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Thank god this guy isnβt allowed to mess with Formula 1 anymore
Based on conversations that have spawned off of this, I think any motorsports people who do feel like itβs too quiet on here would do well to start following proper car people. Motorsports, after all, do have a fair amount to do with cars
I don't know about you, but as my second full season of yapping about motor racing on Bluesky nears its conclusion, my sense that it is the only civilized place to do so online is only increasing.
On the one hand, of course thatβs what it looks like, but on the other hand, weird
I see enough wind on this that I must post. Have you noticed that sports car categories make no sense? That is what happens when motorsports and automotive economics lose contact with each other. It is sensible β nay, necessary! β to periodically realign the former (which is made up) to the latter.
Stephane Ratel has suggested the creation of a new GT3 class that would βgo back to the fundamentalsβ amid continued discussions, including with the FIA, on the future direction of various GT platforms.
One further note on this point is that the professionals who *are* here β notably multiple staffers of one @roadandtrack.bsky.social magazine β have earned support for siding with civilIzation.
A fair number of people who were around for the first season have gone dark since then β some of whom are professionals, which is regrettable β but in terms of both day-to-day yapping and in-race yapping, it remains firmly in "their loss" territory.