TribalTalker

@phylyp – Daily Mail article 2/3rd of the way down the “Links” section, probably. Poorly informed, hurtful nonsense. Pretty much as you’d expect from the Daily Mail.

@aapje – apologies if your comment was in jest.

@aapje – “Lose a tyre” at, say, 150kph? Sounds far worse than launching, to me.

@tflb – I expected Vandoorne to be able to “walk on water”, given his strong and solid progress up until F1. In GP2/2015 he was barely ever off the podium, really consistent. I’m still shocked that it’s all gone […]

@jerejj – pretty much exactly my sentiments. And in the car he had, it’s so hard to estimate how good a driver he is.

@phylyp – Many, many years ago I was a contractor for a company where the CEO fell foul of the “misuse of corporate funds” laws. As I recall, she had bought properties with her own money, renovated them with (her) […]

@drycrust – I find it very hard to believe that anyone could survive such a crash. Utterly horrific. Amazing to hear that the driver is tweeting from hospital to thank the marshalls and medics…

For those of you who have seen Crocodile Dundee II, 1988:
Denning: “You shoulda brought a gun instead of a beer, mate.”
Nugget: “Nah. I don’t need one. I got a Donk.”

Mercedes has a Hamilton.

@freelittlebirds – “Verstappen had a crash course…” made me chuckle. As for drivers who can race “wheel to wheel”, that’s got to be Perez & Grosjean. Both have a very entertaining approach to close-quarters combat.

KGN11 – Thanks for that info.

@freelittlebirds – I hadn’t looked at wins+poles before, interesting way of measuring success.
I think I heard a stat that Hamilton has something over 50% of all the wins in the hybrid era. 10 wins per season […]

Sorry – This was meant to be a reply to the BMF66 comment: “How much of a loss are Mercedes running at.”

BMF66 – but the PR is priceless.

anon-e moss – the BBC isn’t what you think.
It has a Royal Charter which details the programming requirements, regulatory systems and oversight structures. It’s detailed and makes it clear that viewer numbers […]

Grat – ” … really grateful that the engine’s finished,” – I read that to mean that the engine had done its full mileage and the final race would use one of the other engines. The engine used in Brazil may have be […]

“rather than championship points”.

@eurobrun – I rather like the idea of tweaking and modifying the way an engine is working whilst simultaneously travelling at 200-300kph and pulling multiple Gs on the curves. It’s a skill!
If not for reports […]

Or Sirotkin, the least experienced driver on track, compounded a mistake? Worth considering before throwing your hobby away.

@rebelangelfloyd – Like in Belgium, 2008…

@alfa145 – British tradition/charity money raiser. Actually I’m shocked that they weren’t in drag. Probably a safety issue with the big skirts and flowery hats (for the men; women usually dress as boys). The […]