#fe 24 grid

[cunty-pink-porsche]

which fe drivers are the best at mcc games?

obviously inspired by @akantonelli ’a amazing f1 version of this post. here is my even more niche fe rendition.

ace race: mitch who always has to mute and deafen and complain to his chat. you would think he’s doing bad if you’re just listening to him but he has the record for most of the maps

battle box: jev is crazy at this and can adapt to all the different kits and maps. antonio knows this and almost always wool-rushes his team.

tgttos: pascal is the most consistent. edo nails terra swoop force every time. andre punches people a lot.

survival games: resident cod addict dan is really good but sweats too much. one time he got teamkilled (lava’d) by sergio and ragequit, missing the rest of the tournament. sergio was laughing the entire time.

buildmart: seb can be very good at it if people let him micromanage them. cass is a very fast builder and can definitely win with him but finds it way too funny to rile him up instead.

parkour tag: ollie rowland is a good hunter, sacha is a good runner and also makes good calls

parkour warrior: jake hughes is pretty good at the new format

gridrunners: it took a while for antonio to learn the game but once he did he is great. however if he gets stuck on something he might opt to just do bits with norman instead.

sands of time: robin is the best sandkeeper and pascal is a good runner. they work well together also.

meltdown: max is very good with the bow and can lead a team to victory if they cooperate

sky battle: nick cassidy thrives amongst the chaos. he once wiped out two teams with a creeper while laughing maniacally

bingo but fast: jake dennis figured out that you could pvp and dominated the game. then they turned off pvp.

hitw: nyck is cracked at this but everyone complains that he’s cheating (sometimes it bugs out and he benefits from it, what can I say)

rocket spleef: sam is obviously good (sorry) but edo is better at the extremely fast paced maps

bonuses:

jake hughes sweats petting the cats in the lobby

lucas is always commenting on the game design and once ranted about buildmart for 5 minutes straight until jake dennis left the call

andre started appearing on the admin streams and predicted jev to be the first b2b winner

ollie rowland was on track to beat the point record once and then his internet died

stoff used to be able to rig the audience vote until they changed the system to least votes

cass loves to sing along to the music, much to his teammates’ dismay

[myimaginarywonderland]

Okay because we are now approaching season 9 and the first race is next season, I feel like this is overdue. Fe ask people, let's go!

1. How were you made aware of FE?

2. What is the first race you watched?

3. If you have watched later, have you watched the old races/seasons?

4. If you haven't watched all races do you plan to?

5. What was your favourite season?

6. What was your favourite race?

7. What was your favourite podium?

8. Which driver made you fall in love with the sport?

9. Is there a driver you have supported from the beginning?

10. Which is your favourite driver?

11. Is there a driver you supported at first that you don't anymore?

12. Is there a driver that you didn't like at first but who grew on you?

13. Is there a driver most people like that you don't?

14. Similarly is there a driver most people don't like that you do?

15. Is there a driver who is controversial in his driving style that you adore?

16. Which of the drivers who used to drive for multiple races do you miss most?

17. Which driver do you wish had a longer time in FE?

18. Which driver do you think deserves better than what he got?

19. Is there a driver who you would like to see win that hasn't?

20. Is there a dream podium for you and what does it look like?

21. What is a podium moment that you will always remember?

22. Which iconic FE moment is forever engraved in you?

23. Which FE moment do you think is seriously underrated?

24. What is your favourite FE drama?

25. Which is a race you which had gone differently?

26. Which race would you choose to visit if you could go back?

27. Which circuit is your favourite?

28. If you could bring back a circuit what would that be?

29. If you could choose a city to race in for a new calendar what would it be?

30. If you are watching FE, are you also following other motorsports?

31. Why or when did you decide to become a fan and stay?

32. What is your favourite team?

33. What is your favourite livery?

34. What is your favourite gen?

35. What is something that you wish would be brought back?

36. When watching how aware are you of FEs climate goals?

37. Does the electric racing affect how much you enjoy the series?

38. If you watched other racing before did the change to electric motors bring any unexpected things with it?

39. Which was your favourite team-mate pairing?

40. What is a severely underrated team-mate pairing?

41. Is there a team-mate pairing you wish you could bring back?

42. Is there a team line up (TP and drivers) who you have as a favourite?

43. Which team-mate pairing do you think was the most toxic?

44. Is there a driver you would love to see in FE?

45. Is there a driver you would hate to see in FE?

46. Is there a driver you want to leave from the current grid?

[chrancecriber]

Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout Lounge (July 08, 2023)

