F1 – loud, fast & very dull

I missed the Silverstone qualifying session yesterday, I tuned in at the end to find out that Red Bull had (as usual) taken pole, and that the English contingent had (as usual) choked.

But wait, this wasn't the real story, all the post qualifying talk was about a “major controversy” that could “engulf the sport”

Thank God! What could it be I thought? Had they caught a driver snorting coke off a stripper's chest? Had two drivers started a fight with both garages getting involved and having a comedy brawl? Had someone been caught putting nails under Red Bull’s tires? Had Eddie Jordan and David Coultard announced their man love?

Actually no, none of the above, or anything remotely interesting for that matter.  It was a great big hoo-ha about something called a diffuser, and how different teams had chosen to interpret the rules

For my fellow non-techies, not the hair dryer attachment used to create 80’s hairstyles, but part of the car that can potentially make 0.001 of a second difference depending on how you use it

Unless you love the engineering aspect, watching F1 is painful, they have these big powerful cars, some of the best drivers in the world and all they can do with them is parade around a track endlessly.

I think they should introduce some new rules and stages to brighten it up, how about doughnuts in an Asda car park, or a rally stage, or they could fit machine guns to the cars – that would help overtaking

Will I watch today? Of course, I’ll watch the start, get a good couple of hour’s kip then wake up in time for the finish – not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon I suppose


- bod