As we head towards the beginning of a new season, i thought i would take this opportunity to remind some you of the more technical terms you will hear around the pits this season.

boggy – jet too big

lean – jet too small

nip – worse than very lean

pinking – between lean and nip

rattley – refer to pinking

swampy – worse than boggy

hookey tool – tool to hook stuff with (usually a bent screwdriver)

pokey stick – stick to poke stuff with

skyhooks – every driver must have

old fart – the guy they can overtake

maniac – the guy that overtook them

thingamajig – applies to almost anything

wotsit – like thingamajig or the crisp they dropped in the engine

whizzybit – a thingamajig thats goes round

round thingy – located near whizzybit

widget – a more scientific wotsit or thingamajig

skiddy – no grip at all (the tyres fault)

skullage – mankey oil

skullage pot – container for mankey oil

squish – has difficulty in fitting in seat

thunk – past tense of think (used very rarely)

yuckystuf – collective name for mankey oil and grease

Many thanks go to Sian Bateman for compiling this glossary to our technical terms.