Palou is inevitable. Unstoppable. He just seems unbeatable at the moment.

That damn Spaniard.

My broadband has decided to give up. Really? Now? Not in an hour or so when I've gone to bed?

I enjoy how the Indy 500 quali schedule has gaps in it for TV ads.

Simpson taking 11th pushed Sato down the order into 12th, but didn't push Ferrucci down as Ferrucci is ahead in 10th. The worst of both worlds 🙃

“Mick Schumacher has impressed everybody at the start of his Indycar career” Has he? I like Mick but I think he should have stayed in sportscars. He was good in the Alpine. Could have had a future there. But the call of single seaters is strong.

This Verstappen focus is becoming insufferable.

It's nice of the rain to delay Indy 500 qualifying so I (and doubtless many others) can bed in and watch Nurburgring 24 Hours tonight.

@profanity.accountant should be zero, let's see

I would love to see the new 007: First Light game be the origin story for a new Bond, then have the first film as a follow on from that showing a younger, newish Bond played by Patrick Gibson, the same actor portraying Bond in the game.

Well this is awesome.

💸 USE CODE MAX24 FOR 70% OFF 🚨 Max Verstappen races the Nürburgring 24 this weekend. Most motorsport fans only ever see a tiny part of what’s happening each weekend.

Important announcement: a staycation is where you have time off and stay at home. It is not a holiday away from home in the UK. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The absolute worst thing about job interviews is their comparative nature. It sucks. Back to square one I guess.

What a truly, truly ridiculous race. Amazing stuff. WEC is absolutely firing on all cylinders this season. Imagine Le Mans with this racing. Bring. It. On. #WEC

Da Costa deserves a large penalty for that move on Riberas down the Kemmel Straight. Ridiculous.

It's a bit of a shame the VSC has neutralised the different strategies and put every Hypercar on an identical strategy to the end. Still likely between BMW and Alpine.

If the #38 Cadillac had any less luck I think it would circle around and they'd start getting lucky breaks.

Magnussen moment

I wish WEC live timing showed energy as well as tyres. Ironically IMSA does it the other way round!

I think I may be in the minority here but I place the blame on that Cadillac/Porsche incident on Bamber because he's professional and Shahin is an amateur.

Is anyone else using Timing71 for the Spa WEC race? Has it stopped updating?

So we know who to blame for this safety car period.

Was made redundant yesterday. I accepted this fact weeks ago, that it was going to happen, but the first day of unemployment is no less painful when it actually happens.

A thought for the day: There are no bad decisions, just new decisions.

Forgot to say yesterday, but RIP Alex Zanardi. A true icon, legend, and inspiration.

I actually believe Alex Palou is a machine. Maybe OpenAI invented him. Either way he's just ridiculously good.

Also. In all my years spent in a WEC paddock, multiple races over multiple years, I don't think I've ever seen Seb Buemi smile. As this image shows.

The DPPI crew who supply images to WEC for media purposes presumably add the captions pre-emptively before the end of the race, which amuses me.

@jamesremuscat.bsky.social Hi James - awesome to see you've got tyre data in Timing71 for WEC now. Is this data in the new live timing but isn't being used in the UI? Great to see though.

Sigh. Have resorted to listening to Radio Le Mans on my phone using 5G. If I stream video I'll run out of data though. :(

Trust my WiFi to go down just before the first WEC race of the season. 🙄

RIP Juha Meittinen.

I'd say it worked out for him.

I don't want to admit it but I've been struggling a lot lately. My day job has gone downhill quite quickly and I believe there's a decent chance I might be made redundant in the next month or so. This has affected me quite badly, as I used to love this job.

Post an image you can hear

Ferrari hype train at serious risk of detailing. Third for Hadjar is promising for Red Bull. 2014 vibes for Merc.

I'm increasingly thinking I might get up to watch qualifying at 5am this morning. First properly competitive session for one of if not the biggest rules changes in F1 history. I want to watch it live.

Quick iRacing Arcade review: fun game. Great on Steam Deck. Career mode is good. Needs more licensed content, both cars and tracks. AI seem decent. Multiclass racing would be good. Needs a proper online mode.

Does anyone else get depressed by how much better AI is at our jobs? Not always but often enough that it's quite frustrating and worrying.

Alex Palou. Actually unstoppable. Incredible.

Was at the Royal Automobile Club in London this morning for an excellent couple of hours hearing about JOTA's plans, aims and expectations for 2026.

Ironically Izzy Hammond crashing in the Formula E influencer event will probably raise her profile more than pretty much anything else. Much like when her dad crashed the dragster. Top Gear's viewing figures saw a significant increase after and stayed high until 2015. 📸 Formula E / BBC

Wonder if this Alpine WEC news means Alpine will sell its stake in Signatech...

This is an insane thing for the head of Instagram to say. If I was drinking alcohol for 16 hours a day that would qualify as addiction. Or playing video games for 16 hours a day.

A local BBC Radio station: hi, do you fancy coming on our lunchtime show to talk about Adam Mosseri and the trial in LA? Me: um, I can talk about the issues, sure, but I think it's not great to discuss ongoing court cases, even if they are in the US and not subject to our laws on contempt of court

The ACO/LMEM have confirmed to me that the European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup, both previously streamed on YouTube, will be broadcast for free through the new WEC app for this year. 📸 Jan Patrick Wagner © FocusPackMedia / ELMS

New streaming platform for FIA WEC announced, replacing FIAWEC TV. It's called FIAWEC+. No word yet on if the live timing will improve to show tyre compound and energy usage... More here: www.fiawec.com/en/fia-wec-p... 📸 DPPI / WEC

Submitting a task for a job interview process is an excruciating feeling. I can't help thinking I've done it wrong, although when I rationalise it I don't think I have. It's that overhanging feeling of dread and doubt that I can't stand.

I turn on the Formula E to a bloke with tattoos, a baseball cap and chain with a gold medallion on it, rapping with dancers behind him. Formula E gets weird sometimes.