First, glad to hear about 2013 and the return of real sounding racing engines, as opposed to 'sewing machine' sounds all these years. Like listening to mp3's on earbuds vs. vinyl through a tube amp and big speakers. No comparison. Second, as in my earlier post re: Lotus Colors, the likelihood of a happy ending has gone and past. Seems like Lotus Renault have moved on and Tony F's team will have to get over it and re-brand. Sad, yes, but true. F1 is a harsh place. All this back and forth in the press makes the sport look bad. Will stay 'tuned' for what the new squad will be called. The good news is they've backtracked on the black and gold. Bad news for Renault is they've launched it and the anti-smoking brigade will probably have a say about that, much like they've maligned Ferrari and Marlboro. 2011 already seems to be shaping up nicely.

The PR folks at the team still known as Lotus Racing have announced a fan-led drive to design their new Black and Gold colors for next season. Meanwhile, Lotus Group, owners of the Lotus name have bought into Renault. An interesting development late in the game and seemingly designed to throw a spanner in the works involving not only the two warring parties yet now dragging the fans into it. My sixties mindset says boycott the contest and let these two work it out themselves and/or with the FiA.

Below is a link to more information regarding the issue at hand between the Lotus'. Through my glasses it seems to be a case of paradoxes, without a happy ending.

www.thelotusforums.com/latest-news/lotus...

Or, perhaps, now, Brawn. Either way, whether the testing times are for real or not, the new car looks very advanced, and Honda may have pulled the biggest blunder since Black Francis broke up the Pixies and became Frank Black. Next stop, Melbourne...first though, a little music video interlude...

Sure, it is not something we want to see but they happen, and we watch and here is a list of some of the best. Speaking of, way to go Montreal for crashing out on getting the race back. For the same reason you lost it in the first place, you weren't able to get it back. Time for a new venue, Vancouver is nice wouldn't that be something, just not Toronto, blech.

http://motoring.iafrica.com/features/1331360.htm

Frankly, who can blame them, with that crumbling track, trailer park facilities, opportunistic sly quebecois, a national post newspaper that antagonizes the middle-class, and a corporate culture in canada more interested in feeding endless inferiority complex pablum to the dog-sled racing, hockey loving, melon ranching populace.  Sad, as a fan, yet the writing has been, in my post, and the wall (of champions) for quite some time.  Without a US round to make it worthwhile, its not worthwhile to traipse all the way over for a market of only 30 million people.  More people live in paris, and, guaranteed, most of them aren't of the antagonistic dog-sled racing, hockey loving, melon ranching variety. Bring on korea.  The Canadian GP is looking like a footnote.

http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=formula1/08/10/07/manual_143056.html

National Post gets it all wrong again about F1, this time with home-boy Jacques, and telling their readers JV won the 77 championship, raced for 11 years and won 11 races.  Almost all correct, but that would had him winning Lauda's championship and retiring with Senna and Prost.  read more and comment at

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/toronto/story.html?id=662061

What would you do if you could be 'Bernie' for a day? This intrepid blogger writes his 2nd part in the best contest all year, this F1 season.  Just imagine....., the possibilities, the jets, the money...................................

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/33462-f1-if-i-were-bernie-ecclestone-for-a-day-part-ii

Including two-storey models...Decent!! Plus, shaved down kerbs and one big place for all the journo's to be herded up and .....

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/cnw/article.jsp?content=20080531_130503_2_cnw_cnw

It looks great, too, based on the 2004 double winner.  Makes me wanna race A1GP.  Villeneuve won a sportscar race last weekend too.  First time since 1997, good for him.  See more about A1GP at

http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/8621/900/

for sex spy source. German mag says it may be in the paddock. At least he won't have far to search, not too many suspects in there.  Hmmmm, now here's a fantasy poll worth betting..

http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/8518/900/