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redfiona99Sorry this would have been more spread out, I even had the Dr Who entry typed up, and then the computer ate it and I've been distracted from a couple of other ones. (To explain, SQUIRREL)
The most awesome moment of the weekend was probably that everyone walked away from this (http://brightnshinythings.tumblr.com/post/6486809311/dont-worry-everyone-including-spectators). If nothing else, the Audi roll cage works.
Second most awesome was probably Bradley Smith coming 2nd in the Moto2 class from 38th on the grid.
Then came Colin Edwards, one week on from breaking his collarbone, coming 3rd in the MotoGP. While running on fumes and ibuprofen because everything else made him 'feel like a spaceman'. He's still cheesed off about not being allowed to race in the French GP last week since his collarbone must have been fine to race with, because he could do push-ups. (The race doctor at Le Mans went "no".)
Needless to say, I was excessively excited before the Canadian Grand Prix even started. I love the Canadian Grand Prix, certainly since they messed up Hockenheim, it's my favourite by a country mile because Canada = chaos.
Oh Eddie Jordan, I love you again. (Um, EJ and I have a love/hate/love relationship, where he doesn't know I exist and I catcall him and love him in equal measure) He said how proud he was of Sergio Perez having a strong enough will and sense of self to pull himself out of GP because he wasn't fully fit, and how a lot of younger drivers would feel pressured into competing in that situation when they ought not to.
'you know what happens in qualifying, they drive around for an hour and then Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest time'. Vettel is turning into the German football team ('football is 22 men playing for 90 minutes and then the Germans win').
I'm v. happy that the stewards have let Jerome D'Ambrosio race, because the car will go within 107%.
Vettel is such an adorable young man.
OMG! Coulthard was being nice about Schumacher.
Actually him and Schumi going around the track in a golf buggy is adorkable!
Schumi, Vettel and Coulthard in combo are sweet!
I think it's partly that Schumacher has accepted that he is now the crazy grandpa.
The eminence grise, the present day one (Ron Dennis), is here. McLaren had better get their act together.
I want to own the safety car. It's so pretty. It has wing doors.
Absolute chaos.
Dear Lewis Hamilton, this is why you keep ending up in with the stewards. He had three boy racer moments in two laps.
Let the tyre-fu commence.
Biblical levels of deluge.
Red Bull are the present holders of the title of masters of strategy.
When Vettel says the track is undrivable, it is undrivable.
Button is backing him up on that.
The rain is somehow getting worse.
Red flag, of the race suspended kind. I'm not sure I've actually been able to watch one of those.
Want to know how good Adrian Sutil is, he did all of part 1 on intermediates. (While I want them to keep Massa, Ferrari could do worse than Sutil as their number 2)
Help, Martin Brundle just made a Rihanna/Umbrella joke.
The Canadian fans are awesome. + points to the ones in Red Bull costumes.
I do wish that the BBC could decide if they want Schumi to be Dick Dastardly or your dottie great aunt Ethel because they make him sound like a terrifying mix of the two.
And now we're reduced to bird watching.
I'd like to raise my glass to the Polish fans with the get well Robert flag.
Charlie Whiting has the worst job in the world. He's the headmaster of a bunch of unruly, technically-minded schoolboys.
The engineers are jumping up and down to keep warm.
The wait has reached 'send out soup and bread' stage.
I <3 Heikki, 'nah, this is fine'. 'you're a Finn, you would say that', 'no, then it would be icy, that's even more fun'.
Aw! Someone tweeted in askng 'can the BBC not afford chairs?' and Brundle's reply was 'Murray Walker didn't use a chair when he commentated, and if it's good enough for him, then it's more than good enough for us'.
The Canadian crowd continue to be awesome. As does the organising committee.
George Lucas is there!! And making very interesting points about films about sports. And being funny. I think he's just made up for the bad points of the prequels.
The annual Eddie mockathon begins :)
Liuzzi is wandering around in plastic bags (oh love).
Emerson Fittipaldi really does look like Jackie Stewart.
Poor Webber, if he had no bad luck, he'd have no luck at all. But I like his attitude.
I also like Christian Horner's attitude.
Eddie tells an interesting story, saying that Peter Sauber was asking his advice as to what to do about whether or not he ought to campaign for the race to be re-started or not. And Eddie sympathised, because any points Sauber can get would be good.
Jean Alesi is there. <3 <3 <3 <3
Poor Heikki.
Well done Kobyashi.
And now, more tyre-fu.
One day, Ferrari will sort out their pit strategy.
Alonso has once again screwed everything up. You, young man, are not Schumi, he barely gets/got away with those kind of hijinks.
Speaking of Schumacher. Wheeeee! Sorry, I love Webber, but Schumacher in the wet is.
The stewards ought to start charging overtime.
