#2021 Hungarian GP Review

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merc era vid list

youtube site search now is shit and shit , so I made a link list for James' merc era videos. not all the videos he appears in are in the list, the video must be interesting enough (i'm tired of watching him talking an hour-long strategy) you're welcome!

Previews & Debrief

22.08.12 W13 Challenges, Closing The Gap & New Foods! | 2022 Akkodis F1 Season Debrief

22.26.10 Upgrades, Brake Changes, Podiums & More! | 2022 United States GP Akkodis F1 Race Debrief

22.13.04 Overcuts, Safety Cars & More | 2022 Australian GP Akkodis F1 Race Debrief

21.09.12 Headphones, Damage & More | 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 Race Debrief

21.10.11 First Lap, Pit Stops & More | 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix F1 Race Debrief

21.28.10 Overcuts, Atmosphere & More | 2021 United States Grand Prix F1 Race Debrief

21.16.09 P19 to P3, Car Damage & More | 2021 Italian GP F1 Race Debrief

21.02.09 Wet Tyres, Aquaplaning & More | 2021 Belgian GP F1 Race Debrief

21.01.07 Upgrades, Second Stops & More | 2021 Styrian GP F1 Race Debrief

21.05.05 Sensor Issues, Fastest Lap Fights & More | Portuguese GP F1 Race Debrief peer pressure about food.

21.18.03 Sandstorms, Car Handling & More | 2021 F1 Test Debrief

20.16.09 Safety Car Restarts, Smoking Brakes & More! | 2020 Tuscan GP F1 Race Debrief 4:12

20.09.09 Lewis' Penalty, Best Pizzas & More | 2020 Italian GP F1 Debrief pizza!

20.05.08 Punctures, Pit Stops, Vibrations & More | 2020 British GP F1 Debrief

20.15.07 Tyre Offsets, Floor Damage & More! | 2020 Styrian GP F1 Debrief 6:25

20.13.05 PETRONAS Retro Race Review – F1 Mexico Grand Prix 2019 Is this your loft ??

20.29.04 PETRONAS Retro Race Review - Hungary F1 Grand Prix 2019

20.22.04 PETRONAS Retro Race Review - Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2014

19.07.08 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix F1 Debrief & what happened

19.18.07 2019 British Grand Prix F1 Debrief analyzing toto's heart rate.

19.01.05 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix F1 Debrief he got a promotion.

19.27.03 2019 Australian Grand Prix F1 Debrief he got a cold.

18.15.112018 Brazilian Grand Prix F1 Debrief Why are you so mean to your coworker?

18.22.10 2018 United States Grand Prix F1 Debrief... with a Difference! Paul Ripke what have you done?

16.28.07 Full throttle down the Hockenheim straights! | Nico Rosberg on the German GP

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Tech Part

16.23.06 F1 2016 Explained: How have the 2016 tyre rules changed race strategy?

13.09.07 Grand Prix Insights - Seat Fit

12.11.11 Grand Prix Insights - Race Overall

20.14.10 Everything You Need to Know About F1 Esports!

21.31.05 INSIDE STORY: Mercedes' Strategic Masterclass | 2021 Spanish Grand Prix

18.13.05 Inside Story Of How Mercedes Won The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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Interview

22.14.10 Driving Ambition - the journey to drive a Formula One™ car part1 part2 part3

22.24.07 "On a aujourd'hui moins de marsouinage que Red Bull ou Ferrari. Ce n'est plus un problème" need fr ip.

22.29.04 "It was UNFORGETTABLE to ride with you!" 🙌 | Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi swap seats! 1:09 He wears a motorcycle suit.

20.15.12 LH44xVR46: Behind the scenes of the ultimate rideswap

19.04.08 An incredibly deserved podium today for James

19.18.07 LIVE at the F1 Esports Pro Draft 2019 star from1:57:26

19.21.06 “Fans, it’s James”

18.12.09 F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2018 - Day 4 - Awards Celebration star from 2:25:06

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17.10.06 The Road to Montreal (Full HD)

15.31.07 Tumi and MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

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other

21.02.08 Took a Champion’s drive to fight back to P3!

19.27.05 James, it’s Lewis... We need to talk!

18.05.11 Lewis Hamilton Behind the Scenes: Day in the Life of an F1 Champion

20.08 08 “James, it’s James”

19.19.12 2019 F1 Race Debriefs: The Bloopers!

18.24.12 Santa Spotted at Mercedes F1 Factory

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I posted 1,907 times in 2022

That's 1,907 more posts than 2021!

104 posts created (5%)

1,803 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@il-predestinato

@countingstars-17

@alestire

@heartsoftruth

@amsofftrack

I tagged 1,862 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#charles leclerc - 868 posts

#max verstappen - 319 posts

#sebastian vettel - 311 posts

#abu dhabi gp 2022 - 181 posts

#japanese gp 2022 - 132 posts

#lewis hamilton - 131 posts

#daniel ricciardo - 112 posts

#f1 - 89 posts

#italian gp 2022 - 89 posts

#hungarian gp 2022 - 89 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#despite everything spa is still my favourite permanent circuit and i'm so so glad it will stay on the calendar for at least another year 🥳

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Monza, I love you

33 notes - Posted September 11, 2022

#4

GP mourning the chance of a beautiful race because of Charles' crash, so true

36 notes - Posted July 24, 2022

#3

41 notes - Posted July 24, 2022

#2

Carlos repeating a thousand times that the last hundredths that always separate him from pole "fall to the other side" aka Charles/Max as if it was a thing of destiny and not down to micro-errors committed by himself, I'm

53 notes - Posted October 8, 2022

*addendum to this if anyone even cares to read my whole Year In Review, I answered in a later reblog that I was wrong, and he had in fact acknowledged he had made a mistake. Hate that this post literally made it to my #2

My #1 post of 2022

Charles calling his personal life "a mess" I can't 💀

60 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

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I posted 303 times in 2022

That's 209 more posts than 2021!

