They really did drop all the Motorsport news and driver lineups in the world on my birthday, huh 😂 Although not all of it is great if you're an every day person who isn't full of cash... #RobbThoseShields

What in the April 1st is this.

On another point, you know F1 seasons are far too long when teams are announcing 2026 launch dates before the current season has ended. 24 races is 4 too many. 30 including Sprints. Ridiculous.

Alex was asked about leaving McLaren in the post-race F2 press conference yesterday. Says it was ultimately his call to leave. Interesting to see if plans are in place to join another academy.

“And inevitably, the winner of the championship is the guy who often has the fewest bad weekends”: Robinson on the key to Invicta’s #F2 success Read more from our exclusive interview with Invicta's team principal ⬇️ www.pitdebrief.com/post/robinso...

Happy December! Looking to shop for Christmas cards? Check out my @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social inspired collection on Redbubble & Threadless. (Quick, both shops are on sale!!) My profits are donated to several 🇵🇭 animal shelters. Direct links to purchase cards are on the post below 👇

I thought Hungary '21 with Hamilton was bad, I thought Silverstone '22 with Leclerc was even worse, what happened yesterday evening tops both by a mile. McLaren, what did you do. Unbelievable. Operationally have they been worse than Ferrari in 2022? It's very, very close. No joking.

Kimi had a snap, lost the rear and lost a position. Standard racing stuff. Plus Kimi would probably want to help Verstappen a bit after 1) Austria 2) The fact they get on well. GP apologised to Mercedes but the damage was done online at that stage. And you cannot reason with trolls.

Max Verstappen absolutely loved saying "another one" about McLaren's latest fumble 😂

In my first 15 seasons watching F1 (1999-2013), Ferrari won at least one race in each of them. Won is generous for Indy 2005, granted 😉 Since then, no wins in 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021. It looks like 2025 is going to be added to it. Quite the fall off.

Leclerc: "It's been a very boring weekend for me, but I could follow on the screen a little bit of that [the championship fight] and was trying to do the math in my head. And at least that was the most exciting part of my race." Qatar is awful for racing...

Why is a journalist asking Fernando Alonso whether his partner is pregnant or not? That's TMZ level nonsense. F1 drivers have personal lives as well. Piss off. Alonso said he wouldn't discuss it, perfect response to such invasive nonsense 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

So Hadjar blew a tyre because his front wing endplate completely broke. Issue started with 10 laps left and eventually collapsed. Not Pirelli to blame, so my bad there and apologies.

If McLaren somehow lose the #F1 Drivers' Championship to Max Verstappen, this radio message from Joseph will still haunt them long when we're gone.

Something that must be remembered: In 2024 it was announced Will Courtenay would be joining McLaren as Sporting Director but Red Bull blocked him joining until 2026. His role at Red Bull? Red Bull's strategy chief. How much they needed him this year to help, even in the SD capacity. Unbelievable.

I know he was handed it by McLaren fumbling like you wouldn't believe but Max Verstappen. No words. He's always there. He never gives up. P2 in the championship with a race to go with that McLaren car this year, I have no words. Easily one of the greatest of all-time. Making the difference 👏🏻

F***ING hell 💀

Alonso just made a big mistake and lost two spots. Would be good to see what happened.

Norris, holy...

Would have been hilarious if McLaren ended up in the DRS behind Alonso but the way Nando managed that stint was extraordinary. Plenty of faster cars behind him and he managed, managed, managed, pushed in the last few laps to pull a gap for a safe stop. Extraordinarily clever.

Can someone remind Sky they commentate outside the UK? Good lord.

Norris simply can't match Piastri. And the current gap could be huge where they come out in traffic, honestly could end up at like 5-6 places potentially. Alonso is key here....

MCLAREN HAVE DONE A HUNGARY 2021!!!!!!!!!

Just warning in advance that I will likely lose it if any of the title contenders have a tyre failure, or anyone else tbh. It could also screw a title contender that way. Really unacceptable to be carrying that question into the penultimate round of the season. Car failures are part of the sport.

A podium despite a penalty. Very lovely that. Well done to Fornaroli on the championship. #F2

Alex Dunne, what a move 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Juan Pablo Montoya is about to yell ****ing idiot at his son for using a Kimi Räikkönen radio line 😉 #iykyk

These gravel strips are great. Otherwise they would be inventing a new circuit around here #F2

No way Broc Feeney lost the Supercars championship. That is an absolute disgrace. Shame on the disease that is the playoff format. Absolutely rotten and it's spreading in Motorsport. Disgraceful. The best driver losing the championship because of points manipulation basically. Hahahaha, piss off.

So combining the head-to-heads from 2020 and 2025, Leclerc is 31-9 against Vettel (13-4) and Hamilton (18-5) in Grand Prix qualifying. And in points, 139 (65 in 2020 and 74 in 2025) is the difference. That's against two unbelievable drivers with 11 titles between them. Extraordinary numbers.

You know it's bad then they have sucked the life out of their biggest fan on this planet

Leclerc: "Generally, a very optimistic person, but I struggle to find any optimism for tomorrow." You know the car is bad bad then

Probably won't matter but a stellar effort from Verstappen to beat Russell to P3. He's gotta hope for fireworks in front now 😂

Died 2020, came back to life Qatar 2025 Welcome back SF1000

Gasly and Leclerc. My word. Outstanding. Sainz really has come back at Albon since Hungary. Quite a common theme now.

Fernando Alonso is, in the absolute best way possible, a freakish anomaly. He first won a Grand Prix when kids were destroying the family computer with Limewire. Now he’s 44 years old and you’d STILL count on him for a result if there’s a chance. Madness.

I am getting serious flashbacks to the SF1000 watching Leclerc this weekend. It's not been a great car all year but this is the worst it has been. Trying to crash every corner.

Tsunoda less than 0.3s slower than Verstappen Ocon and Hamilton just over 0.3s slower than Bearman and Leclerc respectively Modern #F1 qualifying is absolutely crazy. So, so close. It's unbelievable! Even 10 years ago a gap of 0.3s to your teammate would have been at maximum 2-3 places behind.

Gasly with yet another 'how has he done that lap' in qualifying in 2025

Well the next 15-20 minutes will give us some idea if Max Verstappen has any chance to keep his title hopes alive. And if Norris can overturn his small deficit to Piastri so far this weekend...

Stroll and Gasly calling there 'races' a practice session Yet more embarrassment for the #F1Sprint 😹

My Sprint hate agenda is absolutely flourishing right now. A parade. Utterly dreadful. And there'll be a lap limit on tyres tomorrow. The Grand Prix will be equally awful. Dear me. What a deep shame that this is the penultimate round of the season. But money rules on this planet.

Not gonna lie I really need to fall asleep soon because the depression has hit me like a Japanese bullet train this evening. Worst it's been in many months.

Sutil in prison and under arrest for fraud and embezzlement according to this article via BILD. Crikey.

What a strange session that was. And not just Tsunoda beating Verstappen 😂

Brookes: "Anything positive you can take into tomorrow, will it be a bit of a testing session for you in the Sprint race do you feel" Lewis: "The weather is nice, the weather is nice" Blimey.

Tsunoda, too late unfortunately but P5 is a very good job in that session

Newey becomes team principal and Alonso starts driving like it's 2006. Fairs.

Well that's the championship over now with Crawford and Browning starting from downtown Doha. Alex P5 after struggling to crack the top 10 pretty much all session is a fine result tbh. #F2

Everyone and their granny finding the gravel strips 😂