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Weekend round up – 13th November 2011 #NASCAR #F1

Posted on November 14, 2011 by driverjohn

#NASCAR – Fun in Phoenix on the re-modelled track. Pleased to see Aric on pole for the NNS, but sorry that he got taken out in that big wreck when it looked like he was on for a decent finish. Still has a shot at 3rd in the title race though. Another favourite is FrontRowJoe and he too ran well enough. Also good to see Morgan Shep still lapping away out there. He was another to get caught up in the wreck that ended Aric’s chances and we hope that it didn’t hurt too much at his age.

Nice to See Sideways Sam get a win at last. The guy is a better driver than his results have maybe shown and we hope that this might be enough to help him find a full time next season; it’s the right time of year to be leaving an impression with sponsors.

In Sprint Cup, good also to see the #43 on the front row once more: Just like old times. In the race the #14 and the #99 seemed tied together again this time finishing 2-3 with Carl ahead and taking a 3 point lead into Homestead. The Dinger brought the #43 home to a good finish after swapping pit crews for the last 2 stops and a top 10 for Rooti will hopefully keep him in people’s minds for a decent ride in 2012.

#F1 – Where does Seb get these last minute laps from? Yet another one pulled out of the bag for pole. We were going to say that he was driving the wheels off that Red Bull, but he was only driving one tyre off as it turned out. Exit one Red Bull from the race and Lewis had the measure of Alfonso even if he couldn’t afford to relax. In the race for third JB did well to overcome technical problems to come in for that last spot at the press confernce and take a 10 point cushion into the finale.

Force India had a good day with both cars in the points as the battle for the second division runs down.  Barring something dramatic happening they should be able to retain that 6th spot in the constructor’s race. Is the lack of driver decisions a clumsy attempt to motivate the current drivers? Who knows.

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The #F1 Silly Season drags on

Posted on November 7, 2011 by truckertoggle

So will Robert make a come back at Renault (sorry, Lotus)? Has the Barra Boy had his time at Williams? Who will be Forcing India?

It’s all getting a bit boring really and we wish that they would all make their minds up. Maybe Robert is the key to some of this and it will be a shame if all of that great potential is lost to F1 should he be unable to make a return. It could be that it is already too late, and that a year off will have dulled the edge.

That would also apply to the Ice Man of course, but he has long been an enigma. Could he make a difference in a Williams. or would a return to F1 in mid grid just bore him rigid? Would we notice if it did? All these questions’ let’s have some answers.

As for the name changes, well we are pleased that it has all gone through, but can’t really understand why there was all that fuss. Yes there can be complications over a name; we here are old enough to remember 1967 and Gulf’s Mirage win at Spa causing a bit of controversy because it didn’t count as a Ford win for manufacturer points even if it was just a modified GT40, but that is hardly relevant in modern F1. There are far more important issues for the constructors and ruling body to be considering; for a start the former mob could get on with sorting out their drivers for 2012.

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Weekend round up 30th October 2011 #NASCAR #F1

Posted on October 31, 2011 by driverjohn

#NASCAR – Rain washed out qualifying at Martinsville so the grid was set on owner points putting all the Chase boys at the front. As for the outcome of the race, well, what did we say last week about Smoke? He only goes and pulls of a last ditch win going around the outside of the #48 after the final caution to win it having not really featured too much up until then. All credit to JJ for racing him clean on a night when a lot of others didn’t. Another bad day at the office for the Ugly Brothers, but Carl Edwards kept out of trouble and nailed ninth with a car that wasn’t worth it, and so he stays just 8 points up on the #14 car as we head to Texas.

Three wins in the Chase for Smoke and the #14 crew now; so who’s title will this one be?

#F1 – The inaugural Indian GP wasn’t a classic, but once again JB was able to keep Seb honest if not getting too close. Good to see a new circuit that does allow overtaking and also to see a big and enthusiastic crowd. Once again HK did Lotus proud with a solid finish and also well done to Narain for a decent run in the HRT. Webbo wasn’t quite able to get by Alfonso in the end, and so the podium really reflected the best three out there at the moment. As for the Lewis and Felipe show! Here we fee that the penalty was harsh; the guy was never going to have turned in on another car on purpose for goodness sake and Lewis wasn’t right alongside. Both guys are having problems as we said the other week, and their performance levels put them close on the track, so the chances for contact are all too real. Hopefully they’ll get over it soon.

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Bernie wants more US #F1 races does he?

Posted on October 29, 2011 by driverjohn

News that the diminutive one is up for more races in the US seems a but strange given that he has been willing to turn his back on such a large market for the last few years.

But never mind, things are looking up a bit with the prospect of having two GPs in the US soon, a bit like the old days of the US GPs East and West.

The problem that we have is in the venues; Monaco is Monaco, but other city street races are a bit of a nonsense. Valancia and Singapore are not really that good, the Aussies make do, but if we want to run on a decent track down under why not Bathurst? (OK we have our tongue in cheek a bit there, but at least it’s a good circuit).

The US has some cracking venues; the Indy GP circuit is a bit of a mishmash maybe, but it is Indy, and then there are Road America, Sears Point, Laguna Seca or Road Atlanta all of which are good tracks. Heck, we could even take the US GP back to its old home in Sebring! Any of those would be better to watch than plugging away around the grid road system of a US city (remember the lunacy of the car park grand prix?).

Toggle and I would love to see F1 back in the US, but if we truly want to grow the market surely we have to present F1 at its best, and scrabbling about the back streets is not the way to go. F1 is at its best on flowing circuits with a couple or three decent places to pass. We can’t let them have Spa perhaps, but, with the exception of Sebring, all of the US tracks named above do have elevation changes and a good range of corners.

For Bernie to be talking about having the Manhatton skyline as a backdrop is all very well, but we want people watching cars.

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Welcome to the fold India #F1 #IndianGP

Posted on October 29, 2011 by driverjohn

We have been critical here of some of the new additions to the F1 season, but we do really welcome India to the fold and we hope that they have a great race tomorrow.

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