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Alan @ Former Instants
@formerinstants.bsky.social
Pro/Am motorsport photographer (I shoot lots of other stuff too). I also like talking about movies, science, and...well a lot of things really. Also on Flickr. Check my website to see my latest work: https://www.formerinstants.com/
She's gotta have a tailpipe
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hang on I know I've got some All Your Base memes around here somewhere...
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Okay, perhaps this thesis is worth further argument. I could certainly see the Schumacher era planting the notion in Principals' heads everywhere that having a clear #1 driver is the way to go. Webber, Barichello, and Massa never getting WDC *could* be just a coincidence between them...
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I dunno, several championships since 2010 have come down to the wire in quite dramatic fashion, and this season particularly has been closer than ever in terms of lap time. This stat feels custom made to gloss over a lot of things, not the least of which is Rosberg's win in 2016.
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Heck, 48 of the last 52 WCCs were won by 5 teams. This is not particularly a new phenomenon.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
20 of the last 25 WDCs were won by 4 people.
23 of the last 27 WCCs were won by 3 teams.
I just think "consecutive races in contention" is an exceptionally odd conditional that doesn't really add anything.
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm going to be honest with you, I am struggling to glean any noteworthy information from this statistic and its framing.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I find this phrase extremely... Non-Aesthetic. No thank you.
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This was basically my thought on AD21. None of the nonsense in Abu Dhabi really mattered that much, because Lewis threw a win away all by himself months earlier in Azerbaijan.
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I just see "Removed by author," and honestly yes I agree that this movie should suffer that fate.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I have a TSM of this one, such a cool car.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is not the first nor the last time a person has only read Harry Potter and gets "Harry Potter" vibes from 200-year-old books.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In particular if it was Newey-driven, like "I need FULL control to make this happen for you."
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yeah, interesting development. I wonder how much this will change how Newey designs the car.

Unfortunately AM will never really be a powerhouse until Lance gives up his seat...
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is a chicken/egg problem if I ever heard one. Journos don't stay here because there's no audience; audience doesn't come here because there's no content. Someone's gotta commit! There wasn't a big audience on Twitter back in 2007 either!
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Have similar thoughts about photography on bluesky, I think there's literally just two of us.
Smaller communities are always easier to deal with, and if you get someone famous it quickly stops being a small community.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM