the difference between a fine race horse and a donkey

MARANELLO - When asked about the similarity between her looks and those of Gina Lollobrigida, the legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren replied "it is like the difference between a fine race horse and a donkey, but I'm not saying who is what".

photo above: owned! that's not very aerodynamic, is it! the new Ferrari and McLaren, it's like the difference between one made of Lego / Playmobil similar to a Force India and a fine race horse, but I'm not saying who is what ;)
epic fail. different gear, no more speeding. Massa: "needs to be stable". A bit too much.

About the "nose", sounds like we're different from all...

new McLaren 2012 presentation

WOKING - the beast. the best beast. I've seen there are already people from other teams moaning, sounds like the new McLaren's got some revolutionary stuff ;). Something new but it's a bit conservative... good.
silence and worship. 

at the launch, world champions Button and Hamilton show the new car.
drive it like you stole it.


video

wish list - I sell myself :)

MILAN - McLaren MP4-12C, better silver colour. McLaren drivers are both English and both fans of Oasis (see also the video on the column), Hamilton plays guitar and was even born in the place, Stevenage, where they performed their biggest concert, Knebworth. 
You know I "talk straight" :) as them and I say everything.
I've seen there are some bitches (lol), also famous bitches, who put their "wish list" of gifts they would like to receive (also on websites as Amazon, etc.). Thinking bad of people is a sin, but most of the times you're right... so I can imagine that "in exchange" of those gifts, they give themselves...

I absolutely must create my wish list.
(lol)
Life is one, and everything and everybody has a price. 

Well, women always want to be "the same" as men, the "gender equality", so here I want to be the same as them :)

I blame it on (not the changing of the seasons, as Oasis' Roll It Over :), on the financial crisis.
There must be some rich women who would buy me :D ...I can be their Italian gigolo ahaha.

Or maybe some Manchester City's sheikhs, I can work in their garden :)
Now, seriously, this is my wish list for you to remember for my birthday :), 9 June, that is also the fashion line Pretty Green birthday, Lewis Hamilton is a fan.

Sometimes there are people who offer me money for advertisements (you know, banners, those things) on some of my websites. That's also why I'm posting this.

this is for you Liam... the Pretty Green blue cashmere pullover is beautiful, thanks. Stop trying to delete Noel's final statement on the official site, leave him alone. Keep on visiting Oasisblues.

Liam Gallagher driving. "God" Noel has no driving license... changing a bit the title of a song by Liam: guess God thinks Noel's not able

as car, I always liked the English Jaguar or the English Lotus, and of course the English McLaren.
Jaguar as my first girlfriend's car.
"She looked just like a star in a Jaguar, she needs to lighten her load" (Oasis, Step out)
"I'm gonna get me a motor car, maybe a Jaguar, maybe a plane or a day of fame" (Oasis, Going nowhere)

it's sad to say but often when you're rich or have a great car, you "automatically" have a beautiful woman.
It's the power of what we like, cars.

But if it's a woman buying me (lol), she would be probably older. I always say "love has no age" and it's true.

Since I was a kid I always liked that girl who would have become Liam's wife for some time (Patsy Kensit), this is the Dutch model Karen Mulder, I always liked her elegant beauty (both of them were born in 1968, so yes, they're really older)

Liam on his Milano mod Lambretta. Italian scooter also in Pretty Green stores and @ nights

a red, acoustic guitar (this is a Gibson Hummingbird)

what else? ...hmm I could have some of these and other things, not all of them are impossible. Anyway, the "little things they make me so happy, all I wanna do is live by the sea" (It's good to be free) could still be nice, but I should sell one of our houses. Someday. Photo: (and you're singing) Shangri-La, in my "Brit" island Minorca, where McLaren used to test the cars.

countdown to the new McLaren

WOKING - And new 2012 teamwear, the silver is back... the t-shirts are white this year. Good, 'cause last year the black ones were difficult to wear in the sun in Italy :) (I told them) - click here

home-made Vodafone McLaren steering wheel and pedals... I must confess my "weakness": I can't resist training reflexes even at home. Useful for when I'll drive on Monza circuit again and again

Button to be the first one testing and to have the number 3

MONZA - Preparing the circuit... as every year, here's the winter version photo. Different year, different speeding circuit. Apparently. Beautiful sun in Milan, but Monza circuit now looks a bit different from the one where a few months ago we burnt ourselves in the sun...
This year will be special (again) 'cause it's Monza race 90th year (1922->2012).
Button will be the first one testing the new McLaren, he should also have the number 3 (ring F1 circus :), not 4 (Hamilton), 'cause he was second in the championship, and he said we need a clear number one to win.

