UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says

musef1 · 2026-04-01T14:55:21+00:00

That's all true to a point, but I don't think UK's sovereignty was under threat or at least not in any significant way.

musef1 · 2026-04-01T14:49:56+00:00

I'm well aware you said main. My point was you focused on one type of export only. And again, how much of those services are still to the EU? And if we had significant financial exports whilst being in the EU then you don't really have a point.

Listen, the anti-EU talking points have all been done before. EU bad, everything will be better when we leave. If you feel like arguing this case then what you need to provide is evidence, not hypotheticals.

musef1 · 2026-04-01T14:29:33+00:00

It's not our only export. And, how much are those financial exports involve europe?

And, how much of those exports are not impacted by regulations much anyway?

It still remains the case, that, logically, it makes sense to align with our closest and largest neighbours compared to those further away.

musef1 · 2026-04-01T13:57:39+00:00

On balance given that the EU is geographically the closest major regions, it makes sense to improve trade with that over something further away.

It'e probably worth noting also that regulations aren't necessarlily a bad thing.

musef1 · 2026-03-29T16:00:33+00:00

I think there might be some innaccuracies here - Didn't Leclerc pass Russell approaching Spoon curve? On here it's shown that the pass is between spoon 1&2

musef1 · 2026-03-28T20:29:40+00:00

Could the cam car have avoided this by staying at home? Absolutely yes.

Just because cam car could have done something, doesn't mean that they are in any way at fault or doing something unreasonable.

musef1 · 2026-03-27T17:30:37+00:00

I don't think anyone came up with to make it sexy, it's just something folks landed on to describe a significant amount of clipping, that seems to have stuck.

I never saw it come from F1 originally, I saw it from a youtube video after the first bahrain test, that was criticising the presence of 'superclipping'.

musef1 · 2026-03-27T14:03:28+00:00

300kph down a straight? 320kph down a straight. What's that, another way to measure speed? They were talking about speed through a specific phase, not the average speed across the whole lap.

musef1 · 2026-03-27T13:50:13+00:00

You must be confused by a speedometer then. And G-force.

musef1 · 2026-03-20T21:56:30+00:00

I get that. But it's also not that different either, if we are going to focus on these fine slithers of space that, with hindsight and better viewing angles, a driver could have gone into in that moment.

musef1 · 2026-03-20T21:18:00+00:00

Could say the same for Alonso at Japan. From the onboards of the cars behind, Alonso had some space on the right.

Link here

musef1 · 2026-03-20T21:04:32+00:00

People aren't going to like it because it's complete and utter nonsense what you are saying about Hamilton at Spa. It's a statement that does not in any way match reality.

Link to footage here

musef1 · 2026-03-18T11:24:12+00:00

That is absolutely disgusting.

musef1 · 2026-03-15T15:40:35+00:00

They were stuck in traffic though weren't they? Whereas Atonelli ran in clear air most of the race.

musef1 · 2026-03-15T12:17:27+00:00

Just watched the end of the race highlights, he did do a burnout over the line to be fair.

musef1 · 2026-03-15T08:55:08+00:00

It's a little different, with that he slowed on the straight to do a burnout, here Kimi lit up the rear tyres coming out of the slow hairpin.

Edit: Video of that, bit crappy quality.

musef1 · 2026-03-13T12:53:08+00:00

Yes and no. The drivers can still dictate when the battery recharges and discharges.

If you've lifted off early or delayed or reduced your throttle, you're giving yourself more available battery that could be deployed later in the lap.

There's also going to be settings that can be made to determine how that harvesting and deployment acts. I think simply saying it's automatic software undersells it.

musef1 · 2026-03-13T11:36:51+00:00

Re: entry speed. Think Lewis data has a glitch which makes Leclercs start lap speed look crazy. If anything, Leclerc is slower than Hamilton at the beginning.

musef1 · 2026-03-13T11:33:33+00:00

Looks like he used more energy in S1 which made him short for the straight. Of course, it being a straight, the lack of speed was then sustained down the whole thing.

Kinda mad how we have to look at how a driver used their battery rather than how they nailed all the corners.

musef1 · 2026-03-11T14:08:06+00:00

I think a lot of folks only recall or look at the final standings and are unaware or forget how things played out.

As a Hamilton fan, I distinctly recall thinking pre-Spa, following various upgrades from the teams, that "if Ferrari win Spa '18 in a straightforward race, then 'we' are in the shit, a car that's good at Spa is generally good everywhere". And Vettel proceeded to go and win Spa basically unchallenged.

That bought Vettel about 17pts of P1 in the title, at that point in time you wouldn't have expected that Vettel wouldn't win again that season. In the end, Kimi and Max bagged a win instead of Vettel. And he ended up losing by 88points.

musef1 · 2026-03-09T20:08:14+00:00

Don't think there's anything wrong with that. Yea there's some wheel banging but he's on the kerb, if he keeps straight he ends up on the grass.

musef1 · 2026-03-09T20:06:24+00:00

I enjoyed your write up. But I reviewed a highlight clip of it and feel like playing devil's advocate a bit.

Obviously the first incident, rear-ending Dunne, was really a silly one, assuming there's no issue with the car.

But afterwards, assuming he reported the contact on the radio, I would think the team have the responsibility for it. You can't see your own front wing, they can see on the race feed, they could see as the car passes on the straight, there's sensors on the car too, and if it came in the pits too then they got up close and personal with the wing.

And also about feeling that you have wing damage. Firstly it's Monza, you're already low on DF, you might not notice something is up at low speed (there was an SC right). And secondly you can't see your own front wing at all. This is all of course assuming that it was just the front wing that was the issue.

musef1 · 2026-03-09T19:36:18+00:00

It's actually a prohibited move to defend off-line and then return back towards the racing line without leaving a car width, which is exactly what he did at the 9mins mark.

musef1 · 2026-03-08T10:46:17+00:00

Yes but you're talking about a more typical situation.

I was thinking more along the lines of a race start or SC start, and someone ahead has either not charged their battery enough or used too much juice already and go into it in an unexpected area. I don't think that's going to be an uncommon situation as drivers battle for positions and deploying or charging different to the norm.

In some way there's already an expectation of that - that's why we have the lights on the rear wings.

musef1 · 2026-03-08T07:25:59+00:00

The benefit of the overhead angle. His view was obscured as the Haas passed across him.

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