Zeroes to Hero

AAAAAAARRRRGGHH!!!!!, my next copy of Ferrari weekly will arrive with the vomit-inducing eulogies from a sycophant media, puke! spit! gargle with cyanide!!!At least we can all agree that Magny-cors was yet another yawnfest, and the latest of louie`s errors was, of course, punished whilst others were untroubled by the stewards.....Another of Britains heroes had a shite weekend, I write of the James, sliding off, unassisted, in the first corner of the British MotoGP, he had the courage to get back on , and endure the humiliation of being lapped, in what was a, fairly dull race........BUT, But, but......a 15 year old BRITISH rider, with less than 20 moto gp`s, in the 125cc class, under his belt, won his FIRST Gp on his BRITISH debut...how fucking cool is that!!!!!???? Scot Redding...Go Baby!!

Wow! Thats why Le Mans IS the dogs B********!!

At 1:05 am on Sun 15th, i checked the live timings and after over 10 Hrs of racing Audi was beating Peugeot by less than a lap. Aston Martin was beating Corrvette by around 40secs and the two LMP2 Porsches were inseperable.

By the end of the race...

All the above class battles were still raging. AMR had pulled just over a lap lead over the "vettes" to defend their GT1 Crown and the VM Porsche took the spoils in LMP2.

But finally against all the odds, through a full on assault from Peugeot, from rain to shine, night and day, after years of coming so close, Allan McNish has finally got to stand on the top step of the podium again. And Audi continue to claim Le Mans as their own, but it is most likely to be the R10's last time at the circuit as Audi move onto closed prototypes to remain competetive.

Overall a cracking race that will go down as a great battle between two great cars.

The only bad thing, is that for two years in a row, ive missed the race live on tv and ive not been since 04. Im getting serious withdrawl symptoms, so im going next year, even if it kills me!!

Speedy

MBE,s

The Queen, bless'er has finally bestowed honour on one of Britains least talked about heroes, I write, of course about the current, and(in this generation of the series) only World Touring car Champion, Andy Priaulx....well done that man!!, Another British satisfaction , today, was Alan Mcnish in the Winning car at Le Man, it was looking to be totally dominated by the Peugeots, but rain, and some superb driving, played it,s part, and no delays in the pitstops ensured a thrilling race....The Dogs borrocks had a double in the latest round of World Superbikes, and Shaky Byrne came from 14th to 1st in the 2nd race of the British Superbikes, enthralling....
Gonna see if there are spaces available at PFI, sunday next, been a while....I replaced a leaky tap today...made a friend happy... wonder if the Queen reads this......

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Your analysis , of what bmw COULD do in Montreal is, essentially correct, this season is only a third of the way in, so what they DID do was uneccessary, either driver would have benefited from the result. Watch it again, the race was Nick's to LOSE, he had track position, and a gap that is HUGE by F1 standards, safety cars are allways possible, handy excuses if your team does'nt do so well. BUT that was,nt the case, assuming no other problems,(and there were none, other than the TEAM itself) it was Heidfelds race. He is now a demoralised member of a top team, along with his side of the garage, yes, I know Kubicas good, but so is Heidfeld, who was lauded by the media, and the teams for his abilities, especially when Kubica was inconsistent!!
On a personal note, I would like to see BMW tumble, as a company that was the final nail in 1000s of Rover jobs, and an infrastructure that was worth 1000s more, BRITISH jobs< Imight add, then yea, Bring it on!! Iknow that they were not responsible for Rovers problems, but they did,nt need to buy the company, when they knew, in advance, it was a lemon....
YEA BABY!

Lewis launches

http://www.gomotorsport.net/
to get people more interested in motorsport. Thought everyone should give it a look!!

Bring it on!

Is n't this great!! Love it. Its what blogging is all about. Nice one. Firstly I now see where you are coming from with regards to Heidfeld but ......... All season Heidfeld has gone for the safer race plan. kubica has gone for the more aggressive one. I think BMW played it safe with Heidfeld (like they always seem to do). If when Kubica was making the gap a safety car had come out (more than likely) that would have been it - win over. If Heidfeld had gone for a shorter pit stop to put him into the race for the win - an additional safety car would have blown either of there chances for the win.

I do agree that Davison has been wasted. If I was a manager I would have snapped him up by now. Heidfeld might be being out shadowed at the moment. But he has already proven that he is a capable driver. Its him that has put the most effort into BMW in terms of driver..... He will shine again.

