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🗣️ #F1 and motorsport writer, podcaster and general loudmouth. 📝 @Fox_Motorsport | @RACERmag 🎧 @BoxOfNeutrals | Pit Talk podcast

Melbourne, Australia
Joined November 2010
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This time last year Oscar Piastri bounced back from home-race disappointment with a comfortable win from pole. Can he hit back again this weekend? 📝 TALKING POINTS 👉 bit.ly/3P1V53X | #F1 #ChineseGP
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Oscar Piastri still hasn't won a race since the Grill'd free burger promotion. Make it stop! #F1 #AusGP
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Probably should just call off the race at this point. Oh boy. #F1 #AusGP
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Probably not the sort of press conference Adrian Newey was hoping for at his first race in charge. He says the Aston-Honda relationship has been "strengthened" by these struggles. #F1 #AusGP
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Says Fernando Alonso says severity of vibrations would lead to nerve damage in his hands after 25 laps. Lance Stroll says less. No chance of completing the 58-lap grand prix, in which case. #F1 #AusGP
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Good season for classic liveries. #F1
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Some remarkable developments in Italy at the weekend chatting with @diegofmejia 👇 #F1 #ImolaGP
Max Verstappen wins in Emilia-Romagna, but is it another flash in the pan or a sign of sustainable form for Red Bull Racing? And why did Imola run out of pizza? @diegofmejia explains. 🎧👇 | #F1 #ImolaGP open.spotify.com/episode/1cc…
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At least Alpine's newest driver knows how many races he's getting. #F1
¡VamosFranco! 🇦🇷 @FranColapinto will be making the step up to race driver for the next five races.
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After nine seasons hosting, the last episode of the #F1 @StrategyReport wraps up the #AbuDhabiGP and 2024 season. Doing the pod has been a big part of my career for almost a decade. Thanks to everyone who joined me over 190 eps and to everyone who listened.
McLaren wins its first constructors championship in 26 years after Lando Norris claims a comfortable victory in Yas Marina. Featuring @MichaelLamonato and special guest @wearetherace editor, Ben Anderson #F1 Strategy Report #podcast
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A pleasure to discuss the tactical talking points from the #QatarGP via reference to 1992 cult classic 𝘎𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘴 with @CoddersF1. 🎧👇 open.spotify.com/episode/3IR…
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In case you missed it, I caught up with @Edmondson_F1 earlier this week to dissect Mercedes shock one-two in Vegas — and does it bode well for the team in Qatar this weekend? 🎧 👇 | #F1 #LasVegasGP #QatarGP open.spotify.com/episode/4tU…
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I catch up with @LukeSmithF1 to debrief a #BrazilGP classic but mostly to vent about the technicality of where Max Verstappen started on the grid. 🎧👇 #F1 open.spotify.com/episode/0qr…
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At 1:45am AEST and with no quotes from him, confirmation comes via social media graphic that eight-time race winner Daniel Ricciardo has been let go from the Red Bull family with six races to go in 2024. #F1
Thank you Daniel 💙 
Laurent Mekies on Daniel: “He has brought a lot of experience and talent to the Team with a fantastic attitude, which has helped everyone to develop and foster a tight team spirit.” #F1 #VCARB
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Enjoyed my chat with @AlexJacquesF1 about the #SingaporeGP, whether McLaren missed a trick with the fastest lap, and the great underpasses of the #F1 world. 🎧👇 | @strategyreport open.spotify.com/episode/42U…
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The standout driver of the weekend? It's someone you mightn't have expected. @ChrisMedlandF1 explains why on this week's @strategyreport. 🎧 👇 | #F1 #AzerbaijanGP🇦🇿 open.spotify.com/episode/28b…
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I caught up with @Nauckas to discuss in detail the etymology of the phrase 'papaya rules' but got distracted debriefing the quite good #ItalianGP🇮🇹 instead. 🎧 👇 | #F1 open.spotify.com/episode/0G2…
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How did McLaren nail the #DutchGP, and when will it start having to consider whether to deploy Oscar Piastri as Lando Norris's rear gunner? Great fun debriefing the weekend with @lawrobarretto for the @strategyreport 🎧👇 open.spotify.com/episode/3xh…
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After a remarkable ending to a surprisingly competitive first part of the season, I caught up with @SMitchellF1 to debrief how Belgium went so right for George Russell before it went so, so wrong. 🎧👇 | #F1 #BelgianGP🇧🇪 open.spotify.com/episode/7Ml…
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Great fun catching up with @thomasmaheronf1 to debrief how it all went wrong with McLaren and what has to change for the team to overcome Red Bull Racing and Mercedes. 👇 | #F1 #BritishGP open.spotify.com/episode/7vj…
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A rare treat to have an actually interesting — and important — #SpanishGP to talk about and @LukeSmithF1 to talk about it with. 🎧👇 | #F1 open.spotify.com/episode/48B…
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