I don't see how that relates to Bush being a dumbass.

With it being Mothers day I didn't catch any of the race. It was apparently pretty boring. Wasn't Schumacher complaining about all the rule changes ruining the sport?

It wasn't the best I thought once the fuel got lower then it was who could drive fastest, but just turned into a bit of a parade. From what I gather this was more down to the track not allowing easy overtaking and close following more than it being the way the season is likely to go. Of the top runners only Mclaren leapfrogged cars at the pit stops so it is very unlikely the excitment the fueling pit stops brought will be mirrored, but hopefully more overtaking will be seen. Sundays race was very poor for overtaking.

Anyone else think the points system is a bit OTT, alonso has 25 points already, before you would need 3 races to reach that mark, this in effect means that all the drivers below the top 5 teams, will not likely reach this points tally already, make sense!!! Lewis finished 2 places off of 1st yet is like 10 points away from Alonso already. If the cars even up a bit more this may increase incentive for cars to overtake, however if ferrari continue to dominate then they are likely to walk awy with the titles.

Crofty, it's designed to make winning more important. Drivers who were winning the championship may settle for 3rd in prev years, whereas this year they'll need to push for the win.

Ferrari are ahead at the moment but Red Bull aren't that far behind. And McLaren are not far behind them. I think it will be even in a few races and circuits will be alot more exciting than Bahrain.

Yes but even the same cars aren't the same all the time, i.e Hamilton finished 3rd, Button 7th.

It's called A1GP and its the biggest flop in motorsport, the whole point of F1 is the teams/technology, (drivers to a lesser extent) which is often why I bore people at dinner parties with my explanation of the Continuously Variable Transmission (said in the most nerdie voice you can muster).

I have found that Lewis Hamilton (and Button last year) seem to have brought a lot of new people to the sport, who see video's of outragous moves from past year. A few reasons why it doesn't happen (in my opinion) Drivers are so much more fitter, and focused on doing a job, which means they make very few mistakes allowing others to pass. Tracks are now far safer, Drivers can push the car pass the laws of physics without worrying about killing themselves. (Schmacher used his car on two separate occasions in the 90's to try/take another car out). Finally Laws of F1 are now so precise, it leaves a very narrow area of development for the tech guys (not the PC World ones) to exploit. Bernie Ecclestone's team once developed a Fan which meant they went from the back of the grid to the front in one race (it was banned for the race after that).

Picking up on a previous point Re tax: Lewis is following in a long line of F1 drivers who have left their home nation, even if he stayed in the UK with the amount of cash he has, he could pay a good enough account to ensure he doesn't pay a much as he should (all legal of course). P.S. who would want to pay 50% of their wages in tax, regardless of what you earn?

You've missed my point. I think Hamilton is a better driver than Button but he finished that far ahead of him because his car is better.

Really enjoyed the race on sunday. Hamilton did really well to get to 6th, shame he couldn't quite get past Sutil. If Vettel's car gets more reliable then surely he's favourite for the title at the moment, he prob would have won all 3 races if it weren't for mechanical issues. Still, it's nice and close between the top 7 drivers - only 9 points!

Great 1-2 for Britain and McLaren. Fantasy team was so bad due to weather!

Pos C Manager Team Total Pts. League Pos
1 Mr DANIEL FLYNN LIGHTENING MCLAREN 198 4191
2 * Mr DANIEL FLYNN FLYNNDAWG F1 195 4658
3 Mr John Kirby FERBULL 172 10069
4 Mr Andrew Coombs BRITISH BULLDOGS 158 14127
5 Mr John Kirby MCLEWIS GP 154 15277