F1 drivers veer out of UAE human rights lane
As the New Yorker’s Kelefa Sanneh wrote, “reality shows have a tendency to blur together into a single orgy of joy and disappointment and recrimination”.
John Connolly
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The corner that gives you the good oil on Monaco
Perfectly positioned between pit lane and the paddock, here you get the inside oil because every F1 driver and the rest of their teams must walk past.
Speed cameras in focus for Magic Pudding fans
Politicians gouge us for tolls, rego, petrol, parking fines, speeding fines, loan repayments, licences and insurance, while the prices of parts and cars keep skyrocketing.
Long odds on anyone but the top two racers
In tomorrow’s F1 reality show in Spain, Sportsbet tells us Max and Chuck will share the podium. In Saturday’s federal election, all the Australian bookies tell us it’s no 2005 Recaredo Reserva Particular ($230) for ScoMo but a shoey full for Albo.
Lou’s jewellery and Seb’s undies the Miami stars
The big questions for the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend are: will Hamo have to take all the piercings off? And will Seb wear his own choice of boxers?
Not taking the mickey: Michael McMichael is real
It has come as a shock to some to learn that Michael McMichael, the Michelangelo of all the BMW service shops in Stepney, is a real person and not fake news.
Rally around tougher rules for Targa
No race can be completely safe, nor should it be. But competitors will cop more red tape and slower times to enjoy one of the world’s great sports.
Definitive! We reveal The Five Best Cars To Buy Now
The object is to acclaim the five best cars that meet our panel’s very old-fashioned criteria. We judge on five points.
F1 gets drivers’ knickers in a knot
‘If you want to check my ass, feel free, I have nothing to hide,’ says Pete Gasly, 26, lately of the AlphaTauri F1 team.
Paving the way to success in St Kilda By The Sea GP
There’s one way to get your suburban road fixed and that’s to ask your government to host a race on it.
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