Dave Nelson

Honestly loathe that we are in 2026, yet F1 and the FIA do not have a system for automatically deleting lap times as soon as a track limits violation happens. 😐 #USGP

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 😊)

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-...

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!

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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

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...

This piece should surely have a disclaimer that its author and interview subjects risk jail time if they write or say that things are bad www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans

UK returns to WRC calendar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.wrc.com/en/news/wrc-...

Well worth ten minutes of your time, this. Good and balanced piece covering the different perspectives on F1 2026.

100%. I think the Superclipping absolutely rubbed people the wrong way and it's extended towards anything battery related. I think it's way more interesting than DRS. And remember - This, right now, is the worst these regs will ever be.