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Another weekend, another Grand Prix, and if you thought Monaco was dull, welcome to Barcelona! It's a standard race weekend, no sprint event.
Last year Max won, and then didn't win again until Brazil. I suspect he will, again, be the one pushing the two McLaren's closest at this race and as there is only the one mandate tyre stop, and cars can overtake, there will be no Williams Wagon Train this time out. For all us race fans it time to decide if you are "Team Norris" or "Team Piastri" as outside of these two, unless Red Bull bring some upgrades for Max, we are looking at a straight fight between the McLaren boys for the World Title.
If you are at a loose end this weekend F1.com still has some tickets available at the bargain price of €2,950 for all three days. If you only want to go for the race this will set you back €2,400. I presume there were cheaper tickets available earlier on and these are all that is left. A question for all of you, does Flavio Briatore still own the TV rights for the Spanish GP, or did he lose them when Liberty Media took over? Talking of Flav, here's Jonny Herbert saying what we are all thinking - Alpine boss Flavio Briatore ‘should not be back in F1’, says Johnny Herbert And here's some quotes from the man himself when Craig Slater had the brass neck to remind him that he's a proven cheat - Flavio Briatore’s "not broadcastable" response to F1 return critics revealed
Why can't some people take the hint and retire?
I'm struggling to be positive about this race, but the last time I was Mr Grumpy in one of these preambles we ended up with some half-decent entertainment. So rather than just witter on, here's the timings from F1.com, in the wrong order, as always.
Last year Max won, and then didn't win again until Brazil. I suspect he will, again, be the one pushing the two McLaren's closest at this race and as there is only the one mandate tyre stop, and cars can overtake, there will be no Williams Wagon Train this time out. For all us race fans it time to decide if you are "Team Norris" or "Team Piastri" as outside of these two, unless Red Bull bring some upgrades for Max, we are looking at a straight fight between the McLaren boys for the World Title.
If you are at a loose end this weekend F1.com still has some tickets available at the bargain price of €2,950 for all three days. If you only want to go for the race this will set you back €2,400. I presume there were cheaper tickets available earlier on and these are all that is left. A question for all of you, does Flavio Briatore still own the TV rights for the Spanish GP, or did he lose them when Liberty Media took over? Talking of Flav, here's Jonny Herbert saying what we are all thinking - Alpine boss Flavio Briatore ‘should not be back in F1’, says Johnny Herbert And here's some quotes from the man himself when Craig Slater had the brass neck to remind him that he's a proven cheat - Flavio Briatore’s "not broadcastable" response to F1 return critics revealed
Why can't some people take the hint and retire?
I'm struggling to be positive about this race, but the last time I was Mr Grumpy in one of these preambles we ended up with some half-decent entertainment. So rather than just witter on, here's the timings from F1.com, in the wrong order, as always.