23 posts created (8%)

280 posts reblogged (92%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 34 of my posts in 2022

#f1 - 24 posts

#lando norris - 10 posts

#formula 1 - 9 posts

#charles leclerc - 7 posts

#pierre gasly - 6 posts

#i love him - 5 posts

#max fewtrell - 4 posts

#liked by pierre gasly - 4 posts

#daniel ricciardo - 4 posts

#carlos sainz jr - 3 posts

Longest Tag: 88 characters

#hoping that maybe he'll be introduced as best friend ir former room mate of lando norris

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I'm crying 😭😭😭

(the quality is bad because it's a picture from my laptop 😬)

59 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#4

I don't know if anyone else noticed this but in the Hungarian gp unboxed just before the race starts Luisa is biting her nails anxiously and i think it's sweet how max stops her. It really shows how much he cares about both of them.

59 notes - Posted August 4, 2022

#3

After watching max f's stream I've realised how much I missed him and Lando bickering. It's so sweet how they know little things about each other. Especially max know that Lando hasn't eaten his schnitzel because he doesn't like hot food??

61 notes - Posted July 12, 2022

#2

Is it just me or does it look like they just got married and are walking down the aisle together.

109 notes - Posted June 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Is it just me or does someone also find it cute when drivers wave at each other while driving. Like they are literally driving the fastest cars and they could do anything, but they choose to be like 'Hiii' 😚. I especially loved the carlando wave at Monza, it was so adorable.

282 notes - Posted September 12, 2022

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I posted 4,648 times in 2022

That's 4,553 more posts than 2021!

2,302 posts created (50%)

2,346 posts reblogged (50%)

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I tagged 2,198 of my posts in 2022

#daniel ricciardo - 364 posts

#liverpool fc - 140 posts

#2022 world cup - 119 posts

#british gp 2022 - 69 posts

#brazilian gp 2022 - 56 posts

#formula 1 - 56 posts

#austin gp 2022 - 47 posts

#hungarian gp 2022 - 45 posts

#singapore gp 2022 - 42 posts

#pierre gasly - 41 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#they scolded him as more of a ‘shut up you’re on a stream and you’ll get in trouble’ rather than ‘that’s a racial slur you bellend’

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

i introduce to you one of the greatest threads ive ever seen brought to you by the fact f1 is now in england

669 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

#4

scientists need to study jacks brain i wanna know what they find

1,118 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#3

“daniels still one of the best drivers on the grid” “mclaren failed to extract the potential he had” TELL THEM AGAIN SEB

1,187 notes - Posted August 25, 2022

#2

im gonna need you all to remember who the fuck daniel ricciardo is

1,227 notes - Posted August 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

NAH ESPN SAID FUCK YOU MCLAREN

2,009 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

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[acrosstobear]

I posted 20,452 times in 2021

2135 posts created (10%)

18317 posts reblogged (90%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 8.6 posts.

I added 6,174 tags in 2021

#f1 - 1350 posts

#formula 1 - 1334 posts

#mick schumacher - 801 posts

#haas - 671 posts

#amanda answers - 483 posts

#callum ilott - 405 posts

#anon - 302 posts

#lando norris - 296 posts

#mclaren - 276 posts

#alex is my emotional support driver - 256 posts

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#and you’re in this weird achy uncomfortable mood for weeks where you don’t feel like you can talk to anyone and you don’t feel happy

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

HaasF1Team Sibling in the seat!

Gina Schumacher testing out Mick’s car at the 2021 US GP

945 notes • Posted 2021-10-24 17:40:22 GMT

#4

sweaty post race Mick is my new religion

950 notes • Posted 2021-10-25 01:25:50 GMT

#3

i don’t know about you, but i’m feeling 22 

HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY LANDO 🧡 (13-11-99)

981 notes • Posted 2021-11-13 02:45:57 GMT

#2

MICK SCHUMACHER watching the England vs Germany Euro Match with the Haas crew

1054 notes • Posted 2021-06-29 17:54:13 GMT

#1

MICK SCHUMACHER congratulates SEBASTIAN VETTEL on his podium at the 2021 Hungarian GP

1583 notes • Posted 2021-08-01 16:04:29 GMT

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I posted 1 118 times in 2021

368 posts created (33%)

750 posts reblogged (67%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 2.0 posts.

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#f1 - 454 posts

#formula 1 - 139 posts

#sebastian vettel - 75 posts

#kimi räikkönen - 64 posts

#valtteri bottas - 60 posts

#aew - 37 posts

#mercedes f1 - 35 posts

#formula one - 27 posts

#uefa euro 2020 - 26 posts

#aston martin f1 - 25 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i remember crying my eyes out watching this live on tv when felipe walked back and everyone cheered him and every team gave him applause 😭

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Seb has already won the Hungarian GP 🏳️‍🌈♥️

414 notes • Posted 2021-07-29 10:37:57 GMT

#4

Legendary achievement

491 notes • Posted 2021-09-13 13:36:38 GMT

#3

25 years of Valentino Rossi. We love you, Doctor, and we will miss you ♥️

569 notes • Posted 2021-08-05 14:59:56 GMT

#2

Lizzie Armanto, American-Finnish skateboarder, representing Finland in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 🇺🇸🇫🇮✨

