BUT 70N number plate for Formula One Champion

Newly crowned Formula One World Champion returned home from Brazil this week to a special rendition of Queen’s We are the Champions. The song was played as Button entered the Brawn's Brackley headquarters in Northamptonshire. Brawn decided on the song after hearing the champion perform it as he drove round Brazil's Sao Paulo circuit on Sunday. He joked that it was the reason he lost his voice for two days afterwards. Brawn, a phenomenal success in it’s first year, was created after Honda decided to quit the sport last year and Button thanked the 450 staff and paid tribute to the people who were made redundant by Honda. He said: "We've worked so hard for these achievements for so many years.”

There are articles reporting that the number plate F 1 might catch the eye of the racer. It’s a great registration but if Button wants to reward his success this year he could also consider BUT 70N. It would be both personal to him and prove to a good investment with over 4500 people named Button in the country. There isn’t a better representation of his name available!

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Number plate 1 HRH sells for £113,815

The star of today's DVLA auction held in Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire, 1 HRH sold for £113,815 to a telephone bidder.

The registration had extensive media coverage in the days leading up to the auction and the auction hall had almost as many media people as people attending the auction. Journalists and several TV crews, including one from the BBC and Channel Five's Fifth Gear, were there to document the event - as was I. The tension in the room was high as the bidding increased quickly. Jonny Smith from Fifth Gear even offered £500 at one point if one of the bidders increased his bid. However, the bidder in the room declined. A partership from Scotland had travelled down to bid for the number and had to return empty handy.

Now what I want to know, is who purchased the registration? Was it really someone from the Royal Family as was speculated in the papers? I don't think so but let me know if anyone has any leads.

1 O and 3 S will be sold tomorrow at the same auction. I'll keep you posted as to how much they go for.

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Caught On Camera

For quite a number of years David Tennant has been in the spotlight as a result of his well known acting role in the hit show Doctor Who. Mr. Tennant was photographed recently, leaving a Radio Times party in his car. Mr. Tennant had failed to realise that the tax on his vehicle expired on the 31st of December 2008, which left him driving illegally without road tax.

Thanks to a photographer, Mr. Tennant could now be facing a fine of up to £1000 if the photograph should stand up as evidence in court. I’m sure Mr. Tennant will be rushing to the tax office as soon as he can.

Mr. Tennant who is yet to comment on the photograph which has put him between a rock and a hard place told his replacement about how he is going to be in the media’s eye and he will be under the scrutiny of the public 24/7. He said, "everything that's about to unfold and the way that his life is going to change in so many ways...it's exciting."

Maybe if the number plate D12 WHO was on the car, it may have been a bigger photo opportunity and the photographer may not have noticed the tax disc at all.

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