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@FanaticsFerrari Very strange this. How can one Merc get a double yellow indication and the other not? Even so , is 0.15sec of a lift sufficient compliance even with a single yellow?

🚨| No further investigation for Russell for infringing yellow flags in Q3. He will keep his pole position. It’s a SCANDAL.

@Handre Also mentioning the €28bn looted from the Irish pension reserve fund to pay for some of the mop-up of the banking mess

Two small island economies blew up in 2008. Iceland and Ireland. Their names differ by one letter, and their handling of the crisis differed by everything that matters. Iceland's three big banks, Kaupthing, Landsbanki, and Glitnir, had grown assets to roughly ten times the country's GDP by 2008. Pure credit-fueled madness. When the music stopped, the Icelandic government did the unthinkable: it let them fail. Bondholders ate the losses. The state refused to socialize private bank debt onto 320,000 citizens who never signed up for it. Capital controls went up, the króna collapsed, and the politicians actually prosecuted bankers. Twenty-six of them went to prison. Sigurður Einarsson and Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, the men who ran Kaupthing, served real sentences. Ireland took the opposite road. In September 2008, the Irish government issued a blanket guarantee covering the liabilities of its major banks, including Anglo Irish Bank, a property-lending casino that should have been allowed to die in peace. The taxpayer absorbed the bill. By the time the rescue ended, Ireland had poured around 64 billion euros into its banks, roughly 40 percent of GDP. The state took on private gambling debts, then went to the Troika in 2010 hat in hand for an 85 billion euro bailout, and accepted years of austerity to pay for losses it had no business owning. Both economies recovered. Both eventually grew again. The difference is who paid and who learned. Iceland made creditors and reckless bankers bear the consequences of their own decisions, which is the entire point of capitalism: profit and loss, not profit and bailout. Ireland protected the people who made the bad bets and handed the invoice to schoolteachers and shopkeepers. You will hear economists call Ireland's GDP rebound a triumph (much of that "growth" is multinational accounting fiction, Leprechaun economics, but that's another lesson). What they skip is the moral architecture. When you guarantee bank liabilities, you abolish the discipline that makes markets work. You tell every banker in the country that downside is optional. Iceland jailed its bankers. Ireland reimbursed theirs.

@MattMcGlone9 Am devastated to hear of Mark's passing. I worked with him here in Dublin until he retired a few years ago, and met him occasionally since. He was an absolute gentleman, a proud Scotsman, loved Celtic and good music. Not sure where he'll be laid to rest, but will try to be there

Devastating news overnight on the passing of one of my closest friends for the vast majority of my life Mark Graham. One of the nicest guys you could ever meet who was a true friend. He fought his illness with bravery and the last photo here was only weeks ago. Heartbreaking 💚🙏

@leclercsletters Looks like Piastri braked very early there. Comparing his line then into Turn 1 with the rubber on the racing line, his turn in is very shallow

almost had a heart attack during this moment 😭

@ScarbsTech @SkySportsF1 today Lewis Hamilton won a fine victory for Ferrari, who were very competitive after bringing a raft of upgrades that worked. But how much of Ferrari's step forward is down to Mercedes and Red Bull engines loosing their compression ratio trick in Monaco?

@heyitsronit @FanaticsFerrari If you look at the onboard footage of his previous qualifying lap, the car similarly twitched, but he controlled it. On his accident lap, he was slightly offline and on the marbles. He had neither the grip nor the room to save it from going off. A shame as pole was possible

@FanaticsFerrari That crash is so weird, the rear just snapped out of nowhere

The car was right there man. Charles was right there in line with the fastest first sectors. We’re just not allowed nice things.

@Jsousa22_ @DuquePawlovsky @FanaticsFerrari Leclerc said he'd brake issues citing nothing on the rear and 50% on the right front. His comments elicited a rebuke from Brembo. Lance Stroll said he had an engine braking issue like this throttle was still half open. Bottom line: both drivers downplayed the track as a cause.

@DuquePawlovsky @FanaticsFerrari Leclerc himself said that it was not because of the road that he crashed

This is how the turn 19 asphalt ended up after the race 🤯

@leclercsletters Seb Vettel had tyre failure at Spa in 2015 and criticised Pirelli over it. Their reaction was similar to Brembo, and tried shifting the blame by suggesting that teams were not following recommended tyre usage guidelines. It'll be interesting to see how this one pans out.

LMAO NOT THE BRAKE COMPANY (brembo) PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT 💀💀 "the Brembo group expresses its great astonishment at what happened to charles leclerc during the Monaco GP and is very surprised by the statements made by the driver after the race" shut up

@FanaticsFerrari Some of these so called celebs don't know one end of a race car from the other. It's almost offensive that they get the privileged access they do when ordinary genuine fans are ripped off by extortionate ticket prices or pay per view costs.

Martin Brundle, on his legendary Sky F1 grid walk, approaches Kim Kardashian for a quick chat. Kim rudely snubs him, and her security team push Martin Brundle away. 🤮🤢

@LiamRameses @WRCPAST @tiff_tv Tiff was indeed a decent driver. To get within 10secs of McCrea's time here is IMO a commendable achievement.

@WRCPAST @tiff_tv Tiff was a hell of a driver

🇬🇧 BBC Top Gear Motorsport 🇯🇵 1997 Subaru Impreza WRC Test Colin McRae taking Tiff Needell for a ride in his Subaru Impreza WRC97. Tiff then drives the car himself with Nicky Grist alongside and posts a time 10 seconds slower than McRae. Impressive considering the lack of time in the car and how fast McRae was in the Subaru. The WRC really was massive during the 80’s and 90’s. Another fantastic clip uploaded by @VHSRallies 👏🏻👏🏻 🎥 Top Gear Motorsport 👏🏻👏🏻 #japan #subaru #mcrae #wrc

@FanaticsFerrari Organisers will be in trouble too. The track is supposed to be secure.

