Phillip Horton
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Formula 1 journalist, writer and author. @AutoweekUSA | @NYTimes | @F1 | @Speedcafe The Grand Prix Year, out now!
Joined May 2009
Out today in the UK! My book, The Grand Prix Year, charts the journey of a Formula 1 season, providing insight into the inner workings of the championship:.
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Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries, who replaced Pierre Gasly, who replaced Alex Albon, who replaced Brendon Hartley, who replaced Carlos Sainz, who replaced Daniil Kvyat, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo. I think that's the AlphaTauri/Toro Rosso circle of life. #F1.
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On Sunday night a team member got thrown in the marina (it happens regularly) and lost a wedding ring. Now someone in full diving equipment, and an underwater detector, is about to try and find it. #F1
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Excited for the bit in the film where Brad Pitt gets stuck in a DRS train, gets caught out by VSC timing, then is asked for his views post-race on why he took the medium rather than the hard tyres.
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Sebastian Vettel being significantly more eloquent and rational, in his second language, than the Attorney General, is impressive and also alarming. #BBCQT.
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The ex-McLaren and Mercedes junior joins Red Bull's junior team, Red Bull's long-term driver joins Alpine, in place of the Alpine junior who joined McLaren. Meanwhile Red Bull's ex-junior races for Ferrari and Ferrari's ex-junior races for Red Bull š
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Spare a thought for Alex Albon, who has to spend a day next week recreating Hamilton's line through the chicane #ItalianGP #F1.
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Daniel Ricciardo says he won't be on the 2023 #F1 grid and is looking now at 2024 prospects. No great surprise, given paucity of options, but still a shame. #JapaneseGP.
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Vettel/Schumachers have been close - Sunday's grand prix now the first without Vettel, or a Schumacher, entered since Portugal 1994. #F1 #SaudiArabianGP.
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1. Sacked by Racing Point last year.2. Sacked by Ferrari last year.3. Sacked by Red Bull two years ago. #AzerbaijanGP #F1.
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Laps led in the last 8 #F1 races:. Verstappen - 208.Ocon - 65.Ricciardo - 56.Leclerc - 50.Norris - 31.Sainz - 12.Hamilton - 11.Bottas - 8. Seems crazy, after recent years, to have barely seen a Merc up front.
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I'm old enough to remember when Racing Point signed Perez to a deal that ran through 2022. #F1.
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Leclerc saw a slow Red Bull during the VSC and thought it was Verstappen, rather than a lapped Perez. So thought he was on for a podium until looking at the board on the last lap and seeing P4. #F1 #JapaneseGP.
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Jack Doohan now has a brief window in which to do the funniest #F1 tweet anyone has ever done.
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Confirmation of Isack Hadjarās promotion to Racing Bulls means Fernando Alonso will race against seven drivers in 2025 who werenāt born when he made his #F1 debut.
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Spare a thought for the Mercedes and Red Bull social/marketing teams this week, who are preparing content and pieces, and 50 per cent of them won't ever be seen. #F1.
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Alpine has now lost its overall CEO, Team Principal, Sporting Director, Racing Director, Chief Technical Officer, Technical Director and Head of Aerodynamics. In the last eight months. #F1.
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F1's Las Vegas race means the limit of 24 will be reached. Add in Qatar, China's return, and one current grand prix has to go for 2023.
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2014 - Vettel leaves Red Bull, opening a seat for Sainz at STR.2020 - Vettel leaves Ferrari, opening a seat for Sainz. 2018 - Ricciardo replaces Sainz at Renault.2020 - Ricciardo replaces Sainz at McLaren. F1 can be strange.
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Evidently Perez's new deal means no room at Red Bull until 2025. What now for Gasly (even if a return was always highly unlikely), Tsunoda, and the next batch of juniors? #F1.
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Aston Martin's weekend:.- Vettel's FP1 failure, fined, misses FP2.- Both drivers crash in FP3.- Stroll hits Latifi in Q1, Vettel out.- Vettel crashes in the race.- Stroll penalised, now on 8 pen pts.- Verstappen insults their SC.- Only team without a point. Anything else? #F1.
