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12 / 05 / 2013
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifth race in Barcelona are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Monaco in two weeks on 26th May. As always, cutoff for edits is
midnight GMT on the Friday night before the race (the night of 24th May).
21 / 04 / 2013
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourth race in Bahrain are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Spain in three weeks on 12th May. As always, cutoff for edits is
midnight GMT on the Friday night before the race (the night of 10th May).
14 / 04 / 2013
Fantasy F1: The results from the third race in China are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Bahrain next week on 21st April. As always, cutoff for edits is
midnight GMT on the Friday night before the race (the night of 19th April).
24 / 03 / 2013
Fantasy F1: The results from the second race in Malaysia are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is China in 3 weeks on 14th April. As always, cutoff for edits is
midnight GMT on the Friday night before the race (the night of 12th April).
17 / 03 / 2013
Fantasy F1: The results from the first race in Melbourne are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Malaysia next weekend on 24th March. As always, cutoff is
midnight GMT on Friday night.
15 / 03 / 2013
Fantasy F1:
At last! The 2013 Fantasy F1 championship is now open!
Read the rules or dive straight in and pick a team.
Enter your team before midnight GMT on Friday night to qualify for the first race in Australia.
05 / 03 / 2013
Fantasy F1:
The 2013 Fantasy F1 championship will be open any day now!
13 / 01 / 2013
Fantasy Rally:
Unfortunately there will be no 2013 Fantasy Rally championship as it's
consuming too much of my precious time. The Fantasy F1 will open as usual shortly before the
season starts.
26 / 11 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the twentieth and final F1 race at Brazil are in and we have our champions!
Check the results or
see how your team did. Both fantasy championships are now closed until the 2013 season.
19 / 11 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the nineteenth F1 race at Austin are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next and LAST race is Brazil next weekend on 25th November.
12 / 11 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: The final results of the Rally Championship are in and our winners
have been crowned!
Check the rally results or
see how your team did in the final reckoning.
05 / 11 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighteenth F1 race at Abu Dhabi are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Austin in two weeks on 18th November.
28 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventeenth F1 race at India are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Abu Dhabi next week on 4th November.
22 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Italia are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next and LAST rally is Spain, starting on 8th November.
Cutoff for edits for the final time this year is midnight GMT on Thursday 8th November.
14 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixteenth F1 race at Korea are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is India in two weeks on 28th October.
10 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Rally teams are now reopened for editing, sorry for the delay!
07 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally France are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next rally is Italy, starting on 18th October.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 18th October.
07 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifteenth F1 race at Suzuka are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Korea next weekend on 14th October.
02 / 10 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from Singapore have been updated to reflect Mark Webber's penalty.
23 / 09 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourteenth F1 race in Singapore are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is at Suzuka in two weeks on 7th October.
17 / 09 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Wales Rally GB are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next rally is France, starting on 4th October.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 4th October.
09 / 09 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the thirteenth F1 race at Monza are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is at Singapore in two weeks on 23rd September.
02 / 09 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the twelfth F1 race at Spa are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is at Monza next weekend on 9th September.
27 / 08 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Germany are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next rally is Wales Rally GB, starting on 13th September.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 13th September. WRC Academy weightings for Evans and Maccrone have been tweaked to reflect recent performance.
17 / 08 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Chris Atkinson will replace Armindo Araujo in the Mini team for Rally Germany.
05 / 08 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Finland are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next rally is Germany, starting on 24th August.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 23rd August. Weightings have been tweaked to reflect recent performance.
29 / 07 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the eleventh F1 race at Hungary are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. We're now into the summer break - the next race is at Spa in 5 weeks on 2nd September.
23 / 07 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the tenth F1 race at Hockenheim are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Hungary next weekend on 29th July - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 27th.
(Germany results have been updated to reflect Vettel's penalty.)
08 / 07 / 2012
Fantasy F1: Weightings have been tweaked to reflect recent performance.
Details are on the league page.
08 / 07 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the ninth F1 race at Silverstone are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Germany in two weeks on 22nd July - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 20th.
24 / 06 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighth F1 race at Valencia are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Silverstone two weeks on 8th July - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 6th.
24 / 06 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally New Zealand are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. It's the summer break now - the next rally is in Finland and starts on 2nd August.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 2nd August.
11 / 06 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventh F1 race at Canada are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is the surprisingly interesting Valencia in two weeks on 24th June - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 22nd.
27 / 05 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Acropolis are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next rally is in New Zealand and starts on 22nd June.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 21st June.
27 / 05 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixth F1 race at Monaco are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Canada in two weeks on 10th June - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 8th.
13 / 05 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifth F1 race at Barcelona are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Monaco in two weeks on 27th May - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 25th.
30 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Argentina are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next rally is in Greece and starts on 25th May.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 24th May.
23 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Jari-Matti Latvala has been injured, so he is being replaced by Dani Sordo for
Rally Argentina. If you have Latvala on your team, you'll automatically score for Sordo instead.
Cutoff for edits for this weekend's rally is midnight GMT on Thursday 26th April.
22 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourth F1 race at Bahrain are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Barcelona in three weeks on 13th May - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 11th.
15 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy F1: Now we have a few races under our belt, the weightings
have been changed to reflect the early season performances - see the the league page to see what changed.
15 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the third F1 race at China are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is (probably) Bahrain next weekend on 22nd April - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 20th.
02 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: The results have been updated to reflect Mikko Hirvonen's exclusion
from Rally Portugal.
01 / 04 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Portugal are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next rally is in Argentina and starts on 27th April.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on Thursday 26th April.
28 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Last call to pick a WRC Academy driver! Teams will be locked from midnight GMT on
Thursday night - if you haven't picked one by then, you'll get Christopher Duplessis by default.
25 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the second F1 race at Malaysia are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is China in 3 weeks on 15th April - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT on Friday 13th.
18 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy F1: The results from the first F1 race at Australia are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. Next race is Malaysia this coming weekend - cutoff for team edits is midnight GMT Friday.
15 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy F1: LAST DAY! Teams entered after midnight GMT tonight won't count for Melbourne - this is
your last chance!
13 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Mexico are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next rally is in Portugal and starts on 29th March.
Remember to pick your Academy driver before then! Anyone who doesn't pick an Academy driver will by default get the first guy on the list - Christopher Duplessis.
05 / 03 / 2012
Fantasy F1: It's here! The 2012 Fantasy F1 championship is open for entries!
Read the rules or dive straight in and
Pick your team. You can change your mind as often as you like until midnight GMT on Thursday 15th March when
teams will be frozen for the first race.
23 / 02 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: The Mexico entry list has arrived and is available on the rally page.
14 / 02 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Due to Mini's recent hoo-ha, if you have Mini as your WRC team, you will score for the Mini Portugal
team instead (currently Araujo/Nobre) from Mexico onwards.
13 / 02 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Teams are open for editing again, though the entry list for Mexico isn't yet available.
12 / 02 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from Rally Sweden are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The next rally is in Mexico and starts on 8th March.
Teams will reopen for editing on Monday.
23 / 01 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Teams are now open for editing again. Ogier and Mikkelsen are entered into Sweden in S2000
cars, but they're not eligible for the SWRC championship. You can choose them as WRC drivers for Sweden if you want.
22 / 01 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Results from the Monte are in!
Check the results,
see how your team did or
enter a new team. The second rally is in Sweden and starts on 9th Feb.
Teams will be frozen at midnight GMT on the night of Thursday 9th Feb.
18 / 01 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: Rally teams are now frozen for the Monte. You can still
pick a team and it will start scoring from Sweden on 9th Feb.
11 / 01 / 2012
Fantasy Rally: The 2012 Fantasy Rally season is now open for entries!
Read the rules or dive straight in and
pick a team.
You can change your team as often as you like so you may as well create one now in case you forget later.
Cutoff for the first race in Monte Carlo is midnight GMT on the night of TUESDAY 17th January.
27 / 11 / 2011
Fantasy F1: The results from the final F1 race at Brazil are in and the championship has been decided!
Check the results or
see how your team did. First race of 2012 is Australia on 18th March. Entries for the new
season will open a week or two before that date.
14 / 11 / 2011
Fantasy Rally: Shock rally drama! Martin Semerad was excluded from the PWRC, so our
results change too, which gives us a new champion!
Check the results or
see how your team did.
13 / 11 / 2011
Fantasy Rally: The results from Rally GB are in and the season is over!
Check the results or
see how your team did.
The 2012 season will be open for entries in early 2012 in time for Monte Carlo on 17th January.
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As a fan of the books and TV series, it's impossible not to notice the differences. Earth is no longer destroyed to
make way for a "hyperspace bypass" - now it's a "hyperspace expressway", despite the fact that Arthur's house still dies
for a bypass. Arthur and Ford still clutch their towels - though we're not told why it's important.
A new character has been written (by Adams himself) for John Malkovich and there is one too many
Americans for my liking. One in particular. One who pronounces the D in Guildford. Bad apple, thy name is Mos Def and
you do a bad Ford Prefect,
which is a crying shame as the rest of
the cast seems spot on. Martin Freeman is a likeable Arthur Dent, Sam Rockwell is a suitably flamboyant Zaphod Beeblebrox
and Zooey Deschanel (last seen in Elf) is a far more pleasing Trillian than Sandra Dickinson ever was. Bill Nighy never
stood a chance of replacing the wonderful Richard Vernon as Slartibartfast - but to his credit he has an excellent stab
at it and comes up smelling of roses. Alan Rickman, as the voice of Marvin the paranoid android, does away with the
monotone of Stephen Moore to inject a little more character - not entirely successfully, but quite amusingly.
Best of all, though, is Stephen Fry. With hindsight, there could be no better person for the voice of The Book.
With the wrong voice, the book scenes would have fallen flat, but in the capable hands of Mr Fry, with the new
accompanying animations and the old Adams script, they become the highlight of the whole movie. If only there were more!
Pleasingly, the excellent theme tune has been retained and spiced up for the noughties - I actually got goosebumps when
it was blasted across the titles (crazy, I know) - and there is enough of Adams' dry wit in the script to retain the
overall feel of the TV series, whilst sprucing up some parts with the use of modern-day special effects. Slartibartfast's
scenes particularly benefit from these effects, creating a believable planet factory in a way simply not possible 20
years ago. Though peculiarly, they seem to have used the old effect for blowing up the earth. Weird, huh?
