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Weekend roundup 19 September 2010 #F1 #NASCAR

Posted on September 19, 2010 by thatconsultantbloke

Firstly an apology for last week’s roundup going out late. Not sure what went wrong, but it happened.

#F1 So Nick Heidfeld is back as predicted, and at #Sauber, but at the expense of PDR. A shame to see Pedro go in many ways, although he has been outperformed by Kybosh somewhat.

Will Renault take Kimi? In some ways I hope not. Petrov has been showing signs of getting the hang on F1 after a decent GP2 season where he would have conceivably taken the title if he hadn’t had so many car failures, so we know the lad can pedal a car pretty well. Grosjean didn’t get enough of a chance to show his class last season, so I hope that the team has more patience with their Russian ace. Kubica is working the car into shape as a reasoanble hopeful and the team will benefit from him sorting their 2011 car, so we have the prospect of them being competitive next year, hence Kimi being interested, but, just as I’ve said regarding PDR getting the push at Sauber, and the other week about Chandhock being shoved aside at Hispanic, I don’t like to see drivers with a chance of being the future of F1 losing out.

#NASCAR The chase is on and Smoke comes up a half gallon short at New Hampshire to gift Bowyer the win and first bragging rights. A good run for the Dinger by the look of it, but a bad day for my favourite #5. Oh well, another race next weekend.

#Indycar. Exitement in Japan. From a Penske 1-2-3 in qualifying to a 1-3 in the race. Well done Helio for back to back wins, and WP coming in third so the championship goes to the wire at Homestead in 2 weeks time. I’ll be in Clermont that weekend, so might drive down for the finale. Just 12 points in it; going to be tight.

#BTCC Ford fun at Donnington in qualifying, but just the one race win. Sets up a great 4 way shoot out for the title at the final round at Brands. Another series goes down to the wire with no need for a daft chase format.

Maybe more important than the result is having Donnington back in action after the disgraceful fiasco of the ill conceived British Grand Prix project. All those concerned in that shameful episode, including a diminutive personage whose name shall not be spoken here, deserve stringing up for what they allowed to happen.

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Weekend round up 5 September 2010 #indycar #NASCAR #BTCC

Posted on September 6, 2010 by thatconsultantbloke

Indycar. So the Toowoomba Terror led a lot of laps, but fell short on fuel and the finish and lost a little more ground at the top of the table. Come on Will, two to go, so keep in cool and the title is yours in your first full season. Good to see Helio with a win. I was there for his Indy Car debut many years back and have followed him since. A good bloke.

NASCAR. Happy to see Todd Bodine winning in the trucks. They’re a good bunch the Bodine boys and I’ll be happy to see Todd pick up another series title if he can. I can recommend the truck series as something to go and see, especially on the shorter tracks. In the Sprint Cup Smoke finally got one this year. My man MM dropped another place away from the chase and that’s pretty much it for 2010 for the #5. What went wrong after last year?

BTCC from Knockhill. Always good action on this tight little track and nice to see the wins shared three ways. First time for a while that I’ve watched some of the ITV4 coverage and they did a pretty good job with the support races giving some of the club racers and up and comping names getting exposure.

I don’t mention the bikes much as it’s not really my scene. I respect those guys a lot though and many of my favourite racing drivers of old came up via bikes; Surtees, Siffert, Hailwood, Beltoise and more, all from an earlier age, Damon Hill being about the last that I recall. They are a supr competitive bunch and very brave racers, so it is sad to hear that they have lost a second up and coming rider in just a week. Motor racing is still dangerous.

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Weekend round up 30 August 2010 #F1 #Indycar #NASCAR

Posted on August 30, 2010 by thatconsultantbloke

F1 Belgian GP. So Spa throws up another wild card race. Shame that the Mineral Water Kid took out JB, but there you go. Cobbler Snr went well in the Mercedes and good to see him smiling at the end, even after losing out to his team mate.

Indycars. Shame about Will Power’s fuel problems over in Chicago. That is a big hit in points terms, but he did well on an oval, so let’s see how the season pans out over the last three races. Well done also to Sarah Fisher for leading a few laps even if it was because of a different fuel strategy. Good to see her out front, the first woman to get an Indycar pole, and first to stand on the podium.

NASCAR. Nothing doing on the Sprint cup this weekend. It pains me a lot to mention the Animal (see earlier blogs for why), but he won the Nationwide event north of the border. JV only managed third; doesn’t bode well for an F1 comeback in 2011 does it?

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Weekend round up 16 August 2010 #NASCAR #F1

Posted on August 16, 2010 by thatconsultantbloke

Good to see that the worst kept secret on two wheels is now out in the open and good luck to Rossi with Ducati.

Over at Michigan the NASCAR race saw Kevin Harvick pull off a confident win, his third of the season. My favourite MM had a bad result and slipped back out of the chase. Not so good there.

Twenty five years since Manfred Winklehock died after crashing his Porsche 956 at Mosport, and Stephan Bellof was lost at the next race  at Spa in a similar car trying to do with Jacky Ickx what Siffert and Rodriguez had pulled off a few years before in Porsche 917s; side by side through Eau Rouge. Two great talents lost.

Staying with German drivers, best wishes to Hans Stuck for a quick recovery from surgery to remove blood clots.

News that Bahrain will revert to the old layout doesn’t impress me. Sorry guys, but let’s bring back a race that people will actually show up to watch.

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Welcome – Motorsportmania’s first musings

Posted on August 7, 2010 by thatconsultantbloke

The series of posts on motor sport, and other driving related activity, that I used to post here on WordPress in the John’s Jottings blog will now appear here instead so, to get things going, what am I thinking about right now?

Well, first off, congratulations to the ‘Dinger on a new RPM contract over in NASCAR. He’s not been doing an bad job in the #43 car and might just have the makings of a winner in stock cars.

Indy cars are at Mid Ohio this weekend. A nice road course and worthy of a decent race, so hopefully they’ll get one. I’m enjoying seeing Will Power have a good season. I recall him blasting out of Aussie Formula Ford and blowing off all the F3 regulars down under a few years back. Shame he didn’t get the breaks here in the UK, but the bloke has talent by the bucket load and that is showing through this season.

That’s it for a first post. See you all soon.

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