PigSpotter

For those who use Twitter and have an abject dislike of the Metro Cops in Gauteng, one feed to follow is the PigSpotter feed.
http://twitter.com/pigspotter
Its regularly updated during the day with information about roadblocks, speed traps and impromptu police activity.
While we wouldn’t condone illegal behaviour, the Metro Cops don’t exactly cover themselves in glory when it [...]

Race results – McLaren one-two in Montreal thriller

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton emerged victorious after a fascinating 70 laps around Canada’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday afternoon.
As the Red Bull challenge faded, Hamilton led home team mate Jenson Button, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso completing the podium. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished fourth and fifth.
Read the rest of the article here.
Damn – Button pushed [...]

Watch Vettel and Button in Canada tonight

Well Lewis Hamilton has finally managed to get the Red Bulls off the front row of the starting grid for the Canadian Grand Prix which starts at 6pm SA time.
Hamilton is the odds on favourite but we’re sticking to our guns and backing Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button again. We have also taken Vettel to [...]

Watch Vettel and Button in Turkey

The Turkey Grand Prix is here and Mark Webber has managed to secure pole position with Lewis Hamilton joining him on the front row.
Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button are in third and fourth and I reckon they offer the best value for money tomorrow.
Here is the betting according to the markets made by World Sports [...]

SBK excitement

It is great to see so much excitement around the Super Bikes (SBK) coming to Kyalami this weekend. I’ve seen a number of people on Twitter and Facebook all talking up the event and it great to simply see some “buzz” around motorsport in South Africa.
I can’t seem to find any betting markets up on the SBK [...]

Button and Alonso look good value in Spain

The Grand Prix season is starting to look very interesting. The Red Bulls have picked up pole tomorrow in Spain with Webber and Vettel dominating practice and qualifying.
Encouragingly Michael Schumacher has come in sixth behind Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
Button has been fantastic value for money this season delivering the goods in two [...]

New Subaru Impreza 2.5 WRX

Wow! I finally saw one of the new Subaru Impreza WRX 2.5 sedans and am very impressed. It’s tough for a car to look rougher  and tougher than the original Subaru sedan but  this car definately delivers in the looks department.
 The hatchback never really did it for me but this car is on the money.

Button goes top

Jenson Button has been a real surprise package this season racking up his second win of the season with success in China.
After the race, Nico Rosberg is a surprise in second place in the championship, while Robert Kubica has show how vital finishing races is.
1 Jenson Button – McLaren-Mercedes – 60 points
2 Nico Rosberg – [...]

Wow those Red Bulls were quick…

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After the first qualifying rounds I was pretty certain that it was going to be a Mclaren 1 / 2 for the front row of the grid the Red Bull combination of Vettel and Webber has surprised and really stepped up their game.
So the top 6 reads as follows:
1. Mark Webber
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Fernando Alonso
4. [...]

Button on song!

Jenson Button you good thing – now you just need to carry it into the official qualifiers!
McLaren’s Jenson Button edged out Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg in Friday’s opening practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, which saw more engine woes for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and a dramatic front-end failure on Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso.
Read the full report [...]