F1 Breakfast - Japanese GP, 29 March

F1 Fans,

Well, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs are cancelled due the Iran conflict and Mercedes looks to be all but unstoppable on race day. I predicted a crazy season, but this is not what I had in mind!

Since we have no Bahrain Brunch, let's do a F1 Breakfast for the Japan GP this Sunday!  How you say?  We can do a delayed streaming of the race on the Apple TV app at Mom & Pop's.  We'll commence streaming at our usual 9 a.m. breakfast time.  My heartfelt thanks to Skip, Rey and Susan for checking everything out at Mom & Pop's to make sure we are good to go with this.  In the future, we can now delay stream all GPs that start in the wee hours of the morning to the more sensible 9 a.m. time and do a F1 Breakfast.  Neat huh?

Looking forward to seeing everybody this Sunday!

                 When:  Sunday, March 29th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

2026 Season is upon us - HERE WE GO!

Hampton Roads F1 Fans,

I have only one prediction for the 2026 F1 season and that is it is going to be crazy with a capital "K". With pre-season testing over, there is already talk about rule changes to the already biggest set of rule changes in F1 history! Max has called the current rules F1 "Formula E on steroids"; I think it is more like "Formula ?".  Let's just hope all the chaos has some entertainment value for us fans!

On top of all the changes on track, Apple TV will be the new sole broadcast source for everything F1.  The good news for us is Mom & Pop's has Apple TV.  There still will be a learning process as we try to figure out everything.  Since the first three GPs have overnight start times, we will have until April to get up to speed. Perhaps in the future, we can still do a F1 breakfast for these races if Apple TV re-streams the GPs held in Asia/Australia quick enough.

Well, that's about all for now.  Strap in, put your visor down, and get ready for a great ride!

F1 Breakfast - Abu Dhabi GP, DAY OF INFAMY

F1 Fans,

Boy, oh boy, oh boy.  Leave town for a couple of weeks and look what happens!  I made the "Day of Infamy" reference before I left, but now I make another prediction:  there will be as much, if not more, yelling and hollering coming from the back room at Mom & Pop's than there was on December 12, 2021. 

***NOBODY MISS THIS ONE!!!

                 When:  Sunday, December 7th, 8:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Abu Dhabi GP, December 7th

F1 Fans,

The final GP race and our final F1 breakfast of 2025.  I'm posting this prior to the Las Vegas GP, so the only prediction I can make is December 7th will be the day of infamy for one of three F1 drivers! Hope to see you there!

                 When:  Sunday, December 7th, 8:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Brunch - Qatar GP, November 30th

F1 Fans,

2025 GP season is winding down and turning out to be a corker.  Join us for brunch at Mom & Pop's to watch the action!

                 When:  Sunday, November 30th, 11:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Lunch - Brazilian GP, November 9th

F1 Fans,

Well, welly, welly well. Four races to go, one point between the McLaren drivers, and of course, Max is in their mirrors.  Sprint weekend as well, so tasty and exciting all at the same time.  Let's do an F1 Lunch!

                 When:  Sunday, November 9th, 12:00 p.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Singapore GP, October 5th

F1 Fans - 

This Sunday is the Singapore GP night race - which is fortunately breakfast time for us!  Max seems to be staging some type of comeback lately, however he has yet to manage a win in Singapore.  The Mclaren drivers will be as tense as a tick on a matchstick.  (I just made that one up, so feel free to groan).

Won't be able to make this one - so will catch up with you for Brazil.  8 a.m. race, so don't be late!

                 When:  Sunday, October 5th, 8:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Azerbaijan GP, September 21st

F1 Fans,

This Sunday we're back on the streets of Baku for the always exciting Azerbaijan GP.  This will be an EARLY race for us - 7 a.m. start!  So early that we had to make arrangements with Mom & Pop's for them to let us in at 6:45. Hope to see all you early birds there!

                 When:  Sunday, September 21st, 7:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Italian GP, September 7th

F1 Fans,

Sunday we have the Italian GP at Monza.  Ah Italia, home of the spicy meataballza and other tasty dishes.  Speaking of which, the Mclaren drivers' championship is getting to be about as spicy and tasty as you could hope for.  Not to mention Max is not so far off that he couldn't "Maximize" his chances if the Mclarens get too spicy with each other!  

Hope to see you there - 9 a.m. race.

                 When:  Sunday, September 7th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Netherlands GP, August 31st

F1 Fans,

We're back from summer break, and Cadillac has announced their drivers for next season:  Bottas & Perez!  It will be good to see Vallteri and Checo back on the grid.  

Netherlands GP is on for this Sunday - hope to see you all there.  9:00 am race time.

                 When:  Sunday, August 31st, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Hungarian GP, August 3rd

F1 Fans,

Last race before the summer break.  I should be back by then!

                 When:  Sunday, August 3rd, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Belgain GP, July 27th

F1 Fans,

Coming off the soggy but exciting British GP, we will have the (usually) soggy Belgian GP.  Since I will be out of pocket with variable connectivity for a while, I am doing advance postings for both the upcoming Belgian and Hungary GPs. See you all around the next turn!

