Keith Collantine
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Keith Collantine
@keithcollantine.bsky.social
Husband. Father. RaceFans.net (formerly F1 Fanatic) creator.

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While many other #F1 tracks have installed gravel strips to deter drivers from running wide, Yas Marina's clumsy turn six-seven chicane still has a huge asphalt run-off. Worth remembering when the inevitable track limits rows start.

#AbuDhabiGP
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Elephant in room acknowledged.

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#F1 #AbuDhabiGP #RaceFans
NEW: Norris called out F1 over its farcical 2021 finale. Will it get it right this time?

Formula 1 has a final-round championship decider for the first time since 2021 - which was one of its most controversial races of all time.

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Norris called out F1 over its farcical 2021 finale. Will it get it right this time?
Formula 1 has a final-round championship decider for the first time since 2021 - which was one of its most controversial races of all time.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
NEW: Norris take note: The F1 points leader usually loses three-way title fights

No Formula 1 driver has led a three-way title fight into the last round and won the title for more than 50 years. Here are the stats and facts from Losail.

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Norris take note: The F1 points leader usually loses three-way title fights
No F1 driver has led a three-way title fight into the last round and won the title in five decades. Here are the Qatar GP stats and facts.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trying very hard not to accidentally type 'Lindbald'.

#F1
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'So Lawrence, once Adrian's built us a car which is a second a lap quicker than anything else, who do we get to be Lance's team mate?'

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#F1
NEW: Aston Martin hands F1 practice debut to F2 driver who has never scored a point

Cian Shields, who has scored no points in 29 appearances in Formula 2, will make his debut in an official Formula 1 practice session this weekend with Aston Martin.

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Aston Martin hands F1 practice debut to F2 driver who has never scored a point
Cian Shields, who has scored no points in 29 appearances in Formula 2, will make his Formula 1 practice debut with Aston Martin.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
Red Bull's media division has joined Bluesky: @redbullcontentpool.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
McLaren has ensured at least one of its drivers will be 2025 champion by signing Leonardo Fornaroli to its junior programme.

#F1 #F2
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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NEW: Antonelli did not help Norris, Red Bull admit after claims by team members

Red Bull has retracted claims made by two of its team members about Andrea Kimi Antonelli and expressed "regret" over abuse directed at him.

More: www.racefans.net/2025/12/01/a...

#F1 #QatarGP
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Zak Brown interrupted one of Oscar Piastri's post-race interviews to give him a hug.

#F1 #QatarGP
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Good luck, Rui Marques.

#F1 #AbuDhabiGP #RaceFans
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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NEW: How Norris, Verstappen and Piastri can win the championship in the final race

Lando Norris will win the world championship if he finishes on the podium in Abu Dhabi. But Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri can still beat him. Here's how.

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#F1 #QatarGP
How Norris, Verstappen and Piastri can win the championship in the final race
Lando Norris will win the championship if he finishes on the podium in Abu Dhabi. But Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri can still win.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
The state of corruption in America’s first family set out in detail by this comprehensive article in @guardian by @tomburgis bit.ly/3KvAmn6 this is the corruption the Rutger Bergman referred to in the sentence in his first Reith Lecture, now deleted “for legal reasons”
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
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December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I've always preferred the idea of junking messy, arbitrary points systems entirely and giving the title to the driver who wins the most races*.

I mention this as I notice Norris, Piastri and Verstappen have seven wins apiece...

*proper races, not sprint races

#F1 #QatarGP #RaceFans
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
According to the official F1 website, Lando Norris has already won the world championship.

#F1
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Some good news for McLaren: They weren't disqualified this time.

#F1 #QatarGP #RaceFans
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Vettel went into the final race of 2010 15 points off the lead and won the title by four.

Piastri will go into the final race of 2025 16 points off the lead...

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Formula 1 has its first three-way title decider since 2010 - when it had a four-way title fight.

On that occasion the driver who went to the final round in third place won the title: www.racefans.net/2010/11/14/v...

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Vettel grabs title as Alonso and Webber falter
Sebastian Vettel is the 2010 Formula 1 world champion after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If Verstappen hadn't collided with Russell in Spain, he would be going into the final round just three points behind Lando Norris instead of 12.

www.racefans.net/2025/11/28/v...

#F1 #QatarGP #RaceFans
Verstappen: Don't blame Spanish GP penalty for hitting Russell if I narrowly lose title
Max Verstappen regrets his Spanish Grand Prix penalty but says he won't blame it if he loses the world championship by less than 10 points.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
This is the first time there's been a change of leader after the first lap in the #QatarGP.

In the previous three editions, the driver who led at the end of lap one led all the way home.

#F1 #RaceFans
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
Red Bull have changed Max Verstappen's power unit between qualifying and the grand prix, switching him back to a previously used unit.

This does not incur a penalty.

#F1 #QatarGP #RaceFans
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One thing F1 does do better these days is have procedures in place to acknowledge a champion being crowned at a grand prix. It feels incredible to look back on the Ecclestone era when this didn't happen.
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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NEW: How Norris can clinch the world championship in the Qatar Grand Prix

Third place in the sprint race means Lando Norris can clinch the world championship tomorrow - depending where he, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen finish.

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How Norris can clinch the world championship in the Qatar Grand Prix
Lando Norris can clinch the world championship tomorrow - depending where he, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen finish.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I've watched practice sessions more exciting than this.

#F1 #QatarGP #RaceFans
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A time to feel extra-grateful F1 dropped the bonus point for fastest lap: it makes championship arithmetic much simpler this year.

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"It was not needed": Most drivers won't miss fastest lap bonus point
Many of the current grid are ambivalent to news that the bonus point for fastest lap will be removed from next season's regulations.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Keith Collantine
Five years ago today, Romain Grosjean climbed out of a fireball after crashing on the first lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

He described the experience afterwards: "I thought, it couldn’t end like this.”

"I put both my hands in the fire..."

More: www.racefans.net/2020/12/04/i...

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'I put both my hands in the fire': Grosjean describes his 28 seconds trapped in an inferno
Romain Grosjean has given an extraordinary account of how he repeatedly struggled to free himself from his burning car. Some readers may find details in this account upsetting.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM