The three [main] motorsports I follow have each now had their inaugural races.

F1′s delayed started to the 2011 season campaign started off in Australia with Bahrain now likely to be removed from the calendar altogether. Nothing much to report as far as the racing goes – usual suspects in the the usual cars with the usual finishing positions. The commentary team did a good job in what was a significant improvement on last year with Coultard replacing Legard. The magic ‘overtake’ button was a complete and utter waste of time. KERS proved equally as dull. Tyres, well they were black and round and lasted pretty much as long as predicted. In summary the changes didn’t change anything much at all. For the 1st time in many many years I decided to not watch it live and honestly I’m glad I didn’t.

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Tags: BSB, F1, MotoGP, Sport, WSB

I’ve updated the calendar feed with data from the MotoGP website for the 2011 season. You should not need to resubscribe if you had done so last year. If you’re new to it, you need an iCalendar compliant application (I use Outlook from Microsoft Office for example) to register the calendar feed. Once added, any changes/corrections will automatically be synchronised to your local calendar.

The feed is here

All races uses local time with a timezone adjustment. Whilst  all entries should be accurate to the data available, please drop me a line if you spot any mistakes.

Also, don’t forget that track action restarts on Tuesday 1st Feb with a 3 day test at the Sepang circuit. Let’s hope 2011 is a good season!

Tags: iCal, MotoGP, Sport

The UK is white once again, a near certain white Christmas it would seem

It has shown up how bad a rear wheel drive car can be. All my previous cars have been front wheel drive and whilst somewhat difficult at times it doesn’t compare with the ease at which the back end now steps out!  Will just have to get used to it I suppose  or take up

MotoGP was for the most part predicatble. Lorenzo took advantage of the others misfortune and made the title his. Pre [2011] season testing got underway with many of the expected faces at the top of the file. Rossi perhaps wasn’t expecting to be at the top of the pile but a lowly 15th could be a sign of the huge amount of work to do!

F1 – well, it came down to 1 race and 4 contenders… unfortunately the spectacle was all F1 – in that there rarely is one. Webber, my preferred champion, didn’t qualify well but any chance of the title was removed once he and Alonso had to follow a slow[er] Petrvo. A dull race that promised lots but delivered little.

The final WRC round added to Loeb’s tally. Rallying coverage in the UK really needs attention but I doubt that’ll happen.

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