Formula 1 2013 calendar

official calendar. 

There are some little changes: Korea & Japan days exchanged, 

Germany (@ Nürburgring, not Hockenheim) TWO weeks before (7/7), New Jersey GP still to be confirmed (no Europe GP @ Valencia), probably 2014 

new McLaren 2013, 31/1

tests, 5/2->3/3

Australia  Melbourne 17/3

Malaysia  Sepang 24/3

China  Shanghai 14/4

Bahrain  Sakhir 21/4

Spain  Barcelona 12/5

Monaco  Montecarlo 26/5

Canada  Montreal 9/6

Great Britain  Silverstone 30/6

Germany  Nürburgring 7/7

Hungary  Budapest 28/7

Belgium  Spa-Francorchamps 1/9

Italy  Monza 8/9

Singapore  Singapore 22/9

Korea  Yeongam 6/10
Japan  Suzuka 13/10

India  New Delhi 27/10

Abu Dhabi  Yas Marina 3/11

U.S.A.  Austin 17/11

Brazil  Interlagos 24/11

2014
New Jersey  New York 15/6

Monza GP, unhappy Hamilton wins

MONZA - Italian GP: McLaren team victory, Button retired. Lewis: “Winning in Italy – one of the greatest experiences of my F1 career”... but he didn't look very happy... says a lot about his future...
Red Bull gives you wings... not really, both retired. 

more photos soon

Santander girls

Monza 2012, McLaren pole position & front row

MONZA - more photos and videos to add soon.

Lewisella :) ...the silver sun strikes @ the temple of speed: McLaren pole position and front row for tomorrow, 1st & 2nd. 

‎0:57 on the podium: "history is made but the future is unwritten", 1:08 Button, 2:38 Hamilton, 3:08 we gave him skittles :), 4:04 Jenson, 4:19 Schumacher, 5:06 Alonso, 5:37 Lewis, 8:11 broken Ferrari, 9:34 McLaren pit stop, 12:00 McLaren hits a mechanic :), 12:31 Vettel off track (one of 4 times), 13:44 Pavarotti introduces Monza history, 14:44 Milan

90th anniversary for the old circuit (1922-2012)

Hamilton to leave McLaren

MONZA - Ragazze-hostess @ Monza.
Jenson on Monza:
"I head to Monza absolutely full of motivation after a fantastic result in Spa. It was the perfect weekend for me – it’s not only put me back in contention for the drivers’ championship, but it’s shown that we have a car that can definitely fight for the constructors’ title.
It’ll be great to be back in the car so soon after the victory. Monza is one of the greatest circuits in the world and our car seems to be particularly well suited to high-speed circuits, so I’m optimistic that we’ll be competitive again this weekend.
For some reason, the car we’ve brought to Monza in the last two seasons has been really well suited to me. I’ve really been able to work with the balance and enjoyed pushing the car. The success we had with a low-downforce configuration at Spa also gives us cause for optimism.
I’ve finished second here in both my previous races for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (+in 2009 with Brawn) – I’ll definitely be going for the win this weekend.”

Monza is one of the most iconic racetracks in the world. Built in 1922 (90th anniversary this year) in a royal park north of Milan, the circuit is an eclectic mix of old and new: the crumbling banking that formed part of the original layout still lies adjacent to the m
odern racetrack, which is the fastest of the 2012 season.
The vociferous Italian fans, known colloquially as the Tifosi, are sure to give every team a lot of support during this, the last European race of the 2012 season. Neither Lewis nor Jenson has previously won at Monza, although Jenson has finished second in each of the past three races at the track.

‎"...reminds me of fashion, football, fantastic food and the fans"

"it's set in amazing city of Milan which provides a beautiful backdrop with the Duomo... I hear it's good for shopping too, shame we don't have time"

After the 2011 disappointing results (all the crashes when he couldn't even overtake slow Massa), and even blaming the team, the contract not renewed yet, and now the tweet issue, it's time for Lewis to change team... The team always comes first.
There are rumours about him joining Mercedes.

