Remember the truck racing they used to do?

That was pretty impressive IMO!

Touche!

On anotheer note, the numbers which drivers have requested and been allocated have been announced.

# Driver Team/Car
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari
19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes
20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
25 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault
26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault
27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari

Maybe with Formula E, they should take a note from the Blues Brothers to improve the noise?

Used to do?

Still do at Le Mans...

I think there's still a full race calendar for truck racing. I used to go and watch them at Donnington. Fantastic watching them try and get round that first corner straight off the grid and up through the esses.

It is being reported that John Button, Jenson's dad and a regular fixture at Grand Prix has been found dead of a suspected heart attack. No more lucky pink shirt.

Yeah, I read that today too. Martin Whitmarsh has written a lovely piece about him on the Mclaren website.

Thoughts to JB and family.

Sky Sports News are having a F1 themed day tomorrow.

Details here.

On a side note, Sky have released a Sky Go android Tablet App. So if you are a Sky customer you can watch most of their channels on the "go". Quite why it has taken them so long is beyond me.

I loaded that a couple of weeks ago, but it says it doesn't work if your android tablet is "rooted", whatever that is.

It means if you have buggered around with the android version. If the tablet still has the android version it was bought with or official updated version then it should work fine. I tried before Christmas and it was restricted to certain tablet types. This latest version does not have the same rerstriction.

No mine is untouched, it may be the tablet type then.

I'll try it again.

Another rumour courtesy of Joe Saward is that Lotus F1 (as opposed to Lotus Group) has been sniffing around the suspended de Tomaso company in Italy. It is thought this could be the beginning of a tie-up that could see both a road car project and the renaming of the racing team to de Tomaso F1...

Reloaded the app. Still the same.

Sky News ok, anything else, "Sky Go is not supported on Rooted android devices"

Thanks John.

For you BBC watchers, I hear that Gary Anderson has left / been pushed.

Really? That's a surprise to me. He's one of the few informed voices on the BBC coverage. Wonder who he pissed off...?

I'll be gutted is Gary Anderson isn't in the BBC lineup for 2014. I'll be inconsolable if Suzy Perry is kept on.

According to another seemingly inside piece, Anderson's departure is an indication that the BBC may relinquish its broadcasting rights and drop coverage at the end of this season, rather than 2018. Whoopee.

At which point, F1 becomes a closed book to Mr Barnacle.

+1

At least from a viewing perspective.

Also, it looks like Bernie will be tried for bribery in Germany, so he may be attending fewer events too...

In fact, corporate governance regulations might make it essential for Ecclestone to step aside, as some partners might be prevented from doing business with someone who has been indicted...

Could this be the end of the Ecclestone Era?

Ecclestone definitely to face trial.

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/now-it-begins/

It will be interesting to see how the money-obsessed goblin extracts himself from this one! It will be even more interesting to see who steps into the breach if he does go.

"Ecclestone steps down from F1 board" according to the BBC. Remains to be seen where that leaves Bernie, CVC and F1...

I also wonder if this means Bernie offer for the Nurburgring will continue as well

I don't fancy paying sky to watch F1 unless this season is reeeaaallly good.

I think it was you that mentioned lots of overheating - could be the BBQF1 season. A big hit to reliability could spice it all up nicely...

I still can't afford Sky though.

Its not just the race coverage you get alsorts of additional programs on sky f1 that make it worth every pennie.