Button still speeding, Vettel overrated

BUDAPEST - At his 200th Grand Prix, Jenson Button won the Hugarian race, a bit wet as his first win in Formula 1, Hungary 2006.
I had told you: sack Lewis Hamilton. The only great driver is Button, all the others were driving more on the grass as lawnmowers... You can see the great driver when the conditions are difficult (not a case that Senna was great under the rain), and this season Button also won an impossible Canada GP. Today's mixed conditions are even worse. And his strategies are always different and perfect.
As I said time ago, Vettel is so overrated... now you can see he was always winning thanks to the car.
I was happy that Lewis won last week in Germany, but as usual he has no fair play and got a "drivethrough" penalty when he could win and it would have been a double for McLaren.
Now one month of holidays for the drivers.
- 40 days to Monza, can't wait.

come on get a tan from standing in the English rain

LONDON - ...the Beatles said. British race @ Silverstone: Hamilton finished at the bottom (10th) in the final qualifying. Every time he fails, it's "McLaren's fault" (why, Button has the usual honest 5th time but then his races are often great) or because "Lewis was waiting for the second chance"... oh time ago I was also waiting for a second chance with Claudia Schiffer. As in Formula 1 they're changing rules during the championship (absurd), if they also changed the qualifying rules and the drivers had to bump into each other, Hamilton would be 1st for sure. Sack him.

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Hamilton not able to overtake, never able to make a good start

VALENCIA - (Photo: Button in London at the McLaren showroom launch). Al contrario dell'ultima gara, sul circuito canadese Gilles Villeneuve, dove Button ha fatto una gara che neanche Villeneuve (ma i tifosi italiani McLaren di cui parlavo, hanno preferito difendere le buffonate di Hamilton), oggi a Valencia invece è stata noiosissima. Hamilton, oltre che incapace di sorpassare come ampiamente dimostrato, non azzecca mai una partenza, e si è fatto passare dalle due Ferrari, persino da Massa! Oltretutto ha consumato inutilmente le gomme in una parte della gara dove non avrebbe dovuto. Ovviamente una buona partenza dipende anche dalla macchina, ma è proprio la partenza dove un pilota può sopperire all'inferiorità della macchina, e quando uno come lui la sbaglia spesso, c'è qualcosa che non va nel pilota.
No comment sulle solite uscite del telecronista ferrarista interista Mazzoni, del tipo "Valencia ha bellissime spiagge, ricordiamo che Valencia è stata fondata dai romani" (che c'entra!)
Dai ferraristi ne ho sentita un'altra: siccome la Federazione sta cercando di penalizzare la Red Bull con regole per metterli in difficoltà (ma hanno vinto comunque, nonostante fosse l'ultimo circuito favorevole alle caratteristiche Ferrari) e lo fa chiaramente per avvantaggiare la Ferrari, i ferraglisti dicono che lo fa "perchè la Red Bull non è inglese"... ah! come se le macchine inglesi fossero aiutate! Il presidente della FIA, tanto per ricordarlo, è l'ex ferrarista francese Jean Todt, e le McLaren sono spesso e volentieri penalizzate. Tra l'altro, la Red Bull non è inglese eh, è MOLTO inglese: la sede è a Milton Keynes in Inghilterra, e colui che ha progettato questa semi-imbattibile macchina è un certo Adrian Newey, inglese, ex McLaren, praticamente l'unica persona che ha reso la lattina così forte, non mi vengano a dire che Vettel e Webber sono fenomeni. Fanno più o meno gli stessi tempi (grazie alla macchina, è così evidente), Webber è un vecchio pilota che stava per ritirarsi e fino a pochi anni fa guidava macchine da ultime file.
Tra l'altro, cambiare le regole "in corso" durante un campionato, è qualcosa di assurdo, addirittura regole tecniche, per le quali bisognerebbe riprogettare elementi tecnici.

L'Angelo Misterioso, Formula 1 fan

LIVERPOOL - Everybody knows John Lennon is Liam Gallagher's idol, some even say he thinks to be him, but it's not true. When asked about his favourite song, album, etc., it's always something by George Harrison (or maybe naming one by the Beatles was just too obvious), Liam even said he's inspired by his style (for Pretty Green clothes too). As album, the triple All things must pass (nothing ever lasts forever lol), and as song Something (Beatles times), the biggest love song ever, also according to the Italian origins legend Frank Sinatra.
Liam on All things must pass: "That’s the best post-Beatles album. We all like it and that, but that was the best sounding fucking one. It’s got tunes that make me cry."
And sometimes he also says, e.g. at the end of a Twitter twit: "Beware of darkness", as the song by George.
Noel Gallagher probably took the word Wonderwall from the psychedelic "Wonderwall music" soundtrack by George: he was also a film producer, as Liam will be soon, about the Beatles. It would be great to make a psychedelic film, I have some ideas thanks to Beady Eye's psychedelic Wigwam too.

Harrison driving a 1961 Lotus on Donington circuit in 1979

Harrison was the most psychedelic, India-influenced and mysterious Beatle, in a way (because introvert), and introduced the Indian sitar instrument in the Beatles music, also played by Oasis in songs as To be where there's life. Oasis also covered a Beatles song by George, Within you without you.
A curiosity: the song "Badge", co-written with Eric Clapton (they formed a close friendship in the late 1960s), was released on Cream's Goodbye album in 1969: George also played rhythm guitar on the song, and for contractual reasons, he was required to use the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" in Italian.
Pattie Boyd was wife of both George and Eric. She has claimed that she was the inspiration for love songs written by both musicians (but they didn't always agree): Harrison's "Something", "For You Blue", etc., and Clapton's "Layla", "Wonderful Tonight" and "Bell Bottom Blues".

