The only F1 pre-season report worth reading EVER!

[Heebeegeetee]

I never read or take any notice of the F1 pre-season hype. Not one word of it counts for anything, and the only inkling you get of how the season might pan out is after the first qualifying session. Sometimes.

Finally however, at last I've read a pre-season report I actually enjoyed:

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/index.html

Scroll down.

[Dutton]

So you never read or take any notice of the pre-season hype, but have finally read one you actually enjoyed?

I guess you must have hit really lucky first time?

[Bononi]

...or have plenty of spare time.

[ASCII Man]

I can't see how you can call that even remotely funny, unless you get giggly with seeing naughty words.

[Skam85]

Yes, I seemed to miss the punchline.

[ss_collins]

Actually I think it and the whole of sniff petrol is mega.

[ECW Dan Selby]

lmao Some of that was pretty ****ing funny.

I just really enjoyed the part about Crazy Dave and 'Jacques ****ing Villeneuve' lmao

Selby

[KevinS]

Heidi Nickfeld

Oh well... Gotta admit it is 'different'.

[Suze]

I find it hit and miss...some is good thought!

[joe rossi]

Originally Posted by ASCII Man

I can't see how you can call that even remotely funny, unless you get giggly with seeing naughty words.

I sometimes get a vision of a people sitting around in a library, with beards, wearing tweed jackets, smoking pipes and poring over old issues of motorsport and F1 fact books arguing about Mike Hawthorn's racing line into Becketts on lap 21 of the British Grand Prix in 1767, and whether he took too much kerb....

Maybe Sniff petrol is rude and childish, but it is also very funny, hence it's popularity. Lighten up, eh?

[ASCII Man]

I'm not bothered, I just don't see how it's funny that's all.
To each their own I guess!

[TheNewBob]

hmmm the F1 preview isn't particularly funny on that site, however I had a quick check at some of their other stuff and that made me giggle a bit.

Good for a quick and easy laugh if you ever find everything's going a bit too seriously.

[Heebeegeetee]

McLAREN
Drivers: Kim E. Raikkkonen, Wan Pablo Montoya
Chances of winning anything: Bendy
Top fact: With his seemingly unflappable character and emotionless voice, Raikkonen is rightly known as 'the iceman'. With his erratic form and large rolls of fat, Montoya is rightly known as 'the piesman'.

I gotta be honest, the whole thing had me in bits.

Best preseason review yet. Pretty accurate, too.

[shambles]

It's really good, I liked it - lighten up people

[EERO]

Originally Posted by joe rossi

I sometimes get a vision of a people sitting around in a library, with beards, wearing tweed jackets, smoking pipes and poring over old issues of motorsport and F1 fact books arguing about Mike Hawthorn's racing line into Becketts on lap 21 of the British Grand Prix in 1767, and whether he took too much kerb....

Joe, I must beg to differ as everyone knows that Hawthorne retired on lap 19. The mix-up on the lap charts was attributed by Cyril Posthumous the Elder in his seminal work, Pre-industrial Motorsport in The British Isles: Being an Almanack Compendium of English and Scottish Personages Efforts on behalf of The Crown in the European Self-Propelled Wagon and Carriage Championships in the Age Of Enlightenment, to the fragility of the goose quills used by the timekeepers in the maintainence of their lap charts.

By 1768, Swan quills were in common usage and lap charts are believed to be more reliable. It was with this system in place that Hawthorne, (by then knighted as Michael, Earl of Brands Hatch) was able to register his first GP win at Pall Mall.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by joe rossi

I sometimes get a vision of a people sitting around in a library, with beards, wearing tweed jackets, smoking pipes and poring over old issues of motorsport and F1 fact books arguing about Mike Hawthorn's racing line into Becketts on lap 21 of the British Grand Prix in 1767, and whether he took too much kerb....

Not that example, obviously, but conversations along those lines are interesting and in many cases take much thought and consideration. Which is rewarding.

Originally Posted by joe rossi

Maybe Sniff petrol is rude and childish, but it is also very funny, hence it's popularity. Lighten up, eh?

Sniff Petrol is great. It doesn't always hit the mark, but is mostly very funny. Doesn't take much thought though!

