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Your statistics, whilst not incorrect, do not account for the changes in the points system over the years and how early it is in the season. Russell is less than 2 race wins at 25 points behind Antonelli with most of the season left to go and the opportunity of Sprints in play being an extra factor. As an earlier example Hunt was 17 points behind Lauda in '76 with 3 to go with only 9 given as a win and only 7 out of 8 results counted. In 2007 Raikkonen, at 17 points behind and with two races to go also had a 0% tolerance of error to beat Hamilton or Alonso in 2007 and required them both to have problems in order to win. Antonelli as you point out, has been fortunate so far but realistically George had the measure of him this weekend (as much as it pains me to say). Antonelli has every chance to be champion this year but he still has his work cut out if he is to realise that dream.

Awful idea. There are bands i have never once streamed on spotify but have spent hundreds of pounds on merch, physical and digital releases (via bandcamp or their website) as well as tickets but according to them I would not be a big enough fan. Thoroughly flawed premise

I would really like to have seen what Busch could do in top level open wheeled single seaters but we never really got to see that. Few tintop drivers these days can make the transition successfully, but he might have been one to buck the trend. Unfortunately, without that I can't personally put him alongside the likes of Andretti, Gurney or Foyt but there's no doubt he's among the all time top 10 stock car drivers.

NASCAR legend Kyle Busch has died aged 41, after a short, severe illness. He won his last race exactly 7 days ago and said this - “Take what you can get man, you never know when the last one’s gonna be. Cherish ’em all. Trust me.”

April Pos/Artist/plays 01 Pink Floyd 155 02 Nine Inch Nails 66 03 The Sisters of Mercy 61 04 Terrorvision 59 05 The Pogues 51 06 The Pretenders 45 07 Cassyette 43 08 Peter Gabriel 42 09 Pantera 33 10 The Wonder Stuff 33 11 Heartworms 31 12 Bambie Thug 30 13 Lambrini Girls 24 14 Sleeper 24 15 Abba 22 16 Bloodworm 20 17 WREX 20 18 KNIFE BRIDE 19 19 Velvetine 19 20 Ist I2t 18 21 The Velvet Underground 16 22 Mimi Barks 14 23 Taylor Swift 14 24 Tigercub 14 25 Saint Agnes 13 26 Lana Del Rey 12 27 T'Pau 12 28 The Pipettes 12 29 David Bowie 11 30 Amy Taylor 10 31 Bruce Springsteen 10 32 CLT DRP 10 33 Desperate Journalist 10 34 YONAKA 10 35 False Advertsising 9 36 Frankie Goes To Hollywood 9 37 City Dog 8 38 Die Spitz 8 39 Fleetwood Mac 8 40 Infected Rain 8 The Year to Date Pos/Artist/plays 01 (01) Kate Bush 167 (+5) 02 (NE) Pink Floyd 159 03 (03) Lambrini Girls 114 (+24) 04 (02) Siouxsie & the Banshees 114 (+4) 05 (05) Heartworms 112 (+31) 06 (34) The Sisters of Mercy 99 (+61) 07 (04) Delilah Bon 88 (+1) 08 (10) YONAKA 86 (+10) 09 (09) Gaye Bykers on Acid 83 (+4) 10 (06) The Cramps 83 (+2) 11 (08) Simple Minds 81 (+1) 12 (07) HotWax 80 (-) 13 (NE) Nine Inch Nails 80 14 (11) Saint Agnes 77 (+13) 15 (26) Bambie Thug 74 (+30) 16 (NE) The Pogues 74 17 (17) KNIFE BRIDE 70 (+19) 18 (12) Garbage 66 (+3) 19 (NE) Cassyette 62 20 (13) The Clash 62 (+2) 21 (15) The Damned 60 (+5) 22 (14) Gaffa Tape Sandy 59 (-) 23 (NE) Terrorvision 59 24 (18) Die Spitz 57 (+8) 25 (16) L7 55 (+3) 26 (19) Johnny Cash 51 (+2) 27 (30) Bruce Springsteen 50 (+10) 28 (21) Killing Joke 49 (+2) 29 (24) Prince 49 (+4) 30 (RE) Sleeper 48 (+24) 31 (20) Joy Division 47 (-) 32 (27) Manic Street Preachers 47 (+3) 33 (29) Prince & the Revolution 47 (+4) 34 (NE) The Pretenders 47 35 (NE) Bloodworm 46 36 (22) The Lords of the New Church 46 (-) 37 (23) Ministry 45 (-) 38 (25) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) 39 (28) Marilyn Manson 44 (-) 40 (NE) WREX 44 41 (36) Joan Jett 42 (+7) 42 (NE) Peter Gabriel 42 43 (31) Cranes 40 (-) 44 (32) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40 (-) 45 (NE) Tigercub 40 46 (35) congratulations 39 (+4) 47 (39) Rob Zombie 39 (+4) 48 (43) Eville 38 (+6) 49 (33) GWAR 38 (-) 50 (38) PROJECTOR 37 (+2) Dropouts LOA LOA 35 (-) Faith No More 36 (+2) Arcade Fire 33 CARNE 36 (+3) Midnight Oil 33 (+2) The Beatles 35 (+4) fakeyourdeath 34 (+4) Kim Dracula 30 (-) LN 35 (+5) Motorhead 30 (-) Fields of the Nephilim 32 (+3) Former Entries The Jesus & Mary Chain 32 (+8) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) The Prodigy 26 (-) Sick Joy 26 (+2) Depeche Mode 25 (-) Die So Fluid 25 (+2) Kid Kapichi 25 (+2) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Beastie Boys 22 (-) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 20 (-) Shadow Project 20 (-) Beastmilk 19 (-) Chappell Roan 18 (-) Korn 18 (-) Eurythmics 18 (+1) Birdeatsbaby 15 (-) Iggy Pop 15 (-) System of a Down 15 (-) The Libertines 15 (-)

F1 have announced they are to abandon the current 50-50 engine split rules for next year due to their negative impact on the sport. The engine regulations for 2027 will be closer but not match pre 2026 split levels. MBS has also indicated his intention to bring forward the next set of engine rules and bring V8s back for 2030.

Congrats to dandy*. Something of a classic from the era so not surprised it came out top. Pleasantly surprised to see XTC come in 6th, especially after a very slow start. One of Britain's most under appreciated bands and a huge influence on people like Blur. Not their most commercial track but so glad to see it connected with some. Thanks to all those who pointed it, especially the 12. Well done too to Chez for excellent hosting.

Wow. Didn't expect a 12 just after I made that comment! Thanks Seven

Screaming Trees are rightfully highly respected. Didn't notice that connection. Would've been hilarious but XTC were never going to win

I'm afraid I did end up voting for mainly songs I already knew but the bottom three songs were all great discoveries that I wasn't already aware of. And the Codeine track was not one of there's I remembered. Bob Dylan was an absolute cert for top once I saw that particular track. I've loved it since discovering it back in the 80s through Bryan Ferry's cover and working back. Weirdly not one of my favourite Buzzcocks singles either but it Buzzcocks so was always going to do well with me.

Got internet back today so had a second listen to those I didn't know and managed to cobble together a list of votes. Havesent them over. Thanks for the extension. It really made it possible for me to join in

There'sa very good chance I may not get around to doing this. I am in the middle of a very short notice, moving house and will lose internet in the next few hours. If I can't do it apologies to everyone.

Forecast is still showing a high chance Sunday's race could be cancelled due to storms.

If you're missing your F1 action, you could do a lot worse than this trip back in time -

https://www.racefans.net/2026/04/20/fia-confirms-planned-changes-to-f1-rules-after-crunch-meeting/