Harrison had an interest in sports cars and motor racing. He was one of the 100 people who purchased the McLaren F1 road car, and would often attend Formula One races. He had collected photos of racing drivers and their cars since he was young: when he was 12 he attended his first race, the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, in which Stirling Moss won his first Grand Prix. He wrote "Faster" as a tribute to the Formula One racing drivers Jackie Stewart and Ronnie Peterson. Proceeds from its release went to the Gunnar Nilsson cancer charity, set up following the Swedish driver's death from the disease in 1978. Harrison's first "important" car was recently sold at auction in Battersea Park, London. The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 was bought new and delivered to Harrison personally in 1965 at his Kinfauns estate in Esher, Surrey, England.
When I was a kid my favourite Beatle was Paul McCartney, 'cause he was the first one I've seen (and also met when we organized Literature Prizes, he also wrote poems), from Michael Jackson's duets in the '80s. And Paul had a pretty funny face, the girls liked him, so it was easy for a kid to take him as favourite one.
From George in those years I remember "I got my mind set on you", funny video for a kid.
But since I started to have a deep knowledge of the Beatles, I can say George is my favourite: the vast majority of their songs were "Lennon/McCartney", but his (22 in total) songs with them (also, Here comes the sun, While my guitar gently weeps, etc., and as solo artist My sweet lord, Wah wah, etc.), are precious stones in music history.

very Richard Ahscroft, and very thin

McLaren shop to open in Milan

MILAN - The first McLaren shop in Italy (in Milano there was a retailer already) to open soon www.milan.mclaren.com 

the other day in London

Button with ex caught by paparazzi

LOS ANGELES - Gossip, caught by the beady eye of paparazzi: here is Jenson Button and his ex-girlfriend Louise Griffiths sharing a laugh over lunch. They must have been reminiscing about the cheesy photoshoots and the tangerine suit the F1 star wore when they were dating in 2003. Their relationship ended just 3 months before the wedding.
The McLaren driver, currently seeing half-Japanese model Jessica Michibata (the couple was in crisis last year and split), was in LA on a stag do with his mates when he bumped into his ex.
By the look on her chops she might still be holding a flame for him. Actually, it's more of a raging inferno.
The former Fame Academy contestant is now a songwriter based in the States.

win VIP pass to Monza race

MONZA - Photo: races world is a nice world :)...
Another competition: there'll be a draw among those who'll get at least two Monza stand tickets from 15 June till 15 July, for 30 "paddock pass" and two lucky people could watch the race from the pit wall. Hell yea! :)
Is there anyone missing the "france gp"? Not really, it's years that fortunately disappeared from the world championship.

Il Gran Premio d'Italia ovviamente rimane a Monza, quello a Roma ce l'hanno nel mondo dei sogni. Una volta esisteva il Gran Premio di San Marino ma era in Italia, a Imola. Quindi possono sempre fare il "Gran Premio del Vaticano" haha.
Non c'è sindaco comunista che tenga, il Gran Premio è qui, già deciso da tempo.
Quando uno ha delle idee positive su qualcosa, ad esempio penso che Roma sia una bella città, ci pensano sempre gli italiani a far cambiare idea... su qualsiasi cosa. Se difendi Hamilton (come ho fatto), sbagli. Se critichi Hamilton (come ho fatto), sei razzista. L'Inghilterra è avanti anni luce anche su questo, l'integrazione razziale ha secoli di storia e non gli viene neanche in mente di pensare al razzismo se critichi una persona di colore.
Pensavo che gli italiani tifosi della McLaren la tifassero perchè è un grande team, e perchè è inglese, e perchè non ci piace la Ferrari, ecc., ma vedo che c'è gente che tifa Hamilton "perchè è nero"... una roba tutta italiana.
Button, sempre McLaren, in Canada ha fatto una gara che neanche Villeneuve e loro difendono le ultime buffonate di Hamilton, fanno abbastanza ridere.
Il razzismo al contrario, come quando stavano con Obama perchè  (poverino) "è nero"... (pensando addirittura che fosse un comunista). La battuta di Berlusconi su "Obama abbronzato" significava che il colore della pelle non conta, ma i sinistri ci metteranno secoli per capirla. O a smetterla di fingere di non averla capita.