Jenson Button has said he is "surprised and disappointed" that his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton revealed secrets of their car on Twitter before the Belgian Grand Prix. The whole team – and particularly Button's side of the garage – were upset when Hamilton posted the confidential information on his Twitter account. It was quickly taken down.
Button, who won Sunday's race from pole, his 14th victory, to leap back into contention for the Formula One drivers' championship, said: "We work so hard to improve the car and keep things like that secret and private. I didn't want to see it on Twitter. It was the whole telemetry from qualifying. It wasn't just the rear wing. I was very surprised and disappointed."
Button does not plan to speak to Hamilton about the incident: "I think it's done now. I don't think it's for me to be angry with Lewis. It's not a personal thing."
Referring to other information posted by Hamilton, Button said: "The bit about the time on the straights isn't the bit that's important to me. He should be gaining it back in the corners because he's got more downforce on anyway. And I was eight tenths quicker in qualifying anyway."
After being beaten by Button in qualifying, Hamilton sent a number of bewildering tweets. One read: "Damn, WTF!! Jenson has the new rear wing on, I have the old. We voted to change, didn't work out. I lose 0.4 tenths just on the straight. Nothing I could do. Now, it's about picking up every point I can from there. Jenson should win easy with that speed."
This, and other messages, were swiftly removed. But it was the tweet revealing secret telemetry information that most angered the team.
Christian Horner, Red Bull's team principal, said: "I have not really seen the tweet in detail but as I understand it, it is car data. If it is, then that is very valuable and I am sure every engineer in the pit lane would be having a close look at it. One of our drivers' would not be able to do that. It would be a breach of confidentially."
Another team chief told Autosport that Hamilton's information had been "gold dust" for his engineers in understanding the performance of the McLaren.
A clearly embarrassed Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren team principal, said the team had asked Hamilton to delete the tweet but that he would not be taking any further action. He said: "I think he made an error of judgment and we asked him to take that one down and he did. I think he realises that [his error] and I don't think it's had an impact on his weekend."
When asked if he felt it was a breach of confidentiality, Whitmarsh said: "I don't think … no. It was corrected fairly quickly and apologised for. We move on."
The best way for McLaren to move on would be to renew Hamilton's five-year contract, which runs out at the end of the year. It should have been sorted in the summer.
Last season, when there were problems on and off the track, was the most tumultuous in Hamilton's career. One problem for the 2007 world champion was that Button was the better driver in 2011. Another was that Hamilton sensed that Button was the more popular driver within the team.
That problem must not be allowed to resurface but Hamilton's state of mind, in the light of his strange tweeting, must be the cause of some conjecture.
The introduction of closed cockpits will be on the agenda following Sunday's first-corner accident, which took out Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez and Romain Grosjean, the driver blamed and punished for the pile-up. It was the Frenchman's seventh incident in 12 races and he is suspended from this Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Monza and has been fined €50,000 (£40,000).
Paddy Lowe, McLaren's technical director, said the incident will increase the push being made to change cockpit designs, possibly in 2014.

Button dominating the Belgium gp

the (Jen)sun is back: pole position

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - Shell girls @ Spa. Rain on Friday, sun on Saturday with two great laps by Jenson Button on McLaren @ Belgium GP and it's pole (first one for him since Monaco 2009 when he was world champion)

Italy GP, Formula 1 2012

MONZA - Monza F1 circuit, Milan, Gran Premio d'Italia. 

90th Italian Formula One Grand Prix preview, 6 -> 9 September 2012. 

You can join the Facebook event here, also if you're not coming here, 

just to remind you the hours of the GP on tv. 

Italy time: (British -1) 

Friday 

free practice 1: 10:00-11:30 

fp2: 14:00-15:30 (2pm-3:30pm)

Saturday 

fp3: 11:00-12:00 

qualifying: 14:00-15:10 

Sunday 

race: 14:00

New Jersey GP 2013

NEW YORK CITY - Bernie Ecclestone last weekend in Budapest said no Valencia (Europe GP) in 2013 (23 June), but a street circuit in New York City, USA. 

(use Google Chrome) 

Monza 2012 special 90th GP. 0:10 Silvia (Italian McLaren pr, Jenson's "shadow" :). 

after Another day in paradise and Going places (from Teenage Fanclub's Grand Prix), this year we chose this retro song, 'cause it's the Stone Roses year. 

2012 started with a win and it all seemed easy, but it's been a disaster. 

