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@_Dan_Castell "Why is the idea of a driver or organisation buying an FP1 drive so unbelievable to some people 😭 never heard of Sean Gelael or Alfonso Celis Jr Bortoleto would have probably done an FP1 if he wasnt already leaving for Sauber. They gave him a TPC run still before he left"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T09:59Z 2508 followers, 10K engagements

"Half is a monumental overstatement. Maini Anurag Lacorte all for sure but that is just mainly an Alpine thing they have been doing add to that Al Dhaheri from Merc and thats literally it Oh and to drag Karting world champion Tuukka Taponen into that is sacrilege 🤣"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T11:24Z 2509 followers, 1868 engagements

"@BilgeAdam28 Is Dries going to do Italian F4 though"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-16T16:46Z 2508 followers, XX engagements

"@LawVSX Well its only happened once for now and it went to an equally deserving driver lets hope it stays like that"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:14Z 2509 followers, XXX engagements

"Massa has that aura icl but we cant act like by 2012 he wasnt the Ferrari equivalent of 2024 Sergio Perez 😭😭😭"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:49Z 2508 followers, 28.5K engagements

"Toyota paying 3000000 to McLaren for X TPC sessions and an FP1 appearance for Ryo Hirakawa is a crazy amount of money. Just adds even more fuel to a potential F1 return for real with Haas with this potential data gathering of the running of a modern day winning team in F1"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-14T22:40Z 2508 followers, 1553 engagements

"Ugochukwu and Badoer out and De Palo and Costoya in thats a good move if you ask me from McLaren. Costoya has a FANTASTIC karting record unless theres a big returnee in Italian F4 he should be the outright favourite before hes even raced an F4 car"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-16T14:29Z 2508 followers, 2031 engagements

"Kean Nakamura Berta has become the 2025 Italian F4 Champion this weekend and I am still convinced he is probably the worlds only person conceived to Japanese and Slovakian parents while being born and raised in neither of those countries 😭 a truly international man"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-12T21:37Z 2511 followers, 6857 engagements

"Why are so many people and even news outlets not understanding that it was quite clear it was TOYOTA paying this money not Ryo Hirakawa himself 😭"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T13:45Z 2509 followers, 3158 engagements

"@LawVSX Since the rule came into effect just one FP1 session for a rookie has been given to the highest bidder and even then its gone to a world class racing driver fully deserving of it. Hes still a rookie even with Toyotas cash nobody could ever say that it wasnt deserved"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:05Z 2508 followers, XXX engagements

"People are XXX% misinterpreting this news. 3000000 for TPC and FP1 is what Toyota paid McLaren to get Hirakawa in their car. A normal F1 junior lets say Luke Browning and Victor Martins at Williams will not be paying for their TPC or FP1 running the team provides that"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:43Z 2508 followers, 4600 engagements

"@ruzzy_in_chains @Motor_Sport No Toyota will be paying for it not him"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:46Z 2508 followers, XXX engagements

"@LawVSX Only other way would be a manufacturer/team behind them which obviously woudjnt support a shitty driver with bags of cash lol"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T10:10Z 2509 followers, XXX engagements

"Any other driver in an academy who doesnt look F1 standard was at least once upon a time a promising talent. The likes of Bondarev and Powell in F4 will be released after X years of mediocre at best F4 drives but were both mega in karting"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-15T11:25Z 2509 followers, XXX engagements

"So does anyone have any information on where the current crop of F1 Academy drivers are heading for 2026 Personally I think the current top X need to move on. For Pin and Weug I dont know where but Lloyd to GB3 with Rodin and Chambers to EC3 with Campos makes sense"
X Link @_Dan_Castell 2025-10-07T20:10Z 2509 followers, 1846 engagements