FanFormula: Week 10. Easter & Who to follow.

So this week's FanFormula was my longest video yet.
Mainly because I got all hi-tech with the cardboard again to bring you my twitter and blogging recommendations. I did also answer some questions too even with my chronic hayfever.
So now I have stopped moaning.

Here is this week's FanFormula questions.

Question One.
It has come to light that Lotus formerly known as Renault is no longer supported by Group Lotus due to financial difficulties for the company. However the team will be known as Lotus for the forseeable future. What is your view on the situation and what impact do you think this will have on the team?

Question Two
With less then two weeks until the Bahrain Grand Prix, speculations and rumours have gone into overdrive. Do you think the event will go ahead and what do you see the resulting circumstances to be?

Question Three
It appears that a French Grand Prix return is imminent for 2013 but which track (Magny Cours or Paul Ricard) would you like to see return and why?

Bonus Question
During the long break between Malaysia and China have you found any blogs/twitters/people that have been interesting to read and that you would recommend to others.



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FanFormula. Week 8. Malaysia.

So this week's FanFormula was one of the most stressful I have ever done.
After THREE attempts. Yes you heard right. Three.
The FanFormula was up.
Though in dodgy lighting.
Because by the time I got to film, it was nearing 8 at night.

Plus I have new hair. (The excitement of my life is up there at the moment)

Anyhoo let's get on to this week's FanFormula questions.

Question One
We saw two incidents involving the HRT of Karthikeyan and a 'front runner' during the race today, none of which appeared to be the HRT's fault. What is your view on these incidents? Do you think that the front runners were over confident that the HRT would be easy to pass and that's what caused the incidents or was it purely driver error?

Question Two
With Perez completing an incredible race and battle with rumoured future team mate Alonso, do you think this adds extra pressure to Massa and do you think we will see a mid season driver change at Ferrari?

Question Three
The mixed weather played into the hands of the constructors with several constructors making up the top ten. Do you think this trend will continue across the season or do you think the 'top teams' will pull away from the pack?

Bonus question
Who was your driver of the day and why?



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Diary of a F1 weekend: Malaysia

So after an exciting Grand Prix weekend in Australia.
We hardly have time to blink before it's the turn of Malaysia and the start of another early morning race.

So expect blurred vision and tiredness throughout my weekend diary.

Thursday/Friday
2am

Hoorah. I am actually up ready for FP1 however it's fair to say I'm not feeling on top form.
I noticed that in the fly away races especially the back to back ones. My sleep patterns go completely awry.
Luckily I managed to stay awake for 45 minutes of FP1 before realising that I couldn't hang on.
So decided to go to bed and wake up instead for FP2.

Notes for FP1

• Karthikeyan gearbox decided to fail. 
• Hamilton should good pace to top the table
• Vettel showed that Red Bull didn't have the pace. 
• All the cars seemed to be close in terms of time. 
• #BOTTAS

Now instead of my alarm waking me up for FP2. It decided to let me sleep through.

So I missed all of FP2.
This is not the first time this has happened. Luckily I recorded FP2 for this very reason.

Notes for FP2

• More woe for Karthikeyan
• Vettel still struggling for pace in 10th
• Vergne and Ricciardo show their hand. Top ten placings for both. 
• Then Karthikeyan has some more woe thrown in. 
• Hamilton quickest again

Friday/Saturday

FP3.

Ahhh. So I missed all of FP3. 

This lately seems a F.F.F tradition. 

There is no excuse for this.

But of course I was up for Qualifying. (Because I'm good like that.)
And even though it was 5am and I had to go to Sheffield later in the day.
I managed to not sleep through it.
I think the pack of fig rolls I brought may of helped, along with the copious amounts of coffee.

Notes for Qualifying

• Bad starts for Heikki and Kimi with five place grid drops. 
• Massa still struggling for raw pace and dropping out in Q2
• Webber out qualifying Vettel again. 
• Schumacher qualifying in the top three.
• Hamilton and Button bagging a One-Two for Mclaren. 

Saturday/Sunday

Race day. 8am.

With my alarm clock actually waking me up. 

Even with the change of clocks. (Yes it gets lighter earlier but it meant a hour's less sleep. *Grumps*)

It was time to get my cup of coffee on the go, along with another pack of fig rolls. (I'm getting lardy because of this.)

Ready for another great race.

Now what I love about watching F1, is that comedy can come from nowhere.
Now I tweet has the race is on. So when 9 laps in the race the rain came down and the red flag came out.
So did best comedy moments.

All 50 minutes of non racing was filled with entertainment that consisted of Gazebo chat. 

Who had the best gazebo?

Who was doing the BBQ?

Why did HRT only have a Tesco carrier bag?