23:56 Tosca - Natural High 23:53 Loud Luxury Feat. Morgan St. Jean - Aftertaste 23:48 Christopher Von Deylen - Free 23:44 Tim Plvnk - Just Tonight (Extended Mix) 23:41 Filatov & Karas - Au Au 23:38 Alex Breitling - Lilie 23:34 Wim Mertens - Close Cover 23:31 Eli & Fur - Come Back Around 23:26 The Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise 23:23 Bedouin Soundclash - Brutal Hearts (Flicflac Remix) 23:19 Milk & Sugar Feat. John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air 23:16 Ac Venture - Rain In Spain (Roberto Sol Remix) 23:12 Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin - The Ocean 23:08 Schiller & Tricia Mcteague - Guardian Angel 23:05 Lost Frequencies Feat. Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life 23:02 Iossa, Ken Holland - The Seed Feat. Iossa (Original Mix) 23:00 Rita Ora - You Only Love Me 22:55 Schiller - Rubinrot 22:50 Worakls - Caprice 22:47 Bernward Koch - Flowing Colors 22:40 Solar Fields - Landform (Origin 2005) 22:36 Sofi Tukker X Mahmut Orhan - Forgive Me 22:32 Daniel Steidtmann - Pigeon Lake 22:28 Jazzamor - Way Back 22:23 Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 (Sebastian Davidson & Melosense Remix) 22:18 Atb & Anova - Route 66 22:13 Maomakmaa - Unicorn (Remix By Jasmon) 22:10 Robin Schulz & Felix Jaehn - One More Time 22:06 Blank & Jones - Nothing Can Come Between Us 22:04 Famba Feat. Brando & Mkla - Games We Play 22:01 Edx & Amba Shepherd - Off The Grid 21:54 Schiller & Tricia Mcteague - Universe 21:50 Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Remix) 21:48 Trinix - Soweto 21:44 Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? 21:40 Monoir, Eneli - 3 To 1 21:37 Nora En Pure - Branches 21:30 Chris Zippel - Around, Arrived 21:28 Bolier & Arman Cekin - Fade Away (Feat. Rhi'n'b) 21:24 Tonenation - Hijo De La Luna 21:18 Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy 21:12 Nova June - More 21:06 Blank & Jones - Coh 21:03 Glockenbach Ft. Clockclock - Brooklyn 20:56 Chris Zippel Feat. Tusnelda - Blade 20:53 Brando - Don't Call Me (Galantis Remix) 20:47 Rodriguez Jr. Feat. Liset Alea - What Is Real 20:38 Aural Float - Dreamer's Dream 20:35 Alex Breitling - Faith 20:32 Thrdl!fe & Sleepwalkrs - Outta My Head 20:26 Roger Shah, Feel, Zara Taylor - One Life (Pedro Del Mar & R.i.b Chillout Remix) 20:18 Armin Van Buuren & Avira Feat. Sam Martin - Mask 20:14 Two Lanes - Pièces Froides: Ii. Danses De Travers 20:11 Robin Schulz Feat. Harloe - All This Love 20:02 Super Flu - Mygut (Solomun Remix) 19:56 Alle Farben - Sonoro (2018 Rework) 19:54 York - On The Beach (Kryder & Jenjammin Sax Edit) 19:49 Bolier & Leandro Da Silva - Floripa (Extended) 19:43 Thievery Corporation - The Glass Bead Game 19:37 Exstra - Comet (Extended Mix) 19:31 Monolink - Otherside (Club Mix) 19:24 Faithless - Crazy English Summer (Brothers On High Remix) 19:21 Sons Of Maria - Always 19:16 Schiller X Tricia Mcteague - Miracle 19:11 Nick Et Samantha - On The Beach (Original Mix) 19:08 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Jake Reese - Need You Now 19:00 Garlington - Falling To Pieces (Extended Mix) 18:57 Klingande & Krishane - Rebel Yell 18:53 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 18:49 The Chill Out Orchestra - Wish You Were Here 18:45 2raumwohnung - Wir Werden Sehen (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix) 18:42 Vize & Leony - Dolly Song (Devil's Cup) 18:38 Glenn Main - Message To Spain 18:35 Dj Antoine Feat. Ablai - My Corazon (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Mix) 18:29 Edx - Conundrum 18:22 Caf Bar Feat. Sara Allman - Gimme Shelter (Chilled Buddha Session) 18:17 Above & Beyond Feat. Zoe Johnston - We're All We Need 18:14 Lstn - Sïstër 18:07 Project Blue Sun - Sunrise (Planet Chill Mix) 18:05 Neptunica & Lunax - We Don't Even Talk Anymore 17:59 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundførd - Oh, Lover 17:55 Coldplay - Clocks 17:51 Kygo With Avicii & Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours (Tribute) 17:49 Milky Chance - Stolen Dance 17:43 Nora En Pure - Trailblazer (Club Mix) 17:38 Rìfìs Du Sol - Next To Me 17:33 Massive Attack - Safe From Harm 17:30 Mike Candys & Séb Mont - What's On Your Mind 17:27 Lika Morgan - Ding Dong 17:24 Deepend - Only Love 17:21 Hanns Feat. Lu - Chemistry 17:17 Blank & Jones - Twilight Moon 17:14 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 17:11 Nora Van Elken - Interstellar 17:05 Rodg - Heights 17:02 Hagen Feetly - Not The One 16:58 Duboss - Losing My Religion 16:55 Alle Farben Feat. Janieck - Little Hollywood 16:53 Alle Farben & Flynn - I Need To Know 16:49 Nora En Pure - World Of Rules 16:45 Frank & Friedrich Feat. Duncan Woods - Coming Home 16:40 Anrey - Lost Lands (Extended Mix) 16:37 Sans Souci - Take My Breath Away (Original Mix) 16:33 The Timewriter - Soulstickers 16:29 Hallmann - Always Be 16:27 Trinix & Ian Urbina - Bad Things 16:22 Laila (Feat. Tiefblau) - Yin And Yang 16:19 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 16:16 Mike Candys - Sky (Club Mix) 16:10 Kölsch - Left Eye Left 16:07 Blank & Jones - Coastline 16:02 Under Pressure - Near The Ocean 16:00 Carstn & Ten Tonne Skeleton - Safety Dance 15:57 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 15:52 Jakatta - So Lonely (Blu Mar Ten Mix) 15:49 Kungs Feat. Jhart - Dopamine 15:45 Dvine - Ever After 15:40 De-phazz - Anchorless 15:34 Schiller - Der Goldene Engel 15:28 Beyhude - Rüzgar 15:24 Solaris Navis - Blissful Memories 15:18 New Age Kings - Illusion (Instrumental Remix) 15:15 Portishead - Revenge Of The Number 15:10 Ivy - Edge Of The Ocean 15:05 Tebra - Istok 15:01 The Presets - Promises (Nils Frahm Version) 14:58 Nora Van Elken - Honshu 14:54 Blank & Jones - Sunny (Summer Vibe Mix) 14:50 Feder Feat. Lyse - Goodbye 14:44 Hakan Kayis, Furkan Sarikas, Cinar Gedizlioglu - A Night In Alacati (Original Mix) 14:38 Anrey - The Forgotten (Extended Mix) 14:32 Lullaby Lounge - Chill De La Mer (Blank Guitar Cafe Relax Mix) 14:29 Shapov & Avian Grays Feat. Kifi - Light Up The World 14:26 Audax Feat. Ron Caroll - Falling For You 14:21 Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line 14:19 Mila Feat. Uwe Worlitzer - Teil Von Mir 14:15 Daniel Portman - Vulnerable 14:10 Lustral - Everytime 14:07 Colorblast - Message In A Bottle (Colorblast Version) 14:04 Alan Walker - Alone (Restrung) 13:59 Dreamerproject - Horizons (Glenn Main Remix) 13:56 Chris Avedon - The Letter 13:48 Framewerk - Electric Religion 13:45 Blank & Jones Feat. Kyle Pearce - All Of Me 13:43 Kamrad - Feel Alive 13:39 Rihanna Feat. Mikky Ekko - Stay 13:34 Kid Massive, Yuji Ono, Dtale - Pray (Wolf Krew Remix) 13:30 Lstn - Sky & Sand 13:27 Blank & Jones - Flaming June 13:24 Nora En Pure - Wetlands 13:21 Viva La Panda & Finding Molly - Bring It On (La La La) 13:16 Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) 13:13 Meduza Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart 13:08 Oliver Koletzki - A Tribe Called Kotori 13:04 Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd - Lost In The Fire 13:01 Topic Feat. Nico Santos) - Home (Alle Farben Remix) 12:55 Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable (Shibumi Remix) 12:48 Beyhude - Akasha 12:45 Sans Souci - Condor 12:41 Deeperise Feat. Jabbar - One By One 12:35 Banderas - This Is Your Life (Easy Life Mix) 12:32 Kamrad - I Believe 12:26 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) 12:20 Lstn - Times Of Sorrow 12:18 George Geccoo Feat. Maik Pinto - Dolce Vita 12:10 Cabeiri - Plants Telling 12:03 Colyn - Unstable Gravity Alert 11:58 Kosheen - Hungry 11:51 Soul Button - Circadian Rhythm (Hraach Remix) 11:48 Shouse - Won't Forget You 11:42 Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night 11:37 Enui - Adieu (Arielle Lb Remix) 11:33 Scotty & Wilcox - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Wilcox Extended) 11:27 Deep Josh & Jose Rodriguez Feat. Lisa Rose - The Clouds 11:20 Armen Miran Feat. Jivan Gasp - Lost Memories 11:18 Above & Beyond - Quieter Is Louder (Original Mix) 11:15 Robin Schulz Feat. Graham Candy - 4 Life (Original Mix) 11:10 Blank & Jones - Into The Sun 11:07 Basixx - Stay In Your Sunlight 11:01 Groovecatcher - Angel Of Nature 10:55 Beyhude - Terso 10:50 Black Zone Ensemble - Bubbles 10:44 Jens Buchert - Cocoon 10:41 Vamero & Lizot - Bleeding Love 10:35 Jose Padilla - Bosaxi (Touched Mix) 10:31 Monolink - Harlem River 10:28 Rosa Linn - Snap 10:22 Cell - Under Your Mind (Live Version) 10:18 Edx - Vommuli 10:15 Avian Grays & Azteck - Endlessly 10:11 Moby - Everything That Rises 10:07 Eelke Kleijn - Midnight Affair (Samaha Slow Edit) 10:05 Hbz, Anna Grey & Agent Zed - Aloha Hey 10:01 Blank & Jones - Grown Minds 09:56 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Diana Miro - You (Frankey & Sandrino Remix) 09:52 Lenny Ibizarre - Pretty As You Feel 09:50 Nathan Evans - Wellerman (220 Kid X Billen Ted Remix) 09:47 Stepha Schweiger - When I Was A Bird 09:41 Fous De La Mer - Ocean 22°e 09:37 Christopher Von Deylen - Infinity 09:28 Blond:ish Feat. Bahramji - Omnipresent 09:21 Watermat - Bullit (Original Mix) 09:18 Gibbs - Waiting For Lonely 09:14 Nora En Pure - Life On Hold 09:10 Nick Sinckler, Lukas Termena - Get Up (Original Mix) 09:06 Sans Souci - Nanda 09:04 Le Shuuk Feat. Xilions - Goodbye 08:59 Marc Puig - To Start Anew 08:52 Armen Miran - Nani Jan 08:47 Cinemascope - The 7th Dream 08:42 Schiller Feat. Jael - Tired (Live) 08:37 Faithless Feat. Nathan Ball & Caleb Femi - I Need Someone 08:30 Stan Kolev, Yuji Ono - Try (Original Mix) 08:27 Leony - Faded Love (Noøn Remix) 08:21 Sirius & Nyla - Infinity (Remastered Remix) 08:18 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 08:14 Alle Farben & Fools Garden - Lemon Tree 08:11 Christopher Von Deylen - Heliotrope 08:07 Robin Schulz - Sugar (Feat. Francesco Yates) 08:03 Clément Leroux - Memories 08:00 Hein Klein & Cheyenne - Every Breath You Take 07:56 Kygo Feat. Justin Jesso - Stargazing 07:53 Mellowdy - Rise Up 07:48 Mic Max - Como El Viento 07:45 Lucas Estrada & Henri Purnell & Neimy - In My Fantasy 07:42 Felix Jaehn & The Stickmen Project Feat. Calum Scott - Rain In Ibiza 07:39 Klingande Feat. Daylight - Losing U 07:35 Paul Oakenfold, Bolier, Luis Fonsi - The World Can Wait (Bolier Remix) 07:32 Valerie Dore - The Night (Zyx Edit Remastered 2021) 07:26 Paji - Viola (Original Mix) 07:23 Loud Luxury And Frank Walker Feat. Stephen Puth - Like Gold 07:20 Kidsø - Finja 07:14 Phil Mison - Just Landed 07:11 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Helin - Fight Like A Lion 07:07 Schiller - Summer In Berlin 07:03 Be Svendsen - Drop The Gun 07:00 Bernward Koch - Lonely Dream (Solo Piano) 06:55 Bent - I Love My Man 06:51 Pretty Pink Feat. Mark V - Don't Dance 06:46 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundfør - If You Want Me 06:42 Rudimental Feat. Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me 06:36 The Last Atlant - Twin Of The Sun 06:32 Dvine - Unknown Reality 06:27 Boozoo Bajou Feat. Wayne Martin - Moanin' 06:24 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Josha Daniel - Oscillations 06:20 Jako Diaz & Margret - Mirror 06:16 Syn Cole Feat. Caroline Pennell - Californication 06:13 Gamper & Dadoni - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! 06:08 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - La Serenissima 06:04 Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home (Mousse T. Cocktail Mix) 06:01 Nora Van Elken - Let It Go 05:55 Steen Thottrup - El Alba 05:51 Julian Wassermann - Painfully 05:49 Agatino Romero - I'm Feeling For You 05:46 Lost Frequencies, Janieck Devy - Reality 05:41 Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach - Deep Ocean 05:38 Nto (Fr) Feat. Sofiane Pamart - Invisible (Piano Version) 05:35 Nora En Pure Feat. Tim Morrison - Come Away 05:26 Jan Blomqvist - Empty Floor 05:21 Rìfìs Du Sol - Alive (Anyma Remix) 05:16 Parra For Cuva Feat. Anna Naklab - Swept Away (Original Mix) 05:13 Yves V X Bashkar - Halfway (Feat. Twan Ray) 05:08 Schiller - White Nights (Don't Let Me Go) 05:05 Patchy - Friend (Original Mix) 05:02 Gamper & Dadoni - My Lovin' 04:56 The Rhythm Slaves - The Light You Will See 04:50 Le Roy - See The Light Ahead (Extended Mix) 04:46 Edx - Neptune 04:40 Nora En Pure - Come With Me 04:33 Blond:ish Feat. Shawni - Wizard Of Love 04:30 Edx Feat. Jess Ball - Take Me Home 04:27 Rita Ora Feat. Alesso - Anywhere 04:23 Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach - Sweet Lullaby 04:19 Olga Scheps - How Much Is The Fish? 04:16 Deep Chills Feat Emma Carn - Blinded 04:09 Valeron - Jamal 04:06 The Holy Santa Barbara Feat. Madugo - The Sailor Song 04:01 Yonderboi - Sinking Slowly 03:58 Audien - Blue 03:51 Delerium Feat. Sarah Mclachlan - Silence 03:48 Alok, Zeeba And Iro - Ocean 03:45 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Be Here And Now 03:39 Amanaska - Tide 03:35 John Summit & Hayla - Where You Are 03:27 Maxim Lany - Riding The Wave (Extended Mix) 03:21 Hraach, Armen Miran - Aldebaran (Original) 03:18 Paratone - Time After Time 03:14 Sum Wave - Malin's Song 03:09 Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (Live Aus Der O2 World Berlin) 03:01 Miyagi, Sascha Braemer, Dan Caster, Jan Blomqvist - Woodpeckers Love Affair 02:58 Möwe - Bad Intentions 02:54 Dj Shah & Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me (Acoustic Mix) 02:50 Above & Beyond Feat. Justine Suissa - Little Something 02:46 Leslie, Ben E, Falki - Help Myself (Original Mix) 02:42 Kygo Feat. Will Heard - Nothing Left 02:38 Ck West - Aldebaran 2021 02:33 Massive Attack - Spying Glass 02:26 Atb - No Fate 02:23 Consoul Trainin Feat. Steven Aderinto & Duoviolins - Obsession 02:14 Worakls - Nocturne 02:03 Monkey Safari - Hi Life (Cheeky Bold Cover) 01:58 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - Adios Ayer 01:53 La Vita - Smooth Like Silk 01:51 Gibbs & Code X - Close To Your Heart 01:47 Schiller - Midnight In Shiraz 01:42 Ganga - Living On The Moon 01:40 Nightcall X Henri Purnell Feat. Eke - When The Morning Breaks 01:37 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) 01:34 Junge, Junge Feat. Jamie Hartma - Wicked Hearts 01:29 Brendon Moeller - Emerging 01:26 Melloton - Zombie 01:23 Alex Zind Feat. Lisa Schwab - Cruel Summer 01:16 Nora En Pure - Thermal (Extended Mix) 01:12 Massive Attack - Protection 01:05 Monolink & Zigan Aldi - Fidale (I Feel) Vocal Version 01:02 Tiësto - The Motto 00:57 Dj Skillmaster, Deep Dive Duo - Hey Little Girl (Slow Motion Mix) 00:54 Sono - Trusting You 00:49 Victoriya - Nothing Remains 00:46 Alan Walker - Faded 00:43 Dize Feat. Aurii - Wenn Ich Nicht Mehr Weiss 00:40 Ed Sheeran - Photograph (Felix Jaehn Remix) 00:37 Alan Walker Ahrix - End Of Time 00:34 Buchs Feat. Nokyo - Cheverolet 00:31 Lucy Neville - Fall At Your Feet 00:28 Cotone - Faded Glory 00:20 Martin Roth - An Analog Guy In A Digital World 00:17 Hailee Steinfeld - Capital Letters 00:13 Milkwish - From The Earth To The Moon 00:07 Twocolors - Together 00:03 Five Seasons - In Your Town

