Another hot day. I know I'd be inside if I wasn't at work, but I still felt jealous of all the people outside. I sat in the garden for half an hour or so after work, reading my Teach yourself Latin book. I think the only way I can make myself less pale is to invest in a laptop as soon as possible. It seems like such an obvious thing to do, but I can't help but think it shows what a terrible geek I am...! I really am unnaturally pale. I keep looking in the mirror and thinking I look ill.

I was annoyed when I read the papers today. They all seemed to be suggesting that Rubens wouldn't have won yesterday's Grand Prix without Michael Schumacher promising not to overtake him! What a cynical attitude. Michael was the one who made a mistake. And teams tell their drivers to back off all the time. It's after the second pit stop, you're getting near the end of the race, one of your drivers is clearly having a better day. Do you let them keep racing flat out, running the risk of one or both of them retiring? Or do you tell them to back off and just drive to the line?

Just because Ferrari have to face that inquest tomorrow. And if they're fined or banned or anything it'll be stupid. There are no rules saying you can't tell one of your drivers to pull over and let the other driver win. How can they say it was wrong when there isn't a rule about it? It was unpopular, yes, and that should be their punishment.

I'm off to look at laptops. :-)

posted by Fiery Fred @ 10:22 PM