The Wait for a Red Bull 1-2 Goes on...and on...and on

The British GP- Sunday

You have to feel a little sorry for Christian Horner, having seen his driver win a fantastic victory in today's British Grand Prix, and all anyone wanted to talk about was Mark Webber's tongue in cheek comment over the team radio. 'Not bad for your number 2 driver,' the Australian said after taking the chequered flag. Quite.

This sorry saga really questions who is making the decisions in the Red Bull garage, or even perhaps out of it. Horner initally had very little to say when challenged by Eddie Jordan, who rightly pointed out that Webber felt as if he was being undermined (at least partially) by his own team.

They must have known that removing an upgrade from Webber's car, so they could replace the one Sebastian Vettel had broken in practice would be seen as preferential treatment. And indeed it was. Justifying it by pointing to the marginal gap in the points scores is tenuous at best. Meanwhile McLaren pulled off an unlikely 2-4 finish, while Red Bull squandered another front row of the grid lockout.

Fernando Alonso meanwhile seems to be learning. Two weeks after blasting the stewards over dallying over handing Lewis Hamilton his penalty, the Spaniard kept quiet over being given a drive-through penalty for overtaking Robert Kubica by going off the racing line. He should have known better, and given him the place back.

Saturday England-Bangladesh

England's performance was nearly as comical as Five's coverage of said event. What they do not seem to realise is that you can't project excitement onto a cricket match, however much you shout during commentary. At one point Strauss marched down the pitch and swatted the ball through the covers for four, where Mark Nicholas shouted 'what a ripper!' I get the feeling that Nicholas has a sheet of descriptive phrases, and picks which to utter, producing a programme of highlights with clichéd phrases spliced onto them. I expect he lost said sheet when he came up with the immortal words 'that is VERY good,' when Simon Jones bowled Michael Clarke in the 2005 Ashes.

And I have not even mentioned England's batting performance against Bangladesh, a team they had never previously lost to. Ever. True, Ian Bell was relegated to 11th in the lineup after a nasty foot injury, and hobbled on in the last over, but the only player who batted sensibly was Jonathan Trott, eventually edging to the keeper with 6 needed in 4 balls. And they only got it close because Trott and Stuart Broad had a go in the last 6 overs.