Club Arnage

How refreshing, a race in F1, nice to see Button beat Schumi in a straight race, then followed by Fizzy with a lap to go. As an armchair enthusiast, this is what the F1 fans wont to see and have paid good money for. :) :) :)

Yup, it was the first motor race for a long time that I haven't fallen asleep to...

But surely it's almost a given when it goes on for 24 hours & you're drunk?? ;D

Looked quite exciting - till you see the touring cars that are on telly next!!!   :o

Or the Moto GP bikes in the wet at Donnington!!

I'll second that. F1 is unadulterated shite regardless of the result.
Rusty

If that was the best F1 has to offer then it is doomed. For proper open-wheeler racing, one need look no further than GP2, it's far more worthy of my sunday afternoons than the usual F1 rubbish. I think Brundle made a similar comment during the race.

And as for Button overtaking Schumi, one must bear in mind the MS's tires were totally shot as he had (wrongly) chosen to go race on the softer compound. So not really a straight fight then. ???

Any podium without Ferrari is a good podium -- until the current generation of drivers retire, anyway.

I watched the ITV feed due to Speed Channel postponing the race til midnight this Friday  :o and was also much relieved to not hear "MichaelSchumacher" breathlessly repeated more than twice in five minutes.  I really do think David Hobbes is going for the record Paul Page established in being able to say "MichaelAndretti" six times in five minutes.

To paraphrase an old saying, the four best words in Formula One are "Michael is Slowing Down."

Kate - you and Fax are destined for each other.  Perhaps we could set you guys up!  You have a lot in common.  The Petit perhaps? ;)

I'll be at Turn 10 with the IMSA Talk people as normal.   ;D 

P.S. Should there be another Trivia Contest, the answer is "Simtek."

I watched the MotoGP before the F1 today and came to the following conclusion..

If F1 did not have the two idiots talking through the race telling me who was in front, who was running a light fuel,,,,blah,blah, blah, I would not know what was happening.

On MotoGP, it was best man, fastest racer and nothing in the way except pure adrenalin.

Even Bernie went home half way through the racen and last week Mr PR ( Kimi whatsisname) didn't even wait for an interview when he broke down last week - he went straight home.

And Indianapolis,,,,! Well nuff said.

C'mon guys - there is only one prpoer race held in June each year fit to be discussed on this forum.

Regards

BC

What a dire spectacle.  :(

Even Alonso got stuck behind a Minardi for ages due to the difficulties in overtaking a car some six seconds a lap slower than the Renault. And I too was amazed to hear that Bernie had left his "great entertainment" early.

And isn't this thread badly titled? F1's only refreshing in the same way as a glass of ice cold dog sick is refreshing: Everything is relative.

and also found time to have a chat with montoya through the car window on his way home, what a decent chap.

Did I nod off and miss something, or did Alonso's nose cone spontaneously eject itself into the path of DC for no apparent reason?  Blimmin good trick if it did!!!

Still - at least it was only a minor distraction and I managed to complete my tax return yesterday afternoon!  That should please the Grannies anyway.

P.S.  The motorcycling on earlier was good viewing again, but has anyone else noticed how many bike racers pluck their eyebrows?! 

Also good to see Ferrari making some gains.  It also nice to see Ron Dennis being happy for a change and not throwing his toys out of the pram when he doesn't have it all his way.  Shame they still can't build a reliable car. ;D ;D ;D

Not a very blokey thing to notice Im afraid...  ::)

Look, i was talking about the GP last, i didnt mean the whole season, sit back and try to watch without all the politics spinning through the mind and enjoy what little spectacle that this form of motor racing :( affords ::) ::) ::)

Why, Peter, in God's name why?  ???

to get some good reactions like this one Andy!!!  Hopefully Kate Shaw will have a bite to as i know she really is a schumacher fan :D :D :D

Nice to see Kimi standing on the top step waiting to be hanged again (for God's sake, Kimi, CHEER UP!) -- but who was that ugly guy in the red suit standing next to him?   :o

I never watch races in which That German Fellow features, so all I saw was the highlights on Speed News.  The Speed World Challenge Touring Cars were more disciplined this weekend than that lot.  "Pinnacle of Motorsport" my foot.

Kate, which is worse, Kimi on death row or TGF jumping around like baboon?  Tough call.  In the immortal words of Woody Hayes, "Act like you've won before".  Never saw saw Fangio, Moss, Clark, Surtees, Stewart, Lauda or Andretti act anything other than dignified and respectful.
Fax

As I recall, the "jumped up Bavarian brat" was jumping around like a puppet whose strings were in a knot the day that Senna died, celebrating his "win".  That could be apocryphal, but I do seem to recall it.

Kate,

...Schumacher is not from Bavaria.

My recollection of the whole weekend was that it was extremely sober Rubens had a big off in the Jordan and nearly died because he swallowed his tongue, Ratenzberger died on the Saturday. 

Four spectators were hurt when JJ Lehto's debris hit them in the grandstand.

Sounds like prejudice Kate.

I think I remember like Kate, Schumacher jumping around on the podium until someone suggested he tone-down his celebrations as one of his colleagues was in the hospital dying.  He's hasn't always been the most tasteful character, remember when he got his ass chewed for acting like a boob during the playing of the Italian national anthem?
Fax

Yes, that was the source of my "Jumped up Bavarian Brat" statement -- the Mayor of a city in Italy referred to him with that phrase in his chewing-out of said JUBB for disrespecting the Italian anthem.  I know it was later pointed out that JUBB was not in fact from Bavaria, but the quote is accurate.