Its a bit late but I just watched the Button Rally cross video on bbc
Nice bit of history and genuine fun.

Its attractive racing like attractive football that people are craving for. I dont want to see them hoofing the ball up to the big guy up front.
I think Berbie has successfully lined his pockets.

I expect the traditional teams have been waiting for this .. when red bull were the fun time guys with their storm trooper helmets working to boom boom music it was harmless fun. Then they got all serious and the fun went away. I guess big Ron is right in that none of the big guys are going to give a privateer team a winning engine whilst they have a works team.

get some t cut and polish it out.. it wont look so bad and you’ll save £693.01.

‘ Dont thank me … it’s what I do!’ 🙂

unbelievable 🙂

who could forget the interview between Mark Lamarr and Shabba Ranks on the Word.

one has to wonder what would’ve have happened if Alonso was driving the ferrari, no disrespect to Seb. I think Alonso and Seb partnership would have been mighty.
It will be interesting if Kimi can bring the car home next year when the cars are more competitive and try and win the constructors. Unless Renault sort out their engine I cant see any of the other teams with the resources to keep up the fight to Merc except Ferrari.

i’d be awkward in a room with putin ..
Bit of a snooze fest until the end.. dodgy camera work as directed by Bernie.. there seemed to be a lot of coverage of Ricciardos Redbull and the Lotus that it was following for half the race. I guess if Red bell cant get coverage as winners they are doing a deal with Bernie to get at least 10% of the air time no matter where their cars are positioned. As bernie stated its all sorted 🙂

It will be crazy in sainz gets to race tomorrow. Asking a racer if he will pass up a drive is a rhetorical question. I know these guys are made of of another material but really? Just look at rugby players and boxers, I know its not repeated blows but its a lot of Gs. Really glad he’s ok. These new races still have some teething problems.
Rosberg to win and Hamilton to come second. Williams to balls up a pit / strategy and Vettel to take 3rd. Bottas to pass Hamilton at the start.

you lucky sods.. nil by mouth since 9am .

I personally dont think the divorce papers are quite singed and sealed. If Renault do sort the engine out then Red Bull will stay but what about Lotus. Yes there is a letter of intent but for what year?

I’d like to see Red bull in Formula E. More up and coming and energy related 🙂
I expect Bernie to wield his axe and probably wont see any Ferrari or Mercedes coverage this weekend and a lot of Mchonda and Manor!

oooerrr according to reports ferrari wont supply Red Bull.. We are in a pickle now
here

Options seem to be
1) keep existing contract with Renault for 2016 engines,
2) Believe what Bernie is saying and that merc engines will be supplied. Also see Hamilton mention how he wants a duel with Vettel.
3) Bugger off and do what you threatened to do ( caveat is that they will only stay if they have a competitive engine.. if by some miracle Renault becomes competitive / Renault buys Red Bull instead of Lotus 🙂

did my back in swimming and after 4 weeks I can lift my leg without pain. I used hotwater bottle on my back and a paramol ( available over the counter) when it was bad. Also used deep heat patches which were mildly pleasant, ibuprofen gel, Tokusen plasters ( nice and warm and smells lovely) . Hope it gets better soon.

I did think he was more special brew than special one. I guess his dossier didnt highlight the difference.
There is an opening for him at sunderland and possibly newcastle soon so I doubt he will be out for long. Not quite the finished article. I actually prefer big Sam and his equally large database and his last tenure at West Ham put him up in my estimation.

its a shame … they shouldve given him more time .. I wonder if Jose will be next, there are 2 premiership vacancies on offer already. However isnt pep free at the end of the season?

My tupence would have been Lisa.

blimey ..this took some time.. shouldve shunted him out the minute the he brought the fifa into direpute. What about Greg dyke and the FA. I find the handling of Carniero really poor. If it was about race the cops would be all over it, Jose would be forced to apologise and paraded around doing the Respect campaign.

Its quite telling that the Respect Campaign only focusses on Colour and ethnicity. What about the sexist and homophobic abuse doled out on the terraces let alone in the dressing room.

Respect equality and not just colour

go to space and take my bike with me. maybe go for a spin on the moon, always wanted to get some air 🙂

not sure extra cycling is going to help you move around more in the ring as most of the power comes from planting your feet and through your hips apparently. I’d train for 5 rounds with the aim of getting your recovery sorted in the interval between rounds.

I would have a think about strategy as are you really going for a knock out in 3 rounds? Great if you are like superman and can take a punch.
Classic cliches
Run up and down steps
Chop wood
Hit some meat
Bounce a medicine ball on your abs
Sweat a lot
Run riles up hills
Skip
Practice on a speed ball
Look pretty and shadow box in front of a mirror.

Get used to being hit and hitting.. Its hard keeping your hands up and punching.

Good luck pondo just remember keep shouting ‘not the face…not the face’ 🙂

so the question is where is haas placed.. behind renault or infront? I think its a toss up between Renault, Mchonda and Hass. Personally it will be Haas as I dont think they have the experience for in season development or the people quite yet for the Chassis despite dallara doing the donkey work.

Both Renault and Mchonda have design teams capable of a half decent job on the chassis.

