Americans, be warned. Lock up your daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, mistresses and blow-up dolls. Shane Warne is heading your way. In between lamenting that since joining Tinder women are always accusing him of impersonating Shane Warne, Warnie’s been busy teaming up with Sachin Tendulkar to crack the stubborn US market. They’ve assembled what the Sheikh…
Tag: Formula One
Could Bernie Ecclestone be a closet greenie?
It’s possible I’ve underestimated Bernie Ecclestone. When Formula One’s governing body announced plans to make the sport more environmentally friendly, we all rolled around the floor in hysterics. Except Bernie. He was spewing. Cut the noise to a mere orchestra of vuvuzelas? Limit each vehicle to ‘just’ 100 kilograms of fuel per race? “A total…
Call me a wowser but…
I’ve been waiting for the outrage. The WTFs? The ‘latest Bernie Ecclestone brain snap’ headlines. I’ve been waiting for two weeks for someone, anyone, to raise even the slightest objection to this news item: “JOHNNIE WALKER BECOMES OFFICIAL WHISKY OF FORMULA ONE.” I’m sorry, what? In the words of John McEnroe, and in equally apoplectic…
Lewis Hamilton goes diva
For years, Sebastian Vettel has been not only Formula One’s top driver but its greatest prima donna. After his treatment of former teammate Mark Webber, it has been particularly satisfying to see him reduced to just another Sunday driver this season. Vettel’s woes continued at the Monaco Grand Prix overnight when he announced to his…
Formula One tries its hand at farce
As dusk settled over Albert Park yesterday, Australians were celebrating. For the first time in 10 straight races, Sebastian Vettel hadn’t won. More importantly, after almost 30 years of watching the Formula One Grand Prix go round and round and round Down Under, Daniel Ricciardo had become the first Aussie to make the podium….
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