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motorsport writer! only here because my mutuals are abandoning twitter. expect zero good takes

To be brutally honest, this book is boring and uninspiring, especially if you lived through the 2022 F1 season. The problem with writing a book primarily centered around events that have already happened that your primary audience is already aware of is that you have to provide a unique and new perspective on it. You'd think that wouldn't be difficult for someone with Steiner's level of knowledge and insider information but he almost completely fails to share any interesting insight about Haas' 2022 season. The moments where we learn new information that is actually worth learning are few and far between, and he fails to go into detail on anything worth going into detail on. There are multiple instances where Steiner makes a passing mention of something that would make a genuinely interesting topic for F1 fans only to quickly brush past it and pivot to something wholly uninspiring, creating an infuriatingly surface level account of the season, most of which is just a report of results we already know.
“I'm trying to think of something to write that will make this part of the book feel a bit less predictable and boring.”
The last week has mainly been about sponsorship for me, which I'll come on to in a second. Before that, I will tell you first what I like about the Monaco Grand Prix. OK, I'm glad we've got that out of the way. Let's get on to the sponsorship. I'm only kidding. Well, kind of. Monaco has some thinos oring for it in terms of what the fans
Guenther Steiner’s “Surviving to Drive” on kindle
Meme of guy saying “Alex Jacques commentating F2 is something that can actually be so personal”
Liam Lawson in the Las Vegas paddock, sitting for an interview with a blanket over his lap. He looks very cozy