White Lines

A day trip down to the mystical west country gave us little time to post yesterday, but we've sprinted back into a raft of sports-related goodness today.

First playing a little catch up, we feel compelled to comment on Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One late last week: now if there’s one thing that’s finally convinced us that the credit crunch is real and not a figment of some merchant banker’s imagination, this has got to be it.

Ironically, for a sport in which conspicuous consumption, excess and luxury have become not so much bywords as essential planning components, Honda have left because the sport’s simply become too expensive after having spunked some $200m on the team last year.

What about the rest? Are teams that don’t have a disgusting energy drink backing them up really vulnerable? Is this the first sign Bernie’s circus is finally coming apart at the seams?

Could we see McLaren v Ferrari in a real two horse race next year ie. with no one else taking part?

More importantly what’s poor Jenson going to do for a drive? We hear there’s a possible vacancy on our local milk float....

In breaking news: former England all-rounder (although we use that term loosely) Chris Lewis has been nabbed apparently taking an absolute shedload of Charlie through customs. As our fellow spurter Matt remarked, he always had trouble with his lines, but £200k’s worth? It’s the closest Lewis has ever got to a ton...