Photo above: this is (Parabolica) where last year Mark Webber went off track, lol. We were laughing, he didn't even realise that he had his car VERY damaged for a whole lap (incident with Massa), that's why then he lost control. Amazing also how nobody told him. It was even shocking when we saw the broken car passing and he went off... there was me climbing on the net, shouting and indicating him to the people (also, nice metaphor eh). I should have told him too.

Today's Jenson's birthday. He will be the first driver to sample the new McLaren MP4-27 at next month's Jerez test. McLaren has confirmed that Jenson will take the wheel on February 7 for the first run of the car at the Spanish track.

Monza tickets and advices

MILAN - To get tickets for Monza GP, click here. Usually, people prefer to already own a ticket, of course, but there are also some ways to have a ticket paying before and getting it the day you arrive there. Formula 1 is a very expensive sport, but it's worth.
If you're coming from far, of course you want to stay the whole weekend, but for the people who live closer, even if they are big fans, 3-4 days of Formula One could be very tiring (because of the sun, walking, traffic, people, etc.), so for them it's better just 1 or 2.

For some things you should spend more, for other things you should spend less. Here are my advices from our experiences.

TRAVELLING TO ITALY

if you're coming from abroad, foreign countries, you probably have to take a plane, that is not expensive, especially if you book some time before, at least one month. There are 3 main airports around Milan: Malpensa (very far but there's a nice train arriving to Milan's Cadorna station), Linate (closer, the bus number 73 takes you to the centre) and Orio al Serio (quite far, you'll have to take a train).

So when you're here you probably don't have a car (unless you rent one), but it's better to go around without a car, as traffic is a problem and it also would be difficult for you without knowing the places. And, you would have to spend a lot of money for fuel and car parkings for whole days. It's also more adventurous to go around and meet people.

STAYING

cheap hotels, hostels, campings, are not very popular in Milan, you could find them but they could be far and not very nice (you know, Milan is quite an expensive city), I remember also some English girls told me about them. Well, if you like camping, I remember a Hungarian girl choosing that option, there's one "inside" the circuit (it is so inside that last year we laughed because when we were going to the circuit I went inside the camping and a girl working there tried to stop me, and I said: no autographs, please, lol. I was sure it wasn't a camping so I could go inside :).

But I think it's better if you spend just a little bit more for this and stay in a normal hotel, so you can also easily visit Milano. Usually, people say to avoid hotels around Stazione Centrale (the main station), 'cause it's a bit dangerous.
I know some people prefer to stay in a hotel outside the city, I think it's a bad choice, you could get lost. Not even the people living here know so well all the places.
The Ferrari crew stay in one of the most central hotels, just right behind the Duomo cathedral (there's also their shop near there) and of course it's very expensive. But drivers usually sleep inside the circuit in their rooms. Jenson Button and Jessica Michibata usually stay @ a luxury hotel by Como lake (not very far from the circuit), same hotel where former Oasis Liam Gallagher-speeding Beady Eye often come. I know some people stay @ same hotels of celebrities to be sure to meet them, but it's a risk, you could spend a lot of money in vain. And I tell you, there's nothing to go crazy for famous people.

If you're an attractive girl, there's no problem for anything, and you can stay by us, lol.

My sister sometimes has a job on the circuit on the grid as "umbrella girl", now she's more a chief for the girls working.

MILAN -> MONZA
(distance: about 15 kms, =10 miles, but the total is about 20 kilometres to the circuit)

when you're in Milan and you have to go to the circuit, the best way is: 

a taxi, but it could cost too much, and you wouldn't meet other fans="tifosi", as Schumacher says.

If you don't want to take a taxi, first take a train (about 2 €uros or so, usually towards direction Chiasso) from Garibaldi station (green line metro stop), not from Stazione Centrale station, because there are less trains to go to Monza.

In a few minutes you arrive in Monza, the city (but it doesn't mean that you're already at the circuit, not yet).

Here, outside Monza station, you can walk a tunnel to go out on the right side of the station, there's a free bus (called "linea nera", black line), from 7:30 am, from Friday to Sunday of the Formula 1 weekend (there isn't on Thursday, if you have to go there to meet the drivers for the "walk about"). But my advice is to avoid this bus, because although it's good that you don't have to pay and you will be with a lot of fans, the traffic is the same and then you realise why it's free: sometimes a long time to wait and it leaves you inside the big park of Monza and you'll have to walk a VERY long road to arrive at the circuit, it will take a lot of time. The same when you have to go away (and you'll also ask yourself: where the fuck is the bus station? :)

So (flashback :), when you are at Monza station, it's better to take bus tickets (a few €uros) at the tobacconist's and go outside on the left side, there's a small garden, a few stairs and a road above ("corso Milano" street). I can see it could be a little complicated at this point, we can go together :), but many people ask me so I have to choose which ones :). When you get this bus (number 221), there could be the same traffic (really annoying, especially when you come back), but it will leave you to a comfortable place, Biassono, near one of the circuit entrances (you will see a landmark with the circuit shape in a little square, there's also a small wall to photograph, with photos and autographs of past and present drivers).
When you have to come back, step off the bus when you see a McDonald's in "corso Milano" street, that is near Monza station.

