2025 ends with Lando Norris crowned champion. A look at a remarkable Sunday at Yas Marina. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/a...

The second to last live session post of the year. Looooooooong season it has been, but it ends tomorrow, whatever comes. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/n... (hopefully nothing happens that makes it last past tomorrow, like an intentional crash or something of the sort)

You could say Verstappen has been enjoying a second home race…

Thank you, @microsoft.com, for protecting me of that most dangerous company, Microsoft Corporation from Redmond, WA. (adding proofing tools to Office 365 with active OneDrive family account, got this message in Win11, probably something to look into)

A look at the history of the best there ever was. The Quiet Champion captured my imagination when I was 6 and has never let go. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/j...

What great news to wake up to. Sexual Harassment Spice is out at Red Bull and Mekies takes over. Delightful.

The last 2 lines of Tuesday's worlde REALLY capture the current state of the world. From one good thing to what I feel the most these days when anyone mentions the news. Good times...

First part of the look into the British GP. Hopefully, the second one comes out before Tuesday. PIA loses an easy win, NOR takes advantage, HUL makes history, and chaos reigns around one of the season's best tracks. What's not to like? open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/s...

And we were alive to see Le Mans winner Hülkenberg score his 1st podium, only took 239 GPs. Remarkable day at Silverstone, all 3 races were brilliant, culminating in an epic F1 GP. And what a moment for, by all accounts, an excellent bloke. With beautiful hair. f1iq.substack.com/p/everyone-i...

Pride started as a riot. Never forget.

Nothing to add.

So the new TD came into effect and McLaren appears completely unaffected. WHO KNEW???? Hamilton even said after the session that the rule is a "waste of money". Nice... This and much more in today's post. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/h... #f1 #f12025 #spanishgp #formulaone #formula1

It is coming, so let us all hope that they have a TERRIBLE time in June, July, August, etc. There are billions of Legos pieces around the world, so hopefully there is one for each homophobe, transphobe, and all other assorted imbeciles, so they can step in one every day.

Another attempt at "spicing the show" goes pear-shaped. Who could have foreseen this??? Other than everyone. But the Crown Jewel was again a great demonstration of the drivers' skills and abilities, Lando Norris coming up on top while Mercedes faltered quite hard. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/n...

"It is hoped that the change will inject some excitement into the encounter, which takes place around Monte Carlo’s tight, twisty streets (meaning a lack of overtaking opportunities) and is commonly a one-stop affair." From F1's article on the 2-stop rule.

How's that stupid fucking rule working to "spice up the show", you idiots? F1 strategists will always trump dumb rule makers trying to create artificial drama to please the fans who do not really like F1.

Saturday at Monaco is the best. It has all the best and worst of F1 in two 60' sessions (red flag delays excluded) Today was not different, even if the local crowd did not get the result they wanted open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/n... #f1 #f12025 #monacogp #dataanalysis #dataisbeautiful

Returning from hibernation after needing a health brake for non-motorsport related issues, let's go Monaco GP! FP1 and FP2 are in the books, so let's see what they reveal. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/f... #f1 #f12025 #monacogp #dataisbeautiful #dataanalysis

And the main event for the Chinese GP weekend ended with #oscarpiastri wiping the floor with the field and Ferrari+Gasly running into a paddlin'. f1iq.substack.com/p/chinese-gp... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #f12025 #chinesegp

A Ferrari win, but then normality is restored. f1iq.substack.com/p/chinese-gp... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #f12025 #chinesegp

Delayed? Yes. But still delivered? With huge apologies to the subscribers. f1iq.substack.com/p/chinese-gp... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #f12025 #chinesegp

Divertidíssimo gravar esse episódio. E ainda tem estreia de música nova!

One of the things I always hoped to do, now done. A subscriber asked a question, I delivered a colourful response to his query (and a few more answers to question they did not ask because why not?) open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/o... #f1 #dataisbeautiful #formula1 #python #datavisualization

And the first weekend is over! Exciting and fun weekend all around, even if we were robbed of one Formula 2 race. But the Formula 1 contest more than made up for it, chaos due to rain never fails to liven up things. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/a... #f1 #formula1 #australiangp #motorsport

Truly terrible fate for the F2 Feature race. Rain means it was canacleled by Race Direction.

Qualy is in the books, now we wait for the race after midnight. #McLaren dominates, #Ferrari trying for a wet setup most likely, and Verstappen, as usual, right in there. Should be great. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/s... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #australiangp #f12025

And we are underway in 2025! FP1 and 2 in the books, now we wait for the Saturday sessions. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/f... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #f12025 #australiangp

Incredible that the Orange Asshole hangs out with all these paedophiles and abusers but never did anything, uh? Crazy how that happens. www.texastribune.org/2025/03/12/r... (cut off the preview because no one needs to see a picture of two cunts in their timeline)

Vamos para 2025 então!

Absolutely fabulous read by Joseph Howlett for @quantamagazine.bsky.social. Time well-spent if you like maths, pioneering women, excellent writing, and humans being outstanding. www.quantamagazine.org/years-after-...

Testing is done, and we now wait two weeks to see the cars going around Albert Park. Can we say who has what? Not yet. But we can say a few things. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/p... #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #2025season #2025preseasontesting #bahrain

twitter.com/F1Media/stat... There are not enough curses in Trollish to cover everything I think about this. Truly despicable decision. (GNU Sir Terry Pratchett)

Pre-Season — Day 2 More laps, more data, not many glory runs yet. NOR almost had one, SAI ends up tops, but the true fast ones will happen tomorrow. And it rained in Bahrain! #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #dataisbeautiful #data #2025season #2025f1season open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/p...

Bit of Day 1 plotting. Slow day due to real life. Today's post should be more timely. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/p...

Alguém te pergunta: “Como anda o jornalismo no seu país?” Resposta abaixo. Fica a pergunta: vai ser concerto com orquestra completa ou só um par de violinos? Quem sabe um piano para acompanhar?

Primeira do ano! Let's go!!!!

And the off-season look at Senna v Prost reaches 1985. Black and Gold Lotus, Prost destroying the field, and much more. Their paths are converging but not yet completely entangled. It is coming. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/s... #f1 #formulaone #motorsports #prost #senna #data #dataisbeautiful

2nd part of the Prost-Senna off-season story time. This time, 1984 gets the entire post because the first season with both drivers in F1 had a lot going for it. And the glut of drivers in the plots always makes me happy. So many names that became (in)famous. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/p...

2nd part of the Prost-Senna off-season story time. This time, 1984 gets the entire post because the first season with both drivers in F1 had a lot going for it. And the glut of drivers in the plots always makes me happy. So many names that became (in)famous. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/p...

First part of an off-season offering. Senna-Prost, Prost-Senna, SPernonsat, PSreonsnta, however you want to make it. Long read, obviously, and it is only Part 1, from the start to the end of 1983, when Senna joins Prost in F1. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/s...

The Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the Washington Post after her cartoon depicting Jeff Bezos and other billionaires genuflecting toward Trump was killed. Her piece here: https://bit.ly/3Pk1g07

Today is the anniversary of the last F1 win by the great Jim Clark, my favourite driver. The first race of the 1968 happened at Kyalami on the first day of the year, and Clark blitzed the field for one last time. May his memory last forever. 1968 recap: www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/arti...

New year, new art, and no more soft launch, now we go for real. open.substack.com/pub/f1iq/p/2...

Incredible report by the Associated Press on modern-day slavery in the USA. Remarkable journalism. apnews.com/article/pris... Including a handy way to search—by name—for companies used them. Journalism at its absolute finest. Well done, AP, and take a bow, Robin McDowell and Margie Mason.

So it will likely be Lawson in RBR next season. He is an excellent driver. But it is curious that Yuki is not given 1st bite at it, since the academy is a great success story. 2 4 titles sequences with outside drivers, the academy ones all gone eventually. No one can doubt Marko/Horner......

McLaren wins the WCC with 666 points. Hail Satan, Win the WCC! #F1 #HailSatan

And one more time, we heard Bono tell Lewis it was Hammer Time and he delivered so, so much. Everyone loves when the band plays their greatest hits.

And the magical São Paulo afternoon carries Alpine to the finish! I love it, love it, love it!

Magnussen Fastest Lap in his last race!!!! Small consolation, but what a warrior he always was. The Ancestral Motherland smiles on you today, Kevin, you have always made her proud. WOOOOO!!!!!!

PER is behind a F Sauber What a joke PER had the best speed in S1 S2 ST Still P10 behind a Sauber ALO and NOR the only ones to hit their ideal laps SAI was 0.018 and GAS was 0.019 to their ideals Worst gap to ideal lap? Oh look, it's PER! 0.139, ideal was 23.125, which would==P7 #F1 #AbuDhabiGP