[steamkittens]

Shoot Breakdown - Xanetia Sunset Shoot 2

My third shoot of the year and second with Xanetia. I returned to Brighton Beach which I'd used at the end of March 2022 on a shoot with Maddy but I had messed up the sunset time and got there just as the sun was hitting the water so it was all a bit rushed.

I really like the location though and wanted to return. As I mentioned in the previous breakdown most Adelaide jetties are very similar, it's just the seating designs that vary, Brighton has the best seating with benches which allow for the best seated posing options. Brighton jetty has a unique design with the rotunda at the halfway point and the tower at the end. Additionally, the landscaping along the pathway with rocks and boulders I can actually access makes it a far more versatile location for me.

I let Xanetia pick her own wardrobe, I just said something Summery and after my previous jetty shoot where the temperature plummeted soon as the sun set I suggested bringing something warmer we could use in shots if needed and a white thinner shirt we could use earlier in the shoot. I am a big fan of shirts as you can shoot with them on, with them off, and make some interesting shapes with them.

I often used Google Maps to scope locations and was keen to check out the ramp I spotted to the right of the jetty. I got there earlier to look around and indeed the ramp was excellent I just wished it was to the left of the jetty as that would put the setting sun behind the jetty, which would have been perfect. Sunset was at 8pm and the plan was to shoot from 6.45-8.45.

While looking around I identified 4 usable spots, which are indicated in the image below.

LOCATION A - 6.45pm - For this location, I had my wheelchair next to a bench seat with Xanetia on a rock just in front of me. The first few shots are always to calibrate to the available light. Once again, we had zero cloud cover, so the sun was a bit harsh and we'd need to wait a few minutes for the sun to drop lower and lose some intensity but we set up and started shooting anyway. The sun did provide a beautiful rim light perfect for a single light shoot. Once again we were shooting with a Godox AD300 with a gridded Godox 85CM AD-S85S Deep Parabolic Softbox.

7.00pm - We changed to some standing shots just as the light started to come to us more an hour before Sunset, It is called the Golden hour for a reason.

I haven't had a Sony for very long so I don't have the wide range of lenses as I do for my Canon so for Xmas I bought myself a Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS and this was my first time trying it on a shoot. I was worried that the f4 might not give enough depth of field but it wasn't an issue especially at the full 105mm. We didn't have the wind as we had on our first shoot but every now and then we'd get a bit of movement through the hair.

This wide-angle shot includes Leighlan with the AD300 and shows our 1-light setup.

Anyone who I've shot at a con knows I am a fan of an over-the-shoulder. I asked Xanetia to put the hair over the shoulder so we could see the shoulder blades and the lace at the back of the top and as she did the wind picked up and blew the hair in her face and I got the beautiful shot with her smiling. It's these natural smiles I'd love to capture more.

Next up we gave the legs a workout and changed to some squatting poses. These work well because you can get some nice angles and shapes with the legs.

While we started with one knee on the ground we changed to this stance instead which I like way more as it adds tension through the body creating a much better more dynamic pose.

LOCATION B - 7.20pm - I then basically pivoted from where I was and had Xanetia stand against the railing of the stairs that were behind me.

LOCATION C - 7.38pm - Our third location was probably my favourite. A concrete ramp that got me almost down to ground level with rocks lining it. Most beach ramps are covered in sand and impossible to traverse in a wheelchair.  

Here is a shot showing just the ambient light we got without the flash. You can see the rim light the sun provided on our model. As mentioned in previous breakdowns Shutter Speed controls the background exposure and flash power controls the light on your model.

I did try some stretch shots but couldn't really get the shapes I wanted with the shirt but I do like the symmetry and balance in this shot with the tower in the background.

We had started sitting on top of the rock but moved to a lower position to have the rocks around Xanetia at a more relative height. I also like that we got the sail of the boat on the right side of this image I cropped to be more panoramic to extenuate the length of the jetty and horizon.

Another wide angle to show our surroundings and Leighlans position with the light. I was on the opposite side of the path so we were very aware to let beachgoers through. Something I'm very mindful of when shooting in shared spaces.

