Saw this advert today during the Formula On GP which cracked me up, as championship leaders - and teammates - Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso take their rivalry off the racetrack. Much has been said about possible friction in the team so it’s nice to see this light hearted advert starring the two drivers, and a great little cameo from Mika Hakkinen at the end.
The javelin has always seemed like a scary event to me, and the horrific accident in Rome at he weekend where French long jumper Salim Sdiri was speared as he waited at the trackside has done nothing to change my mind. Luckily, he was not too badly injuredit obviously could have been a lot worse.
Ouch.
It was a Super Sunday for sports lovers with three huge events taking place in the UK.
The Tour De France (ITV4) started off in London this year and made its way down through South East London and North Kent to the cheers of packed streets. As far as I know, all the riders made it to the end and none were happy slapped or had their bikes stolen in the towns of North Kent where ASBOs are replacing GCSEs as the most common attainment that kids leave school with.
Also on ITV was the British Formula One where Lewis Hamilton came third, continuing his run of a podium finish in every race so far.
Over on BBC One was the climax the Wimbledon fortnight with Roger Federer beating Nadal in a five set thriller. In previous years, Federer has worn a white blazer but now he has added full length white trousers to his elegant post match constume. What’s all that about then?
Polish F1 racer Robert Kubica was in some sick crash yesterday in the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday. Someone’s put it up on YouTube, so check it out. Luckily he appears to have survived unscathed, which is incredible.
The other news from the race was that Lewis Hamilton won his maiden vistory. I read after the race that Fernando Alonso said he had very bad luck with the safety cars, whilst Hamilton had good luck. That slightly glosses over the fact that Fernando had screwed up the first corner and Hamilton had built a healthy lead before the safety cars even came out. F1 is definitely interesting again for the UK fan.