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What an honour to host the final panel of the day at #F1Accelerate with movie royalty Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski. Their F1 movie sounds incredible. They’re creating an 11th team and filming on track and on event from Silverstone to the end of the year. Image
They’ve spent 18 months taking what they learnt on Top Gun Maverick to develop the smallest moveable 6k camera ever designed to take the viewer into the cockpit. A cockpit in which their stars will actually drive. That’s right. Brad Pitt driving an F1 car from Silverstone onwards
The car has been designed by Mercedes and is already testing (you may have seen a video online.) As are their actors, in sim and real life. Lewis Hamilton is in daily communication and is advising on storyline and script to ensure it’s the most accurate racing film ever made.
Joseph says Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix is his biggest touchstone. Both he and Jerry are determined to make the most accurate, most impressive race movie anyone has ever seen. Oh. And Tom Cruise has already offered to do some extra driving if they need him.

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Sep 15, 2022
@davemusing @karunchandhok Thanks for this Dave. I understand the disappointment created by the result, believe me. But my hope people can make peace with it comes from the fact I don’t think that the result can or will be overturned. As you've been so detailed in your explanation, I'll try to be in mine.
@davemusing @karunchandhok Sport has, at its root, human judgement. Now this can, and often does, go wrong as humans are fallible. The list of questionable decision making in major sporting events is long and extends far beyond Formula 1 and just Abu Dhabi. Just ask Roy Jones Jr. Any England football fan.
@davemusing @karunchandhok Questionable refereeing decisions are part of the lore of the game. Maradona’s Hand of God. The USSR winning the 72 basketball gold. Derek Jeter’s home run against the Orioles. Mark Cueto’s disallowed try in the 2019 RWC. Henry’s hand ball against Ireland. The list goes on and on
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Ok so what’s the competitive order?

It’s incredibly hard to tell. This is a clean sheet of paper and the biggest rules upheaval in a generation. Maybe ever.

But here’s a rough idea of where I think pace lies and teams might be… (caveat: it’s testing and I’m probably wrong)
Top Tier

1 Red Bull - balanced, rapid, no concerns

2 Ferrari - best pre season I’ve seen from them in years. Without RBR final 30 minutes they’d likely be P1

3 Mercedes - work to do but can’t quite bring myself to believe they’re midfield.
Midfield

4 McLaren - very fast. So fast they’re having trouble stopping the thing

5 Alfa Romeo - fast but fragile.

6 Haas - headline times may be glory runs but rivals are worried by their pace and potential

7 Alpha Tauri - quiet but impressive. Maybe placed them a bit low
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While Hamilton’s assertion that yesterday’s contact and penalty for Verstappen sets an important precedent, is it the right one?

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When a driver leaves the pits and other cars are on the straight, the driver exiting is shown a blue light at pit exit and a blue flag is waved as shown here. This is because the onus is on them not to cede position but to re-enter the track mindfully.
After the blend line finishes, Hamilton moves onto the racing line in the braking zone. At this point and given he’s been shown the blue, the onus is still on him. Yet Verstappen isn’t wholly behind and so he should give a cars width, which he does not.
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The Mercedes episode is incredibly heartfelt and human, with a real gut punch ending. The Ferrari episode is also brilliantly and unexpectedly candid as the team's relationship with Sebastian deteriorates. A conversation between Seb and Christian Horner is a real wow moment, too.
The Racing Point saga is dealt with well, spread over a few episodes, and makes what was a complex situation manageable for a new audience without skirting too lightly for die hards. The second Red Bull seat and the Pierre / Alex storyline is also nicely handled.
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Been thinking about this for a while but I reckon hula hoops with shoulder straps might be our best means of ensuring social distancing. I’ve made a diagram incase anyone wants to build a prototype.
Don’t worry. I wasn’t being sexist with the diagram for the apparatus. As you can see from this diagram, it’s a unisex design that both men and women can use!
They also come in kid’s sizes
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Lockdown with Ayrton. A series of gifs.

Don't congregate in groups
This is wrong and does not qualify as social distancing
This is acceptable (the fence is optional)
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