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HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - TEAM MERCEDES AND HAMILTON TURBORISED RACE TO WIN IT! PART 2.

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He has now become the mature adult and still improving master racer. A racer who might have, earlier in his Formula 1 racing career, even have been prepared to countenance dying on the circuit like his racing hero, role-model, Senna.  But has now matured and grown more confident in who he is, including his achievements as a Formula 1 racer.  And now knows that a great racer, a master racer.   Does not have to take risks which could shorten ones life, in order to become the best, or one of the best Formula 1 racers of all time. This is now where Lewis Hamilton is at; he is a master-class, and probably the best amongst those with whom he has been racing, and others whom he had not had the opportunity to race.  Such a racer as Hamilton now is, does not use a 'Hammer' to win races. He used experience, relevant skills, patience, pacing and the deployment of and utilisation of the Team Mercedes support on which the high quality of his racing performance is pred

BREXIT - A VERY BRITISH VERSION OF THE CALIPHATE? PART 2.

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Back to 'the special relationship' between the USA and Britain.  Well, of course it is not really that surprising that they should have 'a special relation.'   Since large parts of North America were colonised by the British before the diverse European immigrants and descendants of immigrants who were living there during the late 1700s fought and defeated the English and declared themselves independent.  So, yes, tenuous as it might appear and become at times, their is a tangible and historical linkage between the United States of America and Britain. Quite apart from the continuing Nato and trade links. But while this link can manifest itself in positive ways, it can also do it in negative ways.  As we have seen from how Trumpism has manifested itself in becoming a curse in highlighting and enhancing divisions and conflict in the USA.  Becoming a blight on the nation's already scarred landscape. And how it has become cloned in Britain,

HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - TEAM MERCEDES AND HAMILTON TURBORISED RACE TO WIN IT! PART 1.

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'Hammertime', is no longer a fitting exclamation for when his fans want to motivate him to make the extra effort to achieve a feat which seems to be out of or only partially in his grasp.  After all, 'Hammertime' is not only a play on Lewis Hamilton's surname; it is also a reference to the God, Thor, wielding his massive hammer to crack skulls and all other objects standing and lying between him and his objective, his desires.  The hammer is suggestive of a blunt and even crude weapon, even though its wielder might well possess many delicate skills in wielding it with great precision and versatility. There was a time, in his early Formula 1 career, when raw pace and crash, if not death defying racing courage formed a large part of Lewis Hamilton's racing repertoire.  That was a time when describing Hamilton's hunt for Grand Prix wins, as "Hammertime", was not incoogruent. Now it is, because the rookie, the teenage racer, the

BREXIT - A VERY BRITISH VERSION OF THE CALIPHATE? PART 1.

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And so it seems to me, that, like Islamic State of the Islamic extremists, who, with unrestrained brutality and indifference towards the subtler graces of our human nature.   Sought to inflict humanity with the egregious burdens of their version of what the their god demands of us, through the re-establishment of an Islamic Caliphate.  So, also, are the dark and pernicious forces of the Christian and political conservatives of the Trumpist, the Bolsonaristas, the European nationalists, and, yes, the Brexiteers of Britain.  Do intend to inflict upon humanity their version of 'The Pseudo-Christian Caliphate.' A kind of Caliphate of Christ, if you wish.  And to do so at any cost and by any necessary means. It is said that the British state, Britain, has 'a special relationship' with America, or, more accurately, the United States of America.  You see, when we speak of 'America', we should be mindful of the fact that there is South Ameri

IMMIGRATION/MIGRATION - THE TRUTH ABOUT GOING AND COMING. PART 2.

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I believe that this 'regulated' movement of people, both internally and externally, does not give rise for any concern or major concern, while it is not perceived as being to the economic and socio-political or cultural detriment of the host population.  While there is no obvious or orchestrated evidence or 'evidence' to cause the host population to fear that the newcomers, the immigrants or migrants, are going to 'take-over' and fundamentally change their way of life.  Disrupt and shatter their feelings of security and tranquillity, or make their circumstances, their existing predicament - such as joblessness, restricted amenities and resources - worse than they already are.  Yes, providing the host, the citizens of the places and countries to which the immigrants and migrants are gravitating to.   Can continue to feel at home and that their home is 'not threatened' by the inflow of outsiders, newcomers, then peace, tolerance and e

HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING - VERSTAPPEN AND RED BULL MASTERED POLE! THE END...

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And it now appears that Team Red Bull might have been able to sufficient reduce the performance, consistency and reliability deficits between them and Team Mercedes.  Thereby providing both teams and their racers with 'a leveller racing field' on which to go racing head to head.  This, along with Team Ferrari's advances in their cars, albeit probably too often offset by errors from their racers, should, other things being equal, make for more competitive and exciting qualifying and racing.  Without the need for the intervention of the gods and hostile weather conditions to disrupt the predictability of the probable outcomes of most of the races. Returning to today's race. The indications are that there are the ingredients for a very exciting and fiercely fought race.   With the first challenge being that of the 3 Podiumites, Max, Bottas and Lewis, being able to successfully launch themselves off the Starting Grid and making it beyond the firs

HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING - VERSTAPPEN AND RED BULL MASTERED POLE! PART 1.

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A Very Big Congratulation to Team Red Bull and their Intrepid Racer, Max Verstappen, for having  masterfully fought for and achieved Pole Position at the Qualifying session of today's Hungarian Grand Prix. Also A Very Big Congratulation to Team Mercedes and their, at this stage of the process, still not back to their winning ways, racers, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.   For having placed themselves at P.2 and P.3, respectively, for today's Grand Prix race. Max Verstappen, notwithstanding his probably more than unlucky episodes in his still spectacular racing career sofar, is clearly a racer fighting for and likely to achieve drivers' world championships.  What he requires most is to have a consistent and reliable championship-winning car under him, and he will provide the skills, courage and application to win championships.  Having won the chaotic race that was the 2019 German Grand Prix. Max and Team Red Bull have, by delivering a stunning P