'been Walking My Mind To An Easy Time, My Back Turned Towards The Sun / Lord Knows When The Cold Wind

a Canadian in his natural habitat

Belgian Grand Prix Penalties

Free Practice

SAI, TSU and LEC had their race times deleted at turn 9 for exceeding track limits at some point during Free practice

Qualifying

NOR dropped 5 grid positions for replacing his grid box

RAI was required to start from pit lane due to changing his rear wing assembly to a different specification from the one used in qualifying

Race

STR was given a 10 second time penalty imposed after the race for changing his rear wing during a red flag

2021 Season

Romain Grosjean having the drivers sign pictures that his kids drew of the cars in the Indy 500

f1 teams as weird penguin books covers

You know, that Mythbusters post legitimately changed my life. Before seeing it, I had exponentially more guilt and stress about not being able to sleep, which of course, further exacerbated my inability to sleep.

Now, every time I wake up about three am, knowing I have to get up at 6.45, instead of stressing and panicking about how my day is going to be sleep deprived and miserable, I just tell myself 'Time to activate Mythbusters Protocol' and lie there with my eyes closed safe in the knowledge that I am measurably reducing later feelings of exhaustion.

And when this happens, about 70% of the time the reduction of guilt and stress means I actually do fall back asleep, so all in all instead of getting only three or four hours sleep, I get five to six and a half.

Which y'know, major improvement in health and energy.

britta roeske talks about sebastian vettel’s unwillingness to be pr-friendly - 2022 📷 https://twitter.com/sm_f1gp/status/1606277014343847936

4x nascar champion sebastian vettel

i wanna thank natalie pinkham for sharing her first name with me, amen, god bless

PRIDE CARS!!

pride month is almost over and I'm just happy I finished this in time! credit for the idea and matching the flags to the cars fully goes to Loki @dobbiamo-capire I'm gonna put her thoughts/explanations for the choices under the cut below!

mercedes // gay men

alfa romeo // asexual

ferrari // lesbian

alpha tauri // transgender

alpine // bisexual

red bull // aromantic

mclaren // non-binary

haas // polyamory

williams // pansexual

aston martin // genderqueer

here is Loki with her thoughts! <3

MERCEDES: gay flag. The palette is on point, but also they had every kind of gay trope between the teammates: Brocedes, Valewis, Britcedes… and they recent history: they came out of nowhere, they were very quiet at the beginning but since they find the confidence (2014) they are energic, glad to be at the center of everyone’s attention, slay every time they’re going out

RED BULL: aromantic spectrum. They loved only twice in their lifetime (Vettel and Verstappen), the other drivers were never a match (they’re famous to change drivers in the middle of the season), it was good but when they asked for a romantic relationship they ended everything (Ricciardo)

FERRARI: lesbian vibes. Apart from the color of the car, it’s the way the drivers are babygirls to the team and the fans. The lesbian drama that is 0 or everything, once there’s a committed relationship is going to last for a lifetime, even when they’re breaking up they still think about it (every ex ferrari driver is still in love with Ferrari) and Charles is loved by every lesbian cmon do you need more?

MCLAREN: non binary spectrum. It’s a very complicated car: just in the recent history, went from 2006/2007 golden era, to the shit honda engine era, to whatever this era is (victory in Monza one day and a shitshow a couple of races later). These are definitely the vibes of a person that wakes up every morning feeling different pronouns, different gender (or gender neutral) styles, has a closet full of different colors and moods to match every situation

ALPINE: bisexual flag. No explanation needed. The livery is 100% inspired by it, bisexual Nando agenda is real and the team has the same bisexual vibes

ALPHA TAURI: transgender flag. They are still in the transitioning process, they went from toro rosso to alpha tauri trying to get away from the “second Red Bull” vibes, but the society (red bull) are still blocking it and it’s all complicated. This doesn’t make them less valid, they’re still trans, but when they’re going to complete the transition without interruptions, they’re going to be happy and free

ASTON MARTIN: genderqueer. They changed the philosophy of the car so much: first the “pink Mercedes”, now the “green red bull", they don’t have a gender they’re just vibing with the flow and I respect them.

ALFA ROMEO: Asexual flag. Very romantic, never sexualize its drivers, just love and cheers for everyone. Team and car are so soft and pure, one of the last ones with no big drama

WILLIAMS: pansexual flag. They really don’t care who loves them they just need LOVE AND AFFECTION it doesn’t matter if it’s from a girl a boy a nb person they’re searching for love and give back love

HAAS: polysexual flag. They’re the team that does special kind of bond activities (if you know, you know) (talking about the selling boat commercial, what where you thinking) and it has a very “I don’t care about the others I’m just myself with my team and that’s enough” energy