666 notes • Posted 2021-08-04 02:09:09 GMT

#1

Hungary: no gay pls

Sebastian:

770 notes • Posted 2021-07-30 09:58:31 GMT

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48 posts created (1%)

3786 posts reblogged (99%)

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#f1 - 85 posts

#formula 1 - 41 posts

#sebastian vettel - 15 posts

#george russell - 13 posts

#azerbaijan gp 2021 - 12 posts

#hungarian gp 2021 - 11 posts

#baku grand prix - 11 posts

#mcr - 10 posts

#austrian gp 2021 - 9 posts

#frank iero - 8 posts

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#‘i don’t take things personally’ okay cyril ‘he left me’ ‘with the breakup we didn’t speak for some time’ abiteboul

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

started crocheting my sweater at the first delay and at this rate I’m gonna fucking finish the damn thing before we race again

21 notes • Posted 2021-08-29 15:57:02 GMT

#4

I’m gonna teach Daniel “Deep in the Heart of Texas” motherfucker would lose his mind

21 notes • Posted 2021-10-18 18:41:10 GMT

#3

ah daniel with his bitch mirrors and his lets fuck ring...whore <3

26 notes • Posted 2021-06-26 02:38:14 GMT

#2

SEB SAYS GAY RIGHTS HAPPY PRIDE‼️‼️‼️

34 notes • Posted 2021-06-20 19:12:33 GMT

#1

happy march 22 to all my my chem bitches I love y’all 😚😚😚

4032 notes • Posted 2021-03-22 13:51:49 GMT

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Como disse Edward Snoden, pare tudo e leia isto!!!!

O projeto Pegasus

Revelado: vazamento revela abuso global de arma de vigilância cibernética

Spyware vendido a regimes autoritários usado para atingir ativistas, políticos e jornalistas, os dados sugerem

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Ativistas de direitos humanos, jornalistas e advogados em todo o mundo têm sido alvos de governos autoritários, usando software de hacking vendido pela empresa de vigilância israelense NSO Group, de acordo com uma investigação sobre um vazamento massivo de dados.

A investigação do Guardian e de 16 outras organizações de mídia sugere abuso generalizado e contínuo do spyware de hackers da NSO, Pegasus, que a empresa insiste que é destinado apenas para uso contra criminosos e terroristas.

Pegasus é um malware que infecta iPhones e dispositivos Android para permitir que os operadores da ferramenta extraiam mensagens, fotos e e-mails, gravem chamadas e ativem microfones secretamente.

O vazamento contém uma lista de mais de 50.000 números de telefone que, acredita-se, foram identificados como de pessoas de interesse por clientes da NSO desde 2016.

Forbidden Stories, uma organização de mídia sem fins lucrativos com sede em Paris, e a Anistia Internacional inicialmente tiveram acesso à lista vazada e compartilharam o acesso com parceiros de mídia como parte do projeto Pegasus, um consórcio de reportagem.

A presença de um número de telefone nos dados não revela se um dispositivo foi infectado com Pegasus ou sujeito a uma tentativa de hack. No entanto, o consórcio acredita que os dados são indicativos dos alvos potenciais dos clientes do governo da NSO identificados antes de possíveis tentativas de vigilância.

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A análise forense de um pequeno número de telefones cujos números apareceram na lista que vazou também mostrou que mais da metade tinha rastros do spyware Pegasus.

O Guardian e seus parceiros de mídia irão revelar a identidade das pessoas cujo número apareceu na lista nos próximos dias. Eles incluem centenas de executivos de negócios, figuras religiosas, acadêmicos, funcionários de ONGs, dirigentes sindicais e funcionários do governo, incluindo ministros de gabinete, presidentes e primeiros-ministros.

A lista também contém o número de parentes próximos do governante de um país, sugerindo que o governante pode ter instruído suas agências de inteligência a explorar a possibilidade de monitorar seus próprios parentes.

As divulgações começam no domingo, com a revelação de que os números de mais de 180 jornalistas constam dos dados, entre repórteres, editores e executivos do Financial Times, CNN, New York Times, France 24, The Economist, Associated Press e Reuters.

O número de telefone de um repórter freelance mexicano, Cecilio Pineda Birto , foi encontrado na lista, aparentemente do interesse de um cliente mexicano nas semanas que antecederam seu assassinato, quando seus assassinos conseguiram localizá-lo em um lava-jato. Seu telefone nunca foi encontrado, então nenhuma análise forense foi possível estabelecer se ele estava infectado.

A NSO disse que mesmo que o telefone de Pineda tenha sido alvejado, isso não significa que os dados coletados de seu telefone contribuíram de alguma forma para sua morte, enfatizando que os governos poderiam ter descoberto sua localização por outros meios. Ele estava entre pelo menos 25 jornalistas mexicanos aparentemente selecionados como candidatos para vigilância durante um período de dois anos.

Sem o exame forense dos dispositivos móveis, é impossível dizer se os telefones foram submetidos a uma tentativa ou sucesso de hack usando Pegasus.

A NSO sempre sustentou que “não opera os sistemas que vende para clientes governamentais verificados e não tem acesso aos dados dos alvos de seus clientes”.

Em declarações emitidas por seus advogados , a NSO negou “falsas alegações” feitas sobre as atividades de seus clientes, mas disse que iria “continuar a investigar todas as alegações de uso indevido e tomar as medidas cabíveis”. Ele disse que a lista não poderia ser uma lista de números “visados ​​por governos que usam Pegasus” e descreveu o número de 50.000 como “exagerado”.