On Sunday ONLY, there's also a free train from Milan, Stazione Centrale, that even arrives to the circuit (so, no buses at all), but then you realise why it's free: again, the little problem is that it leaves you at Lesmo entrance so you will have to walk a lot, depending on where you're staying in the circuit. Anyway, this train could be good to go there, but my advice is that you avoid it when you have to come back on Sunday afternoon, because you'll find yourself blocked among literally thousands of people trying to use these free trains and you'll have to spend a lot of time in a huge crowd under the sun, you could go mad, also because tired for the long weekend.

FOOD

prices are a bit high inside the circuit, you know, because they also have to pay Ecclestone :) and the quality is a bit "standard", let's say, classic hot dogs, "salamella" sausage and similar stuff. Also, you'll have to deal with long queues of big-belly hungry Germans, lol.

If you want to eat better things and spend less, here's my trick, when you're on the "final" bus just before arriving at that little square of the autographs wall, step off the bus (Vedano stop, you can also ask the driver) and go to this little town called Vedano al Lambro (the Milano river giving the name to Lambretta), there's a nice "rosticceria" to buy food, and then you're still close to a circuit entrance.
To always have very cold water the whole day, you should put a bottle in the freezer the night before, so it's frozen and it melts slowly during the day.

Remember also to bring a suntan lotion cream, 'cause even if it's September, usually it's still really hot and last year we got tanned more in 4 days than in 2 months of holidays.
Also, avoid those foreign people playing with boxes or cards inside the circuit: they try to get money from you but they're actors (whole families) and when the police comes, they run away.

For other questions, contact us marco@miamilan.com

speeding highs and lows 2011

HIGHS (crazy year)

1) BUTTON IN CANADA
On Lap 37 of the wet-dry 4 HOURS Canadian Grand Prix, Jenson Button was LAST of the lot after clashing with Hamilton and Alonso, and pitting three times over punctures and a speeding penalty.
Just 33 laps later, he won the race after a mesmerising drive through the entire field, boosted by a series of cleverly-timed pit stops.
The icing on the cake came at turn six on the very last lap when leader Sebastian Vettel, spooked by the ever-closing Button, slid wide and let the Brit through to win what he described as "definitely my best race ever". Definitely the best race seen in years.
Other highs were Jenson winning in Hungary or when ill in Singapore but racing great thanx to Italian pasta ;)

2) "CHRIS HORNER FUCK YOU", LOL
A woman in Monza saying that in front of Red Bull boss, Chris Horner, as you can hear at the end of this video:

(song: Noel Gallagher, "Aka what a life", published on 11 September, Monza race)
That weekend was a high, Button from 7th in the first laps, finished 2nd. And in those days the first McLaren shop in Italy opened here.

3) BUTTON @ RED BULL PIT BOX :) & THE MARSHALL FALLING
Some of the comic moments of the year — along with the Canadian marshall who fell over twice in front of the F1 pack — came in China as Jenson dived in to Red Bull's pit box by mistake for a tyre change.

LOWS

1) SIMONCELLI :(
Tragedy as we lost British IndyCar star Dan Wheldon in a crash, a week before MotoGP ace Marco Simoncelli died in Malaysia, that shocked us to the bone.

2) KUBICA
F1 drivers like to have a bit of fun over the winter — and Renault's Polish star Robert Kubica thought he would try rallying. Alas, he crashed his Skoda into a barrier on the Ronde di Andora event in Italy, emerging with life-threatening injuries including a smashed right arm that may yet end his career. The accident was also a blow to Renault's F1 challenge, from which the team never really recovered — although their radical exhaust system didn't help.

