Webber: surprisingly shit at celebrating.
As a general rule I’m not a huge fan of the Daily Mail; the tabloid that thinks it isn’t one. But they do have fairly exclusive pics of Manchester United’s midfielder Anderson’s destroyed R8. He was apparently pulled from the wreckage moments before it exploded. Reports say he and two friends were travelling home from a nightclub (trust us, getting three people into an R8 is difficult to say the least) when his friend launched the car into a field. Even though he was pulled unconscious from the car, everyone’s okay.
Schumacher has apologised for his astonishingly dangerous block on Barichello at this past weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Barely 4 laps from the end of the race, a decent duel between the former teammates almost ended in a funeral when Schumacher squeezed Barichello off the main straight and up against the concrete pit wall (frightening pic included). Barichello immediately screamed “black flag!” over team radio. Schumacher has been penalised 10 grid places for the next Grand Prix in Belgium. Our favourite commentator Martin Brundle offered his comments as well: “If they had collided it would have been an aeroplane accident.” Too right, Sir.
Adding to a line up which quantum-physicists are battling to keep track of, Audi launched the A7 late last week, on the internet of all places. Fancy that. The A7 is like a big A5, which is a four door version of the A5 Coupe, which is like a two door version of the A4, which doesn’t have a two door in the line up. Goodness.
The Autobahn is a place where, on certain lengthy stretches, you can drive as fast as you damn well please. It’s like a small piece of Nirvana in a world obsessed with curbing motoring joy. But it’s not without it’s perils, as the owner of a smurf-blue Mclaren F1 found out recently. Swerving to avoid some plonker, the multi-million dollar rarity smashed into two cars. It looks like a bit of a front fender smash, but it’s probably about $130 000 worth of damage.
Finnish rally legend Juha Kankkunen finished an impressive eighth on a one-off outing for Ford at this past weekend’s Rally Finland, while former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen was down in 25th after a crash. And Jari-Matti Latvala won in a Ford.
Ciro De Siena
