Category: Formula 1

Vote for Rachel’s double life of Formula 1

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Rachel Clarke (who I’ve attempted to blow up a few times at various Over the Air events) is in the final round of James Allen’s competition to send a Fan Ambassador to Abu-Dhabi after the Grand Prix. This final round saw the four remaining contestants put together a one minute video. It’s comments for votes, so head over to James Allen on F1, watch the other videos (if you must), and cast your vote!

"There is nothing like it, because there is nothing like Formula 1"

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Rachel Clarke has finally gotten around to publishing her Women and F1 survey result. A few weeks ago, whilst watching the Canadian GP along with a bunch of other BadgerGP fans, I decided to write a post about why women are into Formula 1. A couple of comments were made at the predominantly male gathering that made me want to question further how and why women follow this sport that is seen as a male area; comments included both protestations about women liking F1 too and that there were more women interested in the sport. Anyway, the following day, I

Pavlovian Formula 1 and Hollywood Monsters

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9am on a Sunday and the bass-line of The Chain wakes every F1 fan up and drags them into the spare room to watch the Malaysian Grand Prix (thanks to Scooby Doo commandeering the main TV in the house), and had a wonderful thought. The cgi-based graphics running during the BBC theme are far in advanced of those in the Hollywood delight (ahem) of Sylvester Stallone’s Driven.

The Stig Plays The Chain

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Doesn’t matter about the rest of the coverage, it could come from a shed in Brisbane with a batty old commentator and a marijuana fuelled ex-driver refusing to pick up the microphone; the British F1 fans will be resting easy after the first 65 seconds of the BBC coverage…

Hearts Are Not Breaking All Over The UK, It’s The Chain

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As I just tweeted… @MikeChannell YES the BBC really did need to confirm they were using The Chain! Otherwise I Would Have Predicted a Riot While I might (might) have accepted after a few years the BBC using The Foo Fighters All My Life for any coverage of the return of Formula 1 to the Council Tax Telly Station, the news that they will be using Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain as the theme tune means they can cock everything else up… I’ll be happy.