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"Toto, it's called a motor race, OK? We went car racing.". Michael Masi is done with Toto Wolff. Scenes. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP.
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A weird junior formula season so far. Neither the F2 or F3 championship leaders have won a single race. Ollie Bearman is still higher in the F1 standings than the F2 standings.
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The good news is that Imola's track limit is either grass, gravel or a concrete wall. #F1 #BahrainGP.
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Local residents at Monza must be eager for Giovinazzi's home GP. .
We're officially back in Zandvoort! The hype is real. Wonder who the inspiration for a speed limit of 33 came from? š¤. #DutchGP š³š± #F1 @f1_dutchgp
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Lewis Hamilton wins the FIA Personality of the Year Award. This was voted on by permanently accredited media. #F1.
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Button is at Williams, Alonso is at Enstone, Schumacher and Alesi associated with Ferrari, Montoya's re-joining McLaren, Raikkonen at Sauber. My time machine is working.
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Lewis Hamilton explaining how every point counts in a title fight, while being interviewed by Felipe Massa, is unintentionally extremely funny. #F1 #ItalianGP.
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Yuki Tsunoda's first impression of Mexico is that he likes the food. Protect him at all costs. #F1.
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Daniel Ricciardo enters his media session howling and barking:. "Itās canine language. Yeah. I used to be an FBI dog before I reached Formula 1. Grr. I took down a few criminals.". Your average Thursday.
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Sergio Perez:.2015: One-year deal.2016: One-year deal.2017: One-year deal.2018: One-year deal.2019: Three-year deal!.2020: Surprise. #F1.
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Sebastian Vettel is such a traditionalist that his #F1 season will start in Australia (hopefully). Nico Hulkenberg back for Aston Martin in Saudi Arabia.
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If you want to win the #F3 title, sign for Prema. That's their 10th champion in 11 years, the streak interrupted only by Lando Norris in 2017 (Carlin).
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Driver line-up for #F1's young driver test (using 2021 cars);.Mercedes ā De Vries.Red Bull ā Vips.Ferrari ā Fuoco AM, Shwartzman PM.McLaren ā OāWard.Alpine ā Piastri.AlphaTauri - Lawson.Aston Martin ā Yelloly.Williams ā Sargeant.Alfa Romeo - Zhou.Haas ā Shwartzman (Weds).
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Colton Herta with 7 IndyCar wins, Felipe Drugovich with 8 Formula 2 wins. Who would perform better in F1? š¤.
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An addition outside RB's hospitality - lots of good luck messages to the local hero. #F1 #JapaneseGP
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Gains/losses for Austria qualifying vs 2019 times:. Racing Point -0.921.Williams -0.737 .Renault -0.493.McLaren -0.473.AlphaTauri -0.360 .Mercedes -0.323s.Red Bull +0.038.Haas +0.619 .Ferrari +0.920.Alfa Romeo +1.119 #F1.
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After all the Kimi hype - the OG is here today. Raikkonen is in the paddock with his family, for the first time since his retirement in 2021. #F1.
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Lewis Hamilton's 10th successive Silverstone podium, and 13th in total (a new record for most podiums at one track). #F1 #BritishGP.
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#F1 2022 line-up - just one seat left:. Mercedes: Hamilton / Russell.RBR: Verstappen / Perez.McLaren: Norris / Ricciardo.Ferrari: Leclerc / Sainz.Alpine: Alonso / Ocon.AT: Gasly / Tsunoda.AM: Vettel / Stroll.Williams: Latifi / Albon.Alfa: Bottas / TBD.Haas: Schumacher / Mazepin.
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And there it is. Lewis Hamilton with the trophy for a seventh time. #F1 #FIAPrizeGiving2020
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Daniel Ricciardo says he will be returning home to Australia over winter for first time since early-mid 2020 - but has to do hotel quarantine first. #F1.
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Gasly in qualifying this year: P5, P5, P9, P12, P6, P4, P6, P6. Pretty remarkable considering he is in an AlphaTauri. #StyrianGP #F1.