Hamilton to join Ferrari

LONDON - I've been defending Lewis when everybody, in Italy and in England, was attacking him, for his Monaco race, full of controversial episodes. It was really too much, Lewis had to right to attack the opponents, it's a competition, not an old cars parade. And the penalties against him only, were quite ridiculous.
His joke about racism was not really funny (penalties because of racism), in fact he apologised (he was almost having a big penalty for that joke).
And now, to be always honest, having seen the Canada race, we have to say he's exaggerating with his attitude (and he himself even apologised again). It's good to have someone driving with passion, but also brains are necessary. Driving against other cars, it doesn't make you Senna, but more a kamikaze. It's quite easy for everyone to drive as inside a videogame, I think also me could be able eh... You don't overtake someone with crashing... overtaking is an art to learn. I can't see the point why the other cars should make him pass so easily.
Of course tabloids have been attacking him, and, a bit surprisingly, I see that now even many people in England don't like him anymore.
In Italy the people almost always hate him, also because of course they're mainly Ferrari fans and he's too aggressive. But the people who like him, are now defending him, even acting as victims ("because he's black"... ridiculous), when he's clearly guilty now, in fact Ron Dennis got angry with him. In Italy defending who is guilty is a classic...
They also said he's "the only driver"... but now he's making a fool of himself, looks more like a clown in circus.
Hamilton is no Senna, he's a home-made driver, made with money and videogames...
On the contrary, Button had one of the greatest races I've ever seen in my life, in decades, since Senna times.
You know, footballers but also (and especially) drivers often change team, so I don't think Hamilton will stay forever @ McLaren. As Beady Eye say, nothing ever lasts forever... even intelligent opinions can't be always the same.
In fact, I've heard rumours about him leaving, to join Red Bull in 2013 (he visited them the other day...), but it's always been said about him joining Ferrari (Massa the disaster will probably leave soon, everybody's tired of him). Hamilton's kit becoming red lately could be a sign... in fact Ferrari people are not denying a transfer (tough he's got a contract for 2012 included, but he can change).
He's got half the points of Vettel, so now we have to support Jenson for the championship.

from Zani: Paul Gallagher, driving with passion: Ayrton Senna

LONDON - A proper "speeding Beady Eye" article by the brother of Oasis, about the great driver of English cars only, Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, Williams. The Grand Prix jacket by Pretty Green (Paul is a fan of the brand) is clearly inspired by races.

Now I'm not a Motor Racing fan, the thought of 24 cars hurtling around tarmac in single file for a time,which then spring into life with the odd bit of dangerous driving and skill combined, didn’t appeal to a football fan like me, but watching the new documentary movie SENNA ($25=£15) changed my opinion slightly.
Ayrton Senna was a passionate Brazilian motor racing driver who started his life in go-karting and took that right through to the very top of Formula One racing. He was uncompromising, skilful and a bit of a stock car racer underneath. He didn’t care too much about his opponents or their reputations; he wanted to do one thing only and that was WINNING at all costs.
His much-vaulted battles with Alain Prost pretty much takes over the movie. It's refreshing to see a Frenchman like Prost talk candidly about his battles with Senna, his personal feelings about a man who was his rival, team mate and his friend over their racing period.
Some say the car maketh the driver, but when Ayrton Senna left McLaren to join Williams / Renault his whole driving skills were compromised by NEW electronic equipment.
The cars were different; it was basically an electronic gadget on wheels. Senna was left with no choice but to try and drive like he had always driven which was fast, and if you see a gap take it. With the new cars this wasn’t possible as their design would take over the natural runnings of the vehicle with cars spinning off the track becoming the norm.
Alain Prost won four world titles then retired because he didn’t want to share driving duties with Senna. Ayrton won three world titles and left to join Williams / Renault. After 6 months or so he learned to regret this decision. The cars were not right, the burning desire to equal Prost's four titles and the desire within him, even after witnessing the death of Roland Ratzenberger on the track some hours before, toyed with his mind.
Senna knew his car wasn’t right. He spent times with the designers to try and get the steering correct, this ultimately cost him his life at the San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994 when he spun off and was killed by a faulty steering column. Nothing of this becomes clear in the movie, a lot of questions are left unanswered, the Marshalls, the medical people, could they have saved him by reacting quicker, he was just 34 years old.
The outpouring of grief at his funeral back in Brazil where some THREE MIILLION people turned out, brings it home that this man was loved in his country, revered in others he was a national and international hero worldwide.
The documentary is a fascinating insight into Formula One for any fan or any non-fan who was ever interested in the enigmatic and God loving Brazilian that was Ayrton Senna.

again, now a different video, introduction+song by Lucio Dalla (he also wrote one about Milan), an Italian singer from the same zone where Senna died in his beloved Italy (in Imola). Ayrton spoke a perfect Italian language, this song also says he decided to go away in a land of dreamers. I could never forget that day, but I prefer to remember the great person he was. Paul forgot to write that Ayrton was always helping poor people

McLaren-Button incredible race! McLaren in assetto da bagnato, Ferrari in assetto da illusioni

MONTREAL - Canada GP, breaking news. Before the race I said: McLaren are in rain setup, Ferrari are in illusions setup, lol. And I was so right.
As I said, Button deserved to win also in Monaco, here's a reward.
Even this time, it's always Hamilton's fault, according Maastricht the tv and tabloids. On the contrary, Button said he's sorry 'cause he didn't see Lewis.
Jenson won an amazing race which started at 7pm in Italy and ended at 11:15 (!), more than 4 hours (we thought until tomorrow at breakfast), because of rain, so it was stopped and the safety car was necessary several times.
At a certain point Button was in the LAST position, 5 stops plus even had a penalty because of speeding behing the safety car, and even 2 bad accidents, with his mate Hamilton and with Alonso, and the McLaren was almost broken. But in the final part Jenson was so fast, even seconds faster than the other drivers, and won on the final lap when Vettel was under pressure and made a mistake.