Well done bunsen .. its a shame for K-mag and Stoffel and now manor merc rather than manor mchonda. I wonder who is going to hoover up Torro Rosso.

i reckon you could make the holiday and still be back for the birth.. the calculations for the due dates are flawed anyway.

Unless there is some weird tradition of family photos in the birthing suite.. I have been in one before I had kids, I dont see what the rush is 🙂

They appreciate it more if you pop down at the weekend with some food and a chat. That said being an uncle is great.

cheers for the heads up

moda and whyte both sport a black and white union jack on the frame.. then again so do boardmans.. does that make it a british brand?

As per marketing blurbl from whyte that their bikes were designed for the uk terrain 🙂

more like that agreement with suzuka to not give mercs air time. I like the extra tv time for rbr. Some might say its to sweeten the deal to keep Red bull in the show. The camera work was a bit shoddy and that lovely cut away to the camera man who clearly woke up and started shooting the sky. F1 seems t move from one pr disaster to another. If it isnt renault going bust its mclaren going backwards and then rbr leaving, none of which is related to the sporting spectacle at all.

“Gp2 Gp2 rarrrghhh” – quote of the day 🙂

well qualifying was fun.. hmm I have huge respect for Kvyat for getting out of the car and acknowledging the mistake. My stomach dropped when watching the crash. I hope tomorrow goes smoothly..Looks like its going to be a straight fight between the mercs.

formula E final had 1.2m viewers in comparison. Bring it on !

The start should be interesting.. i’m hoping kimi has his specsavers glasses on and gets out of the blocks. Personally would like to see kvyat get up there as he has been doing a great job on ricciardo.

Expect to see a safety car of some sort and probably vettel romping it home. The clash of the day will be rossi v stevens.

So I wonder how bernie feels about 3 teams going out of f1 by the end of the 2015 season.. Theres got to be some serious power broking going on there:)

I like the idea of VW entering the fray. But the problem is what happens when they have an economic downturn will the manufacturers go the same way as Toyota, bmw and ford before them?

I use a siemens gigaset n300aip with 2 dect phones. I connect to 2 sipgate accounts and also a bt land line on one handset. The other is configured to ring for one sip account and the land line. It works really well.

Well silly season is coming, apparently the summer break marks start of the contract process.

Here is the current lines up. Whos staying and whos going? In Webber’s sky interview he mentions a lot of drivers that shouldnt be on the grid. Who is he referring to?

Pretty much the only seats are Lotus, Manor,Haas and possibily half of Mclaren

Personally I’d like to see the drivers get round the track without mashing up their cars on the first few laps etc. It would be less of a spectacle if Pastor wasnt there. Oh and there is the Haas team as well ( ‘experience needed there’ )

Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Sebastian Vettel / Kimi Räikkönen

India Sahara Force India F1 Team Sergio Pérez / Nico Hülkenberg

Lotus F1 Team Romain Grosjean / Pastor Maldonado

Manor Marussia F1 Team Will Stevens / Roberto Merhi /Rossi

McLaren Honda McLaren-Honda Fernando Alonso / Jenson Button

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Nico Rosberg / Lewis Hamilton

Infiniti Red Bull Racing Daniel Ricciardo / Daniil Kvyat

Sauber F1 Team Marcus Ericsson / Felipe Nasr

Toro Rosso Max Verstappen / Carlos Sainz, Jr.

Williams Martini Racing Felipe Massa / Valtteri Bottas

my usual reply is the humax hdr1000s /1010s . Records programmmes and does series link etc. The only caveat is that it can be a little slow and need a reboot once in a while. Be prepared that once your sky subscription goes so do all the access to the recordings even the free ones.

or give honda teams the ability to use 10 engines a season. Its going to be a long 2016 season for everyone. I cant see any engine manufacturer jumping on the f1 bandwagon without 3-5 year preparation time.

if they stop supplying engines then probably a merc rebadged as inifiniti 🙂 . I forgot that actually it was Infiniti RBR so Renault did have a chance to promote the company name.

more of a signal of intent .. if they dont allow them to run with one team then they are offski.
They have mentioned before the return on supplying RBR was minimal as Renault didnt appear in the the title of the team. Or atleast thats what I read into their statement. I remember the teams williams-renault and vodafone-mclaren-mercedes so I do understand their point.
It would be shame if they left but maybe this is what is needed so bernie can buck up his ideas otherwise its going to be a two horse race with the championship switching between ferrari and mercedes works team.

clearly missed the target as the cat looks from above!

very tasty.. a concept that has some sensible features with a purpose

nope never heard of it. Is it something they used in the war?

Its funny that I dont see shopping bags thrown around as litter more likely the crap from mcD’s, burger king, monster cans, beer cans, mini packets of haribo etc. My garden / food waste and recyclable goods bin used more

a bit like those 3d steroegrams .. some see them some never see them no matter how hard they try

that would be ludwig for the egg and violin
edit : too slow 🙂
Then..
worst: Jackanory
Best:mysterious cities of gold

podium places for seasame street( never as good as muppets, not a fan of heidi either.

Now.. ocatnauts
worst: anything with Hacker