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The black flag was put out 18 seconds after Di Grassi went passed the pit entry for the final time.

I guess they were hoping for the ‘final 5 laps’ rule whereby drive-through penalties do not have to be served […]

It’s so loved that the highest ever 3 day attendance is 32252 (2019). For comparison, Thailand, France and Germany all had over 200,000.
At least it is now a night race so the empty grandstands are rather less […]

All these events were pilots to test whether large crowds of vaccinated people are safe or not. In fact, the British GP is also one of these pilot events and will have the largest crowd so far.

The same happened to Bernie back in 2010 when he lost a Hublot watch. Of course, being Bernie, he capitalised on it and made an advert for Hublot featuring his battered face. It seems not much has changed in 10 years or so.

I don’t think it helped that the Home Secretary said that football fans have a right to boo the England team for “taking the knee” in protest at racism. The Prime Minister also agreed.
Pretty irresponsible on both counts.

If they did a second race at Cota the week before, it would mean 7 race weekends in a row ( a septuple header?)

Thailand is having way greater problems with Covid than Australia with cases doubling weekly. UK is also on their red list which means 14 days quarantine in an approved hotel. Malaysia is having similar problems […]

Well there’s a tentative mention of Lewis Hamilton at the end, claiming he is worth £39m.

If he has been, supposedly, on £40m for the last couple of year and plenty before that, I just wonder where it has a […]

British Racing Green to me is epitomised by either the Bentley’s of the 1920s or the D-type Jags of the 1950s.

The current Force Stroll incarnation is more like mouldy bread green.

Turkey is currently on the UK Red list. There could be a lot of travel problems for staff and drivers based in the UK (most of them…) and I don’t think it is a serious contender. Pity.
The COTA option is not […]

…. and would be immediately rejected by the TV companies as it would upset their schedules.

I see no mention of Ron Dennis who got shoved out mid-2017. Since then they have got rid of a lot of the dead wood and rebuilt themselves into a competitive team. Zak was virtually invisible at that time and, up […]

Meanwhile, in other parts of the track the limits will be controlled by Mr Armco and he is not subject to any dispute.

Racing around a car park… reminiscent of the Las Vegas GP in the 80s. Terrible track, terrible location and abandoned after 4 races.

Are they going to update to a GP2 engine? ;)

I think I need my eyes testing as the bull on the RBR car looks decidedly red to me, on a yellow background.

Does anyone see it as yellow?

The FIA can put sanctions on/suspend Super Licence holders who commit serious road traffic offences.

Sporting code 2.6.2e & 2.6.2f

You could ask why Bernie needs at least £2500 million. If he spent a million every week, he’d still have plenty left in 2065.
The yacht represents about 0.28% of his wealth – peanuts. He probably misheard and […]

Are motorbike exempt from the laws of aerodynamics then?
Motogp has lots of wings and fins and things poking out underneath all in the name of aero. Anyway, a Racing Director is there to employ the best aero man […]

Sure… https://www.standard.co.uk/news/taxman-is-driving-me-out-of-uk-says-f1-ace-lewis-hamilton-6613893.html