A empresa vende apenas para militares, policiais e agências de inteligência em 40 países não identificados, e diz que examina rigorosamente os registros de direitos humanos de seus clientes antes de permitir que usem suas ferramentas de espionagem.

O ministro da defesa israelense regula de perto a NSO, concedendo licenças individuais de exportação antes que sua tecnologia de vigilância possa ser vendida a um novo país.

No mês passado, a NSO divulgou um relatório de transparência no qual afirmava ter uma abordagem líder do setor em relação aos direitos humanos e publicou trechos de contratos com clientes estipulando que eles deveriam usar seus produtos apenas para investigações criminais e de segurança nacional.

Não há nada que sugira que os clientes da NSO também não tenham usado o Pegasus em investigações de terrorismo e crimes, e o consórcio também encontrou números nos dados pertencentes a suspeitos de crimes.

No entanto, a ampla gama de números na lista pertencente a pessoas que aparentemente não têm conexão com a criminalidade sugere que alguns clientes da NSO estão violando seus contratos com a empresa, espionando ativistas pró-democracia e jornalistas que investigam corrupção, bem como oponentes políticos e do governo críticos.

Essa tese é apoiada por análises forenses nos telefones de uma pequena amostra de jornalistas, ativistas de direitos humanos e advogados cujos números constavam da lista vazada. A pesquisa, conduzida pelo Laboratório de Segurança da Anistia, um parceiro técnico do projeto Pegasus, encontrou traços da atividade do Pegasus em 37 dos 67 telefones examinados.

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The analysis also uncovered some sequential correlations between the time and date a number was entered into the list and the onset of Pegasus activity on the device, which in some cases occurred just a few seconds later.

Amnesty shared its forensic work on four iPhones with Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto that specialises in studying Pegasus, which confirmed they showed signs of Pegasus infection. Citizen Lab also conducted a peer-review of Amnesty’s forensic methods, and found them to be sound.

The consortium’s analysis of the leaked data identified at least 10 governments believed to be NSO customers who were entering numbers into a system: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Analysis of the data suggests the NSO client country that selected the most numbers – more than 15,000 – was Mexico, where multiple different government agencies are known to have bought Pegasus. Both Morocco and the UAE selected more than 10,000 numbers, the analysis suggested.

The phone numbers that were selected, possibly ahead of a surveillance attack, spanned more than 45 countries across four continents. There were more than 1,000 numbers in European countries that, the analysis indicated, were selected by NSO clients.

The presence of a number in the data does not mean there was an attempt to infect the phone. NSO says there were other possible purposes for numbers being recorded on the list.

Rwanda, Morocco, India and Hungary denied having used Pegasus to hack the phones of the individuals named in the list. The governments of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the UAE and Dubai did not respond to invitations to comment.

The Pegasus project is likely to spur debates over government surveillance in several countries suspected of using the technology. The investigation suggests the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán appears to have deployed NSO’s technology as part of his so-called war on the media, targeting investigative journalists in the country as well as the close circle of one of Hungary’s few independent media executives.

The leaked data and forensic analyses also suggest NSO’s spy tool was used by Saudi Arabia and its close ally, the UAE, to target the phones of close associates of the murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the months after his death. The Turkish prosecutor investigating his death was also a candidate for targeting, the data leak suggests.

Claudio Guarnieri, who runs Amnesty International’s Security Lab, said once a phone was infected with Pegasus, a client of NSO could in effect take control of a phone, enabling them to extract a person’s messages, calls, photos and emails, secretly activate cameras or microphones, and read the contents of encrypted messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.

By accessing GPS and hardware sensors in the phone, he added, NSO’s clients could also secure a log of a person’s past movements and track their location in real time with pinpoint accuracy, for example by establishing the direction and speed a car was travelling in.

Viktor Orbán accused of using Pegasus to spy on journalists and critics

The latest advances in NSO’s technology enable it to penetrate phones with “zero-click” attacks, meaning a user does not even need to click on a malicious link for their phone to be infected.

Guarnieri has identified evidence NSO has been exploiting vulnerabilities associated with iMessage, which comes installed on all iPhones, and has been able to penetrate even the most up-to-date iPhone running the latest version of iOS. His team’s forensic analysis discovered successful and attempted Pegasus infections of phones as recently as this month.

Apple said: “Security researchers agree iPhone is the safest, most secure consumer mobile device on the market.”

NSO declined to give specific details about its customers and the people they target.

However, a source familiar with the matter said the average number of annual targets per customer was 112. The source said the company had 45 customers for its Pegasus spyware.

Reportagem adicional: Dan Sabbagh em Londres, Shaun Walker em Budapeste, Angelique Chris afis em Paris e Martin Hodgson em Nova York.

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Ten things we learned from F1's 2021 British Grand Prix

Formula 1, the British Grand Prix and a sold out Silverstone – it had the feeling of familiarity after the unknown and empty grandstands since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. But the 2021 British GP was anything but recognisable, starting on the Thursday with the first showing of a full-scale 2022 F1 car model and then a new weekend format which pivoted around the inaugural sprint qualifying race. It all resulted in a dramatic and controversial victory for Lewis Hamilton after his lap one collision with Max Verstappen which sent the F1 world championship leader into a 51G impact with the tyre barriers. Hamilton recovered from a 10-second time penalty for the incident to reel in shock leader Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and overtake him with just two laps to go – maximising his advantage with Verstappen out and cutting the deficit in the standings to eight points. While penalties and sportsmanship became the major post-race talking points, it created a race weekend jammed with action and memorable moments. Here are 10 things we learned from the 2021 British GP. 1. The first major clash of Hamilton vs Verstappen reveals true rivalry (By Alex Kalinauckas)

