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I am getting slightly worried. I've caught myself agreeing with the boss of Ferrari twice in one week. First there was the comment about [url=http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_4663201,00.html]the financial balances within the sport being wrong[/url] and now he's called for [url=http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_4705924,00.html]track selection to be based on overtaking[/url] rather than whether it resembles Monte Carlo (which appears to be the latest revenue-generating fad).… Continue

There doesn't appear to be much to write about in the F1 world, so I'm going to devote this entry to a NaNoWriMo update.

This morning, I woke up thinking that I was going to need a massive typing marathon in order to finish the 50,000-word challenge. This is because my computer had only got 32463 words on it at the time.

However, I had a secret weapon. My PDA held another copy of the story, which hadn't communicated with the desktop computer (except to be charged) since Thursday morning. Since… Continue

I'm delighted to say that I have completed the September MiniPoMo
challenge themed "HA!". This is the full list of entries I wrote for
the month:





On the theme of "HA!"





Unintended Humour - September 1, 8:52pm


No-Stop Strategy, One-St… Continue

Following on from McLaren's example, Ferrari might well come up with the above space taxi service.

Max Mosley, president of the FIA, has a peculiar talent for putting his foot in his mouth. I was forcefully reminded of this in a pair of comments he made this morning. He wants standard engines (as well as standard gearboxes and suspensions) - but refuses to consider a standard KERS device. So far, so standard Mosley (in terms of strange thinking, though the standardisation he desires is more extreme t… Continue