Each to their own, as ASCII says, but some to all!

[Alwaysfirst]

What a laugh! F1 would be better if everybody involved could have a laugh at the occasional stupidities of the sport in this way!

[speedfreek]

I found Super aguri's picture and report particually amusing

[Dani Filth]

Originally Posted by EERO

Joe, I must beg to differ as everyone knows that Hawthorne retired on lap 19. The mix-up on the lap charts was attributed by Cyril Posthumous the Elder in his seminal work, Pre-industrial Motorsport in The British Isles: Being an Almanack Compendium of English and Scottish Personages Efforts on behalf of The Crown in the European Self-Propelled Wagon and Carriage Championships in the Age Of Enlightenment, to the fragility of the goose quills used by the timekeepers in the maintainence of their lap charts.

By 1768, Swan quills were in common usage and lap charts are believed to be more reliable. It was with this system in place that Hawthorne, (by then knighted as Michael, Earl of Brands Hatch) was able to register his first GP win at Pall Mall.

have yet to read the sniffpetrol stuff .. but that was funny

[Marbot]

Mikalus Hawthornicus also raced a bloke by the name of Ben something-or-other some years previous to the race described above.

[joe rossi]

Originally Posted by EERO

Joe, I must beg to differ as everyone knows that Hawthorne retired on lap 19. The mix-up on the lap charts was attributed by Cyril Posthumous the Elder in his seminal work, Pre-industrial Motorsport in The British Isles: Being an Almanack Compendium of English and Scottish Personages Efforts on behalf of The Crown in the European Self-Propelled Wagon and Carriage Championships in the Age Of Enlightenment, to the fragility of the goose quills used by the timekeepers in the maintainence of their lap charts.

By 1768, Swan quills were in common usage and lap charts are believed to be more reliable. It was with this system in place that Hawthorne, (by then knighted as Michael, Earl of Brands Hatch) was able to register his first GP win at Pall Mall.

Damn! I thought you wouldn't notice my faux pas!

[shambles]

Originally Posted by EERO

Joe, I must beg to differ as everyone knows that Hawthorne retired on lap 19. The mix-up on the lap charts was attributed by Cyril Posthumous the Elder in his seminal work, Pre-industrial Motorsport in The British Isles: Being an Almanack Compendium of English and Scottish Personages Efforts on behalf of The Crown in the European Self-Propelled Wagon and Carriage Championships in the Age Of Enlightenment, to the fragility of the goose quills used by the timekeepers in the maintainence of their lap charts.

By 1768, Swan quills were in common usage and lap charts are believed to be more reliable. It was with this system in place that Hawthorne, (by then knighted as Michael, Earl of Brands Hatch) was able to register his first GP win at Pall Mall.

[Heebeegeetee]

Originally Posted by EERO

Joe, I must beg to differ as everyone knows that Hawthorne retired on lap 19. The mix-up on the lap charts was attributed by Cyril Posthumous the Elder in his seminal work, Pre-industrial Motorsport in The British Isles: Being an Almanack Compendium of English and Scottish Personages Efforts on behalf of The Crown in the European Self-Propelled Wagon and Carriage Championships in the Age Of Enlightenment, to the fragility of the goose quills used by the timekeepers in the maintainence of their lap charts.

By 1768, Swan quills were in common usage and lap charts are believed to be more reliable. It was with this system in place that Hawthorne, (by then knighted as Michael, Earl of Brands Hatch) was able to register his first GP win at Pall Mall.

Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very good, well done. Can I just add that I love my 29 bound volumes of Motorsport, 1948-1976 inc.

Originally Posted by AdamAshmore

Doesn't take much thought though!

Come on, be fair, its better than that. Could you do better?

I was once told its all the work of Richard Porter, of EVO magazine. Is that right?

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Heebeegeetee

Come on, be fair, its better than that. Could you do better?

I said I liked it. It still doesn't take much thought to read it though. Which you could argue is in the skill of the writer.

Also the second article is a lesson for us all on internet forums. OK which oen of you is Chris?

[Dutton]

sniffpetrol is hit and miss. Can be class, can be awful.

I'd prefer it exist than not, .