Formula One Features — April 2005

It used to be the case that I'd walk into my son's room and find him playing a Formula 1 game on the Playstation and I, like a true anorak, would look at the screen and instantly know not only on which track he was playing, but also which corner he was at. Sad, but true. Nowadays, however, unless there is a big clue (lots of sand means Bahrain) I have to admit that I am struggling.

In Britain the expression "Gordon Bennett" is one of surprise, alarm and even incredulity. The Oxford English Dictionary points out that derivation of the term is obscure. There is speculation that it is a gentrification of the expression "Gor Blimey", which itself was a corruption of "God blind me!"

Gil de Ferran's Formula 1 career never really got off the ground - probably because of a bang on the head.