To be accurate... John Bishop (IMSA) decided that Porsche's 956 would kill off the competition in America, (via GM lobbying) so he decided to ban the 956 on the grounds of safety, (feet past the center line of the front axle was a bad idea).

There is no actual ban on civilian aircraft breaking the sound barrier - it is an economic barrier as the cost to engineer an aircraft to fly continuously faster then mach 1 requires extensive engineering and flight testing along with a much more rigorous certification program. The cost per seat mile would balloon…

There were very few passengers on the TU-144 considering it's time with Aeroflot was so short, (Nov 1977 to May 1978). Many of the flights were freight only making it one of the most expensive freight shippers in the world - but what the heck, its a command economy right? There were 55 fights and of those only 3284…

Respect Stef! Been there done it (944 into a tire wall and back of another 944 (master cly!) etc.) Shiny side up and good luck.

Well supposedly the entry level for Porsche ownership is a used Porsche as goes the excuse from Porsche recently in deciding not to make a new entry level model. So... as a result, many people are going to say - fuck this shit - I'll buy a 2008 GT3RS with a manual gear box and an engine note that just WAILS and puts a…

I expected better. You're a disappointment.

FYI: Wood blocks are used all the time on exotic cars with front splitters low to the ground and it fact it is the only way to get race cars onto flatbeds at the track.

Oh come on- that's the best you can do?

That is true- good catch. OK, lets adjust that to Audi engineering saved his life. FYI: I was there on Wed afternoon when he crashed - it looked like a plane crash with dust and crap into the air. We were on the way up from the Ford Chicane when we saw the commotion and when we got to the Porsche curves they were…

Pretty or not, all I know is that their design saved the life of Luc Duval...

Not as nice as the work Pagani does.

I think this reaffirms the indicator as to where the finite point is in driver impact safety - the movement of the brain. We can have all sorts of material science involved in the car so that the forces on the car are spread out further (slower rate), and we can design a device to retain the head on the shoulders of a…

You're still a tool. :)

Oh I'm shattered by *you're* spelling correction. Feel better now? You're still an asshole. Have a fine day.

Exactly, Canada's payments have paid for about the development level of a pitot tube on the F-35.

Follow the money. Approve the pipeline and we buy your aircraft (any brand will do as long as our ex generals are rewarded). Europe doesn't want our dirty oil (or maybe they do if Putin cuts them off) but so far no aircraft from Europe as our ex Generals didn't get laid enough in Paris last time.

Your NOT on Jalopnik - Jesus how many times do people have to have this pointed out to them? Sub blog? Bueller? Ferris Bueller...??

We've got all these fucking ex generals being paid off to take their still in the job buddies out for drinks and lobsters at the Lauier and maybe a room upstairs after for some more blonde party favours and these these 'lobbied' (corrupt?) tools keep writing documents sent to the PMO that glosses over the many…

Must have been an unsuccessful terrorist infidel plot to attack them.

F1Today are filled with hacks that never go to races and sit around making up stuff just so they get paid for all the links they get. If this site says something - the opposite is true. No wonder they are called internet monkeys by the F1 press room.