We then basically rotated Xanetia onto the rock opposite her and I got her to wrap the shirt around her and I really like these shots with the more hunched pose and the left shoulder out.

8.00pm - It wouldn't be a sunset shoot without a silhouette hair flip. I'll do another post of a video I made of all the hair flip frames but here is a couple. I wish I'd actually shot a video of it as well.

8.10pm - Just as the sun hit the water I got Xanetia to jump over the rocks and stand on the sand for this series of shots.

LOCATION D - 8.20pm - Finally we moved onto the middle part of the jetty to utilise the bench seats. At this point, you are constantly changing settings to deal with the rapidly dropping ambient light, which basically means lowering the Shutter Speed to make the background brighter and compensating by dropping the flash power to keep both in balance. We did get a nice breeze playing with the shirt and surprisingly the air temperature stayed quite warm.

With the sun falling below the horizon it kicked up an amazing orange sky that would have been just incredible if we had some clouds but we did get some beautiful silhouettes of people on the jetty.

8.37pm - Here is a shot just showing the ambient light I was getting at this point.

8.50pm - we wrap up shooting as the light is fading.

Overview

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Location: Brighton Jetty, South Australia

Date: Sunday 19th February 2023

Model: Xanetia

Assistant: Leighlan Doe

Shoot Time: 2 hours

Total Frames: 430

[jovialrecordkeeper]

anyway hi. colors

so way back when the gigapause was still paused i discovered fireheart's hemospectrum on homestuck google plus or somewhere like that i think.

it changed my brain chemistry. i cut up sheets of paper to make tiny little labels and tape them onto my colored pencils to match the expanded hemospectrum. i was very very normal. i still have the colored pencils with labels although they are shorter now from roughly ten years of time passing

the following events may or may not be in chronological order

and then later on. there was the panel in a6a6 with roxy and the matriorb and all the other jadeblood symbols. and i got Very Normal

and then the extended zodiac released and i Went Batshit

and then i looked through all of a5a1 and eyedropped every single blood color. because the extended zodiac Standardized the colors. and let me tell you. they are Not Standardized in hs proper. vriska alone has 25 different hex codes for just her blood alone

and then i saw more and more other fan hemospectrum expansions. and more people making fantrolls with mutations like karkat's. and like rainbowblood and black & white blood and pastel stuff and desaturated stuff and other mutations

and i went autismode. because if there's neon stuff and pastel stuff and dark stuff that means that there's A Variable for Brightness. and A Variable for Saturation. and of COURSE there are hue options already. because i use HSV colorspace and not RGB because i like the hue wheel and i like the satval percents

so i made a grid. i made a lot of grids

and then i got more annoyed at the ezodiac's standardized colors because none of them are the same saturation or value and the hues are not EVENLY DISTRIBUTED around the color wheel. so i was trying to do math and make it work out like. rust/0 bronze/30 gold/60 0 30 60 is fine. but then lime is 75 and olive is 90. and then we jump all the way up to jade being 150.

but then everything else is evenly spaced after that. teal/180 cerulean/210 indigo/240 purple/270 violet/300 fuchsia/330. and then we loop around to rust at 0/360.

so instead of doing math to make hue slide/hue cusp mutations (because at the time i was doing something similar to PMG's EZ Project fantrolls but with fireheart's hemospectrum instead of the ezodiac) i uh.

well now i have 24 hue castes instead of 12. going by 15 degrees around the wheel. 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300 315 330 345 (360)

and then i decided "oh i should make the grids go by steps of 6% instead of 5 because trolls are so bug and so hexagon it will fit thematically" so i had to redo the ones i made already

(steps of five was as normal. like 100 95 90 85 80 etc. steps of 6 is more complicated though)

(100 94 88 82 76 70 64 58 52 46 40 34 28 22 16 10 4 0 -> 18 steps)

and then i thought "wow wouldn't it be cool if you could randomly generate a blood color by rolling for specific hsv placement and presence of blood mutation and stuff. wouldn't that be so cool"

so i made a perchance generator (i am still working on it)

(i've made one for fantroll names also but i need to redo the phonemes and probability so stuff actually like. sounds good when you say it out loud)

(but also i say fef-errr-ee and not fe-fairy. so)

then i had a thought. "how does one tell between a troll with a place on a grid that's slightly out of the norm. and a troll who has a mutation"

so then i added Extra Spots to my blood grids. so a troll with a hue mutation will always have a blood color that is "off grid". and i wanted to evenly space those out so i put steps between each chunk of 3 for my normal satval grids.

so 100 (94 88) 85 (82 76 70) 67 (64 58 52) 49 (46 40 34) 31 (28 22 16) 13 (10 4) 0

(100 85 67 49 31 13 0 -> 7 steps)

and now i have to redo them again. to space out the chunks and add the new spots.

so for context;

24 normal grids of saturation x value which have 18 possibilities each (except anything that has a Value of 0 will automatically be #000000) (and anything with a saturation of 0 will always be the same greyscale color no matter what the hue is)

so that's 17x17 colors which is 289 colors per grid

plus the offgrid colors, not counting the v000 stuff because auto #000000. and not counting the s000 stuff since it'll be the same for all hues. that's 6x6 which is 36 minus the 100/100 corner which is a normal grid spot. 35 colors per offgrid.

so that is 324 colors per hue. and there are 24 of those. 324x24 is 7776.

plus all of the sat000 colors (which includes #000 so we're counting that in here) which is 18 colors. plus the other offgrid s000 colors (five more, since 100/0 and 0/0 are already in normal gridspots) 23 greyscales.

i am making 7799 blood colors and cataloguing all of them. and verypossibly making a fantroll for all nearly eight thousand of those.

"average person things about colors blah blah" hi i'm homestucks needle thinks about blood colors everysingle fucking day of my life. i am an outlier adn (sic) should not have been counted.

but good lord i am COUNTING.

i am doing math i am shaping my own bell curves i am plotting out dice rolls and card draws and if there is some eldritch incomprehensible being assigned to the concept of colors and vision it would tremble in fear of me and abdicate its throne in favor of my ruling.

polygon hire me to take over bdg's unraveled (joking)

BEGGING you to share your spreadsheets with the public i am so interested in what you have to say about bloodhex stuff!!!

hrghhrgnrh anon i am kissing your ring like in the godfather. thank you for enabling me

in advance; this will be Very Long.

readmore here?

so

if i edit this will it move to the top of my drafts

///// hi everything above this line is from february 2022. thank you for your patience. i've made an entire sideblog for it now @jovialrecordkeeper come join me in my color madness

[formulatrash]

Sorry to piggy back off someone else’s question, but do you know if Hitech really think they will get into F1? Andretti seem to be having real trouble getting some of the teams to agree their entry. Additionally, another 2-4 cars (although great from a driver perspective) are surely too many extra cars for a lot of the tracks F1 race on?

it depends how they try to do it. if they eg: took over Haas' engineering operations or were the next people to rebadge Sauber then it's very different to the totally new operation Andretti is proposing.

Andretti's said he asked to buy Haas and Gene won't sell to him but that's old US racing beef, so who knows if it'd be the same next time Gene gets the vapours about spending all his cash on F1, if the offer came from Hitech. or, since Hitech offer out their engineering (they did the first year of W Series) it could be the case that an F1 team decides to buy their engineering in that way, same as some FE and IndyCar teams do. Haas pretty much did it in their first year of operating and in a budget cap situation it makes sense.

those are both specific situations and the only way I see Hitech entering. I don't see them putting together the $200 million anti-dilution fund and I don't see the existing teams agreeing to let them enter. that's where Andretti is hitting difficulties.

in terms of the size of the grid I think getting to 24 cars would actually be fine. yeah, turn one might be a bit of a mess but it always is, potentially and then the field spreads out pretty rapidly. four more for the Monaco parade, baby.

[donaidk]

Nyck de Vries - Overwritten Plans

So, this one. This wouldn’t be the next one, but as I just really couldn’t start the Marcus & Callum one yet (my mood wasn’t in the right place for that one), I had to get this done so I won’t get stuck. I really hope this contains enough angst for you, as after re-reading maybe I went a bit soft in between scenes 😅 I really hope you will like it Anon, and that you don’t mind me choosing Nyck. You didn’t give me a driver, and as I was watching back the FE season while writing, he just brought all the inspiration I needed 🥺😂 Thank you so much for requesting, and have a great start to your week 🧡🧡

Slight TW: car crash (no ones hurt, non descriptive), birth (non descriptive)

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Having to watch all the races from home felt like torture. Going from travelling with him everywhere, to just sitting around at home and keeping up with him by phone calls and the TV coverage was strange. For the first 2 months I didn’t even mind as we were getting ready for the birth, but then nothing went as we planned. Firstly, we thought Nyck would have time to be home but then by getting a seat in Formula E he had to start the season in November already. If that wasn’t enough, my due date was at the start of January, meaning he would be able to come home, but it never started. When he was about to leave for Mexico city to continue the season, I was still sporting a bump and slowly giving up on anything happening while he’s still at home. The only thing I could hope for was the baby waiting for Nyck to get back home before going to Morocco as I really didn’t want to go through something like this without him. We didn’t plan everything just for fun, but because that’s how we wanted the birth to happen.

