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Posts Tagged ‘Silverstone’
F1 gets the heavy metal treatment!
There are some things the Germans are good at, efficiency, making high quality and reliable products, penalty shoot outs and invading neighbouring countries but it has to be said, with the possible exception of Nena and her 99 Red Balloons… that music is not one of them.
Now, all that is about to change with the release by J R Blackmore, son of Deep Purple and Rainbow legend, Ritchie, of a new single ‘Silver Arrows (Racing On), a tribute to the new Mercedes F1 team.
You can hear 1 minute 49 seconds of metal F1 mayhem on the bands website, it feels like a really long 1 minute 49 seconds but you’ll love it.
We particularly liked the reference in the lyrics (see below) to ‘Englands Black Pearl’ by which we assume they mean Lewis Hamilton and ‘From Monte Carlo to the green, green hell’ which can only be Silverstone.
Rock on!
SILVER ARROWS (RACING ON)
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
The silver story born in 34
And golden Rudi ruled until the war
In the fifties the Maestro won
Good-bye Grand Prix, still the legend lives on
The engines scream, you can feel the power
225 miles an hour
The crowd goes wild around the track
Shout it out loud: The star is back – yeah!
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
40 years later shined the Flying Finn
Then England’s Black Pearl was the new silver king
From Monte Carlo to the green, green hell
Now big, big Michael’s got us under his spell
The engines scream, you can feel the power
225 miles an hour
The crowd goes wild around the track
Shout it loud: The star is back – yeah!
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
The Silver Arrows racing on
Racing to be number one
Silver Arrows…
Short man proposes short cuts
Bernie Ecclestone has come up with an idea that may well revolutionise F1 with the suggestion that drivers should be allowed to take up to five shortcuts per race, to overcome the problem of the lack of overtaking.
While some including anybody… in a white coat, have their doubts, the idea has been warmly received at Silverstone. A spokesman for the track said today; “We have heard that Jarno Trulli has reacted to Bernies idea by saying that F1 is not a game but we think he is wrong and that this is just what the sport needs”.
He went on; “We plan to incorporate this idea into our new track by creating a huge snakes and ladders set that will cover the entire circuit, where drivers can not only go up the ladder, gaining many places, they can also slide down snakes if they get too far ahead”.
Other plans that involve converting the glass BRDC HQ into a giant Ker-Plunk set and creating a two acre Monopoly board behind the paddock are being considered.
Donington to snatch Grand Prix back!
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!”
Tilke sacked, RAF to be new circuit designers
Despite spending £23 billion on the Yas Marina circuit, architect Hermann Tilke still managed to produce a track with about as much excitement as a Kimi Raikkonen after dinner speech.
Sure it had hotels that changed colour and a pit… exit that resembled an NCP multi-storey car park but let’s face it. It was completely rubbish.
However, the British Royal Air Force have once again offered to step into the breach and are to design the next generation of F1 venues for a fraction of the price.
Chief Air Marshall Sir Sandy Gates said today; “Look, it’s quite simple, we built Silverstone in 1940 for three hundred quid and it still beats the hell out of this place” He went on; “We’d rather strafe hotels than watch them change colour and if we can build something in a field that provides better racing than this nonsense of a track then you know where we are.”
Auf wiedersehen Herr Tilke…
Silverstone is not the only saviour for the British Grand Prix
F1 has an impressive list of glamorous venues, Monaco, Singapore and Monza to name but three but now you can now add one more. Glasgow. Paul Morrison, a Scot who puts on the ‘F1 Rocks’ concerts has told the ‘Daily… Record’ that he is trying to convince Bernie Ecclestone he needs a Scottish GP, and with Donington hanging in the balance, now could be the time.
Morrison says; “We have the roads for it” (which you have to admit is a start) before he rather confidently predicts “We will see a Formula One race in Scotland, certainly within the next decade.”
The venue of choice would appear to be Glasgow. A quick look at the map over a pint of McEwans, shows that a circuit could be knocked up quickly, with a route taking on the boy racers along the Clydeside Expressway, before returning for a blast down Argyle Street finishing on the Govan Road.
Finishing in Govan (pictured) is a brave choice but business analysts say it would be good for the area, possibly doubling the number of people in employment from two to four.
Silverstone on standby - again
Silverstone officials have declared themselves ready to host the final race of the F1 season as concerns about the readiness of the Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina circuit mount. The circuit, as our spy shot below shows, is still a building site… and as with Donington, Silverstone is ready to fill the breach.
Said a source at the BRDC; “We are well aware that last November Northampton was under a foot of snow but we think that Silverstone would easily provide as attractive a Grand Prix as Abu Dhabi – we are ready and willing”
Reports that BRDC President, Damon Hill, was seen at Towcester Garden Centre bulk-buying potted palm trees have not been confirmed.
BRDC get the hump over Arab investors…
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….
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