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No surprise that Mercedes says George Russell has a "long-term contract.". Schumacher had three years, Bottas five, Rosberg seven, Hamilton nine and counting. Mercedes values longevity. #F1.
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Qualifying head-to-heads in #F1 2024:. Verstappen 23 ā 1 Perez.Bottas 21 ā 3 Zhou.Norris 20 ā 4 Piastri.Alonso 19 ā 5 Stroll.Russell 19 ā 5 Hamilton.Hulk 16 ā 6 Mag.Leclerc 14 ā 9 Sainz.Ocon 13 ā 10 Gasly.Tsunoda 6 ā 0 Lawson.Tsunoda 12 ā 6 Ricc.Albon 7 - 2 Cola.Albon 13 ā 0 Sarg.
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That's that for the night. The plan is to enlist a couple of locals to help out in the coming days. Fingers crossed.
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George Russell outqualified by a team-mate for the first time since the 2018 Hungaroring #F2 round, a run of 40 events. His team-mate that day? Jack Aitken.
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Toto Wolff media briefing lasted 40 minutes - very calm, collected, but anger and disbelief still evident. "I would very much hope that Lewis continues racing - because he is the greatest driver of all times. I think as a racer his heart will say he needs to continue." #F1.
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Red Bull 276.Ferrari 252. There's definitely a battle in the Constructors'.
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A subtle, but noteable, update to the #F1 Sporting Regs, and *that* Article (which is now 55.13 thanks to redrafts) - 'any' has now been replaced by 'all' with regard to lapped cars being required to unlap themselves.
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Bad news: The Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled. Good news: It was decided more than two hours before FP1. Fingers crossed for a 2022 return. #AustralianGP #F1.
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IndyCar racer Colton Herta behind the wheel of McLaren's 2021-spec MCL35M at Portimao, as part of his development programme. šø McLaren Racing
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Yuki Tsunoda's career progression is rapid even by Red Bull's standards: F4 in 2018, F3 in 2019, F2 in 2020, F1 in 2021.
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Giovinazzi exits #F1 with a few comments on his social pages: "F1 is emotion, talent, cars, risk, speed. But when money rules it can be ruthless." No need for deep analysis there.
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It's kicked off in #F2. Cordeel banned from Silverstone's round after reaching 12 points. Meanwhile Bolukbasi's father will not be allowed at the next event after he 'provoked a heated verbal exchange' with Nissany & had 'some pushing and physical contact' with Nissany's trainer.
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Williams' accident list:. Albon Melbourne FP .Sargeant Suzuka FP .Albon Suzuka race .Sargeant Miami race .Sargeant Canada race .Sargeant Zandvoort FP .Colapinto Baku FP .Albon MX FP .Albon MX race .Colapinto SP quali .Albon SP quali .Colapinto SP race .Colapinto Vegas quali.
Make that the 13th accident for Williams this year across practice/qualifying/races - some more significant than others, but that's extreme. #F1 #LasVegasGP.
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Vettel opened his PC chunk with a joke: "So thereās this matchstick climbing the hill and is all sweaty because it is exhausted, nearly at the top of the hill thereās a hedgehog walking by, and the matchstick goes āah if only Iād have known thereās a bus, Iād have taken the bus!ā.
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Dear Netflix, a road trip show with Guenther Steiner, Mattia Binotto and Otmar Szafnauer. Go on. #F1.
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Confirmation of Tuesdayās rookie #F1 test line-up at Yas Marina:. Red Bull: Hadjar.Mercedes: Antonelli.Ferrari: Fuoco.McLaren: OāWard.Aston: Crawford.Alpine: Doohan.Williams: Browning.RB: Iwasa.Sauber: Bortoleto.Haas: Hirakawa.
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Ian Roberts and Alan van der Merwe leaping from the Medical Car and saving Romain Grosjean is utterly extraordinary footage #F1 #BahrainGP.
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Mick Schumacher on Imola: "We had a track walk there once and saw five peacocks, which was a new one for me." #F1.
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Meanwhile Fernando Alonso posts an Instagram story showing he's in Oviedo, with a thumbs up to the camera. #F1.
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