Formula One is up against the World Cup for national press attention this summer. On the face of it, it is going to have to entertain far better than it did at Silverstone to get a mention. Find out more in our post-race media review.
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Headline | Alonso playing dominant role as the killjoy of Formula One Trophy offers little consolation to Button |
They say | “Plenty of brain power, but not much action” |
We say | Sad though it is, you have to agree |
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Headline | Alonso pledges all-out attack after humbling pretenders to his crown Button struggles to hide frustration as flags and fanfare lead only to failure |
They say | “Alonso was the nearest the crowd got to a home winner. He lives 20 miles away, in Oxford.” |
We say | True, but more people were cheering Lewis Hamilton |
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Headline | Alonso gets into the groove in his adopted home Honda at crisis point as Button’s dreams go up in smoke |
They say | “The Honda drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button endured some pre-race encouragement from the Kaiser Chiefs” |
We say | The F1 celebrity obsession is only made tolerable when the media make fun of it. |
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Headline | Technology overkill stifles the human race |
They say | “Silverstone looked a picture. The sun shone, the grandstands blazed with colour. The only element missing was a race. No blame attaches to the drivers…years of hand-wringing over the lack of spectacle and a raft of regulatory changes aimed at reversing the trend have brought us full circle.” |
We say | An excellent article, which the heads of the sport would do well to pick up. |
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Headline | Flaming disaster: Button’s dreams up in smoke as fans find a new Brit hero in rookie Hamilton Vill’s Schu rage |
They say | “One British star deservedly milked the applause from 80,000 fans. And then there was Jenson Button.” |
We say | Speaking of coming full circle – now it’s Hamilton’s turn to suffer the adulation of the British tabloids, shortly before he becomes their next whipping boy. |
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Headline | Button’s bid is up in smoke |
They say | “Button said, ‘I have to see a big ‘thanks’ to the fans. They definitely lifted me walking back in.'” |
We say | Far from deserting Button, I thought the British fans really appreciated the few laps of excellent driving we got to see from him. |
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Headline | Adopted son coasts home Lewis steals the show as Button is burnt out |
They say | “Fernando Alonso at least ensured that one local lad finished the British Grand Prix with a smile” |
We say | The alternative approach to achieving national pride: claim individuals who are not from your country as your own. |
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Headline | Button gets smoked out Hamilton in a hurry to step up Schu’ve made me Jacques it in |
They say | “‘You looked sad, as if your parents had died – why?’ was the most bizarre question [of Alonso] from a foreign journalist.” |
We say | You see – that’s why ITV should let us see the post-race press conference in full… |
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