Unmissable appointment for Saturday...

[El Gordo]

I'm sure they're suffering. The ignomony of defeat to humble Almería heaped woe upon news that Alonso's been taking merciless stick in the British press again this week. Apparently he sulked through Renault's recent F1 2008 launch and has told friends that the car is not comeptitive enough. I'm sure he will have been heartened by news that Renault plan to remove one of his team-mates' arms before the first race

Doctor Mischief

Well funnily enough, I'm almost on speaking terms with Flavio Briatore (Renault F1 team owner) these days. I sit just behind him at QPR, and have had two hand shakes off him now at the end of the last couple of games. Yesterday I progressed to being able to utter something sycophantic, like "Thank you for saving the club, Flavio", to which I received a sugary smile but no words -- yet. So it won't be long before I'll feel able to offer him some advice on the deployment of his F1 drivers.