Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Jumping for joy
One of the things that immediately seems lacking when you compare Formula 1 to MotoGP is the celebrations from the drivers at the end of the race. While F1 invented the champagne spraying (which still looks natural and real only once a year at Monaco) the rest of the celebrations have been stopped by Max for safety reasons and by the teams for engine protection.
Drivers aren’t allowed to do doughnuts or wave flags from their cars anymore. They aren’t allowed to pick up stranded drivers like they once did. And what Max would do if one of the drivers organized his mates to dress up like a 10 pin bowling alley I can’t imagine. Alonso has his weird standing on top of the car thing, Kimi actually did a doughnut last year, and Lewis got in trouble for hugging his father. They all want to do it, but there doesn’t seem to be much they can do.
So in the comments here I think we should suggest some of the things that they might be able to do that the drivers might be allowed to get away with. We’re not going to get the rules changed so we’ve got to help them be a little bit creative. So what have we got?
Drivers aren’t allowed to do doughnuts or wave flags from their cars anymore. They aren’t allowed to pick up stranded drivers like they once did. And what Max would do if one of the drivers organized his mates to dress up like a 10 pin bowling alley I can’t imagine. Alonso has his weird standing on top of the car thing, Kimi actually did a doughnut last year, and Lewis got in trouble for hugging his father. They all want to do it, but there doesn’t seem to be much they can do.
So in the comments here I think we should suggest some of the things that they might be able to do that the drivers might be allowed to get away with. We’re not going to get the rules changed so we’ve got to help them be a little bit creative. So what have we got?
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My first thought was 'streaking'. I doubt there's a rule against them taking all their clothes off and running around the winner's enclosure like a maniac, as long as they pick the clothes back up again for the weighing procedure. It would perhaps be funnier if they left their helmet on.
What about interactive helmets? Embedded screens on the surface that can display, well, just about anything? Messages to loved ones, sponsors credits ... or an episode of 24 where Jack has to infiltrate the garage of a Formula 1 team and find out who has been passing messages to the, er, 'Russians'?
Nah, too implausible.
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Nah, too implausible.
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