Then it turned into a scene from the Carry On films because we started perving on the wet drivers/team members. Ooo Matron. 

Then it came full circle back 2009 with a W.W.K.D.

Or the long version. 'What would Kimi do?'

We all secretly hoped he would get the ice cream back out. Sadly this was not to be. Even if Lotus did get the Ice Creams back out for him. 

Luckily the race did start back up again but under the safety car. 

When the safety car came back in. The fun could begin again.
And boy did it.
We had Button lose his front wing.
Then Vettel got a puncture. 

I may of had some micro naps between all of this going on.
But I managed to stay awake when the fight for the lead was between Ferrari and Sauber. (Words I didn't really expect to say this year.)

And even though Perez had a moment off track and couldn't catch Alonso back up.
It was worth me having Horner jiggly leg for.

It was pure racing at it's best.
F1 is definitely back and it has come back swinging. 

Notes for the race.

• Rain
• Red Flag
• Gazebo's are entertaining
• Grosjean failing in the race for the second week in a row. 
• Karthikeyan injuring several cars. 
• Pastor losing out on points on the last lap.
• Hamilton still not looking happy after another podium.
• Vettel coming up with a new insult system and raising a new finger. Twice.
• Button's brutal honesty
• The Perez and Alonso battle.

Today was a good day to be an F1 fan. 

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Top five F1 comedy moments.

Now this week is the anniversary of the first time I watched Formula One.

Now it's not a celebratory number like 20 or 30 years but I'm very proud to reach my 13th year of Formula One.

So this week is the start of a top five posts series.
In which I pick my top five moments in the last thirteen years

Now this post is my top five comedy moments.
Now I have an odd sense of humour.
A combination of my mum's sarcasm and my dad's dark sadistic humour.

Some of your favourite moments may not be in here (But I would like to hear what are yours), but seeing these five clips always make me smile.

Korea 2010: Felipe Massa

Because people falling over is quite funny.




Brazil 2002: Nick Heidfeld

Watch out for that Dooooooooooor!!


Brazil 2006: Kimi Raikkonen

Poo talk on ITV.


Hungary 2011: British fan

It took one man to say what we were all thinking.


Malaysia 2009: Felipe Massa

Because the British know what to say in a crisis.


That's what I love about F1, no matter how serious the sport gets. Comedy arises from somewhere.
Not just from Eddie Jordan's shirts.

Diary of an F1 weekend: Malaysia

Hey bloggers
Hope you are having a lovely weekend.

So diary of an F1 weekend is back and this weekend has been unusual in that I am off for the entire weekend.
Handy for the early time schedule of Malaysia.

So lets start with Friday.

So with a 3am free practice one start.

My first issue of the day occurred.

I was out drinking with work mates and I didn't leave the club till 3am.

The same time as FP1 started but luckily that didn't matter because thanks to the F1 timing app on my smartphone I managed to keep up to date in the taxi until I strolled in at a unseemly time of 3.30am.

Before I took my make up off...The after picture was not worth seeing.

So I got free practice on, whilst I got into my Pj's and took my make up off.

Then in my wide awakeness I tweeted @5liveF1 to ask a question.

Now for the second time in three years. It got read out on air. Now even though David Croft pronounced my twitter name wrong (He made it sound way more posh then it really was) I will let him off because it made my day.

Here is the link from the the start of the question

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b010m65l/?t=1h05m58s

Was a weird free practice, mainly due to the amount of brake/suspension failures that occurred, hopefully that won't happen in the race.

Free practice 2 was a different affair.

I managed to get up for it but lasted only 30 minutes before my hangover took over and sent me back to sleep. It really is a time zone failure for me.

2.30am Saturday

Just realised that FP3 is at 6am. Not 3am like first thought. Ooooops.

10.15am Saturday

Alarm clock decided to fail. Woke up five minutes after Qualifying had finished. This sadly will not be the first time this year that this occur.

2pm Saturday.

Finally got to watch all of qualifying. No rain again but Heidfeld actually proved why is is called OQN with a 6th place start.

10am Sunday

Today it is my nephew's christening. I should of been up at 8am, so I could get ready and watch the grand prix. Sadly alarm clock failed again but manage to get ready whilst seeing the grand prix from about lap 40.

So manage to see Petrov fly and the battle between old rivals in Hamilton and Alonso.
But the best thing about Malaysia was Heidfeld getting a podium.
This was better for me because on the Friday night I placed an each way bet on Heidfeld getting a podium. So I won just over a fiver. This may not be much but it will help me out now pay day is far away.

So I may of missed pretty much everything this weekend, but watching it again. That's no chore.

The church my nephew's christening was at. Pretty :)

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