The champ

He Who Can Fix Anything was officially crowned Fine Cars Champion for 2012 last night, the second year in a row. Not bad for someone who has just turned 60 and is racing against much younger men and more powerful cars. He does all his own mechanical work and surprisingly enough, acknowledged that I was his number one gearbox lifter, to the amusement of the crowd, who all employ mechanics to do their dirty work. We now have about 50 trophies and it's getting hard to find a place to put them - not in the house, thank goodness, in his bar area downstairs. The best part of all these trophies is they aren't silver any more and so there is no polishing involved!

Although he intends to defend his title for a third year, I did suggest that he should retire while he is on top, rather than make an embarrassing comeback like Schumacher, but he didn't bite. I just hope the gearboxes last better next year.