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🧵Here's a thread of the latest 24 long-form F1 history articles I've written for my Medium page (as of the posting of this tweet)
Was going to include every article I've written, but threads are limited to 25 tweets😎
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Just found out that Alan Jones has passed away, and can't help but feel a pang of sadness
In many ways the definitive Williams driver. It was a desire to recapture Jones' style which led Sir Frank to sign the likes of Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, and even J.P Montoya.
People will tell you with a straight face that the likes of Prost being small and weighing less than other drivers was a pure advantage when he had to drive this generation of cars (+ the turbos which if anything were even worse)
Today’s drivers: "The steering wheel vibrates, the car bounces a lot, I have trouble shifting gears, the tires have no grip, I lose control in the corners—the car is completely impossible to drive." #F1
Martin Donnelly, Lotus Lamborghini V12, 1990 Portuguese GP:
Don't think I need to say how magnificent of a performance this was
Pretty remarkable move from Verstappen there. Looked for all the world like he was about to lose a place, but he managed to turn it into an overtake
Catching up on the F1 Academy
Real shame about how the Larsen-Palmowski battle ended, because prior to the collision that was straight up the best dice the series has ever seen I think
I just switch based on context and to avoid excessive repetition
Default is last name though. I feel like exclusively using first name is maybe a lil odd, but it's hardly the end of the world
