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Steve Hopkinson
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Dear Kotaku/rest of the Gawker network,

Screwing the government out of money with a project that's doomed to fail? Colin Chapman would have been proud.



The Volvo's the only wagon I know with a genuine racing heritage. So if you're asking if they could have used another car, the answer is no. Because racecar.

I had no idea you could use F6 to do that – you learn something new every day! Think I'll stick with Ctrl-L though. I've always found the function keys awkward to hit consistently without looking at the keyboard first.

Probably not the most helpful, but the one it took me longest to find: Ctrl+L in a web browser to go straight to the address bar. Combined with Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to cycle forwards and backgrounds through tabs, makes surfing the web without taking your hands off the keyboard an infinitely more pleasurable

You know, I never really understood the P4/5 until this picture. Now I don't understand why I didn't love it from the start.

But if you don't watch the races, how will you know how much Vettel wins by?

FUN FACT: Not only were Lotus not paying Kimi to drive for them earlier in the year, they're now paying their reserve driver Davide Valsecchi not to drive for them.

The Long Beach Grand Prix also holds the record for the race won from the lowest position on the grid – John Watson from 22nd (!).

Probably the same genius who thought F1 should race at Malaysia every year in the middle of monsoon season.

Using the XJ-13 is hardly fair. Not liking that car is like not liking sex.

DRS isn't unlimited in qualifying – since the start of 2013, it's only been permitted within the DRS zones defined for the race.

Embarrassed that I hadn't even considered the possibility that money was the deciding factor – it certainly decides everything else in F1!

Ha – embarrassed to say of never thought if it that way round. Would make a lot if sense!

McLaren said after signing Perez that they'd be announcing a new title sponsor in December. Then, after firing him, they said that they'd be delaying the announcement.

I've heard that yellow is the original Ferrari colour – yellow was the colour of Modena, the city in which Enzo founded the company. But in the early years of F1, manufacturers entered in the colours of the countries they originated from, and so Italian racing red stuck.

If I bought a Rembrandt for 10 bucks, I sure as hell wouldn't feel screwed.

If they want to mate Hamilton and Rosberg, they'll have to stop Lewis cutting his nuts off first.

I AM SO LATE WITH THIS

I know just the man for the job.