Motorsport
A rivalry cut short
An unfortunate memory failure from the BBC’s Martin Brundle in anticipation of the upcoming Formula One season. As a colour commentator, he really does give some excellent analysis and insight during the races through the year, but perhaps nobody thought to double-check his recollections on a piece for the BBC website previewing the key battles [...]
If this is being scared, then what’s Halloween to Michael Schumacher?
That’s what we found ourselves pondering this morning when we read the Sunsport pages and found the following Formula One story:
Schu: I’m scared of Lew!
Lovely - like the way it kind of rhymes.
First line of the article:
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER fears the threat Lewis Hamilton poses to his dream of making a title-winning comeback.
Why?
Seven-time champ Schu saw Hamilton’s McLaren blow his [...]
Ferrari PR releases: Always awesome, occasionally just a touch unprofessional
It’s been documented over recent times that Ferrari have strayed from the tried and tested method of carefully worded press releases. They don’t much care for the way the sport is run - the same sport, which, incidentally, rewards Ferrari more handsomely than any other team for the same accomplishments, and rather than raising their [...]
Weak exclusives: Button going to McLaren
It’s one of the Daily Mail’s biggest stories of the day, and it’s one for which the rumour mill has been effervescing for some time. The deal which confirms that Brawn will be rebranded as Mercedes, in the process maintaining their 100% record of winning every available driver’s and constructor’s championship available, has also apparently [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
Fourie du Preez is 27 years old. He’s a scrum-half for the Blue Bulls and the Springboks, and on Saturday he became the current holder of every meaningful title he could win in rugby. At club level, the Bulls have won this year’s Super 14 with a thumping 61-17 victory of the Chiefs, and this [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend: It’s what they do
New South Wales do what they do
New South Wales had been strong throughout the Champions League Twenty20 Trophy, their momentum only disappearing briefly against the upstarts from Trinidad and Tobago when Kieran Pollard rescued a losing cause with an innings of 18 balls which went thusly:
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Now, matching these sides together again, a tantalising final lay ahead. Trinidad [...]
Comparing achievements: A worthy enterprise
We spend a lot of time criticising the efforts of the tabloid press in the UK here, but they’re not the only people producing insipid journalism. On the weekend we were treated to two very different British triumphs - Jenson Button was winning the Formula One World Championship, and Beth Tweddle was winning a World [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend - Remarkable turnarounds and the man who can do everything
The curious case of Jenson Button
After flirting with the prospect of throwing it all away in the style of Newcastle under Keegan in ‘96, Button finally sealed the World Championship with a race to spare with a fantastic drive to finish 5th after starting at 14th on the grid. Some detractors have suggested Button doesn’t deserve [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
Still the Button destiny?
Five races and only eleven points scored - how is it that Jenson Button still seems to enjoy such an advantageous position at the top of the Championship? Well, quite simply put, there is no one outstanding driver in one outstanding car to challenge him. Had this been the F1 of years gone [...]
Risible rumour of the day: Raikkonen to McLaren
The risible rumour column takes a break from dissecting football stories this morning to grapple instead with the world of Formula One and the possibilities in the driver market for 2010. And Andrew Benson at the BBC has devoted an article to one particular deal:
Could Ferrari’s Finn make a shock return to McLaren?
That would certainly be an [...]