Lewis rude helmet, Perez under pressure, TR quick to blame drivers, F1 team bosses ‘bubble’ world,

The deep south: London Times reporter tweeted the following, “Blimey. We hear gunshots and ask William our cabbie what they are aimed at. “People, man, people” he says and speeds up”.

Hotels: Still puzzling me, Austin tourist info tells us there are 30,000 hotel rooms city wide. At 2 per room that’s only 60,000 people and yet when I checked, there were many vacancies tonight.

Fans: COTA says there were 83,000 fans there today, which makes a total of around 148,000 so far – Silverstone levels.

Ferrari qualify as in Abu Dhabi: 7th and 9th again, except this time with Massa in front. Alonso is magnanimous and says his team mate did a better job than him. Bleak picture for Ferrari after Q3 (pic)

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How teams will approach Singapore, Schumy’s first car a Ford Escort, Flavio to become apprentice ‘boss’, 1966 Singapore footage

Here are the daily links that I think are worth reading or watching. I know often I want to read a story again and can’t remember the link, so hopefully – if I can master the software – this will provide not only the stories of interest for the day, but an archive of links for future reference. Some of it is just humourous and a bit of fun.

Analysis of how the teams will approach the Singapore GP. http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2012/09/how-the-f1-teams-will-approach-the-singapore-grand-prix/

Nico adamant Lewis not getting his seat. http://www.crash.net/f1/news/184113/1/rosberg_not_going_anywhere.html

Did you know there was a 1966 Singapore GP? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVdEcGLgTk

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