Prima della gara l'avevo detto: la McLaren in assetto da bagnato, Ferrari in assetto da illusioni. Credevano di vincere.
Guardare Kobayashi che tiene dietro Massa, e Alonso che s'incaglia come una tartaruga, non ha prezzo.
A un certo punto abbiamo pensato che saremmo stati ancora a vedere il Gran Premio domani a colazione.
Secondo i moralizzatori ferraristi, non ci dovrebbero essere sorpassi e piloti che lottano, e bisognerebbe fare una sfilata d'auto d'epoca in colonna, perchè loro vivono nel passato e credono ancora di essere i migliori, quando invece persino una lattina di Red Bull di pochi anni di età va molto più forte persino della "big name" Ferrari.
L'esperto, il telecronista principale l'interista Gianfranco Mazzoni: "Hamilton ha anche rovinato la gara di Button"... eh beh ma certo. Ha anche allargato il buco nell'ozono. Peccato (per Mazzoni) che abbia addirittura vinto.
Di lui Briatore diceva pure che era un "paracarro" (piccolo particolare: l'aveva preso lui). Da ultimo, con 2 incidenti pesanti e una penalizzazione, ha superato tutti, l'imbattibile Vettel compreso.
L'inviato in pista Ettore Giovannelli lo zimbello del circus: "attenzione! c'è una McLaren in difficoltà!" ... era il replay di Hamilton che cercava di superare Schumacher (con tanto si scritta "replay", forse deve cercarlo sul vocabolario).
Alla fine Mazzoni urla come avesse vinto la Coppa del Mondo per il 6.posto di Massa...

Da sottolineare l'inutilità di quella donna di nome Stella Bruno ai box: non se ne intende di automobilismo, non sa l'inglese, s'impappina pure con l'italiano, si agita per niente quando qualche pilota la mette sotto pressione, e non è neanche gnocca. La classica raccomandata in Rai. Cui prodest? A chi giova tutto ciò?

different year Formula 1 2012: 21 races, back in th USA, still speeding

AUSTIN - Not back in USSR as the Beatles were singing.
Old photo with Button's ex car, and ex tyres, a few years ago when there was still an United States GP.
As you probably know, last year a historic agreement has been reached for Austin, Texas, to serve as the host city of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix™ for years 2012 through 2021, on a brand new circuit.

An American F1 race was held until 2007 included (won by Hamilton on McLaren, @ Indianapolis) and now from 2012... Formula 1 avoiding Obama, lol. Just kidding.
This year will be the last year then the engines (and Obama :), both ending in November) will be replaced by greener and more fuel efficient turbo-charged ones.

Now here's the 2012 Fia Formula One World Championship provisional calendar, some say there are too many races (21 is a record), but I want even more.

11/03 BHR Bahrain
18/03 AUS Australia (Melbourne)
01/04 MYS Malaysia
08/04 CHN China
22/04 KOR Korea
06/05 TUR Turkey (to be confirmed)
20/05 ESP Spain (Catalunya)
27/05 MCO Monaco
10/06 CAN Canada (Montreal)
17/06 USA United States
01/07 ESP Valencia, Spain (European GP)
15/07 GBR Great Britain (Silverstone)
29/07 DEU Germany (Hockenheim)
05/08 HUN Hungary (Hungaroring)
02/09 BEL Belgium (Spa)
09/09 ITA Italy (Monza)
30/09 SGP Singapore
14/10 JPN Japan (Suzuka)
28/10 IND India
11/11 ARE Abu Dhabi
25/11 BRA Brazil (Interlagos)

oh it's some time I don't hear the "france gp" anymore...

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Monaco buffoons circus, i metalmeccanici di Montecarlo: gara o sfilata d'auto d'epoca?

MONTECARLO - Photo: the beautiful Charlotte Casiraghi wearing McLaren colours :) (on her dress there was even a big M :), and the future wife of Prince Albert was even embracing warmly Button 'cause he deserved to win. Too warmly lol, I noticed how the blonde looked at him, lol!
Great race, very exciting, if it wasn't for the decisions: race stopped at the end when Button was the fastest one and could win, as he was 1st before; drive-through for Hamilton because of Massa that idiot; safety car 2 times slowing the race on key-moments for McLaren... The cars could change the tyres (so it was a big advantage for Vettel who was in great difficulty, finishing his tyres) and the race, just for a few laps, started again behind the safety car! Absurd.

And what about Alonso avoiding a chicane in a difficult moment? No penalties?! What if was Hamilton doing that? Surely a scandal. And Massa too, should have a penalty, he didn't give space as Hamilton did with Schumacher.
Unlucky but brave weekend for "3 ring circus" Hamilton, could have been in pole position without Perez accident on Saturday. When Lewis undertook Schumacher then he made a gesture as to say, go away you old geezer :). And when you find that slow guy called Massa on Ferrari, it's always a mess. And his accident even caused problems to Button, as the safety car had to slow the race. As a reward to McLaren, Hamilton got a drive-through. It was all against him (he even got a 20 seconds penalty, incredible), he couldn't do anything, it seems they don't want cars overtaking. It looks like a fashion parade with old cars, not a competiton. Look, dear Fia, it's not so good to close the championship before time... Ridiculous!