Before he left we managed to at least get me moved into his parent’s house, as he didn’t feel content with me staying home alone. I wasn’t the happiest with the idea, but with my family living far away it was the only way to get me under 24/7 supervision. I didn’t feel like it would be needed as I was capable of everything, not really affected by the usual pregnancy symptoms, but I just gave up the fight, knowing they wanted the best for me. I would also never give up company if it was offered so nicely to me, my relationship with his family helping the situation a lot. They always made sure I knew they looked at me as part of the family, right from the first moment of Nyck introducing me to them. After hearing so many stories about the families hating each other and not accepting of their kid’s partner, I really appreciated them. Going into our life together it was a relief that I didn’t have to fear them being dismissive towards me or trying to break us apart.

“ How are you? ” I heard his voice as soon as FaceTime finally connected, but his face wasn’t visible on the screen yet. “ And don’t you dare hold back just because I have a race. ” He added, finally leaning over his phone so I could see his face, which was a bit more serious than I thought it would be.

“ I’m fine, really. I don’t feel anything else than how I’m like a whale. ” I sighed out, a smile getting onto my face just at the sight of him. “ I just hope it stays this way for the next few days. Until you get back, finally. ” I added, fixing my position a little with leaning back fully. There wasn’t anymore a position that felt relaxing while sitting or laying down, as everything was just in the way.

“ I’m flying back as soon as possible. The team knows already, and they won’t mind me leaving all the packing up for them. ” He was trying to get ready and get his suit up over the underlayer while at the same time looking at me on his phone, which made me smile. He would have been quicker probably if he focused on only one thing, but I couldn’t get myself to just wrap up our call.

“ Yeah, thanks. Usually I would say you should stay and help, but… not this time. ” I shook my head a little, looking up at his mum with a smile when she entered the living room. “ Even if I have all the help I can ask for, it’s not the same. ” A sigh got out of me as I knew his parents did everything possible. Sadly they couldn’t help with how much I was missing Nyck since he flew out to Mexico. No one could, other than him.

“ I know… we planned everything for a reason, but sometimes life doesn’t go as we want it to. ” He took the device in his hand when the suit was finally on him and he could sit down on the bed. “ At least it didn’t go wrong, just didn’t work out as we wanted. ” He added, making me nod in agreement. He was right, it could have been a lot worse if there were complications or any health problems.

“ Luckily. And we will have time before your next race. Not a lot, but at least you can get home for a bit. ” I sent him a smile before I could hear someone open the door to his room and he looked up too.

“ We’re going to need you in like five minutes. ” I could hear his trainer talking while saw him nodding at the info before looking back down at his phone. I could see that he didn’t really want to leave, but it was still his job to go out there and drive the race.

“ Go, I’m gonna be here when you’re finished. ” I told him with a smile, seeing as he stood up with a sigh. “ Good luck, and be careful. ” I added, before the both of us sent a kiss to the other and not gladly, but put down the call.

While they were only showing interviews and some highlights from previous races I went to the kitchen to get a tea ready for myself. I knew the little amount of caffeine it offered would be needed, as I already felt a bit tired and we weren’t even at the start of the race. I patiently waited for the kettle to finally go off so I could pour the boiling water over the tea bag in my favourite mug. I was the first one to sit down on the couch with my legs pulled up, before Hendrik took a seat in the armchair to my right, paying a bit more attention to the reporters than I did. I was mostly watching because of Nyck, while his dad was more into the sport itself and was watching it even before there was someone we knew driving in it.

I felt a bit more energetic when the cars were finally on the track and soon took their positions on the grid. A smile got on my face as they showed Nyck’s car, still trying to hide it with the mug as I usually did. Sometimes it felt like I was too head over heels for him, but I couldn’t help myself. I couldn’t help either as I started turning the thin engagement ring on my finger, as it was a reflex for me at the start of the races. It was a kind of lucky charm for me to do so, in a way being there for him even if I was on the other side of the world sometimes. It usually worked and as they took off with Nyck up to second in just a few turns I could say it was successful once again. With a relieved sigh I went back to drinking my tea and slowly layed down when my back started hurting a bit.

We were almost half an hour into the race when I started to become a bit tired. Nyck’s start was perfect, starting at the top and getting a position almost immediately, but then was a bit unlucky and fell back a few. He was still doing good and had time to get back at them and fight himself up the order. I was just sitting up to look at Hendrik, who was in the kitchen behind the couch I was lying on, when we heard the commentators raise their voices. Turning my head back towards the TV screen I could see the white smoke around Nyck’s black Mercedes as he was trying to stop while going straight towards the wall. My fingers clutched at the blanket in my lap as on the way he hit Frijns, before he arrived at the wall and hit it quite hard. Luckily it was the softer barriers not just a concrete wall but you could still see how instantly the car came to a stop. My eyes were stuck to the screen as they showed his team and I was still holding my breath as his radio animation came up.

“ He’s probably okay. Wasn’t the worst crash ever. ” I heard Hendrik as he tried to calm me down, his hands coming onto my shoulders while standing behind the couch. Sadly it didn’t really work as they only showed replays and we could only hear Nyck’s engineer asking about him but there was no answer.

We stayed in the same position, my stomach turning at how they were still not saying anything. When the radio animation came up again and in the next second we could finally hear his voice a sob almost ran out of me. I had my face in my palms, leaning forward a tiny bit as my elbows were propped onto my knees. He still sounded a bit out of breath, his voice hoarser than usual which didn’t ease any bit of my anxiety as in the next second they were already back to showing the leaders. I knew that to them he was only one of the drivers, meaning they didn’t really focus on him while the race was still running. It was only when they showed him getting out of his car, which was already pushed off track, when I could let out the breath that was stuck in my lungs. He was in one piece and well enough to walk back to the pit on his own. That’s a good sign, isn’t it?

My phone was in my hands in an instant after letting it fall to the ground in the shock we experienced. I almost started ringing him, but realised he wouldn’t have his phone with him anyways and gave up on my idea. I was just stuck in my seat, waiting for any footage of him, but they never delivered, only keeping the cameras on the track. For a second I got scared when my device started vibrating and ringing with a well known tune that was linked to Nyck’s contact. Seeing his name on the screen was a surprise, but I accepted the call immediately, lifting the phone to my ears.

“ Are you okay? ” I was the quickest to start talking. “ I mean we saw you walking and that you’re alright, but did you hurt yourself? ” I couldn’t stop myself, hearing as he let out a quiet chuckle at my rambling.

“ Perfectly fine. Hit my side a little and I was confused for a second, but nothing to worry about. ” Nyck assured me, his voice having a calming effect on my anxiety as I could feel it leave my body finally. “ My ego is more bruised than my body. ” He added with a sigh and as he stayed silent I could hear the team behind him who were still working with Stoffel.

“ You can survive that I think. ” I smiled in front of myself, drinking the last remaining sip of tea I still had. “ Early evening then? ” I asked him, in a way not minding that I didn’t have to stay up for longer. Usually it took longer after the race ended to get him into a call, but today’s events meant after we were done here I could go to sleep quite early.

“ Guess so. I’m pretty sure you don’t mind it too much. ” The smile in his voice was almost audible, and I couldn’t deny what he said. Although usually I was easily functioning on 5 or 6 hours, in the last few months I needed at least 8 not to bite off someone’s head during the day.

“ I would rather you be out there than to have an early night. ” I shrugged a little, disappointed a little that this wasn’t a FaceTime call and I couldn’t see him. “ But there’s at least one good thing about today. After knowing you’re not hurt, of course. ” 

“ Maybe I can even catch an earlier flight. Make the good list one bit longer. ” Nyck’s idea made me smile, as him getting home earlier was always great news. “ I’ll just pack up, thank the guys and leave if they don’t need me too much. Everyone will understand. ” He added, the background noises getting quieter as he probably went back to his changing room and closed the door on himself.

“ But only if they really don’t need you. ” I told him while taking a deep breath to calm myself down. Every time he got to travel home earlier than planned was exciting, but in this situation it was everything I could have asked for.

We disconnected the call after a few minutes of talking when it was official that the team would allow him to leave early. I always liked them and knew they were really understanding, supporting Nyck in his every decision since he signed to them. It was the same with his off-track life, as they acknowledged our situation and always made sure their driver could take part in scans and milestone events even after they started the season. Most would say this is the least they can do for their employees, but working in the racing world was usually cruel to your life outside it. You had to find the right place to completely feel supported and not lose control over your own life.

Keeping my unspoken promise, after getting off the couch I did call it a night and went to have a shower. I felt the last bits of stress leave my body as the warm water enveloped me for a few minutes, before I got some pajamas on. Falling into bed never felt better before and I closed my eyes with a content sigh. The house was slowly turning silent as I could hear Nyck’s parents taking turns in the bathroom, with his room right across it. First I thought it was only the few noises coming from the outside that kept me up, but even when the only sound was my own breathing and heartbeat it still wasn’t enough somehow.