Lewis Hamilton congratulates Max Verstappen after the Red Bull driver's sprint race victory Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images It's easy to see why the Lewis Hamilton/Max Verstappen collision at Copse, which put the Red Bull driver out in a scary, high-speed accident, is being described as 'inevitable' – because, really, it was. They have already clashed once in 2021 – at Imola. Then there was Verstappen's divebomb in Spain, plus the ultra-on-the-line close racing between them between Abbey and the approach to Copse in both Silverstone races. But the reason why the grand prix clash ended as it did is precisely because of the championship situation Hamilton faces, as well as the fierce nature of both driver's on-track attitude. Hamilton came into the British GP 33 points down on Verstappen. This isn't 2017-2021, when the Mercedes driver could afford to take a 'big picture' championship-points-tally-consideration view in 50-50 moves. He has more to lose now if something goes wrong, vital ground in a title battle where he has a slower package, so simply cannot afford to give an inch. And that's Verstappen's attitude overall – just look at his reaction to Hamilton getting alongside at Abbey and Brooklands on Sunday. In the crash, Hamilton deserved a penalty for causing the incident, but it was still a fine call. Don't expect this to be the last flashpoint of the 2021 title fight. 2. F1's penalty system needs to be explained better (By Jonathan Noble)

Lewis Hamilton had to sit stationary in his pitbox for 10s before his mechanics could service him Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images Red Bull's calls for Lewis Hamilton to be given a race ban for his part in the opening-lap crash with Max Verstappen were always going to fall on deaf ears. But you could fully understand its frustration that the 10-second penalty given to Lewis Hamilton for the clash ultimately cost the world champion nothing. Although it meant he had to fight a bit harder for the victory, he was still able to come home with the full 25 points. While that may seem unfair for Verstappen, who saw his title advantage slashed massively, F1 is quite right not to dish out penalties based on the consequences of offences. For doing it that way could open an even worse scenario where drivers get heavy sanctions for relatively minor rule breaches, but the book thrown at them when a tiny issue has big consequences. What perhaps is most lacking in F1 is actually a definition of driving rules and etiquette – so fans are better able to judge incidents based on the same criteria the stewards use. That would be hugely helpful in preventing the kind of polarised opinions that have engulfed social media in the last 24 hours. 3. A spirited sprint success, but the overall verdict remains to be decided (By James Newbold)

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12, Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W12, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF21, and the rest of the field at the start Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images Until the ill-fated clash of the titans at Copse, the weekend's biggest talking point had been F1's inaugural sprint race (let's call it what it was, shall we?) which generated mixed reviews. From "weird" according to Sebastian Vettel) to "I loved it" from Charles Leclerc, just about everybody had their opinion. Many welcomed the added excitement it brought to Fridays and the engineering challenge of getting the set-up nailed in FP1, while others questioned the relevance of FP2 when the cars were in parc ferme conditions which meant evaluating tyres was the only feasible action. The 17-lap distance allowed for variation in tyre strategies which was seized upon by Fernando Alonso, whose star turn on the soft tyres undoubtedly enlivened the proceedings as the race for the top four proved pretty static after the opening lap. F1 now faces a decision over whether to continue its experiment beyond the two further (as yet unconfirmed) sprint events planned for this season and, if so, whether to make further tweaks. Series bosses are encouraged by initial feedback, and have an unspecified "job list" to work through, but can at least be pleased that the format shake-up achieved what it set out to in building anticipation throughout the weekend. 4. Two-day race weekends look realistic option to ease pressure on growing F1 calendar (JNob)

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, waves to fans after securing pole Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images F1's first sprint race trial at the British Grand Prix can be viewed as an overall success. The boost in audience figures on Friday, plus increased interest for the Saturday 17-lap dash that provided a few spills and thrills, were exactly what F1 chiefs wanted. Sure there are some things that need improving – like the issue of Saturday's final free-practice being pretty much of no interest to fans on TV – but this is just a case of tidying up rather than starting from a clean sheet of paper. And, of course, the sooner the FIA goes back to awarding pole position in the history books to the fastest driver in Friday qualifying, rather than the winner of the sprint, the better things will be. But the success of the compressed format has also reopened the debate on whether F1 actually needs to stick at three-day weekends. Hamilton suggested a two-day schedule in the future would be the right way to go. It's something that F1 has baulked at in the past, and circuits would certainly not be happy at losing an extra day's ticket sales. But could it be something that proves preferable for some venues in exchange for holding one of F1's Grand Slam sprint weekends? 5. F1 at its best with packed crowds as Silverstone roars again (AK)

Fans cheer from the grandstands Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images Questions over the merits of letting a capacity crowd – that totalled 365,000 at Silverstone over the entire British GP weekend – gather during an ongoing pandemic should directed to the UK government, with the track itself understandably just trying to stay afloat in these awful times. But the fans in attendance were treated to an exceptional sporting event. Friday night qualifying produced two exceptional displays from British drivers in front their home fans, with the reaction to George Russell's Q3 lap the highlight for this writer given how the Williams racer was cheered from corner-to-corner. Then the sprint race delivered nicely in terms of an interesting race, even if it wasn't the all-out thriller some claimed. But it did set up a grand prix that fizzled spectacularly throughout – capped by the title rivals colliding and Leclerc nearly holding on for a famous against-the-odds victory. But there's an interesting footnote to Hamilton's victory. Motorsport.com was told there were plenty of new, younger fans seen at Silverstone – with an apparent increase in female spectators too. It will be interesting to see if this can be backed up in official data, but even anecdotally it suggests the 'Netflix effect', as well as Hamilton's laudable efforts to help diversify motorsport are having an impact. And what a race they were treated to, hopefully cementing lifelong motorsport fan status. 6. Leclerc demonstrates Ferrari's resurgence (By Jake Boxall-Legge)

