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Listed below are comments made by Alexanderleophillips between Friday, 26th June 2009 and Friday, 26th June 2009.

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How Mosley lost F1 power battle 3:31pm on 26 Jun 2009 TBH Scott Speed is fairly naff, Busch and Andretti are average and Patrick is very unimpressive (excluding various photo shoots). I can easily see Patrick getting a drive simply for the publicity and sponsorship.

It still confused me how USF1 are allowed to have a US driver only policy, seems extremely xenophobic and against the spirit of sport in general.
How Mosley lost F1 power battle 1:41pm on 26 Jun 2009 Re: Jean Todt take over

Jean Todt has been favourite for some time now (in fact his name has been on the cards since 2003). Naturally his close links to Ferrari are a worry and as long as he remains in the employment of Fiat (or its extended family) he should not run an organisation like the FIA (this of course has always been Heir Max's problem too).

What the Todt idea does give us is a man at the head of the FIA who really understands motorsport and not just a lawyer. This, in my opinion, is key for the future of F1, WRC, TOCA etc who have spend far too long a time being raped by people like Max who know nothing and care so little about their well being.

If it were up to me i'd get a man like Gerhard Berger, Alan Prost, Jackie Stewart etc to run for president. All men know motorsport and love it, they have also ran teams and understand the political and legal issues which surround the sport.

However, this is clearly just half the battle to win back the soul of F1; Bernie and CVC need to have their power decreased or we'll end up with a sport played out in front of shareholders in Taiwan at £400 a seat, rather than real fans in Monza, Silverstone, Spa and Nurburgring!
Theatre on the big screen 1:17pm on 26 Jun 2009 I managed to see Phedre last night at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre. it was sold out.

I greatly enjoyed the experience (although i found the story to be a little dull). The set and acting were fantastic and the show transferred to camera very well.

The use of 5 cameras allowed the cinema audiences to see close ups of the actors at key moments.

however my only disappointment came from the fact that at no point you ever got a sense of there being a live audience there with the actors. It felt much more akin to a television production along the lines of the 1980s Shakespeare productions made by the BBC.

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