Travis Normand

Attorney by day; College FB Award voter; Writer; Texas Aggie; Eagle Scout; Former TexAgs Podcaster & blogger; Rugby; F1; & student of LOAC! (RT not endorsement)

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

@AggieNetwork @TAMU Ben Keating, one of the drivers, is an Aggie …

[FIA World Endurance Championship @FIAWEC]

CORVETTE WIN THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS!! 🇫🇷🏆

The #33 takes victory for the LMGT3 class!

#WEC #LeMans24 #Corvette @OfficialTFSport @24hoursoflemans @fia @TeamChevy

[Matias Lucero @matdotar]

FIFA should be embarrassed how many empty seats in their USA opening game there are. This show how overpriced this tournament is.

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

And they couldn’t even sell out the game in this stadium !?

[Solomon🇦🇷🇪🇸🇳🇴 @_sol_omon]

Damn bro, USA got one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world.

But the funny thing is that they've got no way to use/show it properly until this world cup 😂.

But what a beauty bro🔥

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

Sorry they couldn’t sell out that game / stadium in Los Angeles.

[Oliver Molander @OliverMolander]

You don't find stadiums like this anywhere else in the world than in the US.

Americans don't just know tech and AI, they are also masters in entertainment and sports.

Europe take note.

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

The biggest win in the history of the FIFA World Cup for the @USMNT and it was in Los Angeles in a stadium that WASN’T sold out! (About 70K).

Kyle Field @TAMU had 91K fans last week for the Argentina v Honduras friendly!

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

Absolute Cinema. 🦅

@USMNT leaves Los Angeles with a W

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

I posted this about a month ago and the question remains …

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

When is @AstonMartinF1 going to get “serious” about actually winning and performing in @F1 ?? Is that team really just an exercise in branding?

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

When is @AstonMartinF1 going to get “serious” about actually winning and performing in @F1 ?? Is that team really just an exercise in branding?

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

As soon as I saw it, I thought of his comments about Max.

[MV33Racing🏎 @MV33Racing]

"Whenever anything is not going his way, he lashes out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence."

[Formula 1 @F1]

George 🆚⚔️ Kimi

#F1Sprint #CanadianGP

[Max Verstappen @VerstappenCOM]

That’s it 😤 A really tough one to take. From the lead, our car suffered a broken driveshaft, ending our fight for the win. Thank you all for your support throughout the weekend 🙏

[Max Verstappen @Max33Verstappen]

Very unfortunate and frustrating ending, but these things can happen.
I still really enjoyed the experience together with Jules, Luggi and Dani. Thanks to the team and everyone around the track for your support.

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

I have been watching Qualifying &Practice every day this week & NLS before that … not once did anyone say the @nuerburgring 24H would be blocked in the US! @RACERHQ @VerstappenCOM

[MV33Racing🏎 @MV33Racing]

Commentators full of praise for Max Verstappen, just like at the Nurburgring.

They talk about how Max gave Chris Lulham a chance to turn his dream into reality at the highest level of GT racing, and how he continues to support and encourage people.

[OutKick @Outkick]

I’d be absolutely rattled

[Luke Evangelist @lukeevangelist_]

Don’t let this cope and narrative from LSU fool you, here’s what happened:

PJ wanted to be closer to home (A&M) in a system that fits him best (A&M).

And most importantly he wants to win. Bucky significantly outperforming Will Wade last year was the closer.

Get in the locker.

[Tim England @tengland_150]

HAHAHAHAHA

[Formula 1 @F1]

An illustrious career so far 🤩

Working his way up through Jordan, Midland, Spyker, Force India, Red Bull and soon McLaren, GianPiero Lambiase knows his way around F1 💪

#F1

[The Casual Fan @effonecasualfan]

The team was rocked by the Horner scandal in early 2024.

There were two paths that the team could have taken at that point,

#1 Fire Horner until investigations are over, if he's proven innocent bring him back

#2 Back him till the news dies down

Red Bull did have an internal investigation and then a further independent process, all of which cleared Horner of any wrongdoing (you're free to make whatever conclusion you want from this)

At this point, the focus should have been

-Bring peace and calm to the team
-Stem the leak of resources
-Understand where the team and the car is at that point and then rebuild from there

What Red Bull had?
-Jos Verstappen shouting in the media, calling for Horner's head
-Marko consistently leaking stuff to the media
-Unrealistic expectations from a package that had to be reoriented after a wrong design direction

The result?
-The leak continued
-The man that was pivotal to Red Bull's success was chucked out
-The board backed the driver and his pops even though calmer heads should have prevailed

So.... where are we with Red Bull now?

-The technical head is under pressure
-The Red Bull program is leaking key personnel
-GP just left
-Max will probably leave as well
-When Horner inevitably comes back to F1, that'll attract a few key personnel

The board took a short term call...and it is paying for it now

That has always been the problem with a board taking calls in F1

Oliver Mintzlaff is not a racer, he doesn't get F1
John Elkann is not a racer, he doesn't get it,
The same is true with the Renault board

It will be interesting to see where the Red Bull Racing and the Racing Bulls program goes eventually but....

I guess some things don't change,

Teams run by boards become a version of Ferrari,

Too much bluster, not much success.

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

What if this is just part of the whole “make it look like Max is leaving” bit so that the FIA will make changes? @SpannersReady

[Formula 1 @F1]

Etched into the history books ✍️

Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer GianPiero Lambiase will leave Red Bull in 2028 and move to McLaren as Chief Racing Officer

#F1

[Travis Normand @travisnormand]

So, Oliver Mintzlaff, this was part of the long-term plan … right? Red Bull is going to be more competitive in the near future, right?? Just checking.

[Formula 1 @F1]

Etched into the history books ✍️

Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer GianPiero Lambiase will leave Red Bull in 2028 and move to McLaren as Chief Racing Officer

#F1