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Monaco isn't a great track for overtaking, but today's race definitely didn't lack drama. Unfortunately, we were deprived of the anticipated fight at the front when Max Verstappen's Red Bull had a problem at the start and retired at the end of the first lap. Luckily, all the cars behind avoided him, and the Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc set off after Kimi Antonelli. Behind them, Isack Hadjar had problems with his car all afternoon, but George Russell couldn't get by. The same was true for Lando Norris who was passed by Pierre Gasly at the start and also couldn't pass. There were a lot of penalties given out today, including about a third of the field getting 5 seconds for speeding in the pit lane. There were so many that the commentators questioned the sensor accuracy. For the second race in a row, World Champion Lando Norris had to retire when his car failed. On lap 60/78, when there were only 3 or 4 cars still on the lead lap, Lance Stroll crashed his Aston Martin into the barrier on one of the slowest corner bringing out a safety car. Pretty much all the drivers used this as a chance to get new tires, but while Lewis served his penalty at the stop, George didn't which earned him a further drive-through penalty. The race restarted on lap 65, but was immediately back behind the safety car as Charles Leclerc hit the same barrier as Lance. After a couple more laps the race was red flagged when it was determined that the crashes may have been caused by the surface of what is a regular road breaking up. The road was swept and the race resumed after about a half hour delay. Kimi held his nerve at the restart and became the youngest winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. He wasn't even born when the race was last won by an Italian driver. Lewis held on for second, but couldn't touch Kimi's pace. George dropped out of the points serving his penalty. Despite his car troubles, Isack finished third and Oscar Piastri finished fourth. Before the race, Liam Lawson told one of the presenters that he'd be lucky if his car made the start. He finished fifth. You can see the highlights here. With five wins in a row, Kimi now leads the championship by 66 points from Lewis who has moved up to second. Only a single week to wait until the Spanish Grand Prix.

F1 is on the tight street circuit of Monaco this weekend. Ferrari were the ream to beat in the first two practice sessions, but Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, current drivers' championship leader, topped to table in the third session. The final qualifying session went down to the wire with pole position changing places a couple of times in the final seconds. In the end, Kimi took another pole from Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Charles Leclerc, at his home race, clipped one of the barriers and got a puncture on his final attempt. The top six provide a neat mirror image being Mercedes-Red Bull-Ferrari-Ferrari-Red Bull-Mercedes, but leave George Russell wondering why he's five places behind his team mate. This is McLaren's 1,000th Grand Prix, but they could only manage seventh and eighth on the grid. You can watch the qualifying highlights here. I don't think there's any rain predicted for tomorrow's race, so it'll be interesting to see whether the new engines specs and two extra cars this year make a difference on the crowded track.

Here's another video from Girl Gone London, this time looking at British foods that are off the radar for most Americans. I have never had bubble and squeak or haggis, and have no intention of trying jellied eels, although I have enjoyed the pie, mash with liquor (a parsley sauce, not alcohol) where they're served. Of the rest, I regularly eat black pudding, marmite and sausage and mash. Toad in the hole is also good, but I haven't had it for a while.

Fanta is Fanta, right? Apparently not. Here's a quick comparison of Fanta from the US vs Fanta from the UK.

A company called WheelHouseTV is making a 5-part, 5-hour documentary called "Knight Rider: Declassified". It's set to feature interviews and behind-the-scene footage from the 1980s show, and then be released on a limited blu-ray and streaming. The weird thing is that the interviewees include John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Catherine Bach. More info here.

It may be "a legit website", but I doubt that Warner Bros are happy about them hosting their shows. Maybe because it's a French run site the laws are different to YouTube, and copyrighted material is more easy to find there, but they've been sued/fined over the years and the site has been blocked in a few countries - see here.

I checked out the end of the movie and the song does appear during the credits, but due to the credits featuring bloopers it's very difficult to hear the lyrics.

I think we've already covered kettles being a rarity in America, but here are some other gadgets that an American has noticed after living in the UK for 10 years.

IMDb lists it on the soundtrack. I'll have to dig out my DVD.

It must be a while since I watched the 2007 movie, because I don't remember this song. Then again, the 2005/2007 movies are easily forgettable!

MELANIE Vincz played Lavinia Bo was with Lucy Mae at Deak Clancy's hunting shack.

I mentioned Morgan Wallen's "I'm the problem" above. Here's a duet he did with Post Malone that's still getting regular plays on the radio over here. "I Ain't Coming Back" starts with the line "I'm a redneck, 'Cause I drink beer and I dip Skoal", and the chorus starts with a variation of "But the night I said, "I'm leavin'", I turned into Richard Petty". Both kinda remind me of HNet in a good way.

I assume you're using your phone to post these. If it's Android and works the same way as mine, follow these steps: 1. Tap the white "Share" arrow under the video. On my phone this brings up a list of places to share the video, e.g. WhatsApp, Messages, Bluetooth etc. 2. Drag this list to the left and my last icon is an ellipsis (three dots) with the word "More" under it. 3. Tap "More" and I then get an option to "Copy URL". Tap this to copy the full youtube.com address rather than the youtu.be address that you normally get. 4. On HazzardNet, paste it into your post and hopefully the video will appear rather than the link. If you're on a regular computer, just copy/paste the full URL from the address bar. NB. Some videos, such as the Formula 1 videos that I post, cannot be embedded, so you'll still have to post them as a link.

I only read about that afterwards. As an F1 fan, the one I remember vividly is the crash that killed former triple World Champion Ayrton Senna in 1994. He was 34. It's probably about time I watched the 'Senna' movie documentary again just to remind myself how great he was.

George Russell put his Mercedes on pole for both the sprint and feature F1 races in Montreal this weekend. He converted his sprint pole to a win (highlights here), but the feature race worked out differently. Arvid Lindblad's car wouldn't go into gear on the grid, so there were a total of three formation laps while his car was recovered to the pits. There were predictions of rain, so McLaren started both of their cars on intermediate (grooved) tires despite their drivers questioning the move. Lando Norris' intermediate tires allowed him to jump to the front at the start, but he soon came in to swap them, as did team mate Oscar Piastri. With the McLaren's out of the way, George and team mate Kimi Antonelli put on great show leap-frogging each other every few laps. Sadly, before half distance, George had to retire when his car broke. It was a day to forget for McLaren. After making the wrong tire choice at the start, Lando had to retire with a broken gearbox and Oscar got a 10-second penalty for hitting Alex Albon and putting him out of the race. At the end it was Kimi who took his fourth win in a row. Lewis Hamilton finally seemed to be happy with his Ferrari, and re-passed Max Verstappen toward the end. They finished second and third. Lewis' team mate Charles Leclerc was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap. There race highlights are here. Kimi now has a 43-point lead over George, which is nearly two race wins. The next race is in two weeks at the famous Monaco circuit.