don’t know what Debra is on but we’d certainly like some of it to get Christmas going…

 

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Say hello, wave goodbye…

Say hello, wave goodbye...

Following the departure of Honda, BMW, Bridgestone, Toyota and more sponsors than you could crash a Renault at, F1 has today announced that it is to withdraw from itself. F1 said today that you could pick any one of the… rubbish excuses given by the others (it’s the recession, we have achieved all we can, we are concentrating on our core business, we are being more green, we could not beat Douglas Bader in a one-legged race etc) but that the decision was final. 

Welsh tyre dealer to step into the breach

Welsh tyre dealer to step into the breach

Following the withdrawal from F1 of tyre supplier Bridgestone and the apparent lack of interest from Pirelli, Goodyear and Michelin, an unlikely saviour has appeared in the form of Andrew Davies, of Monmouth Tyre and Battery.

Davies, 49, told us this… morning; “We’d love to supply tyres to F1, we got loads of them and with our remould’s starting at just £39.99 a corner we’d save everybody money too.”

He went on; “Normally we won’t cross the bridge to fit tyres but this contract is a tidy job like so we’d probably even get a new van.”

Davies has submitted his bid for 2011 to the FIA and is waiting to hear from them.

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