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Deep joy

Gianni Lora Lamia and Di Persio Roberto waving the Italian flag sitting on the roof of their Mitsubishi Pajero.

2002 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution

picture: Gianni Lora Lamia https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=159357853 under CC0

So far Jennie Gow on BBC and the Autosport team align most with my views and feelings on it - a lot of people won’t like it because it new or they don’t understand. And the racing is no more “artificial” (whatever that is) than previous rules at worst

Have finished my usual rotation of post race podcasts - dissapointed in some of them as I don’t understand the viewpoints about the racing/cars

“Getting to within a second of the car in front and then pushing a button to breeze past is not overtaking” - that’s exactly what happened before with DRS?

Just watched the #F2 sprint race. Throughly enjoyed that, some great racing.

Noel Leon is one that caught my eye, though mostly because his name is a palindrome

Waiting until the fuel stops then jumping them in the pits?

Seeing a lot of complaints that the Aus GP wasn’t the right type of racing and I genuinely don’t understand - can someone explain to me what “real” or “pure” racing is? #f1

In its natural habitat.

All good here, got NASCAR showing for later - I’ll give Dave a nudge for you

I won an award at work. Instead of it motivating me I have started doing less. Obviously I worked too hard and I'm now trying to find the right level between working and not getting fired.

F1 timing tower showing Alonso gap as +15mins to the next car.

I enjoyed it so much I took a snap.

I bet it does! Takes commitment to be an Aus based F1 fan 😂👍🏻

Great race that.
Controlled race from George, with a good drive from Kimi just behind.

Lewis has his mojo back, he hasn’t lost anything.

Brilliant debut from Linblad - points and put Lawson firmly in the shade. He’s my driver of the day I think.

#ausgp #f1

Was reserving judgement on these rules/cars until after a race - and I am positively encouraged based on the sample size of one. I’ve not thought about super clipping at all, and the cars seem raceable, with overtaking possible.

#ausgp #f1

Hello my old friend #f1 #ausgp

There is something special - and right - about getting up when it’s still dark for the first race of a new #F1 season #ausgp

Utterly confused by this in The Range - that’s just taken a fantasy livery to the next level hasn’t it? #F1

Do they have deploy like they do, or could they deploy at a slower rate but for longer and not need to “super clip”? And it’s just they’ve worked out it’s faster over a lap to dump and clip?

My timeline has gone from Villa fans being miserable about results to F1 fans being miserable about the new cars

Aston Martin Racing and excessive vibrations - name a more iconic duo.

A Jaguar XJR-9 sitting in the paddock, one door open.

1989 Jaguar XJR-9

picture: formulanone https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/ under CC BY-SA 3.0

Thank God we don’t let Cadillac in incase they made a mockery of the sport with their performance #f1

That was a great race! And not only did 23XI make it 3 in a row, Reddick became the first ever driver to win 3 in a row to start a season. Incredible! #nascar

Boring #IndyCar race.

Time for #NASCAR - no secret that I’m a fan of COTA, and I love a good NASCAR race anyway, so looking forward to this. Hopefully 23XI can make it 3 from 3.

Jameis Winston keeping it interesting on the interviews though.

I enjoy #IndyCar because I’m a racing junkie, but it is very much background racing for me these days, and I can see why people turn off.

I have nothing against domination, but Palou is so clearly ahead of the field it’s not even funny. And as for driving round in 15 year old cars..

At least we ain’t Spurs.

This was trying to remove the wiper arm. The actual tool meant for the job wasn’t doing it. After an hour I gave up doing it properly. Several swift hits later and it was off.

The actual teaching was “Sometimes, Uncle Matt is right: if all else fails, hit it with a hammer”

My daughter doing some bolts up on a Honda CRV

Finally a dry day so that I could sort the broken wiper motor on the Honda (irony not lost on me)

Had a helper who absolutely loved it. She learnt two important lessons:
1) put your tools back where you got them from
2) if all else fails, whack it with a hammer.