Britain's Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton was the target of racist insults over the weekend while undergoing tests with his McLaren-Mercedes team at Montmelo near Barcelona, the Spanish press reported on Sunday.
Catalan daily El Periodico reported it was a group of Fernando Alonso supporters who were making the chants, but some quarters reported that Michael Richards, the ex-Seinfeld actor was the one behind the upheaval.
"Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f--king fork up your arse." Richards was heard to utter.
"He paced across the stage taunting Hamilton each time he left the pit" claimed a Spanish onlooker. "So we heckled back: "That was uncalled for, you f--king cracker-ass motherf--ker."
Richards retorted: "Cracker-ass? You calling me cracker-ass, puta?"
Richards was escorted from the circuit without further incident.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Klien Summoned for Military Service
After missing out on the vacant Force India race cockpit for 2008, Christian Klien has been summoned by the Austrian army to do six months of mandatory military service this year.
The 24-year-old was on Thursday ordered to report for duty at Vorarlberg, the western province that houses his home town Hohenems. His hair was cut, his back was straightened and the surly curl to his lip was replaced by a bright eye and a strong chin.
After basic training in Texas, he will be sent to work as a Jeep driver in Freiburg, West Germany, far from the nearest recording studio or movie lot. Klien's's manager, the old carny who called himself Colonel Tom Parker, wangled a two-month draft deferment so Klien could finish filming 'King Creole' for Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures.
The 24-year-old was on Thursday ordered to report for duty at Vorarlberg, the western province that houses his home town Hohenems. His hair was cut, his back was straightened and the surly curl to his lip was replaced by a bright eye and a strong chin.
After basic training in Texas, he will be sent to work as a Jeep driver in Freiburg, West Germany, far from the nearest recording studio or movie lot. Klien's's manager, the old carny who called himself Colonel Tom Parker, wangled a two-month draft deferment so Klien could finish filming 'King Creole' for Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Trulli dissappeares up own balaclava.
At the launch of Toyota's TF108, Jarno Trulli had to be cut, not from the vehicle but his own balaclava which he had put on back to front.
"Many press thought they'd mixed us up with the recent Tutankhamen exhibition", team principal Tadashi Yamashina said. "I've got kid's to feed! This is an absolute disaster."
"Many press thought they'd mixed us up with the recent Tutankhamen exhibition", team principal Tadashi Yamashina said. "I've got kid's to feed! This is an absolute disaster."
"I wish he'd never been born" - Coulthard
Ahead of the 2008 season, veteran Scot, David Coulthard has glanced over his shoulder at what life would have been like if the Schumachers had used a Jiffy condom.
DC: "Michael was such a large part of my career and trying to beat him was obviously very difficult. To reminisce of my best championship year, I finished second, and I finished second to him. So if he had just never been born then maybe it could have been different!"
DC: "Michael was such a large part of my career and trying to beat him was obviously very difficult. To reminisce of my best championship year, I finished second, and I finished second to him. So if he had just never been born then maybe it could have been different!"
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Photocopy man honoured at Maranello
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo invited the British photocopy shop employee who helped uncover the McLaren spy scandal to Italy to thank him.
"If it had not been for that photocopy man we would not have known anything about this story," Montezemolo told reporters on Wednesday at the carmaker's end-of-year celebration at their Maranello headquarters.
The anonymous employee was ushered into Maranello's front door in front of 100 members of the press.
"As soon as I got inside, I was given a Patrick Tambay beer coaster and shown the back door", the unidentified man explained.
"They can photocopy my ass!" he said.
"If it had not been for that photocopy man we would not have known anything about this story," Montezemolo told reporters on Wednesday at the carmaker's end-of-year celebration at their Maranello headquarters.
The anonymous employee was ushered into Maranello's front door in front of 100 members of the press.
"As soon as I got inside, I was given a Patrick Tambay beer coaster and shown the back door", the unidentified man explained.
"They can photocopy my ass!" he said.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Renault: Too stupid to cheat!
Renault was not penalised for possessing confidential McLaren technical information due to “lack of brains”, the FIA revealed on Friday
A technical drawing depicted an innovative ‘J-damper’ system developed by McLaren as a substitute for the tuned mass dampers which were banned by the FIA in July 2006.
Renault admitted to using this information when it requested a rule clarification from the FIA due to concerns about the legality of McLaren’s damper system.
However, the WMSC said the hypothetical design Renault supplied to the governing body suggested that "Renault fundamentally misunderstood the operation of the system and suggested that while you can lead a monkey to water, you can't necessarily teach him the fundementals of salinity via efficient water irrigation.".
A technical drawing depicted an innovative ‘J-damper’ system developed by McLaren as a substitute for the tuned mass dampers which were banned by the FIA in July 2006.
Renault admitted to using this information when it requested a rule clarification from the FIA due to concerns about the legality of McLaren’s damper system.
However, the WMSC said the hypothetical design Renault supplied to the governing body suggested that "Renault fundamentally misunderstood the operation of the system and suggested that while you can lead a monkey to water, you can't necessarily teach him the fundementals of salinity via efficient water irrigation.".
Thursday, December 6, 2007
GM to sue F1 Fraternity
General Motors are said to be considering legal action against FOM, citing intellectual property rights to F1's dowforce producing technology.
After the invention of downforce-producing wings first applied to an Opel speed record car in the 1920s, the technology was taken up by Swiss racer/engineer Michael May in the '50s and thereafter by GM, whose programme gave us the be-winged Chaparral sports racers of the mid-60s.
In 1968 the technology found its way into F1 via Ferrari and Brabham, but only now has the money been sufficient enough for a lawsuit.
"We've got to thank Max on this one" a GM executive explained with a moth full of molars. "How does one hundred-billion sound?"
After the invention of downforce-producing wings first applied to an Opel speed record car in the 1920s, the technology was taken up by Swiss racer/engineer Michael May in the '50s and thereafter by GM, whose programme gave us the be-winged Chaparral sports racers of the mid-60s.
In 1968 the technology found its way into F1 via Ferrari and Brabham, but only now has the money been sufficient enough for a lawsuit.
"We've got to thank Max on this one" a GM executive explained with a moth full of molars. "How does one hundred-billion sound?"
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