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF21, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12 Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Leclerc was unbelievably close to a surprise victory at the British GP, but there wasn't quite enough in the tank to repel Hamilton's late assault for the lead. But Leclerc had been stellar, and his opportunistic move to clear Hamilton moments after the Verstappen incident rewarded him with the upper hand for the restart. His getaway from the pole spot and subsequent managing of the gap to Hamilton were incredibly well-judged and, despite facing engine cut-out issues while in the lead, Leclerc was able to weather the storm and find enough in reserve to keep Hamilton at bay. The seven-time champion's recovery post-penalty, however, was too much for Leclerc to resist and his slight wide moment at Copse was the only blot on the Monegasque's copybook. Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz Jr's recovery in the sprint and continued progress in the race also showed the pace of the Ferrari in the pack, although his ascent was halted by a slow pitstop. That dropped him behind Daniel Ricciardo, whose McLaren proved to be a tough cookie to overtake. Nonetheless, Ferrari has showed greatly improved form after a disastrous Paul Ricard race, and the upcoming Hungarian GP could be a race in which the Scuderia truly shines. 7. Perez suffers like those before him in Red Bull's second seat (By Haydn Cobb)

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing, and Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, on the grid, ahead of the 2022 Formula 1 car unveiling Photo by: Charles Coates / Motorsport Images Sergio Perez appeared to have the Red Bull support role nailed after picking up the pieces to win in Baku and then claim a deserved podium at the next race at Paul Ricard. But after being in the wars in Austria against McLaren's Lando Norris and Leclerc, Perez's performance in the British GP had shades of the struggles Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon endured before the Mexican came to Red Bull's rescue. It must be said it is down to fine margins, but qualifying behind Leclerc on Friday night set the wheels in motion for Perez's downward spiral. Trapped in the midfield battle at the start of the feisty sprint race, he was caught out by dirty air and spun off, to be condemned to the back of the grid for the main event. Despite Red Bull F1 car tweaks made in a bid to aid his retaliation in the grand prix, but also meaning a pitlane start, Perez was making progress until he got stuck in DRS trains and then got impatient and collided with Kimi Raikkonen. A P10 finish was as good as it was going to get until Red Bull sacrificed that solitary point to pit Perez for softs to take the fastest lap point away from Hamilton – even though finishing outside of the top 10 meant he wouldn't earn the point himself. Perez has slipped back to fifth place in the standings and is set to play 'who can be the best support driver' against Valtteri Bottas for the rest of the year. 8. Old dog Alonso makes the most of new tricks (HC) Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M, and Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB16B Photo by: Charles Coates / Motorsport Images Alonso demonstrated he's lost none of his racecraft with his stunning start to the sprint. The Alpine driver's charge from 11th to fifth was aided by his soft tyre gamble, but the TV onboard footage was reminiscent of the old Alonso - carving through the pack and finding gaps few others can. As his softs faded and left him seventh for the start of the main event, the double world champion held his nerve against an early attack from Vettel, before his old rival spun off on his inside at Woodcote, and went on to take seventh to extend his points-scoring run to a fifth race. The British GP marks Alonso's last race before his turns 40 and after a steady start to his F1 comeback, slowed by his pre-season training accident and adapting to his Alpine surroundings, he feels fresher and ready – a warning that the old dog has learned new tricks. "After the accident at the beginning of the year, in the first couple of races, there was still a part of the stress of coming back to the sport. I was concerned about the jaw, about the shoulder as well that I had the small injury with," Alonso said after the British GP. "But now, I'm super fit and I am 200%. "Next week is another number. So we'll eat some cake. But apart from that, it's going to be a very normal weekend. I feel 25. So whatever number it says in the passport it's not what I feel." 9. Williams progress clear but Russell is making the difference (JNew)

George Russell, Williams, waves to fans from Parc Ferme after Qualifying Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images Hamilton's qualifying triumph on Friday stole the headlines, but one of the biggest cheers from the crowd was reserved for Russell's lap of honour in his one and only Q3 run. The Williams driver made the final segment of qualifying for the third race in a row with the eighth quickest time, raising questions over whether the FW43B should be considered a Q3 car henceforth. The team's head of vehicle performance Dave Robson reckoned it was "a little too early to say whether that's going to be something that's a regular occurrence", admitting he expected Williams would find it harder than in Austria but the "very calm conditions" on Friday evening played to the car's strengths. Despite the Hungaroring requiring a totally different set-up, Robson predicts "there's a good chance we'll be there or there abouts". But even if it's not, Russell can be counted on to make the difference. While his weekend went downhill after qualifying - a first-lap tangle in the sprint with Sainz resulted in a "harsh" three-place grid penalty for the grand prix that he couldn't recover from against cars that remain quicker in race-trim - Russell is in the form of his life right now. "I think there's an element for him of getting on that upward spiral," explained Robson. The question now is, how high can it go? 10. What the 2022 F1 show car hints at (JBL)

