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A newsletter with my occasionally hot takes on the past, present and future of F1 🏳️‍🌈
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New Post on substack up now! A deep dive into Rosemeyer and Rosenberger, two lives and careers that were buikt and broken in the shadow of the Third Reich
Next up my F1 history Substack is a look into the DeLorean scandal and the role that F1 legend Colin Chapman had in it, and the effect it had on the long suffering people of Belfast. Up soon!

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No Seatbelts | Joe Larkin | Substack
Tales from the history of the pitlane. Click to read No Seatbelts, by Joe Larkin, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New post up on my substack! Give it a click and see how terrible the Nazis were and how one car manufacturer in particular tried to downplay their links for well over half a century
#darkheartofthebrightlights
#f1 #history
New Post on substack up now! A deep dive into Rosemeyer and Rosenberger, two lives and careers that were buikt and broken in the shadow of the Third Reich
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New Post on substack up now! A deep dive into Rosemeyer and Rosenberger, two lives and careers that were buikt and broken in the shadow of the Third Reich
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Power cut in my building so I have nothing to do but read the Art of batting by @jarrodkimber.bsky.social so that when the authorities find my body, they’ll know I was a man of taste.
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Next up in the Dark Heart of the Bright Lights series on my Substack, the stunning news that the Nazis were awful! A look at the contrasting lives and fortunes of Bernd Rosemeyer and Adolf Rosenberger in the shadow of the Third Reich. Out in the next few days.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Going to be taking a bit of time to create some new Substack posts and possibly re-write some of the old ones as I feel like I’ve struck upon a new direction in which to take this thing. Stay tuned for more Dark Heart of the Bright Lights!!
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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New post is live and its a new series called Dark Heart of the Bright Lights and the newest post is about Benito Mussolini and his use of motorsport as propaganda
Dark Heart of the Bright Lights- #1
Benito Mussolini: How Il Duce saw a golden opportunity in racing's 'Golden Age'
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October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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new post up! give it a click!
Bastards of Motorsports
Issue #1 Benito Mussolini
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October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Coming soon to noseatbelts.substack.com is....Fascism! And its links to early motorsport and how Hitler and Mussolini used the car and racing as a propaganda tool. This is part of a new series called 'Bastards of Motorsport' out soon!
Joe Larkin | Substack
Bringing the weird and wonderful, sometimes highly controversial aspects of Formula 1 and motorsports more generally. Click to read Joe Larkin, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mad Lads #5- Kimi Saves The Day
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New issue up! Give it a click and read about one of the most important championship wins ever!
Mad Lads #5- Kimi Saves The Day
Or how one of the most exciting and controversial title battles in the sport’s history went down to the wire and the winner prevented F1 being laughed out of existence.
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August 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Atención a esta pieza imprescindible para los aficionados a la #F1.

#Kudos, #Bravo & #ThankYou @noseatbeltsf1.bsky.social !!!

Joe, that "looked very second hand" part is a jewel. Cheers! :)

No te lo pierdas, @josetellaetxe.bsky.social
My new substack post is up! Give the link a click and learn how f1 got safer against its will!

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August 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My new substack post is up! Give the link a click and learn how f1 got safer against its will!

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August 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Mad Lads #3 Enzo Ferrari
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Mad Lads #3 Enzo Ferrari
An ode to the biggest of motoring big dogs
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June 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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A little later than planned but for your delectation, a look into the life and career of an extraordinary man!
Sir Frank Williams: The Ultimate Mad Lad?
One Man, One Team, One Family just smashing it over and over again
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April 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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My first Substack post is now live! A look into the life of an F1 Legend, Colin Chapman
Colin Chapman: The Original F1 Mad Lad
How one man came to embody every aspect of Formula One
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March 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM