First thing to do this morning is go and buy or download a copy of Mark Webber's book Aussie Grit (I paid $15 on Amazon). It's not Hemingway but it's a great read.
What we learn is that Mark thinks the Red Bull team treated Seb Vettel like "a favourite son" and that Vettel really was "a spoiled brat". We learn why team adviser Helmut Marko's nickname is Dr Evil.
Two other things: Mark does seem to have had trouble with his teams; and don't buy Pirelli tyres or Red Bull drinks.
Talking of Red Bull, the soft drink company's first junior driver in 1994, Austria's Patrick Friesacher, starred at last month's Goodwood Festival of Speed when his 2007 Toyota Camry NASCAR caught fire while he was doing burnouts on the hill climb. Naturally Patrick kept driving.
Despite the current Audi reliability problems I was having a go at the 1986 Audi Quattro Sport SWB Coupe. This was an ultra-rare homologation special driven for only 52,934km. Now, three years ago these were selling for around $236,000. At Goodwood this two-owner four-wheel drive brought a record $482,000.