Call me crazy. But F1 would be better off having 12 permanent venues on the calendar, with the other 12 venues rotating in and out. The likes of Melbourne, Silverstone and Montreal are permanent, long term deals. The likes of Sepang, Zandvoort and Hockenheim alternate in and out. Keeps it fresh.

I think alongside USA 2005 and Hungary 2021, this might be the dumbest start to an F1 race that I've seen in 27 years of watching F1. 😅 #BahrainGP

Would be quite something if everyone went into the effort to get this race on... only for the rain to cancel the race. #BahrainGP

Currently doing a bit of travelling between jobs. Wednesday morning took me to Stonehenge for the Autumn Equinox. Just stunning. (I don't post much publicly these days, so just dropping in 😊)

Massive news for rally fans this morning. Extensive coverage (including live stages) of the World Rally Championship is heading to the BBC in a three year deal - www.wrc.com/en/news/bbc-...

BBC secures FIA World Rally Championship deal

Three-year agreement brings live coverage of every FIA World Rally Championship round from 2027 to 2029

wrc.com

The state of this. A 14-year-old story, reheated to look like breaking news and embellished with gory detail, spat out across Reach's national and local news sites and aggregated into AOL feeds. There are still ways of funding journalism. This should not be one of them.

Madring: the modern day version of the Valencia Street Circuit. #SpanishGP

This is the route Rockstar should have taken

✍️ Want to understand the bonkers nature of the modern economy? Take a ride with me on the 30,000 mile journey the cod in a fish finger takes between being caught off the coast of Scotland and consumed in a British home 🤯 Promise I'm not making this up👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-30000-...

The 30,000-mile fish finger

There’s a good chance the cod on your child’s plate has been around the world and back. Not that you’d learn any of that from the label...

edconway.substack.com

2008 - Hamilton wins first title in final race of year 2025 - Norris wins first title in final race of year 2009 Hungarian GP - Hamilton claims first McLaren win of season in difficult year 2026 Hungarian GP - 👀

Have the British public always been so self centred? I’m staggered by how many people I’ve seen saying ‘I don’t use buses so what good is that?’ Or ‘pubs aren’t for me so who cares?’ Millions of people do use each and they are both pretty vital for our economy and society

Seen a few people saying rough sleeping policy isn’t aimed at median public concern. Quite apart from any policy/moral imperative it really is - rough sleeping comes up time again in focus groups as one of the most visible signs of Broken Britain and community decline!

Not a fan of VSC's being thrown without ample explanation on the F1 TV World Feed, sorry. What debris was there to necessitate a marshal going onto the circuit? Feels amateur. And I say this as a Leclerc fan... #BelgianGP

Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain

Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK

inews.co.uk

Very busy, but incredibly rewarding weekend, with @racingpride.com at Silverstone!

Racing Pride@racingpride.com · 3mo ago

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is one of the highlights of our year. It's an amazing opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new members of our community, and share the joy of LGBTQ+ visibility at one of the biggest weekends in motorsport #f1 #pride #lgbtq

Silverstone says that 564,000 tickets were sold for the #BritishGP across the four days, a new F1 record. On average, that's 141,000 people *per day*.

Absolutely terrific magazine piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social. You can read it here, or in the FT Mag in the @ftweekend.com on Saturday:

The decade that made Andy Burnham

What 10 years covering the Manchester mayor’s many reinventions taught me about the man who wants to lead Britain

ft.com

Where’s Andy Burnham going?

Are we about to hear the 2026 equivalent of "Rubens, let Michael past for the championship?" 🤔

Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix: Alice Powell and Abbi Pulling to commentate for the BBC - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix: Alice Powell and Abbi Pulling to commentate for the BBC

Alice Powell and Abbi Pulling will become the first all-female F1 commentator and co-commentator for BBC Sport at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

bbc.co.uk

New post: "Playing on difficult mode" Using data from an exclusive new mega-poll I look at how a new Labour leader can come up with a governing project that rebuilds the party's voter coalition. And I explain why Blair's strategy wouldn't work. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...

Playing on difficult mode

An exclusive new mega-poll sets out the challenge for Labour

open.substack.com

Who really controls the Williams F1 team? A bitter legal battle has put this question centre stage

Who really controls the Williams F1 team? A bitter legal battle has put this question centre stage

Special report: Allegations of sexism, racism and expenses fiddling are flying across US courts, drawing in leading figures in motor racing and some famous names in music. But the precise role of Peter de Putron, a Jersey-based billionaire, is one of the most intriguing issues

theguardian.com

For the MotoGP fans: talkSPORT 2 will have live radio coverage of the summer races from Mugello through to Silverstone. Commentary will be provided by TNT.

Few random F1 thoughts watching the #CanadianGP. 1. Lovely to have F1 cars that look racey rather than big and bulky. 2. The F1 TV feed has not adapted to 2026. The TV feed is trying to do too much and ultimately falling short. 3. This is Antonelli's to lose. Even before Russell's DNF.

I’ve written up a Substack all about how the results from this year’s local elections suggest that the Greens are a bigger threat to Labour’s vote than Reform. We had evidence of this from the polling, and now it’s been reflected in election data. patrickenglish.substack.com/p/local-elec...

Local elections analysis: Labour struggled more versus the Greens than Reform

Locals give fresh evidence on how the 2024 Labour coalition is breaking apart

patrickenglish.substack.com

Confirmed: F1 to remain on Sky in the UK and Ireland until at least 2034, and on Sky in Italy until at least 2032.

Is Bluesky dying? A more thorough look at the numbers. open.substack.com/pub/techtris...

Is Bluesky dying?

An attempt to untangle a few different arguments around the future of Bluesky – if it has one

open.substack.com

F1 has decided to use April Fools Day by announcing a three-race format for F1 Academy in Montreal and Austin. An Opening Race, the Reverse Grid Race and Feature Race. Nothing about the press release indicates that this is an April Fool... 🤔

The thing that baffles me about the Max Verstappen / The Guardian issue is: did no one on either side have the foresight to reach out to the other during the off season to clear the air? The F1 paddock is a small world and I'm just surprised this wasn't smoothed over before Japan.

This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public

The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.

bbc.co.uk