3) HAMILTON FLOP
Confusion inside the head of (they say he was) the world's fastest F1 driver, Lewis Hamilton.
The most bizarre incident of a bizarre season for Hamilton came at Monaco. He was given two penalties after colliding with Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado. Afterwards he branded both "stupid". Asked why the stewards had singled him out, he replied: "Maybe it's because I'm black."
And he described his frequent visits to race officials as "an absolute fricking joke". Hamilton's inner demons stayed with him through most of the season, resulting in a series of untypically crass incidents (often while fighting against Ferrari's Massa, he could never overtake him easily, as if Massa was Senna) such as his crazy tangle with Kamui Kobayashi at Spa.
Massa even got a nonsense penalty. I couldn't stand Massa, but then I even began to like him, thanks to Hamilton.
Roll on 2012, eh Lewis?

new McLaren 2012 preview. 1 February, presentation

WOKING - Exclusive preview!! Lol joking, you can't see anything. The different gear still speeding will still be n.3 (ring F1circus) and n.4 (letter word). Jenson was 2nd at the end of the championship, I think he should have the n.3...
McLaren will have our new car ready for the first test of 2012, after the team confirmed today it will be launched in a few weeks, on 1 February. 

McLaren's announcement that the MP4-27 will be ready for the opening test at Jerez, which takes place from February 7-10, means the team follows Ferrari and Red Bull Racing in opting to get running as early as possible.

Formula 1 2012 calendar

NEW DELHI - The FIA announced the official dates (20 GP, record) and decided to confirm the United States and Bahrain races. Just a few days ago it was sure the American Grand Prix to be erased, but it seems the owners of the circuit in Texas can pay the taxes. Bahrain still has a difficult situation in the country, but it seems there are no problems for the Formula One. 

Australia -Melbourne 18 March 

Malaysia - Sepang 25 March 

China - Shanghai 15 April 

Bahrain جائزة البحرين الكبرى Sakhir 22 April

[Italy - Mugello, test session 1/3May]

Spain - Barcelona 13 May 

Monaco - Montecarlo 27 May 

Canada - Montreal 10 June 

Europe - Valencia 24 June 

Great Britain - Silverstone 8 July 

Germany - Hockenheim 22 July 

Hungary - Budapest 29 July 

Belgium - Spa-Francorchamps 2 September

Italy - Monza 9 September

Singapore - Singapore 23 September

Japan 日本グランプリ Suzuka 7 October

Korea 코리아 그랑프리 Yeongam 14 October

India भारतीय ग्रां प्री New Delhi 28 October

Abu Dhabi أبوظبي سباق الجائزة الكبرى Yas Marina 4 November

U.S.A. - Austin 18 November

Brazil - Interlagos 25 November

stop using Senna helmets

INTERLAGOS - Shame on you! Just accept it: you'll never have even a nail of Senna.
Hamilton? Don't make me laugh, you've seen Senna on old videos only.
He's 4th today on the grid: Senna helmet still not working eh...
Also Barrichello wearing that helmet that only Senna could wear, in my opinion.
Then, what is this thing of everybody celebrating Vettel 15 pole positions in a season? What kind of record is that? Of course he could do that, he's got a perfect car... I would like to see him driving another one. And, the races are about 19 this year, in F1 history they were 6 in the Fifties, 10 in the Sixties, 16 from the Eighties, of course they had no chance to have 15 pole positions.

The race started and, as usual, both Hamilton and Barrichello lost positions... Senna helmet still not working.
Hamilton is still not able to overtake Massa (who is not exactly Senna...), Senna helmet still not working. Then he retired. Senna helmet still not working.

Il "telecronista" (è un complimento) Mazzoni ogni volta confonde Hamilton con Button, e c'è una bella differenza... Nei primi giri delle gare crede sempre che Button sia Hamilton, e deve sempre aspettare la grafica sulla tv per saperlo. Non era neanche difficile, visto che Hamilton perde sempre posizioni.
Poi continuava a confondere i nomi di Massa e Alonso (anche lì, bella differenza), e il capolavoro: "oggi sono bloccato su questo"...magari fosse solo oggi e solo questo, sei la disgrazia in persona.

new McLaren Production Centre

WOKING - UK Prime Minister David Cameron visits McLaren to open brand-new McLaren Production Centre

Button's Japanese helmet @ Eicma

MILAN - The helmet Jenson used in Japan at the Suzuka GP, the white one with red sun, as tribute to Japan, is at the Eicma, the biggest motorcycle show in the world. It takes days to see really everything, it's huge. We had some funny moment, the girls are working until Sunday. Some of them were the same of last year.
After some hours I noticed there were even the motorbikes, LOL. The photos don't give (never) the idea of how beautiful the girls are, you must go there. You realise that only when you're close to see the little blonde hairs on the body of the girls, omg :). My favourite part was of course the legendary mod Lambretta.
Meanwhile, Hamilton won a race (how rare... too late) in Abu Dhabi and said it was one of his best ones... best ones thanks to Vettel retiring? I even fell asleep.
Before this GP he even called "rubbish" what his own chief, the great Whitmarsh, said. He blamed the team more than one time when it was clearly his fault. If he didn't grow up inside McLaren, he would have already been sacked.

video also here: some pics, videos and 2 songs: Better day (Ocean Colour Scene, you can read Lambretta) and Friday I'm in love (The Cure). There's something for Simoncelli, "uno di noi", one of us.

a tribute video of mine, with the Beatles cover "Across the universe" by Beady Eye, feat. Jessica Michibata

the "Speeding Birds" (mix between Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher albums, lol), or The Roller girls. Ok ok I know your favourite one is not here, but it was impossible to choose 3 for a podium, so I chose some (almost) randomly. Also, special mention for Simona from Czech Republic, Plzen, where AC Milan will play next month, met her again on Friday 11.11.11 at 11:11 am, nice coincidence :). 

Always looking for new faces, let us know if anyone wants to work for this next year. Not really hard work eh. The hard part belongs to the boys ^_^ ...now stop with double senses.
But I can't really stay for a long time in these places...just some hours... I mean, after all, we are men, not made of stone :)
Some girls were very "affectionate"... embracing me as Liam Gallagher did. Sorry Liam - I prefer the girls :)

meanwhile, just to keep the post about Oasis :), but babes are a classic of an English tabloid, though they'd go topless there - as I announced days ago, Noel plays Zurich, Switzerland, as my last Oasis gig with two Swiss girls on the front row and Noel winking an eye at me. Am I going there? Nah.. too expensive.. I'd rather save money for the Hungary GP, where Button and McLaren often win (of course I'm not going there because of the beautiful girls :). Unless some girls pay me for a threesome again. Nice experience.

Eliana

 Ieva from Lithuania

Jessica from England (but Italian origins)

cercasi signorine in topless

NEW DELHI - Another great race for Jenson Button, from the 4th position, immediately 2nd. 

Try to recognise who is Mister Bean here... (the actor is Rowan Atkinson). There's someone behaving as Mister Bean this year... a total disaster. You know I dislike Ferrari and have a bad opinion about Massa, not a good driver. But I see that Hamilton makes mistakes every time when he's trying to overtake him (is it so difficult? It shouldn't be...). To be honest, the penalty given to Massa, instead of Hamilton, is just ridiculous.
Formula 1 paid tribute to Marco Simoncelli and Dan Wheldon, at the end Jenson said Marco was an amazing motorcycle rider.

Da notare Jean Todt che appena ha visto Giovannelli è scappato e durante il minuto di silenzio guardava l'orologio...

Telecronaca come sempre allucinante... Mazzoni ci ha messo un sacco di tempo a capire che quel gran pilota scattato dalla 4a posizione e subito 2o, non era Hamilton come continuava a ripetere, ma Button. Solo grazie alla grafica che è venuta fuori sulla tv...

Mi ha sempre "affascinato" anche la grafica della regia italiana che quando iniziano le qualifiche scrive "prima eliminatoria" (cos'è? un concorso di bellezza? lo sci? perchè parlano di "manche"...) come fosse un linguaggio d'altri tempi e una grafica primitiva, così come il telecronista fuori tempo. Se proprio vogliono usare metodi tradizionali di tempi remoti, suggerisco di utilizzare signorine (magari in topless) che passano davanti alzandoci un cartello (e non solo quello), come nel pugilato.
Forse usano quelle scritte perchè pensano che il pubblico è rincoglionito come loro... peccato che non vengono qui a leggere.
Alla fine Hamilton, che ormai mi sta sulle balle (si era capito?), ha risposto col contagocce a quell'incompetente di Stella Bruno, che gli ha chiesto dell'incidente: niente, parlo della gara. Bene, com'è stata la tua gara? Boring. Fine dell'intervista.
Tutto questo per dire che questa F1 in tv è tutta da rifare.

a very bad year for Lewis...

Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton says he's been through a "tough time" since splitting from singer Nicole Scherzinger.
The Sun exclusively revealed the pair had called it a day last week after four years together.
Lewis, 26, said: "These times are sent to try you. And it's about how you pull through them."
He is still in touch with the beauty, 33, saying: "We're friends and we can move forward. I have my family who are helping. So I feel pretty good."
Nicole wouldn't discuss her ex as she filmed Alan Carr's Chatty Man Channel 4 show.
An audience member said: "It was embarrassing. Lewis was what we wanted to know about."

mod job for girls

MILAN - I know this is not about cars, but I post something here too, because of Simoncelli, and because this is not really about motorbikes, but about girls :). I don't really care about motorbikes...
You remember the Eicma motorbikes exhibition, my sister organizes that event again and she needs girls to work, but they must be quite thin (38-40 Italian size dress), around 10-13 November @ Fiera Rho. Also many foreign girls work for this. marco@miamilan.com 

McLaren Marlboro colours :), Paul Weller & Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Call me n.5

(8-9 November for journalists), 10 to 13 November, the 69th (nice number :) EICMA motorbikes exhibition (or : women exhibition :)), as in the past years.
Already an event for November, so the girls can prepare to work there. And people can plan travels (I know English people who even came to Milan just for single car events).
Of course there are all kinds of motorbikes, but we mods (we are mods we are mods we are we are we are mods) are especially interested in Milano Lambretta (name from the river Lambro) and Vespa, that is also in Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green shops.
It's in the same place where Oasis had to perform their last concert ever (fiera Milano-Rho, Expo 2015), Oasis gig now possibly in 2015 as it had to be.
Girls enter for free on Friday 11. My sister is one of the girls working there so I enter for free, so I'm a girl too, lol.
This year it will be dedicated to Marco Simoncelli.

Going places (once also covered with Beady Eye's Gem Archer)

The Jam, English rose

...I could add a thousand songs... The Kinks, The Who, etc.

r.i.p. Marco Simoncelli

from McLaren: "RIP Marco Simoncelli. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and the MotoGP paddock at this sad time."
30/10: "The Formula 1 community and Indian Grand Prix crowd has just respectfully observed a minutes silence for Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli - RIP Dan and RIP Marco" 

(Oasis music Live forever, piano version) - the funeral is on Thursday 27, 2:30pm on Italian tv Italia1 channel from Milan (also satellite). He was also an AC Milan fan. The people are still shocked.
His nickname was "(Super)Sic", yes he was also a bit "sick" 'cause he was mad :)
In the accident he fell and was hit on the only delicate part of a motorcycle racer - the neck - by Colin Edwards who couldn't do anything to avoid him and got injured too. Marco lost the helmet, that's really strange. We thought, just to smile a bit, that is was because of his hair.
The event "Eicma international exhibition" in Milan will be dedicated to him, see here (job for girls).

in India, Formula 1 remembers Marco (this is Trulli helmet, same colours of Simoncelli's)

India GP, George Harrison

NEW DELHI - Martin Whitmarsh, very kind person. Another different weekend (India Grand Prix, for the first time), still speeding.

Indian Pretty Green paisley GP lol. ...(I'm preparing for the Brazilian GP) ..."we need to know more about you"..."you need to be the best"... then they already know enough :)
Almost 10 years ago George Harrison died, big fan of India and McLaren. You remember my post some months ago.
The other day on Oasisblues I was posting a long video with Oasis songs without Noel Gallagher, "The quiet ones" by Gem was clearly a tribute to George, for the sound and the fact that he was the "quiet one" of the Beatles.

F1 memories: Monaco 1993

MONTECARLO - Adriane Galisteu was Senna's new girlfriend at those times. We were there that year (and also came back another time in that period), I found these old pics, and we have more. And also drove on that legendary circuit anticlockwise, lol.
On Thursday (you know, no Formula 1 on Friday in Monaco, the prince must sleep :), it was raining and (quite strange) Senna had a bad accident, so for the qualifying & race his hand was bandaged. And the super Williams by Prost was one second faster : you know, those were the times of so much electronics on the cars, so the driver was less important. The situation for Senna was very difficult, but this was Montecarlo... everything could happen.

Nobody could expect this, Prost the bastard made a false start, so he got a penalty (10 seconds of stop&go). As already happened some weeks before, in the legendary (Europe) GP in Donington, England (with Senna overtaking some cars under the rain in the first lap, becoming first), Prost made the car turn off and was 22th. So, Schumacher was first, but then retired for a mechanical problem.
Prost was one lap late, when Ayrton was about to lap him, the french didn't let him pass... Ayrton protested with his hand against him, then overtook him. Of course Ayrton won (and so he was incredibly first in the drivers standings), 6th win for him in Monaco (it's still the record).

piloti che sanno di tappo

YEONGAM - 700th (not so good) GP for McLaren, I'm quite disappointed, the weekend started so well. How to throw away the only one pole-position in the whole year : Hamilton lost it immediately. Negative year for him.

Mazzoni ripetitivo: "Vi voglio ricordare che si corre in senso antiorario..." beh sì, casomai prendeste la pista dalla parte sbagliata e andiate contromano... 

"Webber fa da tappo a Massa"... sì, è un po' come dire che Vettel fa da tappo a Kobayashi... Infatti appena l'ha detto, Webber se n'è andato via e non l'ha più visto, era Massa a fare da tappo a quelli dietro.
"Button esce dai box ed è in lotta con Rosberg, quindi le Ferrari se ne avvantaggeranno"... detto fatto, le Ferrari erano davanti a Button e ora sono dietro.

Dopo era "Rosberg a fare da tappo"... rientra ai box quindi "ora non fa più da tappo"... dopo è "Hamilton a fare da tappo"... uff questi piloti sanno di tappo. Poi Mazzoni parla di "vittorie di tappa", che è la donna del tappo.

"Dovrebbe essere un ritiro questo di Maldonado" dentro al box durante la gara... no, è rientrato perchè non voleva perdersi la puntata di Beautiful. Poi tra una mezz'oretta rientrerà in gara.

Ci si mette anche Capelli: "Hamilton ha preso una buona accelerazione!"... era davanti a Webber per un sacco di giri e solo adesso che l'ha detto è stato passato.

Alla fine i piloti hanno festeggiato con champagne, che sapeva un po' di tappo.

Ormai 'sti "telecronisti in pista" hanno capito che c'è tutta Italia che li prende per i fondelli e ogni tanto cercano di buttarla sul comico, facendo piangere. Quasi quasi se non ci fossero mi mancherebbero. Quasi.

Perchè senza di loro parleremmo solo di sport, robe tecniche, robe serie, mica puttanate.

A proposito di puttanate, a Monza ho visto per la prima volta da vicino quell'incompetente totale di Stella Bruno (ma come mai ha lo stesso cognome di quell'altro, l'ingegner Bruno?! mah! soliti raccomandati in Rai...). 'Sto ingegnere sembra quello di "Ho vinto quacche cosa?" di Mai dire gol.
Certo non bisogna giudicare le persone da alcuni "dettagli", ma nel caso di "vai Stella" non c'è una roba che si salva. La prima (e ultima) parola che mi è venuta in mente è stata : vacca. Che schifo.
A questi esperti di tappi, mentre "lavorano" levategli il Lambrusco.

McLaren 700 GPs, Marco 500 GPs, stay young and invincible

YEONGAM - McLaren celebrates their 700th Formula 1 race this weekend in Korea. Founded at the Beatles times in 1963, they started to race in F1 in 1966. Ferrari in 1929 (but really from 1939) and in F1 from the beginning, 1950, but in a comparison Ferrari-McLaren the percentage for number of GPs / races won, is similar.

Asked by McLaren which was his favourite race, Marco answered:
"My favourite McLaren race is always the last one, 'cause I love McLaren always more and more. It's about 3 decades I'm following you (when Jenson was born :), so for me it's something like the 500th GP :). I'm always meeting my favourite Jenson, his race in Canada this year was the best one I've ever seen. From Italy, in spite of Ferrari :), thank you for the good times".

In the first years of F1 there were a few races and time ago about 16 per year, now they're always more, so I can say that I've seen about half the races in the whole F1 history.

It seems I'm fucking old, lol, no, Noel Gallagher is. Hahah. Liam has always a very young spirit, and I'm much younger than him, so I'm not worried about age :) and I look very young.

It seems that Noel is young only in his Adidas shoes :), because Liam said they shouldn't be used by people from about 30 years old. Well, I do use them :)

In 1997 Noel wrote the great song Stay Young (and invincible, come what may we're unstoppable, my faith's unshakeable), but he didn't like it. Of course Liam loved it, me too.

new rule: you can push the other cars to the grass

SUZUKA - Breaking news. New rule in Formula 1: you can now push the other cars to the grass.
That's what Vettel did at the start against Button, and of course he should have had a penalty. Of course he didn't have.
What kind of world champions is this? The most overrated one. The one who makes so many mistakes when it rains while great drivers as Button make miracles.
Vettel, driving a perfect car (by the Englishman Adrian Newey, ex McLaren), clearly has a good reputation and the judges probably think he can't make mistakes, he can't be dishonest.
Oh something new: Hamilton hit Massa again.
Come on Japan, come on Jenson, he's 1st now! stronger than injustice!
And he won the Japanese race!
Before the race I predicted: "Jenson without a doubt".
At the end, half joking, Jenson asked Vettel if he didn't see him...

competition: meet Hamilton and drive a McLaren!

SILVERSTONE - To celebrate its partnership of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One™ Team, the makers of Johnnie Walker® are offering one lucky reader the extraordinary chance to train as a Formula One driver and meet Formula One World Champion and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton as part of the unique Drive of a Lifetime programme.
A once in a lifetime experience for any motorsport fan, Drive of a Lifetime begins with a 'behind the scenes' tour at the McLaren Technology Centre. The lucky winner will then have the chance to drive a variety of supercars at the PalmerSport Driving Centre and receive expert tuition from World Championship winning McLaren personnel and meet with Hamilton. The experience will culminate with a competition between all participants to win the ultimate prize, a drive around Silverstone in the 2008 World Champion Formula 1 car. If that's not enough, the prize also covers accommodation and meals throughout the experience.
Taking place over three days from 18th to 20th October 2011, the Drive of a Lifetime offers a unique chance to Step Inside the world of McLaren and take part in a truly exceptional driving experience.

