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🗣️ "We've got a quick car here. Great job guys" Brendan closed out GTD qualifying as the quickest bronze driver - and as the nominated driver, he will start the 74th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring for the No. 70 crew, twelfth. #InceptionRacing #IMSA #Sebring12

Canal+ made a Mario Kart F1 themed promo for the Japanese GP and I promise it’s the best thing you’ll see all week

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Raced hard, rebuilt harder ♻️🏎️ We teamed up with this.is.fc88 to create bespoke bags made from authentic Inception Racing suits from various different championships. Each piece is unique and stitched together to create a second life through upcycling 🪡

We did not have the pace but a managed to run consistently in the top 5 just before the red flag after the re-start we could not defend due to loss of power. Drivers and team did a great job and we hope to be back again next year @Bathurst12hour

@allardkalff Car 77 also had no radio, we were able to inform our driver that a car was blocking the circuit there before he arrived at the scene.

Watch this clip and then try again convincing me that there were no yellows. There were double yellows. Drivers should take more caution and responsibility. End of story. youtu.be/UC0-R_cqWqQ?si…

Yesterday: track to town Today: town becomes the track. We shut down the roads and head up the Mountain this morning. We. Can. Not. Wait. ⛰️🇦🇺 #B12Hr 📺 You can follow along too, with FP1 coming up in 30 mins - youtube.com/live/tvCrndoOi…

Wrapped & ready to take on the Mountain 💪⛰️ Check out #95’s livery, which will head out on the track for the first time this Friday ahead of this weekend’s #B12Hr. Want a closer look? Come on down to Bathurst town Thursday where we’ll be on display before the big day 🍊

One week ‘til motorsport’s best opening hour! 🌅 #B12Hr #IGTC 🦘

Nothing brings people together like broken passport machines at @BrusselsAirport ❤️😂😂😂😂

A 24 Hours race without any incidents, no driver errors, no penalties just 20 seconds lost in pit lane with brake change and we only managed to be 14th in GTD 🤔 We hope to be stronger at Sebring.

From our family to yours, we’re wishing you a very Merry Christmas🎄🎅 We’ve had a great season and we’re thankful for all the support you’ve shown us throughout 2025. We hope you all enjoy the festive period with friends, family and loved ones 🫶

.@gulf12hours POLE!! 👏 Inception Racing will lead the pack when lights go out tomorrow morning for this year’s 12-hour enduro 🇦🇪 A great effort from the #70 Ferrari trio 🤝

If the #EU forces Belgium to accept the #Euroclear deal, it could be disastrous for our country. In that case, we would be better off leaving. The Belgians are not OK with this. Being pro-Europe ends when kamikaze is required.@vonderleyen @Bart_DeWever bbc.com/news/articles/…

We’re looking for an experienced Social Media & Team Coordination Manager to join us at Optimum Motorsport. Get in touch via the email below with your CV & a piece of work 🎨 Email subject line - Application: Social Media & Team Coordination 📧 e.vines@optimum-motorsport.com

Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth would pay £3. The seventh would pay £7. The eighth would pay £12. The ninth would pay £18. And the tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.　 So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every week and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until, one day, the owner caused them a little problem. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your weekly beer by £20.” Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free but what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody’s share then not only would the first four men still be drinking for free but the fifth and sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.　 So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fairer to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage. They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay. And so, the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (a 100% saving). The sixth man now paid £2 instead of £3 (a 33% saving). The seventh man now paid £5 instead of £7 (a 28% saving). The eighth man now paid £9 instead of £12 (a 25% saving). The ninth man now paid £14 instead of £18 (a 22% saving). And the tenth man now paid £49 instead of £59 (a 16% saving).　 Each of the last six was better off than before with the first four continuing to drink for free.　 But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got £1 out of the £20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got £10!“　 “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a £1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”　 “That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get £10 back, when I only got £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”　 “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.　 The next week the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important – they didn’t have enough money between all of them to pay for even half of the bill!　 And that’s how it works. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just might not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.　 For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

P10 for Benji Goethe in his first ever Macau Grand Prix, a contact on lap 1 made the car difficult to handle but important experience by finishing all the sessions….coming back next year. 🇲🇴

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First look at our McLaren in Macau 🇲🇴 Our FIA GT World Cup contender is on display at Prąca do Tap Seac this weekend ahead of the 72nd #MacauGP. We can’t wait to see it take to the track, where the action kickstarts next Thursday with a duo of practice sessions.

Inception Racing venture to the Middle East for the 2025 @gulf12hours 🇦🇪 The IMSA race winning trio of Brendan, Ollie & Fred will head to the Yas Marina Circuit next month, where the season finale marks the first race outside of North America for the team’s #70 Ferrari 296 GT3.