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Goodness sake if you go out on intermediate tyres on a fully wet track of course there will be no grip - this is where you need a Minardi to buck the groupthink and get on with it
October 4, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Goodness sake if you go out on intermediate tyres on a fully wet track of course there will be no grip - this is where you need a Minardi to buck the groupthink and get on with it
I’m up for a full field of medical car spec Mercs going at it - would be fun
The FIA say there is a significant amount of standing water on the track and conditions are not suitable to start the race.
#F1 #BahrainGPinMalaysia #RaceFans
#F1 #BahrainGPinMalaysia #RaceFans
October 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I’m up for a full field of medical car spec Mercs going at it - would be fun
Looks raceable to me
October 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Looks raceable to me
Does this mean FIFA can be removed from responsibility for running the game?
The half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game
Fifa to break rules with 30-minute half-time show at World Cup final
www.thetimes.com
July 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Does this mean FIFA can be removed from responsibility for running the game?
Been watching England in tournaments since 1990 - since then probably maximum 3 knock out games that haven’t felt really uncomfortable - and most of those were in 2018
July 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Been watching England in tournaments since 1990 - since then probably maximum 3 knock out games that haven’t felt really uncomfortable - and most of those were in 2018
Cannot get my head around the World Cup scheduling - appreciate time zones etc, but it’s Saturday night, surely you play at least one game at European prime time?
June 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Cannot get my head around the World Cup scheduling - appreciate time zones etc, but it’s Saturday night, surely you play at least one game at European prime time?
Am somewhat lost as to why the UK government thinks restricting social media for certain age groups is a better answer than, you know, regulating the firms & treating them as publishers
June 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Am somewhat lost as to why the UK government thinks restricting social media for certain age groups is a better answer than, you know, regulating the firms & treating them as publishers
Bonus fun fact - after F1 packed up and raced home at Spa in 1985 - F3000 stayed on and raced
Track break-up was a regular problem for Formula 1 races in the eighties - the 1982 Detroit Grand Prix and 1984 Dallas Grand Prix were badly affected.
The 1985 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa had to be postponed several months when the surface came apart: www.racefans.net/2008/06/07/w...
#F1 #MonacoGP
The 1985 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa had to be postponed several months when the surface came apart: www.racefans.net/2008/06/07/w...
#F1 #MonacoGP
What happens when tracks crack
The disintegrating track surface at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is threatening the running of tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix.
www.racefans.net
June 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Bonus fun fact - after F1 packed up and raced home at Spa in 1985 - F3000 stayed on and raced
My goodness London Falling is a good book
June 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
My goodness London Falling is a good book
What a lap from Rosenqvist
May 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
What a lap from Rosenqvist
That was horrendous in the Moto GP. Rider caught in the bike
May 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
That was horrendous in the Moto GP. Rider caught in the bike
Reposted
It’s so odd that Chris Mason & his colleagues are not inducing a ‘crunch moment’ for Farage. Why is he not obliged to explain how he became an MP pushing cryptocurrency after being given £5 million by a cryptocurrency billionaire?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him
The prime minister will seek to reset his premiership in a speech on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM
It’s so odd that Chris Mason & his colleagues are not inducing a ‘crunch moment’ for Farage. Why is he not obliged to explain how he became an MP pushing cryptocurrency after being given £5 million by a cryptocurrency billionaire?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Super Touring is out next Friday 24th - available in the usual places, but if you’d like a copy drop me a line and I can do a deal #supertouring
April 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Super Touring is out next Friday 24th - available in the usual places, but if you’d like a copy drop me a line and I can do a deal #supertouring
Misses the point somewhat but I was doing live TV or circuit commentary for three of those, so if anyone really wants to force the FIAs hand I can dust off the microphone
NEW: The crashes F1 is trying to prevent may be rare – but the danger is obvious
Formula 1 is taking the implications of Oliver Bearman's Suzuka crash seriously. It could have easily have been much more dangerous.
More:
Formula 1 is taking the implications of Oliver Bearman's Suzuka crash seriously. It could have easily have been much more dangerous.
More:
The crashes F1 is trying to prevent may be rare – but the danger is obvious
Formula 1 is taking the implications of Oliver Bearman's Suzuka crash seriously. It could have easily have been much more dangerous.
www.racefans.net
April 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Misses the point somewhat but I was doing live TV or circuit commentary for three of those, so if anyone really wants to force the FIAs hand I can dust off the microphone
Now feels like a good time for the worlds governments to start bringing unbearable diplomatic pressure onto Washington
April 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Now feels like a good time for the worlds governments to start bringing unbearable diplomatic pressure onto Washington
Massive impact on cost of living, standard of living, living normally - all due to a totally unnecessary war. Utterly infuriating
March 31, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Massive impact on cost of living, standard of living, living normally - all due to a totally unnecessary war. Utterly infuriating
Really can't bear the thought of energy-led restrictions due to a totally unnecessary war, not even five years since the last Covid lockdown.
March 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Really can't bear the thought of energy-led restrictions due to a totally unnecessary war, not even five years since the last Covid lockdown.
My new book - Super Touring - is out in April. If you'd like to pre-order via Waterstones you'll get 25% off
February 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
My new book - Super Touring - is out in April. If you'd like to pre-order via Waterstones you'll get 25% off
Whilst AI may take over the world, fact checking my book this week CoPilot has repeatedly given me incorrect results for, or made up, Grand Prix in the 1980s
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Whilst AI may take over the world, fact checking my book this week CoPilot has repeatedly given me incorrect results for, or made up, Grand Prix in the 1980s
I really shouldn’t, but I do admire FIFA’s shamelessness - two halves - pah, let’s chuck in the ad breaks
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I really shouldn’t, but I do admire FIFA’s shamelessness - two halves - pah, let’s chuck in the ad breaks
Losail is such a dull track
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Losail is such a dull track
Silverstone 42 years ago
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Silverstone 42 years ago
Spent the weekend trying to work out exactly who the Las Vegas GP is for - then saw all the influencer videos. A race for billionaires by billionaires
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Spent the weekend trying to work out exactly who the Las Vegas GP is for - then saw all the influencer videos. A race for billionaires by billionaires