Bloody DRS button!! I had no opinion, but it has now diddled the greatest driver of his generation out of a podium place. I want rid of it.
The most awesome moment of the weekend was probably that everyone walked away from this (http://brightnshinythings.tumblr.com/post/6486809311/dont-worry-everyone-including-spectators). If nothing else, the Audi roll cage works.
Second most awesome was probably Bradley Smith coming 2nd in the Moto2 class from 38th on the grid.
Then came Colin Edwards, one week on from breaking his collarbone, coming 3rd in the MotoGP. While running on fumes and ibuprofen because everything else made him 'feel like a spaceman'. He's still cheesed off about not being allowed to race in the French GP last week since his collarbone must have been fine to race with, because he could do push-ups. (The race doctor at Le Mans went "no".)
Needless to say, I was excessively excited before the Canadian Grand Prix even started. I love the Canadian Grand Prix, certainly since they messed up Hockenheim, it's my favourite by a country mile because Canada = chaos.
Oh Eddie Jordan, I love you again. (Um, EJ and I have a love/hate/love relationship, where he doesn't know I exist and I catcall him and love him in equal measure) He said how proud he was of Sergio Perez having a strong enough will and sense of self to pull himself out of GP because he wasn't fully fit, and how a lot of younger drivers would feel pressured into competing in that situation when they ought not to.
'you know what happens in qualifying, they drive around for an hour and then Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest time'. Vettel is turning into the German football team ('football is 22 men playing for 90 minutes and then the Germans win').
I'm v. happy that the stewards have let Jerome D'Ambrosio race, because the car will go within 107%.
Vettel is such an adorable young man.
OMG! Coulthard was being nice about Schumacher.
Actually him and Schumi going around the track in a golf buggy is adorkable!
Schumi, Vettel and Coulthard in combo are sweet!
I think it's partly that Schumacher has accepted that he is now the crazy grandpa.
The eminence grise, the present day one (Ron Dennis), is here. McLaren had better get their act together.
I want to own the safety car. It's so pretty. It has wing doors.
Absolute chaos.
Dear Lewis Hamilton, this is why you keep ending up in with the stewards. He had three boy racer moments in two laps.
Let the tyre-fu commence.
Biblical levels of deluge.
Red Bull are the present holders of the title of masters of strategy.
When Vettel says the track is undrivable, it is undrivable.
Button is backing him up on that.
The rain is somehow getting worse.
Red flag, of the race suspended kind. I'm not sure I've actually been able to watch one of those.
Want to know how good Adrian Sutil is, he did all of part 1 on intermediates. (While I want them to keep Massa, Ferrari could do worse than Sutil as their number 2)
Help, Martin Brundle just made a Rihanna/Umbrella joke.
The Canadian fans are awesome. + points to the ones in Red Bull costumes.
I do wish that the BBC could decide if they want Schumi to be Dick Dastardly or your dottie great aunt Ethel because they make him sound like a terrifying mix of the two.
And now we're reduced to bird watching.
I'd like to raise my glass to the Polish fans with the get well Robert flag.
Charlie Whiting has the worst job in the world. He's the headmaster of a bunch of unruly, technically-minded schoolboys.
The engineers are jumping up and down to keep warm.
The wait has reached 'send out soup and bread' stage.
I <3 Heikki, 'nah, this is fine'. 'you're a Finn, you would say that', 'no, then it would be icy, that's even more fun'.
Aw! Someone tweeted in askng 'can the BBC not afford chairs?' and Brundle's reply was 'Murray Walker didn't use a chair when he commentated, and if it's good enough for him, then it's more than good enough for us'.
The Canadian crowd continue to be awesome. As does the organising committee.
George Lucas is there!! And making very interesting points about films about sports. And being funny. I think he's just made up for the bad points of the prequels.
The annual Eddie mockathon begins :)
Liuzzi is wandering around in plastic bags (oh love).
Emerson Fittipaldi really does look like Jackie Stewart.
Poor Webber, if he had no bad luck, he'd have no luck at all. But I like his attitude.
I also like Christian Horner's attitude.
Eddie tells an interesting story, saying that Peter Sauber was asking his advice as to what to do about whether or not he ought to campaign for the race to be re-started or not. And Eddie sympathised, because any points Sauber can get would be good.
Jean Alesi is there. <3 <3 <3 <3
Poor Heikki.
Well done Kobyashi.
And now, more tyre-fu.
One day, Ferrari will sort out their pit strategy.
Alonso has once again screwed everything up. You, young man, are not Schumi, he barely gets/got away with those kind of hijinks.
Speaking of Schumacher. Wheeeee! Sorry, I love Webber, but Schumacher in the wet is.
The stewards ought to start charging overtime.
Bloody DRS button!! I had no opinion, but it has now diddled the greatest driver of his generation out of a podium place. I want rid of it.
