Fantasy F1: Great Britain

July 11, 2009 at 12:58 pm (Formula 1)

GB09_01For the British GP I selected Hamilton, Vettel, Webber and Toyota.

Hamilton came home in 16th, Vettel 1st and Webber 2nd. Toyota cars came home in 7th and 8th. This was a great haul of points :-)

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Fantasy F1: Turkey

July 11, 2009 at 12:52 pm (Formula 1)

Tur09_01For the Turksih GP I selected Massa, Rosberg, Vettel and Red Bull Racing.

Massa finished 6th, Rosberg 5th and Vettel came home in 3rd. Red Bull Racing finished 2nd and 3rd. A good haul of points from this race.

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Fantasy F1: Monaco

July 11, 2009 at 12:25 pm (Formula 1)

Mon09_01For the Monaco GP I selected Hamlton, Barrichello, Rosberg and McLaren.

Hamilton finished 12th, Barrichello 2nd and Rosberg 6th. One McLaren came home in 12th and the other retired.

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Fantasy F1: Spain

May 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm (Formula 1)

Spa09_01For the Spanish Grand Prix I selected Alonso, Button, Webber and Brawn GP.

It turned out to be an excellent selection with Alonso finishing 5th, Button 1st, Webber 3rd and Brawn GP cars 1st and 2nd. A huge haul of points :-)

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Fantasy F1: Bahrain

May 21, 2009 at 5:25 pm (Formula 1)

Bah09_01For the Bahrain GP I selected Alonso, Vettel, Rosberg and Red Bull.

Alsonse came home in 8th, Vettel in 2nd, Rosberg in 9th and Red Bull cars in 2nd and 11th. An average haul of points overall.

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Lewis Hamilton shows us inside the McLaren Technology Centre

May 14, 2009 at 8:15 pm (Formula 1, interesting, motor racing, technology)

Lewis gives us a tour in this interesting video showing the inside of the McLaren Technology Centre.  The first thing I noticed is it is clinically clean. Check out the ‘clear desk’ policy later on in the video!! How can anyone work somewhere that tidy!?! That isn’t natural.

Lewis comes across as a easy going guy and completely different compared to when he is hounded by the press asking stupid questions trying to catch him out.

P.S The video looks very new, I think it was filmed the week after the Bahrain GP 2009 (end of April).

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Formula One: IT

April 24, 2009 at 9:50 pm (Formula 1, computing)

I think it maybe more glamorous than it sounds but I would love to work in ‘IT support’ for a Formula One team. Check out these screen grabs from Melbourne qualifying. It is unusual to have a quick glance behind the scenes:

Is that a rack of servers I see in the background of one of the shots? Anyway, sure is some serious hardware with statistics galore :-)

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Fantasy F1: China

April 22, 2009 at 7:51 pm (Formula 1)

chi09_01The weather played another lead part in the early F1 season – a full wet race was had. Conditions were tricky and the drivers would have been better off with canoes to be honest ;-)

An awesome race though and the young genius, Sebastian Vettel, proved he is the new ‘rain master’ by destroying the opposition. Seriously, Coulthard must be pissed off: He retires, Vettel steps in and 3 races later posts Red Bull’s first win! I think the 21 year old will win a World Drivers Championship within 5 years, he is that good.

I had Kovalainen, Barrichello, Button and Brawn GP selected for this GP. Kovalainen came home in 5th to score his first points of the season, Barrichello 4th, Button 3rd and Brawn GP 3rd and 4th. Another good haul of points :-)

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Fantasy F1: Malaysia

April 15, 2009 at 8:11 pm (Formula 1)

mal09_01Continuing the excellent and unpredictable start to the season, the weather decided to have a roll of the dice. And it came up double 6. Not seen a red flagged race for many years, and you need to go even further back for a 0.5 points situation.

I selected Alonso, Barrichello, Button and Brawn F1. Button came home in 1st, Barrichello in 5th and Alonso 11th. Brawn F1 came home in 1st and 5th. Another very good haul of points, I just wish Brawn and co. could be selected all season ;-)

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Fantasy F1: Australia (results)

April 4, 2009 at 5:00 pm (Formula 1)

What a barnstorming start to the F1 season. My best selection yet, unofrtunately it wasn’t for money. I selected Button, Barrichello, Alonso and Brawn GP. Button came home 1st, Barrichello 2nd, Alonso 5th and Brawn GP 1st and 2nd. A massive haul of points (57!).

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