The British Grand Prix, summarised in the only way I know how.

The Good

• Mark Webber. Could he have been any more satisfied, after the whole front wing thing? And his words to Christian Horner – who sounded a little more muted than usual – on the team radio after taking victory were very well chosen indeed: “not bad for a number two driver”. Karma, there.
• And it was another pretty interesting race, wasn’t it? Not hugely significant overtaking, but you get the feeling that there’s real pressure out there at the moment, and it’s making drivers make more mistakes than usual. The result being good entertainment.
• Like Jenson Button finishing 4th from 14th on the grid. And Rubens Barrichello 5th, Kamui Kobayashi 6th – really good stuff.
• It’s always good to learn something, and today it was the standard unit of weight used in Formula 1, as Martin Brundle talked about “two reasonable sized adults of fuel”. Yes, it’s the reasonable-sized-adult.
• Celebrities! Rowan Atkinson was shown on the TV coverage watching the race from some privileged position. He’s British, obviously, but I reckon he was invited jointly by the six German drivers on the grid. Mr Bean really was very popular in Germany.
• Brundle also grabbed words on the grid with someone or other from the British royal family, and everyone’s favourite proper actor Sir Patrick Stewart.

The Bad

• The disappointment was that Brundle didn’t ask Sir Patrick to join him in the commentary box. His gloriously thespian tones would have been a lovely alternative to the still mediocre at best Jonathan Legard. But that was not to be.
• I’m torn on where to put Fernando Alonso‘s race. On balance, it was maybe just about a bad thing. When he overtook Robert Kubica by cutting a corner, even if he had really no choice, he probably should have given the place back. The drive through penalty he was eventually awarded was perhaps a tad harsh, but logical. The timing of the penalty – right before a safety car – was very unfortunate though. He had to wait for the safety car to go back in to serve the penalty, by which time the pack had closed up, so Alonso inevitably rejoined right at the back. Unfortunate for Ferrari, then, but very, very funny. How much moaning do we have to come?

The Ugly

• Just the Mercedes GP car. Grey and minty green still doesn’t go.