Obi-Jiff Kenobi

And from 2026, Red Bull Ford will use engines developed by RB and based on technology originally created by Honda. It’s the modern way - sic (Ford) Transit gloria mundi.

I hope it’s when, not if; if only to further pee off Christian Horner as he doesn’t like the idea of giving up a small proportion of prize money to an eleventh team.

I usually support Ford in all forms of motorsport, but I just cannot bring myself to support Red Bull, although I may reconsider should they sign a driver such as Lando Norris, as has been rumoured.

Perhaps he’ll now be employed by a channel I can actually watch.

My other half, when on a trip to France, once meant to reply to a Frenchman’s question by saying that she didn’t speak French. What she said was “Non, je n’aime pas les Francais.”

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! (Reductio ad Python)

Me too, but I felt disappointed.

While I don’t remember which race or driver, I do recall Charlie saying, as a car slid through a bend, “He’s got about as much grip as a dog on lino.”

Best not start on policemen, they tend to fight back!

I’m truly saddened by the news. M. Tambay always came across as a true gentleman, and he will be sorely missed. If there is a racing drivers’ heaven, there’ll be a lot of laughs there tonight as he catches up with his dear friend Gilles Villeneuve.

Did you hear about the Dalek beautician? ”Exfoliate!”

It’s the internet - digression is mandatory, not optional! 😉

Yes, but look at what happened to him after - none of the top teams would touch him, possibly due to his reputation of toxicity, and he ended up crawling back to McLaren, then Alpine, now Aston, all of which were/are going through fallow periods when they couldn’t sign a Hamilton or Verstappen.

Football players spend 90 minutes pretending to be hurt. Rugby players spend 80 minutes pretending not to be.

Another thing Perez needed was to overtake Hamilton cleanly, not make a Horlicks of it, and set off after Leclerc instead of delaying himself. As much as I’m a fan of Perez, he did himself few favours yesterday by outbraking himself.

As if a football player would know the answer anyway...

I’m seriously beginning to wonder whether Formula 1 is for me any more. The utter debacle of Abu Dhabi 2021, and the FIA’s total failure to rectify the manipulation of the world championship, have left such a sour taste in my mouth that I have struggled to enjoy any part of this year. They, and the reigning ‘world champion’ driver, have been making it worse all season, with poor decisions and appalling behaviour. I will watch this weekend, and tune in as usual for the start of next season, but unless I see noticeable changes for the better I may soon call it a day.

Don’t give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings!

If I was Christian Horner I’d suspend Verstappen for the next race. It’ll never happen, obviously, but Max seemingly believes he is bigger than the team - arrogant brat. Compare that to Hamilton this year, who has been doing the majority of experimentation on set-up with a recalcitrant Mercedes, while the less-experienced Russell concentrates on fitting in with the team, running at (or near) the sharp end, and maximising his points haul.

That almost made me like sprint races! No spoilers for those who haven’t yet seen it, but a decent race, and sets up a potentially very interesting Grand Prix.

No doubt, but the relative performances of Latifi and De Vries at Monza this year were interesting.

I thought De Vries acquitted himself rather well when he subbed for Albon at Williams, but one performance in F1 is insufficient for me to form an opinion. I’ve not seen him race in any of the junior formulae. Time will tell, I suppose, and Helmut Marko is not one to let drivers rest on their laurels.

There is a rude version of this joke, but I’ll stick with the clean version... Why do elephants paint their toenails red? So they can hide in cherry trees. What’s the loudest noise in the jungle? Giraffes eating cherries.

Why did the two elephants have to take it in turns to go swimming? Because they only had one pair of trunks between them!

What did the elephant say to the naked man? ”Cute, but can it pick up peanuts?”