All over bar the singing
18/11/2012
They say it's not over til the fat lady sings. Well, we had the singing last night, so I guess it's all over now.
Yes, the Caterham Motorsports Awards 2012 were held last night, marking the official end of the season. All of us (or nearly all) congregated on the Effingham Hotel in Surrey for the night, kindly and thoughtfully kitted out with a bright yellow Caterham Supersport R in its reception to let us know we'd found the right hotel. Dinner was served, prizes were given out, and then the partying started.
Congratulations, of course, go to Alex Gurr for winning the Group 1 Championship. A slapped wrist goes to Caterham for showing a hilarious and exciting video of all the most spectacular crashes in Caterham racing over the last few years - this may have reduced the numbers for Roadsports (the next rung up after the Academy) next year as the wives sat there, open-mouthed, gasping as they re-thought their sometimes-grudging consent for another year of racing... nice one Caterham!
So that's it for the Academy. My year is over. Like Mr Benn in the cartoons of old, as if by magic the shopkeeper has appeared and asked for the racing driver suit back.
...Or has he? Anyone for Roadsport?
(Many thanks to Nick Portlock for the main photo)
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