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Cars have run more than once in the wet this year. Bahrain wet test session back in Feb, Ferrari ran in the wet at Fiorano too. Might have been a practice session and a pit to grid lap somewhere as well i seem to remember (Miami?) The issue was because the cars were going slower than anticipated at turn 9, which has an output limit in place for safety reasons. This will effectively nullify the MGU-K putting into 'off' mode. When they entered turn 9 too slow there was no MGU-K to compensate for the lack of boost, so the software engaged a 60 second reset. A feature designed to prevent teams shutting it off deliberately. That's why they all had to input new software, with less of a power limit and why the restart took forever. The water itself did nothing but the software was incorrect for the circuit, specifically turn 9, and the conditions on the day.

There's been nothing to suggest that the software fault was due to water but I guess the internet has decided already. It affected a number of cars and different power units and nothing similar has happened in any previous wet session. We should really be wondering if having cars too reliant and effectively controlled by computers is the right way to go.

September 312 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 Fleetwood Mac 79 02 Levellers 49 03 The Clash 47 04 The Damned 37 05 The Lords Of The New Church 27 06 Blondie 21 07 Taylor Swift 21 08 Peter Gabriel 20 09 Sleeper 20 10 The Beatles 18 11 Kraftwerk 17 12 SNAYX 17 13 Echo & the Bunnymen 13 14 The Rolling Stones 13 15 Donovan 12 16 Manic Street Preachers 12 17 The Shangri Las 11 18 Cheap Trick 10 19 Ministry 10 20 Bob Dylan 9 21 is this ok 9 22 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 9 23 Kate Bush 9 24 Lambrini Girls 8 25 Paul Revere and the Raiders 8 26 Royal Blood 8 27 The Beach Boys 8 28 The Byrds 8 29 The Doors 8 30 The Kinks 8 31 The Velvet Underground 8 32 Birdeatsbaby 7 33 Cher 7 34 Ramones 7 35 Crawlers 6 36 David Bowie 6 37 Elvis Presley 6 38 In This Moment 6 39 Johnny Cash 6 40 Radio Werewolf 6 The Year to Date 1,150 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 (01) Pink Floyd 216 (3) 02 (02) Kate Bush 181 (9) 03 (08) The Clash 175 (47) 04 (03) The Cramps 153 (3) 05 (09) Sleeper 147 (20) 06 (05) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 146 (09) 07 (04) Siouxsie & the Banshees 145 (1) 08 (07) Radio Werewolf 134 (6) 09 (11) Lambrini Girls 133 (8) 10 (06) Heartworms 132 (-) 11 (10) Saint Agnes 129 (3) 12 (12) Bruce Springsteen 126 (2) 13 (13) The Sisters of Mercy 123 (3) 14 (14) YONAKA 120 (-) 15 (15) HotWax 115 (-) 16 (18) The Pogues 115 (3) 17 (16) Delilah Bon 114 (-) 18 (19) Gaffa Tape Sandy 113 (4) 19 (17) KNIFE BRIDE 113 (-) 20 (20) Manic Street Preachers 110 (12) 21 (23) The Beatles 105 (18) 22 (40) The Damned 102 (37) 23 (21) L7 93 (-) 24 (NE) Fleetwood Mac 92 25 (22) Nine Inch Nails 92 (1) 26 (25) U2 89 (3) 27 (26) Mimi Barks 86 (1) 28 (24) Simple Minds 86 (-) 29 (28) R.E.M. 85 (3) 30 (27) Gaye Bykers On Acid 84 (-) 31 (29) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 82 (1) 32 (31) Garbage 79 (3) 33 (39) Ministry 78 (10) 34 (30) Bambie Thug 77 (-) 35 (NE) Levellers 76 36 (RE) The Lords of the New Church 76 (27) 37 (35) The Pretenders 75 (2) 38 (37) Marilyn Manson 74 (3) 39 (32) Terrorvision 74 (1) 40 (33) Cassyette 73 (-) 41 (49) Taylor Swift 73 (21) 42 (34) The Mission 73 (-) 43 (36) Die Spitz 72 (1) 44 (38) WREX 71 (-) 45 (50) Peter Gabriel 70 (20) 46 (41) Prince 64 (-) 47 (42) Joan Jett 61 (1) 48 (47) Johnny Cash 59 (6) 49 (43) The Police 59 (1) 50 (44) Killing Joke 58 (1) Dropouts The Waterboys 55 (3) Tigercub 55 (-) Bloodworm 52 (-) Former Entries The Velvet Underground 57 (8) Prince & the Revolution 51 (2) The Jesus & Mary Chain 50 (2) Joy Division 49 (1) Fields of the Nephilim 48 (-) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) Cranes 45 (-) Rob Zombie 45 (-) congratulations 44 (-) Eville 44 (3) The Prodigy 44 (2) CARNE 43 (-) LN 43 (-) Sick Joy 43 (6) PROJECTOR 42 (-) Faith No More 41 (1) Midnight Oil 40 (2) GWAR 39 (-) fakeyourdeath 38 (-) LOA LOA 35 (-) Arcade Fire 34 (1) Depeche Mode 34 (-) Motorhead 33 (1) Kim Dracula 30 (-) Korn 30 (3) Kid Kapichi 28 (-) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) Die So Fluid 27 (1) Birdeatsbaby 26 (7) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 26 (-) Beastie Boys 25 (-) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Eurythmics 23 (1) Shadow Project 22 (1) Chappell Roan 22 (1) Beastmilk 19 (-) System of a Down 17 (-) The Libertines 17 (-) Iggy Pop 16 (-)

Australia (Manics) Ecuador (Sash) Haiti (Arcade Fire?) Papua new Guinea (Future Sound of London) Mexico (Neil Young??) (The) Lebanon (Human League) Some others though only a few hits - Psychedelic Furs - India Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam George Harrison - Bangladesh Kim Wilde - Cambodia Kate Bush - Egypt Culture Shock - Northern Ireland Levellers - Belaruse (deliberate mis-spelling)

By the end of next season, assuming he competes in all the races between now and then, Alonso will have been in just over 39% of all F1 World Championship races and not that far under a 3rd of all the seasons raced since 1950.

