2007 October

The prestigious and uplifting Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards this week voted Lewis Hamiliton as the most Inspiring Public Figure 2007. The annual ceremony celebrates the achievements of truly remarkable people in the UK, who the panel of judges and the public feel make the world a better place.
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As we discussed yesterday, the future of Formula One isn’t looking too healthy at this particular point in time and apart from the three teams preciously mentioned, Prodrive, Super Aguri and Toro Rosso, who are all dependant on approval to run complete customer cars, there is another team already on the grid that could also opt to pull out if things don’t start dramatically improving, and soon.
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In an attempt to ensure that he has every possible chance to win the 2007 world championship crown after pledges of equality from his team seemed to fall on deaf ears, Fernando Alonso will be given extra special treatment at the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix when the FIA place a special independent scrutineer into the McLaren garage to keep a three day vigil over his MP4-22.

The reigning world champion is so paranoid that the Woking based squad will favour their British rookie over him in the season finale, that the head of the Spanish Motorsport Federation contacted FIA President Max Mosley to organize the overseeing of his car, mechanics and engineers.