Author: Yean Wei Ong

Photographer in Perth, Western Australia.

Lando Norris becomes World Drivers’ Champion at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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This year’s Formula 1 season concluded with the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix held yesterday. Lando Norris of McLaren became the World Drivers’ Champion for 2025, sealing his first drivers’ championship. He started from second on the grid, and finished third in the race. Max Verstappen of Red Bull put in a valiant effort… Continue reading Lando Norris becomes World Drivers’ Champion at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

McLaren snatches defeat from the jaws of victory at the Qatar Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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At the Qatar Formula 1 Grand Prix held over the weekend, Oscar Piastri —the most out-of-form of the three contenders for this year’s Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship—made a strong return to take pole position and victory in the sprint race, and then pole position for the main race. His more senior teammate Lando Norris—current… Continue reading McLaren snatches defeat from the jaws of victory at the Qatar Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Disaster for McLaren with a double disqualification at the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Just a few hour after the latest Formula 1 race, in Las Vegas, everything was erased for the McLaren-Mercedes team as both of its cars were disqualified for excessive plank wear (along the bottom of the car). Lando Norris had secured pole position and gone on to finish second, and Oscar Piastri had started from… Continue reading Disaster for McLaren with a double disqualification at the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

A dramatic Sao Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Lando Norris of McLaren-Mercedes took confident pole positions and victories in both the sprint race (a short event with around one third the laps of the full event) and the main race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, over the past weekend. Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes did extremely well to start from second position and finish… Continue reading A dramatic Sao Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Graphics card sag is real

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Graphics card without support, October 2025, Perth

In the 1970s and 1980s, when microcomputers were first introduced across the world, the computer units themselves were typically in a horizontal orientation, whether in models where the computer was integrated with the keyboard (e.g., Commodore 64) or in models where the computer was a separate unit—typically in a box-like desktop chassis upon which the… Continue reading Graphics card sag is real →

Lando Norris takes the championship lead at the Mexico City Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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At what some are lauding as the most exciting Formula 1 race of the year, to date, Lando Norris of McLaren-Mercedes has taken the lead in the World Drivers’ Championship by a single point from the long-time leader this season, Oscar Piastri. Mr. Norris put on a superb display to win the race convincingly from… Continue reading Lando Norris takes the championship lead at the Mexico City Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

No surprises at the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Despite not being able to watch or monitor the race live, I was not surprised by how the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend for this year unfolded. Red Bull lead driver and defending World Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen put in a superlative performance to take pole position and victory in both the short-form… Continue reading No surprises at the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Poor management at the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Last weekend’s Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix saw a few key developments: (1) the McLaren team securing this year’s Formula 1 World Constructors’ Championship, and by a significant margin; (2) minor but controversial contact between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s cars on the first lap; and (3) poor management on a few fronts, in my… Continue reading Poor management at the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

A scintillating Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Following a disastrous qualifying result in Azerbaijan for the championship-leading McLaren-Mercedes team, with relatively lowly seventh and ninth positions on the starting grid, the situation became even worse as the team’s championship-leading driver Oscar Piastri false-started and then crashed out of the race on Lap 1. The normally reliable Mr. Piastri, and we must remember… Continue reading A scintillating Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Dutch and Italian Formula 1 Grands Prix 2025

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There were back-to-back Formula 1 races over the past week, with the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix a week ago, and then the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix yesterday. The race in the Netherlands ended up being a straight sweep for current leading driver Oscar Piastri (McLaren) taking pole position, fastest lap, and race victory,… Continue reading Dutch and Italian Formula 1 Grands Prix 2025 →