Solita telecronaca allucinante di Gianfranco Mazzoni (la gente lo detesta e lui resiste al suo posto per anni, mistero), che ci ricorda che "non sa dirlo con precisione" (magari fosse solo impreciso, questi non sanno neanche parlare), bravo sei proprio nello sport della precisione, cambialo. Si lamentano di Falco che fa le invasioni ma c'è gente che non sa fare il proprio "lavoro", chiamiamolo lavoro. Poi la sua solita fase di gufaggio, "non ci sono stati ritiri", passa solo qualche minuto e Massa va a sbattere (guarda caso sempre lui, deve rimanere alla Ferrari a vita), e Schumi si ritira. "Rientrata la safety car"... no. Tutto il coro di telecronisti imbecilli: "il prossimo da doppiare sarà nientemeno che Hamilton!" ...no. Era una Virgin. C'è una bella differenza. Ovviamente poi non rettificano, non ammettendo le cazzate che sparano.
Essendo il Gp di Monaco non poteva risparmiarci le storielle su Anthony Noguess... Ma pensa che la gente che guarda la Formula 1 cambia ogni volta? Dai siamo sempre gli stessi, abbiamo capito. Se c'è gente nuova, lo nomini e basta, se lo vanno a cercare. Ma il Mazzoni, interista e di sinistra, non sa mai cosa dire e si è sempre perso snocciolando gossip inutili ed elogi a quell'incompetente (come lui) ministra sinistra dello Sport che odia il calcio, la Melandri (la moralista che facava le feste Bunga-Bunga in Africa, non ammettendole poi, nonostante le foto). Forse il Mazzoni elogiandola davanti a milion di persone, sperava che gliela desse.

Is it any wonder why princes and kings are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings...
Io avrei fatto una doccia di champagne (tanto loro ci nuotano nello champagne) ai principini del pisello di Montecarlo, uno di quelli sta con la contessina comunista Beatrice Borromeo (simpatica come un martello sulle cosiddette o una falce per un prato), quella che "sposerò un povero metalmeccanico", ma per sua sfortuna ha trovato solo un metalmeccanico di Montecarlo.
Te lo do io lo champagne, questa gente andrebbe messa a pane e acqua. PANE e ACQUA. Fin troppo.

A fine gara il genio di Massa e l'assurdo Domenicali sono andati a fare i piangina (da uno imparziale: il presidente Todt, ex Ferrari), chiedendo addirittura altre sanzioni contro Hamilton! Pazzesco. A dir poco patetiche le dichiarazioni di Massa, come al solito, un "pilota"-autista ormai alla frutta, schizofrenico. I sorpassi su Schumacher e Maldonado sono la fotocopia, Hamilton ha lasciato spazio, Massa invece no. Non si capisce se i commissari assistano a una GARA di Formula 1 oppure a una sfilata di auto d'epoca che non si devono neanche sfiorare. Massa e Alonso che taglia la chicane in un momento cruciale, neanche nominati, l'avesse fatto Hamilton sarebbe stato uno scandalo. Vettel ha già quasi ammazzato il campionato, e ci si mettono pure i commissari a chiuderlo del tutto, non vedo che interesse abbia la Federazione in questo. Gara che meritava di vincere ampiamente Button e decisioni assurde solo contro Hamilton che come sempre lotta come un leone. Gli unici due veri piloti in mezzo a un circo di pagliacci.

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BARCELONA - Photo: Beady Eye @ Virgin radio in Milan.

Great result for our McLaren cars finishing 2nd and 3rd, with number "3 ring circus" :) Hamilton almost winning at the end and Button starting bad but going from 10th to 3rd. 

It's the Red Bull circuit where aerodynamics are important, so the result is even greater.

Ferrari fans thought they could win ahaha 'cause they saw Alonso 1st at the beginning, all illusions. Button (with different Pirelli tyres in that moment) overtook Alonso so easily, and Ferrari finished 5th (Pirelli tyres from Milan are not really helping Ferrari). I like Button strategies 'cause they're often different (gear, still speeding :). We like to mock Ferrari 'cause they're in the same Juventus football team family, they're spending everything on Ferrari and the Formula 1 car is almost shit, while Juventus needing money, is double shit (but of course, in history, Ferrari is the number 1).

Next weekend in Montecarlo, but I can't wait for September in Monza, I already have a 4 (not 3) days pass, and let's see which band will play at the Formula 1 rocks Milan.

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win Great Britain race from Button vip suite

WOKING - Another 2nd place for McLaren, very good start of the season, and unexpected.

This one in photo is the bike produced by McLaren who won the classic Milan-Sanremo the other week. 

Another cars competition. Here's your chance to watch the British Grand Prix from Jenson Button's very own corporate suite!
The F1 star is the face of the new head & shoulders limited edition shampoo for men (this would be useful for Liam Gallagher's dandruff, lol) and to celebrate they're offering one lucky Sun reader the chance to watch the British Grand Prix in style!
You'll be one of a select group invited to watch Saturday's practice and qualifying races plus the main event on Sunday from Button's own VIP box at Silverstone.
It's one of the biggest events in the British sporting calendar.
After the action-packed race, you'll get to meet the 2009 Formula One World Champion himself!
The prestigious event takes place on Saturday 9 July and Sunday 10 July, and the lucky winner will be given £100 towards travel expenses.

