Ian Hack

Mad for motor racing; supporting the promising, the persistent and the passionate performers.

[Ian Hack @YanHack]

@McGF192 The days when marshals jumped over the barriers immediately. Am I wrong to think that was a good idea?

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@UnracedF1 Yep. Bit of a skier too

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@A_S12 So his logic is that each race is devalued.. there's no need to see them all and a fan can miss a race without feeling they're missing out on something. Too many races devalues the 'product'.

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@McGF192 Terrific, thanks

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@F1BSide I think this is Palmer - blue helmet

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@inotsume3 Nice!

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@MaxK_J @AdamJWenborn @McGF192 @frentzen_hh Well, it looked good

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#F1 #OnThisDay, October 25th 1992. Riccardo Patrese (@WilliamsRacing ) took his final F1 win at the #JapaneseGP . Gerhard Berger was 2nd for @McLarenF1 while @MBrundleF1 finished 3rd for Benetton. All the others were atleast a lap down. https://t.co/SipKcSurvn #MsportXtra

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#F1 #OnThisDay, October 25th 1970. A @ScuderiaFerrari 1-2 at the #MexicanGP as from 3rd on the grid, Jacky Ickx won the race ahead of teammate and polesitter Clay Regazzoni. From 14th, Denny Hulme (@McLarenF1 ) finished 3rd. https://t.co/lsH7clElMf #MsportXtra

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@Formula2 @Charles_Leclerc Charles absolutely bossed it that year

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@McGF192 Brambila..selecting reverse while finishing his spin - impressive

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@McGF192 I liked Ralf, but here.....

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@McGF192 Great, thanks

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

“Why do some British people dislike Donald Trump?”

Nate White, an eloquent and witty English writer, gave this magnificent answer:

Trump lacks certain qualities that the British traditionally value.

He has no nobility, no charm, no composure, no gravitas, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour, and no grace — qualities with which, strangely enough, his predecessor, Mr Obama, was abundantly blessed.

Although Trump may be ridiculous, he has never said anything ironic, amusing, or even remotely funny — not once, ever. I do not mean this rhetorically. I mean it literally: never. To the British, a lack of humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it is a fact. He does not even seem to understand what a joke is. To him, a joke is a crude remark, an illiterate insult, an act of casual cruelty.

Trump is like a troll: he never laughs or enjoys himself; he merely squeals with delight or derision.

And the most frightening thing is that he does not merely utter crude and stupid insults: he actually means them. His mind is nothing more than a robotic algorithm of petty prejudices and instinctive malice.

There is no irony in him, no complexity, no subtlety, no depth. Everything is superficial. What we see is a man without an inner world, without a soul.

In Britain, we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are courageous underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither courageous nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite.

He is not even merely a spoiled rich boy or a greedy fat cat. He is more like a giant white slug, a privileged Jabba the Hutt.

And, worse still, he is a bully.

When he finds himself among other bullies, he suddenly becomes a whining lackey.

He punches down — something a gentleman should never, could never, and must never do — and every blow he delivers is below the belt. He particularly enjoys attacking the vulnerable or the voiceless, and he kicks them when they are down.

That is why the fact that a substantial minority — perhaps a third — of Americans watch what he does, listen to what he says, and then think, “Yes, he seems like my kind of guy,” is a source of bewilderment and profound distress to the British.

After all, it is impossible to read a single tweet of his or hear him utter a sentence or two without staring into the abyss. He turns shallowness into an art form. He is the Picasso of pettiness, the Shakespeare of shit. His flaws are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on to infinity.

There have always been stupid people in the world, and villains have never been in short supply either. But rarely has stupidity been so evil, or evil so stupid.

He makes Nixon seem trustworthy and George W. Bush seem intelligent.

If Frankenstein had decided to create a monster composed entirely of human flaws, he would have created Trump, and the remorseful Dr Frankenstein would have cried out in despair, “My God, what have I created?”

If an idiot were a television show, Trump would be the entire set.

[Ian Hack @YanHack]

@McGF192 At least they finished!

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@McGF192 Gaston passed Mika at one point , I recall. And weren't those the days when damp conditions showed a big difference in tyre manufacturers..on the wrong one and you were nowhere for a few laps

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@antnio6308912 Never knew about the beer can. Terrible behaviour

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@McGF192 Nice!

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@LouisDeletraz @NatoNorman Good to hear

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#F1 #OnThisDay, October 15th 1983. From 3rd on the grid, Riccardo Patrese won the #SouthAfricanGP at @Kyalami_Circuit . From 9th, Andrea de Cesaris took 2nd while Nelson Piquet finished 3rd, which was enough to take the world championship. https://t.co/fHpd5pllCf #MsportXtra