Although I never truly fell asleep, at 5 a.m. it felt like I was waking up from the worst sleep of my life. It took a second or two to make me realise what actually woke me up as the pain around my lower abdomen and stomach slowly registered in my mind, and it immediately switched into panic. I got out of bed with a groan, slowly stumbling to the door and down the hallway so I could notify everyone. They were all quick to react, considering it was just dawn and they must have been tired still. While one of them helped me change into some real clothing and get the packed duffle bag from the wardrobe, the other one tried reaching their son, although he was probably on the plane already and didn’t pick up. My only hope was that either the flight will be shorter then announced, or I will somehow get to wait for him.

In the end it wasn’t my decision, but as I wasn’t dialating enough we were still just at the labor part, slowly crawling to the point where we could get on with it. I almost couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing when Nyck entered the room, still with his backpack with him, and I was sure all the other luggage was either outside the room or in the car as he probably didn’t go home to drop them off. As my anxiety was over the top, the doctor letting us know that we should soon get to the birth as there could be complications otherwise, him getting here in time was the perfect surprise. Turns out it was also perfectly timed as just half an hour later we could finally take the last step, everyone other than me calming down that it won’t get to a cesarean. I truly just wanted to be finished with all of this and the pain. We waited enough for her.

Almost all of my energy and also strength was gone when the midwife finally held our baby in her hands, although there was an eerie silence around the room as she never cried out. I saw her getting up to put her down on a small counter and check over her, although she was completely blocking our view. My heart was stuck in my throat and I could feel tears running down my cheeks as we were waiting for seconds that felt like eternity. Nyck got my attention onto him by squeezing my hand and leaving a kiss on my forehead. I was just about to turn away from the scene and probably break down when we finally heard a little noise and then a baby crying. My head immediately lifted, looking at the midwife who was bringing the little bundle toward us with a relieved smile on her face.

“ She just needed a little bit of coaxing. ” She added with a quiet chuckle while handing her to me. My hands were still shaking a little but as seen as I felt her weight they finally stopped and let me hug her to myself. “ I’ll steal him for a minute, but make it real quick, okay? ” She asked, motioning for Nyck to follow her, probably to get a few informations and signatures from him.

With one last glance at the little girl he left my bedside, letting the grandparents get closer until he got back. It felt like I was in a trance, looking down at her and not really managing to break my eyes away from her now calm face. Time flew by without me noticing anything that was happening around me. I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that she finally arrived, that we finally had our Ilse with us now. Looking back at the last more than 9 months, it was unbelievable that we didn’t go crazy while waiting for this moment. Not knowing how this will feel, was probably our only saviour. When Nyck finally arrived back, I sent him a sleepy smile and welcomed his kiss, although I didn’t have the energy to do anything other than lay there and smile.

“ Would Dad like to hold her? ” The nurse asked when everything was finally cleaned up and organized, with only family staying in the room. They already had time to check her out while Nyck made sure the paperwork was done, before coming back into the room.

“ Yes! How could I say no to that? ” Nyck asked back with a low chuckle, following instructions and taking a seat in the armchair close to my bed with his shirt off for skin-to-skin contact. I gladly let the nurse take Ilse from me and carefully lay her down on her dad’s chest, before smoothing a soft blanket over them so they won’t catch a cold. “ Welkom in de wereld kleintje. ” He looked down at her and I could see as his arms gently enveloped her tiny body under the blanket.

I did catch a glimpse of his bruised ribs and knew they would be turning an angry purple color in the following days, but I couldn’t really care at the sight of them together. Whatever happened in the last few days was now really the past, being part of a previous chapter, and not the one we were living through now. It felt like such a big turning point, even if we have known for the last 9 and a bit more months that it’s gonna happen. It was a surprise that wasn’t actually a surprise, as we already knew what the gender of the baby is and approximately when she’s going to arrive.

“ This feels unbelievable. ” I stated, even though I knew he was probably thinking the same and I wasn’t sharing anything new with him. “ I really don’t know how we’re gonna wait another 9 months with the next one. ” I shook my head a little and could see as Nyck tried to hold back his laughter.

“ You just went through the birth, something that’s so painful I can’t even imagine how it feels… but you’re already thinking about the next one? ” He asked back, forcing himself to look up at me. His words made me think for a second, realising how surreal it sounded actually.

“ It’s probably just the hormones. Although, we did mention more, and not just one. ” I reminded him, shrugging a little and feeling as my eyes started slowly closing. “ But I need a nap first… probably a month long nap at least. ” I let out a yawn, but forced myself to look at them again, only letting sleep take over me when I saw that Ilse fell asleep too. This way I won’t miss a lot from her first moments.

[gresiniracing]

4 the ask game the whole fe grid please 😎

thats . 24 people i– . fine okay

lucas: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

rene: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

jake: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

max: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

nico: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

sergio: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

antonio: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

jev: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

nick: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

robin: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

sam: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now (where is the option of hot but also Dad)

mitch: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

alex lynn: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

alex sims: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

nyck: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

stoffel: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

tom: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

oliver turvey: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

sebastien: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

oliver rowland: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

edo: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

norman: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

andre: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

pascal: nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty / gorgeous / lord take me now

[meaningofmotorsport]

Mid-Week Motorsport Headlines - 10th March 2021

F1

The FIA has released the results of its extensive investigation into the crash which involved Romain Grosjean, on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. As well as the headline figure, of a 67G impact with the barriers, the FIA discussed what the issues were, which allowed the car to pierce the barrier, before then catching on fire. It should be expected that in the coming years, improvements to barrier strengthening, fire retardant clothing, and fuel cell lines, will all be made, to try and mitigate the risks which the drivers put themselves through, every time they race.

The three final teams have released their liveries for this season, the new Haas design has done nothing to keep them out of the news, as the Russian inspired livery is pushing the limits of what can be allowed, following the Russian doping scandal. The Williams car is receiving mixed reviews, with some loving and some not, I can’t decide either way personally, it isn’t bad, yet not stunning. The last team was Ferrari, who had their launch today, with a design which looked really nice, until they slapped a green Mission Winnow logo on the engine cover, which just ruins it all.

Nevertheless, with testing about to start, all the talk about liveries will be gone, and the focus will turn to the clock, even if we cannot learn too much from testing!

IndyCar

Colton Herta will have his dad calling the strategy for him during this season, and whilst a father-son combination like this has not worked for other families, like the Rahal’s, with them both being quite calm, it could work very well, and even help them to a title!

Carlin has finally announced, that Chilton will do what has now become his usual calendar in the series, doing all the road and street courses, as well as the Indy 500. Carlin has really struggled to get anywhere in IndyCar, after joining a few years back, they need some big signings either in the driver’s seat or in engineering, to boost the team up the grid.

Talks of Grosjean doing the oval at Gateway are getting stronger, with Dale Coyne saying he would field a third car to allow him to do so. At this point, the chances of him doing it are quite high I feel, as when you look at how his opinion has progressed in the past few months, by the time we get to that race, it could have gone much further indeed.

Formula E

The FE drivers have once again called out to the series organisers, to change the qualifying format, as they feel it has too large an influence on who wins the title. I can see where they are coming from, as the effect of being in Group 1 is not slight, it ruins the weekend in most cases for those six drivers. If they can find a fairer way to do it, or just one which produces less of a difference between the groups, then that could work much better. I understand the need to shake up the grid at each race, however this makes it feel almost scripted.

MotoGP

With pre-season testing completed in Qatar ahead of the new season, we were able to get a rough idea of who was looking fast. So, when Miller was able to break the circuit lap record, it certainly showed that they mean business this year, after a lacklustre 2020, especially for the factory squad. Aprilia were arguably one of the stars of the test, with Aleix topping two of the days, and feeling confident, even if he didn’t want to expect too much from this year’s campaign. Honda did not produce any of the top times, although we shouldn’t expect them to have completely fallen off the pace. Pol is still getting used to the team, and we have not seen Marquez turn a wheel yet. Yamaha were up near the top, with all the bikes showing pace, they just need to find some consistency to fight for the title. Suzuki and KTM were also fairly quiet, and whether this be sandbagging, or them not suiting the track, we should still expect strong years from both teams.

Other News

The historic 24 Hours of Le Mans, has been moved back from its usual June spot, to August, like it did last year, this should give it an even better chance of having fans at the event, and most likely help to bolster the hopefully packed field of cars. This year’s race will be very interesting given the new Hypercar format, as the sport enters a new era, which could become another incredible time for endurance racing, with so many big names returning.

-M

[kyogos]

Huh, we can know your list of 20 drivers you think would be on this blind grill? I don't deny it, it sounds very interesting especially because people would finally have to accept that being """cute"""" is not enough to deserve a seat.