January Jan 13 2026 - BABYTEETH, is this ok?, Carva - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Jan 24 2026 - Gaffa Tape Sandy, H_ngm_n, All Better, Ahsoka, Really Big Really Clever, Self Torque - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, England Jan 30 2026 - HotWax, SLAG, Half Happy - Kola, Portsmouth, England February Feb 04 2026 - VUKOVI, Saint Agnes, Flesh Planet - CHALK, Brighton, England Feb 13 2026 - HotWax, Jeanie and the White Boys - CHALK, Brighton, England Mar 17 2026 - YONAKA - Resident Records, Brighton, England Mar 26 2026 - Gaye Bykers On Acid, Scant Regard, Magnetic Empire - Green Door Store, Brighton, England April Apr 11 2026 - All Better, H_ngm_n, PROJECTOR, Ahsoka, CLT DRP - Homegrown Festival, Brighton, Eng;and June Jun 29 2026 - Deathby Romy, Jayden Hammer - DUST, Brighton, England Jun 30 2026 - WARGASM, Jar of Blind Flies, Bones Ate Arfa - CHALK, Brighton, England July Jul 08 2026 - SPRINTS, The Dirty Nil, Lake Malice, Hyphen - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 09 2026 - Don Broco, Superheaven, Delilah Bon, Mariachi El Bronx, Tigercub, LEMONSUCKR, Cowboy Hunters, Saint Agnes - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 10 2026 - Funeral for a Friend, The Wildhearts, Militarie Gun, House of Protection, Higher Power, Tropic Gold, Knives, Bratakus - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 11 2026 - Marmozets, As Everything Unfolds, Petrol Girls, Dead Pioneers, Scustin, Vinnie Caruana, Battlesnake, Frozemode - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 31 2026 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (w/ Kylie Minogue), The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon - Preston Park, Brighton, England August Aug 09 2026 - Battlesnake, Jar of Blind Flies - Concorde 2, Brighton, England Aug 24 2026 - Crimson Veil, Dorja, Insectus - Daltons, Brighton, England Aug 28 2026 - KNIFE BRIDE, CHVPTERS - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Sep 05 2026 - Levellers, Sleeper, Kid Kapichi, Brakes, The Meffs - Hove Park, Hove, England Total sets so far - 74

I see no reason why Kimi can't finish on the podium tomorrow. Easy circuit to pass at least one car a lap. As long as he keeps it clean at the start, he's got a still very new example of the best power unit, best car and plenty of fresh rubber. If he's in the right head space he'll be fine

Taken from the album No Refunds. I recommend the first single Cult of Celebrity over this though.

By the way everyone, don't forget Azerbaijan GP is a day early this year

Domenicali and Liberty have already proven they don't need an excuse to mess around with the format. The rules issue is what is forcing the action but you can bet they are happy about it. The absolute lack of crtitical long term thinking that is going on in F1 right now is beyond belief.

Because they've made a complete hash of the new regulations (I'll let Racefans explain it better than I could) - The change has been made necessary as a result of the alterations to the 2027 engine rules which were agreed soon after this season began. After teams realised the current rules forced cars to slow significantly at most circuits to save electrical energy, teams agreed to increase the proportion of combustion power for next year. As this change will lead to an increase in fuel flow and consumption, some teams faced having to redesign their cars for next year to a greater extent than they originally intended in order to complete existing race distances under the new rules. To avoid this, the FIA has instead agreed to shorten races.

The expansion to 10 sprints is ridiculous given it remains a largely unpopular format with fans. Still money talks and they seem determined to alienate long term fans anyway. On the flip side it does mean I will spend less time watching F1 over 10 race weekends so at least there's that. The return of Turkey and Portugal is good news of course but there are still crap circuits like Abu Dhabi, Miami, Vegas and Madrid to consider skipping.

Wow! I did not expect to come second, especially after that slow start. Thanks to everyone who pointed Cardiacs, who are an 80s cult Indie band that knew no limit on genres. They're still going too but sadly singer Tim Smith is no longer with us. Special metions to @Jacob @matto @danG and @HarryInnanen for the double figures scores. Much appreciated For my votes Katia Pojidaeva stood out as an interesting and unusual track that improved with every minute that went by. Vana likewise. It was underwhelmed in the first verse but loved it by the finish. John Fogerty... well I love Creedence so that was to be expected. A Place to Bury Strangers and Joy Formidable were obvious contenders from the first listen, although I could have sworn JF had been in a contest on here before. Static Dress was another I expected to challenge. I first saw them live back in 2019 and have caught them a number of times since and they're always worth watching, especially if you're into post-hardcore. Olli's a great guy too. Big well done to @jimwatts on a crushing victory. Thoroughly deserved.

You should have mine now.

My favourite Kraftwerk tracks would be - Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, Europe Endless, Showroom Dummies, The Hall of Mirrors, Kometenmelodie 2. Then we'd get to Antenna, The Model, The Robots and Autobahn. TEE is my favourite album of theirs and right up there for me