Am beginning to think Mr E is losing his marbles if he wants to put in place a double points scheme for the last 3 races - problem is after years of his 'ducking and diving' obtuse answers its going to take a while to find out for sure! Unless, that is, he has realised it will take Red Bull/Renault up to the near the summer break to sort out their respective problems and its his way of 'helping' them out when the car finally hits its stride towards the end of the season and they can make up for the earlier losses ......... just a thought!
Other ideas that have been proposed are that each team could have a 'joker' where they can choose a circuit they think their car will favour and whatever points tally they get, they can double it. Another one was that the 4 'old school' circuits still left on the calendar like Spa and Suzuka would be chosen to have the double points award. Or allocating points for getting pole or fastest lap, but once you start on this path, where does it end??? Just leave things as they are - especially this year. Personally, I think for the first few races, getting to the end of the race will be a big enough achievement!!
The Marussia car unveiled today has won my 'best looking car' admiration, sorry Ferrari! Ironically or maybe its a good thing - Lotus will have the benefit of Torro Rosso and Red Bull ironing out the gremlins in the engine, so may not be quite as big a loss as I first thought it may be that they are not at Jerez. Really don't see Martin Whitmarsh going to Lotus as their TP, but who knows what will happen this season.
Feel really sorry for Jensen, must be really tough for him not having the support of his dad for the first time and not having MW there either, who he gets on well with. He seems to have become the appointed spokesperson for McLaren whilst they sort themselves out and I suspect he just wants to go away and come to terms with his loss.
Good to hear that Shumi is on the road to recovery, however long it takes, just good to hear something positive. How good a recovery it will be and if there is any long term effects have yet to be discovered, but at least todays news is a step in the right direction. Was watching a BBC video today from when he retired from his second career and was interviewed by Jake Humphries and I don't mind saying it brought a tear to my eye. I didn't like him in his first career as he pulled some really dodgy moves on occasions (Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve) and didnt come across as particularly pleasant, but really warmed to him in his second career and was sorry to see him retire.
Looking forward to watching Teds Notebook later and the miniscule coverage on Sky, have been following Beebs live feed on-line in the day as and when I could.
God, haven't I rambled on?? that's what comes of having no-one to talk to extensively on my favourite subject!! DH likes F1, but not to the extent I do. Sorry folks!!