Having done my best to catch up it seems McLaren actually left the strategists from the last race at home and had their head screwed on this time.

They didn't allow Max to slow the pace and kept the pressure on Red Bull.

Ironic the one race Yuki was even in the same league was this one and tried some questionable shenanigans, but that didn't come to anything.

A good outcome all in all, and look forward to an interesting 2026.

Skyline2uk

If it would have ended in a safety car scenario Red Bull would have been smart enough to pit for soft tyres 

But it didn't and Lando did everything right today!
Congratulations to all Lando and McLaren fans 

Jan

That was SO last year. At least we all made the effort this year. Not sure about those wellies though:

I had CTTE on vinyl in the 70s and it was a favourite along with "Fragile". Several years ago, I bought the 2003 remastered CD, which sounds not so good to my ears. There is a Steven Wilson remix that beefs the sound up but loses some top end detail (IMO). It is shame that many of these classic releases go through many reiterations that may not really be needed. Back in the days of vinyl, some albums did get special treatment with half speed mastering (e.g. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab) and are now very expensive.

Anyway, CTTE is what I call a complete album.

Funnily enough, I was listening to Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" this morning which was also released in 1972.

I am sorry Martin @port perran but I was not taken by Molly Johnson's singing on this classic bit of soul.

Tim   

This is what happens when you go to a beer festival in Devizes !

Quote from: Platy767 on December 07, 2025, 02:00:45 AMSigh. I think I must be dreaming.

Sounds like you've been drinking rather than dreaming 

Quote from: Moonglum on December 07, 2025, 09:07:35 AMPhew, that's a lucky break, I had just left the group to go and listen to a Ben Ando talk!

Tim

@Moonglum Tim, you got away very luckily in that I have the same pic with you in it. Trouble is my AI programme doesn't understand "Add pink tutu to the 4th person from the left". It appears it just cannot count and puts it on the wrong person

If there's one 'Yes' album I generally play in its entirety (rather than pick out tracks) it's 'Close to the edge'.
OK, the opening of the title track is a bit of a cacophony but Rick Wakeman's keyboards later in the track are absolutely epic, and when the whole band really rocks they are just brilliant.
'And you and I' is a superb melodious track and on 'Siberian Khatru' the band are tighter than a tight thing gripped in a vice

I'm just hoping it works out so somehow Max is about to win the championship but somehow loses it in the last lap due to an illegally ended safety car scenario.

Certainly the Google Gemini is fallible. I tried to add snow to a pic of my Blue Pullman and it removed the driving car and replaced it with an odd BP middle coach!