do you know where your towel is?
I’m currently sat up waiting for the new Formula 1 season to start. With the grand prix taking place in Australia it kicks off at 3am our time and I’m wondering what to do.
So I thought I’d share with you my new Best Thing Ever: I’m going to see The Police in September, and I’m dead exited. That’s it really; I’ve nothing more to say 
Other than that six months is a long time to wait.
So what has seemed increasingly likely over the past weeks and months has finally been confimed: Michael Schumacher is to retire from Formula One at the end of this season.
Normally I try not to post news stories as there’s not really anything I can add to them, and as far as I know there aren’t many people who turn to Spatho.com to keep current on world issues (if you are one of these people, then I apologise for not keeping you properly informed and may I point you to the BBC). However, like Jenson’s win a few weeks back, I felt I couldn’t really let this one slip without making some comment.
While not exactly a surprise (a phrase one can band about freely once safe in the knowledge that something is certain), this is still a disappointment for many, and I include myself there. It’s not what I wanted to hear - I was still hoping to see Michael vs. Kimi at Ferrari next year.
Jenson Button has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2006! What good news this is. I want to congratulate him on finally achieving a victory (though I don’t expect he’ll read this), and hope that this is the first of many. It was a well earned result on the back of a good strategy and a great drive, in what was far and away the most exciting race of the year (though let’s face it, there wasn’t much of a standard to beat), and I’m glad I was home to watch it with my Dad 
All those second places and and missed opportunites, reliability issues and unfulfilled potential and now it has happened at last. Keep it up Jens!
