Tag: F1
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Blow or blessing?
Every sport has its curious idioms. In GAA for example, the quirk by which, even though they may be getting hockeyed all over s pitch, a corner forward will nearly always be the first to be hauled ashore. If a horse runs a bad race or two, either the jockey gets dropped or the animal…
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Horner told to hit the road
In a drastic illustration of the old adage that you’re only as good as your last performance, Christian Horner was this morning relieved of his duties as Team Principal with Red Bull Racing with immediate effect. Those of the sugary drink backing have been but a pale shadow of their dominant selves this year, but…
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Is the dream car turning into a nightmare for its owners?
If you’ve ever dreamt about winning the Lotto or anybody has ever asked you what you would do if it did happen, what would your course of action be? I would buy a nice block of land, a new tractor and a racehorse, to be trained in Castletown. For some people, it could be home…
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Red Bull Need To Listen To B*Witched
There are a few clips of Arsene Wenger during his time as Arsenal manager which perennially come up in Football’s Funniest Moments compilation. One shows the great Frenchman struggling manfully with the zip on his trenchcoat, and the other when, in the aftermath of some controversial incident or other, all he could muster by way…
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Who will cribbing Christian blame this time?
This corner will in no way claim to be an expert in Formula 1, but what will be said is that once one becomes acquainted with a given subject area, knowledge thereof tends to be ingested and retained fairly quickly. Thus, while it would never be claimed that yours truly is an aficionado of the…
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Technology can’t legislate for human error
The adoption of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) is probably the most contentious alteration to the governance of football in a generation. Naturally, judgement about such things is mostly subjective. If a decision from the eye in the sky goes your way, it’s a great thing, be on the wrong side of a dubious call and…
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Gentle persuasion undone by complete lunacy
The fact Netflix has altered the way we peruse visual content would probably be fairly universally accepted. In my case, that has meant taking in the likes of The Staircase and The Last Dance. Being honest, there’s more sporting content thereon than this corner was expecting. Undoubtedly the best of which – so far –…
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Where is the sport in it?
The question has often been asked of yours truly – is there any sport I wouldn’t watch. Baseball was always the standard reply to said inquiry. Simply as it’s not understood. Chances are if a grasp of it was attained, one would be drawn in as was the case with Darts and Cricket and a…