It would be great for Button (or Hamilton) to win Monza for the first time. 

from today the tickets to Monza for the single days are available, be ready to get them in time.
On 5 September there'll be also a charity football game @ Monza stadio Brianteo with the drivers (Nazionale Piloti)

girls @ Hungaroring GP, Budapest

BUDAPEST - sponsored by Italian Eni. 

fans meeting the drivers @ Hungary Grand Prix. More photos soon.

The race: wrong strategy for Button and classic mistake by McLaren, he's going to consider to join Ferrari...  nobody cares about beating world records for the pit stops if 8 times out of 10 there's a mistake...

Red Bull should be disqualified

HOCKENHEIM - Germany GP @ Hockenheim, Red Bull irregularities: 1) the car (engine) 2) Vettel changing direction 2 times keeping Schumacher behind 3) Vettel overtaking Button clearly out of the track (the rule is clear: must have 4 wheels on the track when overtaking).
Should be disqualified.

Race won by Alonso on Ferrari. Great race by Jenson, he could almost win.

Vettel penalized, from 2nd to 5th place. Justice (almost) done.

Schumacher NEVER laughed about Senna dying

MILAN - There's a sick old bitch (with a medieval mentality of cavemen) from Czech Republic living in the Usa with "vip friends", fan of that disaster of Bruno Senna, totally jealous of his British girlfriend Charlotte (photo) and defaming her, judging people by their looks (even making her taking the blame for Bruno doing bad... of course she doesn't even know them), trying to have free travel, accomodation and tickets to Monza, surfing the internet saying bullshit like "there are many videos with Schumacher laughing about Senna dying" (!).

As there are many fans of him and Ferrari, Michael will be interested to know who is defaming him...
The only video we found was by a German hater who must be mad or not yet born in 1994 (he doesn't even accept comments telling the truth), 'cause he would know the drivers on the podium didn't know Senna was dead... the news was not given yet, he was in the hospital. And of course Michael was just smiling at the end not because Senna had a terrible accident (is it even necessary to say it?), but 'cause he won the race @ Imola, also as an answer to his mechanics celebrating him.
Better to remind them some of many videos with Schumacher CRYING about Senna...

British GP @ Silverstone 2012

SILVERSTONE - Wow, I could never live there, lol.
And this is the summer (should be).
The rain ruined the whole weekend but never comes when it should (must be a Murphy's law).
Another disappoiting race for the McLaren boys. Hamilton stays 8th, Button from 16th to 10th.
After hitting Hamilton @ Valencia, Maldonado put Perez out of the race.
@ Monaco he said nobody drives like him (then was immediately out of the race at the start).
Perez: "Maldonado is a stupid driver".
Maldonado said he's looking forward to the next gp, didn't say a lot - says a lot. Penalty for him: €10,000.
Webber won the Gp.

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 

you make me feel like Formula 1 :) ...history + some photos at the end.
- 2 months to Monza (special 90th year)

Europe GP in Valencia

VALENCIA - Great day for Italy, also winning vs England @ Euro 2012. Amazing race by Alonso on Ferrari from 11th to first position (even if a bit lucky with Vettel and Grosjean out), but he deserved.
About Hamilton's crash: it was Maldonado's fault, he hit Lewis. Maldonado is arrogant, in Montecarlo he said he can drive as nobody else... immediately out.

Photo: Red Bull swimming pool party with models.

A un certo punto secondo Mazzoni doveva entrare in pista la safety car per un pezzo di polistirolo... l'attendavamo... passano due giri... niente... siiiiii eccola, è un veggente, lol... ma non per il polistirolo "divelto", che con l'aria è stato trovato nel mar Mediterraneo...

Europe GP, Formula 1 2012

VALENCIA - F1 Street Circuit, Valencia, España. 

European Formula One Grand Prix preview, 22-24 June 2012. 

You can join the Facebook event here, also if you're not going there, 

just to remind you the hours of the GP on tv. 

