Vaishali Dinakaran

Freelance writer & Journalist | Motorsport & Miscellany. (@vaishdinakaran.bsky.social)

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

I want to live in a world that’s been written by @danjlevy, because it will be filled with people who while eccentric, are also fundamentally good, kind, decent and brave - really the only qualities worth having. #SchittsCreek ♥️

[Formula 1 @F1]

From Mumbai to Mercedes 🤩

Fred Vesti learns more about Test and Development Engineer, Vaishnavi Nambiar, and her path to Formula 1 in our newest episode of Untold Stories

Watch the full video 👉 https://t.co/rvbFyGccPS

#F1

[Females in Motorsport @FemalesinMSport]

Gill Jones was the second woman to step on the F1 podium to collect the constructors' trophy at the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, 27 years after Ginny Williams 🏆

#WomenInMotorsport #F1

📷: Red Bull Content Pool/Getty Images

[Daniel Valente 🏎️ @F1GuyDan]

Michael Schumacher's pole lap at Imola in 2006 🤩

A Ferrari driven by Michael Schumacher. A V8 engine. An old-school circuit.

Perfect.

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

New work for DW Business Beyond, looking at the IndiGo flight disruptions last year & what it reveals about the state of India’s aviation sector, & the structural pressures shaping the industry. With input from @jagritichandra and other experts: https://t.co/D7gCL3blx6

[Jagriti Chandra @jagritichandra]

Here is @VaishDinakaran’s in-depth look at last year’s IndiGo crisis for German broadcaster DW, where I explain some of the issues behind the meltdown & larger concerns for the sector

https://t.co/gLXtJkWsAc

[all about maye 🚀❤️ @allaboutmayetml]

#OnThisDay 21 years ago took place the 2005 #MalaysianGP, won by Alonso (Renault). I miss Sepang & reckon it’s underestimated. This pic shows why: Heidfeld, Montoya, Massa & Schumacher running side-by-side through one of the circuit’s distinctively wide turns #OnThisDay in 2005.

[FIA @fia]

22 years later, Michael Schumacher still holds the race lap record at the Shanghai International Circuit (1:32.238), set during the inaugural #ChineseGP 🇨🇳

#FIA #F1

[Daniel Valente 🏎️ @F1GuyDan]

🚨 These are some really interesting comments from Adrian Newey:

• Honda re-entered F1 with roughly 30% of their original team
• Many members of Honda now are fresh to F1
• Aston Martin only really became aware of Honda's inexperienced team LAST NOVEMBER

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

“Four Weddings & a Funeral” is an underrated car movie.

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When will this end. I can’t remember the last time the street we lived on wasn’t an icy expanse. And shovelling a walkway and putting sand down it every couple of days is getting a bit much. 🙄

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

Lego is the best form of recreational therapy. I’ve been saving this since my sister got it for me last year (best sister in the world, of course). And I built it on this bleakest of winter days, full of sleet and black ice. I am transformed. #LEGO #AyrtonSenna

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

@SeanMil78158970 @CeliaBedelia I’ll consider stealing a few branches off my tree… Though it’s very much alive, and watching me. 🌲 👀

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

@CeliaBedelia Thank you! I hope you’re sufficiently bundled up and padded for any walks you might have to take over the next few weeks. I’ve decided I’m going to stay indoors, sit by the window and hope to catch a glimpse of the sun.

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

@SriniKay 100 percent the truth.

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

Here he is looking pleased as punch after nearly completing one such project in December 2024. He’s a good egg, he is.

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

My husband just talked, for 10 minutes straight, about the various hardware stores he visited today, and how he managed to get the exact bits and bobs he needed for various projects, at a discount that too. I think this is the best start to the new year for him. 😅

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

Seatbelts save lives. So why do some people still refuse to wear them? I explored behavioural, cultural and psychological reasons behind this resistance. Watch the video made for @dwnews REV here: https://t.co/2IEb6LyC4H

#RoadSafety #Mobility

[Michael Schumacher @schumacher]

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the most emotional and important victories in the history of @F1

On 8 October 2000, Michael crosses the finish line in Suzuka to win the Japanese GP and his first world championship with @ScuderiaFerrari

From then on, nothing was the same as before.

#KeepFighting #TeamMSC #OTD

Pictures courtesy of #AFP

[Vaishali Dinakaran @VaishDinakaran]

@ShamiKalra The Farina.