Category: General

  • Oh yes… Lotus!

    Oh yes… Lotus!

    So who predicted that Lotus would win the first GP of the year? If I take a look back at what I said here a couple of days before the Australian GP, the most glaring issue is the complete lack of mention of Lotus. I referred to Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull as the…

  • 24 Hours – Who Dares Wins!

    24 Hours – Who Dares Wins!

    There is something unique about the challenge that a 24 Hour race poses to the drivers (and their supporters). I have raced in about 6 of them over the years and, in spite of the very best plans to ensure that all drivers had enough rest, nothing compares to the feeling of complete and absolute…

  • F1 2013 is GO GO GO

    F1 2013 is GO GO GO

    As the 2013 Formula One Season kicks off this weekend in Melbourne, the four month racing drought ends and we find out who’s new cars are fastest. The teams have spent the Winter developing their new cars, using last year’s experience and a lot of competitor analysis to try to develop a race (and championship)…

  • Vodafone Dmax – can it get even better?

    Vodafone Dmax – can it get even better?

    I admit to waking up on Sunday 13th January with a bit of a headache. Luckily the headache was not caused by any on track incidents, but by too much red wine the night before, as the Vodafone Dmax team joined with 60 of our drivers to celebrate the 2012 series and to present the…

  • Happy New Year… Or is it?

    Happy New Year… Or is it?

    As the world wakes up to New Year’s Day and for many the inevitable hangover from too much consumption, I have a slightly smug hangover-free smile on my face. Having damaged my knee late last year, I have spent most of the Christmas holiday following Doctor’s orders – plenty of bed rest and keeping my…

  • Google Maps is back… and thus so is Daytona!

    Google Maps is back… and thus so is Daytona!

    I am an “Apple Fan Boy”. Since getting my first Iphone a few years ago, I have slowly but surely allowed Apple to take over more and more of my life. I may use a windows desktop pc in the office, but there is a Macbook Air next to it and that is what I am using…

  • Not So Sweet Chariot…

    Not So Sweet Chariot…

    As regular readers of our blog will know, I occasionally use this blog to either congratulate companies who have impressed me with their customer service or denigrate companies who I feel have let themselves down. Today’s blog is all about BMW and their support for England Rugby. The pavements were crowded in Richmond last Saturday.…

  • If it doesn’t say Daytona on the box…

    If it doesn’t say Daytona on the box…

      It’s that time of the year again. It’s that time that the Experience Voucher people get all excited about. A huge percentage of the experience vouchers sold each year are sold as Christmas presents – and this includes karting vouchers. We all know how easy it is to buy someone a voucher and that…

  • “Go to Daytona Instead”

    “Go to Daytona Instead”

    Part of my job involves wandering around the interweb seeing what people are saying about us and about our competitors. As a geek, I don’t mind spending time travelling the on-line highways and byways looking for relevant feedback on what people think about what we do – but some days it is an absolute delight…

  • Women buy Christmas Presents Earlier than Men.

    Women buy Christmas Presents Earlier than Men.

    We launched our Christmas Voucher Offer a couple of weeks ago and can positively confirm that women are so much more organised than men when it comes to purchasing Christmas Presents.  As I said in a previous blog, we have to overcome our own natural antipathy about talking about Christmas in October – we actually…