                 When:  Sunday, July 27th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Brunch - British GP, July 6th

F1 Fans - 

It is the British Brunch this Sunday for the always exciting GP at Silverstone.  I don't think the Mom & Pop's special will be the coma inducing Full English Breakfast, but I'm sure they will have one of their good ol' American gut-bombs available.  As things are hotting up in the Driver's Championship, I think we all can expect McLaren and Lando to put on a good show for the home crowd.  

See you there - don't forget, 10:00 a.m. start time for this one! 

                 When:  Sunday, July 6th, 10:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 Breakfast - Austrian GP, June 29th

F1 Fans,

Things got a little spicy in Canada with both McLarens attempting to simultaneously occupy the same spot on track, and then Gorgeous George attempting to brake-check Max into a race ban.  Overall, a great weekend for Mercedes - can they keep it up?  Can Max keep his cool at Red Bull's home track? Will Oscar and Lando play nice with each other?  Could be tasty, if not outright spicy!

Speaking of F1 drama - don't forget we are going to the F1 Movie this Saturday.  I will send out a reminder after I post this. If you haven't done so already, please let me know by Tuesday if you want to go to lunch before the movie so I can make a reservation for us at Las Palmas. See you all this weekend! 

                 When:  Sunday, June 29th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503

F1 The Movie Watch Group, June 28th

F1 Fans,

I previously mentioned us getting together to watch the Brad Pitt F1 Movie.  Planning to do a Saturday matinee at 12:30 p.m. on June 28th at the AMC Lynnhaven 18 theater.  We can all meet at Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant across the street at 11:00 a.m. for a lunch special prior to the movie.  

Click on the following link to get your tickets: F1 The Movie

Once in the website, select Virginia Beach for location, IMAX 2D for preferred format and SAT JUN 28 for date. AMC Lynnhaven 18 theater should pop-up, so select the 12:30pm showing to pick your seat(s).  I picked F12-13, but feel free to select something to your liking, since I really don't know what good seats are for an IMAX theater. You can also get seats the day of the movie if you are not picky.

Please let me know if you plan to go to lunch so I can get a group reservation in at Las Palmas.  Okay - sounds like fun to me, hope you all can make it!

                 When:  Saturday, June 28th 11:00am (Lunch)

                                                                 12:30pm (Movie)

                 Where: AMC Lynnhaven 18 Theater
                              1001 Lynnhaven Mall Loop
                              Virginia Beach, VA 23452

                              (Las Palmas is right across the street)

F1 Breakfast - Spanish GP, June 1st

F1 Fans,

Spanish GP this Sunday - rumor has it there is likely to be some passing this time despite no mandatory two stop!  I also heard some rumors about FIA clamping down on Mclaren's flexi-wing, but that may be just YouTube click-bait.

Anyway, we have a F1 Breakfast race.  Also, stay tuned for my next post outlining a group get-together for us to watch "F1 - The Movie" with Brad Pitt (woo!).

                 When:  Sunday, June 1st, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503  

F1 Breakfast - Monaco GP, May 25th

F1 Fans,

Memorial Day weekend is upon us and you know what that means: the iconic, glamorous, and scary Monaco GP!  Besides just being a tight race road-wise, the Driver's Championship is also becoming quite tight as well.  As we know, Monaco can be very unforgiving and so some on-track drama is more than likely.  This is the GP not to miss!  See you there!

                 When:  Sunday, May 25th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503  

F1 Breakfast - Imola GP, May 16th

F1 Fans,

F1 is off to Italy this Sunday for the Imola GP.  Things have gotten a little crazy on track lately, and that trend should continue.  Oscar is on a three-peat and now leads the driver's championship.  Lewis' honeymoon with Ferrari seems to be over judging from the spat over the radio in Miami.  BTW, Williams had a car that beat both Ferraris in that race!

This will be our first 9 a.m. F1 Breakfast this season.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to make this one, but will see you next time! 

                 When:  Sunday, May 16th, 9:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503  

F1 Lunch - Saudi Arabian GP, April 20th

 F1 Fans - 

We had a great turn-out for the Bahrain Brunch and it was great seeing/meeting everybody.  We asked Mom & Pops if they would be ok hosting us for the Saudi GP (since they close at 2 p.m.).  They said it would be fine for us to stay until the end of the race.  There was a small group at the Brunch that said they would like to come even though this Sunday is Easter, so F1 Lunch it is.

I won't be able to make this one, but y'all have fun!

NO F1 LUNCH FOR SAUDI GP!

Mom & Pop's just realized it is Easter, even though we spoke with them about it beforehand.  Sorry for (their) confusion! 😄

             

F1 Brunch - Bahrain GP, April 13th

Hampton Roads F1 Fans - 

Seems like we are well into the 2025 season already with the Aussie, Chinese, and Snoozuka races under our belts.  We finally get a chance to straighten out our sleep cycle with the Bahrain Brunch!

It will be great to see and catch up with everybody!  See you there!

                 When:  Sunday, April 13th, 11:00 a.m.

                 Where: Mom & Pop's Family Restaurant
                              331 E. Bayview Blvd.
                              Norfolk, VA 23503