click here

free practice results: McLaren lead +2010 video

MELBOURNE - Happy new English year, 25 March 1751. Come on McLaren.
Probably useless, but a good start.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.854s            32
 2.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.986s  + 0.132   31
 3.  Alonso         Ferrari               1m26.001s  + 0.147   28
 4.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.014s  + 0.160   35
 5.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.283s  + 0.429   33
 6.  Schumacher     Mercedes              1m26.590s  + 0.736   31
 7.  Massa          Ferrari               1m26.789s  + 0.935   34
 8.  Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.101s  + 1.247   39
 9.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m27.280s  + 1.426   34
10.  Rosberg        Mercedes              1m27.448s  + 1.594   23
11.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.525s  + 1.671   31
12.  Petrov         Renault               1m27.528s  + 1.674   29
13.  Heidfeld       Renault               1m27.536s  + 1.682   22
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.697s  + 1.843   30
15.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.095s  + 2.241   35
16.  di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m28.376s  + 2.522   33
17.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m28.583s  + 2.729   31
18.  Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m29.386s  + 3.532   29
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m30.829s  + 4.975   22
20.  Trulli         Lotus-Renault         1m30.912s  + 5.058   23
21.  D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m32.106s  + 6.252   36
22.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m32.135s  + 6.281   30
23.  Liuzzi         HRT-Cosworth          No time               1

the first 2010 race (McLaren winning) with Beady Eye music

Formula 1 2011, different year still speeding. And you say to the driver: just drive

MILAN - On Friday 25 (that is also the real beginning of the year, you remember my old posts) the Formula One season starts: the first race (should have been the other week in Bahrain, cancelled due to the situation in the country) is on Sunday at dawn in Europe, 'cause it's in Australia, so we have to get up early (or better: stay up late), as my grandfather used to do with boxing (Noel Gallagher is a big fan too).
Something new is the tyres, the Italian Pirelli from Milan (Inter Milan historical sponsor... the second team of Milan already cheated thanks to sponsors...), same tyres for everybody (so they will probably help Ferrari somehow, they'll surely find a way), and no more the Japanese Bridgestone.
Beady Eye album is a lot about cars, even the title Different gear still speeding.
OasisBlues, as usual, will get angry against the stupid men commenting on tv and also against Ferrari (though they have Manchester City sponsor :) and we support the English McLaren from Woking (Paul Weller's city) and their English drivers (Oasis fans), one of them, Hamilton, has the number 3 (ring Formula 1 circus :).
It doesn't seem to be the fastest car this year, but some sources say they will surprise everybody, because they made different choices...
Can't wait for September, Monza Grand Prix near Milan, also to meet the drivers again, and the concert @ Formula 1 Rocks Milan (last year: the great Stereophonics).

car n.

1. Vettel (Red Bull)

2. Webber

3. Hamilton (McLaren)

4. Button

5. Alonso (Ferrari)

6. Massa

7. Schumacher (Mercedes)

8. Rosberg

9. Heidfeld (Lotus Renault) - the Polish Kubica had a very bad accident, best wishes

10. Petrov

11. Barrichello (Williams)

12.  Maldonado

14. Sutil (Force India)

15. Di Resta

16. Kobayashi (Bmw Sauber)

17. Perez

18. Buemi (Toro Rosso)

19. Alguersuari

20. Trulli (Lotus)

21. Kovalainen

22. Karthikeyan (Hrt)

23. Liuzzi

24. Glock (Virgin)

25. D'Ambrosio

McLaren 2011: different gear, still speeding :)

BERLIN - The new 2011 McLaren MP4-26.
McLaren Mercedes this morning brought together members of the public to construct and reveal its new chassis, the team’s challenger for the 2011 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. 

Revealed at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, the famous public space that sits on the fringe of the old Berlin Wall, the car was built up by fans and customers carrying components into the arena, where the new chassis was gradually pieced together in front of a huge crowd.

This culminated in our race drivers – 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton and 2009 world champion Jenson Button – assembling the very final pieces to reveal the completed racecar.
Looking radically different from last year’s race-winning chassis, MP4-26 features a range of aerodynamic features designed to take advantage of new rules significantly limiting the amount of downforce that can be derived from the car’s underbody.

win an F1 tour and Manchester Rhian :)

MANCHESTER - Here's your chance to banish the winter blues and get the 2011 motorsport season off to a roaring start. 
SunSport has teamed up with the Autosport International Show to offer a fantastic opportunity to enjoy this fantastic event. 
The winner of our easy-to-enter competition will get a once-in-a-lifetime guided tour by Formula One commentating legend Murray Walker of the show's centrepiece, the McLaren Racing Display.
It features the fabulous F1 cars that swept Lewis Hamilton, Mika Häkkinen, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda and Emerson Fittipaldi to world championship glory.
There's also a McLaren Indy 500 car from 1977, the GT car that won Le Mans in 1995 and the company's new supercar for the road, the MP4-12C.
Murray's exclusive tour, for our winner AND a companion, will take place late on Saturday January 15 after the doors of the exhibition at Birmingham's NEC have been closed to the public.
The first prize winner will also receive a pair of tickets to see the show's glittering array of star cars and car stars on the same day.
And TEN runners-up will get a pair of tickets for the show on Saturday.
A host of motorsport personalities are due to be on hand including SunSport columnist Andy Priaulx, Peugeot sportscar ace Anthony Davidson, eight-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen, Audi's Allan McNish, Chevrolet touring car star Rob Huff and the BBC's Jake Humphrey and Martin Brundle.
The Fifth Gear Live Action Arena, featuring stunts and racing simulations, will be hosted by 2010 British Touring Car Champion Jason Plato.
Hundreds of teams and motorsport companies will be showing off their cars and components.
Oh, and Sun Page 3 stunner Rhian (from Manchester) will be a major attraction on the Ginetta stand.
To stand a chance of winning this great competition, click here to simply answer the following VERY difficult question :)

LEWIS HAMILTON WON THE 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN A :
A) MCLAREN
B) RED BULL
C) FERRARI

McLaren merchandise 2011

WOKING - Milan "rossoneri" (red&black) colours for McLaren this year, click here

McLaren 2011 +Senna

WOKING - Here's your first (sneak) peek at a 2011 Formula 1 car: Jenson Button having his seat-fitting in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-26!