British time: (Italy +1) 

Friday 

free practice 1: 9:00-10:30 

fp2: 13:00-14:30 (1pm-2:30pm)

Saturday 

fp3: 10:00-11:00 

qualifying: 13:00-14:10 

Sunday 

race: 13:00

McLaren in Dublin, Bavaria City Racing

Monaco GP 2012, Friday in Monte-carlo

MONTE-CARLO - To make old this photos, no Instagram was used...
The famous "beautiful women" here got worse, compared to years ago, also those attending the weekend, on the yachts too, fat, old and ugly.
Friday is the the "day off" for the Formula1 here... cellulite festival: the "fashion" night show in Monaco (Amber Lounge GP afterparty) is the most overrated and poorest I've ever seen... (poorest not for the money of course, but in terms of quality). They even think those are models... Jesus, even little towns in Italy could have better ones. Even CAMPINGS have better fashion nights with cute simple girls from all the countries. And here they're in fucking "Montecarlò". As always, french fashion: second rate.

It reminds me of a french word: parvenu... (people who quickly became rich but still behave as when they were poor... they're not able to be rich... then: better to be poor, instead). 

Not to mention the "Princess"... looks like a man, I have a different idea for "beautiful woman".

their fashion sense is second rate like their perfumes... there's tarts and whores but I'm much more... they can't light a fire, cook or sew... the small fame that I've acquired has brought me into cult status...

And of course there was also the "walk-about", signing autographs session with the drivers.

Saturday: Schumacher in pole position, great job! (unfortunately unfair -5 positions for the accident with Bruno Senna in Spain)

Button in Budapest (Vodafone event)

BUDAPEST - Jenson in Hungary (Vodafone "raise your game"), as last year in Manchester. We would love to have this event in Italy (last year the Red Bull was in Torino). 

Special place for him, 'cause in Budapest he won his first race, and in 2011 too (his 200th GP). 

Today 1st May is the 18th anniversary of Ayrton Senna. 

Hungarian girls? yes please :) 

it seems Jenson doesn't care much about her, lol... Girl, if you don't mind, I care :) 

glorious 

driving through the streets, what a risk 

ok, I'm in love :) 

more photos and videos soon (enhanced material about her requested, lol)

Belvárosi Nagydíj

Jessica Michibata hairstyle

MILAN - Japanese supermodel Jessica Michibata, girlfriend of McLaren driver-Oasis fan Jenson Button (3 ring circus) shows off her new Oasis fringe hairstyle (this time not a wig), still fashionable. 

Oh and about Japan: Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye and Pretty Green did a lot for them, Noel nothing (and in 2010 even said he doesn't like to play for a charity but played it just for money...classic Noel). 

News: next week (then we're going to test Oasis Jaguars @ Monza), Pretty Green fan Lewis Hamilton will be @ Mugello circuit in beautiful Tuscany (near Firenze, Florence - and the Machine, lol), where the mods leader Sting (Quadrophenia Ace Face on Italian scooter) makes wine and food, as my father. It's the only one test session during the F1 year... it's not as time ago when McLaren was allowed to go to my Minorca island)

Last night there was a tv programme here speaking about my recent post on Oasisblues on "Paul McCartney dead". By a mechanic repairing cars near Milan (Corsico) there's Paul car (it's that car, certified), an Aston Martin, they had even found traces of blood on the car's hood, sign of an accident (in London), but not a mortal one.

English Jaguar test in Monza

MONZA - Photo: an oasis ;) in Bahrain, Jenson drives past a brilliant blue body of water (blue weekend...).
Last weekend was the shittiest one ever... McLaren losing by themselves as in a traffic jam... in hindsight, it would have been better to erase that crazy race. Before the Spain GP there's the Mugello test session in Italy (1-3 of May), the only one during the F1 year.
But today was S aint George's day (Milan day :) ...and on 25: Saint Mark day ;), that is: Manchester City first name) and had a good news: soon we're going to test cars on the legendary Monza circuit again (as we did in the 90's... it's Oasis back :). This time: the English Jaguar! (it's years I wanted to do this). It's where the Red Bull comes from (they still have headquarters in Milton Keynes, so the Red Bull is not really an Austrian car). Also, Jaguar is one of Man City's sponsors and also the car for Oasis fans, that is, Button and Hamilton (you remember, Step Out, Going Nowhere, the commercials with the Shock of the Lightning), let me know if you wanna come. Noel Gallagher can't do this, 'cause he's got no driving license, he's not 18 years old yet. Reminds me of my first girlfriend, the blonde on a Jaguar, "...she looked just like a star in a Jaguar, she needs to lighten her load... She was dressed up in leopard skin" (Liam, lol)

I'm gonna get me a motor car, maybe a Jaguar, maybe a plane or a day of fame...

