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Endurance racing, Formula E, feeder series. Occasionally F1. Doriane Pin fan account. Statistician by day, sometimes it shows up here too.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · Nov 14

Who is Doriane Pin, what's she done and why does she have a large fanbase for a struggling FRegional driver? A career retrospective and driver evangelism 🧵. Simple answer: she's a French racing driver; the first thing you'll notice is she's tiny - short enough she had to delay karting by a year.

Doriane and her first kart, from 2013. Photo: dorianepin.com

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah they have equal opportunity low standards I'll say that for them

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

Oh wait he also finished 17th in the 2025 Dubai 24 Hours that makes all the difference. In terms of world champions in other forms of motorsport Valentino Rossi has a better sportscar career and he has more sense.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1h

This sort of thing is amongst the reasons I struggle to take Super Formula as seriously as IndyCar or FE. Rovanpera's circuit racing experience is limited to a partial season in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, in which he was strong but hardly dominant. (3 wins, one each 2/3/4/5/6).

AUTOSPORT Bot (Unofficial) @autsport-com.bsky.social · 2h

Rovanpera to leave WRC for Super Formula in 2026#WRC

Rovanpera to leave WRC for Super Formula in 2026

Kalle Rovanpera will switch from rallying to circuit racing next year after confirming plans to leave the World Rally Championship for Japan’s Super Formula single-seater series. <br>The move will see the two-time world champion leave the WRC at the end of the season after six years competing in rallying’s top tier with Toyota, beginning in 2020. The 25-year-old will continue his

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like if you're going to run a 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 livery you should at least do it on a road course where he has a chance of winning.... looks cool though.

Jon 🛞 @jon.turningfortune.com · 7h

ow my wallet

Silver fern scheme revealed for SVG at Las Vegas

The Jockey-backed car has taken on a New Zealand-inspired scheme, with a black base covered in the iconic ferns and

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, this is how I feel about the London ePrix, the first 75% of the journey to which is identical to my commute to the office when I go in...

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 12h

His only real mistake this year was failing to notice Cordeel spun on the racing line on the last lap in the sprint at Spielberg. And...I dunno, it's visible from the onboard but from the driving position, with Mini in front, I'm not sure how much of a chance he had. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IYG...

Cordeel, Mini, Bennett, Fornaroli last lap crash 2025 F2 Austria Sprint Race

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 12h

It was Team Lotus's first victory, and Ireland's only Grand Prix win. He wasn't super impressed with it, though, later saying "Moss and Brabham were there with V8 Climaxes and I only had a straight four, but luckily they both blew up and I was the guy left."

PlanetF1 @planetf1com.bsky.social · 13h

On October 8, 1961, #F1 found its first home in the United States. 🇺🇸

Innes Ireland of Team Lotus won the inaugural US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

Oh and if you take his one mechanical failure out that average jumps to 4.77.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

Since it's looking a lot like F1 isn't going to want him (bizarrely), there are a lot of places who could do worse than someone who can somehow average fifth place during this year's F2 chaos.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

The actual reason I was looking up Fornaroli's F2 placings is because I wondered how his consistency compared to Alex Palou's otherworldly year. The answer is that Palou's average position was 4.06 and Fornaroli's is 5.48, so about one and a half places back. Not bad for a feeder series.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

Stupid F2 fact: since Spa, championship leader Leo Fornaroli's places have been 1st, 5th, 5th, 1st, 1st, 5th, 5th, 5th.

I mean _presumably_ he won't continue the sequence with three first places in the next few races but still.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

Speedrun getting fired by RB (presumably by crashing into Max Verstappen, which is probably the only way to do it that fast and also quite in character).

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 13h

Or at least half of 2027, given most of the rumours say RB.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact, this car's highlights are pink on IMSA's website. www.imsa.com/news/2025/10.... Pretty sure S365 have the right colour balance though.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 17h

sorry I'm not convinced Argentina has enough touring car championships yet

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe I should be @dreadships.bsky.social here.

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 17h

Toyota's dazzle camo is actually quite good, it's pretty hard to figure out much about the car from these shots. Though I do stick with my initial belief this is a lower-drag design than the current GR010.

Endurance-Info @endurance-info.bsky.social · 17h

La Toyota GR010 Hybrid version 2026 en piste au Paul Ricard

#WEC #LeMans24

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La version 2026 de la Toyota GR010 Hybrid en piste au Paul Ricard

Endurance-Info couvre les championnats majeurs d’Endurance à travers le monde depuis 2006. Devenue une référence dans le milieu, Endurance-Info ne cesse d’être au coeur des acteurs de la discipline po...

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 17h

I mean the FIA as an organisation is questionably fit for purpose and it's unclear to me why the interests of motorsport and the touring/mobility side are even aligned at this point, but yeah the way you elect an FIA president is one of the worse parts of an already bad whole.

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Juanma is Creating Lightly 🎨🖌😬 @creatinglightly.art · 1d

And they were in such a good company 🫶

Fiat 642 RN2 Ferrari Race Transporter.

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Fiat 642 RN2 Ferrari Race Transporter. 3/4 front view.

Fiat 642 RN2 Ferrari Race Transporter. Close up of the badges in the front.

Fiat 642 RN2 Ferrari Race Transporter. 3/4 front view behind the 4 Ferraris from previous posts.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 19h

Mercedes F1 team be like:

Jon 🛞 @jon.turningfortune.com · 19h

Unfortunately, it is hot

The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 21h

This one we knew was coming but I'm still excited to see how Jaguar will screw this one up. You'd think it'd be difficult but we've thought that before.

Racer Magazine Bot @racerbot.bsky.social · 21h

Jaguar TS Racing signs da Costa

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1d

I was just going to renumber FRegional as F4 after turning F4 into F5 so as to have a numerical pyramid rather than motorsports having discovered this new number "regional" in between 4 and 3.

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Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social · 1d

it's so weird to see brands renege and pivot back toward ICE cars, but from what I'm seeing from their ICE efforts, IDK if they knew how to make those either

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1d

Or at least that's the official reason, but given that Le Mans doesn't use the BoP from the rest of the WEC it's not a very convincing explanation.

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The Pin is mightier than the sword @putdorianedown.bsky.social · 1d

This would seem to allow for two privateers running one car each.