Schuey fans, here is where you can buy your own ‘Schumi Comeback 2009’ cap. The same people have already made 40,000 ‘Piss off Luca - Go Fisi’ caps for Monza – let’s hope they get it right this time.
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Posts Tagged ‘Spa’
It’s the Eddie Jordan Show
For some reason, the BBC decided that Spa had to be all about Eddie Jordan, who was allowed far more air time than is sensible to give an Irishman with an opinion. First, the nation, sitting down to Sunday lunch, had to endure him in his trunks, belly flopping into Rubens Barrichello’s pool before there was much buddy-buddy back slapping over a game of golf.
Add in the fact that one of ‘his’ drivers (did he mention that?) came second in the race driving a car from ‘his’ old team, only prevented from winning by ‘his’ pet hate of KER’s and you had EJ meltdown time.
After the race Jordan, plainly keen to try and take some credit for his old team’s success, was all smiles with Vijay Mallya, despite having dumped ten tons of concrete on the Force India driveway last year because of a dispute between the two. Normally Irishmen want to help you fix your drive, not wreck it but there you go.
More amusement was to come in the BBC post-race show from McLaren’s motorhome, when EJ suddenly announced that one of his ears had stopped working, only for Martin Brundle to helpfully suggest he tried using the other one, as he had two.
By this stage, Eddie had plainly had enough of his big day and seemed to doze off, dropping and breaking his microphone.
Thank goodness for small mercies…
Badoer begged by team not to make any pit stops at Spa
Luca Badoer, who has recently committed more motoring offences than George Michael, has been instructed by Ferrari to take a radical approach to the Belgian Grand Prix - by running on a zero stop strategy.
At the Valencia race, Luca was… done four times for speeding in the pitlane, he managed to get overtaken by another car, in the pitlane and then got penalised for crossing the white line exiting, you guessed it, the pitlane. As if that wasn’t enough, he also managed to pile into Adrian Sutil’s stationary Force India…in the pitlane.
The team have therefore decided that as he is so slow on the track he is not a danger to anybody there, but keeping him away from the pitlane is definately a very good idea.
Force India forced to find new home
The rarefied atmosphere of the F1 paddock was somewhat spoilt today with the discovery of a positively down at heel motorhome, parked in the spot where Force India’s opulent glass palace normally sits.
Apparently there was not enough time between the… Valencia and Spa events for the team to reconstruct VJ Mallya’s luxury pad, so there was a last minute panic to find an alternative, which was not easy with the Belgian Bank Holiday weekend fast approaching.
Ferrari historian finds help for Badoer
Ferrari team historian, Dr Luigi Calzone, has discovered a 40 year old secret that may help Luca Badoer qualify at least eighteenth for the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix. Dr Calzone has discovered that there is an access road linking Pouhon and… Blanchimont that is privately owned by Ferrari.
The road, which could shave up to 12 seconds off Badoer’s lap time, was built in 1969 on the orders of Enzo Ferrari, who liked to do track inspections but often could not be arsed to go all the way round. The other teams are expected to protest but the road is part of the circuit so there is probably very little they can do about it.
NB: Somebody who shall remain nameless, who clearly has a lot of spare time on his hands, has pointed out to me that Pouhon did not exist in 1969.
Schumacher return off – Belgian GP organisers piss themselves laughing
The news that Michael Schumacher’s dodgy neck means he will not be taking part in the European Grand Prix is a massive blow to Ferrari and F1, though organisers of the Belgian Grand Prix have yet to stop laughing.
Because of… the recession, tickets for the Spa round had been selling very slowly - until the announcement of Schuey’s return saw the remaining 30,000 tickets snapped up at the rate of one sale per minute.
Now, in place of seeing the great man, thousands of German fans will instead cross the border to watch an ex Minardi and Forti journeyman instead.
Refunds are not apparently on the cards…
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