Not bad for a number two driver

Phil: This blogger is a little embarassed about the team's performance at this week's 'rehearsals' for today's British grand prix.

Having been overruled on the team name (we eventually went for Stig's Substitutes), I was unfortunately overruled on the pit strategy as well, and we went for a unique seven-stop strategy that more or less guaranteed that we spent half the race in the pit lane. (The thinking was we had four drivers and needed to do two stints each, because one stint of 20-25 minutes would be 'too tiring'. Bear in mind this was billed as a 'Le Mans style' endurance race, albeit lasting only an hour and a half). We eventually finished 6th out of 8, two laps behind our rivals from another of the firm's offices, who of course did the minimum three pit stops.

Anyway, another man who right now probably thinks he's the only one in his team singing from the same hymn sheet will start the British grand prix from pole in under an hour. His name's Mark Webber.

Williams Renault are back in business

Phil: Renault having announced they will supply engines to Williams, in addition to the 'works' Renault team, Red Bull and Lotus.

And it's karting tonight. My team and I (sadly not known as 'Rhymes with James Hunt') are meeting for a pre-race discussion of tactics beforehand. I take my co-blogger's comments on the relative merits of Alonso and Coulthard on the chin, although I'd remind him that DC won 13 races and was runner-up to Schumacher in the 2001 title race. I fear I may be before of an Andrea de Crasheris.

We'll know soon enough.