Belgian F1 GP

GrandPrix.com > Belgian GP > Race Report Ok, I've seen the Belgian GP and it seems i'm in a minority of 1 thinking that the race was just about as dull as most of the others this year. Maybe I'm just done with F1 and need to find something rewarding to do with my time. Let's look at the facts of this race....

1. For at least the second time this year several peoples races were ruined by tyre failures. These could be attributed to 3 things.

a) A flat refusal to never issue a Red flag. Like I've said before I think it will take someone's death now for that to happen and even then i wonder....
b) A poor clearing up job by the marshalls (but then again who can blame them there's a hulking great "safety" (hahahahahaaaa) "car" circulating.
c) Poor Michelin tyres.

I'll take a combination of a) and b) but who cares really.....

2. 3 safety car periods and more particularly re-starts all of which turned into a silly farce by the tactics of Mr Raikkonen. Yes, it's been done by others before but it's still a joke. The thing that gets me is that on every restart the cars were going through the Bus Stop chicane full tilt - even though there were waived yellows. Discuss.....

3. There were two types of overtaking moves - the ludicrously brave and skilled (Montoya over Michael at the Bus Stop) and the laughably amateur (Monty again sadly assaulting Trulli).

Personally, I didnt find it entertaining there was little genuine dicing for position and almost all of the action was generated through errors and poor officiating. Sorry, but if that's the best F1 has to offer these days then I'm sticking to US racing.

Liverpool's Spanish armada

dailyrecord - FOOTBALL: RAFAEL: WATCH MY REDS REVIVAL START FOR REAL Speaking as a Liverpool fan myself I can honestly say something is not right about the club right now. Until Mr Benitez came in we at least looked like a proud English club. Now I can't help but get the impression we'd rather just be another bunch of faceless Europeans like the likes of Chelsea and Bolton.
I don't wish any ill will on Liverpool but at the end of the season if it all looks like a bit of a flop i have to say I will have at least a small smile on my face.

What's been going on??

Hmmm...not much to report really. Football finally underway but to a pretty muted start to say the least. F1 GP has continued to bore us every other Sunday. Very depressing future for the sport if it keeps heading that way. World Cup Speedway looked pretty good but the final was rather overshadowed by some pretty dubious riding in the final heat.

Indy Racing League has had a couple of ok races, but the kind of races where even that looked a bit processional apart from the last 10 laps. Hmmm....oh well. More IRL this weekend so maybe business will pick up.

Oh yes...the Olympics. Cant decide yet whether it's been a failure so far for "Team GB" (who started calling them that) and for that matter whether I care anyway.

Highlight for me so far has to be the men's synchronised diving or more particularly the judging in it. The one where the American bloke hit his head on the board on the way down and still managed to get "Execution" marks of 7.5 and 8 out of 10 from two of the judges. Right guys!!! Somehow they also got pretty good marks for "Synchronisation" yet the other diver didnt bother to hit his head on the board - lazy so and so. If anyone has any sensible suggestion as to what the heck went on there please let me know.

Athletics gets underway soon so expect lots of American bleating for the next week. What joy!!!

Millar banned for two years

BBC SPORT | Cycling The very sad story of David Millar, but hopefully a lesson to anyone else wanting to do something so stupid as getting involved with drugs in sport.

Ralf cancels Hungary return

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One A great shame to not see him back so soon but obviously the right decision. More of a shame for Frank Williams since it looks like he will have to put up with Antonio Pizzonia again.

Guy Smith's Champ Cars deal

Ok - it's been a while since my last update, but maybe the footy close season hasnt been that interesting. And maybe F1 has been the dull procession it's been all year. Maybe there's been no speedway to chat about and I havent found the enthusiasm to talk Moto GP up - even though to be fair it's the closest season for a while. Oh well....here's something new
BBC SPORT | Motorsport Yes, Guy Smith has found a Champ Car deal. Personally, I can't wait to see how he measures up against the likes of Seb Bourdais and Justin Wilson. Will be an extra interesting race this Sunday.