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@denkmit Thanks for doing the research, I’ve been through 3 or 4 pairs of Bose QC over the years and have wondered if other brands stack up, guess I’ll stick with what I know.

I bought a pair of Sony WH-1000XM5s because all the reviews claimed they were the best noise cancelling headphones ever made. They’re absolute shite, and I spend about 25% of my time reconnecting them to my devices. Avoid them, buy Bose. Wish I had.

@Bird442 @denkmit 10 years at PI as a spectator and the last 10 years as a race official, I’ve also worked at Sepang as a race official since 2017. Go to Sepang, PI is an amazing track but the facilities are prehistoric and accommodation is limited/costly. Sepang has it all.

@denkmit Question Simon. I want to go to either Phillip island or Sepang this year to watch a race. Which one would to you recommend for a newbie to a fly away round, and why? Interested to hear your views. Thanks.

Things I didn't expect to see on the Financial Times homepage this morning: this! (And yes, Pino's gets a mention!)

@jrg46 @denkmit The justification… fim-moto.com/en/documents/v… Have a read if you want to learn and make informed comments. Happy to answer any questions you might have.

@denkmit I still love you Simon, but there’s always some justification when it comes to them. Always.

Seems like there's oil down because of the Morbidelli-Espargaro crash. Less than three laps completed means a full restart. Both Marc and Alex can start, as well as Franco and Aleix

@iboy @denkmit Have you ever read the rules George? Admittedly they aren’t exactly a page-turner but a basic understanding of the sport can improve your enjoyment. Here’s a link below 👇 fim-moto.com/en/documents/v…

@denkmit Both Márquez brothers crash. Red flag. Race stopped. And now they restart the race in the _original_ starting order? What a load of shit for rules.

@Maddi_Paddy @MotoGP Our dog had to get off the couch, she couldn’t cope with all the emotions 😆

If you’ve never watched @MotoGP before, I highly suggest you start. Wow. God I have missed this. #MotoGP #BritishGP #Silverstone

@denkmit Respectfully, my AU$0.02 counterpoint as someone who has designed hydraulic components for fighter aircraft. The device is not the problem, the failure mode is the problem; designing and implementing a solution without any plan for failure can lead to disaster.

Seriously. What fucking benefit do they bring? None. Yet week after week they endanger riders as well as ruining races like that. A Quartararo win today would have been huge for the sport, yet we've been denied it because of a useless engineering widget. Ban them.

@DawnTreaderEng I like how the paddle switches are mounted in the paddle, do they have a cover for the cables?

@BarryGRussell I hadn’t heard about this until now, I’m glad the BBC are out there

My heart goes out to those affected by the horrific car attack in Zhuhai. It’s also tragic that the story has been shut down. There’s not a single post about it in my WeChat timeline - even from friends who live in Zhuhai. bbc.com/news/articles/…

@denkmit Partner, dog and scenery for me

I reckon you can tell a lot about a racer (and a person) by their phone lock screen. Some have a photo of themselves, some have a photo of their team, some have a photo of their partner and/or kids, and at least one has a photo of their dog 😂

@Spalders @SofaRacer We’ve had quite an American riders before, has the shift been that drastic in recent years that it’ll make a difference this time? Asia is where it’s at, there’s already loads of passionate fans without any rider representation… maybe I just answered my own question?

@SofaRacer Gonna disagree on this one… the sport needs several American riders… then, post Liberty take over.. we might get the recognition.

MotoGP needs an American Rider like a Fish needs a Bicycle. People who should know better need to stop looking West and pining for the past. Look to the future, it faces East.

@denkmit Pretty sure I was checking out Harry Voight and Senna’s lap times here 😆

@pauldaws Question: working hard or hardly working? Meant to send it to you last weekend😆. .

Malaysian Airlines have Ryanair’d me 😡

@denkmit Swearing is punctuation to celts… and Aussies

Told off for swearing on the internet 🤣 Swearing is the spice of language. It adds flavour and seasoning. The only people who complain about it are cut from the same cloth as the Victorian prudes who believed that eating bland food somehow made them better than everyone else 😂

@BarryGRussell @PeterBom4 @tvsmotorcompany @2DDatarecording @matoxley @GPMag_ Great hotel, needs beer and cleaners that can read door numbers. Podcast is always good though ;)

@PeterBom4 @tvsmotorcompany @2DDatarecording @matoxley @GPMag_ I just listened to the latest Oxley Bom MotoGP podcast while packing up in the same beer-free hotel. Great to know you’re getting involved with TVS.

This weekend is spend at the ARRC (asian sbk), supporting the @tvsmotorcompany one make series with their first steps in @2DDatarecording and Suspact chassis software .@matoxley @GPMag_

@wearetherace When briefing the technical team (Australia), I make sure to half-jokingly tell them that if they get knocked down and killed in pitlane they won’t be invited back next year. This year I’ll add this scenario.

🚨 One Aprilia crew member sustained hand injuries in a freak crash in the Misano #MotoGP pitlane that "destroyed" Aleix Espargaro's garage. Here's how it unfolded, triggered by a marshal colliding with a bike in Moto2 practice ➡️ the-race.com/motogp/aprilia… the-race.com/motogp/aprilia…

@higgsy26 @matoxley Also Bill Bryson “The mother tongue” which is a great explainer on the history of the English language

@matoxley I recommend Bill Bryson Short History of nearly Everything …

Can’t recommend this highly enough - an easy-reading broad sweep of history which should be read by many, especially in light of all the talk of Englishness, what it means to be English, what’s our true past etc etc. By the way, the English come from the Angles, a Germanic tribe that conquered Britain centuries ago. ie England = Angle Land

@denkmit I’ve taken a LWB high roof Crafter around worse roads than that, and at faster speeds

This has to be parody, right?! Because I’ve had the Sprinter on much worse roads than that…

@phil_tutty @motomatters Yes, to be an FIM steward you need to be a national level steward in your country then do the FIM accreditation, in my experience this is usually 5-10 years of experience working at race meetings and I know some great stewards. Of course, some may get *ahem* fast-tracked ;)

@motomatters Is there any actual training to be a steward, or is it just the old boys network creating jobs for friends.

I think we have the solution to the problem of who should be the chief Steward

@chazdavies7 Like he’s in the wrong group on a trackday, smooth as!

The judgement and accuracy here is incredible. Statement move!

@motomatters Have had frat hand experience of this running events, promoter paid % of the gate. There is no real correlation of the Official attendance Vs Actual attendance.

Dorna have corrected the official attendance for the weekend. Was 181,289, not 290+ thousand. Still, best attendance for a decade, and it felt like it. Felt really busy. And the atmosphere was amazing. Anyway, sports attendance figures are done by former Enron accountants.