Handsome Force India star doesn’t want a girlfriend, runs like a girl. You do the maths
Racing drivers are naturally very attractive to the opposite sex. They don’t struggle to find hot women - even the uglier drivers have good-looking WAGs. So when Adrian Sutil - who is one of the best-looking drivers currently in F1 - wrote in a column that he doesn’t have a girlfriend, nor does he want a girlfriend, it set tongues a-wagging.
Apart from the lack of a WAG by his side, there is another clue that Sutil may drive on the other side of the road: he runs in a very, very camp fashion. Oh, and in his spare time he likes to play the grand piano (really), a bit like, er… Liberace. Proof, if proof be need be.
Bernie Ecclestone walked in on a group of F1 drivers playing poker in the Force India motor home at Hockenheim last weekend. The card sharks included Fernando Alonso (he’s a massive poker fan, and reportedly hates to lose), Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil and Michael Schumacher (he just can’t stay away, can he).
McLaren prodigy leads the pack for second day in a row
Lewis Hamilton can’t be touched at Hockenheim. He was the only driver to dip under 1:15.00 at the German track yesterday, in a McLaren that featured a new front-wing design. Nico Rosberg put in a solid stint for second place, perhaps a consequnce of Williams now placing more emphasis on this year’s car, rather than the 2009 development programme. World champ Kimi Raikkonen was third for Ferrari, less than half a second off McLaren’s pace.
In a brief interview after Tuesday’s session, Lewis admitted that he was NOT thinking about sacking his dad (despite what Marca thinks), and that he believes the 2008 championship will go down to the last race of the season. The British driver also revealed that after his stunning win at Silverstone, he was in bed by 11pm after a celebration dinner with his family - not exactly the behaviour of F1’s greatest ever playboy.
Lewis, Jenson and mates “strut their stuff” for charity
Who needs a regular catwalk when you can walk around a luxury, open-air swimming pool in Monte Carlo?
And the “driver who should give up his day job and become a model” award goes to: Nelson Piquet Jnr, who looks like he’s walked straight out of a mail-order catalogue.
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (finished 9th)
What’s going in in the Finn’s head? Monaco ‘08 was his worst race in years. Desperately slow all weekend and frankly didn’t deserve to score any points. 2/10
Felipe Massa, Ferrari (3rd)
For a man who claims not to like Monaco’s street circuit, he drove a solid race, apart from a couple of spins - but he wasn’t the only driver to lose control of his car in treacherous conditions. Ferrari’s one-stop strategy arguably cost him a victory. 7
World champion apologises for ruining Force India driver’s race
“Let’s hope it’s not a boulevard of broken dreams…”
So mused ITV commentator James Allen on the remarkable performance of Force India’s Adrian Sutil, who with a few laps to go in Monaco, was the meat in a Ferrari sandwich (pastrami, chorizo?). Sutil looked set for an unlikely fourth place until evil Kimi Raikkonen shunted him from behind. Way to go Kimster.
At least the Finn had the good grace to apologise for the incident, which deprived Sutil of his finest moment in F1…
A parade of 490 Ferraris set a Guinness World Record as they drove round the Fuji Speedway in Japan, no more than two car-lengths apart (see photo). The old record was 385, set at Silverstone last June. [The Sun]
A driver in Australia has been fined for strapping down his beer rather than his five-year-old child. Stay classy, Alice Springs. [BBC]
German police have arrested a jobless man who reportedly tried to sell personal information about Force India driver Adrian Sutil. [Irish Sun]
