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The Pin is mightier than the sword

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Endurance racing, Formula E, feeder series. Occasionally F1. Doriane Pin fan account. Statistician by day, sometimes it shows up here too.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · Nov 14

Who is Doriane Pin, what's she done and why does she have a large fanbase for a struggling FRegional driver? A career retrospective and driver evangelism 🧵. Simple answer: she's a French racing driver; the first thing you'll notice is she's tiny - short enough she had to delay karting by a year.

Doriane and her first kart, from 2013. Photo: dorianepin.com

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 4m

So Stroll and Leclerc were both fine for 21+ laps on the soft tyres (on heavier fuel even), but Norris and Verstappen do not sound particularly happy. Then again I don't think Verstappen actually has any particular problems with the soft either he just likes a whine from time to time.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 16m

I love the idea of a black and orange flag for track limits. Basically Hamilton at Singapore "your car is so bad it is unable to stay on the circuit."

(Crofty mixing his colours up, for those of you not listening to Sky commentary)

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Pat W @toomuchracing.bsky.social · 20m

I like Bearman but he does make the odd mistake doesn't he

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 20m

but some time ago I think. I can't be bothered to figure out precisely when.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 21m

I have so far managed to refrain from observing that McLaren have definitely influenced the championship fight more with their terrible pitstops than they have with any of their decision-making but I may now stop doing that.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 23m

Couldn't do it twice obviously they're still somewhat bad at this.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 25m

Leclerc went for 21 I think on heavy fuel so I don't see why he couldn't, given McLaren traditionally have the best tyre wear.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 26m

...like that, apparently.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 29m

Norris is now beginning to close in on Verstappen. So this does maybe suggest that if he'd got past Leclerc faster he might have been able to make more of a race of it. That said, the reason he's got better tyre wear is the same reason he couldn't get past - more wing, more downforce, more drag.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 32m

That's a spectacularly useless radio message, GP.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 38m

Right now it looks like he's basically got the same pace as Verstappen so it doesn't really make any difference how long he took to get past Leclerc he'd never have beaten Max anyway, but we'll see.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 41m

So the real question is does any of this matter - ie, is Norris actually faster than Verstappen on worn tyres? About to find out.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 43m

This feels like at least the third race this year with a semi-permanent picture-in-picture of Kimi Antonelli battling for 15th

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 44m

Stroll is also still gaining ground on his softs, so I think this is largely "the softs are way better than we thought they were going to be"

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 47m

A lot of people giving a driver way too much respect for defending with a car that's faster in a straight line here. Like this is fun, but it's what I'd expect to happen (I'm mostly confused why Norris is even trying, tbh).

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 50m

How? Leclerc obviously knew where Norris was and was clearly not going to allow anyone to go down the inside. Racing rules do not oblige Leclerc to leave a gap.

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Ryan Erik King @ryanerikking.bsky.social · 59m

Ugh, Carlos Sainz clipped Kimi Antonelli in Turn 16. The Williams wasn't far enough alongside to warrant space from the Mercedes. Sainz should've backed out soon to avoid contact.
#F1 | #USGP

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

I thought this was on purpose but it may not have been; Leclerc is also slightly closing on Verstappen.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

He didn't, really, he was already about 1.5 back before it came out and nobody noticed.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

He wasn't remotely close enough on any of them.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

...apparently he can drop back. Huh.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

Like what? He's not close enough to actually make a pass, and he can't actually drop back because of Hamilton.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

So Singapore suggests that McLaren are still somewhat faster over a race distance than they are over a single lap, but whether that actually applies here we don't really know. Mostly I'm still where I was at the start of the weekend which is "the same guy won in Monza and Austin last year..."

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

I mean Flavio Briatore must be pretty used to it by now (Martin Brundle) so maybe he can pass on some tips.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 2h

Because of the choice of grey (traditionally "no data") for the hard compound here my brain immediately interprets Strategy 1 as "crash out on lap 26".

This Is Formula 1 @thisisformula1.bsky.social · 2h

#AustinGP 🇺🇸 | Race Strategies for the #USGP

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