Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson

@daveymn.bsky.social

Writer ✍️ https://daveymn.substack.com/ Lead Data Engineer, DfE 💻 Racing Pride Community Champion 🏳️‍🌈 Runner 🏃‍ Autistic ✨

5,455 Followers 148 Following 660 Posts Joined Oct 2024
2 days ago

F1 through the decades.

2010s - DRS plays a key role in the race outcomes.

Australia 2026 - Energy management is the name of the game.

So which one of these is really 'real racing'?

F1 has always been about management and strategy since day 1.

Today's race was good. 👍 (2/2)

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2 days ago

F1 through the decades.

Australia 1986 - Tyre issues dictate the outcome of the championship.

Hungary 1998 - Different refueling strategies dictate the outcome of the race.

Austria 2001 - Four drivers stall on the grid due to launch control issues.

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Danica Patrick on Instagram commenting on her #SkyF1 departure: www.instagram.com/p/DVhOr2kjjKD/

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6 days ago

Jenson Button will be with the Sky F1 team for more races this season. #SkyF1

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6 days ago

Full #SkyF1 team for 2026: Martin Brundle, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Jacques Villeneuve, Naomi Schiff, Bernie Collins, Karun Chandhok, Jamie Chadwick, Anthony Davidson, Simon Lazenby, Natalie Pinkham, Ted Kravitz, Rachel Brookes, Craig Slater, David Croft and Harry Benjamin.

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6 days ago

Danica Patrick will not be part of Sky's F1 coverage this season. #SkyF1

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6 days ago

Tate McRae's Just Keep Watching will be the opening theme for Sky's F1 coverage this season. #SkyF1

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1 week ago
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

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1 week ago

If that Sprint was anything to go by, we're in for a brilliant MotoGP season! #ThailandGP

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1 week ago

Great thread on the Gorton and Denton by-election result. 👇

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1 week ago

Interesting news for F1 fans in the US: #DriveToSurvive season 8 will be available on both Netflix and Apple TV, with the #CanadianGP streaming live across both platforms.

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1 week ago

I do find it very hard to take either Labour or Green indignation at the other’s activities seriously. By-elections are often dirty fights, and this one has been no exception. Neither of the parties can sincerely claim to have fought cleanly. Spare us the phony righteousness.

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2 weeks ago

If you want to know how MotoGP's free-to-air coverage in the UK is shaping up for 2026, highlights of the first Grand Prix from Thailand air on Quest on Monday night at... 11pm... 🙄

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2 weeks ago

OPINION: Mourning The Loss Of Phillip Island, And Why It Was Inevitable

https://motomatters.com/opinion/2026/02/19/opinion_mourning_the_loss_of_phillip.html

OPINION: Mourning The Loss Of Phillip Island, And Why It Was Inevitable


So MotoGP has lost Phillip Island. That is a tragedy …

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2 weeks ago

I think there are some pretty legitimate questions for the Greens to answer in this short thread – entirely possible they didn't know the history here, but if so they should say that and distance themselves.

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3 weeks ago
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Did the Lobby Misread the Starmer Story? Our political press can be an asset or liability

Did our feral political press pack call time on Starmer prematurely? Accusations are flying . markurban.substack.com/p/did-the-lo...

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3 weeks ago

Would be quite something if we had a major F1 rule change which cost teams a significant amount of money and the pecking order at the front is...

*checks notes*

...exactly the same as before. 😅

(Yes, I realise this is day 1 etc.)

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3 weeks ago

If you want TNT Sports, you'll need to add it separately still, as it's not mentioned in the press release.

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1 month ago
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Valentino Rossi cameo in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony!

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1 month ago

Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.

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1 month ago

This livery reminds me of the Pacific PR02....

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Bad It’s unusual to come across a truly bad new digital service these days. People now praise the online passport service for speed and ease of use, the same for Jobseeker’s, voter registra…

I’ve finally had enough and blogged about the new Civil Service Pensions website @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @janethughes.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

bearoneill.com/2026/01/29/bad…

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1 month ago

Half way through reading your #SophieFromRomania book and it's still amazing seeing this considering where she was 2 and 3 years ago. 😍

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1 month ago

#TheTraitors. Still the best show on TV, hands down. ❤️

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1 month ago
Lewis Hamilton driving in GP2 in 2006. Lewis Hamilton driving a Ferrari in 2026.

20 years on. Same vibe, same colour scheme... ❤️🤍💛

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1 month ago
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Top programmes report The top 50 programmes on TV based on the size of their total viewing audience over the week (including live, VOSDAL, time-shifted and total audience viewing figures). Filter by channel or audience.

Sorry for being a horrendous pedant because I know what you mean, but the majority of the 8.4 million will have watched later in the evening.

The episode on 9th January had 2.513 million viewers live, with 5.345 million viewers watching shortly after transmission - www.thinkbox.tv/training-and...

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1 month ago
Screenshot of the My Sky app showing Tony's Chocolonely.

Related: Sky VIP customers can get a bar from Sainsbury's superstores for free.

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1 month ago
An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

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1 month ago

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz

(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

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2 months ago
Marc Marquez posting on Twitter, 9.2k likes, 113 comments, 836 retweets Marc Marquez posting on Instagram, 214k likes, 1541 comments

Regarding the lack of engagement on X/Twitter vs other social media platforms. Here's Marc Marquez' latest posts:
X: 9.2k likes, 113 comments from 2.5M followers
Ig: 214k likes, 1541 comments from 8.2M followers

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