The 2022 Formula 1 car launch event on the Silverstone grid Photo by: Charles Coates / Motorsport Images Although F1's vision for 2022 has been long defined after the unveiling of the all-new regulations (initially planned for 2021) back in 2019, the championship's promoters unveiled a full-size model of its interpretation of next year's chargers. Of course, it came with all the bells and whistles expected for next year: the low-slung nose directly attached to the front wing, the simplified bodywork and focus on ground-effect aerodynamics all featured on the car wrapped in a distinctive holographic livery. That being said, there were a few small differences between the physical model and the render, particularly around the front end; the nose tip sat in the middle of the leading front wing element, rather than protruding beyond them, hinting at the variation the teams can employ. Although F1 elected to pick a representation of next year's rules largely based on aesthetics, it can only be expected that the teams will take a more pragmatic view of the rules and might not necessarily stick to the spirit of them. There's a greater focus on prescribed designs and single-spec components to cut costs and develop the aero effect that F1 has studied and earmarked as the way forward for closer on-track racing, but those effects will surely be a little diluted when it comes to the actual range of cars next year. Regardless, it's an exciting new direction for F1; although some have questioned the necessity of the new rules as 2021 continues to intrigue us all, the British GP still showed the difficulties of racing within the current level of dirty air. The new rules should reduce that problem, should everything go to plan. By Alex Kalinauckas, Jonathan Noble, James Newbold, Jake Boxall-Legge and Haydn Cobb Read the full article

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A master’s degree in debt (WSJ) “Elite universities have awarded thousands of master’s degrees that don’t provide graduates enough career earnings to begin paying down their federal student loans,” said Melissa Korn and Andrea Fuller at The Wall Street Journal. The most extreme example is Columbia University’s film program, whose students graduated with a median debt of $181,000. “Two years after earning their master’s degrees, half of the borrowers were making less than $30,000 a year,” according to Education Department data. In the 2020–21 academic year, graduate students will have borrowed as much as undergrads for the first time. “Free-flowing federal loan money” has most benefited universities with “legacy branding that lets them say, in effect, their degrees are worth whatever they charge.”

Biden and immigration (NYT) Two developments underscore the pressure facing President Biden on immigration, an issue that could shape his legacy. Border officials encountered a total of 188,829 migrants at the southern border in June, the largest monthly number in recent history, according to new federal data. And a federal judge ruled DACA unlawful, jeopardizing the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, most of whom came to the U.S. as children. Biden faces criticism from all sides. If the president expands detention facilities to hold border crossers for long periods of time, he risks accusations that he is embracing his predecessor’s anti-immigrant policies. If he allows tens of thousands of migrants to wait in the U.S. for their court hearings, he will be accused of allowing a “catch and release” policy with a pandemic still raging.

Collapse Raises New Fears About Florida’s Shaky Insurance Market (NYT) Insurers were already skittish after losses from repeated hurricanes. The recent condo collapse has brought new insecurity. How long will Florida’s coast be insurable? Spooked insurance companies have begun scrutinizing the buildings they are covering on the Florida coast, raising rates that are already among the highest in the nation, or canceling coverage altogether. And it adds to growing concern among economists about a new issue in the climate crisis: whether some parts of the United States are becoming too risky to insure, at least at a cost that most people can afford.

Cuba’s president confronts a nation in crisis (Washington Post) “Freedom!” the crowds shouted. “Down with Fidel!” It was 1994, and hundreds of Cubans poured their rage and desperation onto the oceanfront boulevard known as the Malecón. The country was in the midst of an economic crisis known as the “special period,” when the collapse of the Soviet Union stripped Cuba of its primary trading partner and left the country on the brink of famine. Some 27 years later, the country saw even larger protests, with thousands across the island taking to the streets over similar complaints: a failing economy, tightened U.S. sanctions, food shortages and blackouts that have left scores of Cubans sweltering in the heat. A spiking covid-19 outbreak has only made matters worse. But there is one big difference: Fidel Castro—revered liberator, feared tyrant, master propagandist—is gone. Moments after police quelled the 1994 protests, Castro stepped out of a Jeep onto the Malecón, according to news reports from the time, to find, almost magically, a group of supporters shouting “Viva Fidel!” When the current president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, walked through streets of protesters this week, he was cursed at.      Díaz-Canel is dealing with “a situation much more complicated than the one in 1994,” said Miguel Coyula, an architect and urban planner in Havana. “And he’s no Fidel. That’s a fundamental difference.” A former education minister, longtime bureaucrat and Communist loyalist, Díaz-Canel became Cuba’s new head of state in 2018 after nearly six decades of Castro rule. Diaz-Canel’s ascension coincided with a number of crippling developments. Gross domestic product shrank by 11 percent over 2020, and Economy Minister Alejandro Gil has admitted it may take years for the country to fully recover. The nation is facing an estimated 500 percent inflation rate. The economic collapse of Cuba’s once oil-rich patron, Venezuela, coupled with U.S. sanctions tightened by the Trump administration and thus far maintained by the Biden administration, has left the island struggling. Protesters and Cuba analysts alike are wondering whether this could be a tipping point toward long-awaited economic reforms in the country—or whether the protests will simply lead to further repression.

Survivors recall escape, ponder future after Europe’s flood (AP) Paul and Madeline Brasseur were at home with their two sons in the Belgian town of Pepinster when the water “came all of a sudden” late in the evening. It “was like a tsunami,” the way it entered the house and kept rising instead of retreating, said Paul Brasseur, 42. The family went upstairs and kept seeking safety during the night as the water climbed steadily below them. They ended up on the roof, watching. Eventually, making their way from rooftop to rooftop, they ended up perched on one with 15 other people, waiting hours for help to come. More than 180 people in Belgium and Germany didn’t survive the massive flooding that crashed through parts of Western Europe on Wednesday and Thursday. Thousands of those who did, like the Brasseurs, found their homes destroyed or badly battered. As the floodwaters subsided, attention turned to the gargantuan task of repairing the damage wrought by the storm-induced deluges—and to the immense losses faced by those in affected areas. Brasseur celebrated his 42nd birthday on Saturday. The occasion may have turned out nothing like the day he expected, but the important thing was that his family was safe and together, he said. “My gift today,” Brasseurhe said, his voice breaking, “is that my family and all the friends who we were with are still alive.”

