In what no one is calling “winggate” the McLaren team have been told they are fine to race with their novelty rear wing at the Bahrain GP.

The wing, said to be worth 0.3 sec a lap and upwards of £35 on eBay differs from the rest of the field mainly in colour, using a more aerodynamic shade of silver than the mercedes GP team.

Sources at the team say they are glad that none of of the FIA inspectors noticed the compartments to release nails and oil slicks on the track.

As another year begins we have taken some time to predict exactly what we think will happen using all our skills and punditry

World Drivers Champion
Terry: Alonso
Kevin: Vettel

Constructors Champion
Terry: Ferrari
Kevin: Mercedes

First onair Swear
Terry: Webber
Kevin: Button

Bahrain GP:
Pole:
Terry: Hamilton
Kevin: Vettel

Winner
Terry: Webber
Kevin: Vettel

BBC pundit to fuck up
Terry Eddie Jordan
Kevin: Eddie Jordan

Eddie Jordans Shirt for race coverage
Terry: Blue silk with pattern
Kevin: Pink

Most Embarrassing new team fuck up
Terry: HRT lapped by themselves
Kevin: HRT not having uniforms

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And we are out of hibernation

In this, the annual preview podcast we discuss the perils of the bahrain grand prix being on mothering sunday and how the F1 fraternity has kept the soap opera going in the off season with the shambolic new teams fiasco.

And we analyse the new teams, slag off the old ones (oh, and the new ones) and predict what the hell is going to happen with this possibly vintage (possibly disappointing) season

And Kevin and Terry do their predictions for the coming season…

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The leading teams are posturing themselves against the new kids on the block like school bullies in a playground. Before they’ve even shown up for the new term the big boys are saying how the newbies had better stay out of their way.

Worried that the new teams are so far off the pace that they might dare get in the way they’ve all started spouting off about it. Of course they might just be shouting now so that they look less stupid when they run right up the back of a HRT mid hot flush.

Or, like patrons of an agonisingly cool club they are looking on the new teams like fat girls, shouting loudly at the start of the night how much they repulse them.

But let’s see if by the end of the season whether these same teams, drunk and lonely will becoming on the the news ones, begging for engine partnerships and a quick buyout in the alleyway.

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