Another fine mess

My memories of the Canadian GP are a fragmented mess. A bit like the race.


I liked seeing the teams all sharing a cuppa and a biscuit on the grid under umberellas ellas ellas...

Drive of the day goes to Nick Heidfeld who managed to steer his badly damaged car into a run-off area at turn 3 before flicking it around safely behind a safety barrier. Class.

It's such a mess because I was recording it to watch after my little one had gone to bed.

After 25 laps, most of which were held under the safety car, the race was red flagged. By the time they got going again, the GP was being broadcast on BBC2. So, 20 minutes of racing lost before I press record on the correct channel.

Did I mention that it was raining?


Suddenly fast forward and the track is drying on the racing line. Lots of pitstops. In fact, because of the rain coming and going like it did, drivers were coming in left, right and centre. And then going.

Jenson did a pretty good job of unintentionally dispatching two rivals, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

And then, because the race over-ran the TV schedule (again), my recorder stopped recording (again, again). I didn't notice until I'd missed another dozen laps.

Considering all this and that more time was spent under safety car conditions than was actually spent racing, I didn't get to enjoy the Canadian Grand Prix. Pity, because it looked like a fantastic win for Jenson Button.

Thunderstorm Thursday

I'm not looking forward to riding into work on Thursday. I saw the weather forecast on TV and it was like that scene in The Day After Tomorrow with the satellite predictions showing the end of the world. Except with rain and only south-east England. But all the same, my heart sank when I saw what I'd be riding through in the morning.
Don't forget an umberella, ella, ella.

Rain, rain, go away

Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day

Ok, so it's been wet recently but, you've got to admit, we've had a really good summer. It hasn't been a scorcher and it hasn't had endless days of glorious sunshine. What we got instead was a few good weeks, here and there, of sunny days that didn't burn the skin off your face.
For me, the temperature was the best part of summer 2010. I can't bear the cold, my body just shuts down, and most people I know find the heat uncomfortable. So, these past summer months have kept everybody happy. It's only now, in October, that the weather has a bite to it.
I can live with that.

F1 TweetBlog

Got up at 6:45, Rain for 1&1/2 hours, safety car parade laps, Korean Mark Webber crashed out taking Nico Rosberg with him, safety car out again, tyre choice crucial, cars flying off all over the track, more safety car action(!), Sebastian Vettel still leads, Adrian Sutil moves up the field then drops back down again, race moves over to BBC2, Vitaly Petrov crashes big time, getting dark, will we reach full race distance before the race is stopped, 10 laps to go, Vettel's engine blows up handing lead to Fernando Alonso, love the final corner before pit straight, Jenson Button spins but keeps it on the track, final lap, chequered flag.

Race results:
1st Alonso
2nd Hamilton
3rd Massa

Driver's Championship
1st Alonso
2nd Webber
3rd Hamilton

Constructor's Championship
1st Red Bull
2nd McLaren
3rd Ferrari