At 12:15 BST on Monday the lead balloon in the race is the American USA-2 - which has travelled 1298.93km (807m).

BBC: Wiltshire

In Lead Balloon, which Dee devised and co-wrote, Dee plays disillusioned comic Rick Spleen who hosts corporate events such as The Heating and Ventilation Awards.

BBC: Louise Delamere in The Chatterley Affair

Mickelson's jokey comment that "Irish women are not that good looking" had gone down like a lead balloon and led to the then collegiate star having to make hurried apologies on the national airwaves.

BBC: McIlroy magnetism

The doctor sits in a lead-lined cockpit, in a comfortable chair, and remotely controls the robotic system as it implants the balloon or stent catheters into the patient.

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