Adharsh

[Ballon d'Or @ballondor]

HARRY KANE IS THE NEW BALLON D'OR!

#ballondor

[🎴 @sbzcomps]

“Bermuda Triangle”

Completed it mate

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Three points at Anfield 😍 #LIVBHA

[V D Satheesan @vdsatheesan]

Keralam pays its respectful salute to Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary courage and resilience. The world will forever remember his bravery in protecting the lives of passengers aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073.

Despite sustaining injuries in a grave and challenging situation, Captain Machchhar displayed remarkable valor, composure, and unwavering devotion to duty.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Captain Machchhar for a swift and full recovery.

#SmitMachchhar #Flydubai #VDSatheesan

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

P1 in Baku and a grand slam!! 🏆🇦🇿 Feels great to be back on the top step of the podium. It’s been a while since the T-pose has made an appearance 😂
Solid work from the team and thanks to the fans for the love. Feeling energised for the upcoming races. Let’s go, team 👊

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Pole.
Led every lap.
Fastest lap.

George’s first F1 career Grand Slam 😤

[Formula 1 @F1]

GEORGE RUSSELL WINS THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX!! 🏁🏆🎉

#F1 #AzerbaijanGP

[Formula 1 @F1]

MIGHTY FROM GEORGE RUSSELL!! 💪

The Mercedes driver takes pole in Baku ☝️

#F1 #AzerbaijanGP

[Premier League @premierleague]

Alisson somehow claws Evanilson's shot away 😮

⛔️ @LFC

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Liverpool reach verbal agreement to sign Bradley Barcola, HERE WE GO! 🔴

Initial fee worth £100m plus add-ons — up to €140m possible total package for PSG.

Documents to be exchanged in 24 hours.

#LFC get their top target: never in doubt and now done.

[The Race @wearetherace]

'Forward-thinking' machine-learning algorithms are having a MASSIVE impact on F1 drivers' performances in 2026 - and often not in a good way... 🤔

[Jaswinder kaur @TheReal_Jassi]

Sandeep Lamba, Additional DCP of Delhi Police, slapped a girl in the face on camera.

How can a male police officer even touch a female protestor, let alone slapping her?

I hope someone sue this arrogant prick.

#CJPProtests

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇭🇺 Dominik Szoboszlai has agreed to sign new FIVE year deal at Liverpool, valid until June 2031!

Verbal agreement in place with final details being sorted ahead of signature and official statement.

Szoboszlai stays, fully committed to #LFC new project under Andoni Iraola 🔴🔐

[Formula 1 @F1]

P2 for George! 🤩

#F1 #BritishGP

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Silverstone always delivers 🇬🇧

Epic track, unmatched crowd energy, and unforgettable memories 😍

Can’t wait to do it all over again!

🎨 x Juan Alcalá

[Adharsh @adharshkt24]

@luteragalega @floreeesca @ekaitzgilf1 colopinto went flat out in particular micro sector

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

P1 IN AUSTRIA!!! Great to be back 🙌🏆 Nice one team 👊

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

POLEE YESSSS 💪🙌

[MDM Designs @mdm_designs]

If it was Max, Charles, Lewis etc who got pole…everyone would be saying it’s a masterclass in managing the final lap of Quali

Because it’s George… it’s cheating / robbery 😂 #AustrianGP

[Ruth Buscombe @RuthBuscombe]

Same flag, same corner, two different calls at Mercedes.

Verstappen crashed in the final sector. On a single waved yellow, George Russell lifted
right at the flag, 25 km/h off the throttle, then got straight back to it. His sector was
unchanged (+0.03s), but the dab is there in black and white. Pole stood. Kimi Antonelli read
it as a double yellow, where the rule is simple: bin any meaningful time or take a penalty.
He came off 61 km/h, lost about two seconds, and parked the lap.

Both were right for what they saw. A single yellow needs a clear, discernible lift, not an
abandoned lap. The benchmark for "enough"? Qatar 2021: Carlos Sainz gave up a measured 0.155s
on a single yellow and walked. In 2019 Verstappen kept it pinned through a single yellow at
Mexico, didn't reduce at all, and lost pole. Russell's trace looks like Sainz's, not
Verstappen's. Mercedes nailed the read.

If you the numbers have a look 👇

TECHNICAL NOTES

Session: 2026 Austrian GP qualifying, Q3. Single waved yellow in Sector 3 at the site of
Verstappen's crash (~3.9 km into the lap, final-corner complex).

RUSSELL (pole)
- Flagged lap (pole): 1:06.113. Clean reference run: 1:06.457.
- At the flag: speed drops to 215 km/h vs 240 on his clean lap = a 25 km/h lift.
- Local cost at the marshalling point (~300 m window): about +0.09s.
- Sector 3 net: +0.03s vs his clean lap so he recovered the time after the dab.
- Read: a clear, discernible reduction exactly where the flag was, on a single yellow. Cleared,
not investigated.

ANTONELLI (P4)
- Flagged final run: 1:08.215. Clean reference (his grid lap): 1:06.414.
- At the flag: speed drops to 178 km/h vs 239 = a 61 km/h lift.
- Sector 3: +2.07s vs his clean lap. He treated it as a double yellow and abandoned the lap,
keeping his earlier 1:06.414 for fourth.

THE RULE : 2026 F1 Sporting Regulations, Art. B1.8.4 (a)/(b)
- Single waved yellow: "must reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction... expected
to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector."
No fixed numeric threshold (judged on telemetry, at the flag point.)
- Double waved yellow: must not attempt a meaningful lap time; in qualifying the lap is deleted
automatically (2026). Don't back off enough and it's a grid penalty.

PRECEDENT (single yellow, measured the same way)
- Sainz, Qatar 2021: +0.155s lift in the yellow sector. No action cleared. (The benchmark.)
- Verstappen, Mexico 2019: S3 -0.001s, no measurable lift, improved the lap. Pole stripped, -3
places. (The line you can't cross.)

WHY MERCEDES ARE CONFIDENT, AND THE EVIDENCE THEY'D PRESENT IF CHALLENGED
- It was a single yellow, not a double so an abandoned lap was never required, only a
discernible reduction.
- The car telemetry shows a distinct throttle lift and a 25 km/h speed drop precisely at the
marshalling sector where the flag was shown the "discernible reduction" the rule asks for.
- The magnitude matches the cleared Sainz Qatar 2021 precedent (~0.15s), and is the opposite of
the penalised Verstappen Mexico 2019 case (no reduction at all).
- Same-team control case: Antonelli, same corner, same flag, shows what a double-yellow-style
abort looks like (61 km/h, +2.07s). Russell's trace is plainly a single-yellow lift, not that.
- Supporting: onboard footage of the flag/panel state, and the marshalling-sector light status
by the time he arrived.

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