Tweets of the Week - Lessons in bravery - Bored drivers in Japan, what might they get up to?
Published by Christine
We saw a champion crowned in Japan this week, and whilst there were plenty of congratulatory tweets, I have steered clear of them. It's hard to avoid Red Bull altogether, of course, so there are peripheral questions in amongst the tweets. There are also some interesting insights into what drivers do on their days off, plus a team rivalries hotting up. Here are my top ten tweets from the last seven days.
Week Ending: 10th October 2011
1. This is an excellent point to start us off.
Helmet designs are not so special when there's a 'special' helmet in every race
EliGP
2. It's good to know that the puppet is doing his bit for charity.
Just learned Bernie bought 3000 tickets for victims of tsunami, plus all proceeds from sales of his puppet here going to tsunami charities.
3. I love the concept of being shot down in flames by a rival team's driver.
Heikki flat through 130R in quali with DRS open, easy for Vettel but good effort in our car, brave
@MikeGascoyne it's not that brave we did it too
4. Rubens gets his explaining hat on and talks about parc fermé. For some reason the capital B on blanket appeals to me.
there is a camera on the top of the car and a little locker on the open Blanket...so people can see that nobody touches the car after quali
5. Celebrating a win, and a slightly stronger second place in the championship as well.
A lot of fun had by #TeamButton last night in celebrations of an amazing weekend here in Japan.. Very special victory because it's at Suzuka
6. I dread to think what they might get up to!
#F1 Could be an interesting night in Tokyo, as I said earlier 18 out of 24 drivers are here, with nothing to do except not be in Korea...
7. This is not what I thought they'd get up to.
Felt an earthquake here in Tokyo, alarms in the city went on immediately after that! Hardcore the whole hotel was shaking!
8. Silent karaoke does have a certain charm to it.
You should have seen Seb belting out Yellow Submarine on the karaoke last night. Note: seen. Not heard.
9. It's just a matter of joining the dots.
Pirelli say they scrap significant numbers of unused tyres after each event. Wouldn't seem like an all-nighter to allocate these sets for Q.
10. Goodness, where to start?
At Red Bull function. I've been asked a question. How do you feel about Red Bull's achievements so far,what do you think of them as a team?
Don't forget you can use Sidepodcast's Twitter page to keep up with everybody who's anybody in F1, and let us know if you spot any great tweets during the week.
