Mid season catch-up! Part 1
Well, as you probably know by now, Marc Webber won the Hungarian Grand Prix with Fernando Alonso in second and Seb Vettel third after being given a drive-through penalty. The race has been reviewed elsewhere in a far more anal fashion than I would ever do, so I'm going to cast my eye over the latest news in other areas of motor sport.
WSBK
It looks increasingly like the Roman Emperor, Max Biaggi, is about to take his first World Superbike title to add to his four 250cc World Championship's and numerous MotoGP victories. He has just signed on with Aprilia for another two years, much to the joy of the Italian race fan, enamoured with the sight of the Italian racer on an Italian bike with an Italian sponsor.
However, Max couldn't stop the highly rated Cal Crutchlow from taking two wins at the Silverstone round of the World Superbike Championship on Sunday. Clinching pole position on Saturday, Crutchlow also set the lap record on the revised Silverstone track.
Unfortunately, the World Supersport race was marred by this horrendous accident:
Championship leader Eugene Laverty accidentally triggered this accident by clipping Joan Lascorz. The rider was quite badly injured but should make a full recovery.
Caterham's
Reigning champ Jon Walker won the last round at Rockingham, winning both races by a healthy margin. If you're interested in taking part in the Caterham academy series next year, click here for the Caterham site.
British Sooooper Bike
Sorry, just doing my Jamie Whitham impression there. The championship really should be called British Northern Bikes, in my opinion. The current championship leader is Worx Crescent Suzuki rider, Tommy Hill, with Josh Brookes and Riuchi Kiyonari following up behind him. Kiyonari won the last round at Snetterton, with the next race being held on the mighty Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit this weekend. If you've got Eurosport, be sure to tune in!
Unfortunately, former Superbike World Champion, Neil Hodgson, has had to retire from the series and racing all together through injury.
Formula 3
Britain's traditional breeding ground for new talent is currently being led by Carlin driver, Jean-Eric Vergne, who took a hat-trick of wins from the last round at Spa-Franchorchamps (yes, I'm confused too). Brits Oli Webb and James Calado are second and third. Alex Brundle, son of former F1 driver/current F1 commentator, Martin Brundle is sixteenth.
The next round will be held at Thruxton this weekend. Get ready for some wheel banging and strops from boys who've only ever played with their toys.
And finally...
Just look at what happened in this Formula Superleague race at Brand Hatch last weekend. In a situation eerily similar to the Schumacher incident, driver Chris Van Der Drift was injured in a very serious accident at Demon's Drop. The New Zealander is expected to make a full recovery, but the incident highlights just how dangerous (and copied) Schumacher's style of ruthless driving can be...
