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[fallenangle]

I never thought I'd say this about F1 but how exciting was that? Brilliant entertainment and even the rain effected section was fun. I'm not a fan of Jensen Button but that was superb driving.

[Bort]

FAN-tastic!

Shame for Schumi but that was brilliant.

[Flabio]

No further action from the stewards, the result stands. Hurrah!

[cutmymilk]

Button must have made over 20 overtakes in that race. Crazy. Wonderful drive, did anyone else watch some of the race using the driver tracker on red button? I was watching Button come up to the back for the restart, amazing that he won.

All to do with him having the balls to try out tyres first. He's amazing in those conditions.

[Harry]

A marshall attempts to throw himself under a moving F1 car. Good entertainment.

lol, it didn't make it into the highlights surprisingly. If that wasn't a highlight I don't know what ****ing is.

Terrific race btw. Vettel panicked under pressure, you know when you get that feeling something like that is going to happen? I felt it. I still hope Vettel wins this year, he deserves it.

[TheForce]

what an amazing race and what a fantastic drive from Button !! I thought his race was over and then he takes the win in the last lap !! amazing stuff !
Shame for Kobayashi, he really deserved to be ahead of Massa.. Same for Schumacher, I hoped he would make it to the podium.

[Harry]

Button was a man on a mission, there was absolutely no stopping him yesterday and THANK ****!!! For Vettel finally cracking under pressure on the last lap to allow Button to comfortably take first.

Must be absolutely gutting for Vettel though, much more than China where Hamilton took 1st place.

Edit:

Any TopGear viewers here? I'm just watching the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix right now and at the start it shows mark the cat hammond, old bastard jeremy clarkson and that bloke with the long hair going round the circuit like a granddad. Christian Horner said it well to the cat, "My grandmother would be proud".

[Bort]

Amusing TT press conference. A little lewd.

[Gradius]

Crazy suicidal steward.

[Harry]

Nice one mate.

Those marshalls have balls of steel.

It's like they made a game out of it.

"I double-dare you to pick up that half front-wing"

"elementary, i'll run across the track laughing, just as a car drives past my sweet ass"

On a serious note, if it wasn't for that safety car being out there, There Would Have Been Blood.

Stupid Canadians from Montreal - Not the livliest bunch from Canada it has to be said.

[Shez]

Some pictures of Kubica on fakt.pl

Looks to have a long way to go yet, his arm in particular has some very heavy scarring and his hand appears to be the major concern to if he will make it back or not.

[Charlie]

Great race but they went a little over the top with the safety car. Starting the race under the safety car was silly and robbed everybody of exciting entertainment, and then running 9 laps behind teh saftery car on the restart after the red flag was a joke, especially as a lap later drivers were pitting for intermediates. Still, great race, and my favourite of the season so far.

[NW2013]

Great stuff from Matt Jackson in the first BTCC race at Croft. Shame Rob Austin's Audi didn't make the distance, he was going well.

[Bort]

F1, European Grand Prix
Valencia, Spain, 24-26 June
Friday 24 June: Practice one - 0900-1030; Practice two - 1300-1430
Saturday 25 June: Practice three - 1000-1100; Qualifying - 1300 (12:10pm - 2:20pm BBC1)
Sunday 26 June: Race - 1300 (12:10pm - 3:30pm BBC1)


MotoGP, Assen, Netherlands (Friday Qually, Saturday Race)
Friday 24 June
MotoGP qualifying: 1150-1500, BBC Red Button/online
Saturday 25 June
125cc race: 1100-1130, BBC Red Button/online
Moto2 race: 1130-1215, BBC Red Button/online
MotoGP live: 1330-1500, BBC Red Button/online (not on a normal channel, delayed broadcast at 1530-1700 BBC 2 on Sunday)

[NW2013]

Vettel on pole again. Valencia isn't exactly full of passing opportunities either.