GP2: scurrilous gossip from Istanbul
By LJ Hutchins
Monday, May 19th, 2008
If you’re wanting to get up to speed with the personalities and politics of the GP2 series, and possibly find out who the next young super-recruits to F1 might be, you could do a lot worse than follow the series blog.
The latest entry’s a long and lavishly-illustrated account of paddock life during the Istanbul race, including a superb picture of a bloke who’s donned his fireproof overalls to ride what looks like an electric shopper bike.
Here’s where we at Brits On Pole have our prejudices about certain F1 drivers confirmed (assuming as we did that this refers to Piquet fils):
Even [communications officer] Will Buxton came down to say hello, making the long walk down from the F1 paddock.
“Hello mate,” he smiled as he came over. “Bit colder here than I expected.”
“Tell me about it,” I said as we walked down the lane formed between the team trucks.
“Have you seen Piquet Sports’ new panelling behind their cars?”
“Yeah, the mirrors: I guess it’ll give Nelson somewhere to check his hair when he comes down to visit…”
For more insider gossip from the Istanbul paddock, visit the full blog post here.
Related posts:
- GP2 blog: just don’t forget to tip…
- GP2: Monaco blog posts go live
- F1: User guide to the Turkish Grand Prix
- GP2: Conway’s thoughts on Istanbul
- Breaking news: Donington director Lee Gill quits
Read more about Istanbul Park.
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Author: LJ Hutchins. Supports McLaren, kind of. Thinks James May gets a rough deal off the other two. Drives a Subaru Impreza but regrets its lack of bright blue paint and gold wheels. Is very nearly old enough to know better but probably never will. Is a supporter member of the BWRDC. LJ has written 1119 articles for us.
