Red Bull turn on Webber?

Justin: A nod to my fellow blogger on the birthday card thing. I had the exact same card for a few years in a row from my parents. Happens to all those who are brought up on F1 it seems.

There is so much to cover with this blog. I only watched the highlights and I could barely contain myself watching them. This season is rapidly becoming the classic we all hoped it would be. I offered a Murray Walker "HHHEEEEEEEYYYYYYY" when Vettel swerved into Webber. My co- blogger will no doubt correct me (but I dont think I need correcting on this one), but we haven't had a case of such high profile, top team, going for the title team-mates taking each other off in such a style since the late 80's.....what were those guys names again?? :-).

Let me get this straight - I agree with my co-blogger and the whole planet (bar two people...Horner and Vettel) that it was blatantly Vettel's fault. He was inside Webber, but not ahead at all, and blatantly, clearly and visibly turned to his right....he knew Webber was there. All Webber was doing was holding his central line as he was quite rightly entitled to do.

Vettel is a prick, end of. I saw two different interviews with him, one during the race and one after it ended. In one he blatantly blamed Webber and in the other he muttered something about respecting the team, not putting the blame to one guy etc etc. WTF? Is this his way of saying he did it?? Horner was exactly the same after the race. I watched the interview and listened intently....he seemed to be placing more of the blame at Webbers door for not leaving Vettel enough room!

Eddie Jordan rarely ever talks any sense...ever. But....he made a valid point commenting after having seen the last Horner interview. He said something very, very strange is happening at Red Bull and that he thinks Horner seems to be blaming Webber. Mark Webber had better watch his back at Red Bull from now on, as EJ, and I (thats right, I agree with EJ!) think the team supports Vettel over Webber.

Time will tell on that one. Still, Vettel being a cock sort of helped Fernando in that he isnt as far back in the standings as he should be. Bloody awful weekend for Ferrari, they need to get a quicker car...quickly!

Watching Button take Lewis and vice versa was lots of fun and gave me another Murray Moment of yelling. Also, I found myself cheering Lewis as he took Vettel too...a rare moment for me I must say!

So, its Webber on 93, Button on 88, Lewis on 84, Fernando on 79 and Vettel on 78. Out of them, the champion will emerge.

Another eyecatching headline

Phil: Spotted this one on Yahoo! F1 and knew instantly it had to be shared: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30052010/23/senna-splits-virgins.html

Vettel cocked up big style

Phil: I think that's a fair summary of the afternoon's racing.

A few years ago there was a running joke in my family (at least I think it was a joke) where every birthday my Mum would send me the birthday card with Mauricio Gugelmin airborne at Monaco after a first corner shunt, and the incredibly funny thought bubble, 'Mirror, signal, manoeuvre...oh bugger!', pretending that she'd forgotten she's given me the same card the year before. A roundabout anecdote, I know, and not a terribly interesting one, but Vettel probably had one of those moments. He's rumoured to talk to himself inside his helmet, so the conversation probably went something like this: 'pass Mark up the inside, turn in nice and early for the corner, hold on, wasn't I overtaking someone? Oh cock.....' Maybe that explains the international slightly loopy hand gesture he was doing as he walked off across the gravel trap. The alternative is that he deliberately sabotaged his teammate's race, which is really too sinister to contemplate. Either way, Lewis and Jenson gave us an object lesson in how world class drivers overtake their teammates, and Vettel showed us how things are done in....Formula 3, or something.

What happened to the Ferraris this weekend? I was expecting Alonso to come scything through the field after his disappointing twelfth place on the grid, but he didn't. In fact, he only managed eighth, and even that after Vettel disgraced himself and Alonso managed to shunt Petrov off while passing him.

Skiver of the day normally goes to someone who's showered and changed before the chequered flag falls, and today is no exception (see above).

Turkey Quali

Justin: Well, I know as a professional blogger I am supposed to show little or no bias...but I was devastated when Alonso went out and didnt make the final qualifying round. I barely watched the top ten shootout. The Ferarri clearly isnt as quick this weekend as Massa was barely 8th. What usually happens is though that Massa is around 6th or so and Alonso is top 3 or 4 (when he isnt pranging the barrier of course). This time it was a case of driver error....but the two red cars didnt look too pacey anyway to be honest. In his interview Alonso said he was pushing to the limit, hence his error. Eddie Jordan spoke some sense finally when he said "the key is Alonso was pushing the car over its limit and the car just isnt good enough to compete".

Anyway, onto other matters. Schumi out does Nico yet again. Damn that man and his ability to get a team working for him alone! Lewis and Jenson did well to be up there with Red Bull.

The fantastically telling thing for me was in the top 3 press conference. Webber was reminded of some sort of issue Red Bull had with orders for leaving the pits (or something like that)...maybe it was pit stop order in final quali....anyway he looked vaguely awkward and answered the question saying "yeah, dunno what happened there, as this weekend it was my turn to go second".....thus Vettel would have had some small advantage given to him by pitting first.

Here is the key....those of you who were watching closely should have seen Vettel look rather disgusted and roll his eyes up to the sky at this point. Could be a few shennanigans in the Red Bull team me thinks soon enough. Vettel, whatever his problems with chasis, brakes..whatever...he just isnt happy in the car or out of it at the moment, as lets be honest...Webber is trashing him good and proper. 3 poles in a row and it could be 3 wins in a row tomorrow. Fair Dinkum Sport! :-)

PS - Martin Brundle described Alonso as a miserable little so and so in interviews...ouchie! I guess we will see what he means tomorrow. I am looking forward to Webber meeting EJ at his Bucks home.

Turkey P1 and P2

Justin: My co-blogger was correct with the answer to the question I posed. Carlos it was! I have perhaps somewhat shocking news in that my blog on Sunday evening will be based on the highlights show and not the actual race this time around, as I am out on Sunday. Still, its the first live race I have missed and I've kept the blog going rather well during times of my co-blogger being forced into silence by way of having no TV etc etc.

P1 and P2 quick rundown! Button, Webber, Lewis, Nico, Fernando all looking rather quick me thinks! Just half a second between first and fifth!

Official team photo

Phil: My co-blogger's post from last week gave me a startling realisation today: other people read this blog. Put it another way: we have been receiving fan mail. So, here's something for our burgeoning fan base: my co-blogger and myself at the recent I Was Having a Blog Live at Monaco shenanigans. He's on the left.

The answer is Carlos Reutemann, although I guessed Niki Lauda, as you may have noticed had you read an earlier version of this post (which I edited as it looked as if I thought Niki Lauda was in the photo).

F1 Quiz!

Justin: To fill the gap between races as usual, lets have some filler chat. Hamilton got charged - big deal. Quiz time! From the well known Grand Prix Trivia quiz master box owned by me....

Question: Whose first win came in a Brabham at the 1974 South African GP?