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If you don't win, you can still win a drive @ Silverstone here on a Nissan GT-R, courtesy of Virgin Experience Days (and Senna film)

Button stays at McLaren but says: to win we need a clear number 1 in the team

SUZUKA - Another Formula 1 weekend, this time in Japan. And other years with our favourite driver (here in the photo winning in Hungary : we'll go there next year, a bit tired of Monza, I know it too well and the fans are too crazy here, too much confusion).
Jenson Button has signed a new multi-year contract to stay at McLaren after several months of negotiations.

There was little doubt that Button would remain at the team next year, but the question was whether he would sign to stay at the team beyond 2012 or leave his options open. However, today McLaren confirmed that Button will stay put on a new multi-year contract.
But Jenson says the best way to win the World Championship is to have a clear number one driver in the team.
"The best way for a team to win the World Championship would be probably to have a No 1 driver, and a No 2 driver who is happy to be a No 2. We do not have this at McLaren. If I cannot win then I am pleased if he wins. I'm like 'Wow, he has really done a good job'. On the other hand it will be exactly the same because we drive for the same team. A victory is always good for the mood in the team."
"I've never felt more at home at a team than I do at McLaren," Button said. "I've won four of the greatest races of my life here, I'm currently lying second in the drivers' world championship, and I feel that I'm driving better than ever.
"You can only achieve that with the right level of support - and I truly believe that the passion and determination to win are stronger here at McLaren than anywhere else.
"As a grand prix driver, those are incredibly powerful feelings to share and be part of, and they've only reinforced my desire to commit my long-term future to this team. I've made no secret of my ambition to continue winning races and world championships, and I fully believe this is the place where I can achieve those aims.
"We at McLaren know how to win, and we're busy refining an organisation that will enable us to keep on doing that for years to come."
Although exact details of the contract length have not been revealed, team principal Martin Whitmarsh said Button is one half of "the best driver line-up in all of Formula One" alongside Lewis Hamilton and that he was delighted to secure his services.
"Jenson is a great driver and a great guy," Whitmarsh said. "In fact, I can safely say that he's one of the most capable and respected drivers we've ever had, and I'm therefore absolutely delighted that he'll continue to work with us into the future. He's a considerable credit to this organisation, and I'm proud to be his team principal.
"I feel sure that he'll now build on the considerable success he's already achieved with us, and will be even more successful with us in years to come. I think he and Lewis say it better than anyone. Their comments show just how much they respect and trust each other, and they once again continue to prove what we as a team have always known: that McLaren has the very best driver line-up in all of Formula One."
Hamilton also welcomed the deal: "It's great news that Jenson has chosen to stay with McLaren," he said. "Jenson has been a great person to work with, and a genuine team-player, from the moment we welcomed him on board. McLaren is a team with a unique and successful tradition in Formula One, which I'm proud to be part of.
"It was the best moment of my career when I won the drivers' world championship with this team. Jenson and I are as hungry and as ambitious as ever to win races and world championships in the future."

competition: win Senna (Adriane maybe included)

MILAN - On Oasisblues I was posting about the Playboy party in Milan on 6 October featuring a special guest of mine @ our club Just Cavalli Hollywood where we invited Liam Gallagher some months ago, and Liam on the latest Playboy Japan (not nude, lol), let's put something here too: time ago, Adriane Galisteu from Brazil, Senna's ex girlfriend, was on Playboy Brazil ("a estrela nua na Italia", oh yeah :), here she is, eating spaghetti or doing something with them, lol). Oh Adriane, those blonde hairs on your body make me crazy :). As the film Rocky 4 the Italian stallion said : Adrianaaa I love yooouu ^_^
She got a bit old now, but anyway... I would. Lol.
After Oasis brother Paul Gallagher's and my posts, here's another one about Senna, this time a competition.
One lucky reader is on track to win a top-notch Home Entertainment system and a copy of racing film "Senna".
The prize package includes a Samsung 51" 3D Ready Plasma TV and a Samsung 2.1 Blu-ray Home Cinema.
Plus, the lucky winner and five runners-up will receive a Triple Play Blu-ray copy of Senna biopic.
The moving documentary charts the tragic life of Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna, who won three World Championships before dying in a crash while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
The loss sparked a host of safety improvements to the sport and no other driver has died mid-race since.
Brazilian-born Senna is widely considered one of the best racing drivers of all time.
Out on Triple Play Blu-ray and dvd October 10, Senna movie tells his incredible story using lots of previously unseen footage, taken from the Formula One archives.
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