This is the only plausible explanation I can envisage - Merc have cranked that engine to 120% and it will blow after 5 races (when they only need 4).

There’s an unsubstantiated rumour that Ricciardo was in talks with Merc when he decided to leave RB, but Hamilton didn’t want him as a team-mate.

Horner will formally submit an investigation into Mercedes breaking some sort of rule, and I kind of agree.

Just so we’re clear, as this isn’t funded by a public-facing billionaire we’re allowed to like it?

Surprised I had to scroll all the way down here to find the real truth.

Hook was the first movie I ever saw stoned. I thought it was a musical and kept waiting for them to break into song

I want this gear shifter in my life

Horner’s comments, whilst inappropriate, are based upon more than this incident.

I’ve never heard this and I can’t make the connection to Ronald D Moore. Is this a serious connection or just a similarity?

WTF did I just watch?

Alright then, let’s see you do a Queensland accent....

The light shining off Ricciardo’s grin when he’s driving this could provide Texas with enough solar power to make it through the next winter.

Engine swaps are higher this year because the playing field is more level. This time last year Mercedes had almost wrapped up the constructors championship (Bottas could have crashed every race in 2020 and Merc still would have won), so they were cruising through.

I subscribe to a number of music streamers and after reviewing the revenue data I’ve pulled a couple of them. I was subbing to support DJs during lockdown, but when you see some earning twice my salary by streaming...stuff that.

Then Ferrari  Mercedes will get the rules changed again.

I would love to see an in-car view of the jump - the landing looked so clean!

Are you sure about that?

The most astonishing I learned about this track after the announcement was that it’s not a Tilkedrome. It’s a very close facsimile though, lots of generic corners with no change in radius.

I wasn’t convinced of the fake billionaire thing, until I remembered the throwaway lines about hiring actors for the museum and the restaurant. Everything Akufo said was about what he was going to do, not what he has done. Typical language from a con man, or recently replaced politician.

This was my takeaway. When Roy got to the photoshoot he had the look of a man who is deciding if he should propose or not (which is amazing considering how little emotions Brett Goldstein lets through).