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I agree, however it is not unlikely that the lesson Liberty may take is to move the Moto 2 and 3 races to Saturday or later on Sunday lest an earlier incident impinge on the Moto GP TV window. Over in F1 the F3 race is often six hours before the GP starts on a Sunday

27.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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12.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have to say I’m struggling with the excitement for System of a Down. Saw them not headlining 3x times from 2001-03 - the cannon hasn’t massively expanded since then & it’s stadium sell out territory - really?

17.09.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Picked this up for Β£5 on eBay - can anyone help advise if the signature is likely to be genuine? Quite different to later autographs but early career signatures often more legible #barrysheene

15.09.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely Liberty are going to sit the Moto GP paddock down soon to say β€˜how much will it cost to change the regulations for next year - aero, tyres, ride height, sprint races - the lot?’

13.09.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Monza once again affirming that the best thing that could happen to junior single seater ladder is establishing some lower cost rival series. Won’t happen because FIA, but it’s needed

07.09.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a regional hotel tonight - restaurant in succession has played Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals and Crowded House - move in 2025

19.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something I find odd whenever I read about scandals in TV shows is that in my 10 years of doing TV stuff I never saw anything that was improper (professional stretches some of budgets I worked to) - clearly confined to a v small handful of productions.

06.08.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s easy to armchair it - but Norris keeps making race craft errors that would be drummed out of a moderately competitive club racer

03.08.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As an idea this is a bit out there, but bear with me. Maybe, just maybe, the next time F1 updates its regulations this could be done in a way that allows the cars to race in the wet. Wild I know

27.07.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m struggling to think of any example in motor sport where introducing a sprint format has added anything

26.07.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ozzfest 2001. 17 years old, somehow allowed to get the coach from Bristol to Milton Keynes to meet some mates there. Fabulous day and arguably my first huge step to adulthood. And capped by Black Sabbath who were magnificent. So glad I got to see Ozzy live and on it

22.07.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Moto GP really can’t change its regulations soon enough

20.07.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a circuit recovery team that is perfectly in tune with this generation of F2 car & driver

30.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The new Creeper single really scratches the itch latest Ghost album doesn’t quite reach

09.06.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Motorland Aragon such an odd track - a calendar perennial, but for cars at least I’ve never seen a race there that was better than 7/10

08.06.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any night where anything from St Anger and beyond is played and Outlaw Torn isn’t is a net loss

30.05.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Torn on getting Metallica tickets for next summer. On one hand may well be the last time. On the other, each time I’ve seen them hasn’t been quite as good as the time before. And they won’t play enough from Load

30.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant win for Palou. My broadcasting footnote is that I commentated on his first win (Euroformula 2014)

25.05.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The UK song sounds like a west end pastiche of Queen where they misunderstood everything about why Queen songs work

17.05.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alpine, why?

06.05.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How is it that the direction Labour ought to go in is visible from space to everyone except the few people actually deciding that direction?

03.05.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoying the new Ghost album, most of which is pure Eurovision metal and fun for it. I like the neon noir direction and kind of wish they'd gone all-in on it. That said, sense it was hellish to write, as several songs sound assembled from fragments

25.04.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Competition caution #F1

13.04.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sky should really have two commentary options - this one which is fine if you’ve never seen a race before and want puddle deep analysis and then an expert one that actually has the depth of insight you’d expect for the subscription fee

13.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, but you’ve got to look at it in the context of the grandee tracks like Miami and Baku which all but guarantee good racing #justmakethecarssmaller

06.04.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Find it quietly satisfying that the only two bits of my commentary that do the rounds online are pretty much my first (Ricciardo vs Bottas Silverstone 08) and last (Lawson vs Tsunoda Spa 19)

03.04.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are Slayer really 45,000 festival headlining popular?

04.03.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new Lego F1 cars are great

02.03.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I had actual money, I’d spend it on something that gave the most talented drivers a leg up

25.02.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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