Close to a big accident in F2 🤯

@Michaelkelly707 Did they also complain to Met Eireann over the racket the thunderstorm made the night before?

Dublin Airport claims it had 'no option' but to divert overnight flights over heavily populated areas share.google/PJPWHS6lUwN9hd…

@LegendarysF1 That Ferrari was a truly beautiful car. Prost was leading the WDC after that race.

Nigel Mansell / Gerhard Berger / Alain Prost / GP Silverstone 1990. 📹: FOM. #F1

@WRCPAST @jclelandracing Some driving by @jclelandracing that year. He got results from that car which were above it's limits. Interesting though to compare how that car and it's successor in '95 handled. The latter was planted to the ground, and JC won the championship 🏆

🇬🇧 1994 British Touring Car Championship Rounds 3 & 4 April 17, 1994): The early season races on the shorter Indy circuit. Action from round 3 Car 4 🥉overall 🇬🇧 John Cleland - Vauxhall Cavalier Car 33 - 4th overall 🇬🇧 Andy Rouse - Ford Mondeo In 1994, the field was incredibly tight, and the short, tight confines of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit forced drivers into extremely close quarters. Because both John and Andy were experienced, "no-nonsense" racers, their battles frequently resulted in door-banging and aggressive defensive maneuvers. This is footage of one such battle where the two are on the limit trying to battle for the final podium place. 1994 was a transitional year where the dominance of the Alfa Romeo 155s (with their controversial wings) forced everyone else—including Cleland and Rouse—to drive at 110% just to stay in contention. This contributed to the highly combative nature of the mid-pack and podium battles. While the history books show the dominant performances of Tarquini and the factory Alfas, the "spirit" of the 1994 season is defined by the scrap-happy nature of drivers like Cleland and Rouse, who were fighting for every scrap of championship honor available. 1994 was the final season Rouse would compete in the BTCC. Just epic times for the BTCC 🔥 🎥 @BTCC 👏🏻👏🏻 @jclelandracing @ROUSEBTCC #ford #vauxhall #cars #motorsport

@andrewbensonf1 The sport has absolutely tanked since this guy got involved. We need to see the back of him, and not remain there till he himself or his expiry decides otherwise

Mohammed Ben Sulayem proposes removal of term limits for FIA presidents - BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1…

@simplemindscom One of the finest live albums ever produced. Every single track is right out of the top drawer from a band right at its zenith.

Released in May 1987, Live in the City of Light captures the energy of the Once Upon a Time world tour, documenting a special era for the band and going straight to No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Listen to the Simple Minds Live playlist on Spotify: bit.ly/SimpleMindsLive

@Michaelkelly707 @DublinAirport It sat there for years minus it's engines. Is there a story behind that?

For #ThrowBackThursday / #tbt , we go back to 1984 @DublinAirport This #BahamasWorldAirways B707 was stored for 10 years before being cut up and removed It was originally delivered to #PanAm in 1961 The cockpit is now on display at the Cavan & Leitrim Railway Museum at Dromod

@WRCPAST Subsequent evolutions of that McLaren chassis with a TAG Porsche engine won three drivers and two constructors championships. It was a classic design

🇮🇹 1981 Italian Grand Prix Lap 20 Car 7 🇬🇧 John Watson - McLaren MP4/1 Car 4 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto - Tyrrell 010 John Watson’s accident at the 1981 Italian Grand Prix at Monza is widely remembered as one of the most significant turning points in Formula 1 history. It wasn't just a terrifying crash; it was the ultimate, real-world test that permanently changed how racing cars were built.  On Lap 20 of the race, Watson lost control of his McLaren exiting the high-speed Second Lesmo bend. The car spun and struck the trackside barriers at roughly 140 mph (225 km/h).  The violence of the impact was immense and it tore the engine and gearbox completely off the back of the car.  The breakaway rear assembly bounced across the track and clipped Michele Alboreto’s Tyrrell, forcing him out of the race as well.  To the absolute shock of the crowd and commentators, Watson opened his visor, unbuckled his harness, and walked away from the smoking, shattered wreckage entirely uninjured.  Before the 1981 season, Formula 1 chassis were traditionally constructed from sheets of riveted or welded aluminum. However, for 1981, McLaren designer John Barnard introduced the McLaren MP4/1—the very first F1 car to feature a monocoque made entirely from carbon fiber composite material.  The F1 paddock was deeply skeptical of this "mysterious black plastic." Many rival designers and team bosses openly criticized the move, confidently predicting that if a carbon fiber car suffered a major accident, the chassis would "crack like an egg" or disintegrate into a lethal cloud of sharp, black dust.  Watson's crash proved the exact opposite. While the aluminum parts and engine mounts sheared off as intended to dissipate energy, the central carbon fiber tub enclosing Watson remained completely intact. It didn't shatter; it absorbed and deflected the massive load, acting as an impenetrable safety cell. Watson's survival at Monza effectively validated carbon fiber technology, establishing the blueprint for the modern carbon composite survival cells that continue to save drivers' lives in motorsport today. 🎥 @F1 @wattief1 @McLarenF1 @Autodromo_Monza #f1 #cars #accident #italy

@Shauns_Aviation @DubjetAviation pic of UPS 207 post emergency landing with unsafe gear indication. Credit @BallymunFran