The new car will be presented in January.

our two F1 World Champions, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton make a surprise visit to the world's greatest garage containing McLaren's F1 cars of the past. Amongst the hundreds of historic cars, they are stopped in their tracks by hero Ayrton Senna's legendary '88 car, the MP4-4

new McLaren in Milan +Monza

MILAN - Tickets already available from now!
if you get them soon, you save money.
see here: www.monzanet.it/en/tickets/8
My sister sometimes worked as "umbrella girl" :) on the grid.
I drove some cars on this legendary F1 circuit, I know so well every corner since I was a child.

Some time ago the new McLaren MP4-12C was presented in Milan...'cause in Milan, England, we support McLaren, not "Ferraglia"... and McLaren motto is: "good enough is not good."
Debut at Goodwood festival of speed (do you remember Milano Alfa Romeo there)

Hamilton and Button testing it at Goodwood

ahahahahahaha Ferraglia dietro a piloti esordienti con la valigia

ABU DHABI - Con il mondiale già in tasca, anche secondo quanto dicevano tutti i ferraristi eiaculatori precoci fino a prima della gara (Fisichella: "80-90%" !!), la Ferrari perde clamorosamente contro tutte le previsioni. Io ne ero sicuro, non avrebbe vinto neanche coi loro giochi di squadra. Montezemolo con tutto il parentado juventino e il Re di Spagna sono addirittura andati giù negli Emirati per festeggiare il titolo... vinto dalla scuderia austro-inglese. Austro nel senso di austriaca, non certo australiana, perchè se aspettiamo quelli, campa cavallo (Cavallino zoppo), e Noel sarebbe d'accordo. La responsabilità principale per la sconfitta è proprio di un australiano, il team manager Dyer.
Ferrari-Ferraglia oggi solito catorcio e con strategie completamente sbagliate, che quest'anno ha vinto gare solo grazie agli errori degli altri o a sorpassi da fermi ai box, oggi non è riuscita neanche a superare Alguersuari (!), e Alonso che non è riuscito a superare Petrov (! pilota esordiente e che paga per correre) per decine e decine di giri ed è andato fuori pista rischiando l'impossibile. Come poteva essere campione uno del genere?
Alonso che non sarebbe stato comunque campione senza i punti guadagnati grazie ai giochi di squadra della Ferrari in Germania, espressamente vietati dal regolamento (diversamente da anni fa), per i quali la Ferrari era stata graziata solo con una multa (come se alla Ferrari mancassero poi i soldi...). Perchè allora non levargli i punti della patente? Più efficace.
Non a caso Alonso prima della gara ha messo le mani avanti come al solito, dicendo "stagione comunque da ricordare"... sì, per il disastro che siete!
A dirla tutta, neanche il campioncino fuffa Vettel e il disastroso australiano Webber meritavano il mondiale, essendo stati durante la stagione protagonisti di scorrettezze tra di loro e verso i piloti McLaren, la scuderia inglese che chiude la stagione al secondo posto nel mondiale costruttori: tra i due litiganti Ferrari-Red Bull, avrebbe meritato di più la McLaren. La squadra Red Bull però è da lodare, avendo la macchina migliore (ha solo 5 anni di vita...la Ferrari è centenaria...) ed essendo corretti e sportivi.
Caliamo il solito velo pietoso sui telecronisti della Rai, Ivan Capelli (forse interista) non sa proprio parlare in italiano, dislessico da far paura... che lavoro fa? il telecronista. Ah beh allora saper parlare non gli serve.....
è un po' come il suo nome: Capelli, e non ce li ha.
Mentre il soporifero Mazzoni (interista) ci delizia coi gossip e il tifo Ferrari "di tutta Italia"... ma sei proprio sicuro? Io conosco pochissimi italiani che tifano Ferrari. Come dire: tutta Italia tifa Valentino Rossi (interista)... non proprio. Basta guardare su Facebook le migliaia di persone italiane che lo odiano. Mentre a Milano il figlio (interista) del politico (interista) La Russa ha organizzato un ritrovo per tifare Ferrari. Sono bizzarri questi interisti nazionalisti... forse lo fanno per compensare la mancanza di italiani nella loro Inter.
E quelli che tifano per altri piloti italiani? E per altri stranieri? E per altre squadre? Pagano la Rai per telecronache di parte? (come sempre anche nel calcio).
Se tutti questi gufi portano così tanta fortuna alla Ferrari: lunga vita! grazie di averci fatto godere!

Ultime notizie: il leghista Calderoli ha chiesto le dimissioni di Montezemolo muahauahuahuahuahauhauha

Jessica Michibata and Milan fashion giants

MILAN - Some fashion again. Pics: this time not Liam Gallagher's gift to me :) but Prada Milano rossoneri :) (red&black) exclusive for our muse Jessica.

 

 JB and Liam's Jaguar skin ^_^ 

woman's brain (scarpe=shoes ^_^)

Jenson Button: fuck! he's got a gun!

INTERLAGOS - I met Jenson in Monza, but he had no driver, he was driving his Mercedes with Jessica by his side.

