Ex-F1 Journalist

Joined May 2013
I’ve seen bigger crowds at a suburban club game than the turnout for the first #SAvAUS test at Kingsmead.
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I suspect a couple of folk in Team 18 will find themselves Schwerkolted after that #Bathurst1000 howler. Adrian Burgess’ repeated β€œwe are good on fuel” proclamations to @chadneylon will go down in infamy. #RepcoSC
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#F1 2026 regs in a nutshell. Half the grid suffers an AI software failure on the formation lap. What a balls up.
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So says the nepo baby driver who objectively would have been dumped from the grid years ago.
πŸ—£οΈ Lance Stroll on Esteban Ocon: "Formula 1's not always fair, sometimes you're in situations where... it's just s**t. I think he's demonstrated over the years that, he's been great in Formula 1 and he's had a lot of good results. So it definitely sucks for him."
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Two #Formula2 rounds in a row where Rafael Camara dumps a rival driver into the wall. Is he really ready for the step up to #F1?
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First there was Jerez. Then came the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Then the Valencia street circuit. And now the @madring_oficial A series of terrible #SpanishGP πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ tracks for #F1. To think we are stuck with this πŸ’© hole for another 9 years is just galling.
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The only highlight so far of the #MadridGP so far is Williams’ neat retro livery. This Tilkedome is 5km of πŸ• πŸ’© akin to Sochi. #F1
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Honestly I am just done with this series. Terrible scheduling, appalling broadcast coverage, insane sportswashing, poor promotion and crowds. And now this insanity. @IndyCar is a joke.
More rain this morning means we are going to run Race 2 first and complete Race 1 this evening. Currently trying to work out what happens for engines due to be changed between races and whether they go in for the first race which is the second race and get switched back for the second race which is the conclusion of the first, not to mention the statistical minefield that occurs if a car wipes out in the first but actually second race and can’t be rebuilt in time to take the restart of the second but actually half finished first race
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First Dolly Parton, now Tim Curry. Both 80-year-old, wig-wearing practitioners of gender-affirming care (either in real life or as a character). If we are to believe in the pattern of threes and the world rebalancing itself, I can only hope that this means DT is next.
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Ticktum really is determined to get himself fired - frankly not a minute too soon.
🚨 PENALTY! Dan Ticktum is serving a 3 place grid drop for misconduct towards an FIA Official. In the Media Pen after the race, Dan was heard saying β€œI don’t understand why the race director just s*** himself when there was a bit of rain and called the safety car” #FormulaE #ShanghaiEPrix πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³
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Truly sad that such a strong campaigner for gay rights has been a bedwetting TERF since the RenΓ©e Richards days. Demanding allyship from others doesn’t give you the right to be selective in your own, @Martina. It just makes you a fucking hypocrite.
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Rebel Wilson - someone with a law degree - is absolutely getting her arse handed to her under cross-examination.
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She even painted her β€œshocked” eyebrows on for the interview.
Caitlyn Jenner is in SHOCK, after she can no longer travel internationally because her renewed passport came back with a male gender marker under Trump’s policy… and even wrote Trump a letter asking for help… which he hasn’t responded. Oh wow… you mean the policies built on denying trans people’s identities are now… denying trans people’s identities? Who could have possibly seen that coming? Caitlyn Jenner really thought the rules she supported would magically stop at everyone else… like bigotry comes with a VIP exemption if you’re rich, famous, and vote Republican. You don’t get to support a system that targets trans people… and then act shocked when it targets you, too. That’s the thing about discrimination… it doesn’t care if you thought you were β€œone of the good ones.”
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A 30-second penalty for Mostert is piss poor - he should be parked for that appalling move on Kostecki. #Supercars
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#F1’s wall-to-wall promotion of the Mario Film at the #JapaneseGP was either a stroke of marketing genius or it will age like milk.
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Alex Dunne. Tons of ability and speed. Zero brains. #Formula2
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3️⃣1️⃣ DEC: Letters πŸŽ₯ β€˜Dangerous Liaisons’ (1988) 🎬 Stephen Frears Here, the most consequential acts are committed quietly, in ink. By the end, every letter written has found its cost. #Bales2025FilmChallenge @krazykeithrules @ironicteachings @JanuaryMovie @BrambleJim
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And that wraps my #Bales2025FilmChallenge - 365 unique films. It’s been great fun!
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