FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 (Hockenheim)

A Ferrari 1-2 ......... finally!!

But even before the pork knuckles settle down in our tummies, already controversy had begun & it's no less than the silly team orders issue. As some of you probably know by now, Ferrari have been fined US$100k & have been referred to the WMSC for what unfortunately does appear to be team orders.

I've always maintained that this is a stupid rule. Through the years many teams have practice it, albeit subtly but for sure it has been practiced by many. Perhaps Ferrari just sucks at being subtle. Others does it better.

If any team principal says they won't support team orders, wait till they have one driver who only needs 5 points or so to win the drivers championship & are faced with a similar scenario. If they still choose not to do practice team orders, then will I truly believe that they support the idea of F1 being a purely driver sport & that the team does not have a play in this at all. If the FIA really wants to remove team orders, then they should limit just 1 driver to each team & this will certainly take the problem away.


I'm no more a fan of Alonso than I am a fan of Massa but there no secret that I'm a Ferrari fan. In the end, the result benefits the drivers, the team  & the fans. After all, Massa has been signed up for another 2 years with Ferrari, so his time will come when he's up to mark.

Anyway, it's a bit disappointing that such a long awaited win is soured by a controversy. So, until there an official announcement of any further penalties, the current results stands. An update will be made if indeed there are any other changes to the points.

The results as follwso ;

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 (Hockenheim)
Position	Driver		Points
1	Fernando Alonso	FA	25
2	Felipe Massa	FM	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	SV	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	LH	12
5	Jenson Button	JB	10
6	Mark Webber	MW	8
7	Robert Kubica	RK	6
8	Nico Rosberg	NR	4
9	Michael Schumacher	MS	2
10	Vitaly Petrov	VP	1
11	Kamui Kobayashi	KK	0
12	Rubens Barrichello	RB	0
13	Nico Hulkenberg	NH	0
14	Pedro de la Rosa	PR	0
15	Jaime Alguersuari	JA	0
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	VL	0
17	Adrian Sutil	AS	0
18	Timo Glock	TG	0
19	Bruno Senna	BS	0
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	HK	0
Ret	Lucas di Grassi	LG	0
Ret	Sakon Yamamoto	SY	0
Ret	Jarno Trulli	JT	0
Ret	Sebastien Buemi	SB	0

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 (Hockenheim)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	SV	15	FA	25	JB	10	50	435	485	1
NF	SV	15	FA	25	MW	8	48	415	463	2
VF	SV	15	FA	25	FM	18	58	404	462	3
R&SW	SV	15	FA	25	FM	18	58	374	432	4
TC	SV	15	FA	25	LH	12	52	380	432	5
CCK	FM	18	FA	25	JB	10	53	366	419	6

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 (Hockenheim) - The Lebensmittel!

The Lebensmittel ....!!

The Star of the Night .... Pork Knuckles!!

 Mash Potatoes to go with it...

Beef rolls.... yummy!

Salad...

 Not exactly sure what this is, but it's some pork stuff?

 The whole spread

 More potatoes...!!

 For dessert ... Mango cake!

 More dessert .. my contribution .. Pear in Wine with Ice Cream

 Any view of the Pear in Wine ... Sinful!

Another excellent effort on German Cuisine!

2010 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone)

This is becoming to be a very bad habit of Red Bull, winning at the time!!! I suppose, if it's any consolation, at least it's not always the same person. Despite Mr.Webber's protestation of not unfair treatment by the team for giving SV the new wing, I guess it was poetic justice that he won & SV got bottled up behind. The big surprise (or maybe not so) is JB making his way from 14th right up to 4th. The 'almost becoming a bad-habit' is once again Ferrari. Despite doing well in qualifying, they ended up 'pointless' (pun intended!). The team once again messed up FA for telling him it was ok to continue when overtaking RK although I maintain that it actually right advice as he was already ahead & RK did not give space to him. When it was shown who was the ex-F1 driver as adviser to the FIA stewards, I can't help but cry conspiracy! (It was Nigel Mansell, ironcially also an ex-Ferrari man). But that didn't absolve blame on the team for messing up Massa's pit-stop. Despite this, as a side note, the Spaniards did have success, being crowned as the 2010 World Cup Champions!! Although I may have predicted it correctly, I'm sure many will agree that they deserved to be winners. The Dutch while played very well during the build-up to the Finals, for some reason decided to take on a ruthless attitude towards the game which was unfortunate. This was the view of many writers across the net & many even went as far as to say they should have gotten more red-cards. The infamous kung fu kick of Nigel De Jong on Xabi Alonso was a case in point. Nevertheless, it's another 4 years wait for a month of sleepless nights. Until then, & until the next race in 2 weeks time, results as follows : 2010 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) Position Driver   Points 1 Mark Webber  MW 25 2 Lewis Hamilton  LH 18 3 Nico Rosberg  NR 15 4 Jenson Button  JB 12 5 Rubens Barrichello  RB 10 6 Kamui Kobayashi  KK 8 7 Sebastian Vettel  SV 6 8 Adrian Sutil  AS 4 9 Michael Schumacher  MS 2 10 Nico Hulkenberg  NH 1 11 Vitantonio Liuzzi  VL 0 12 Sebastien Buemi  SB 0 13 Vitaly Petrov  VP 0 14 Fernando Alonso  FA 0 15 Felipe Massa  FM 0 16 Jarno Trulli  JT 0 17 Heikki Kovalainen  HK 0 18 Timo Glock  TG 0 19 Karun Chandhok  KC 0 20 Sakon Yamamoto  #N/A 0 Ret  Jaime Alguersuari  JA 0 Ret  Pedro de la Rosa  PR 0 Ret  Robert Kubica  RK 0 Ret  Lucas di Grassi  LG 0
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	SV	6	MW	25	FA	0	31	404	435	1
NF	SV	6	MW	25	FA	0	31	384	415	2
VF	SV	6	MW	25	FA	0	31	373	404	3
TC	SV	6	LH	18	FA	0	24	356	380	4
R&SW	SV	6	LH	18	FA	0	24	350	374	5
CCK	SV	6	RK	0	FA	0	6	360	366	6

2010 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) - The Grub

British food can be simple & bland, but nevertheless it was quite delicious & fun ... especially for the kids!!

The main course was of course the good ol' Fish & Chips.

Courtesy of Audrey who made an effort to make her own batter.

Together with the chips ...

Then.... there's also the good Bangers & mash..! (Courtesy of Mr.Chew)

Peas at the side....

And then my KFC challenger coleslaw!

The whole spread...

For desert, Bread Pudding... courtesy of Pat!

and it goes with cream.....

and of course it can go with ice cream as well!

Last but not least, almond pudding courtesy of Damien & Angie.

There you go.... as Bri-ish as it can get....!

Cheerio!