Hammy has stated that this hasn't blown his Championship - we will have to wait and see. Schoolboy error really. We do have to note at this point some of Schumi's schoolboy error's - Monaco '06 springs to mind for parking fines!!!

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Sorry you don't understand, however, what you believe is your choice... Heidfeld, and his engineer obviously felt that it was worth the effort to pull out enough time to absorb a pitstop, and still be in front, only to have the team refusing to allow a change of strategy, that would have allowed this side of the garage the win, a win that was just as important to Heidfeld as to Kubica!!
If Heidfelds stop had been 4-5 secs faster he would have had to do another stop as did Kubica, with the advantage of track position, and perhaps traffic/deteriorating track conditions, he had a FAIR chance of winning, IF Kubica`was the faster man then WE the FANS would have had a thrilling race to the flag, instead of the yawnfest it became!! And since when was it not possible to change strategy mid-race?? Contracts? F1??LOL,LOL.Nick's face on the podium spoke a thousand words! Much like Barrichello when he was winning against Schumi, and he had to let him past, the only protest he had was that he did it on the finishing line!!You may think Kubicas face does'nt fit, but, NOT TRUE, One of the most gifted of drivers is still on the sidelines...I mention A.Davidson... not my choice, but still a wasted talent. Read Mark Hughes article in Autosport, on this man...enlightening. Hamster dropped a bollock yesterday, or it would have been his race, Kubica was gifted the race by team BMW, Heidfeld was hung out to dry, yes it's a one,two, but in the wrong order, this is'nt new, but is it racing? Should Kubica win this championship, i hope he reflects on yesterdays team vote of confidence, personally...I hope not..And as for lamping somebody...Power to you Nick for not splattering theisson's teeth all over the podium!!

Just to Quote!!!

"Forecasted for this weekends Canadian GP. My money is on Kubia.

Win for Kubia. You heard it here first!

Just think what it would do to the Championship. "

Just wanted to quote what I wrote before the weekend. Got the rain bit wrong but should have put some money on Kubica! What a great Championship battle.

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I dont understand your comments?? Heidfeld was on a different strategy to Kubica and hence why his pit stop was longer because he only had 1. Kubica had two. I dont beleive BMW gave kubica the win. He had to work bloody hard to pull out the gap to ensure that he came out in front of Heidfeld. True Heidfeld let him past but they were on a different game plan. BMW wouldn't have made Heidfeld's pit stop longer on purpose because at that moment in time they could not be sure what the race result would have been.

Dont forget it is Heidfeld that is under contract for next year, while Kubica's finishes this year. Personally Kubica has had a fab season so far and deserves it. I know Heidfeld has done a lot of work to develop the car over the years but he has been out performed to date this year and therefore Kubica got the win. The nice thing about it is Kubica's face does not fit into F1. What a great achievement for Poland. (Pitty they lost to Germany in the football! but they beat Heideld the German on the track).

Kubica for World Champion - I say again!!!! Well he is leading now.

P.S I was impressed that Kimi didnt lamp Hammy!

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Well, it`s nothing NEW in motorsport, but the way that bmw, said `we prefer you Robert, to you Nick' makes my stomach churn...there was absolutely no need to give Heidfeld a long stop, so that he came out HEAVY, just in front of his team mate, 5 secs less, and he would have consolidated his LEAD, in this race, and very likely won. He did all that was required of him, to maintain a good lead, only for his team to deliberately, take it away from him, SHAME on you, BMW, just another good reason not to buy your product!! Once again we are forced to witness the FARCE that is F1, even the commentators get in on the act!! How is it possible to praise a team when they are so obvious? Are we heading once again into a championship that is MANIPULATED, when will we ever see a SPORTING event?
LUCKILY, I have the answer, MOTOGP!! `specially the 125cc class, proper do, or die!! The PLUS side to today was when the hamster, and Kimi, had no hard words, and louie, kind of admitted his mistake, more EMBARASSING, than painfull....COULTHARD had a day to remember as he kept out of trouble, and lady luck, finally went his way....Finally, NICK`S face said it all today, and should he lose his seat, then it is just another reason, that the manufacturers, should , at all costs, not be allowed to control this sport!!
Yea Baby!

More Rain

Forecasted for this weekends Canadian GP. My money is on Kubia. Win for Kubia. You heard it here first! Just think what it would do to the Championship.