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Barrichello Verses The Stig.

I thought that you'd like this, since you probably think I'm just pro Schuey. I'm not, I just aknowledge a great driver.

Rubens Barrichello - Top Gear.





The White Stig!





Schuey!





The Original Black Stig!









Lewis Hamilton Interview and Lap. BBC Top Gear.

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Silverstone 1987 AndyGold aka Pole Position

A Trip Down Memory Lane, 1987.

My first F1 race!
Silverstone 1987 AndyGold aka Pole Position.

Whoever you are, you will remember your first visit to an F1 race. My first visit was impromptu, as I had a chance to buy a cheap ticket from a friend who decided he couldn't attend. A bunch of my biker mates had the trip all planned, so all I had to do was follow the pack. Leaving pregnant wife and one-year-old child with my mother, (as you do), off I went in a heart-beat.

My wife was close to delivery, but we had had several false starts, (if you know what I mean). I was only going to be away for the day!

Silverstone's track layout was redesigned in 1986-87.

Click-here to see a pic of the Silverstone 1987 new track layout.

See a 40 minute video of Silverstone in 1987 from the BBC with Murry Walker commentating!

Classic F1 - British Grand Prix 1987 extended highlights!

Ah, just as I remember it!

This is the T-Shirt I wore back then, bought at Silverstone when I was 24 years old, (but this is me now, at 47 years old and it still fits)! Obviously its a keep-sake, a bit of history and memorabilia. Its even more special to me, not only because it was my first live F1 race, but because I only just made it back to Hull in time for the birth of my daughter.

I got home early evening in time to follow the ambulance down to the delivery! My daughter was born in the early hours of the 13th July. All in all, a memorable experience. I couldn't even tell my wife, since she thought I was out at work all day. I was a gigging musician at that time and I think I told her I was at an afternoon venue down south.

The cat's out of the bag now, my wife punched my arm and then kissed me better, so I'm forgiven. There was no-way my wife or my mum would have let me go, with my wife being in her condition. I just had a feeling that everything was going to be OK and it was!

Top 6 Drivers Championship 1987.
1, A. Senna.        Lotus.
2, A. Prost.         McLaren.
3, N. Piquet.       Williams.
4, N. Mansell.     Williams.
5, S. Johansson.  McLaren.
6, G. Berger.       Ferrari.

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F1 1987 Season Review.

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F1 GP Monza Italian Formula One Grand Prix 2010

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

 F1 GP Monza Italian Formula One Grand Prix 2010

Venue: Monza.
Date: Sunday 12 September.
Lap length: 3.510 miles.
Race laps: 53.
2009 winner: Rubens Barrichello. (Brawn).
First grand prix: 1922.

Formula One Grand Prix 2010 Result
1st Fernando Alonso.
2nd Jenson Button.
3rd Felipe Massa.

Race Review - The Pole Position View.
Mark Webber still leads the championship, since the demise of Lewis Hamilton at the start of the race. Me thinks that if Lewis had taken it more slow and steadily after the collision that damaged his steering arm, that he could possibly have made it back to the pits. Instead he just accelerated away as if nothing had happened.

It was obvious to me, (sitting at home in the UK), that Lewis's car was not going round any corner at that break-neck speed, (did you here me shouting at the TV and Lewis)? If the BBC put up the video, I'll put the link to it here.

Man of the race for this F1 fan is Jenson Button for going against the norm and carrying massive wing, then battling with the Ferrari's! Wow, that was impressive! I thought, 'well, that extra wing will give more down force, but Jenson will also run a higher risk, due to his extra grip giving him more stopping power'; I thought maybe a following car with less-wing and less stopping power would ram him up the jaxi. 

Did anyone-else notice that team-Renault, (the yellow cars), seemed also to be running high wing?

What about those Ferrari's? Where was Red Bull today? Maybe it was just that the track suited the Ferrari's, I'm not sure, but I'm also well impressed with Massa and Alonso.

 I think they should call Vettle, Crash-Bandicoot! Vettel drew criticism from McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh, who described him as a "crash kid". This F1 fan thinks Vettel's getting to be a real danger to every other driver! Why don't the FIA demote Vettle 10 places for actually causing accidents? If this had been Schuey, the FIA would be throwing him out of F1 as a driver altogether, claiming his age as the cause!

Sun 12 September 2010
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