British Formula One ace Jenson Button last night told of his terrifying escape from bandits armed with a machine gun in Brazil.
Jenson, 30, said the moment he spotted the gang from his car he shouted: "Fuck, he has got a gun!"
The world champion escaped thanks to brave police driver Daniel Toni, 34, who smashed the bullet-proof Mercedes saloon through parked cars to flee.
The bandits struck in a slum district of Sao Paulo on Saturday night as Jenson was being driven back to his hotel after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
As well as the armed driver, his dad John, manager Richard Goddard and trainer Mike Collier were in the motor.
Jenson said: "We got to the traffic lights. Our driver always stops early. He doesn't pull up right behind the car in front.
"We saw a few guys gathering on the side of the road, maybe six or seven. They looked a bit suspect but we didn't think anything of it. Then Richard noticed one had a baton hanging down from his arm.
"Then I saw one guy was playing around with something in his trousers and it was a gun.
"The driver looked across. They saw him look and they started running towards the car.
"They were quite young, maybe in their 20s. Two had handguns and one a machine gun. It was massive."
Jenson added: "Our driver angled the car and floored it between cars where there didn't seem to be any space. He was a legend, absolutely brilliant."
John said: "He just bashed his way between the cars and kept going. He was almost going over the top of them.
"It wasn't until we got well away from the circuit that we told him to slow down and we all took a deep breath. The car was absolutely wrecked, though.
"It was like being in a movie. That police driver was a star."
Three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart said last night that Button - fifth in the race - could have been the kidnap target of gunmen linked to the drugs trade. Scotsman Sir Jackie, 71, said: "Security issues like this are a fact of life out here.
"Part of the danger is the risk of kidnap. Drug barons don't go out to kill people but kidnap them because they are linked to rich multi-national companies.
"In Jenson's case that means Vodafone and Mobil."
Jenson's McLaren team increased security for him and fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton, with a heavily armed police escort for the six-mile trip to and from the Interlagos circuit.
Hours before Jenson's escape, gunmen took briefcases off five Sauber team mechanics. And Virgin Racing's Brazilian driver Lucas di Grassi was robbed of a watch at gunpoint in his car.

England 2018

LONDON - Also Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton backs the bid: "This country's passion and knowledge for football is unrivalled anywhere else in the world. This country lives for the sport - whether that's in the biggest stadiums in the country, on a freezing, wet Wednesday night in the middle of winter, at home in front of the TV, or even in the playground: we live and breathe football. It would be a fantastic honour for us to host the 2018 World Cup. It would create a huge wave of sporting passion that everyone in this country would love to be a part of. That's why I'm supporting the bid for England 2018."

His team mate, world champion Jenson Button: "England would be a fantastic host for the 2018 World Cup and I'm really proud to back the bid. Having taken part in the Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium, I know that it would be a great venue for the World Cup Final. We have some of the greatest fans in the world and they would create an amazing atmosphere. I would love all my fans to show the England 2018 bid the same support that they have given me this season!"

win a racing day with Oasis fan Hamilton near Knebworth

MILTON KEYNES - Here's your chance to meet F1 ace Lewis Hamilton - and take him on at Go-Karting. 

As part of the Vodafone VIP exclusive Daytona track day, we're giving away the chance for TWO lucky Sun readers and TWO friends EACH to meet the Formula One Champion and get behind the wheel to take part in the Go-karting endurance race.
Lewis will be there to give everyone his go-karting tips and tricks while you compete to try to beat his time at the Daytona Circuit, Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Dons was Roberto Di Matteo team and ex Inter Milan Paul Ince).
You will also personally meet Lewis, have a "Sun Readers Team" photograph taken with Lewis and enjoy a real once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes star, who is still in with a chance to clinch his second Drivers' Championship title.
Race ace Lewis began his driving career in go-karting and now he's going back to his roots (and he was born in Stevenage - Knebworth, the biggest Oasis concert) and you could join him.
Lewis Hamilton added, "Vodafone enables its customers to have the best experiences, karting is where it all started for me and I love it! If you are one of the lucky winners you'll have a fantastic time, so please enter this competition. I will share some key tips with you to ensure your team has a good chance getting onto the top step of the podium!"
We've teamed up with Vodafone VIP to give two lucky Sun Readers and two mates each, the chance to take part in the money-can't-buy experience.
Firstly, you'll watch Lewis from the pits as he takes to the track to set a sizzling qualifying time.
Then it'll be up to you and your team to beat him, using your own race tactics to speed to the finish.
If you love motor racing, it's an experience you definitely won't want to miss.
For Roberto Mancini: the winners will be treated to a lunch and non-alcoholic drinks :)
To be in with a chance of winning, just answer one very difficult question:

WHICH TEAM DOES LEWIS HAMILTON DRIVE FOR?
If you win, let me be one of your friends :), 'cause I told you about this.

Jessica in Italy again

COMO & MILAN - Our muse Jessica Michibata.
When you're a tourist you might find people who try to cheat you, for example giving you simple mozzarella at the high price of mozzarella di bufala. If you don't know the difference, they can cheat you. They cheat tourists especially in Venice (terrible thieves), for example with the Japanese. Sometimes I joke with foreign people who visit me, I put salt on mozzarella and say: now it's bufala! ahaha

Como lake near Milan where Liam & Beady Eye always go (and also Button), it's the romantic place of the main Italian love story "I promessi sposi" (The betrothed) by Manzoni (with happy ending, unlike Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet), at theatre in Milan again in December (see here), while in June it was at San Siro stadium

do you feel hungry now? :) That was my purpose :)