I was away in South Wales on Sunday and only managed to watch the start of the Turkish GP, and later the podium ceremony with Jenson Button on the top step! Actually that was all I needed to see, Sebastian Vettel made a mistake on the first lap which allowed Button through, this messed up Red Bull’s strategy – with their drivers coming second (Webber) and third (Vettel).
F1 Turkish GP 2009
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F1 Monaco GP 2009

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch the race live, consequently I had to avoid hearing or seeing the result until the opportunity came to watch it online with the BBC iPlayer in the evening!
Jenson Button showed his class once again, achieving his fifth win in six races this season. It was also another 1-2 for Brawn GP, with Rubens Barrichello coming in second. A mistake in qualifying for world champion Lewis Hamilton meant that he was nowhere, and suffered the misfortune of being lapped by Button!
I’ve always felt that Button was great driver, and this year he is having the chance to prove it. His very smooth driving style (which is a joy to watch) meant that he was able to look after his tyres better than Barrichello in the opening stint, and he never looked back!
F1 Spanish GP 2009

It was great to be able to watch the Spanish GP while away on holiday in Bath, I also had the chance to see the full qualifying session as well.
In the closing moments of qualifying it looked like talented Sebastian Vettel was going to be on pole for Red Bull, but Jenson Button (Brawn GP) knocked him off P1 with only seconds to spare! In the race itself, Button’s team-mate Rubens Barrichello made a great start and got ahead of the championship leader. A strategy change later put him behind Button, with Button winning the race ahead of Barrichello, another 1-2 finish for Brawn GP!
Felipe Massa also got ahead of Vettel at the start, and held him up for most of the race. It was Vettel’s team-mate Mark Webber who eventually finished third to complete the podium line-up. Lewis Hamilton finished outside the points in his McLaren.
F1 Bahrain GP 2009
F1 Chinese GP 2009
F1 Malaysian GP 2009
The Malaysian GP in 2009 will be remembered for being stopped due to torrential rain, along with thunder, lightning and bad light! Part of the problem was the fact that the local timing of the race was altered to fit in better with European TV schedules, and this is currently being reviewed. It was also the case for the Australian GP this year, and there was criticism by the drivers of the light conditions. I agree, my feeling is that all races (unless specifically night races) should be started early afternoon local time. Real F1 fans watch races live! Full information about the race can be found here, and my drivers’ results chart can be viewed here.
Posted in F1 | Tags: australia, australian, bad-light, criticism, drivers, grand-prix, light, lightning, malaysia, malaysian, night-race, rain, thunder, tv-schedules, weather
F1 Australian GP 2009
Blade Runner

At the time of posting I am reading the classic science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick, the book that became the movie Blade Runner. The above cover uses the word ‘became’ because there is quite a divergence between the book and the movie. There are also a number of versions of the movie. I have picked out the main versions below, and you can vote on your preferred one!
Posted in Books, Movies, Philosophy, Science | Tags: blade-runner, philipkdick, sci-fi, science-fiction, sf
Applying Virtue Ethics
Over the years I have studied with the Open University and have a BA Degree as a result. I need to complete 60 points at third level to achieve a BA (Hons), and hope to do this in the next few years.
In 2001 I completed a project course, when I wrote a paper on Virtue Ethics. If you’re interested in reading it, please click here for the project in PDF format. It will especially interest Christians, as it considers the ethics of Jesus, and the contrast between law and grace.
Posted in Christian, Ethics, Philosophy, Theology | Tags: 2001, arts, ba, ba-degree, bible, degree, grace, jesus, law, new-testament, old-testament, open-university, project, study, university, virtue, virtue-ethics


















