Sep 26
2008

Well surprise, surprise the FIA Court of Appeal threw out McLaren’s case on grounds that a drive through penalty cannot be appealed which saved them having to clarify anything and admit that there are grey areas in the rules! Even though there was a similar situation last year where a 25 second post-race penalty (which also should have been a drive through) was appealed.

So now we have the spectacle of Singapore, but will it be a spectacle, or will it be a boring parade as Valencia turned out to be? A number of people have come out and criticised the idea of Street Circuits recently including Fezza’s Luca DiMontezemalo and that shrinking violet Jackie Stewart. However I have high hopes for Singapore, as a night race it could mean that F1 fans in the UK never again have to get up at 2am to watch a race live!

While F1 has a nice tight race at the front for the Driver’s championship MotoGP has the exact opposite with Valentino Rossi 3 whole race wins ahead of the opposition in the championship. His nearest rival Casey Stoner hasn’t had a great time recently having come off the race track 3 times in 3 races! The last race at Indy really was a problem too as they ended up racing through the tail-end of hurricane Ike. However it will be an early start on Sunday morning for MotoGP fans as the race starts at 6am GMT. However if you are a fan you’re not going to miss the chance to watch Rossi win the championship (which is possible even with a finish on the podium) so it’s worth tuning in and particularly making the most of the excellent Eurosport coverage before the BBC take exclusive broadcast rights next year.

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