In no particular order, based off the last few seasons featuring drivers from other series

Hamilton

Verstappen

Leclerc

Russell

Albon

Gasly

Hulkenberg

Perez

Norris

Sainz

Ocon

Alonso

Wehrlein

Bottas

Ricciardo

Ticktum

Vergne

Da Costa

Lotterer

Magnussen/Vandoorne

I feel like most of them are pretty self explanatory. I don’t really watch the junior categories so that’s why there’s only one (1) rookie. In an ideal world it would be a bigger grid, maybe 12 teams/24 cars. Because there’s definitely a few drivers who I think are worthy. Also I missed off some amazing drivers who I think would make the grid with more experience

Magnussen/Vandoorne because based off past F1 results I don’t think Vandoorne would be good enough. But looking at his FE results, he’s speedy. 

[indycar-series]

INDYCAR 101: Drivers

In this installment of INDYCAR 101, we’ll be introducing the drivers for the 2020 season and giving some background information about each of them. This comprehensive list will include both full- and part-time drivers. I’ve put this post under a read more, as this is going to be quite lengthy.

CURRENT FULL-TIME DRIVERS

Marco Andretti

Grandson of legendary driver Mario Andretti and son of Michael Andretti. One of two owner/drivers in the field, racing for Andretti Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian. Has two race wins, five poles, 42 top fives, and 234 starts. This will be his 15th season in INDYCAR.

Oliver Askew

A rookie, this will be his first ever season with INDYCAR. Races for Arrow McLaren SP. Winner of the 2019 Indy Lights Championship.

Conor Daly

Son of Derek Daly (Formula 1 Driver) and step-son of Doug Boles (President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway). Has three top 5 finishes in his career. This year he will drive for four different teams: Ed Carpenter Racing for road/street courses, Andretti Autosport for Laguna Seca, Carlin for four races, and Arrow Schmidt SP for Portland. Tested with Force India and won at Barcelona in GP3.

Scott Dixon

The man, the myth the legend. One of the all-time winningest drivers in INDYCAR history, with 46 race wins (third all-time), 26 poles, and 165 top 5 finishes. Has five series championships under his belt and one Indy 500 win. Races for Chip Ganassi Racing. This will be his 19th season, and he has raced for Chip Ganassi all 19 seasons. Always a strong racer, and can never be counted out.

Marcus Ericsson

Has one top 5 finish. Races for Chip Ganassi Racing. This will be his second season in INDYCAR. A former F1 driver for Sauber, has won championships in British Formula BMW and Japanese F3.

Santino Ferrucci

Probably the most disliked driver on the INDYCAR grid. Has three top 5 finishes. This will be his second season in INDYCAR. Races for Dale Coyne with Vasser-Sullivan. Notorious for his reckless and dangerous driving (see Gateway 2019). Josef Newgarden has strong opinions on him.

Jack Harvey

Has one top 5 finish. Races for Meyer Shank Racing. This will be his first full season in INDYCAR. Has won 10 championships in various racing series and finished runner-up twice in Indy Lights.

Colton Herta

Son of Bryan Herta. INDYCAR’s youngest ever race winner with two race wins, three poles, and three top 5 finishes all in his rookie season. Drives for Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport. A highly talented driver, and certainly one to keep an eye on this season.

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Listed as the most successful active American driver in open-wheel racing. Has one championship, 18 wins, seven poles, and 68 top 5 finishes, with one of his wins being the Indy 500. Races for Andretti Autosport. Has raced in the Race of Champions for the last six events. Often called RHR or Captain America. The Butterball Sandwich commercial he was in is the subject of many memes.

Charlie Kimball

Has one win, one pole, and 14 top 5 finishes. Races for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. The first driver with Type 1 diabetes to win an INDYCAR race. Won the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona with Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett, and Memo Rojas.

Josef Newgarden

The defending series champion and a fan favorite driver. Has two championships, 14 wins, 8 poles, and 45 top 5 finishes. Races for Team Penske. Won an Indy Lights Championship in 2011. This will be his ninth season in INDYCAR. Voted Himbo Supreme by the six people who participated in the poll.

Pato O’Ward

A rookie, this will be his first full season in INDYCAR. Raced a partial season for Carlin last year. Races for Arrow McLaren SP.

Simon Pagenaud

Defending Indy 500 Champion. Has one championship, 14 wins, 13 poles, and 63 top 5 finishes. Drives for Team Penske. This will be his sixth season in INDYCAR. A strong finisher on track. Was recently involved in some controversy in the final round of the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge.

Alex Palou

A rookie, this is his first season in INDYCAR. Races for Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh. Has participated in Formula 3 and won the Super Formula Championship race last year.

Will Power

One of the most successful drivers in the field, with one championship, 37 wins (tied seventh all-time), 57 poles, and 102 top 5 finishes, with one win being the Indy 500. Has finished runner up in the championship four times. Races for Team Penske. Almost always a championship contender and a strong finisher.

Graham Rahal

Son of Bobby Rahal and Courtney Force’s husband. Has six wins, three poles, and 52 top 5 finishes. Races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Has a high approval rating among lesbians.

Felix Rosenqvist

Has one pole position and six top 5 finishes. Races for Chip Ganassi Racing. This is his second season in INDYCAR. Winner of the 2015 F3 European Championship.

Alexander Rossi

Winner of the 100th Running of the Indy 500, and a fan favorite. Has seven race wins, six poles, and 28 top 5 finishes. Races for Andretti Autosport. This will be his fourth season in INDYCAR. Hosts a podcast with part-time driver James Hinchcliffe.

Takuma Sato

Announcers refer to him as “No Attack, No Chance”. Has five wins, nine poles, and 24 top 5 finishes, including one Indy 500 win. Races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Former F1 driver, became the first Japanese driver to win an INDYCAR race and the Indy 500.

Zach Veach

Has two top 5 finishes. Drives for Andretti Autosport. This is his third season in INDYCAR. Voted Honorary Lesbian by the six people that participated in the poll.

Rinus VeeKay

A rookie, this is his first season in INDYCAR. Drives for Ed Carpenter Racing. Graduated the Road to Indy program in 2019.

CURRENT PART-TIME DRIVERS

Sebastian Bourdais

One of the most successful drivers in INDYCAR history. Has four championships (ChampCar), 37 wins (tied for seventh all-time), 34 podiums, and 78 top 5 finishes. Racing part-time for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. He will be sharing the 14 car with Dalton Kellett and Tony Kanaan this season.

Ed Carpenter

One of two owner/drivers in the field. Has three wins (all on ovals), three poles (all at Indy), and 15 top 5 finishes. Races ovals for Ed Carpenter Racing. Won the inaugural Freedom 100 Indy Lights race in 2003. Nicknamed the “Oval Master”.

Max Chilton

Has one top 5 finish. Races road/street courses for Carlin. Competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and raced in F1 for Marussia. Winner of the longest commute to work (he flies from England to every race).

Ben Hanley

Only has 3 INDYCAR starts. Races part time for DragonSpeed. Was a Pirelli development driver for F2 and F3.

James Hinchcliffe

A fan favorite, known as the Mayor of Hinchtown. Has six wins, one pole, and 32 top 5 finishes. Races part time for Andretti Autosport. Competed on Dancing with the Stars Season 23. Hosts a podcast with full-time driver Alexander Rossi.

Tony Kanaan

A fan favorite, voted most popular driver in 2013. Has one championship, 17 wins, 15 poles, and 133 top 5 finishes. Racing part-time for A.J. Foyt Enterprises, shares the 14 car with Sebastian Bourdais and Dalton Kellett. This will be his last season racing in INDYCAR.

Sage Karam

Has two top 5 finishes. Races for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. A top finisher in the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge.

Dalton Kellett

A rookie, this will be his first season in INDYCAR. Racing for A.J. Foyt Enterprises, shares the 14 car with Sebastian Bourdais and Tony Kanaan. He is not a fan of spiders.

Felipe Nasr

A rookie, this is his first season in INDYCAR. Races part-time for Carlin. Raced in F1 for Sauber and in FE.

Spencer Pigot

Has four top 5 finishes. Racing part-time for Rahal Letterman Lanigan with Citrone/Buhl Autosport. Winningest driver in the Road to Indy with 24 wins across all 3 levels.

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14. Did you ever meet a driver? If yes - what was it

like? I’ve met whole FE grid last year during autograph session. One thing that left the biggest impression – they’re all so tiny! I can google and I know most of them are short, but it’s not the same to see it in real life. I am 1,70 cm, I love wearing (semi)high heels, and I’m a bit overweight so I’m pretty sure I am bigger than all the drivers on FE grid. I wasn’t impressed with di Grassi – I’m trying to tell myself that we’re all humans but being rude to fans doesn’t seem nice… I was mostly impressed with Wehrlein (he smiled and tried to talk with fans even when the session hadn’t started yet) and Paffett (he suggested us to sign a new card instead of giving us the one that was already signed before, and he had a huuuge smile on his face all the time).

 24. Dream motorsport related job?

I don’t know how the position is actually called, but I’d like to work with event organisation: fan experience, after parties, liveries’ opening, etc. Be a part of organising committee, stress over details, then watch it from the backstage and be happy if everything goes as planned. I was (and kinda am) working with event organisation / project management and I really like it, but I know that I will never turn it into “motorsport related job”.