In Orban’s Hungary, spyware was used to monitor journalists and others who might challenge the government (Washington Post) In communist-era Hungary, citizens were recruited to spy on their neighbors and report any potential threats to the secret police. In the Hungary of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a spyware tool has been deployed to similar effect, monitoring people with technology that can turn smartphones into troves of information. More than 300 Hungarian phone numbers—connected to journalists, lawyers, business titans and activists, among others—appeared on a list that included numbers selected for surveillance by clients of NSO Group, an Israeli security company. The records do not indicate how many of those numbers were targeted or successfully compromised. But forensic examination of six Hungarian phones associated with numbers on the list found that three had been infected with Pegasus spyware, a tool marketed to governments by NSO. When Pegasus’s infiltration is successful, it can enable total access to a device, allowing spies to review emails, texts and photos, including messages within encrypted communications apps such as WhatsApp and Signal. It can let people listen in on phone conversations, secretly turn on cameras and microphones and marshal location data. In a brochure, NSO bragged to potential clients that, by sending a text message that recipients don’t even have to open, its product can turn smartphones into “an intelligence gold mine.”

U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan face daunting, dangerous mission with little military backup (Washington Post) The conclusion of the Pentagon’s two-decade effort in Afghanistan lays bare the challenges facing U.S. diplomats and aid workers who remain behind. “In the absence of a military complement in Kabul, the task of the U.S. Embassy is made infinitely more complex, dangerous and difficult,” said Hugo Llorens, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan under presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The Taliban has intensified its campaign to retake lost ground, and deepened fears that the Kabul government could collapse. The U.S. nation-building effort, which once included ambitious plans to modernize infrastructure and transform the country’s economy, is littered with examples of failure. According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, an independent oversight entity established by Congress, at least $19 billion of the $134 billion American taxpayers spent on security, development and humanitarian aid since 2002 was lost due to waste, fraud and abuse—and potentially much more. The military departure means reduced mobility for officials overseeing an assistance portfolio that made Afghanistan the largest recipient of U.S. aid in 2019, according to Concern Worldwide, increasing the difficulty of ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent as intended. USAID expects to spend up to $500 million on Afghanistan assistance in 2021. Another major challenge will be overseeing the more than $3 billion the United States is expected to provide annually to fund Afghanistan’s security forces—a sum amounting to three-quarters of the country’s security budget and whose success will be central to the government’s ability to survive.

Japan’s Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied (AP) Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking. Minders staking out hotels to keep participants from coming into contact with ordinary Japanese or visiting restaurants to sample the sushi. Japan’s massive security apparatus has raised complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world’s most powerful, vibrant democracies. The worry for many here, however, isn’t too much Big Brother. It’s that all the increased precautions won’t be nearly enough to stop the estimated 85,000 athletes, officials, journalists and other workers coming into Japan from introducing fast-spreading coronavirus variants to a largely unvaccinated population already struggling with mounting cases. The government, well aware of repeated domestic surveys that show strong opposition to the Games, argues that its security and monitoring measures are crucial as it tries to pull off an Olympics during a once-in-a-century pandemic. But as the restrictions are tested by increasing numbers of visitors, officials have been blamed for doing too much, and too little. The government and the Games’ organizers “are treating visitors as if they are potential criminals,” Chizuko Ueno, a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Tokyo, said on YouTube.

South African communities are gutted by a wave of looting, arson and loss (Washington Post) As thousands of people pillaged Chris Hani Mall, named after the famed militant communist who led the armed struggle against apartheid, 18-year-old Zandile Dlamini figured she’d go watch. Her brother Vusi, even though four years younger, felt concerned—and responsible—for her safety. He jumped on his bike and headed toward the mall, thinking he’d bring her home. It was Zandile who found him instead, dead on the ground with a single gunshot to the head. Who shot Vusi isn’t clear, but he is one of at least 212 who have died in the mayhem—killed by police or vigilantes, or crushed in stampedes as people fled law enforcement. The killings, as well as the widespread destruction of small, uninsured businesses in townships, underscores the bitter irony of this wave of violence born of anger at inequality: Most of its victims are the poor and dispossessed. Except for a heavily protected mall, few businesses in one of Johannesburg’s oldest townships, Alexandra, were spared. Even Lillian Dassie’s preschool was looted. She has run Lebogang Mpho Early Learning Center for the past 30 years and has devoted her life to providing the basis for children to learn. She had repeatedly furloughed five workers from the school because of pandemic-related closures. Now, with most of her students’ parents likely to have been rendered jobless by the unrest, trying to rebuild and reopen the school seems even more pointless. Where would the parents get money for fees?

Learn to switch off, says pope in first appearance at Vatican after hospital stay (Reuters) Pope Francis made his first public appearance since returning to the Vatican mid-week after an 11-day hospital stay, telling wellwishers they should take a break and switch off from the stresses of modern life. “Let us put a halt to the frantic running around dictated by our agendas. Let us learn how to take a break, to turn off the mobile phone,” Pope Francis said in his weekly address from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. The 84-year-old pope had part of his colon removed in an operation on July 4—the first time that Francis has faced a significant health concern during his eight-year papacy. He returned to the Vatican on Wednesday, where he needed help from assistants to get out of his car. He looked well on Sunday, speaking in a relatively clear voice although not as strong as before his hospitalisation.