I'm gonna be a millionaire so can you take me there, wanna be wild...

Rome = usual scum of Italy, you'll always have troubles dealing with those lazy people. We took free days from work and they escape as scaredy cats... They should work as peasants.

pezzi di merda romani non seri che non lavorano, abbiamo preso i giorni liberi dal lavoro, fatto pubblicità in giro, portando pure uno che VOLEVA comprare una Jaguar, e 3 giorni prima quelli si eclissano. Qui siamo a Milano... gli faremo un'ottima pubblicità... Abbiamo l'indirizzo, gli mandiamo l'avvocato per pagarci le giornate. Niente di nuovo: coi romani è sempre finita in tribunale. Braccia rubate all'agricoltura, andate a zappare la terra, feccia d'Italia. A lavorare!

Cos'è che volevano i romani, er Gran Premio de Roma al posto della storica Monza? ahahahahaha sì, fateve er Gran Premio der Vaticano, cor Papa che gira co a Papamobile.

Ayrton Senna tribute & Jenson Button

Senna through the storm, we can keep his legend alive. 

It's amazing how many people could stay there @ pitstop, quite dangerous... 

The banner "Ayrton thank you for staying simply the best" is from Monaco GP 1993 (won by him), we were there. Of course I added the Europe GP 1993 @ Donington. You can find his tshirts with original logo (best price around) clicking here and with Brazil colours here 

As in "High Fidelity", my favourite top5 drivers of all time: 

Senna, Button, Schumacher, Fangio (Argentinian of Italian origins), Stirling Moss or James Hunt, cool as fuck (Liam Gallagher would say: Steve McQueen) 

18 years without Senna, since Oasis began... (spring 1994)

another video, another F1 weekend, now in Bahrain. Let's hope nothing bad happens for anyone... McLaren boys will have extra SAS-style security (as soldiers), as Oasis had in 2009...

China GP: McLaren still leads the championships

SHANGHAI - Rosberg won his first race in F1, first victory for Mercedes since the old times (1955, the Argentinian of Italian origins legend Fangio, in Monza).
Button couldn't be first even without that little mistake in the final pitstop, so the 2nd and 3rd place for McLaren are very good, now leading both the drivers and constructors tables (the teams championship also before this race), Hamilton three 3rd places in 3 races. Schumacher had a problem at the pitsop when he was 2nd in the first part.
Red Bull a lil bird still learning to fly, lol. Amazing how the McLaren could easily overtake it in the first part, I think Webber didn't see it.
Next race in 5 days in the controversial Bahrain.

more photos soon

competition: win Monza

MONZA - Here's a competition as in the past years, to win Monza from Thursday 6 September: meeting all the Formula 1 drivers, shooting photos, on 7 September going around the big park of the circuit, sunbathing :), etc. oh and watching the cars too, lol.
During that Formula One weekend there's also the "Formula 1 rocks Milan" with a concert (speedy Beady Eye would be perfect), probably also the usual F1 night @ Hollywood Milano where Liam Gallagher was (or Just Cavalli Hollywood where Liam was) and the McLaren shop to visit as usual. Too cool places for Noel Gallagher, in fact he's never been there.
I already have an Australian model (dedicated to Noel Gallagher hating them) and a Czech model coming ;), but it's ok to have 3rd girl ;) (plus probably my sister working again @ Monza).
Last year we asked near which famous "Oasis place" Lewis Hamilton was born (Stevenage - Knebworth).
Two years ago we asked which Oasis song was covered by the McLaren drivers (Wonderwall).

This time something about Jenson Button (he usually stays @ Beady Eye same hotel, with Jessica Michibata), dedicated to the girls (they're interested in these things :)

For a commercial with Jenson, they had to use another person because a part of his body looks feminine... Which is this part of the body?

a) feet
b) hands
c) nose

answer to marco@miamilan.com
If you win, we'll give you all the info, also if you need to travel.