 6 already done.

Thank you lovely anon!

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[milaxnuts-blog]

Sixteen is 'two power four' is 'four binary dimensions'. British: 16 ounces = 1 pound. Chinese: 16 liangs = jin. letter G = number 7 in alphabet, plus 9 digits = 16. 1 2 3 4, 5 6 7 8, 9 A B C, D E F G. .... the G-reat architect .... chemical elements. H He Li Be, B C N O, F Ne Na Mg, Al Si P S. own name. 16 is the first compound number (dieciséis, dezasseis, dezesseis). 15: quince, quinze age. 16 year old kids celebrate their puberty and sexual maturity. Sixteen is the age of majority in Cambodia, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, and Vietnam. music. 16 steps = 1 bar. 16 bars = 1 verse. chess. There are 16 pawns in a chess set and each player in a chess game starts with sixteen pieces the 'web of 16 types' as ascii art: F3 F4 F1 F2 F3 F4 ┌───────────────┐ M1 │ M2 M3 M4 M1 │ M2 │ │ │ │ │ │ F2 │ F1 F4 F3 F2 │ F1 │ │ M4 │ M3 M2 M1 M4 │ M3 │ │ │ │ │ │ F3 │ F4 F1 F2 F3 │ F4 └───────────────┘ M1 M2 M3 M4 M1 M2 pairs, duets. strong bond = lines between (1 and 2) and (3 and 4). weak bond = proximity of (1 and 4) and (2 and 3). strong bond: same class x other tempo. strong pathos: other class x same tempo. weak bond: other class x same tempo. weak pathos: same class x other tempo. tempo corelates with gender, so 'strong bond' is always to 'other sex', and 'weak bond' is always to 'same sex'. four elements. number, element, color, jungian function, symbol, vowel 1. fire = yellow = iNtuition = heart = ee 2. earth = green = Sensing = pear = oo 3. air = red = Thinking = circle = aa 4. water = blue = Feeling = cross = uu three body types, trinity, three doshas. 3. air = endomorph = low carb tolerance = mind = kapha 12. fire + water = mesomorph = body = pitta 4. water = high carb tolerance = spirit = vata two components, mood and tempo. 13. sanguinic mood = fire + air. 24. melancholic mood = water + earth. 14. psychotic tempo = fire + water. 23. neurotic tempo = air + earth. political spectrum. left = romantic class = air + water. right = classic class = fire + earth. extreme = sanguinic mood = air + fire. moderate = melancholic mood = water + earth. = class scale with melancholic center. gender congruence. psychotic tempo is more masculine, neurotic tempo is more feminine. in 'gender congruent' types, inner gender is outer gender, so these are 'strong individuals' who organize in small groups. ----> individualism vs collectivism, = patriarchy vs matriarchy = males are psychotic vs females are psychotic = sociology vs psychology = change relations vs change individuals = minority vote vs majority vote eight types. multiply four elements and two genders. [1 2 3 4] x [Male Female] sixteen states. multiply eight types and two ages. ([1 2 3 4] x [M F]) x [Young Old] pathos rules, gender congruent octet = GC8. Ni = 14 = 124 = M1 (needs F2) plays M4. Ne = 13 = 143 = M1 (needs M4) plays M3. Se = 23 = 213 = F2 (needs M1) plays F3. Si = 24 = 234 = F2 (needs F3) plays F4. Ti = 32 = 342 = F3 (needs M4) plays F2. Te = 31 = 321 = F3 (needs F2) plays F1. Fe = 41 = 431 = M4 (needs F3) plays M1. Fi = 42 = 412 = M4 (needs M1) plays M2. pathos rules, gender opposing octet = GO8. Ni = 14 = 124 = F1 (needs M2) plays F4. Ne = 13 = 143 = F1 (needs F4) plays F3. Se = 23 = 213 = M2 (needs F1) plays M3. Si = 24 = 234 = M2 (needs M3) plays M4. Ti = 32 = 342 = M3 (needs F4) plays M2. Te = 31 = 321 = M3 (needs M2) plays M1. Fe = 41 = 431 = F4 (needs M3) plays F1. Fi = 42 = 412 = F4 (needs F1) plays F2. outer symmetry. the 'web of sixteen' is a two dimensional ring with modulus four, or a matrix with discrete translational symmetry. [did i say that right?] [2d grid, lattice group, regular tiling, periodic function] when you travel from left to right, and hit the right end of the matrix, you continue with the same values, from the last four steps. this is why i show a 'frame' around the 'web of sixteen'. inner symmetry. we start on the top left with M2. M2 has a 'strong bond' to F1, which is below M2. F1 has a 'weak bond' to F4, to the right. F4 has a 'strong bond' to M3, to the top. now we have the 'top left' quartet. to get the 'top right' quartet, use 'rotational symmetry' on types, but switch the gender. 'male gender' is always on top. switch gender with every line. so, M2 M3 ----> F3 F2, and F1 F4 ----> M4 M1, with the two arrows crossing. to get the 'bottom octet' in one step, use 'rotational symmetry' and 'translational symmetry' on pairs: in the left quartet, copy the top-left pair to bottom-right, et cetera. if my recipe is too short for you, just have a good look at the picture, and maybe find better words. the 'web of sixteen' you must remember. you must be able to re-construct it from scratch. so much for now. for more 'work in progress drafts' visit https://github.com/milahu/alchi http://m6su7s3ir7dxggwg.onion/haades/alchi

[f1]

McLaren announce first driver for new Formula E team | Formula E

McLaren have announced three-times DTM champion Rene Rast as the first driver they have signed for their new Formula E team. The British outfit, most famous for their Formula 1 achievements but also currently competing in IndyCar and Extreme E, will join the FE grid at the start of its Gen3 era next year. Rast already has FE experience, having made his debut with Team Aguri in the 2016 Berlin E-Prix and then racing for Audi works team Abt in the series through 2020 and ‘21. From his 22 FE starts he has two podiums and a highest qualifying position of third place. His DTM success before that also came with Audi, and prior to that he won for the marque in GT sportscars. A week before being revealed as a McLaren driver Rast announced he would leave the Audi brand at the end of 2022, and he was named as a BMW factory driver for 2023 shortly before his FE drive was confirmed. “As a racing fan, McLaren has always had huge appeal,” said Rast. “It’s an iconic name in motorsport with a rich history, so I feel privileged and proud to be able to represent McLaren in FE next season. “I’ve done a season in FE before, it was a great experience, and I felt after that year I wasn’t done yet. I’m excited that I am now getting the opportunity to continue that journey. I’m extremely motivated and have no doubt we will create something great together. I can’t wait to get started!” Other highlights of Rast’s career include three Porsche Supercup titles on the F1 support bill, World Endurance Championship wins, victory in the Daytona 24 Hours’ GTD class, touring car and GT titles in his home country of Germany and second place in the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free The identity of his McLaren team mate is yet to be determined, as the team’s IndyCar contract saga could influence whether one of its drivers signed there moves across to FE for 2023. Nissan has also announced its line-up for the 2022-23 season. The team has parted ways with Sebastien Buemi and Maximilian Gunther, and signed Jaguar’s reserve and test drivers Norman Nato and Sacha Fenestraz. Fenestra will get his first full season at Nissan Nato won as a rookie with Venturi in the 2020-21 season but lost his drive, and since then has been winning in WEC as well as providing his services to Jaguar. Fenestraz, meanwhile, is currently leading Japan’s Super GT championship and is second in the standings in its top-level single-seater series Super Formula. He made his FE debut in the 2021-22 season finale in Seoul as a stand-in at Dragon-Penske for Antonio Giovinazzi. “I’m very happy to be making my comeback as a full-time driver in FE with Nissan,” said Nato. “The Gen3 era will be a new chapter for the championship, and I’m excited to prepare for testing and drive the car. Fenestraz, who made his Formula E debut at the final race in Seoul as a substitute for the injured Antonio Giovinazzi, said his full-time debut was “a dream come true.” “It will be a big step forward in my career, to move up into a world championship for the first time and to be competing at such a high level against some of the best drivers in the world. It’s going to be a different challenge for me as it will be my first season in an all-electric car.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Formula E Browse all Formula E articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net

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[maiarkittenoz]

I… am planning to watch my first ever Le Mans 24 hour this weekend.

Eep!

I will not stay up the whole 24H. My spine would stage a revolt and I’m in lockdown without easy access to my chiropractor.

Conveniently, it starts at midnight for me - I’m usually still awake anyway. So - watch the first hour, sleep and then just have it on all day Sunday?

Sounds like a plan. I’m mostly interested in JOTA because Stoffel (and Ant Davidson in the sister car! 😍)

But half the FE grid is there.

And Callum. (Headcanon Mick is hiding in the back of the garage- how glorious would that be be?)

Also according to Sebastian Montoya (thanks Prema!) the whole clan will be there watching Juan which amuses me.