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I know:  most of y’all have about as much interest in Formula One as I do about soap operas.

However:  the last race of the 2025 F1 season will take place this weekend on some track in the Arabian desert #DontCare, and it promises to be quite unlike the usual formation-lap snore fest.

At the middle of the season, current (and four-time) champion Max Verstappen was 100-odd points adrift of the top of the standings, driving a car which was not in the same class as the eventual manufacturer’s champions McLaren (who clinched the title a couple races back).

Thanks to his incredible skill behind the wheel, and aided by said McLaren team totally screwing up their race strategy in the past two races, Verstappen finds himself in actual contention for his fifth (consecutive!) driver’s championship in the final race.  He’ll need some help from McLaren, of course, but given their recent screwups that’s not completely out of the picture — and as both McLaren drivers are 1-2 in the standings and are after the same title, there’s also a good chance that they’ll collide with each other and take themselves out of the picture, leaving it all to Verstappen.  One thing is for sure:  if it’s just up to his own driving, he’s an odds-on favorite

Anyway, I told you all that so I can share this, said before the Las Vegas Grand Prix:

Me, I’m rooting for Max this weekend.

4 comments

  1. I don’t follow any sports. I tried to get into NASCAR years ago but just couldn’t do it. I’m glad you write about cars and auto racing because I get a glimpse into something I wouldn’t investigate on my own. You broaden my horizons with your writing.

  2. I used to be a NASCAR fan. But since the old guard drove off into the sunset it is simply dreadful. Watching the new guys beef is like watching 13yr old girls throw makeup pencils at each other.

    Bully for Mr. Verstappen if he actually said that but the post looks to me like one of those fecesbook AI posts of dubious provenance.

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