Motors and Me

Is it just me, or is the new Lamborghini Gallardo the most perfect looking car ever? What a stunna!

Some bugger beat my February arrive-n-drive lap time. By 0.07secs. Arse! :(

Jacques Villeneuve qualifies in third place for the Australian Grand Prix. As Murray himself might say, “Faaaaaanntastic!” A strong BAR outfit complete with the cocky confidence of a back-on-form Villeneuve is possibly the best thing that could happen to F1 this year. Forget most of the technical changes, Jacques’s the man to deliver excitement on and off the track. Bring it on!

So then, my first spot of karting since July 2002. Long overdue. Taking a couple of laps to get familiar with various circuit changes and, indeed, the whole experience of being back in a kart, I noticed I was failing to pull away from Lindsay. Belated Christmas present or no, my competitive instinct kicked in. There was no way I was going let that continue. ;) With overalls flapping like a WW1 fighter pilot’s scarf, I set about February’s arrive-n-drive lap record in my usual ragged manner. In fact, I really need to remember to tuck the overalls into my socks next time I go to Gateshead. A couple of times, when coming into the first hairpin, the overalls caught on a bolt somewhere near the brake pedal. Cue a reduced ability to slow the kart down and a few very sideways moments as I threw it around the corner. I’d like to claim that this was the reason for my spin half way through the session, but... well... that was just me asking too much of the kart. :) As th...