Today I have mainly focussed on work. I haven’t even left the house. Mrs Pitts grabbed our cache for the day while she was out visiting friends.
So, what did I do? I sat on the sofa and worked. I had a few jobs to cross off my list and managed a fair bit of that.
I didn’t get up for the Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying session – I tend to find that if I do, I struggle to get up to watch the race an that’s more important. Mark Webber is on pole, and I can see him winning tomorrow. However, Sebastian Vettel can also become World Champion for the fourth year running tomorrow in theory. However, there is still an outside chance for Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton or Kimi Raikkonen to triumph.
- Sebastian Vettel must win the race to have a chance of taking the title in Suzuka. If Vettel does win the race, he will win the title if Fernando Alonso finishes no higher than ninth, and it will not matter where Raikkonen or Hamilton finish.
- For Fernando Alonso to guarantee an extension to the championship fight, he must finish 8th or higher. If Vettel does not win, he will still be in the title fight at the next race in India.
- For Kimi Raikkonen to stay in the title fight, he needs to beat Sebastian Vettel, but there are a few scenarios. A win would guarantee Raikkonen being in the title fight in India. A second place would mean Vettel can finish no higher than 4th, a third place finish would mean Vettel must finish no higher than 6th, a fourth place finish would mean Vettel must finish no higher than 7th, a fifth place finish means Vettel must higher no higher than 8th, a sixth place finish means Vettel must finish no higher than 9th, and a seventh place finish means Vettel would have to not score at all.
- For Lewis Hamilton to stay in the title fight, he also needs to beat Vettel with one of the following scenarios. A win for Hamilton would require Vettel to finish no higher than 4th, a second place for Hamilton means Vettel would have to finish no higher than 6th, a third place finish means Vettel must finish no higher than ninth, and a fourth place finish means he needs Vettel not to score at all. Anything less than 4th place for Lewis Hamilton and he will be automatically out of the running.
To be fair, those are the mathematical chances but in reality it’s a two horse race. And even then, one of those horses, the prancing one, is a little bit lame…
Anyway, tomorrow morning will tell us all.
Elsewhere, I caught up on a fair bit of TV today too, watching a Doctor Who serial, The Aztecs, featuring the first Doctor, William Hartnell, that I’d never seen before. This is part of the Watch TV channel‘s build up to the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who (which I have seen) in November. The feature length programme was made up of four episodes broadcast between 24th May 1964 and 13th June 1964 and was utterly different to the series we see today.
Now, each episode of Doctor Who pretty much stands alone with only fleeting references to an overarching story. Occasionally there will be the odd two parter but a typical story is played out over the 45 minutes. I have problems with this, as lately the tales have felt a little rushed with the resolution playing out far too quickly and easily. This has plagued the Matt Smith series in my opinion and it was nice to see how such a detailed story can be created by the concept. I really enjoyed it, even if it was far less polished than anything we see on the box these days (the odd camera bumping into scenery, the odd fluffed line for example…) Still, when it was first broadcast, over 7 million people watched each episode. Not bad for a children’s programme.
I also watched Source Code, a film I’d Sky+‘d earlier in the year after seeing only the beginning while writing for this blog. Mrs Pitts wasn’t so keen and ended up reading her book, but I enjoyed it. The initial hook was clearly enough to make me record it in the first place and I’m glad I’ve now seen the whole thing. To be honest, it was a cross of two of my favourite ever things: Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day.
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