Monday, January 24

Formula for Embarrassment

   1. "Ralf 'can't park'"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1214028.html >
   "Ralf Schumacher can't park a car properly and drives worse than a woman,
    according to his wife Cora"

   2. "One rookie driver and bang goes a flawless £200,000 diamond"
      < http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=524300 >
   "A diamond worth £200,000 embedded in the nose of a Jaguar Formula One car
    was lost when its rookie driver crashed in yesterday's Monaco Grand Prix"

   3. "Formula One star caught speeding"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/05/12/85770-ap.html >
   "Juan Pablo Montoya was caught speeding on a French highway at 205
    kilometres an hour"

   4. "Racing driver scoots into trouble"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200312/s1008483.htm >
   "A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Formula One racing
    driver Eddie Irvine after he was caught speeding on a scooter in London
    with no licence and no insurance"

   5. "F1 star's 14-year-old sister caught joy-riding"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_797938.html >
   "The 14-year-old sister of Formula One star Heinz-Harald Frentzen is in
    trouble after taking her mum's Mercedes for a spin around town"

   6. "Rally drivers face ban for speeding"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_804586.html >
   "The world's top rally drivers - including Richard Burns, Colin McCrae
    and Carlos Sainz - are facing being banned from driving on roads in
    the UK after being caught speeding"

   (a John West post)