Vroom, vroom!
Adam and I had a jolly spiffing time today watching the British A1 GP today. It was so much better than the British F1 GP in so many ways. More interesting racing, much cheaper and even better, Brands Hatch is only half an hour's drive away!
The A1 event consisted of two races. The first was a short sprint race (rolling start, no compulsory pit stop) which wasn't terribly interesting as the drivers seemed to be taking things a bit too cautiously - there wasn't much overtaking and not many trips off the track. The British car came fifth.
The second race was tons better, it was longer, with a standing start and a compulsory pit stop. Plenty of overtaking and visits to the gravel traps, including one car that flipped over right in front of us after a 'coming together' with another car. Both drivers were fine, though. The British car was third for a good part of the race, behind the Brazilian and Australian cars until all three came in for their pit stops under the safety car. Cheers all round when the British car came out of the pits first! Until a minute later, when the British car broke down at the end of the very same lap. A small trickle of people got up an left at that point, miserable sods. Still, the British driver was unlikely to have kept the lead as the Brazilian left the rest of the field miles behind. Maybe him being the son of Nelson Piquet had something to do with it.
It's a shame the races are only being televised on Sky Sports. We are sort of tempted to upgrade so we can see it but Sky have a reputation for changing the channel they show a particular sport on, to try and force people to sign up for all the sports channels. Still, we found out at Sky's stand at Brands Hatch that it's now possible to only take a third of the 'entertainment' channels and save some money - they kept that one quiet, unsurprisingly.
I hope the A1 series takes off - we'll be back again next year if it does. Even if it did take half an hour to get out of the car park.
The A1 event consisted of two races. The first was a short sprint race (rolling start, no compulsory pit stop) which wasn't terribly interesting as the drivers seemed to be taking things a bit too cautiously - there wasn't much overtaking and not many trips off the track. The British car came fifth.
The second race was tons better, it was longer, with a standing start and a compulsory pit stop. Plenty of overtaking and visits to the gravel traps, including one car that flipped over right in front of us after a 'coming together' with another car. Both drivers were fine, though. The British car was third for a good part of the race, behind the Brazilian and Australian cars until all three came in for their pit stops under the safety car. Cheers all round when the British car came out of the pits first! Until a minute later, when the British car broke down at the end of the very same lap. A small trickle of people got up an left at that point, miserable sods. Still, the British driver was unlikely to have kept the lead as the Brazilian left the rest of the field miles behind. Maybe him being the son of Nelson Piquet had something to do with it.
It's a shame the races are only being televised on Sky Sports. We are sort of tempted to upgrade so we can see it but Sky have a reputation for changing the channel they show a particular sport on, to try and force people to sign up for all the sports channels. Still, we found out at Sky's stand at Brands Hatch that it's now possible to only take a third of the 'entertainment' channels and save some money - they kept that one quiet, unsurprisingly.
I hope the A1 series takes off - we'll be back again next year if it does. Even if it did take half an hour to get out of the car park.
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