Drat, just closed the browser I'd written my new blog entry in.

I thought about forgetting tonight's update, but I figured I'd better write something. Otherwise I'll have a backlog!

The main part of the entry was about the Ferrari result. What the FIA did about the Austrian debacle, I mean...! Someone was very clever. Ferrari weren't penalised because of the race fixing element. As I kept saying (you may have noticed), that isn't against the rules, so they couldn't be fined for that. No, they were fined because they broke rule 170 of the FIA regulations. They were fined 1 million dollars, in fact. Although they only have to pay half of that, unless they're naughty again!

So, what is rule 170? It's about the podium procedure. If Michael Schumacher hadn't been nice to Rubens Barrichello and pushed him onto the top step (some would say he did it because he was being booed, but hey) and given him the winner's trophy, Ferrari wouldn't have been fined. Probably. They get national representatives to present the trophies, and if you confuse them, that's not good. Hence the fine. Clever stuff.

I bet I'll read in the papers tomorrow that "Ferrari have paid the price for fixing the race" or something. (The headline would have more puns, I know.) But that's not it at all. You can tell your drivers to do whatever you like. Apart from launch missiles at other cars, and release deadly oil slicks, and project lasers at other cars chassis to cut them in half. Oh, wait, that was James Bond. Hmm.

Other news: I went out to eat food with three people from work. I am quite, quite full up. I'm regretting the extra sweet dessert. I can't eat sweet things. Probably Mum's fault. Why'd she have to be diabetic? *grin*

And also, I bought some shoes. It's news because I don't buy shoes. I was going to get some new ones I could wear at work, but Clarks was closed for training. (It would be, the one day I'm there early so I can get them before work!). So I went to the cheap discount shoes place, where a very nice lady sold me some shoes for £10. The wedding I'm going to Saturday is now covered, shoe wise. Hooray!

I just have to get used to having heels.

Not high heels, but I only ever have flat soles, so...

I know, what sort of female am I? :-)

posted by Fiery Fred @ 11:27 PM