Irrelevant F1 Facts and News and Stuff

[Chrill]

You really have let yourself go in the off-season, not even bothering to give the boy a far-fetched nickname.

[Penfold]

As if I'm going to give this Karate Kid guy a nickname when he's not even a current driver....

[Chrill]

Fair enough.

Give me nicknames on the following:

Giovinazzi
Norris
The Torpedo
One-Armed Bandit
Albon
Russell

[Penfold]

Still not sure whether to go with The One-Armed Bandit for Kubica... I can see people considering it a little on the cruel side, even though it's not meant that way.

Norris is of course Chuck Norris, or simply Chuck; Albon will henceforth be called Blur (aka Not as good as Oasis); Russell is to be called Jack - after the former cricketer rather than the breed of dog; Giovinazzi can be Adam Ant; and, umm, Kvyat... well I think The Torpedo is quite apt.

[Chrill]

Alright, so to sum it up:

Giovinazzi - Stuart Leslie Goddard
Norris - Nope, Chuck Testa!
Kvyat - Self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead
Kubica - Roulette Table (because one-armed bandit is cruel)
Albon - Parklife
Russell - Snoop (Jack Russell -> Dog -> Snoop Dogg)


Thanks!

[Penfold]

I never did care for that Parklife song, and I really don't want it popping into my head every time I write Albon's name, so he'll have to be simply 'Blur' or 'Not Oasis' for me.  Think I'll go with 'Fruit Machine' for Kubica.

Or... Alexander Albon could be 'Twelve Steps'.

[Chrill]

Think I'll go with 'Fruit Machine' for Kubica.

You'll have to explain this one to me.

Or... Alexander Albon could be 'Twelve Steps'.

I got this reference.

[Penfold]

British name for a slot machine (they use pictures of various fruits on the spinning bits!), operated by a single arm back in the olden days.

[Chrill]

Fair enough. We literally call them "enarmad bandit", like, that's the actual official proper name for them. I bet you can figure that one out on your own.

[Penfold]

Ahh, now I see it....

[Chrill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l6-Oj17lD4

Zanardi getting in and out of the Daytona car. Impressive.

[Penfold]

Good old Zanardi.  Talking of old... I can't believe his last F1 outing was almost two decades ago.

In other news: I see Niki Lauda is in hospital with the flu; hopefully they'll get it sorted and send the old (that word again) warhorse back to the (F1) trenches.

[Penfold]

Unfortunately they did not.

News from JCB who, with a little help from Williams Advanced Engineering, have gone and smashed the speed record for tractors, setting a new mark of 103.6 mph: https://www.thedrive.com/news/28665/103-mph-jcb-tractor-tuned-by-williams-f1-breaks-british-speed-record

Proper job, as they say down in the West Country.

[Chrill]

Welcome to DReSden Airport.

[Penfold]

Someone needs to get that on a T-shirt to start flogging at F1 races.  Imagine the sales....